AP - A fire apparently started by a cigarette broke out aboard a giant cruise ship early Thursday as it sailed through the moonlit Caribbean, leaving one passenger dead, 11 people injured and at least 100 rooms scorched.

Playbill - In one of the most unusual publicity stunts in recent Broadway history, Monty Python's Spamalot celebrated its first anniversary on Broadway with a giant clop-clop by setting the Guinness World Record for the 'World's Largest Coconut Orchestra.'

A giant tortoise believed to have been born around 1750 and once the pet of a famous British colonial general dies of liver failure at an Indian zoo. If the claims are accurate, "Addwaitya" was the oldest tortoise in the world.

A giant tortoise believed to have been born around 1750 and once the pet of a famous British colonial general dies of liver failure at an Indian zoo. If the claims are accurate, "Addwaitya" was the oldest tortoise in the world.

Reuters - A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on Thursday.

AFP - Japan said it will press ahead with its multi-billion-dollar oil investment in Iran, rejecting a report that US officials have pressured Tokyo to pull out due to Tehran's nuclear drive.

Reuters - An Indonesian government study has found environmental problems at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s giant mine in Papua, which the company said on Thursday it was trying to fix.

AFP - Italian electricity giant Enel, presenting its 2005 results, posted a 48.0-percent rise in net profit and said it would expand through acquisitions but did not refer to French utilities group Suez.

AFP - The board of Italian electricity giant Enel made no decision about a possible bid for France's Suez after meeting in Rome.

USATODAY.com - Internet giant Yahoo Tuesday launched a new way to get a local telephone number for just $2.99 a month. The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones. Yahoo customers can receive calls from those phones, as well.

AFP - US software giant Microsoft has offered new concessions to appease European Union regulators' concerns that it is not complying with a 2004 anti-trust ruling.

AFP - US software giant Microsoft offered new concessions to appease European Union regulators' concerns that it is not complying with a 2004 anti-trust ruling.

AP - Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil.

AFP - The European Union Commission took a firm line towards France in a row over a merger of two key companies which critics claim is a thinly veiled bid to stop the sale abroad of a major asset.

AP - Former DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer was remembered at his funeral Tuesday as a hero who inspired young people and remained humble even after becoming a giant of his sport.

NewsFactor - Global communications giant Deutsche Telekom announced plans to collaborate with Microsoft to deliver Internet-based television services to consumers across Germany. The contract includes plans for an array of interactive services and entertainment content provided over Deutsche Telekom's broadband systems.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Mountain View, CA (AHN) - Online search engine giant Google Inc. is devoting a section of its Web site to information about the stock market and corporate America, filling a gaping product hole as it continues to battle for Internet traffic with rivals Yahoo...

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - U.S. software giant, Oracle, reveals it had a much better quarter than Wall Street predicted, with profit up 42 percent. Oracle reports third quarter profit is up to $765 million, at the end of February, marking the largest rise...

AFP - Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, and Indian telecom giant Bharti Enterprises are in talks to set up a possible grocery chain together in India, a British newspaper said.

AFP - A child-care website has sued Google, alleging that the Internet search giant choked off its online traffic, its lawyer said.