Kidneys, babies, urine, virginity on the Net. It's eeek-commerce!
While the world is still abuzz with the boundless possibilities offered by electronic commerce, the Internet this week is aflame with reports on the sale of the most unusual goods and services.

US to join probe into Lanka mass killings
The United States, which has taken a strong stand against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in recent years, will be part of an ongoing judicial probe into charges of mass killings of civilians by the Lankan army after capture of the Jaffna peninsula in 1995.

7 Indians among 15 dead in Nepal air crash
All fifteen persons on board a domestic commercial airliner were killed on Sunday when it crashed in the Kathmandu valley while on the landing-approach for the Tribhuvan International Airport.

  Disquiet in Pakistan army ranks over Kargil pullout
  Israel, Palestine sign historic pact
  Resistance leader fears catastrophe in East Timor
  Refugees flee as East Timor plunges into chaos after vote
  Rebels strike again in Dagestan
  Landmark ruling for US tobacco giants
  Pakistan rejects Indian offer of visas for scribes
  At A Glance
  `Hydrocracker fire damage not yet ascertained'
  Pasminco expect higher zinc output by year end
  Global transgenic seed sales poised for eight-fold jump
  La Nina will cause heavy floods in SE Asia, says meteorologist
  Wrecked ship's polluting cargo worries officials
  `Winter demands to ease out excess crude oil'