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VALPARAISO, Indiana (AP) -- A house erroneously valued at $400 million is being blamed for budget shortfalls and possible layoffs in municipalities and school districts in northwest Indiana. The house had been valued at $121,900 before the glitch. An outside user of Porter County's computer system may have triggered the mess by accidentally changing the value of the Valparaiso house, said Sharon Lippens, director of the county's information technologies and service department. County Treasur ...

By Alireza Ronaghi TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran may reconsider its membership of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if it feels its enemies are using the accord to put unfair pressure on it, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday. "The Islamic Republic's policy has been to follow its nuclear efforts in the framework of the (International Atomic Energy) Agency and the NPT," he told a huge crowd on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. "However, if we find out they are goin ...

TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Tehran may reconsider its membership of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if it feels its enemies are using the accord to put unfair pressure on Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday. "The Islamic Republic's policy has been to follow its nuclear efforts in the framework of the (International Atomic Energy) Agency and the NPT," he told a huge crowd on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. "However, if we find out they are going to take ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Two Britons were killed in a multiple pile up involving a German truck and two British coaches on a German motorway early on Saturday, local officials and Britain's Foreign Office said. The dead appeared to be an adult and a teenager, said a local government spokesman. A further 27 people were taken to hospital after the accident near the town of Kerpen, close to ...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, incapacitated by a stroke on January 4, was undergoing emergency surgery for digestive complications on Saturday and a hospital source said he was likely to die by the end of the day. "We expect him to die today," said the source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media on behalf of Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital. Earlier, hospital spokesman Ron Krumer said a CT scan had reveal ...

SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A van carrying suspected illegal immigrants crashed near the border with Mexico on Friday as it was being chased by the Border Patrol, injuring more than 20 people, eight critically. Twenty-eight people were in the van when it overturned while trying to avoid a strip of spikes that agents had placed in its path. Eight people suffered life-threatening injuries. Another 13 were being treated for minor injuries, said Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire- ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Doctors do not expect Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, incapacitated by a stroke he suffered last month, to survive an emergency operation on Saturday, a hospital source said. "We expect him to die today," said the source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media on behalf of Hadassah hospital, where Sharon was undergoing surgery after problems in his digestive system.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Two Britons were killed in a crash involving a German truck and two British buses on a German motorway early on Saturday, local officials said. The dead appeared to be an adult and a teenager, said a spokesman from the local government in the western German city of Cologne. A further 27 people were taken to hospital after the accident near the town of Kerpen. On ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Several Britons are feared hurt in a multiple motorway collision in Germany on Saturday and British diplomats are heading to the scene, the Foreign Office said. "The reports indicate the buses are British, but we don't know for sure," an official said. She said a consular team from Dusseldorf was heading to the scene which is understood to be on a motorway between Cologne and  ...

JERUSALAEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, incapacitated by a January 4 stroke, underwent emergency surgery on Saturday for digestive complications, Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital said. "A CT scan revealed serious damage to the prime minister's digestive system and he has been admitted to surgery," hospital director Ron Krumer said.