Le forze americane hanno compiuto la notte scorsa un nuovo raid aereo sulla cittÃ  di Falluja, definendolo ''un attacco di precisione'' contro una base del terrorista Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Secondo fonti dell


Partial list of winners of the 65th annual Golden Globes announced Sunday at a news conference held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif.:


Opposition Leader Claims Victory in Ukraine Poll

Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's  rigged presidential election, hailing the beginning of a new  era in the former Soviet republic.


Some of the world's best ever football players are to play a match for Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday. later.


Business & money: Brewing giant looking for a partner in a bid to seize control of its Russian joint venture with Carlsberg


Prosegue la visita privata del Capo dello Stato


China scrambles to teach masses financial ABCs

Xi Zhong learned the hard way about the risks of investing in China's stock market.


Kobe Bryant records 40 points against a depleted Jazz squad as the Lakers oust Utah, 102-95, Tuesday.


Iraq readies for regional meeting in Baghdad

Iraq prepared on Friday for a crucial regional meeting that will be a rare opportunity for officials from Washington and Tehran to sit at the same table at a time of tension over Iran's nuclear plans.


The WTO launches a formal investigation into a US complaint that China has failed to tackle counterfeiting.


Promising Results for Malaria Vaccine Trial

Encouraging phase II results of a trial to test the efficacy of a malaria vaccine for young children is published in this week's issue of THE LANCET (pp 1380, 1411).


I futures sul greggio si attestano a 58,67 dollari al barile


A portable 'Guitar Hero' turntable controller

Artist Aaron Skillman created the turntable controller in his garage in order to promote a hip-hop sensibility.


Iraq, Terrorism, to Be Top Rice Questions

Condoleezza Rice's televised job interview to be the next secretary of state presents a rare opportunity for senators to ask President Bush's most trusted foreign policy confidante to explain her views and her role combatting terrorism and waging war in Iraq.


Fire crews tackle a blaze at the Corus steelworks in north Wales and the company investigates reports of an explosion.


A choreographer who inspired her company and a dancer who inspired audiences is retiring from the stage after a pioneering career.


Zimbabwe Sentences 68 Accused Mercenaries to Prison

Simon Mann, the British soldier-of-fortune accused of masterminding a botched coup last March against Equatorial Guinea's ruler, was sentenced to seven years in prison


National pharmacare program would reduce hospital waiting lists: McGuinty

TORONTO (CP) - A national pharmacare program funded by the federal  government would indirectly result in shorter waiting lists, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.


Paris-set musical struggles to find right key

Jacques Demy was  really the last French filmmaker to make musicals where songs,  action and romantic drama blended effortlessly. This has not  deterred French novelist-filmmaker Christophe Honore from  bravely attempting to resuscitate the (mostly) discarded genre.  The result is mixed.


By Douglas Fischer  A measure banning a broad class of flame retardants from furniture and bedding cleared the Assembly late Wednesday night, while a controversial effort to ban one of the most widely used chemical flame retardants from all consumer products fell short Thursday.


The foreign secretary aims for an end to conflict as he sets out to visit Palestinian leaders.


Kerry Calls for Investment in Technology

Invoking the invention of flight and mankind's first steps on the moon, Sen. John Kerry on Thursday pledged to invest in technology and innovation and accused President Bush of slowing scientific advancement.


VeriSign to fight on after ICANN suit dismissed

A US federal judge yesterday tossed a crucial lawsuit between VeriSign Inc. and the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, but VeriSign vowed to continue the legal battle in a different jurisdiction.


How I Met Your Mother: A History Lesson in Love

âDefinitely, Maybe,â written and directed by Adam Brooks, is a nimble and winning little romance.


The dispute between Barry Diller and John Malone has spawned three lawsuits and devolved into a name-calling contest. Earlier this week, Mr. Diller, the chief executive of IAC, referred to the people at Liberty Media, John Maloneâs holding company and the controlling shareholder of IAC, as being "insane." Meanwhile, Liberty was kind enough to point [...].


Security Chief: Iran Will Help Bring Iraqi Stability

30 August 2004 -- Iran's security chief, Hasan Rowhani, has assured visiting Iraqi officials that his country is committed to cooperating on establishing security in Iraq.


Should zookeepers intervene when a mom wants to eat her offspring? That's the question being debated by Germany's polar bear lovers


Hotel on Barges Whoops It Up on the Gulf Coast of Texas

ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas _ "That's a once in a lifetime experience," said Rick Tinnin.


Reflecting on how he delivered President Bush his second term, White House political adviser Karl Rove admitted Sunday that John Kerry's vote for, then against, funding in Iraq and Afghanistan was the "gift that kept on giving."


Danish papers consider anti-terrorism raids in the city of Odense, while the German press discusses the mandate under which the country's navy may operate in Lebanese waters. Elsewhere, Africa is in the spotlight but for different reasons.


Click Fraud Looms As Search-Engine Threat

Like thousands of other merchants, Tammy Harrison thought she had struck gold when hordes visited her Web site by clicking on the small Internet ads she purchased from the world's most popular online search engines. It cost Harrison as much as $20 for each click, but the potential new business seemed to justify the expense. Harrison's delight dimmed, though, when she realized the people clicking on her ads weren't really interested in her products.


It's 8 a.m., and Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramírez is already sweaty. He looks ripped and ready to defend the world championship.


Pilgrim charter airline service launches

A Vatican-backed charter airline service made its inaugural flight Monday, aiming to carry pilgrims to such Catholic shrines as Lourdes, Fatima, Santiago de Compostela and the Holy Land.


Pharmacy offers viagra over-the-counter for Valentine's

One of Britain's biggest pharmacy chains is planning to begin a trial selling viagra as an over-the-counter drug on Valentine's Day, it said.


Obama's Chance of New Hampshire Win Rises to 98%, Trading Shows

Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bets that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will win today's New Hampshire primary election climbed to 98 percent, based on online trading.


Firefox in the hunt for 10 per cent of the browser market

A Mozilla Foundation spokesman told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005.


US Men Squander Lead, But Hold Off Thorpe to Win

ATHENS, Aug. 17 -- Rarely has a huge lead disappeared so quickly. Largely unheralded US swimmer Klete Keller jumped in the pool for the final leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay a second-and-a-half ahead of Australian legend Ian Thorpe.


The Huntsville-Madison County Health Department has not yet received its order of flu vaccine from the state, and has not been able to reschedule its free flu shot clinics.


European stocks have soared as participants seized on positive earnings news, unchanged US interest rates and encouraging signs that the US economy was on track.


Sgominata la banda dei pacchi a Malpensa

Un'inchiesta partita piÃ¹ di un anno fa, nella notte l'operazione iniziata proprio nella sede della Federal Express confinante con l'aeroporto di Malpensa. Un colosso delle spedizioni internazionali dunque


A suicide bomber attacks a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital wounding six people, the alliance says.


Bush says Kerry making 'wild charges' over missing Iraq explosives

Breaking his silence on missing Iraqi explosives, US President George W. Bush called Democratic rival John Kerry's attacks on the subject "wild charges" levelled in desperation.


Napoli, 16:34 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; ORSI: A NAPOLI PER IL RISCATTO

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Standing atop a stage in a livestock auction barn, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton likened the experience to her quest to woo undecided voters in the closing days before Iowa's pivotal caucuses.


The International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that rising oil prices and interest rates were hampering global economic growth, but the US government said the American economy was stronger than it had estimated earlier.


Ecstatic fans welcome home Egypt's victorious football team

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was the first of thousands of fans to welcome the national football team home in Cairo on Monday after their record-breaking conquest of the African Nations Cup.


Dads, moms equally likely to pass MS risk to kids

Mothers and fathers with multiple sclerosis are equally likely to pass genetic risk for it on to their children, according to a study countering a previous finding that fathers were twice as likely to do so.


Il Cagliari si arrende nel primo tempo: tre reti in 8' firmate da Zauli, Brienza e Toni. I rosaneri quarti con Inter e Samp. Bastano solo 6' al Palermo per mettere sotto il Cagliari, archiviare nel migliore


Bush to Seek About $80 Bln for Military Operations

The Bush administration plans to  announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80  billion in new funding for military operations this year in  Iraq and Afghanistan, administration and congressional sources  said on Monday.


Polish President Calls Kerry 'Immoral,' Bush 'Gentleman'

Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry was labeled "immoral" by the president of Poland on Tuesday for failing to recognize his country's involvement with the coalition forces in the ongoing war in ...


It s been a particularly good year for people who enjoy submarine books, fiction or nonfiction.


(OfficialWire) -- 10/31/04 -- Authorities in China have ordered more than 1,600 Internet cafes closed since February 2004, imposing more than 100 million yuan, or


In Second Trial, Avastin Is Found Effective in Treating Breast Cancer

The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.


Judge OKs Senate Vacancy Measure Wording

A judge has accepted two of three drafts of a ballot initiative summary that would change how U.S. Senate vacancies are filled in Alaska, supporters of the measure said Saturday


TAIPEI - A TV photographer is believed to be the first victim on Taiwan of powerful Typhoon Nock-ten, which pounded the northern and eastern parts of the island with strong winds and heavy rainfall Monday.


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's "bold" vision for the nation sounded a lot like the same ideas he's been talking about for months, but delivered in a new package Saturday.


U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday that China has reached "a crucial juncture" as its economy grows and that a delegation he is leading to Beijing will try to ease strains between the two countries.


Microsoft celebrates launch of Vista, Office 2007

(InfoWorld) - After five years and numerous delays, customers can now get their hands on the final version of the Windows Vista operating system. Well, business customers can at least. Though Microsoft celebrated theÂ launch of VistaÂ -- as well as Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 -- at events across the globe Thursday, both Vista and Office 2007 won't be generally available through retail in the U.S. until Jan. 30, 2007. Thursday marked the day business customers could purchase those products through Microsoft's volume licensing program. And though business customers can begin ordering Exchange 2007 Thursday, the new version of Microsoft's messaging server software won't be released to manufacturing until the end of December. Not only was Thursday's launch party for all three products a bit premature and anticlimactic after so long a wait for Vista, it could also be the last of its kind, according to industry watchers. With more software being pushed out to customers over the Web as services, launch parties for packaged software products may soon be a thing of the past, they said. "This is a big launch for them but for everyone else it's ho-hum," said James McQuivey, a professor for Boston University's College of Communication who specializes in marketing research and business management. "It's the biggest wait-and-see event of the week. Customers are going to wait and see when they need [Vista] and if they need it." These concerns aside, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer was on hand with his usual enthusiasm at the New York launch event to promote what is arguably the industry'sÂ most highly anticipated product launchÂ of the year. "It's an exciting thing to finally be here," Ballmer said. "That's all I'll say about the past." He had previously promised that Microsoft will never again have another lengthy gap between the major releases of its client operating system. The vendor debuted Windows XP, the previous version of its client OS, in October 2001. "This is the biggest launch in our company's history," Ballmer said. "These are frankly the most significant releases of these two products [Vista and Office] we've ever done." Vista was the big star of Thursday's event, though Microsoft teamed the OS launch with Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 for several reasons. One is that the company is trying to promote the technology links between the products to show how they can bring better worker productivity and cost savings to business customers in the hopes companies will purchase and deploy all three at once. Another reason for the triple product launch is that Vista has been so long coming, Microsoft felt it had to give customers a little extra incentive to be excited about it, said Sunil Misra, vice president of Getronics. The provider of managed services and consulting has been helping business customers prepare for Vista deployment. "It's the love campaign," Misra said, referring to the launch of all three products together. "People have been waiting a long time for Vista." The last time Microsoft released Windows and Office together was with Windows 95. But during that time in the heyday of Windows, customers would have flocked to the new OS release even without its tie to Office. "It's not nearly as exciting as it used to be in the old days," said McQuivey. "With Windows 95 and 98, you actually had people waiting in line at [retail store] Best Buy" to purchase the OS. This certainly isn't the case now, as consumers can't purchase Vista until January. And it may not even be the case then, as consumers in addition to business customers have said they may hold off on purchasing Vista until they need a new PC. Many of those new PCs are bought during the busy holiday shopping season that is currently in progress, but since Vista is not available yet in retail outlets, it can't benefit from that rush. In lieu of that, Microsoft's hardware partners such as Hewlett-Packard and DellÂ are offering discount coupons for the OS if customers buy PCs that are capable of running it this holiday season. On the business side, customers will likely continue their Vista planning process throughout the end of the year and most of 2007, Misra said. Indeed, most analysts think the bulk of Vista business deployments won't happen until 2008. (China Martens in Boston contributed to this story.)


Moore shows clips of film on health care

First, General Motors. Then gun control, followed by George W. Bush. Now rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore has turned his irreverent camera on health care in America.


EDS forms alliance to challenge IBM's Global Services business

InfoWorld - EDS on Monday announced the formation of the EDS Agility Alliance with industry heavyweights Cisco, Dell, EMC, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Xerox. The partnership will be the foundation for EDS' efforts to regain momentum in the services business, where it has lost ground to challengers such as IBM's Global Services unit.


Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she will endorse Democrat Barack Obama for president.


Fosterâs H2 profit slumps on wine charges

Fosterâs said that fiscal 2005 would be a year of consolidation with moderate earnings growth, but the company aimed to achieve double-digit growth in fiscal 2006.


Americans living overseas started lining up in hotels and coffee shops Tuesday to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, while others Â for the first time ever Â cast ballots online.


More than 30 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque

PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - More than 30 people were killed on Friday in a suspected suicide bombing at a northwest Pakistan mosque, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, police said.


Turkish troops repulse rebel attack, Gul vows action

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkish forces said they repelled a Kurdish rebel attack near the Iraqi border and President Abdullah Gul warned the PKK on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out.


Euro hits new record high against dollar on deficit worries

The euro rocketed up to a new record high against the dollar as markets grew increasingly worried about the ballooning trade and budget deficits in the United States.


A Bosnian Serb commission recognises more than 7,000 Muslims were massacred at Srebrenica.


KPN unit outsources activities to Alcatel-Lucent

E-Plus, the German mobile phone unit of Dutch telecoms giant KPN, said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to take over a number of its network divisions.


Ian Williams wrote the just-released "Deserter: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans and His Past" for Nation Books, the publishing arm of the venerable Nation Magazine.


Australia to name park after Steve Irwin

The late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, killed in a stingray attack last year, will be honored with a new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia, the government announced Sunday.


Citigroup Sues Italy Over Parmalat Bankruptcy Case

Citigroup Inc., the biggest creditor of Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, sued Italy for its handling of the foodmaker's bankruptcy, saying the restructuring violated its rights as a lender owed almost 540 million euros ($665 million).


BAKU, Azerbaijan -- England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson promised Tuesday he will "take care" of the controversy surrounding David Beckham's yellow card against Wales later this week.


Top Oscar contenders took a while to emerge

One evening last  November, a handful of journalists and industry insiders eased  into the plush armchairs of a Hollywood screening room to watch  "The Golden Compass," the Nicole Kidman fantasy based on the  first novel in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.


Kerry Association Hurting Some Democrats

Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle hugged President Bush from one end of South Dakota to the other this summer. In his own campaign commercials.


PC shipments have started to ease off, as expected, but the worldwide PC market remained fairly strong in the third quarter, according to research from IDC and Gartner released Monday.


A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel

Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more.


Australia offers to help secure release of CARE leader in Iraq

The Australian government says it will provide any help it can to help secure the release of CARE Australia's leader in Iraq, Margaret Hassan.


With the Food and Drug Administration having declared that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe, opponents of food from clones are shifting their fight to how such fare is labeled.


IBM Launches Retail Integration Framework

RIF is a SOA-based delivery mechanism that will support Big Blueâs four retail process solutions or assets, including multichannel retail and retail business intelligence.


A US contender appears poised to recapture the supercomputer speed title from the Japanese world champion, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported.


Clash of visions over CIA interrogations

Can the broad terms of the Geneva Conventions be more clearly defined without weakening them?


Serbia pledged Monday to cooperate with the U.N. war crimes court, and rejected U.S. criticism that it is not meeting demands by the international tribunal to extradite suspects.


The head of the Federal Trade Commission said Friday she won't remove herself from an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick, rebuffing requests from privacy groups opposed to the transaction.


Meade Salvation Army prepares for holiday season

Members of the local Salvation Army Service Unit want to make our community aware of what the Salvation Army does in our community.


Il sociologo: "Il pc per loro non Ã¨ passatempo nÃ© lusso. Ã elemento di socializzazione"Tre su dieci navigano in rete. Boom di corsi per imparare i segreti                                            Computer e cellulari per gli over 65 ora i nipoti insegnano ai nonni                                                                                di MICHELE SMARGIASSI


Not too hard to be happy for Red Sox fans

Fortunately I have a syndicated sports talk radio show to exorcise my demons as a Yankee fan after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.


The most brilliant American racehorse in years has labored in relative obscurity until now. But when he runs Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, Ghostzapper can demonstrate


Palm to sell 25 pct stake to private equity

- Palm Inc.  said it will sell a 25 percent stake to private equity firm Elevation Partners for $325 million, and use the proceeds along with the cash on hand and new debt to pay $9 in cash to stockholders.


Senate Chairmanship in Question for Specter

Description: Republicans are under pressure to deny Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) chairmanship of the committee that considers President Bush's judicial nominees, after Specter said Supreme Court nominees who


Pittsburgh chief executive McClatchy to step down

California newspaper heir Kevin  McClatchy, who bought the Pittsburgh Pirates for approximately  $90 million in 1996, will step down as the club's chief  executive at the end of the season.


John Reeves didn't invest in high-growth companies 20 years ago. He won't make that mistake again.


Suicide bomber kills 4 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber on a   bicycle killed four NATO soldiers handing out notebooks and   pens to children in southern Afghanistan on Monday a day after   NATO declared the area free of Taliban insurgents.


Manchester City boss Keegan charged for criticizing referee

The English Football Association (FA) charged on Tuesday Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan for his comments to the referee at the end of his team's 4-3 loss to Newcastle.


The Cassini probe finds evidence for seas, probably filled with liquid hydrocarbons, on Saturn's moon Titan.


CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush pledged Friday to work with Congress to comply with a WTO ruling in a row over payment of anti-dumping duties to US companies, and said he expected the trade body to hold Europe to account over "unfair" subsidies to


Bank of England to bail out British lender: reports

The Bank of England has agreed to provide emergency funding to mortgage lender Northern Rock after it fell victim to the liquidity squeeze in the banking sector, media reports said on Thursday.


Sharapova stays course to crown superb year

EVEN the Los Angeles Times, very much a newspaper of record, described her as a tennis player/sex symbol. That the impact of Maria Sharapovaâs victory early yesterday


Britain's Lewis Hamilton is fastest in Friday's first practice for the European Grand Prix in Germany.


Microblogging hits the campaign trail with dispatches by cellphone and brief moments of reportorial insight.


IBM is in talks to sell its personal computer manufacturing business which, if successful, would mark the end of an era in the brief history of the PC, a machine the company helped to invent.


Roma, 16:48 - CALCIO, ASSESSORE URBANISTICA: LOTITO NON HA FATTO PROPOSTE

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Da venerdi' a domenica nel giardino Corsini a Firenze


Government under fire for bank nationalisation

The government faced a barrage of criticism on Monday over its decision to nationalise the Northern Rock bank, amid questions over its reputation for economic competence.


Big U.S. food, drink cos to limit child ads: reports

Some of America's largest food and drink companies, such as Coca-Cola Co. and General Mills Inc., will adopt stricter controls on advertising aimed at children under 12, according to media reports on Wednesday.


Bryant scores 42, but Heat nip Lakers in overtime

It was improbable that a game less than one-third of the way into the NBA season could live up to the hype. But the first head-on collision between the Corvette and the Diesel, err, the brick wall, came pretty close.


Morgue Data  Show Increase In Sectarian Killings in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 23 -- More than three months into a U.S.-Iraqi security offensive designed to curtail sectarian violence in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq, Health Ministry statistics show that such killings are rising again.


Media, marketing opportunists flood Fifth Avenue iPhone line

Blog: Camera crews clog the sidewalks and marketers jump on the free advertising opportunities as the line outside Manhattan's glass-walled Apple store grows longer.


Abbas attends Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- Under heavy security, Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the holy West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday night to attend Christmas celebrations.


PartyGaming may suspend U.S. gaming business

Online gaming group PartyGaming Plc said  on Monday it would stop doing business with U.S. customers if  legislation passed there aimed at preventing gambling over the  Internet was signed into law.


Toxic substances likely cause of Gulf War vets' illnesses, panel ...

A federal panel said Friday that exposure to toxic substances, not combat stress, most likely caused the mysterious medical problems suffered by many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.


Arafat to Get Funeral in Egypt, Burial in West Bank

Yasser Arafat will get a military funeral in Egypt on Friday before burial in the smashed West Bank compound where he spent his final years encircled by the Israeli army without realizing his dream of a Palestinian state.


Oil prices traded marginally lower on  Wednesday ahead of key U.S. data, which was expected to show a  rise in heating fuel supplies as mild winter temperatures  suppressed demand in the United States.


NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Shares of Google Inc. GOOG.O  made their long-awaited stock market debut on Thursday, rising  more than 20 percent to over $100 after an initial public  offering marked by missteps and lackluster market conditions.


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Are universities protecting students from the RIAA?

The Recording Industry Association of America is waiting half a year to file lawsuits against alleged college file-swappers. But without schools keeping long-term logs of Internet addresses assigned, the RIAA won't get very far.


The Islandersâ Simon Is Banished 30 Games

The N.H.L. handed down a 30-game suspension Wednesday to the Islandersâ Chris Simon for deliberately stamping on the right foot of the Penguinsâ Jarkko Ruutu last Saturday night.


Schilling Gives Red Sox 2-0 World Series Lead

Curt Schilling, his bad ankle held  together by stitches, tossed six courageous innings to help the  Boston Red Sox pound the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 to seize  control of the 100th World Series Sunday.


US bombs flashpoint Iraqi city of Mosul as insurgents flock in

MOSUL, Iraq, Nov 11  - The US military said it attacked suspected rebel targets in Mosul with air and ground fire on Thursday after an upsurge in violence as gunmen were seen flocking into Iraq's main northern city.


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Ten internet users land film roles after auditioning on the social networking site MySpace.


Technorati tries to organize the blogosphere

Technorati is making an attempt to organize the growing blogosphere with their new "Topics" feature.


Incontro di un'ora, in programma da tempo, alla vigilia del delicato consiglio dei ministri sulla ManovraA Napolitano il premier ha spiegato i contenuti del provvedimento, ma nella maggioranza si litiga ancora                                          Finanziaria, Prodi sale al Quirinale ma l'accordo con la sinistra Ã¨ lontano                                                                                Rutelli resta comunque ottimista: "Le divergenze saranno superate, sarÃ  un'ottima legge"


For those who dread coming back to an e-mail overflow, the solution is often to take time off from leisure to weed the in-box.


AMD shrinks desktop chips to 65nm design

(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) began selling its top chip for desktop PCs made with a 65-nanometer design on Tuesday, continuing its efforts toÂ keep up with IntelÂ as the industry migrates from 90nm design to a faster, more efficient generation of processors. By manufacturing its dual-core Athlon 64 X2 chip on the smaller geometry, AMD will be able to increase manufacturing output while improving the chips' performance and power efficiency, said Jack Huynh, a market development manager for AMD. Some PC vendors are selling the new chip in computers already, and by the first quarter of 2007 that list will include Acer, Dell, Founder Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Packard Bell, and Tsinghua Tongfang Co., according to AMD. The move to 65nm manufacturing is crucial for AMD as the company strives to keep up with aÂ flurry of new processors from Intel. Intel had a rough year in 2006, losing ground to AMD in market share, but has rallied in recent months. The companyÂ launched its Core 2 Duo familyÂ of desktop chips in July and itsÂ quad-core Core 2 Extreme in November. Intel switched its chip manufacturing plants to a smaller architecture months ago, and already sells more 65nm chips than 90nm chips. A chip made with 65nm process technology has smaller features -- such as transistors and the wires that connect them -- than a chip made with 90nm technology, said Rob Willoner, a technology analyst with Intel's technology and manufacturing group. That progression is the engine that drives Moore's Law, the prediction that the number of processors on a microprocessor will double every 18 months. One nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, meaning that the wires on 65nm design chips are far slimmer than human hairs. Minuscule as that is, chip vendors already have plans to shrink the parts even smaller.Â Intel has already announced plansÂ to use chip features of 45nm by 2007, 32nm by 2009 and 22nm by 2011. As chip features continue to shrink, engineers struggle harder to take each new step. But as long as customers demand smaller, more efficient computers, there's plenty of economic incentive for the process to continue, he said. "There's bound to be an end at some point, but we can't see it yet," Willoner said. "At one point, people said it was 1 micron, which is 1,000nm, but the industry passed that without blinking about a decade ago. Now some people are saying it's 5nm. I don't see it happening before 2020 or 2025, and by then we could have radically different technologies to compensate." AMD chose to apply the new "Rev G" 65nm design to its high-end, dual-core desktop chip first because the company's midrange, single-core Athlon and Sempron chips are already fairly efficient, running at 62 watts using a 90nm design, said AMD's Huynh. The Athlon 64 X2 operated at a high 110 watts when it was first launched in June 2005, but this migration will bring it down to just 65 watts, he said. AMD will continue to produce both 90nm and 65nm Athlon 64 X2 chips until it phases the larger-design chips out completely by the second half of 2007. Next, AMD plans to apply the 65nm design to its single-core Athlon and Sempron chips, shrinking them by the end of 2007. And the company has already begun work on the next step, shrinking its chips to a 45nm design, although AMD did not give a specific date for that goal. AMD is selling the 65nm Athlon 64 X2 chips at prices of $301 for a 2.6GHz 5000-series chip, $271 for the 2.5GHz 4800 series, $214 for the 2.3GHz 4400 series, and $169 for the 2.1GHz 4000 series, all priced in lots of 1,000. Â


A post-race slip of the tongue has cost driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. the lead in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship. Earnhardt used an obscenity during his post-race, televised interview


Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.  on  Wednesday posted a better-than-expected 7.4 percent increase in  quarterly profit on strong U.S. growth led by Bud Light,  imports such as Grolsch and lower-than-expected costs.


Perde Cisco e sale Mbia, forse resistera' a crisi dei mutui


Chris Paul had 14 points and a career-high 11 assists and Kyle Visser added 13 points, helping No. 6 Wake Forest hold off Elon 85-67 on Wednesday night.


Music Review | 'Il Barbieri di Siviglia': Barreling Through Rossini With a âNoises Offâ Rhythm

Bartlett Sherâs production is frugal but not cheap, depending for its effects not on luxurious dÃ©cor but on his castâs sense of timing.


Russia's Putin, Japan PM may meet over island row

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new talks to resolve the fate of four rocky islands seized from Japan in the closing days of World War Two, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to consider a visit to Moscow.


Sept. 22, 2004 -- Medicare is preparing to directly mail prescription drug discount cards to 1.8 million low-income elderly beneficiaries.


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Drums, Rum and Sweets Hasten the Spirits

REGLA, Cuba Drumbeats clapped off the facades of crumbling homes, persistently, seductively, calling to the faithful.


Oilseed-processing and rising demand for feed grains offset declining margins in the food-processing companyâs  ethanol business.


ORLANDO, Fla. - He struck out Teddy Ballgame in the All-Star Game, broke Billy Martin's jaw in a brawl, and, nursing a hangover, held Wilt Chamberlain to fewer than 20 points.


Lavoro, opportunità all'estero gli stage nelle ambasciate

Al via il terzo bando annuale del Programma del ministero degli Esteri e della Conferenza rettori università italiane. Settecento posti presso le sedi diplomatiche e gli istituti di cultura. Domande entro il 9 ottobre


The Italian President is to announce his decision on whether Romano Prodi should be reinstated as Prime Minister after a Senate rebellion forced his shock resignation.Comment


Community News: Official Press Release on Zend PHP5 Certification

Zend has finally released a press release (officially) about their latest certification offering - the Zend PHP5 Certification.   Here's a bit from the official press release (the full content is here):    Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, today announced the availability of Zend PHP Certification for PHP 5, enabling developers to test and certify their expertise in new areas such as object oriented PHP programming, creating and using web-services with PHP, as well as PHP security.   Zend PHP 5 Certification was the result of extensive communication with the Zend Certified Engineer community to determine how the program can be most useful for PHP developers. Some of the community's top domain experts have contributed certification questions and reviewed the program to ensure that it is complete and tests for relevant skills. Becoming a Zend Certified Engineer gives developers an edge in today's competitive technology market. Certification also helps enterprise management quickly qualify new hires, and keep current development teams knowledgeable about the latest technology.    They've also announced that they will be offering the certification and classes to help developers prepare for it at the upcoming Zend/PHP Conference & Expo happening in October/November.


NASA officials said today they will review their psychological screening process in the wake of an astronautâs arrest Monday.


Why does the World Series start at 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, 8:29 on Thursday, and 8:40 on Monday? Is it linked to the lunar calendar? The tide table? Sunset in the Rockies? Joe Buck's biorhythms?


Bush to rely on attack as best form of defence

George Bush plans to unleash a withering attack on his Democratic challenger in their debate rematch in Missouri tonight, scourging John Kerry's record in the Senate to argue that he would be a dangerous leader.


Hot deal: Magellan RoadMate 3000T for $160

This high-ranking GPS device is offered refurbished at less than a third of its original price.


But, no, it was no hallucination. The Icelander really had tucked away a 45th-minute header for his first goal since the opening day of the season against Manchester United.


Zimbabwe Convicts Accused 'Mercenary' for Weapons

A Zimbabwe court Friday convicted a  British man accused of leading a coup plot against the  government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea on weapons charges,  but acquitted most of the 69 other men held with him.


Aussie scientists predicted increased whale strandings

Australian scientists predicted four months ago that climate patterns could trigger mass strandings of marine mammals around the Southern Ocean.


Black lawmakers are likely to lead key committees in the new, Democrat-led House, and that means issues such as Hurricane Katrina relief, hate crimes and voting problems are likely to get much more attention.


In effort to expand market share, firm says it will invest $100M in Disney's money-losing business. NEW YORK  - Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.


On the surface, Lake Michigan is one of the world's biggest and wildest bodies of freshwater and a popular fishing destination.


Okayama, 14:52 - VOLLEY DONNE, GRAND PRIX: ITALIA-REPUBBLICA DOMINICANA 3-0

Nell'ultimo incontro del terzo week end del World Grand Prix, l'Italia ha battuto la Repubblica Domi...


I like the way Lemon O'Brien expresses himself.


Falluja advance encounters sporadic resistance

US and Iraqi forces have faced less resistance than expected and suffered minimal casualties, a commander said Tuesday, as the troops continue their second day of assaults on militant-controlled Falluja.


IAEA informs UN of missing Iraq explosives

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has officially informed the Security Council of some 380 tons of high explosives missing from a weapons dump in Iraq.


JAMES Hardie chief executive Peter Macdonald will stand aside from his position in the wake of the findings of a special inquiry into the embattled building products company's asbestos liabilities.


Johnny Ramone of 'The Ramones' Dies at 55

LOS ANGELES - Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55...


'Su data incontro con Fiat solo speculazioni'


Rebels 'Execute' 49 Iraqi Troops, Kill U.S. Diplomat

BAQUBA, Iraq  - Rebels ambushed and killed 49  unarmed Iraqi soldiers and, in a separate attack Sunday, killed  a U.S. diplomat in a mortar strike near Baghdad airport.


p2pnet.net News:- Still smiling because of its victory over Hollywood, the EFF has chalked up another win. This time, Music publisher Ludlow Music has officially backed down on its threats against web animation


German investigators on Monday interviewed the first of several key witnesses in the hope of finding out why a high-speed magnetic train headed down a track while a maintenance vehicle was on it, causing a crash that killed 23 people.


Cisco preps for virtualized 'Data Center 3.0'

3.0 already? Better toss the 2.0 rubbish Virtualization has become somewhat of a Wild West for the data center market, promising streets paved with gold for IT groups - and endless riches for the vendors hawking this new-age server slicing technology.â¦


Worldwide sales of service robots for personal and domestic use in ...

GENEVA - Because of falling prices, the use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, a new survey says.


Suit Targets Colorado Electoral College Measure

A Colorado resident has filed suit to stop a state ballot measure aimed at ending the state's winner-take-all electoral vote system, which if passed could help determine who is elected president next month.


Toll Brothers, the Home Builder, Reports a 44% Drop in Earnings

In spite of the slump, the company said it saw signs of stabilization in the housing sector and raised its forecast for first-quarter home deliveries.


The fighting in both places, says Robert Baer, may be a troubling sign that al-Qaeda is making new inroads


Manila - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered living on a tiny island in the northern Philippines where the inhabitants formerly ate them, scientists and birdwatchers said on Tuesday.


Arafat off to Paris, Middle East Discuss 'New Period'

Palestine's legendary leader, Yasser Arafat, was taken to France for treatment yesterday. Arafat, who was reported to have leukemia, arrived yesterday at Percy Military Hospital near Paris via Jordan on a plane belonging to France.


Despite Ahmadinejad's bellicose rhetoric, anxiety is growing in Iran's corridors of power over the prospect of tangling with the U.S.


The head of InterActiveCorp talks about the confusion that the company's setup provokes and whether he would consider becoming the chief executive at Disney.


The party of Estonia's prime minister, who pledged to preserve the market-friendly policies credited with the Baltic nation's impressive growth, narrowly won parliamentary elections Sunday, official preliminary results showed.


After nearly two weeks of furious back-and-forth debate about the basis for a "60 Minutes" report on President Bush's National Guard service, CBS News has acknowledged it was "misled" by a source and shouldn't have gone forward with the story.


The wider social impact of immigration to the UK is set to be assessed by an independent body advising ministers, the government has said.


Three serious Windows flaws lack patches

Users should stay away from untrusted Web sites and e-mails from unfamiliar sources to avoid becoming victims of an attack aided by three serious security holes in Windows, security firms warned over the weekend.


Crystal Palace's players may not want a break from Premiership football after recording their first league win of the season but their fans may savour the 11 days in which they


Rilevazioni Bce, moneta unica vale 0,69255 sterline


(Source: Oracle)  If you could clone your top sales rep would you?  Find out how, in this short brief that outlines the surefire steps and tools to achieve measurable increases in revenue per sales rep.  By standardizing and managing your sales process you will enable your company to boost its revenue.  Start managing the sales process versus reacting to the sales results at the end of the quarter.


Blu-ray buyers suing Samsung for defective players

A class action complaint has been filed against Samsung because of the BD-P1200's inability to play certain Blu-ray discs.


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HP to make $3 billion Itanium commitment

Hewlett-Packard may have transferred its last remaining Itanium processor engineers to Intel, but the server maker is standing by the technology to the tune of $3 billion.


Israel's Barak claims victory in Labour Party race

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak claimed victory on Wednesday in the leadership race for Israel's Labour Party over his challenger, former intelligence chief Ami Ayalon.


NBA notes: Five Pacers, seven fans face charges

Five Indiana Pacers and seven fans were charged yesterday in the melee that broke out at the end of a nationally televised game against the Detroit Pistons last month, one of the worst brawls in US sports history.


Crude oil prices fall on profit-taking after topping new high

Crude oil prices fell sharply Monday as traders opted to take profits after futures reached a new high above 55 dollars a barrel. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude


Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.


For BlackBerry Users, a New Way to Write

N the annals of consumer electronics, certain devices have proven so compelling, they've created consumer cults. You know, Mac heads.


Children living near power lines may have twice the cancer risk

The Childhood Cancer Research Group at Oxford University have found that living near high-voltage power lines doubles the risk of certain childhood cancers including leukemia.


A US diplomat is wounded and his Sudanese driver killed in an attack in the capital Khartoum, reports say.


Proclamato giorno di sciopero dai giornalisti del quotidiano


Former Arsenal footballer Thierry Henry's estranged English wife is granted a divorce.


In 1946 and 1967, the St. Louis Cardinals brought bitter endings to otherwise-glorious seasons for the Boston Red Sox. The 2004 Sox, already famous for bringing down their arch-rival


Never, ever leave your sofa again Those guys behind Kazaa and Skype have started accepting signups for a peer to peer video streaming service they say will deliver high quality full screen TV across the net.â¦


"And I believe that unless a serious effort is put into this in order to reach agreements that satisfy the Palestinians, and the Arab world and the Islamic world, then I believe the conference may not be successful."  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia accused Britain on Monday of failing to act on information the Saudis provided that might have averted London's deadly July 7, 2005, suicide bombings.Abdullah told the British Broadcasting Corp. that Britain was not doing enough in the war on terror. He made the comments in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hours before arriving in London for a state visit.'I believe that most countries are not taking this issue too seriously, including, unfortunately, Great Britain,' he said through a translator. 'We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain, but unfortunately no action was taken and it may have been able to avert the tragedy.' Read more


Norwegian police find Munch's "The Scream"

Norwegian police recovered "The Scream"   and another stolen masterpiece by Edvard Munch on Thursday, two   years after the works were seized from a museum by gunmen.


A group of Liverpool supporters are trying to succeed where the financial might of Dubai International Capital (DIC) has so far failed and buy their beloved club from its American owners.


The International Criminal Court's prosecutor in The Hague outlined what he called operational, logistical and command links between Sudan's government in Khartoum and horse-mounted nomadic militias it recruited and bankrolled to carry out mass killings in the Darfur region, and he named a member of...


A test flight for the president's new chopper

Blog: Sometime after the next inauguration, the White House will replace its helicopter. Shakedown cruises are now under way.


In real life, all that 10-year-old Megan Leffew's cuddly stuffed animals can do is sit on her bed in her room in Rockville. But online, they can play air hockey, whip up a fish-and-chips dinner or take a dip in a hot tub.


Boston Scientific official defends stents

The concerns that have been raised about the safety of drug-eluting stents at a major cardiology conference shouldn't mean it's time to go back to older treatments, the chief medical and scientific officer of Natick medical technology company Boston Scientific Corp. said yesterday.


The city of Jodhpur in western India prepares for the wedding of British actress Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar.


Google acquires server software company Peakstream

Google on Tuesday acquiredÂ Peakstream, a Redwood City, Calif., developer ofÂ software for multicore and parallel processors, the company said.


Spain hails French capture of Basques as major victory

MADRID : Spain hailed the weekend arrest in France of 17 suspected Basque extremists, the worst blow the underground separatist ETA group has suffered for more than a decade.


LONDON, Dec. 3 Dancing the tango or be-bopping in the street may be what the doctor orders for sluggish Britons to get off their couches and shed some pounds.Comment


Parigi, 16:33 - CALCIO, LIPPI: SERVONO LEGGI DURE E SEVERE

''Credo che il calcio italiano debba dotarsi di leggi dure, severe, come quelle che ha appena promul...


'Atonement' kicks off 75th anniversary Venice film festival

The Venice film festival marked its 75th anniversary Wednesday with a sparkling opening gala and world premiere of British psychological drama "Atonement" starring Keira Knightley.


Andrew, CommScope set final merger terms

Communications equipment makers Andrew Corp  and CommScope Inc.  on Monday announced the final terms of their merger, which they said was due to close on December 27.


Some Forces in Bratislava Try to Compromise Armen. Community Leader

SOME FORCES IN BRATISLAVA TRY TO COMPROMISE LEADER OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY BRATISLAVA, October 22 (Noyan Tapan). One of the private TV companies of Bratislava broadcasted disinformation compromising the ...


India's Infosys makes tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index

Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest software firm, has said it will be included on the Nasdaq-100 index, putting it among the biggest listed tech companies in the world.


Stem Cell Experiments Slow Vision Loss in Rats

Researchers will report today that cells grown from human embryonic stem cells slowed vision loss when injected into the eyes of rats with a disease similar to macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people older than 55.


UK rail and bus operator FirstGroup agrees to buy US yellow school bus and Greyhound coach operator Laidlaw.


Sidney Taurel will retire on March 31, Lilly said. John C. Lechleiter, the companyâs president and chief operating officer, will take over as chief executive on April 1.


Romania Presidential Challenger Stolojan Quits Race

Romania's main opposition presidential challenger Theodor Stolojan withdrew from the race citing health reasons Saturday, dealing a severe blow to his alliance ahead of next month's elections.


Ex-Zambian leader Frederick Chiluba urges voters to back opposition leader Michael Sata in polls this month.


A woman who injured more than 20 people in an acid attack in a Bristol pub is jailed for four years.


Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday, bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their American League divisional playoff series.


Gen. Augusto Pinochet was conscious and mobile but remained hospitalized after suffering a stroke, the Army Hospital said Sunday, while the former dictator's family insisted


Networking exec blasts wiretapping rules

Requirements for broader wiretapping on Net phone and broadband connections are too costly, unwieldy, says Global Crossing.


Global warming debate over, time to act now: report

Declaring the global warming debate over, an international team of scientists urged the world's nations on Tuesday to act now to keep climate change from becoming a catastrophe.


Zawahri Urges Muslims to Hit U.S., Allies' Interests

Senior al Qaeda official Ayman  al-Zawahri, in a purported audio tape aired Friday, urged  Muslims to set up an organized resistance to hit the interests  of "crusader America" and its allies throughout the world.


Frequent fast food eaters are more vulnerable to obesity and type 2 diabetes, a 15-year study shows. This study, which appeared in the Jan. 1 issue of the The Lancet, is the


New Burden for Florida: High Deductibles

Thousands of Floridians will be getting insurance checks soon to help fix damage from Hurricanes Charley or Frances, but many will be surprised to learn how much of the repair bills they must pay themselves.


Giants Pitcher Pleased by Honor From Peers

Jason Schmidt figures he probably lost his chance at the NL Cy Young Award when he strained his groin covering first base back in August.


Youngsters Invited to Libraries for Book, Anime, Game Clubs

By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 13--Pierce County libraries are offering a fall bounty of programs for teens and tweens. Any children between 11 and 18 can participate in the free programs sponsored by The Friends of the Libraries.


Musharraf calls for international efforts to deal with catastrophe

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf offered support on Monday to India and other nations devastated by the quake and tidal waves.


Health Insurance Premiums Outpace Workers' Wages

Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States are rising five times faster than workers' earnings, a survey released Thursday shows.


Pakistan accuses al Qaeda of killing Bhutto

Pakistan accused al Qaeda of killing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination has plunged the nuclear-armed country into crisis and triggered bloody protests.


Delta Backup Plans Mulled: If Pump Shutdown Continues, More Drastic Action to Allow Water Deliveries Will Be Needed.

By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The state Department of Water Resources is weighing backup plans in case water export pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta remain idle more than 10 days, a prospect that looks increasingly likely.


Large Oceana Has Large Impact: Denizens of the Navy's Master Jet Base 'Live in the Economy' of Area

By By Ray McAllister, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 8--BY RAY McALLISTER Times-Dispatch Staff Writer   In 1940, the U.S. government bought 329 acres in Virginia Beach and three years later used the land to open a small auxiliary air field for Norfolk's military complex.


Women are even less likely to be on the board of AIM listed companies than FTSE 100 giants, says Deloitte.


Kid Rock was cited by police for misdemeanor battery after a tussle with Tommy Lee in the audience at the MTV Video Music Awards.


EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., (Sports Network) - The Minnesota  Vikings Tuesday hired Rich Olson as quarterbacks coach.


BOSTON -- Claude Julien was hired as coach of the Bruins on Thursday, less than a week after Boston fired Dave Lewis and two months after Julien was dismissed by the New Jersey Devils in the season's waning days.


RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Former triple Olympic   champion Marion Jones was cleared of doping on Wednesday after   her "B" sample tested negative for the banned blood-boosting   drug EPO.


TV Sports: Itâs 1 Driver Per Channel on Nascar Hot Pass

The concept is simple: focus on five drivers in each race and provide fans with an immersive experience unattainable anywhere else.


Receives long term support status The first version of Ubuntu to be released next year has been unveiled, and in the tradition of affable alliterations decending the alphabet, the OS has been codenamed "Hardy Heron."â¦


Paris Hilton not eating or sleeping: report

Paris Hilton has not eaten or slept since arriving at the medical ward of a Los Angeles jail and is being given psychoactive drugs, celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources.


Ducks tame Senators to claim first Stanley Cup success

ANAHEIM, California  - The Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Wednesday to clinch their first Stanley Cup.


CINCINNATI -- The Patriots will be without two starters in their secondary -- cornerback Ellis Hobbs and safety Eugene Wilson -- for today's game, with neither making the trip to Cincinnati.


Menacing Dogs From Vick Case Await Their Fate

The fate of Michael Vick will be determined at sentencing later this year. The fate of the dogs, too violent to be let free around others, is all but sealed.


European aircraft maker EADS says it could still secure a $600m helicopter deal with India.


Australian newspaper publisher John  Fairfax Holdings Ltd. said its first-half net profit fell 2.7  percent amid tough conditions in some markets and as it made  acquisitions to deter potential predators.


Cultural and language barriers are two reasons why women in low-income, high-immigrant areas of Toronto have the lowest rate of breast cancer screening, says a study released today.


Blog: Intel and the One Laptop Per Child Program have ironed our their differences and agreed to collaborate on future projects.


More children and teens are being exposed to online pornography, mostly by accidentally viewing sexually explicit Web sites while surfing the Internet, researchers say


HANOI -- Vietnam has deployed riot police at bird flu checkpoints around Ho Chi Minh City, officials said yesterday, as the lethal virus claimed another victim, raising the country's recent death toll to 10.


ABC has given the green light to a full season of its reality series "Wife Swap," which has proved a solid performer in the competitive Wednesday 10 pm


Investors are increasingly optimistic about the state of the Brazil's economy as Brazilian share prices hit a record high.


Corpses piled up at the morgue Thursday, and aid workers went door-to-door, checking in on elderly people in hopes of keeping the death toll from California's 12-day heat wave from rising.


Serbs "disgusted" by Bush Kosovo pledge: premier

Serbs will never forgive the United States if it gives their Kosovo province to Kosovo Albanians demanding independence, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday.


La top model ha triplicato il suo reddito annuale


Defence firm EADS has seen Jean-Paul Gut, one of its key strategy and sales executives, quit the firm.


Microsoft (Quote, Chart) showed up at the music download party on Wednesday with a music store wrapped around a new version of the Windows Media Player (WMP).


Tomorrow: Gorgeous to behold, but oh so dreary

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a sumptuous visual extravaganza, rich with intense, vibrant hues that contrast sharply with the black and white into which the film sometimes slips.


Straw 'distressed' over video of kidnapped aid worker

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was extremely distressed over a video which showed aid worker Margaret Hassan who was kidnapped in Iraq pleading for her life.


Israel denies espionage accusation amid broadened FBI ...

Israel vehemently denied it had employed a mid-level Pentagon official to gain classified information from the United States as the FBI broadened its investigation into the case.


Nokia said Thursday its third-quarter revenue and profits would be better than expected, citing an increase in mobile phone sales.


Putin says re-nationalization of Yukos' assets in state interest

NEW YORK, December 24  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an attempt yesterday to justify the indirect transfer of Yukosâ (YUSA.


Fla., La. Residents Prepare to Flee Ivan

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Frightened residents of the Gulf Coast from Florida's Panhandle to Louisiana's bayous boarded up windows, packed and hit the road Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan charged in their direction...


The most important rule at this remote vacation spot is simple: no white light. Even a sliver of the pupil-contracting rays coming from the window of a cabin at Deerlick Astronomy Village could ruin a neighbor's view of the Milky Way. The 96-acre village in rural Taliaferro County in eastern Georgia is designed for amateur stargazers looking for total darkness and wide-open spaces to build weekend homes.


Germany says Iran can't be allowed to harm U.N.

Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said using force against Iran must be   ruled out and also questioned the need for sanctions.


Ambiente, la Russia ha ratificato il Protocollo di Kyoto

La Russia ha ratificato il Protocollo di Kyoto sulla limitazione delle emissioni dei gas a effetto serra. A votare in favore dell'accordo internazionale Ã¨ stata la Duma di stato. Con la ratifica della Russia


Parma, 16:52 - CALCIO, PARMA: TURN OVER OBBLIGATO CONTRO L'HEERENVEEN

Seduta pomeridiana per il Parma, alla vigilia della gara di Coppa Uefa con gli olandesi dell'Heerenv...


Four-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent retires from rowing.


Tribunal to Consider Defense Lawyer for Milosevic

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic wraps up the opening statement of his war crimes trial defense on Wednesday after launching a counterblast to charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s.


Udine, 18:03 - CALCIO, UDINESE: CODA SOSTITUIRA' FELIPE

Sarà Andrea Coda a sostituire lo squalificato Felipe nella difesa dell'Udinese che cercher&ag...


More than five million people in the UK now have high-speed net connections, say broadband analysts.


Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults

Women who say they were sexually assaulted in Iraq by co-workers have found themselves unable to seek justice.


TIM HENMAN exited the Masters Cup and admitted: Marat Safin was too good for me. The British No1 failed to reach the semi-finals after the in-form Russian beat him 6-2 7-6 (7/2) in Houston.


Market set to open sharply lower on recession fear

Stocks headed for a sharply lower open on Wednesday as recession worries persisted and a weak profit outlook from iPod maker Apple Inc hurt technology shares, with the Nasdaq composite index on the cusp of a bear market.


Jobless Claims Up but Still Show Recovery

The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week but the overall level of applications still points to a recovering job market.


Hurricane Ivan now a Category Five storm

Hurricane Ivan has picked up strength. It is now a Category Five storm -- the largest, rarest and potentially most catastrophic class.


Dell cuts prices on many corporate products

Dell on Monday said it had cut prices by as much as fifth for a range of products aimed at US corporate customers, as the computer maker passed along savings from cheaper components.


Lycos Europe To Spammers: It's Pay-Back Time

Lycos Europe NV is offering Internet users a way to stick it to spammers with its new screen-saver software, called "Make Love, Not Spam.


US dispatches disaster teams to help quake victims

The United States has dispatched disaster teams to the Asian countries hit hard by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis and is


Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming is the early overall leader in fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game. The Chinese star collected 881,223 votes in the first returns announced Thursday.


Kerry Renews Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation

John Kerry renewed his call on Wednesday for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation and said the official investigation into abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison demonstrated a failure of civilian leadership.


Bush, Bernanke both back lift for economy

A consensus that the struggling U.S. economy needs rescue emerged on Thursday as the powerful Federal Reserve chairman backed the idea and President George W. Bush urged a quick and temporary fiscal package.


Looking for an answer: Proponents wary of health saving accounts

When monthly health insurance premiums for the Sames family topped $1,000 last year, Krista Sames and her husband abandoned their traditional health plan in favor


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Dopo richiesta legittima suspicione avanzata dai legali


DJ Aqeel arrested for possession of drugs

DJ Aqeel was detained on Tuesday at Dubai airport after reportedly being caught with drugs.


Electronic Arts Inc  posted a 44 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday and gave forecasts in line with Wall Street estimates, but shares  in the world's top video-game publisher fell 6 percent.


BOSTON Oct. 5, 2004 - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.


In his first big race as an American, Bernard Lagat won the world championship that had long eluded him.


Debate is raging over the plight of US zoo elephants, with activists charging confinement destroys their feet and even kills them, and the industry fiercely defending their top crowd pleaser.


An Addict and a Widow With a Lot of Pain to Heal

âThings We Lost in the Fireâ bends over backward to prove that serious American movies can hold their own with the best films from overseas.


Tellabs Buys Vinci Systems in $52.5M Deal

Tellabs Inc., a maker of data transmission equipment, said Thursday that it acquired Vinci Systems, a privately held developer of optical networking terminals, for about $52.5 million in cash and restricted Tellabs stock.


Electric Generators Hard to Find in Fla.

Weeks spent being buffeted by hurricanes have apparently made an impression on Florida residents — electric generators are flying off store shelves.


Science & environment: Â· Patios and pools targeted to fix unfair anomaliesÂ· Water companies to be given increased powers


Democrats alleged Pentagon officials misused intelligence on Iraq ...

CAPITOL HILL More charges about how the Pentagon handled CIA requests for corrections to information linking Iraq to al-Qaida. A report released today by Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin alleges that


Airlines and service providers seeking to deliver high-speed Internet services to passengers say they've learned from Boeing Co.'s 2006 decision to pull the plug on its ambitions to outfit its planes with a similar service.


Cagliari, 18:48 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: FORSE IL TRIDENTE SUAZO-ESPOSITO-ZOLA

Il tecnico del Cagliari Daniele Arrigoni sta pensando, per la gara di domani a Brescia, di sostituir...


Top Saddam aides to go on trial from next week

BAGHDAD - Saddam Husseinâs top henchmen will start going on trial for crimes against humanity next week, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said yesterday, as he warned violence would increase after Iraqâs landmark elections in January.


Italy Edges the U.S. in Women's Water Polo

Italy and Greece advanced to the gold  medal game in women's water polo at the expense of world  champions United States and Olympic title holders Australia on  Tuesday.


Fed rate cut to boost auto sales: Chrysler CEO

Chrysler Chief Executive Bob Nardelli said the Federal Reserve's emergency 75 basis point rate cut would help consumer confidence and boost auto sales in 2008.


Citroen's championship leader Sebastien Loeb made a flying start to the Rally of Britain on Friday to seize the lead from Ford's overnight front-runner Francois Duval.


Ghosn's three-headed giant doesn't scare carmakers

Prospects that Carlos Ghosn could link   his Renault/Nissan alliance with a major U.S. partner to form a   carmaking juggernaut failed to strike fear into the hearts of   rival automakers at the Paris car show this week.


Hamas denies decision to strike Israel abroad, vows revenge

BEIRUT : The Palestinian movement Hamas denied that its leadership had decided to strike Israeli interests abroad, vowing to avenge the killing of top militant in a time and place of its own choosing.


Last night, the NBA revealed the extent of both its wrath and humiliation by suspending Ron Artest for the remainder of the season, as well as handing out severe punishments for several other


With timing as immaculate as the strike which earned Arsenal victory against a belligerent and energetic Newcastle team, Patrick Vieira prepares to enter 2005 as a player re-born.


Insurance giant Prudential asks shareholdhers to stump up Â£1bn to fund UK expansion and meet new EU funding rules.


Singh urges West to remove blocks on N-tech transfer

KALPAKKAM: India on Saturday urged the West to remove blocks on the transfer of critical nuclear technology, offering an assurance that New Delhi had effective tools to prevent proliferation.


Cahill jumps out of his skin in London draw

TIM CAHILL took his rapid development as the new star of the Australian team another step forward yesterday (AEDT), winning his first international man of the match award during a 2-2 draw with much higher ranked Norway.


A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects


Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.


A CAR suicide bomber attacked an American convoy in the north Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, killing one US soldier and twoIraqis.


Focused Kerry Bags a Goose, Aims for Swing Votes

For Democratic challenger John Kerry, the presidential race has come down to three words -- focus, focus, focus. Even a hunting trip on Thursday was more about votes than geese.


Gordon Brown is meeting his French, German and Italian counterparts to discuss the global economic turmoil.


Gross confident Euroconstitution to strengthen Czech Republic

PRAGUE- Prime Minister Stanislav Gross firmly believes that the European constitution will strengthen the position of the Czech Republic in the European Union, he told after a meeting with Luxembourg's Prime ...


Blair to step down as prime minister in July 2007: report

Speculation over the future of British Prime Minister Tony Blair reached new heights following a report that he will leave office on July 26 next year.


Supreme Court to decide on Title IX whistleblowers

A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls' high


Tar Heels' Experience Gets Best of the Wildcats

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 4 - One of the first significant challenges to North Carolina's aspirations this season came Saturday with Kentucky's visit to the Smith Center.


British police arrest two after chemical find

British police said on Friday they had  arrested two men under anti-terrorism laws after finding two  containers marked "hydrogen peroxide," the chemical used in  2005 suicide bombings in London.


Plan to Target Businesses That Employ Immigrants Draws Fire

A pending crackdown by the Bush administration against U.S. companies that employ illegal immigrants faced growing opposition yesterday, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several large industry groups joined an AFL-CIO lawsuit to halt the program and the U.S. Small Business Administration said it...


Ottawa is sitting on a surplus worth billions of dollars and can afford to pick up the cost of a national drug program, provincial finance ministers said yesterday.


Michael Schumacher suffers a high-speed crash in practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.


Pregnant women do not tip over, and the reason has a lot to do with an evolutionary curve, researchers say.


Diplomat calls Brazil foreign policy anti-American

Brazil's newly retired ambassador to the United States said policy at Brazil's Foreign Ministry was being increasingly dictated by a group of short-sighted, anti-American leftists.


One British dream hung by a thread last night as another burned. On a frantic day in Formula One, the owners of Silverstone, the British Racing Drivers Club, vowed to continue the struggle


Demand answers - concerned patients told

A haemophiliac who has been told he may develop vCJD after receiving blood from a donor who later died of the disease yesterday said the Government should be held to account for the blunder.


Risultato operativo ha raggiunto 15% fatturato


left. The fighters had defied US military firepower and the interim Iraqi government for three weeks. accept a peace deal to halt the fighting, after a day of violence in which 110 Iraqis were killed and 501 wounded.


Scientists find a potential reason to explain why bird flu is so deadly for people.


Abu Ghraib Guards Were Scapegoats, US Lawyers Say

Two military guards implicated in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal in Iraq were good soldiers caught in a muddled chain of command at a chaotic prison, their lawyers


Al Qaeda operative said to visit Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A senior Al Qaeda operative captured in Britain this month had traveled in March to a militant hideout near the Pakistan-Afghan border and met with other terror suspects, officials said yesterday.


Analysis: Immigration Bill Moving Through

For all the controversy, immigration legislation is moving steadily through the Senate, shielded by a bipartisan coalition durable enough to defeat crippling amendments, shake off political warning shots and even recover from an occasional stumble.


Chinese director opens wounds in Yasukuni shrine film

An elderly Japanese swordmaker painstakingly forges his final masterpiece in the opening sequence of "Yasukuni", Chinese documentary filmmaker Li Ying's exploration of a controversial Tokyo shrine.


Poll finds Americans more pessimistic on Iraq

As President Bush weighs options for changing course in Iraq, Americans are more pessimistic on the war and most support a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup poll.


Director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with an irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema" has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.


One step at a time: Sox make bid for unlikely comeback

The challenge remains considerable, the chance at ultimate victory highly improbable. But there will be a baseball game at Fenway Park today.


Technology stocks looked set to rise on  Wall Street on Friday following Microsoft's  earnings  after Thursday's bell, while concern about earnings and the  economic outlook would likely weigh on blue chips.


Poll finds party faithful unhappy with his direction.


For tiny Finland, a World Cup championship would be a storybook ...

The book on extraordinary Finnish hockey accomplishments is a slender volume, no bigger than those comical books about cats that are stacked around the sales registers at Barnes & Noble.


Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are putting a strain on the term "newlyweds." The couple, who wed two years ago, will return Jan. 26 for the third season of their MTV reality show, featuring the difficulties of being a (relatively) recently married couple.


DevShed has posted a new tutorial today about building another common component of a website - the logout component.   The main function of the logout class is to log out a user and then redirect the user to the login page. On a programmatic level, the logout class terminates and destroys the session variables that the login class created for the user and also logs the exit time to the database. This article will show you how to create a logout class. It is part of a series on application framework components.   They build out the simple part of the class first, handling the variables and all and then move on to handling the logout and updating the database to reflect the user's status. They finish the tutorial off by giving both the database structure for the component and an example of it in action.


With infection growth rates second only to Eastern Europe, the pandemic poses a mortal threat in the Arab world. But an effective response seems years away


On the PHP-Tools Blog, there's a new posting about a new library for PHP based off of the original XJConf and ported over to make XJConf For PHP.   XJConf allows you to map complex XML documents to data structures by defining the mapping rules in a simple XML-based language. You may define the type for each tag (objects, arrays, primitives) as well as how its attributes, child elements and enclosed character data should be treated. When creating objects, you may also define the setter methods to nest the objects.   There are examples and documentation if you'd like to give it a try and, when you're ready, you can grab it from their PEAR channel or http://svn.xjconf.net/XJConfForPHP/


Yukos Woes Increase With Collection Order

Russia's Tax Ministry has slapped Yukos with a collection order on part of a back tax claim, raising the total due to $6.1 billion, the embattled company said Tuesday.


Farmers and lorry drivers are taking part in protests across the UK against the rising cost of fuel.


Detectives investigating the 1998 Omagh bombing arrest a man from the Republic of Ireland.


Hurricane Felix seen becoming top-ranked storm

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao  - Hurricane Felix intensified at an alarming rate on Sunday while passing north of Aruba and was expected to become an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it brushed Central America and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.


The 25-year-old daughter of a senior master at one of England's top public schools is found stabbed to death.


Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

Microsoft Corp  said on Monday  it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a  portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc  .


DOW Jones has agreed to buy online financial information provider Marketwatch Inc for $US519 million ($674.9 million) in cash, or $US18 ($23.


Tools wrap: Sybase, Clear Clear eye data modeling, BPEL

InfoWorld - Sybase later this year will ship PowerDesigner 11.0, an enterprise data modeling tool for building or re-engineering business processes and aligning business and IT goals, according to the company.


New Cell Phone Responds to Shakes, Jiggles

Tired of pushing all those buttons on your cell phone? Japanese handsets slated to hit stores next month are designed to solve that problem: They respond to shakes, tilts and jiggles.


Foreign Observers See Problems in Election

Substantial threats to the integrity of the U.S. presidential election remain despite an improvement in election practices since 2000, an international delegation of election observers reported on Thursday.


Israeli forces kill 4 Gaza gunmen in raid

Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gunships raided the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least four Palestinian gunmen, militant sources and hospital officials said.


Racing: Vinne Roe a certain starter for Melbourne Cup

MELBOURNE - Melbourne Cup second favourite Vinnie Roe is a definite runner in today's A$4.6 million ($5.07 million) race. Despite almost no rain falling at Flemington overnight, trainer Dermot Weld said the horse would "take his chance".


Russian Cosmonaut to Travel With the Next Space Station Crew

A Russian cosmonaut will travel to the International Space Station with the outpost's next two-man crew when it launches aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft next month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.


The UN launches a global initiative to tackle the growing mountain of electrical and electronic waste.


Confusion about the role of Chinese banks in the sale of Russia's Yuganskneftegas deepened on Wednesday.


The signs say "KEEP OUT" and warn of radiation contamination, but the mushroom-pickers trudge right past them carrying their pails.


Justice Dept., states differ on Microsoft monopoly

A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials.


EU-US Plane Fight May Turn to Peace Deal

Washington and Brussels may have gone  for their guns in a fight over plane subsidies, firing off huge  tit-for-tat cases at the World Trade Organization (WTO), but  analysts say a peaceful deal may yet be done.


Minacciato di espulsione s'impicca in centro detenzione


Election results from the West, at a glance

PRESIDENT (3) -- Only one Democrat has taken Alaska since it became a state -- Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Bush, for sure. SENATE -- Republican Lisa Murkowski in tough race with former governor Tony Knowles; many


CINCINNATI -- Ty Law responded last night to reports published last week that he and coach Bill Belichick were feuding over a bonus for showing up at training camp in shape.


Powell Sees No Rise in U.S. Tsunami Funds for Now

Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Monday he did not expect U.S. financial aid for tsunami-hit  Asian nations to increase for now as he visited the region  after criticism that Washington's initial response was slow and  stingy.


The test program that allows pre-screened travelers to zip through airport security is being extended. The Registered Traveler Program had been scheduled to run for 90 days at each of five big airports.


US Targets Alleged Zarqawi Loyalists in Iraq Strike

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces launched air strikes  on the rebel-held city of Falluja Monday, targeting what they  said was a meeting of key loyalists of their top foe in Iraq,  Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ran through the South African top order to give India a whiff of victory on the fourth day of the second test in Calcutta on Wednesday.


President Musharraf to remain Pakistan army chief: minister

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will remain the army chief, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid announced, even though the general had pledged he would relinquish the post this year.


US drugs regulators made two trips to Capitol Hill last week to defend themselves before Congress. They are likely to return soon, after their efforts to reassure lawmakers and the public


Arsenal may seek a full stock market listing as a means of funding itself after moving to its new stadium, its vice-chairman says.


TB Patient Moved to Specialized Hospital

The man potentially exposed several hundred airline passengers to a dangerous and hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis.


Kazakhstan chooses a new parliament - currently dominated by President Nazarbayev's supporters.


Secretary of State Colin Powell heads list of cabinet resignations that became public on Monday.


Samuel L. Jackson coached his latest movie to a box-office championship.


Explosives residue found in wreckage of other Russian jet; new ...

Russian investigators found residue of an explosive substance on the wreckage of the second of two airliners that crashed minutes apart Tuesday night, a security spokesman said yesterday


G.M. Reports Unexpected Increase in Feb. Sales

Meanwhile, Detroitâs other automakers experienced significant declines.


Opera, Firefox Bug Could Reveal Web Travels

An intruder could manipulate a flaw in how the browsers handle image files to see where the user has been surfing.


CIA tried to get Mafia to kill Castro: documents

The CIA worked with two of the country's most-wanted criminals in a botched "gangster-type" attempt to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro in the early 1960s, according to documents released by the CIA on Tuesday.


The Sun, brash voice of the British masses, turns 40

While the first issue of The Sun rolled off the presses in 1964 as a broadsheet, the present tabloid form -- rife with scandal, sex, sports and the occasional bonafide scoop -- only started up after global ...


U.S. Court Backs Statesâ Measures to Cut Emissions

A federal judge in Vermont gave the first legal endorsement to rules in California, being copied in 13 other states, that intend to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by automobiles.


Dutch Trafigura settles toxic waste case

A Dutch-based oil trading company paid $197 million to secure the release of three executives from an Ivory Coast prison and settle claims that it dumped toxic waste that killed at least 10 people in the West African nation.


U.S.: Sadr City again a militants' haven

U.S. soldiers trying to calm Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again become a haven for anti-American militants — and the source of most of the gunfire and mortars directed at them.


Eaters' paradise is a trip down Cured Meat Lane. Then again, if your heart does not leap at sampling dozens of variations on lardo - an Italian specialty rarely seen in America that is essentially a sheet of ...


Breaking the Mel Gibson arrest story was the latest coup for Harvey Levin and his staff of 25 at the fledgling entertainment Web site TMZ.com.


Commuter Plane Crashes in China, Killing 54

A China Eastern Airlines commuter plane crashed into a frozen lake in northern China this morning, killing all 53 people on board and 1 on the ground, state media and the airline said.


The investigation takes a melodramatic turn with a look at Diana's letters, Prince Philip's notes and her best friend's testimony. The key question (cue the music): Was she in love?


Leader Camera Comuni, destare interesse giovani per politica


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - JP Morgan Chase is in talks with UK investment bank Cazenove to create a joint venture that would effectively combine the banks, according to a published repor Thursday.


Stones roll by U2 for top-grossing tour ever

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Though they'll surely live to fight another day, U2's brief stint holding the title of top-grossing tour ever is over. That distinction returns to the Rolling Stones, whose A Bigger Bang tour is now the top-grossing tour in history.


US and Iraqi troops say they have recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul . The US military also said on Wednesday that Falluja appeared calmer while operations to regain


Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages

The city is suing 21 of the nationâs largest banks and financial institutions, accusing them of knowingly plunging it into a financial crisis.


Nigerian separatist leader released on health grounds

A Nigerian court on Thursday ordered the provisional release of separatist leader Mujahid Asari Dokubo, who had been held since 2005 on treason charges.


com. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday introduced its fastest desktop processor, heating up competition with rival chip maker Intel Corp.


NEW YORK---Tenet Healthcare Corp. said Tuesday its loss narrowed in the third quarter, as the Santa Barbara-based operator of acute-care hospitals significantly reduced its loss from continuing operations.


The brothers who founded and run Disney Corp.'s Miramax Films unit are sticking together, The New York Post is reporting. Harvey and Bob Weinstein now hope to work things with out with Disney, and stay within the Disney fold, the report stated.


The 2005 film "The Constant Gardner" won acclaim at film festivals and an Oscar for best supporting actress Rachel Weisz. Now the film's Brazilian director is harnessing his fame to jump-start his country's struggling movie industry.


Arsenal claim their new position as Britain's richest football club shows no foreign takeover is needed to boost finances.


WSP Environmental Named 'Advisor of the Year' at Acquisitions Monthly Awards Ceremony

RESTON, Va., Feb. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- International consultancy WSP Environmental has been named "Environmental Advisor of the Year" by Acquisitions Monthly, the leading international M&A and buyouts magazine.


Russia Finds Explosive Traces on 2nd Plane

Russian investigators found explosive residue on the wreckage of the second of two airliners that crashed minutes apart, a security spokesman said Saturday, adding to evidence that terrorists breached security at one of the country's most up-to-date


Sport: Athletics: Mark Lewis-Francis ensured the British 4x100m relay team hung on for bronze behind the USA and Jamaica.


Comet Dust Yields Surprises About Universe

By Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times  Dec. 15--University of Washington astronomer Don Brownlee expected surprises from the pinch of comet dust collected by the Stardust spacecraft.   But he didn't foresee such a shake-up.


Jerry Orbach, 1935-2004: Loss of a legend on stage, screen

Some actors become legends with one defining role. Some win awards year after year. And some reach greatness through sheer sweat. Over a career that spanned the off-off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks" to


Ex premier: Paese deve avere politica leale verso alleati


ESPN.com's Pitching Preview | 2004 MLB Playoffs

In Thursday's two NLDS Game 2 matchups, Dodgers starter Jeff Weaver has a tough assignment vs. St. Louis, while the Astros aim to take a commanding series lead over Atlanta with their second Cy Young candidate on the mound in as many days.


The Government has said that all restaurants, pubs and bars in England which prepare and serve food will be smoke-free from 2006. The Health Secretary, Dr John Reid, said that from the same date all enclosed


UPDATE 4-Brent crude sets record as supply worries persist

London oil prices hit record highs on Monday as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low US fuel stocks ahead of winter.


The family courts system is not biased against fathers, top judge Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss tells MPs.


Siglata intesa ministro-sindacati sui piani di rientro


Market woes, oil, forex to curb euro zone growth: EU

The global credit crunch, created by  uncertainty about the size of losses in the U.S. mortgage  market, will curb euro zone economic growth in coming quarters,  the European Commission said.


Local family desperate for news from Sri Lanka

LEE COUNTYâ While the death toll continues to rise in Asia from the tsunami that hit on December 26th, several local families are worried about their loved ones in Sri Lanka.


European equities rallied on Friday, recovering their poise after losses in the previous session were sparked by concerns over the prospect of rising interest rates.


Researchers have discovered for the first time that the human brain can grow new nerve cells.


The BBC obtains evidence that Israelis have been giving military training to Kurds in northern Iraq.


Rumsfeld makes unannounced visit to Iraq

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday on an unannounced visit to an air base north of Baghdad that the new Iraqi government is not yet ready to decide on security issues that will determine the pace of U.S. troop reductions this year.


UPDATE 1-Chaotic Real Madrid lose 1-0 at Espanyol

Espanyol beat a chaotic Real Madrid side 1-0 in Barcelona on Saturday to move top in Spain and inflict further misery on the nine-times European champions.


Permira to buy Japan's Arysta for $2.2 billion

TOKYO/PHILADELPHIA  - Global private equity firm Permira , said it had won the race to buy agrichemical company Arysta LifeScience Corp for about 250 billion yen ($2.2 billion) enterprise value, marking its first deal in Japan.


Sep 3, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - House cats can acquire H5N1 avian influenza and pass it on to other cats, Dutch researchers reported this week.


Lutheran Relief Group Welcomes New Leader

By Pam Firmin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 10--BILOXI -- Lutherans working to help rebuild Katrina-damaged homes passed their leadership torch -- wood from a 500-year-old oak tree -- to Jerilyn Dufresne of Milwaukee on Friday.


The Sri Lankan Tamil rebel group, the LTTE, has said that despite the nationwide tsunami tragedy, it will not give up its fight for the rights of the minority Tamils.


US Air Force Secretary James Roche announced Tuesday he is resigning the post he has held for four years. Roche had been nominated to take over as US Army Secretary, but controversy


he media unit of Quebecor Inc. agreed yesterday to buy the Toronto 1 television station from Chum Ltd. for 46 million Canadian dollars ($35.4 million) in cash and assets, clearing the way for Chum to complete its 265 million Canadian ...


Conditions in developing nations could hamper the spread of digital TV, a broadcast conference is told.


Microsoft declares its support for a scheme that aims to make it easier to maintain online identities.


Google blows search into another universe

Already the search tool so popular its name has become a verb, Google has been quietly adding important features in the background since it became a public company.


Storms Could Cause Delay in Shuttle Flights

The battering that this month's hurricanes have inflicted on NASA centers could strain an already tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, but it is too early to tell how badly.


Space shuttle Discovery is to dock with the space station after an inspection showed no visible damage on lift-off.


More than most people, Ed Colligan is well acquainted with the ups and downs that punctuate the handheld-device market. Along with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky, Colligan was part of the troika that left Palm to found rival Handspring.


Keflezighi wins silver in marathon for last US medal

ATHENS, Greece - Into the heart of the 2004 Olympics and the 1,000-year-old stadium symbolic of it ran a little touch of Jacksonville Sunday.


Dakar, 15:02 - Dakar, auto: De Villiers vince la 15/a tappa

Giniel De Villiers e Cyril Despres sono i vincitori, rispettivamente per le categorie auto e moto, d...


After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday plans to start pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition.


Yangon Journal: A Tiny Window on the U.S., Prized by Those Peering In

MyanmarÂs bustling American Center is testimony to how a library can burnish AmericaÂs reputation and comfort those living under autocratic rulers.


Police hunting a letter bomber name a missing unemployed Bedford man they want to interview.


Study: Smoking bans, social forces clear indoor air

The United States is making progress toward the goal of reducing cigarette smoking and cleaning up indoor air, according to two reports published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


A New Movie Brings Out Throngs of Black Women

Audiences of mostly black women crowded theaters throughout New York City to see âTyler Perryâs Why Did I Get Married?â on the day of its nationwide release.


Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., criticized Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's handling of the CIA leak investigation Tuesday, saying the prosecutor had to have known from the start that it was not a crime to disclose Valerie Plame's identity as an agent.


Microsoft, others protest Google's DoubleClick deal

Google's proposed merger with online advertising server DoubleClick would create a giant that would control a huge portion of online advertising and hurt the Internet, opponents of the deal told U.S. lawmakers Thursday.


Microsoft is to form multi-million pound partnerships with two Indian software firms, and is expected to double the 1,500 people it already employs in India.


Two trains collide near the northern Italian city of Bologna, killing several people and injuring many others.


A fragile truce broke down when Hamas members fired on a convoy from the rival Fatah group, killing six people.


A woman pedestrian is killed and a man is seriously injured in a road accident in County Londonderry.


Life-changing video format gets last rites

It changed the lifestyles of a generation but after a lingering death, the last rites have been sounded for the revolutionary VHS home video format.


Maria Sharapova produces a magnificent display of clean hitting to knock world number one Justine Henin out in the Australian Open quarter-finals.


DevShed: User Management in a PHP Invoicing System

DevShed has posted the last part in their look at the creation of an invoicing system to help you manage your clients today. This time, they focus on the management of users of the system (not the clients to invoice, that was this part).   In this fourth and final article covering the creation of a PHP invoicing system, we're going to put together the user management section. In this section we will be able to view all available users and do all the associated things like deleting or updating user details. We are also going to be able to add new users.   They start with grabbing the information of the current users of the system and listing them out. This allows simple modification and deletion of any of the users on the list. They give the code (and screenshots) for the user modification screen and show you how to set up an email reminder that sends out to the clients when a bill hasn't been paid.


Google Inc.'s initial public offering has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission.


James breaks bone in face, will wear protective mask

LeBron James will wear a mask to protect a broken bone in his face, but Cavaliers coach Paul Silas said Thursday he hopes the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year won't miss any games.


Two more West Nile-infected birds found in county

Officials have confirmed that two more birds found dead in Humboldt County perished from the West Nile virus. County Vector Control Officer Brent Whitener said two birds


(CBS/AP) Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia ordered an inquiry Wednesday to determine the cause of death of former leader Yasser Arafat.


The spotlight will shine on Jamal Lewis this weekend when the Ravens open their season in Cleveland against the team Lewis has historically dominated.


A court in Japan rejects former chess champion Bobby Fischer's request to halt  his deportation to the US.