Russia said Thursday that China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's biggest oil refiner, may join Royal Dutch/Shell Group's Sakhalin-2 project in the Pacific and buy liquefied natural gas from the venture's offshore fields.


Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager

TechWeb - Tom Hanrahan brings to Microsoft 30 years of experience in engineering management and open source community development.


NAPOLI: NUOVO OMICIDIO NEL QUARTEIRE SCAMPIA

Napoli - Un uomo, Massimiliano De Felice, 30 anni, e' stato ucciso, nel quartiere Scampia di Napoli. Non si esclude che anche questo delitto possa essere collegato alla guerra per il controllo del traffico


Sadr appears, Basra militia leader killed

KUFA, Iraq  - Fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday to renew demands for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and paint himself as a leader for all Iraqis.


UK police treating Litvinenko poisoning as murder

British police said on Wednesday they were now treating the death of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder, raising the stakes in an investigation that has extended from London to Moscow.


PM: Turkey Might Say No to EU Over Terms

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey will say no to the European Union if the bloc imposes unacceptable conditions on starting membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.


Trying to put the Hwang Woo-suk scandal behind them, Korean scientists seek methods for deriving stem cells without killing embryos. In Bodyhack.


NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday as bargain hunters shrugged off rising oil prices, but Google Inc.'s decision to slash its estimated initial public offering price sapped some enthusiasm from the market.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 9.73, or 0.1 percent, to 9,982.56, reversing an earlier slide...


A 44-year-old woman who needed an electric oxygen pump to breathe died after an energy company cut the power to her home because of an unpaid bill, her family claimed Wednesday.


Pamela Anderson seeks divorce after short marriage

Former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model Pamela Anderson has filed for divorce from her third husband after just two months of marriage.


The number of Indians affected by HIV/Aids may be lower than the UN estimate of 5.7 million, a study suggests.


Arts & entertainment: Rockers lay down your guitars and indie types look away now: bouncy, colourful pop is back at the Brits


The publishing company that owns the copyright to the Dick and Jane reading primers has filed a lawsuit over the humor book "Yiddish With Dick and Jane."


Rocchi e Pandev portano i biancocelesti nella fase a gironi


Alex Corretja, the winner of 17 ATP singles titles and a former No. 2-ranked player, announced his retirement Saturday.


Microsoft Researchers Show off Wireless Projects

Several projects dreamed up by the software giant's research department find new uses for mobile phones.


Masters Returns to Commercial Sponsorship

The Masters is no longer commercial-free, signing up three television sponsors Friday for the first time since Martha Burk led a corporate campaign against Augusta National and its all-male membership.


'Perfect day' as Aussie turned Austrian wins Tri gold

The women's Olympic triathlon was expected to be a wide open race - but not so open that it could be won by a 34-year-old, ranked 41 in the world, who only took up the sport eight years ago to accompany her husband.


British-born writer Arthur Hailey, author of 11 best-sellers, dies at his home in the Bahamas, says his wife Sheila.


Report: Army Doctors Involved in Abu Ghraib Abuse

US military doctors working in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, an article in the British medical journal The Lancet said on Friday.


Kia Spectra Gets Worst Possible Rating In Frontal Crash Test

WASHINGTON -- The insurance industry is out with its latest auto safety findings, and for the first time since 2001, it has given out the lowest possible rating.


Prime prove di formazione per gli az- zurri nell'allenamento a Coverciano che ha preceduto la partenza per Messina, dove domani sera (ore 20.30) si gioca l'amichevole con la Finlandia. L'intenzione di Lippi


Police Spray May Be More Harmful Than Thought

NEW YORK  - A spray used by UK police to  subdue aggressors may cause greater injury than anticipated,  according to new report.


Bush: OB-GYNs Kept from 'Practicing Their Love'

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.  - President Bush offered an  unexpected reason on Monday for cracking down on frivolous  medical lawsuits: "Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice  their love with women all across this country."


Portals, news sites, must improve customer satisfaction

As far as keeping their customers satisfied, Web portals, search engines, and news and information sites in the U.S. continue to improve but still have work to do, according to a report released Tuesday.


Foreigners Buy Stakes in the U.S. at a Record Pace

Foreign investors are buying aggressively, taking advantage of American duress and a weak dollar.


Indian spinner Anil Kumble takes his 400th Test wicket but Australia reach 316-5 at the close in Bangalore.


British aristocrat hopes US rocker will take over his mansion

A British aristocrat said on Friday he hoped that a long-lost rock star relative could take over his multi-million pound 13th century stately home because he can no longer afford to run it.


Darfur rebels suspend participation in Sudan peace talks

Rebel leaders pulled out of peace talks on the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, accusing the government of repeatedly breaching a ceasefire deal, spokesmen for their movements said.


Mexico's Fox suffers dizzy spell, recovers

Mexican President Vicente Fox became faint on Sunday at a farewell party at his ranch five days before leaving office but recovered and returned to the celebration, the government said.


The Colbert Nation Quickly Colonizes Facebook

Stephen Colbertâs presidential candidacy may be phony, but his Facebook supporters have become the most popular political group on the site by far.


We reveal the magical ingredients of this sticky, stinky gunk that'll keep you rolling a few more blocks. By Patrick Di Justo from Wired magazine.


Iran confirms that one of its diplomats has been kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.


After six years of providing bass lines to Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur now finds herself playing smaller rooms, but very much at the front of them.


Judges to rule on a case that could change the way alcohol and tobacco is bought within the European Union.


Europe crafts computer security alert system for SMBs

(InfoWorld) - The creation of aÂ pan-European systemÂ to notify small and medium-size businesses of IT security threats came a step closer Tuesday, as security experts from industry and academia refined plans for the European Information Sharing and Alert System (EISAS) at a conference in Berlin. The conference attendees, from 27 European Union countries, are considering how best to distribute information about new threats across the European Union, said Ulf Bergstrom, press officer for the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), the E.U.'s computer security agency. An interim feasibility study published on Tuesday outlines several proposals for the system. One proposal calls for a multilingual portal that collects and publishes security information from member countries. Another idea under consideration would have individual countries collecting security information and publishing it in their own language on Web sites, then feeding that information to other countries. Further specifics on exactly how those scenarios would work are under discussion, Bergstrom said. Bergstrom said the focus is on keeping the information accessible as possible for end users and also in their own native language. Funding issues, including cost of translation, are also being discussed, he said. The delegates' input will be included in a final feasibility study, due for release later this month, Bergstrom said. That study will be forwarded to the European Commission, which will give its opinion before passing the report around September or October to the European Parliament and European Council for consideration, Bergstrom said.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Internet video is sneaking up on us. That became clear last week in Las Vegas, where all sorts of firms announced new Internet video services at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show.


White House panel pushes on veteran care

Leaders of a presidential commission on Wednesday implored Congress to quickly pass measures providing lifetime treatment to Iraq war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.


Hundreds gather at a Liverpool church for a candlelight vigil to pray for hostage Kenneth Bigley.


New home sales, consumer confidence fall

U.S. new home sales fell in May while consumer confidence hit a 10-month low in June on worries about jobs and the business climate, adding to signs of sluggish economic growth.


U.S.-born Hispanics may have poorer health than immigrants

Hispanics born and raised in the United States may be in poorer health than new immigrants -- with higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.


Michael Owen is not eyeing a move away from Newcastle before the close of the transfer window.


New vote likely in California e-voting case

(InfoWorld) - A California judge is likely to order a Berkeley city initiative back on the ballot because of local officials' mishandling of electronic voting machine data, a public-interest lawyer arguing the case said Friday. In a preliminary ruling Thursday, Judge Winifred Smith of the Alameda County Superior Court indicated she would nullify the defeat of a medical marijuana proposal in Berkeley in 2004 and order the measure put back on the ballot in a later election. A hearing on Friday morning in advance of a final ruling brought out nothing that indicated Smith would deviate from her preliminary decision, said attorney Gregory Luke, who is representing Americans for Safe Access. The medical-marijuana advocacy group is suing the county, assisted by the technology rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. The case points to the dangers of electronic voting systems, which make it harder to ensure fair elections, Luke said. Electronic voting machines have been widely adopted in the U.S. since the disputed presidential election of 2000. Laws in California and some other states now require paper records of all votes, but the California law wasn't in place for the Berkeley election. Both sides argued their cases before Smith on Friday in a last-ditch hearing on the proposed sanctions, according to Luke. The hearing brought out nothing new that suggested Smith would change direction, he said. Americans for Free Access sought a recount of the vote on Measure R, which would have established procedures for opening marijuana dispensaries in Berkeley. It lost by fewer than 200 votes. A recount wasn't possible because the city didn't share the necessary voting records, in violation of election laws, Judge Smith ruled in April. In May,Â the county agreed to share some data. The county reused voting machines from Diebold Election Systems without saving sufficient data to carry out a recount or review the election process, Luke said. Officials failed to save key evidence even after the suit was pending, he said. Data from the vote in question has only been found on 20 of the hundreds of machines used in the election, according to Luke. In addition to ordering another vote on Measure R, Judge Smith's preliminary ruling called for the county to pay the $22,604 cost of the recount as well as attorney's fees and the cost of a trip to Diebold offices in Texas. Ordering a new vote is a rare move for a court, Luke said. "This is a very severe sanction. ... and it's warranted," he said Friday. Luke expects a final ruling in the case within two weeks. The county could appeal to a higher court if the ruling goes against it, he said. Attorneys for the county were not immediately available for comment.


Although it hasn't seen a major update in well over a year, the Netscape browser is about to get a makeover, according to a teaser posted to the Netscape blog. Version 9.0 of the software, which AOL reincarnated in 2005, is due in the coming months.


Five rural workers are shot dead in the most violent incident in Brazil's land row since the president took power.


As the Miami Dolphins prepared to practice yesterday, quarterbacks A.J. Feeley and Sage Rosenfels sat in the locker room and studied a laptop showing the projected path of Hurricane Ivan.


Top legal official says CIA interrogations legal

The CIA's current techniques for interrogation of terrorism suspects are lawful and do not include the widely condemned simulated drowning method known as waterboarding, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Congress on Tuesday.


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Decisions on melee expected today from NBA

That's about the only way to describe the melee that broke out near the end of Detroit's 97-82 loss to Indiana on Friday night.


The house in East Hollywood where the novelist spent his pivotal years is under threat of demolition. Will Los Angeles save it?


The dollar fell to a three-month low against the Japanese yen but rose against the euro Monday as global stock markets extended their losses into a second week.


UPDATE 1-Perry acquires 9.89 percent stake in Mylan Labs

Investment firm Perry Corp. on Monday said it holds a 9.89 percent stake in Mylan Laboratories Inc. (MYL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , exceeding the holdings of financier Carl


US doctors hope to resume surgery to separate German conjoined twins within days after the procedure was halted because of complications with one of the girls.


Blog: Along with preliminary earnings release, the company announces it will lay off 10 percent of workers to trim costs.


The actress attended Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karuninidhi's felicitation as late as Saturday night. 24 hours later she passed away


Romania PM Names Young Foreign, Finance Ministers

Romania's Prime Minister designate Calin Tariceanu will name historian Razvan Ungureanu, 36, as his foreign minister and economist Ionut Popescu, 40, as finance minister, a party official said Sunday.


Opening Statements to Begin in Latest Insurance Trial

By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 12--GULFPORT -- Opening statements in the civil case of Edward E. Gemmill v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. begin this afternoon before U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr.


In a Red Hood and Running From the Wolves of London

With its jerky camerawork and gritty texture, the British film âLondon to Brightonâ tries awfully hard to pass itself off as a slab of rancid naturalism.


Union Pacific Corp. UNP.N on Monday  said quarterly earnings fell sharply as the nation's largest  railroad struggled with high fuel prices and service  disruptions amid last year's record freight volume.


Attorneys for a 29-year-old sex offender accused of tricking four charter schools into allowing him on campus as a student said they will try to prevent the release of his psychological evaluation.


Britain Charges Eight Terrorist Suspects

British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month.


Belgrado, 13:13 - CALCIO, ZIGIC MIGLIOR GIOCATORE SERBO

Nikola Zigic, attaccante del Racing Santander, è stato nominato miglior giocatore serbo del 2...


Military Prosecutors Set to Open Major 9/11 Case

The first sweeping case against suspects in the 9/11 plot would bring new scrutiny to the military commission system at GuantÃ¡namo.


Image gallery: Vista SP1 -- better but slower?

Get a closer look at some of the new features in Vista Service Pack 1.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A government official who first warned of dangers in Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx is now pointing a finger at Bayer AG, charging that the firm held back evidence of a deadly side effect of its cholesterol drug Baycol.


BIOIDENT Technologies to Deliver Optoelectronic Lab-on-a-Chip Solutions for Mobile Diagnostics and Analysis; Company Opens U.S. Headquarters in Silicon Valley; Appoints Management Team

BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., a leading company in the development of printed semiconductor-based photonic lab-on-a-chip solutions for life sciences, today announced it has opened its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.


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Supervisors to Weigh Finances of Riverside Land Swap

By Kimberly Trone, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 6--The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today will consider a  financial agreement on a land swap that could lead to expansion of the  downtown Riverside jail.


A car bomb targeting Shia pilgrims in central Baghdad kills more than a dozen people, police say.


Dubbi El Pais, 'E' accettabile un musical sull'Olocausto?'


Actress Amanda Peet marries: People magazine

WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Actress Amanda Peet, a star in the new NBC series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," married her fiance, screenwriter David Benioff, in New York on Saturday, People magazine reported.


A mourning dove silhouetted against the Saturday morning sunrise perched on a tree outside the window of the observatory room at the Lowe-Volk Nature Center as a flock of 10 ring-billed gulls passed overhead.


Fresh Iraqi Resistance Attack Leaves 16 US Casualties

Baghdad, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) The US Army has reported sixteen casualties in the latest clashes with the Iraqi resistance, which is increasing its attacks just a month before this Arab country goes to polls.


The blue whale, once on the verge of extinction, is making a comeback.


Afghans have braved threats of Taliban attacks to begin voting in a historic presidential election that they hope will mark the beginning of the end to a quarter century of conflict.


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.


GOP rivals argue who's most conservative

Republican presidential candidates vied Sunday over who is the real conservative, ahead of an evening debate in Florida where they hoped to put their conservative credentials on display.


Women go 2-0; leisurely beach pace a test

ATHENS  On a typical weekend AVP pro beach volleyball tournament, Kerri Walsh and Misty May would finish their second match about four hours into the first day.


You Want to Be a What? For the Son, Itâs a Calling, for the Mother, a Disgrace

Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and the many others railing from the best-seller lists about the global plague that is religious belief have a staunch ally in the title character of âGrace.â


Ga. Man Watches Disaster Movie, Burns Home

CORDELE, Ga. - There was no "Day After Tomorrow" for Charles Alton Adams' mobile home, which the south Georgia man told police he set on fire after watching the disaster movie and drinking beer...


New York, 22:12 - BASKET, NBA: BRYANT, 20 MILA PUNTI E RECORD

Con una tripla messa a segno contro i New York Knicks, Kobe Bryant, stella dei Los Angeles Lakers, &...


NEW DELHI: More than a decade of reforms has not helped India shake off the perception that it's amongst the most corrupt business environments.


Could a long-delayed Janis Joplin biopic finally be   making its way to the big screen?


South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun appeals for the release of 18 citizens held captive in Afghanistan.


Roger D. Kornberg, an American, won the chemistry prize for research on how data in genes is used to make proteins.


U.S., North Korea set to talk under nuclear deal

U.S. and North Korean negotiators start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.


In Pictures: LG's VX8550 Chocolate Phone

LG's second-generation Chocolate phone offers tweaked design.


US Policies Causing "iron Curtain" To Fall: Pakistani Islamists

ISLAMABAD, Sept 23  - Pakistani Islamists Thursday blamed US foreign policy, which it called persistently anti-Muslim, for what President Pervez Musharraf identified at the UN as a widening gulf between Muslims and the West.


Replacement starter Travis Smith pitched five solid innings, Andruw Jones homered again and the Atlanta Braves buried Philadelphia a little deeper in the NL East, beating the Phillies 3-1 on Monday.


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Maryland players felt they could be successful playing any style against Wisconsin. They figured they could use their athleticism to run the Badgers, as the Terrapins did to Memphis on Friday.


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He has always been about the work. It has always come first and foremost. Santonio Thomas didn't mind if he was pegged to start the season on the Patriots' practice squad for the third consecutive year.


Jeanne Hits Fla. Coast With 120-Mph Wind

STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne barreled up Florida's Atlantic Coast early Sunday with 120-mph wind and drenching rain, unceremoniously putting the weather-weary state in the record books...


MUMBAI: For the third quarter ended 30 September, the media and entertainment conglomerate Time Warner recorded a net income of $499 million.


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Arctic Birds Use Scent to Find Their Mates

Antarctic birds returning to a nesting colony after feeding at sea sniff out their mates, literally. Researchers studying the behavior of birds called Antarctic prions found the musky-smelling birds were able to discern the scent of their mates.


NEW YORK - A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the forests of northeastern India. The Arunachal macaque has a dark face and is relatively large with a shorter tail than most macaques.


MANZANILLO, Mexico  - Hurricane John punished   Mexican ports and beaches with huge sea surges, heavy rains and   strong winds early on Thursday as the dangerous Category 3   storm swirled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast.


Pentagon says US soldiers removed 250 tons of material from Al ...

The Pentagon reported yesterday that US Army soldiers removed about 250 tons of material from the Al-Qaqaa munitions complex in April 2003.


Schroeder shrugs off protests; welfare cuts to stay

BERLIN - Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday shrugged off protests against his labour-market reforms, saying they would take effect next 1 January "on schedule" and without further changes.


Movie Review | 'Flakes': Cereal as a Metaphor for Capitalism

A business course on cutthroat capitalism disguised as a slacker comedy: Thatâs the kindest way to describe Michael Lehmannâs âFlakes.â


Thousands of African troops were preparing for deployment in Darfur yesterday after Sudan agreed a 10-fold expansion of the African Union force in the region.


Malcolm E. McVay, the former chief financial officer of the HealthSouth Corporation, avoided prison and was granted five yearsâ probation.


Study finds kids gain weight over summer

The nation's schools, under fire for unhealthy school lunches, well-stocked vending machines and phys ed cuts, may actually do a better job than parents in keeping children fit and trim. A study found that 5- and 6-year-olds gained more weight over the summer than during the school year, casting doubt on the assumption that kids are more active during summer vacation.


Battles continue in Darfur as AU deadline expires

Battles continued Saturday in Sudan's Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.


Chrysler recalls 240,000 vans over threat of speaker fire

DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler recalled 240,000 Dodge Caravan and similar minivans and sedans because a short circuit can set fire to rear speakers of the radio.


Hounded by spyware charges, Direct Revenue shuts down

DirectRevenue, the well-known adware creator that most recently did business as Best Offers, abruptly closed up shop this week, leaving some asking what the company's management is up to now.


Planners Want Two New Roads in West Boca

By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Planners are voicing opposition to a key part of an agreement to eliminate two proposed roadways west of Boca Raton.


US Forces Storm Iraqi Town, Say 109 Rebels Killed

US-led forces stormed Samarra Friday and said more than 100 guerrillas were killed in air strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.


A Top Sunni official is fired after calling for an investigation into rape allegations leveled by a Sunni Arab woman against three members of Iraq's security forcs


Micky Adams is to step down as manager of Leicester, BBC Sport has learned.


Many offer to help man get e-mail of slain son

WIXOM, Mich. -- Offers of help have been pouring in for a Michigan man who is trying to persuade online giant Yahoo! to allow him access to the e-mail account of his son, a Marine killed in Iraq.


Microsoft and Cisco collaborate on security

Giants team on giant white paper Microsoft and Cisco Systems have detailed plans for interoperability between systems designed to enforce security policies on Windows PCs and servers.â¦


The lawsuit over a $4 million buyout clause in the contract of former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez is headed back to the court where it originated.


OU's Jason White Hopes To Repeat With Heisman

NEW YORK -- Oklahoma quarterback Jason White (pictured, below) hopes to do something only one other college football player has ever accomplished: win a second Heisman Trophy.


Wales survive Canada scare in Rugby World Cup

Wales survived a huge scare to beat Canada 42-17 in their World Cup Pool B opener here Sunday.


Climate Link To Neanderthal Demise Abates

The case isn't closed yet, but modern humans are looking awfully guilty in one of the biggest whodunits in prehistory: the case of the demise of the Neanderthals.


Northrop, Boeing to Issue Joint NASA Bid

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. and Boeing Co., the world's largest aerospace company, said Tuesday they will bid as a team to compete for NASA's planned manned and robotic space exploration program.


Ex-CSFB banker Quattrone gets 18-month prison term

NEW YORK Frank Quattrone, whose deft deal-making made him an investment banking star during the Internet stock bubble, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for obstructing justice.


'Quit it! You're mean!' Facebook has silenced a 20,000-strong campaign group dedicated to the seemingly innocuous goal of stopping the site from forcing people to use the verb "to be" in their status updates.â¦


Chocolate and wine - the healthy alternative?

Scientists claim it is possible to extend your life and avoid heart disease by regularly eating a simple set of ingredients hailed as the "Polymeal".


Epifani: ''No alla proposta della Lega per il taglio delle tasse''

La Cgil Ã¨ contraria anche alla mediazione proposta dalla Lega nord per il taglio delle tasse. Il segretario generale di corso d'Italia, Guglielmo Epifani, entrando in Confindustria per l'incontro con le organizzazioni


Stressed Singaporeans crack down on thieving monkeys

With monitor lizards, snakes, and  bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are  no strangers to the occasional animal ambush.


Sooners Searching for a Blowout Vs. Baylor

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops could get the blowout victory his Sooners need Saturday without any regrettable decisions. No. 2 Oklahoma has never lost to Baylor, winning the last five years by an average margin of 38 points. They will need to do that — and maybe more — to make a good impression on the poll voters.


Courtney Love Pleads to Disorderly Conduct in NY

Rocker Courtney Love pleaded guilty to  disorderly conduct Wednesday for hitting a man in the head with  a microphone stand at a New York City nightclub.


Sports Minister Richard Caborn today categorically ruled out the Government stepping in to provide the cash to save the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.


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Lawyer jailed for leaking steroids testimony

The defense attorney who leaked closed-door testimony on steroids from top sports stars including baseball's Barry Bonds will spend two and a half years behind bars, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Thursday.


Chinese hostage freed but another killed in rescue

ISLAMABAD - One of two Chinese engineers held hostage was rescued while the other died of gunshot wounds after Pakistani commandos raided a house near the Afghan border yesterday.


Brescia, 19:15 - CALCIO, BRESCIA: LESIONE AL MENISCO PER DALLAMANO

Il Brescia perde per qualche settimana Simone Dallamano. La risonanza magnetica a cui si è so...


British FM to say Iraq must not cloud goal of spreading democracy: report

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will argue in a speech later on Tuesday that Britain must not let mistakes made in Iraq and Afghanistan obscure its goal of spreading democracy around the world, according to excerpts published in The Guardian.


Russia's Putin Asserts Control After School Siege

President Vladimir Putin ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.


he Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring


American Eagle Names Retail Chain Leader

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. named Ken Pilot, who once headed J. Crew Group Inc. and ran Gap International, to become president of the company's new retail chain slated to open in the fall of 2006.


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - If going from the sublime to the ridiculous is not your idea of a good time, how about the bride who made the switch from Boring to Bland? While it might not sound very exciting, she and the man she was marrying managed to catch the attention of television talk show host talk Jay Leno even before they tied the knot...


A 16-year-old Palestinian laden with explosives blew himself up Monday in a crowded outdoor market in Tel Aviv, killing three Israelis, wounding 32 and scattering body


Study Says Drug's Dangers Were Apparent Years Ago

Merck and federal officials should have withdrawn the painkiller Vioxx from the market as early as 2000 because studies of the drug had clearly shown that it doubled the risk of heart attacks


Coming to terms with Raon's Everun tiny, Lolita-based PC

It's a goer, if you hate keyboards Review Ah, the ultra mobile PC (UMPC). This is the one device in the computing kingdom that I want to work well more than any other.â¦


Camden has become the nation's most-dangerous city, a national ranking company based in Kansas announced Sunday. Camden, which was ranked third worst last year, took the dubious honor from


Spitzer Accuses Insurance Industry of Rigging Bids

Brokers required to provide competing bids to customers have been taking payoffs from insurance companies resulting in widespread corruption in the industry, New York's Attorney General charged today.


Ukrainian prosecutors Sunday reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors treating the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin.


LG Electronics replaces CFO, creates CPO post

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc  (066570.KS) on Wednesday announced a broad management  reshuffle, replacing its chief financial and chief technology  officers, scores of vice presidents and creating a new post of  chief procurement officer.


Iraq's prime minister moves to put an end to disquiet about an alleged rape of a Sunni women by police.


No frills Rackable makes flashy Terrascale buy

Plain kit, sweet file system Rackable Systems this week made an unusual acquisition for a no nonsense server vendor. It bought flashy storage software maker Terrascale for $38m in cash.â¦


Envoys in Iraq on mission to save British hostage

Two members of the Muslim Council of Britain are in Iraq planning to meet Muslim leaders in Baghdad in an attempt to seek the release of the British hostage Ken Bigley.


Hamas mulls halting armed attacks against Israel before elections

A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) proposed on Monday to halt armed attacks against Israel during the campaign of the Palestinian presidential elections scheduled on Jan. 9.


US rapper 50 Cent postpones his European tour, prompting questions over his retirement.


Injuries continue to be a concern for Lions

Mornhinweg is now the assistant head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Lions 30-13 Sunday at Ford Field. After the game, Mornhinweg was asked what he thought of the young Lions.


US-led forces have thrust at least one kilometre towards the centre of rebel-held Falluja despite heavy resistance, officers say. As the fight


John Kerry and his allies are intensifying their efforts to reach out to blacks and Hispanics with waves of new advertisements meant to energize two groups that historically side with the Democratic Party.


The UK may transfer control of Basra to the Iraqi forces next spring, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says.


A baby spiny turtle has hatched  in Jersey, giving conservationists fresh hope for the endangered species.


At Least 37 Killed, 52 Hurt in Pakistan Blast

MULTAN, Pakistan  - At least 37 people were killed  and 52 wounded when a car bomb exploded at a rally to  commemorate an assassinated religious leader in the central  Pakistani city of Multan early on Thursday, police said.


Knicks 94, Celtics 87: The Knicks Display Energy and Grit

Both the Knicks and Celtics played their stars down to the wire in a preseason game that neither looked nor sounded like an exhibition and ended in a victory for the Knicks.


Does pink ribbon give right message on breast cancer?

OCTOBER has been Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a huge, well-meaning publicity machine lurched into action. Armies of eager celebrities were marshalled, trotting down catwalks and posing for posters.


Isiah Thomas, the team president, made a call Wednesday to the agent for Karl Malone, the disillusioned former Lakers forward.


To be clear, Steve McNair never used the word retirement. But the co-MVP of the 2003 season sent a clear message that he's hurting, and this time the physical pain mixed with a losing season has the Tennessee quarterback ready to think about quitting.


James Spader Wins Emmy for 'The Practice'

In an upset Emmy victory, James Spader won U.S. television's highest award as best actor in a drama series on Sunday for his role as a lawyer on the final season of the ABC courtroom drama "The Practice."


KASSEL, Germany -- In 1934, top Nazi party official Hermann Goering received a seemingly mundane request from the Reich Forestry Service. A fur farm near here was seeking permission to release a batch of exotic bushy-tailed critters into the wild to "enrich the local fauna" and give bored hunters...


EDITORIAL: Water Wheels: A State Agency That Plays a Vital Role in Protecting Water Resources and Open Space is Due for a Check-Up

By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 9--What's muddying the waters at North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust Fund? The state-funded conservation organization recently lost its executive director, and then its board chairman stepped down.


Carlos Beltran sent Minute Maid Park into a frenzy. He drove Julian Tavarez a little crazy, too. Beltran struck again Sunday, homering in a record fifth straight postseason game, sending the Houston Astros over the St.


Wis. Fires Back Over Summer Homework Suit

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin's attorney general responded Wednesday to a student's lawsuit to end mandatory summer homework, arguing the state cannot set rules for local school boards.


Manchester United dismiss reports that striker Louis Saha could be out for the season with a fresh knee injury.


Report finds school killings not on the rise

Killings at U.S. schools have not risen in recent years, despite some highly publicized crimes, and are far lower than in the early 1990s, U.S. officials said on Thursday.


TB patient's family defend controversial travel

The parents and in-laws of an Atlanta lawyer legally isolated after traveling to Europe with a dangerous form of tuberculosis insisted on Monday that he was certain he was not contagious.


UK drama paints fictional assassination of Bush

British public broadcaster Channel 4 is   courting controversy with what it calls a "shockingly real"   drama about the fictional assassination of President George W.   Bush.


The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief is freed, as oil militants hold talks with the government.


U.S., New Zealand and Italian marine scientists began a two-month voyage to Antarctica's northern coast Tuesday as part of the first-ever census of Antarctic marine biodiversity, Prime Minister Helen Clark said.


Viola, Bass Clarinet Duo to Perform at Library

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 15--Darkwood Consort, a viola and bass clarinet duo, will perform at 7 p.m. today at Ada Community Library on Victory and Five Mile Road in Boise.


Sri Lanka battles rebels after independence vow

Sri Lanka's military fought a fierce artillery duel with Tamil Tigers in the island's restive east early on Tuesday, just hours after the rebels said they were resuming their two-decade independence struggle.


Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board will drop prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Larry Sonsini as its outside counsel, according to a report published Thursday, marking the latest fallout from a spying scandal that humiliated the computer and printer maker.


Market plunge is storm warning for world leaders

This week's stock market  slide provides a stark storm warning for global business  leaders and policymakers meeting in Switzerland, as pleas for  some form of coordinated policy response rise.


'Hunter-killer' drone hits Afghan target

After a few weeks of flying mere recon missions, the grimly named Reaper UAV gets to launch a Hellfire missile in earnest.


Navistar CEO signals openness to buyout offers

The top executive at Navistar International Corp.  signaled on Friday that the company, which has been struggling to get its finances in order, was open to buyout offers.


A more aggressive approach by local and state agencies to remedying pollution from duck farms is the latest challenge for the local industry, which is also facing high utility, feed and land costs.


Gunmen shoot dead Hamas judge at Gaza courthouse

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza  - Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a Palestinian civil war.


Letters I ordered ProLiant servers, but all I got was this lousy fan


China approves human test of experimental Aids vaccine

China has approved human testing of a domestically developed Aids vaccine and pledged to speed up approvals of new drugs to fight the disease.


Jerryd Bayless scored 21 points, and No. 21 Arizona routed Fresno State 69-50 on Sunday for its fourth straight victory. Chase Budinger added 16 points and Jordan Hill finished with 15 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats.


Vandals tried to set fire to a giant straw goat in central Sweden but failed to burn down the traditional Christmas monument, which has been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals, officials said Friday.


Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.


CLIFFORD D. MAY: Shouldn't Palestinians have a real election?

(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month's elections.


Fourteen suspect packages are sent to addresses in Luton.


The Seahawks have an answer to all the noise about whether their home is artificially loud: Make it louder.


BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...


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Empoli, 18:23 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: VANIGLI SALTA IL CAGLIARI

Allenamento quotidiano dell'Empoli in vista della gara di domenica contro il Cagliari. Pratali e Alm...


Chris Mason stopped 22 shots and J.P Dumont scored a goal and added an assist as the Nashville Predators shut out the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Tuesday night.


In Milan, Prada unveils a new man. Heâs already housebroken.


Iraq said on Tuesday it would shut down the operations of Kurdish rebels based on its soil, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.


The Prime Minister is set to address the Labour Party conference in Brighton on Tuesday. Send us your comments.


GLASGOW is to get its own book festival next month, with 160 events expected to attract a total of...

GLASGOW is to get its own book festival next month, with 160 events expected to attract a total of 10,000 visitors.


Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan shook hands, embraced each other and patched up.


Pentagon says further study needed on missing explosives in Iraq

The Pentagon said Friday that further study is needed on what happened to the 377 tons of high explosives in Iraq whose reported disappearance has dominated the past few days of presidential campaigning.


C.R. Bard surgical patch recall is serious: FDA

Certain C.R. Bard Inc. surgical patches, already under recall, could cause death or serious health problems, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.


Symbol in NYC building a history mystery

A final thrust of the crowbar cracked the wooden crate open, and the architect, the anthropologist and the mortar expert leaned in to look at the oddity that had drawn them to an out-of-the-way warehouse.


Fnsi, venerdi' e sabato black out anche per le tv


Blair in Israel for Mid East peace talks

Tony Blair is holding talks with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon in an attempt to get the Mid East peace process back on track.


The BBC is told that South Korean scientists engaged in secret, illegal experiments to enrich nuclear fuel.


Planned Military Raise to Top Civilians'

President Bush will propose a 3.1 percent pay raise for members of the armed forces and a 2.3 percent increase for civilian federal employees under the fiscal 2006 budget plan the White House will release on Monday.


Modena, 19:01 - CALCIO, MODENA: FREY SALTA TEST IN FAMIGLIA

Test infrasettimanale in famiglia per il Modena: partitella a ranghi misti integrati con gli Allievi...


The chief executive of US insurance giant Marsh and McLellan Jeffrey Greenberg last night resigned as the firm promised reforms after being accused of rigging bids.


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Online video service JumpTV Inc. said  on Tuesday it would buy a U.S. college sports broadband network  for $60.25 million to expand beyond its portfolio of ethnic  channels.


General Growth to become stronger with acquisition of Rouse

General Growth Properties, the company that owns Ala Moana Center, Victoria Ward Ltd., and Hilo's Prince Kuhio Plaza, stands to gain even more leverage with national retail chains after acquiring the Rouse Co.


Scandals could tip balance in tight Brazil race

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians voted in elections on Sunday with signs that public disgust over sleazy politics might prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from securing the outright victory that seemed a foregone conclusion until a few weeks ago.


Disney Youth Donât Bop; Theyâre Singing in Hindi

The media conglomerate is trying to expand the global reach of âHigh School Musicalâ to squeeze even more money from the franchise.


Bush Urges Congress to Enhance 'No Child'

CHICAGO, Jan. 7 -- President Bush urged the Democratic-led Congress on Monday to revive a stalled effort to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law before he leaves office, but he pledged to veto any bill that "weakens the accountability" measures at the core of one of his signature domestic...


Oil fell more than $2 on Thursday, resuming a downturn that has slashed 12 percent from record highs as growing stockpiles ease worries of a crunch ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.


Actor Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan announce they are splitting after nearly three years together.


Nine tsunami survivors found on India's Andamans archipelago

Indian rescuers found nine survivors of December's tsunami disaster in the tropical Andamans archipelago near Thailand, police told AFP.


Europe Nuke Deal Offers Iran Reactor Aid --Officials

European powers will offer this week to support Iranian construction of a light-water nuclear reactor, as part of a deal to persuade the Islamic republic to stop enriching


When most investors think of full-service brokers, names such as Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) usually come to mind.


Mergers Dealmaker Now Deals in Mystery Fiction

As an investment banker specializing  in mergers and acquisitions, Francois von Hurter spent a lot of  time in airport lounges, where he'd often set aside the latest  deal calculations in favor of a good mystery fiction read.


Ascoli Piceno, 21:24 - CALCIO, MESSINA: GIORDANO CONFERMA L'11 DI DOMENICA SCORSA

Il Messina molto probabilmente scenderà in campo al Del Duca con lo stesso 11 che ha battuto ...


Lockheed Martin Corp  said on Thursday fourth-quarter profit rose, helped by strong sales of its electronic warfare and space systems.


JERUSALEM A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday afternoon when confronted by two Israeli policeman at a busy intersection in the northern part of Jerusalem, killing both officers, officials and witnesses said.


Apple sold 525,000 iPhones since launch: report

Apple Inc.  sold about 525,000 iPhones at Apple and AT&T Inc.  stores in the first weekend since its June 29 launch, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday, citing an analyst.


Girls Aloud Notches Second U.K. No. 1 Single

Female pop act Girls Aloud scored its second No. 1 U.K. single Sunday with a cover of the Pretenders' 1994 track "I'll Stand by You."


Airbus Will Invest $1 Billion in Growing India Travel Market

The announcement escalates the fierce global rivalry between Airbus and Boeing in the rapidly growing Indian market.


Mr Softball guns for second shot at Games

It took Don Porter nearly three decades   to win Olympic status for women's softball and the   septuagenarian is in no mood to step aside before restoring his   sport to the zenith of international competition.


Week in review: A snapshot of the new virus

Hackers wasted little time in exploiting a flaw in the way Microsoft software handles graphics files. Internet watchers say they've spotted infected images that could implant a back door into a Windows computer if they are viewed.


Pro-Thaksin party looks set to run Thailand

Slowly but -- it seems -- surely, the party backing ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to be Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune since last year's military coup.


Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony are to perform their first duet at this month's Grammy Awards.


The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday he would call for the removal of Russia from the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, which has restricted bilateral trade and remained a key irritant in relations between Moscow and Washington.


Mayors from 32 U.S cities were urged Saturday to be leaders in slowing global warming by taking steps in their communities.


South Korean entertainment major Cinema Service confirmed Monday at the American Film Market that a sequel to the acclaimed "Public Enemy," from Korean director Kang Woo-suk, is in the works and will be ready for a wide February release.


Cingular Sales Rise in Quarter, but Profit Falls 18 Percent

By Bloomberg News. Cingular Wireless, which is buying AT&T Wireless, said yesterday that third-quarter sales rose 4.9 percent, to $4.


Nash in special company with double-digit assist streak

When Shawn Marion connected on a three-pointer set up by Nash late in the third quarter Thursday, Nash had his 10th straight double-figure assist game and had Phoenix rolling on a game-changing 17-0 run.


Oracle Chief Testifies in Trial on Hostile Bid for PeopleSoft

Lawrence Ellison, the chief executive of the Oracle Corporation, said that he had had more discussions about lowering rather than raising his hostile bid for PeopleSoft.


Yahoo Offer Is Strategy Shift for Microsoft

Googleâs dominance has forced Microsoft to concede that it did not get its Internet business right.


An inquiry fails to establish why a pilot crashed into the sea days after police raided his home in a child porn inquiry.


Shaq vs. Kobe drew the highest rating in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat's 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC on Christmas Day was 8.0.


With the U.S. economy picking up  steam, the year's fourth straight interest-rate hike looked  like a certainty at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal  Reserve's Open Market Committee, economists said.


Leaving the Past Behind: The Eagles Are Eager to Forget Last Season, and Their Recent History of Slow Starts.

By Larry O'Rourke, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 10--RThe jolts and aftershocks of last season could be just what the Philadelphia Eagles need today to shake off their historically slow starts.


Namesake star Kal Penn's blog is getting funnier by the day.


Doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose serious heart risks.


Massive rescue efforts as Asian quake and tsunami toll over 23,200

Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed rose to more than 23,200 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.


A Bush administration task force recommended strongly Tuesday against letting US citizens import lower-cost prescription drugs from other countries, saying "it


Wi-Fi support phones would allow BlackBerry users to download e-mail over wireless networks, when available.


The United Nations begins a two-day debate on cloning with two competing resolutions on the table.


Moroccan court acquits former Guantanamo prisoner

A Moroccan court has acquitted a man once held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp of terrorism charges, a report said late Wednesday.


An Earnest Building for a Complex President

The building's solid but predictable design fails to tap into the political nuances that made Mr. Clinton one of the most fascinating characters of our era.


Just a quick note to all of you Twitter-ers out there - we've added our own account you can follow if you'd like to get the latest PHPDeveloper.org news straight to your client (or cellphone):   Just head over to the Twitter site and follow phpdeveloper to get the latest updates. It uses the Twitter Feed website to pull our feed in and push it out, so you'll get the latest updates as they come out.


Blair leaves Turkey urging support for Mideast peace process

Prime Minister Tony Blair has left Ankara for Cairo, the second leg of a five-nation Mideast tour, saying the coming days are crucial for the Middle East peace process.


Basics: A Mammal in Winter With a Furnace of Her Own

When the weather outside is frightful, having warm blood is quite delightful.


AFRICA/UGANDA - Dimissioni del Vescovo di Soroti e nomina del Successore CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI in data 27 giugno 2007 ha accettato la rinuncia al governo pastorale della diocesi di Soroti (Uganda), presentata da Sua Ecc. Mons. Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, in conformitÃ  al can. 40...


Attore in una intervista esclusiva al settimanale Gente


Dan Orlovsky throws three touchdown passes and the Huskies put themselves in position for a bowl bid with a wild 41-35 victory over Rutgers on Thursday.


Allo studio una contro-offerta per neutralizzarela scalata di Microsoft ed estendere il suo impero Internet                                          Anche "lo squalo" Murdoch nella partita Yahoo                                                                                di ARTURO ZAMPAGLIONE


In Setback for New Orleans, Fed-Up Residents Give Up

Hundreds of the cityâs best and brightest are leaving, driven away by crime, high rents and what many say is a dissipating sense of possibility.


Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya HIV case

A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.


New Zealand authorities are searching for the mother of a 3-year-old girl whose father abandoned her at an Australian train station before boarding a plane to the United States, police said.


Ukraine's two presidential candidates call for calm on the eve of a re-run of a bitterly disputed election.


Oil halted a run of heavy losses on   Wednesday, shrugging off rising U.S. fuel stocks as world   powers differed over whether to punish Iran for its atomic work   and oil workers in Nigeria began a three-day strike.


German police battle hundreds of protesters at an anti-globalisation march ahead of next week's G8 summit.


Iran sets conditions for talks with U.S. on Iraq

Iran will only hold direct talks with the United States on Iraq if Washington announces plans to pull its troops out, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.


Winds of global fashion swirl through rural Namibia

How an isolated African region became a barometer of tastes and trends in other parts of the world.


Islamic militants in Iraq claim to have killed 12 Nepalese migrant workers who were kidnapped last month on their way to low-level reconstruction jobs there.


Software developer Information Appliance Associates announced Thursday the release of an application synchronizing Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices with Apple's Mac OS X.


Superare sistema 'royalties' per stazioni in autostrada


He's donated some $18 million to organizations working to defeat President Bush. Now, billionaire George Soros is taking his campaign — and money — on the road.


James Higgins had simple hopes for his post-Christmas shopping, as he stood Sunday before big-screen TVs at the Panorama Mall and looked for an item worth buying.


Washington -- President Bush announced Thursday that he plans to renominate 20 of his choices for the federal bench who never got a vote in the bitterly divided Senate in his first term, including California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown.


Drug Regulators Are Trying to Quash Study, Senator Says

Senator Charles E. Grassley charged on Friday that top federal drug regulators intend to suppress a study on the safety of Celebrex and Bextra.


US envoy to Baghdad to meet with Iranian

BAGHDAD -- The new US ambassador to Iraq has made a career of taking on difficult tasks.


World Swimming Championships May Be Moved

The 2005 World Swimming Championships might be moved from Montreal after Canada's federal government rejected a request Tuesday to put more money into the event.


Company Orders Largest Recall of Ground Beef

A California meat company issued a recall of 143 million pounds of beef, some of which was used in school lunch programs.


Miss New Jersey can keep her crown despite photos that show her acting "not in a ladylike manner."


Geographic Photographer Dies in Amazon Plane Crash

French freelance photographer Nicolas Reynard, who had worked for the National Geographic Society several times, died yesterday. The seaplane in which he was traveling crashed in the Negro River near Manaus in northern Brazil.


The inside story of Parmalat, the biggest, most brazen corporate fraud in European history


If you have wireless Internet access at home, your next-door neighbor could have it as well, without paying for it. He can just use yours. No problem if he's just shopping on Amazon.com or e-mailing Grandma. But what if he's sending spam messages or downloading kiddie porn?


Ivory Coast loyalists fear leader's overthrow

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - A pro-government "Jeune Patriote" militia supporter holds a sign in French which translates to "We are ready to fight the rebellion" at a demonstration in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Thursday, Nov.


A test-marketed film turns into a long-running hit


Roma, 20:26 - CALCIO, CAGNI: HO DETTO NO A PANCHINA IRAN

Gigi Cagni ha rifiutato la panchina dell'Iran. ''Per il momento non ho l'intenzione di allenare una ...


The future of a Welsh language school in Powys comes under review, as parents rally to oppose merger plans.


Middle-aged U.S. women seen with higher stroke risk

U.S. women ages 45 to 54 face more than double the risk of stroke than men the same age, researchers said on Wednesday, noting that obesity in these women may be partly to blame.


Tapes Suggest S.C. Fire Began Behind Store

CHARLESTON, S.C., June 21 -- Passing motorists and a store worker frantically called authorities about a fire behind a furniture store the night that nine firefighters died inside, according to 911 tapes and transcripts released Thursday. An employee said the area was where workers took smoking b...


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(CBS) If you thought that the drive, determination and spirit that carried the United States to the moon is gone, that "The Right Stuff" is history, think again.


Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidence

Outrage was mounting at the 1999 hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, where congressmen were learning about human trafficking.


Races Entering Complex Phase Over Delegates

The presidential campaign is entering a new phase as the campaign has turned into a possibly lengthy hunt for delegates for the first time in 20 years.


Dow Jones meets investors on alternate bid: source

Dow Jones & Co. , in talks for a takeover by News Corp. , met with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar with the situation said.


Maltempo, emergenza al Sud: frane e nubifragi

A causa dei violenti nubifragi in Campania e' crollato un balcone della sezione locale dello Sdi, al corso Umberto, a Casalnuovo nel napoletano. Cadono nel vuoto e rimangono feriti il senatore Tommaso Casillo


Al Gore to Sound Off On Climate Change With Concert Event

Al Gore's next gig: concert promoter. Using popular music to bring attention to his pet issue of global climate change, the former vice president is planning a single-day series of concerts modeled after Live 8. Gore is scheduled to announce the concerts today in Los Angeles. He's expected to be joined there by rock stars Jon Bon Jovi and Sting, rap musician Pharrell Williams and media executive Kevin Wall, who served as worldwide executive producer for Live 8, the 2005 concerts that drew attention to African debt relief. ...


Loral files reorganization plan with court

CHICAGO, Aug 19  - Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LRLSQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) , a bankrupt satellite operator, on Thursday said it filed its reorganization plan and it expects to emerge from bankruptcy before year's end.


Mercato prudente in attesa dati macroeconomici


Presidential contender Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs braying.


MANILA -- Three bombs jolted Manila and two other Philippine cities yesterday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 100 others, police said. The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility for the blasts. The group said the bombings were retribution for a major military offensive against Islamic militants in the southern Philippines, where 60 people have been ...


Nas emettono allarme europeo e sequestrano bombolette


WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday the recalls of tainted Chinese products were causing fear among US consumers. He called on China to take bold moves to address that and other economic problems facing the two countries.


Iran defiant, big powers seek progress on sanctions

Six world powers were to meet in Paris on Tuesday to try to break the deadlock over U.N. sanctions on Iran's nuclear program, but Tehran said any denial of its rights would be seen as "enmity".


Finance minister David Hanson says he is opposed to introducing a cap to Northern Ireland's new rating system.


Malware Exploits Anti-Virus Software Hole

Security firm eEye Digital Security said Friday it had discovered a new non-Microsoft based malware that has both the characteristics of a worm and a botnet spreading the wild, using a hole in popular anti-virus software.


Former Malaysian deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Germany Sunday for back surgery, days after being released from six years in prison.


Police set to launch virtual Web patrols

Police in China's capital said yesterday that they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike, or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.


Danish police arrest several people suspected of planning a terrorist attack using explosives, officials say.


To catch up on lost time, follow those who've beaten Wall Street.


NATO-led troops launched an offensive against Taliban militants Tuesday in a volatile southern Afghan province where hundreds of militant fighters have amassed.


Issue of sitting starters is a restless topic

With the Patriots having clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, one of the top questions entering the final two weeks of the regular season was whether the team would rest any starters.


SEOUL Samsung Electronics announced on Monday that it would be investing 25 trillion won in new chip production lines in the next six years, a move that it expects will create 10,000 jobs.


Bill Parcells' Dallas Cowboys beat the Joe Gibbs-coached Washington Redskins 21-18 in a classic encounter on Monday. Terry Glenn scored the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter.


As Most of China Celebrates New Year, a Scramble Continues in Coal Country

The recent snowstorms that left millions without power in Southern China underscored the countryâs heavy dependence on coal and laid bare the glaring inadequacies of its production and distribution cycle.


GM Staff Call Off Work Stoppage at Bochum

Workers at a General Motors plant in Bochum, Germany, swallowed their anger over job cuts and voted on Wednesday to end a seven-day stoppage that has disrupted output at three other GM car factories.


Aumentano alleanze con criminalita' organizzata straniera


Four Indian origin doctors get royal honour

London (IANS) Four doctors of Indian origin are among prominent Asians in Britain who figure in the Queen's New Year honours list.


Weather Causes Some Fans to Miss Bowl Game

Some Wyoming fans missed watching the Cowboys play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Thursday, a day after their plane slid off an icy runway.


U.S. securities regulators have  ratcheted up their probe of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.  KKD.N, looking at how it repurchased some of its doughnut  franchises, the company said on Friday.


Sharp to invest two bln dlrs to boost LCD panel output

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said it will invest two billion dollars to increase output of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for digital TVs, mobile phones and game consoles.


As interest grows in the open source suite, Sun decides to offer back-line support for firms that distribute OpenOffice.org.


House Passes Bill to Raise Indecency Fines

The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday passed legislation boosting fines on broadcasters and  entertainers who violate on-air decency rules to as much as  $500,000 per incident.


Mountaineers retrieve three bodies believed to have been buried for 22 years on an Indian glacier.


As Wi-Fi solidifies its hold on the tech world, Sprint shores up its long-term plans for longer-range WiMax.


In forma con Wii, il videogioco d'azione

Dagli Usa il videogame che costringe all'attività: dal tennis al basket, dal golf alla boxe. In Italia uscirà il 7 dicembre


At Tuesday's midnight hour, you'll find a meteor shower

While walking the pooch in the crisp early morning air Wednesday, you might hear a few snaps, perhaps a buzz, and maybe even some whistles overhead.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least three bombs exploded near a U.S. convoy in western Baghdad on Thursday, killing 34 children and three adults, officials said...


Brazil film looks at dark past through young eyes

Brazilian Cao Hamburger, whose film looks at his country's dark past, is the latest director to describe the brutality of South America's military dictatorships through the eyes of a child.


The Federal Reserve held a key short-term interest rate steady Wednesday, a possible sign the central bank thinks the economy is on solid footing.


C'e' stato un grande spirito di coesione


Chris Rock  riffed on race, money and politics on New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden.


After watching nearly every other semiconductor manufacturer produce their x86 64-bit chips, VIA Technologies has come to the table.


A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and the situation there has deteriorated into "a dangerous, costly mess."


By WEST, Rochelle; FAIRFAX  FEAR NOT -- New Plymouth's mayor is adamant there are no terrorist cells plotting bomb attacks in the city.


Baidu profit doubles, but shares slip on forecast

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK  - Chinese Internet search company Baidu.com Inc  beat forecasts by more than doubling its quarterly profit, but its shares fell 4 percent as its profit guidance fell short of some investors' expectations.


When I was in college, professors used to ask questions that are much harder than the question Allen Stern asks in this piece.  The NY Times crossword puzzle is harder. Geez, installing a new hard disk in a MacBook is harder, and as I've found out that's pretty easy.  Okay what is Twitter's business model?  They give away access to the API only to find that add-on devs have a business model selling Twitter clients while Twitter itself is left sucking air.  And this is some kind of problem? We should all be so lucky. Here's what you do if you're Twitter.  Distribution. How much you want to bet that Twitteriffic reaches a very small number of Twitter users.  Twitter, of course, reaches every Twitter user. So what could be easier than to offer to sell everyone a client that makes Twitter work a lot better?  And of course Twitter would be entitled to some of that money. Now, imagine that Twitter was really ambitious and they wanted to design a cell phone around Twitter. One that could make phone calls and play MP3s and do SMS but also had Twitter baked in.  Okay, so you can't imagine Twitter getting into the hardware business or being a cell phone service provider. But what if one of those did a deal with Twitter, or even bought Twitter? Then you'd be paying a monthly service fee to use Twitter, and might have chosen TMobile or Sprint over Verizon or AT&T because they have Twitter and the other guys have Microsoft's ripoff of Twitter. Or Google's. I think there's a premium for being the original guy, if you play it right (I never do, but Evan Williams does this pretty well.) Anyway, there are lots of ways for Twitter to make money once there are enough users. And right now their business is to grow and their first priority is to stabilize their service. This isn't based on inside knowledge, but comes from reading the tea leaves and applying common sense.


Grokster, Sony BMG to develop legit P2P service?

Sony BMG - aka 'Bony' - the merged music label is in talks with Grokster, the P2P software company has confirmed. Negotiations are believed to be focused on the development of a new, label-friendly P2P network.


Michigan is making its second consecutive Rose Bowl appearance, and it would be understandable if some Wolverines adopted a been-there, seen-that mentality.


Linksys ships Wi-Fi VoIP phone in Europe

WIP330 crosses the pond IFA 06 Linksys has at last launched its WIP330 802.11b/g Wi-Fi-connected VoIP phone in Europe - the company's first wireless handset to made available to buyers over here - after announcing the device at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin this morning.â¦


BEIJING, July 6 -- A former department head at China's drug regulation agency was sentenced to death Friday on charges of accepting bribes and neglecting official duties. Cao Wenzhuang, a department director at the State Food and Drug Administration, was given the death sentence with a two-year...


Nei primi sei mesi 2006, utile netto 36mln (+27% sul 2005)


Music Review | Arcade Fire: Testing Faith in a Church

For a band as careful about its textures as Arcade Fire is, choosing to perform in Judson Memorial Church was a mistake.


An Italian senator's boast on television  that he cheated traffic jams in Rome during a visit by  President George W. Bush by calling an ambulance may cost him a  court appearance, officials said on Sunday.


New billboard beauty in London -- 96 years young

It's never too late to start a new career, even if you're 96 years old -- and the new job is modelling cosmetics.


Tests Show Viagra May Help Bigger Hearts

Viagra may aid in the treatment of enlarged hearts that can result from high blood pressure, tests on animals indicate. Plans are under way for a trial to determine if similar results occur in humans given the drug widely used to treat erectile dysfunction.


Brazil Reacts Angrily to Report on Nukes

Brazil on Friday denounced a U.S. magazine report saying Brazil's uranium enrichment plant will give it the potential to build nuclear warheads.


Alanis releasing first album in four years

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alanis Morissette is putting the finishing touches on her first album of new material in four years, which will come out next spring.


The Palestinians' ruling Hamas group will not join a planned coalition government if recognizing Israel is a condition, a close aide to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said Friday.


Yes or No on the Euroconstitution? The Debate Lingers

MADRID, Spain, NOV. 24, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The papal nuncio to the European Parliament doesn't have any reason "from the religious viewpoint" to say no to the Constitutional Treaty, even though the document ...


Incontro a porte chiuse in francese e scambio di doniNel pomeriggio la visita al Quirinale, poi da Romano Prodi                                             Sarkozy a colloquio con Papa Prima tappa del viaggio a Roma


Cda approva risposta a constatazione di Bankitalia


The Supreme Court bolstered trial judges' authority to shape juries in death penalty cases yesterday, ruling that a court in Washington state properly disqualified a man who expressed doubts about capital punishment during pretrial questioning.


Market liquidity returning: Treasury's Ryan

U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary  Anthony Ryan said on Monday there were signs that market  liquidity was starting to return but it won't happen overnight  and requires greater investor caution in future.


Lifeâs Work: Can Your Dog Humanize the Office?

It had been thought that the patter of paws would go the way of casual Fridays and massages at your desk, but, the dogs, it seems, are here to stay.


Italy Says Won't Be Intimidated by Militant Threats

Italy will not be intimidated by threats  from Muslim militants but cannot dismiss the possibility of an  eventual attack, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on  Sunday, after a group claiming al Qaeda links vowed to strike.


Security checks on foreign students in "proliferation-risk" science subjects could deter them, scientists warn.


Bigflicks.com has about 1,000 movies, downloadable for $2 to $15.


Heat have 1 practice down, but long way to go

Summer games are over for the Heat. Coach Stan Van Gundy has the players now, and there will be no more freelancing offense and optional defense.


Pulitzer Inc. says it's considering sale

Newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering a possible sale of the firm to boost shareholder value.


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UK Guantanamo Detainees to Be Freed -- Lawyer

All four remaining British detainees in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp will be released within weeks, a lawyer acting for two of them told Reuters on Tuesday.


CBS, seeking to fill programming holes left by the writers' strike, said on Monday it will rerun the entire first season of the crime drama "Dexter" from Showtime, its sister cable channel, starting next month.


Brazil charges two US pilots with endangering air safety over the country's worst aviation disaster.


No a costituzione parte civile, imputati sono minorenni


$13M settlement expected in RI club fire

Several defendants being sued by relatives of the 100 people killed in a 2003 nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement, a lawyer for one family in the case told The Associated Press on Wednesday.


Leading Manchester United supporters' groups are warning the club not to drop their guard despite bankers JP Morgan pulling the plug on Malcolm Glazer's bid to buy the Old Trafford outfit.


IBM Launches Industry's First Drive-Based Tape Encryption Solution for Midsized Businesses

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the world's first tape library solution offering enterprise-class tape drive-based encryption capabilities at an affordable price point for midrange corporations and enterprise workgroups.


Sri Lanka's Tsunami Survivors Lose Hope, Shun Coast

PALLAI, Sri Lanka  - Housewife Viyarseeli  Nadarajahlingam's whole life revolved around her six children  and helping her husband mend his fishing nets on an idyllic  white sand beach at Sri Lanka's northern tip.


Know what to expect as the next market crash approaches.


Iain Dowie has been sacked as manager of second-tier English side Coventry City, the Midlands club announced on its website on Monday.


Serena Pastes Schnyder, Capriati Next at US Open

Serena Williams, hoping her surgically-repaired knee holds out in her quest to capture a third US Open title, pounded No. 15 seed Patty Schnyder in straight sets Sunday to advance into the quarterfinals for a match-up with countrywoman Jennifer Capriati.


ABC's entertainment chief believes "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" have become hits because viewers were anxious to have fun again on TV.


"Se vogliono sforare i conti si trovino un altro ministro"

ROMA - "Se vogliono forzare sull'Europa, violando il Patto di stabilitÃ , io me ne vado. Si cerchino un altro ministro. Io non voglio mandare in malora il Paese per distribuire una mancia". Ã sera tardi quando


Nigerian Militia Threatens Armed Struggle

Militiamen trying to wrest control of the oil-rich Niger Delta threatened on Tuesday to launch a ``full-scale armed struggle'' on petroleum-pumping operations in Africa's


Iraq's Sadr appears in public after long absence

KUFA, Iraq  - Powerful anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, presenting himself as a champion of all Iraqis and demanding that U.S. troops get out of Iraq.


John Kerry is right where he wants to be, Democrats ruefully joke: behind in the polls and remaking his campaign team. The Massachusetts


Introiti fiscali non vanno usati per abbassare le tasse


Brescia, 18:04 - CALCIO, BRESCIA-JUVE: CAMPO NEUTRO O PORTE CHIUSE

Niente da fare per Brescia-Juventus il 10 marzo al Rigamonti. Nei giorni scorsi una delegazione dell...


Bergamo, 17:43 - CALCIO, TROFEO BORTOLOTTI: SAMPDORIA SUPERA ATALANTA AI RIGORI

La Sampdoria ha vinto la 12/a edizione del trofeo "Achille e Cesare Bortolotti" battendo 6-5 ai rigo...


THERE were three wonderful goals at Anfield yesterday (AEST), but only one was a winner. Few predicted it would come from Liverpool, who won 2-1, and nobody but his closest relatives (and even they must have


Heather Mills tells a US TV show she would rather lose other limbs than repeat the traumas of her marriage breakdown.


Diageo transfers shares to cut E1.1bn deficit

IPE.com 5/Oct/04: UK - Drinks firm Diageo has transferred four million shares in US cereal maker General Mills to its UK pension plan to help cut the schemeâs 750 million-pound (1.


How does a team like Australia go from 136 for no loss to 235 all out in the space of fewer than 40 overs? Anil Kumble's scything spell - 17.


Dato primo trimestre supera la previsione degli economisti


New Episcopal Leader Braces for Gay-Rights Confrontation

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori may face hostility at a meeting in Tanzania with Anglican bishops.


Muslim envoys off to Baghdad in bid to free British hostage

LIVERPOOL, England : Britain's leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by extremists eight days ago.


Soccer: Real Madrid in chaos as coach seeks exit

Real Madrid, the club of galacticos, is giving new definition to the term crisis management. It has a band of the finest soloists on earth, but they are not playing collectively.


Pilgrims flee Iraq city as gunbattles rage

KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after a fierce gunbattle between Iraqi security forces and gunmen near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.


Sharon Optimistic About Peace Prospects in Post-Arafat Era

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sounded a note of optimism about the prospects for Middle East peace, crediting the new leadership of the Palestinian Authority for the brightened outlook.


Las Vegas, 22:13 - FOOTBALL, USA: O. J. SIMPSON TORNA IN CARCERE

O.J. Simpson è sotto custodia in Florida e verrà portati davanti ad un giudice la pros...


FOREX-Dollar gains on outlook for Fed rate hikes

The dollar rose broadly on Monday as markets braced for a Federal Reserve policy meeting this week that is widely expected to end with a higher federal funds rate, making the dollar a more attractive currency.


The Tories say they must stop trying to "shame" public service staff and instead work together with them.


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Vijay Singh tops the PGA money list, the world rankings and now, the 84 Lumber Classic in Farmington, Penn., after an 8-under 64 on Thursday.


Il presidente del Consiglio commenta l'allarme terrorismoAbu Omar: "Su estradizione rispettiamo le regole". Di Pietro lo critica                                          Prodi: "Le Br ci sono ancora I sindacati sorveglino di piÃ¹"


It's in the shoes: Sales faster in Britain than anywhere in Europe

Despite France and Italy's reputation as a haven for the sales of designer shoes, it is across the Channel where growth in the industry has been fastest in Europe, according to research.


Drinking wine, but not beer or spirits, can keep women's hearts beating healthily, research suggests.


Beazer Homes lowers 2006 earnings forecast

- Beazer Homes USA Inc. BZH.N on Thursday   lowered its earnings forecast for 2006 as net sales in July and   August fell and contract cancellations rose.


Composer Peter Lieberson's "Rilke Songs," sung by his late wife, internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, is among recordings honored this year by the inaugural WQXR Gramophone American Awards.


South Korea has confirmed they will lodge an appeal with sport's supreme legal body over scoring errors at the Olympic gymnastics tournament which robbed them of a gold medal.


AIDS drug shows potential as weapon against cancer

A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


NABLUS, WEST BANK -- The Israeli army yesterday destroyed the home of a teenage suicide bomber despite his mother's public and impassioned criticism of the group that sent her son on the deadly mission.


In an effort to make it easier to sell, distribute and buy cell-phone applications, Nokia (Quote, Chart) has announced the launch of Preminet, a service to distribute certified Java- and Symbian-based mobile software.


Every year, Billerica , Hingham , and Arlington shoot for a spot in the Super 8 tournament alongside the best public school teams in the state. But, like a little brother who doesn't care that you're twice his size, Saugus is ready to step onto the ice with giants.


There's a reason more than 90 million investors choose these vehicles. Is it the right one?


Lucent's history a case study in wild rides

If you've ever wondered what ignited America's late-1990s obsession with telecom and tech stocks, you could well argue it all started with Lucent Technologies .


Bologna, 20:01 - BASEBALL, SERIE A1: RISULTATI

Risultati di 'gara-2' della quinta giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 di baseball.


Two US soldiers charged in the deaths of three Iraqis

The US military charged two US soldiers for the deaths of three Iraqis, the US command said Wednesday. ''Sgt. Michael P. Williams and Spc.


When Shakespeare called sleep the "chief nourisher of life's feast," he may have been well ahead of his time, medically at least. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center report that disrupting sleep damages the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels, potentially raising the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.


Protezione civile, temperature fino a 45 gradi in Sicilia


Turkey OK Would Likely Come With Strings

BRUSSELS, Belgium Oct. 5, 2004 - The European Union head office will likely push for stringent and long-term conditions to membership for Turkey as part of its expected approval on Wednesday to start entry


"Juno" soundtrack a boost for little-known singer

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Almost a month after its digital-only release, the soundtrack to the hit movie "Juno" debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 this week.


SAN FRANCISCO -- After nearly two years of battling for the right to operate, Virgin America is scheduled to make its debut at Dulles International Airport with a red-eye arrival this morning.


Martin Brodeur will one day receive the Mark Messier treatment, honored by his former team with a number retirement ceremony in front of a packed house of adoring fans.


Climate report faults humans for warming

Scientists from more than 110 countries are scheduled to release a landmark report this morning concluding that they are more than 90 percent certain that humans are the main reason for the world's recent temperature rise.


Wife-slay suspect Scott Peterson may have been planning to abduct and kill former lover Amber Frey, too, her lawyer charged yesterday.


Ex-H.P. Officer to Say She Knew of No Illegality

Patricia C. Dunn maintains that while she was in regular contact with those conducting the operation, she was not its supervisor.


Apple will not have as easy a time launching the iPhone in Europe as it did in the U.S., analyst says.


CBS to Make Internet Music Unit More Like Radio

Last.fm will allow users to select any of 3.5 million songs to listen to on their computers, up to three times for free.


Type of ship at center of oil slick being phased out

The type of ship that spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River after something ripped a hole in its hull is scheduled to be barred from US waters within seven years because of safety concerns.


The Prince of Wales is set to marry Camilla Parker Bowles, Clarence House has announced.


Seven Iranians working for the Iranian Electricity Ministry are arrested by US forces in Baghdad.


2 passenger trains collide head-on in northern India, killing at ...

Two passenger trains collided head-on on a stretch of rural track in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said.


EU wants to make Internet safe for children

The European Union has launched a 45 million euro ($60 million) plan to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf the Internet.


At Least 26 Die as Egypt Resort Bombs Hit Israelis

TABA, Egypt  - Bombs killed at least 26 people in  Egyptian Red Sea resorts packed with Israeli tourists, sending  thousands fleeing home across the border. Israel said it  suspected al Qaeda was behind the attacks.


Strong jobs growth bodes well for economy

U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.


Costs associated with taking over a Swiss rival dent net profits at German drug firm Merck.


Open-source software advocates got a potential boost from a report by the U.K.'s Office of Government Commerce, which cited advantages on the server side and a growing maturity on the desktop front.


Judge: Kobe Bryant Accuser's Name to Be Disclosed

The young woman who accused basketball  star Kobe Bryant of rape must disclose her identity in her  civil case against him, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.


Police are chasing a thief with a Mohican-style haircut who keeps prowling round a holiday resort pinching women's knickers.


AT&T Wireless brings music downloads to mobile customers

AT&T Wireless is trying to put its own stamp on the digital music market. It's launching a new service that enables its mobile phone users to browse and purchase song downloads over the


Atlantis heads for docking with International Space Station

The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to dock with the International Space Station after mission managers determined the spacecraft was in excellent shape after Saturday's launch.


Adults on Welfare With H.I.V. or AIDS Hit With Rent Increase

The state ordered New York CityÂs welfare agency to increase the rent contribution it requires from about 2,200 poor adults who live in government-subsidized buildings and have H.I.V. or AIDS.


What the Microsoft Standards Battle is Really About

Microsoft's purpose for suggesting its Office Open XML suite of formats become adopted as an international standard is not so it can leverage its seal of approval in sales. Its purpose is to enable the company to be perceived worldwide as cooperating with businesses and with nations in the drive for interoperability, especially for the benefit of the European Commission which maintains that Microsoft is an unfair competitor.


Ecuador leftist heads for victory after vote

QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's Rafael Correa, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, headed on Monday to almost certain victory in the presidential runoff after vowing reforms to rein in a discredited political elite.


Texas Instruments Inc., the world's largest maker of chips used in cellular phones, expects third-quarter earnings to come in on the higher end of a range it had previously forecast.


Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says the state has negotiated a tentative agreement to buy at least 30,000 flu vaccines from British wholesalers.


Triple police killer verdict 'in months'

A decision on freedom for triple police killer Harry Roberts could be made by the end of the year, it is claimed.


The Cloisters, while barely changing at all, has changed a lot for me over the years, becoming a more complicated and contemplative experience.


Look around the kitchen of Filippo La Mantia's hip restaurant in downtown Rome and you'll see oranges, fresh basil, olive oil. But no garlic.


JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 28 -- The Indonesian government on Thursday opened the retrial of a cleric charged with leading an al Qaeda-linked group and inciting its members to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. interests.


Rapper Coolio in reality TV series at Oxygen

Rapper Coolio, who  topped the pop charts in 1995 with the Grammy-winning tune  "Gangsta's Paradise," will star in a reality TV show for  women's cable network Oxygen.


A So-So Debut For Microsoft's Blog Service

Microsoft Corp. made a belated entrance into the "blogosphere" Thursday, unveiling a free Web-log publishing service one day after Merriam-Webster Inc.


China's Retirement Fund to Invest Abroad

China's social security fund plans to invest up to $1 billion, or about 5 percent of its total holdings, in foreign markets, a top fund official said Wednesday.


Michael Kimsal mentions the posting of his latest show for his podcast - WebDevRadio, episode #34:   [This show contains a] quick overview of upcoming interviews, and mentions of the projectzero webdev project from IBM, Sheeri KritzerÃ¢ÂÂs OurSQL podcast, my upcoming SOLR presentation @ OSCON, and a bit more.   Also included in this show is a look at a PHP4->PHP5 XML wrapper that looks to take care of some of the transition of XML functionality when making the move between PHP4 and PHP5.   You can grab this latest show here or subscribe to the feed and get more shows, both past and future.


Interpol chief slams UK on terror database cooperation

Too much toothpaste panic, not enough checks on suspects The boss of Interpol has slammed Britain's procedures for monitoring suspected international terrorists.â¦


Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson vow to end their war of words.


Arm offers $913 million for chip component firm

U.K. semiconductor design company Arm Holdings PLC has agreed to acquire a Sunnyvale, California, provider of components for chip manufacturing in a deal valued at around $913 million in cash and stock.


If you have a lot of stress, say researchers at the University of California, your cells will age faster, you will be at higher risk of age related diseases earlier in life - put simply, you will get old faster and more likely die earlier.


Two Japanese Men Sentenced for Data Theft

Two men were given suspended jail sentences Friday for stealing personal data on subscribers to Japanese broadband services provider Softbank Corp. in an effort to extort money from the company.


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.


Gli economisti prevedevano una contrazione minore, a 50,5


China: Relations with EU will Suffer if Arms Embargo Continues

China has warned that continuing the European Union (EU) arms embargo on Beijing will negatively affect the relationship between them.


T-Mobile Ships First Windows Mobile 6 Phone

T-Mobile said Tuesday it had launched the Wing, the successor to its MDA smartphone and the first handset in the United States to ship with Windows Mobile 6 installed.


LPG truck explosion kills 22 in Philippines

At least 22 people were killed and 10 injured after a delivery truck carrying liquified petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in the southern Philippines, a senior police officer said on Friday.


"Hills" stars Heidi, Spencer and nemesis Lauren were all in attendance at last night's Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party-- ironically a party where Elodie- Heidi's other nemesis-- was working out front. Us gave Lauren an award. Heidi? Not so much. H...


San Bernardino County Sun, Calif., Business Briefs Column

By San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 16--COLTON -- FUNDS FOR RIVER TRAIL PROJECT: The City Council on  Tuesday evening will consider applying for a federal grant to provide access  to the Santa Ana River Trail.


Healthy pregnant women who take iron supplements may increase blood pressure risks, a study claims.


People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.


SAN ANTONIO - After several delays, a shareholder vote is imminent on a proposed $19.5 billion buyout of radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc.


Heavy rains washed out Wednesday night's game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies before it ever started.


'Not quite as good as it used to be' Those among you who've ever fancied roasting young toffs over an open fire should get yourselves down to eBay where the pupils of one seat of learning have decided to put their beloved alma mater on the market:â¦


ANDY RODDICK should lead the US to their first Davis Cup final in seven years this week but captain Patrick McEnroe is wary of underestimating giant-killers Belarus.


Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of Saturday night's game between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks.


Iraq PM visits Sunni insurgent stronghold

Iraq's Shiite prime minister on Tuesday made a groundbreaking and unannounced visit to Ramadi, the Sunni insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, a senior staff member told The Associated Press.


Pearl Slaying Suspect Killed in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - Police stepped up patrols around foreign consulates and government offices in this volatile city on Monday, fearing a backlash after Pakistani forces killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative wanted for his alleged role in the 2002 kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.    Amjad Hussain Farooqi, also accused in two attempts on the life of President Gen...


Pakistani officials declared an important victory against al-Qaida yesterday after police shot dead Amjad Farooqi, who was suspected of roles in the execution of Wall


Iran rejects limits on nuclear technology

Iran has rejected demands by Europe's three major powers to abandon its uranium enrichment programme. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Riza Asifi said on Sunday Iran had already the technology required for


Microsoft Claims Mozilla Firefox Not a Threat to IE

ZDNet Australia is reporting that Microsoft does not believe Mozilla Firefox is a threat to Internet Explorer. Steve Vamos, who heads the software giant's Austrialian operation, does not believe IE's market share is under attack from Firefox.


Bush Pledges 'Nothing Will Hold Us Back'

NEW YORK - President Bush picked apart John Kerry's record on the Iraq war and tax cuts Thursday night and summoned the nation toward victory over terrorism and economic security at home. "Nothing will hold us back," he said in a Republican National Convention acceptance speech that launched his fall re-election campaign...


Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis

Scientists have found what they say is the strongest evidence yet linking the first European explorers of the New World to the origin of sexually transmitted syphilis.


International Space Station's snack attack uncovered

The two residents of the International Space Station ran short of food and had to cut back their meals this month thanks in part to unlikely food thieves: the previous station crew.