Palestinian Leaders Go to France To Get Answers on Arafat

The Palestinian Authority is sending a delegation to France to get more information about the cause of former PA President Yasser Arafat's death.


The Manchester derby ended goalless despite faltering United having several good chances, possibly the best of which came in the 63rd minute when Alan Smith's acrobatic effort was cleared off the line by City's Steve McManaman.


NetSuite has raised the estimated price range for its IPO (initial public offering) to $16 to $19, from the original $13 to $16.The company made the disclosure in a document filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company is following the lead of Google in conducting an online, auction-style IPO, instead of having underwriters set the price. The auction opened on Dec. 10 and NetSuite said at the time it expects the stock's price to be finalized on Wednesday.NetSuite, which sells a line of hosted business software, is putting up 6.2 million shares of common stock. NetSuite expects to net about $98.4 million after expenses from the IPO, it said in the filing. That estimate assumes the stock will price at $17.50.NetSuite has said it plans to use money generated by the IPO to pay off an $8 million balance on a line of credit with Tako Ventures, an entity controlled by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and to possibly make acquisitions.Ellison controls about 60 percent of NetSuite's outstanding stock, which works out to about 31.9 million shares. He plans to put those shares into a "lockbox" limited-liability company, a move that would "effectively eliminate" his voting control and thereby avoid potential conflicts of interest, NetSuite has said.


China asks Canadian embassy to turn over North Korean defectors

Astana - Xianggang (Hong Kong), September 30 KAZINFORM - China has called on Canada to turn over more than 40 North Korean defectors who are staying at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.


Although a jury last week convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.


The French mime artist Marcel Marceau dies at the age of 84, the AFP news agency reports.


John Negroponte was a popular boss on his first day of work at the State Department on Tuesday. He told everybody to go take the afternoon off.


France's Sarkozy shakes up cabinet after polls

French President Nicolas Sarkozy  reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday after parliamentary polls  cost him a top minister, making farms minister Christine  Lagarde the first woman to run the euro zone's second largest  economy.


Half of Brazil's Amazon Jungle Occupied-Study

About half of Brazil's original Amazon rainforest has been occupied by man, deforested or used for industry like logging and its destruction is worse than government data shows, a leading environmental group said on Tuesday.


US TV network CBS is fined a record $550,000 for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction".


LONDON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she was encouraged by a round of furious Mideast diplomacy to prepare a US-hosted peace conference in the fall despite divisions between Israel and the Palestinians that could derail it.


Official Floats Possibility of Assistance to Hague Court

In a bid to deflect world criticism of America's approach to international law, John B. Bellinger III, the State Department legal adviser, in a speech last week offered the possibility of U.S. assistance to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in its investigation into atrocities in the ...


In 2004 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stepped out into the world and took steps to engage it. This marks a watershed in the life of an organisation that has had to rely on its own devices.


Vote cherished in other places, unlike Alberta

Earlier this week, John Mraz touchingly recounted a recent clandestine meeting with a group of Ukrainian senior police officers in a forest outside the city of Karkiv.


Mumbai, 18:27 - TENNIS, TORNEO MUMBAI: GALVANI OUT AL SECONDO TURNO

Stefano Galvani è stato eliminato nel "Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open" ($380.000, decoturf),...


Celtic have confirmed they expect midfielder Alan Thompson to be out for between four and six weeks. The player was carried off during Wednesday night's defeat by AC Milan in the San Siro with a hamstring injury.


President Tabare Vazquez ousted his ministers of defense, foreign affairs and industry on Monday, saying he was seeking a better team for his final two years in office.


A Tory commission's calls for the UK to refuse work permits to immigrants earning less than Â£25,000 will be "studied carefully" by party leaders.


Man Hides From Cops, Then Calls for Help

MONROE, La. - Jerry Wayne Till managed to get away from sheriff's deputies and elude them briefly - until he called them for help after he got lost in the woods.


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai treated for head injury

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care with a suspected skull fracture on Wednesday following what he says was a brutal police attack while in custody, his spokesman said.


THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's defense case has reached a dead end because he will not allow lawyers to represent him at his war-crimes trial, his court-assigned counsel said yesterday.


SdL non firma, si riserva di aderire in un secondo momento


Genova, 14:47 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: VORREI ROVINARE FESTA A DEL PIERO

"La Juve? E' una trasferta importante per il Genoa soprattutto dopo l'esordio negativo con una grand...


UN: Israel used precision bomb to hit UN officers

Israel used a precision-guided bomb to launch a direct hit on four U.N. peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon last July, the United Nations said on Friday of its probe into the incident.


Review: 'Friday Night Lights' Scores Touchdown

Ok, I'm not a football person. I never really understood the game -- I'd rather see a good play or go to the movies. But "Friday Night Lights" shows why football -- especially high school football -- inspire such loyal and rabid fans.


Lleyton Hewitt will be eager to test his new-found confidence on clay against former champion Gaston Gaudio in the French Open second round on Thursday.


The world's largest food group, Nestle,  reports a 13.8% growth in profits, boosted by its nutrition business.


Emphasizing Taste, and Not Just in Beer, at Super Bowl

Anheuser-Busch, the biggest advertiser on the Super Bowl, is making good on a promise to clean up its act.


DNA tests confirm that a man shot as a militant in Indian-administered Kashmir was in fact a civilian.


Olympics Wrap: China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track

China grabbed its first-ever men's  Olympic gold in track and field on Friday, but it was a night  of misery for Americans, who saw any chance of a fourth  consecutive gold in basketball crushed.


A majority of Americans take a dim view of President Bush's handling of the economy and feel jobs are scarce, according to a poll released Thursday.


Al via lunedi' su La7 'Le partite non finiscono mai'


Cisco (CSCO:Nasdaq - news - research) disappointed Wall Street Tuesday with a first quarter profit that was merely in line with estimates, rather than the customary penny ahead.


Commons Leader Peter Hain almost faced a criminal libel prosecution over sex scandal allegations he made 30 years ago.


Ancora polemiche sulla proposta del leghista Calderoli

Il ministro dell'Interno ha parlato della sicurezza dei cittadini a un convegno di Forza Italia. Da gennaio denunce online. PADOVA - Â«Di taglie con me Ã¨ meglio non parlareÂ». Il ministro dell'Interno Giuseppe


Group Finds Coast Funds *** Reserve to Finance Lake Work

By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - A federal coastal-restoration task force is combing the books for money to get more projects built.


Despite all the reports about SETI discovering a likely signal from an alien civilisation, you shouldn't squint skywards just yet looking for a spherical disc from which little green men will hop out.


Windows Server 2008 'brisket' release delayed

Now literally a 2008 product Microsoft has acknowledged today that Windows Server 2008 won't be ready to ship by the end of the year as planned.â¦


Before the Bell: Knight Falls, Too Rises

Knight Trading Group Inc. (NITE) shares fell more than 6 percent before the bell on Wednesday after the Nasdaq stock trader warned of a quarterly loss because of weak stock trading volume.


Animation in America once meant Mickey Mouse, Snow White and Winnie the Pooh. These days, it's just as likely to mean Japanese fighting cyborgs, doe-eyed schoolgirls and sinister monsters — thanks in large part to people like John Ledford.


Cutting the cord Mobile Workshop Mobile phones are now pervasive in the business environment. Love them or hate them, thereâs no getting away from the fact that many of us are using them as an integral part of day to day communications.â¦


La societa' gia' proprietaria di Robe di Kappa e Jesus Jeans


La norma e' contenuta nell'articolo 16 della Finanziaria


Secondo indiscrezioni, alla vigilia della partenza del ProtocolloBruxelles si accingerebbe all'ennesima stroncatura di Roma                                                  Kyoto, l'Ue boccerÃ  di nuovo l'Italia "Il Piano prevede piÃ¹ emissioni"                                                                                Per la Commissione ambiente il documento non rispetta gli obiettivi


Torino, 19:16 - Calcio, Juve: due dubbi per Capello

Tutti sani in casa Juventus, ma c'Ã¨ il problema della squalifica di Thuram, che Capello ha giÃ  risol...


U.S. will oversee ICANN for another three years, moving domain manager toward breaking ties.


Australian police have been ordered to hunt and destroy a great white shark which killed a teenage surfer. The 18-year-old was attacked on Thursday near West Beach in Adelaide.


L'azienda punta verso futuri progetti di sviluppo


Two Are Indicted in Insider Trading Case

A former Credit Suisse banker and a Pakistani financier are accused of conspiring to make illegal trades related to nine buyouts in which the bank was an adviser.


Director of Analysis Branch at the CIA Is Being Removed

The head of the Central Intelligence Agency's analytical branch is being forced to step down, former intelligence officials say, opening a major new chapter in a shakeup under Porter J. Goss, the agency's chief.


Clinton Portis's blocks garner even more attention from his teammates in the meeting room than his 112-yard rushing day against the Jaguars.


9/11 Linked To Iraq, In Politics if Not in Fact

The television commercial is grim and gripping: A soldier who lost both legs in an explosion near Fallujah explains why he thinks U.S. forces need to stay in Iraq.


Internet Infrastructure to Keep Growing, Cisco CEO Says

Cisco CEO John Chambers says that service providers will continue Internet build-out over the next decade.


Torino, 14:29 - CALCIO, TORINO: DA DOMANI SQUADRA IN RITIRO A DESENZANO

Torino in punizione dopo la sconfitta di Roma con la Lazio. Da domani la squadra preparerà la...


Russian cabinet approves Kyoto Protocol; gives agreement big boost

MOSCOW  - The Russian cabinet on Thursday approved the Kyoto Protocol in a crucial step that could bring the long-delayed climate change treaty into worldwide effect within months.


Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing more evidence that Viacom may be considering a takeover of publisher Midway, following Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone's increasing financial stake in the company.


For many years, Google said it wouldn't rectify the antics of pranksters who rigged search terms, like having "miserable failure" bring up a White House biography of George W. Bush as a top result on its search engine.


Ecclestone counters courts with cash offer.

Bernie Ecclestone has attempted to shrug off Monday's court ruling, which found in favour of the three banks holding a 75 per cent stake in Formula One, by making a substantial cash offer to the sport's ten teams in an attempt to prevent a breakaway series


MPs call for fight against rising tide of anti-Semitism

A panel of lawmakers have called for government and others to urgently join forces to fight a rising tide of anti-Semitism, which they said surged again during Israel's war in Lebanon.


Nicole Kidman married country music star Keith Urban at an Australian clifftop chapel Sunday in an intimate ceremony attended by close family and a smattering of A-list stars.


Drug-loaded contact lenses to treat eye diseases

When a person suffers from eye ailments today, nine times out of ten, he will be prescribed eye drops to treat his illness or relieve his discomfort.


Kodak says camera sensor may eliminate flash

Eastman Kodak Co.  said on  Thursday it has developed digital camera technology that nearly  eliminates the need for flash photography, part of the  company's effort to make money from its deep patent portfolio.


Treasury 10-Year Notes Hold Close to April High for Second Week

US 10-year Treasury notes finished for a second week at the highest since April, on speculation record oil prices will hinder economic growth, prompting the Federal Reserve to slow the pace of interest-rate increases.


Playing "active" computer games on consoles such as the Nintendo Wii is no substitute for playing real sports, warn experts.


Historically Black College Struggles Financially

NASHVILLE, Dec. 27 -- Despite two years of trying, Fisk University has not been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O'Keeffe into cash.


Marat Safin was picked ahead of fifth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko and will open against Andy Roddick on Friday when Russia plays the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.


Sprint Nextel Corp  reported  deeper than expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it  would cut about 4,000 jobs, raising fears of a slowdown in the  U.S. wireless industry, and its stock dropped nearly 25  percent.


Silajdzic ahead in race for Bosnian presidency

Bosnia's wartime foreign minister Haris Silajdzic leads in the race for the Muslim member of the state tri-presidency against incumbent Sulejman Tihic, organizers of an October 1 vote said on Monday.


Swedish centre-right starts work on forming govt

Centre-right leader Fredrik Reinfedlt   starts work on forming a coalition government in Sweden on   Monday after ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule with vows   to cut taxes and trim the welfare state.


Channel ferry services are hit by a blockade as French fishermen show their anger at fuel price rises.


Koppel and Wallace among those honored at News Emmys

NEW YORK  - Ted Koppel came up to New York Monday to accept a lifetime achievement award from the News & Documentary Emmys, but instead walked away with two prizes.


Finger length linked to female sporting potential

The length of a girl's ring finger could be an indicator of her future sporting potential, researchers at King's College London said on Thursday.


NEW YORK Oct. 2, 2004 - Richard Avedon, the celebrated photographer who revolutionized the art form over the last half-century, amassed a body of work that included lush fashion spreads in extravagant locations such as the pyramids of Egypt.


Program Coaxes Hospitals to See Treatments Under Their Noses

The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.


Unstoppable attack breaks tourists' spirit

A REBORN Damien Martyn and a rampant Australian attack have left the world champions on course for another series win and a huge slice of history in the second Test against Pakistan at the MCG.


Also: Lucatel merger to spur shakeout. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Microsoft targets older people for web via TV

Seattle, November 17: For people trying to get their aging parents on the web so they can read e-mail and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp has a message: Don't give up.


Allegations Man Utd captain and Republic of Ireland star Roy Keane was involved in the assault of a teenager are investigated by police.


Nuggets 123, Knicks 100: Sprawling Brawl Mars Ending of Knicks' Loss

Ten players, including the Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, were ejected near the end of the game as the Knicks were routed for the second straight night.


Beer drinkers may have yet another reason to hoist a cold one -- but make that just one. According to a new study out of Canada, beer has the same heart-healthy benefits as red wine.


NATO takes command of foreign forces in Afghanistan

NATO assumed control of international forces across Afghanistan, taking charge of the east of the country from the US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.


Business & money: Opec under fire as US crude nears $100 a barrel.


Lawsuit filed by South Florida couple who contracted botulism

A Palm Beach Gardens couple paralyzed by injections of an unapproved wrinkle treatment filed suit on Thursday against a clinic, a suspended doctor and two toxin suppliers they say are responsible.


Having ravaged the Caribbean for more than one week Hurricane Ivan made landfall in the southern United States, causing great damage, particularly in the state of Florida.


HIV (human immunodeficiency infection) tends to spread among women at a far greater speed than among men, a new report reveals. The "feminization" of AIDS appears to reflect a maturing of the epidemic, said


Handball: Little Lake Forest Goes Mano a Mano With the Big Guys

In Coach Mike Dauâs 37 years as the handball coach at Lake Forest College in Illinois, the teams have captured 28 national titles.


And adds SMS and 3G Truphone, the VoIP provider for Nokia Series 60 devices with decent connectivity, has added presence to its offering, as well as making it work over 3G networks - where the operator allows it, of course.â¦


Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike

Two Palestinians have been killed and at least eight wounded in an Israeli air raid on Gaza City , witnesses and medics said. A missile struck Tal al-Hawa district, north of Gaza city, on Monday, reported Aljazeera's correspondent.


Hurricane Frances has caused the postponement of the entire three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins. Saturday afternoon, the Marlins announced the postponement


MWSF: Apple adds HD to Final Cut Express, iMovie

MacCentral - 2005 is "the year of HD video editing," Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco keynote crowd, and he backed up the pronouncement by introducing Final Cut Express HD as well as a new version of iMovie that supports 720p and 1080i high-definition video. The latter is part of the new iLife '05 software bundle. Jobs also noted that QuickTime 7, which will be included with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" when the upgrade ships during the first half of 2005, will include the H.264 video codec that is part of the competing high-definition DVD formats, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.


BCS to Create New Formula Without AP Poll

The Bowl Championship Series is ready to move on without The Associated Press college football poll.


Catalysts May Save 'Stranded' Natural Gas

A German-led study has discovered chemical catalysts that might lead to the use of stranded natural gas, large quantities of which is burned as waste.  Johannes Lercher and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich and the Dow Chemical Co.


WASHINGTON -- A confidential report to Army generals in Iraq in December 2003 warned that members of an elite military and CIA task force were abusing detainees, a finding delivered more than a month before Army investigators received the photographs from Abu Ghraib prison that touched off investigations into prisoner mistreatment.


Simi Garewal and Karan Johar, the hosts of two most fiercely competitive celebrity talk shows, "Rendezvous With Simi Garewal" and "Koffee With Karan", are coming together to judge a music-and-dance contest on NDTV's new entertainment channel Imagine.


Taliban expected to free deminers, official says

Afghanistan's Taliban were expected to free 18 mine-clearing experts they seized at the weekend, an official for the group said on Monday.


Hong Kong election candidates question vote-counting delay

More than eight hours after polls closed in Hong Kong, leading pro-democracy candidates running in legislative elections have demanded to know why the vote count was taking so long.


Bond insurer plan may inject positive note

Efforts to rescue a distraught U.S. bond insurance industry could inject a positive note on Wall Street but the economic data and earnings reports on tap for this week are unlikely to change a downward trend for stocks.


Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day.


Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, plans to open 50 stores in the next year in the Southwest.


Cuba freed six jailed dissidents on  health grounds on Monday and was preparing to release a dozen  more in an apparent bid to clean up its human rights image.


Sudan reverses its decision to expel Oxfam and Save the Children's local heads, accused of political meddling.


Malaysia calls a general election for 8 March, more than a year ahead of schedule.


Will Ferrell was flashing back to his college days. The star of "Elf" and "Anchorman" returned to his alma mater to show what he's made of himself — and to show his bare backside like he did in his comedy "Old School."


Fear factor leading teens to carry weapon

Teenagers arming themselves with weapons to protect themselves against attacks in the street


Source: Bears intend to sign quarterback Jeff George

Struggling desperately at quarterback, the Chicago Bears intend to sign veteran Jeff George, a team source said Saturday night. The Bears will sign George on Monday, the source said on the condition of anonymity.


MySpace's Leaked Photos More Popular Than Sweeney Todd

Over 6,700 people are seen downloading thousands of photos purloined from private MySpace profiles on Sunday, making it the ninth most popular download on the Pirate Bay. At least, until people start noticing that most of the photos aren't that exciting.


Japan Valentine chocs send bitter messages

Anti-whaling protesters displayed whale-shaped chocolates and activists sent Japan's Health Minister a giant chocolate urging him to "Be Our Valentine and Resign!" as the country's sweet-giving tradition took on a bitter tinge on Wednesday.


The Israeli military says a Palestinian mortar has slammed into a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing a woman. The military says the mortar fell in the Neve Dekalim settlement, located in the southern part of the territory.


Ford not expected to join with Renault, Nissan

Ford Motor Co. is unlikely to pursue an alliance with Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. because it wants to give its new top executive a chance to revive the money-losing automaker, three people familiar with the plan said.


U.S. Report Shows Decline in Loggerhead Sea Turtles

After encouraging gains in the 1990s, a federal report now shows populations of loggerhead sea turtles dropping, possibly as a result of commercial fishing.


Suicide bomber strikes crowded Afghan bazaar

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in central Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least 17 other people and injuring 51 others, officials said.


Detroit Pistons Team Report - December 11

(Sports Network) - The Detroit Pistons try to get back on the winning track this evening when they start a brief two-game road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.


West Ham boss Alan Pardew is intrigued by the signings of Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.


In an Aug. 20 story saying Ethiopian troops had entered Somalia, The Associated Press erroneously reported the source of this information. It came from officials of a government-allied militia, not of the Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia.


Drug addict Ian Previte is found guilty of pushing British tourist Caroline Stuttle to her death in Australia.


A company that collects brains for medical research says it did nothing wrong in paying a six-figure sum to a onetime Maine state employee who supplied dozens of specimens.


Finnish pilot suspected of being 'over the limit'

A Finnish pilot has been arrested at an airport in northwest England on suspicion of having drunk too much to fly, police said.


For most 20-year-olds a night on the town ends with a long wait for the last bus home. Not so Prince Harry. His latest fracas concluded with him being bundled into a limousine by royal protection officers


Trading partners keep exports flowing; Russia tries to avoid blame for high world oil prices. MOSCOW  - Traders have been paying for Russian oil major Yukos, whose bank accounts are frozen due to a tax dispute with the state, to ship its oil by ...


Sales Season Starts with Modest Expectations

Description: Shoppers and retailers are in the thick of the buying season. But at stores in the Washington, DC, area, retailers are keeping their expectations realistic.


More than a quarter of the school year has passed, and Romanian teacher Hermes Clipa is still enjoying his time teaching in the United States.


Man convicted of terrorist offense in UK

A man caught with missile blueprints on his computer was convicted of a terrorist charge Friday. His wife was acquitted of withholding information from authorities.


Investor Burkle eyes bid for Dow Jones: union

Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle has joined Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  employees to try to counter a $5 billion bid for the company from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a union official said on Tuesday.


Malviventi est Europa picchiano imprenditore e legano madre


Greece spent $11.2 billion hosting this summer's Olympics, twice the original estimate, the BBC reported Saturday. The figure, larger than expected due to construction delays


Google Earth Meets Wikipedia & Geographic Web Layering

Google has aggregated what it’s calling a “Geographic Web Layer” in Google Earth. It’s a collection of photos and informational content from Wikipedia, Panoramio and user-generated content from the Google Earth user community. Here’s more from the Official Google Blog. We’ve taken the rich data of Wikipedia, Panoramio, and the Google Earth Community and made a [...]


London Games facing 1 billion pound shortfall: report

The 2012 London Olympics faced fresh financial concerns on Tuesday after reports that a slump in land prices could leave a one billion pounds "black hole" in the budget.


BOSTON - New York Yankees manager Joe Torre entered the postgame interview room Monday night, sat down and said, "Is this `Groundhog Day'?


Product of the Day: NetVigil -- Monitoring Large Linux Environemnts

The following information has been provided by the product vendor and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Linux Journal.


As FBI fights terrorism, other prosecutions drop

FBI mission change brought 30 percent fewer cases to court since 9/11, including drug, organized-crime, and white-collar crime charges.


Phil Spector indicted by a Los Angeles court:

[World News] Washington, Sept 28 : Famous rock producer Phil Spector has been indicted by a Los Angeles court, on the charges that he shot actress Lana Clarkson dead in his Los Angles mansion, last year.


UN Mission Warns Rwanda On Its Threat to Strike Rebels in DR of ...

The United Nations today called on Rwanda to respect international law following its threat to strike against rebels based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warning that the UN mission's mandate in the DRC includes preventing the peace


BAGHDAD, 10 October 2004 - Iraqâs interim government and the militia of Shi'i cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr sealed a peace deal yesterday as delegates from Fallujah said the city wanted to vote in scheduled elections in January.


Peterson and Owens Put on Show in Pro Bowl

Making up for early sloppiness, Terrell Owens caught two touchdowns passes, including a 6-yarder from Tampa Bayâs Jeff Garcia for the winning points in the N.F.C.âs victory.


U.S.-Libya chemical arms-related deal in doubt

Libya, citing cost and liability concerns, has informed the United States of plans to back out of a contract to destroy its mustard gas stocks as promised under a landmark 2003 agreement, U.S. officials said.


Baghdad Governor Assassinated; Bombing Kills 10

Gunmen killed the Baghdad governor in  Iraq's highest-profile assassination in eight months and a  suicide bomber killed 10 people near the Green Zone on Tuesday  in an escalating campaign to wreck a Jan. 30 election.


Colgate warns of fake toothpaste in U.S.

Colgate-Palmolive Co. said on Thursday counterfeit "Colgate" toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states.


Honda Motor on Wednesday predicted it would beat this year's record car sales in 2008, and said it would step up its research and development functions by building a dedicated facility for its premium Acura brand.


LONDON: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, in London for talks yesterday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said the world is "absolutely" less safe because it is failing to tackle the core causes of terrorism.


A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, will go on sale in North America.


Global stock markets rebound on hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.


Key senators say Congress has outlawed one of the most notorious detainee interrogation techniques -- "waterboarding," in which a prisoner feels near drowning. But the White House will not go that far, saying it would be wrong to tell terrorists which practices they might face.


Daniel Craig finds 007 role tough, but cool

Life is tough, even for James Bond.   Just ask actor Daniel Craig, who for the first time dons the   British spy's tuxedo for fall film, "Casino Royale."


Agassi ends career with defeat to qualifier

Andre Agassi's remarkable career ended   in the U.S. Open on Sunday when he lost to big-serving German   qualifier Benjamin Becker, 7-5 6-7 6-4 7-5.


Hundreds of homes in northwestern Indiana county were swamped by rising floodwaters after a storm dumped up to 5 inches of rain within a few hours, a county official said Thursday.


Nielsen says it's not what sites you visit but how long you stay

Blog: Nielsen/NetRatings to change Web site ranking to focus on time spent rather than page views


Former  joint chiefs chairman Crowe dies at 82

Adm. William Crowe, former chairman of the U.S. Joints Chiefs of Staff, died on Thursday at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 82, the U.S. Navy said.


An independent oversight board created to identify intelligence abuses after the CIA scandals of the 1970s did not send any reports to the attorney general of legal violations during the first 5 1/2  years of the Bush administration's counterterrorism effort, the Justice Department has told...


Probe Traces Global Reach of Counterfeiting Ring

TBILISI, Georgia -- The U.S. Secret Service and Georgian police are investigating an international counterfeiting operation that stretches from a separatist enclave in this former Soviet republic to Maryland, where fake $100 bills have been seized, according to senior officials and investigators...


The dollar inched up on Monday but  traders struggled to find direction in a market devoid of  economic data.


Aria fredda dai Balcani colpira' da domani a venerdi'


It was a great day for Democrats - and cause for fighting words from Republicans. First the state Supreme Court ruled that King County, a stronghold for Democrat Christine


Manchester United: It may receive takeover offer

The English Premier League team says it had received a "preliminary approach" containing a number of significant conditions for a financial takeover.


A televised message said the inmates had been arrested by the now disbanded National Intelligence Bureau led by ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.


Lycos Europe confronts strong resistance in spam war

The online community/portal company's offensive against spammers began this week, when it started distributing a screensaver that conducts a denial-of-service attack against sites that market products via spam.


Jailed Palestinian reverses decision not to challenge for Arafat ...

The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships were in upheaval last night as Ariel Sharon's government faced collapse after the prime minister broke with his main coalition partner, and a popular Palestinian military commander launched a strong challenge from


Siena, 17:14 - CALCIO, SIENA: LOCATELLI SI INFORTUNA AL GINOCCHIO DESTRO

Tomas Locatelli si è infortunato nell'allenamento sostenuto dal Siena questa mattina. Il cent...


Sharon rebuffs rebellious Likud members to seek coalition with Labor

JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted Wednesday evening that he would not accept the automatic disqualification of parties or personalities, with whomhe wished to conduct coalition negotiations, local newspaper ...


"Life Aquatic" Director on Cousteau, Sea Life

In an interview, filmmaker Wes Anderson discusses his boyhood fascination with Jacques Cousteau, the inspiration behind his new movie, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.


Georgian government forces engaged separatists in battle Thursday for strategic areas in South Ossetia in some of the worst fighting in the breakaway region since a war began more than a decade ago.


Francis pitches Rockies to eighth successive win

The Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Sunday to notch up their eighth straight victory.


Monitoring Tools Help People Cut Home Energy Use, Study Finds

Giving people the tools to monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their bills and could reduce the need to build new power plants, according to a government study.


More than 10,000 US soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets Friday pummeled insurgent targets and troops blocked key roads.


Google's profit falls short, shares drop

Google Inc.'s earnings growth decelerated dramatically in the second quarter as the Internet search leader spent more money hiring new employees and acquiring online content, jolting investors who had been betting on higher profits.


php|architect has a new note about a few PHP vulnerabilities:


iPhone Versus Your Phone: Tips to Avoid iPhone Envy

We'll show you how to spruce up your handset so that it rivals an iPhone.


Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds

The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so.


NASA's proposed 2024 moon base will be a steppingstone to Mars, but it may also be a mining outpost. The moon is an abundant source of helium-3, a potent fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors. Trouble is, China, India and Russia have their eyes on it too. By John Lasker.


Goteborg, 17:32 - TENNIS, SEMIFINALI COPPA DAVIS: SVEZIA-STATI UNITI 0-1

Gli Stati Uniti sono in vantaggio sulla Svezia 1-0 dopo il primo singolare della giornata inaugurale...


Automaker BMW AG said Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit climbed by more than 17 percent as new models powered a healthy rise in sales.


A cease-fire between the government and a rebel group that has terrorized this east African nation for nearly 20 years is on track despite complaints from the rebels' leader, a government official said Friday.


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Undisputed middleweight king Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins told Boxingtalk.com, "It's Sunday evening and I just got back home, we just finished helping Frank Cappucino.


"The Da Vinci Code" will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday &#151; one week late &#151; after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.


As air travel woes worsen, their costs in time and money are demanding increased attention.


Before their bigger-than-life Christmas Day battle at the Staples Center, former teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant finally agreed on something.


MILAN Alitalia moved closer to liquidation Wednesday with a government official demanding that the management of the Italian state-owned airline and its unions reach a quick agreement on a restructuring plan.


Massive Object Calls Planet Discoveries into Question

The first precise measurement of a failed star known as a brown dwarf finds the object is much more massive than theorists expected. The result challenges what astronomers assumed about these strange things, which straddle the mass range between huge planets and normal stars.


Before you activate your iPhone, read this!

Apple and AT&T are demanding customers reveal SSNs to activate their iPhones. That should be the lead of every technology and business article written this week. Check out this and other original content from CNET's blog network.


Retailer Macy's Inc plans to cut 271 jobs in the Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis areas, closing most of its in-store wine shops and several food operations, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday.


Man United midfielder Roy Keane charged with assault

Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane was on Wednesday charged with assault and criminal damage over an alleged confrontation with a 16-year-old boy, police said.


State financial picture brightening - on income side, at least

ATLANTA - It's been a long time coming but the state's financial picture, at least on the income side, is brightening, state officials said Thursday.


AN independently-funded inquiry called yesterday for the Ministry of Defence to compensate up to 6000 British veterans of the 1991 Gulf war for "damaged health" as a result of their service.


A mortar rocket has landed in a busy square in central Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 14, Iraqi police say. A policeman at the scene said the mortar had landed in a square on


Gaza militants signal softer terms for Israel truce

Palestinian factions behind rocket attacks on Israel signaled softer terms for a truce on Friday, giving Israel 48 hours in which to agree to a mutual cessation of violence in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said.


Ferguson facing UEFA probe over elbow as Gers miss record

Rangers' frustration over missing out on the chance to set a new Scottish record of 13 matches unbeaten in Europe has been compounded by concern over skipper Barry Ferguson's availability for the second leg of their last-32 tie with Hapoel Tel Aviv.


Halliburton says way clear for units to exit bankruptcy

An order signed Monday by a federal bankruptcy judge in Pennsylvania clears the way for Halliburton's KBR unit to emerge from bankruptcy by year's end, according to the Houston company.


The father of murdered 11-year-old Rhys Jones writes a poem dedicated to the young Everton football club fan.


Healthy Williams Ready to Fulfill Metsâ Plans

Dave Williams has rebounded from the surgery he underwent to repair a herniated disk and is scheduled to be the Metsâ starting pitcher Sunday.


Sirius subscriptions up after Stern deal

NEW YORK -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., whose recent deal with radio "shock jock" Howard Stern rocked the broadcasting world, Tuesday said its subscription list has exceeded the 700,000 mark.


Mannheim, 09:44 - PUGILATO, MONDIALE MASSIMI IBF: W. KLITSCHKO CONSERVA TITOLO

L'ucraino Wladimir Klitschko ha conservato il titolo mondiale dei pesi massimi Ibf battendo per ko ...


Approvato il decreto legge in Consiglio dei ministriMisure di tutela per chi vuol cambiare subito senza incorrere in aggravi                                            Mercato elettrico, via alla liberalizzazione Da luglio si potrÃ  scegliere l'operatore


Sid Meier and Firaxis Games are resurrecting the hit 1987 game Pirates!, and distributor Atari is seeking beta testers to trial the 21st century update. According to Atari, "In Pirates! you take the leading role of a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean amassing fortune and fame." The final game will reach the PC on November 16, with an Xbox version slated for 2005. Interested gamers can apply for the beta by visiting Atari and entering the product code "AVAST."


A federal judge has ruled that a new Maine law making doctors' prescription-writing habits confidential violates the Constitution.


Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news services on its own Web site instead of only sending readers to other destinations.


Japan to Deport Ex-Chess Champion Bobby Fischer

Japan has decided to deport former world  chess champion Bobby Fischer, who is wanted in the United  States for defying sanctions on Yugoslavia, an immigration  official said on Tuesday.


There is an air of relief blowing in with the hot sea breeze over the Gaza Strip these days, but it's one salted with worry that factional warfare which ended in victory for Hamas two weeks ago could swiftly return.


China's special envoy offered Tuesday to act as a go-between in new peace negotiations to end the four-year conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million made homeless.


Celebrities in Spain are to kick off a government campaign to publicise the EU's proposed constitution.


Israel and the Palestinians opened their most serious peace talks in seven years on Monday, urged by President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite deep public skepticism.


Gardner Unable to Defend His Olympic Title

U.S. heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his  Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final  stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy  Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan.


Israeli envoy slams French support for UN resolution

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday criticized France for "doing terrorists a favor" by pushing for the adoption of a UN resolution condemning an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.


Business & money: Bank can hand $25bn to investors, say analysts.


Nurse strangles intruder with bare hands

A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.


Merrill Lynch Weighs Ouster of Top Officer

Directors of the brokerage firm have begun to consider whether to replace the embattled E. Stanley OâNeal, and with whom.


Many legislators repaid their midterm raises before the state Supreme Court ruled that the payments were illegal, but dozens either kept the money or said they donated it to charity, officials said Friday.


Honda Motor Co  posted a forecast-beating 63 percent jump in quarterly earnings as strong sales of its new CR-V crossover made up for higher raw material costs, and it raised its full-year net profit forecast on a lower tax rate.


When 11th-ranked Holliston faces a young Medfield team that has improved rapidly from week to week, the stakes will be even higher than usual in today's Tri-Valley League meeting.


A rare copy of the Magna Carta is sold for Â£10.6m ($21.3m) in an auction at Sotheby's in New York.


For the 15th time, a public health organization on Monday is releasing its assessment of the health of the nation, and of each state, as measured by a composite of 18 variables.


EUROPA/ITALIA - ÂSignore, insegnaci ad amare. Insegnaci a non amare noi stessi, a non amare soltanto i nostri, a non amare soltanto quelli che amiamo, insegnaci a pensare agli altri, ad amare, in primo luogo quelli che nessuno amaÂ: il responsabile della FraternitÃ  sacerdotale Jesus Caritas, mons. Colavero, ricorda Raoul Follereau a 30 anni dalla morte Pompei (Agenzia Fides) - Sono poche righe della preghiera che mons. Giuseppe Colavero, responsabile della FraternitÃ  sacerdotale Jesus Caritas, nata dalla ricerca di un gruppo di preti diocesani al seguito delle intuizioni di Charles de Foucauld e Pr...


Madrid, 16:40 - CALCIO, MANICHE SALUTA ATLETICO MADRID DOPO ULTIMO ALLENAMENTO

Ormai manca solo l'annuncio per il definitivo passaggio di Maniche all'Inter. Oggi il centrocampista...


Bewkes: Good Results Seen From AOL Offer

NEW YORK - The chief operating officer of Time Warner Inc. said Tuesday that the company was seeing good early results from opening up several key services on AOL for free last month.


On an episode of A&E's popular reality series "Flip This House," Atlanta businessman Sam Leccima sits in front of a run-down house and calls buying and selling real estate his passion.


Costs Cause Many Older Adults to Skimp on Meds

NEW YORK  - Out-of-pocket costs may be  causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on  prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and  depression, a new study suggests.


U.S. Investor in Nikko Calls Citigroup Tender Offer Cheap

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 9--TOKYO -- Southeastern Asset Management Inc., a major investor in  Nikko Cordial Corp., said Friday the price at which Citigroup Inc. is offering  to purchase Nikko shares is too cheap.


Jerry Bailey, the seven-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey, will miss the next four weeks because of a fractured wrist, his agent, Ron Anderson, said Wednesday.


Moms' prenatal vitamins cut childhood cancers

NEW YORK  - Women who take multivitamins before and during pregnancy apparently reduce the chances that their offspring will develop certain types of childhood tumors, researchers report.


Oil price at new record of above $54 pb; Brent crosses $51 pb

NEW YORK, October 12  - World crude oil prices continued their upward rally today above $54 per barrel, rising to new record high levels for the sixth consecutive day.


U.S. Troop Numbers in Iraq to Hit Record 150,000

The U.S. military will boost its  troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since  the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for  scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.


EU says Iran nuclear sanctions are edging closer

The European Union warned on Wednesday Iran was close to triggering sanctions by refusing to halt uranium enrichment, but Tehran again insisted it would not give up its right to produce nuclear fuel.


(Dec. 22) -- A militant suicide bomber appears to have caused the mayhem and death at the US military base in Mosul, Iraq. That's the latest from the pentagon today.


Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia's environment minister charged Friday that Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. "cut corners" to boost profits at its Indonesian gold mine and expressed confidence the government


AMD, IBM develop silicon transistor technology to improve ...

Microprocessor maker AMD and IBM have developed a strained silicon transistor technology aimed at improving processor performance and power efficiency.


Sudan Security Foils New Sabotage Plot -- Agency

Sudanese authorities said Friday they foiled another plot by an opposition Islamist party to kidnap and kill senior government officials and blow up sites in the capital


A new federal regulation requiring tire-pressure monitoring doesn't go far enough to protect consumers, say tire manufacturers. Plus: Colorado will triple ethanol pumps. In Autopia.


Deanna Favre expected to make full recovery

The wife of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to The Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald.


A puppy is put to sleep after being left blind and brain damaged after being thrown around by youths in a Tyneside park.


Carlos Delgado, David Wright and Paul Lo Duca drove in two runs apiece and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 Monday for their ninth win in 10 games.


Powell accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear missiles

The Bush administration yesterday accused Iran of attempting to develop missiles with nuclear warheads - a charge that could derail the European arms-control agreement struck earlier this week.


Fruit and vegetable juice may ward off Alzheimer's

NEW YORK  - Drinking fruit and vegetable   juices frequently could help stave of Alzheimer's disease in   individuals at risk for developing the disease, research   suggests.


AT&T files FCC access complaint against Cablevision

AT&T Corp. said on Monday it filed a  U.S. regulatory complaint that Cablevision Systems Corp. was  improperly withholding regional sports programming that AT&T  must have to roll out video service in Connecticut.


KABUL, DECEMBER 7: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected President on Tuesday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the economyâs dependence on narcotics.


Simona Pari e Simona Torretta: ''I sequestratori ci hanno chiesto ...

''Ci hanno chiesto scusa, anche perdono. I nostri sequestratori ci hanno sempre rispettato e trattato bene''. Cosi' Simona Torretta e Simona Pari hanno descritto alcune fasi dei 21 giorni passati nelle mani


Watchdog Probes S. Korean Nuke Experiment

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret nuclear fuel experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years ago, the country's science agency said Thursday.


Inmate: Suspect in boat deaths confessed

A jail inmate told investigators that a suspect in the killings of four people aboard a charter fishing boat admitted his role in their shooting deaths, but insisted he did not pull the trigger, according to court documents.


All'Angelus ringrazia le autorita' e 'l'amico popolo turco'


Palestinians Vote for Successor to Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has promised to revive peace talks  with Israel after years of bloodshed.


Military to "crush" any attempt to split Taiwan from China:

[World News]: Beijing, Dec 27 : China's military today issued a stern warning to Taiwan against its "reckless" attempts to gain independence, asserting that it had the "sacred responsibility" to "crush" any attempts to divide the nation.


L'agenzia d'informazione cattolica riporta l'intervento del presidente del Copercom"Questo filmato, piÃ¹ che un'inchiesta, in realtÃ  Ã¨ un video a tesi, non credibile, con grandi falsitÃ "                                          Video Bbc, la Sir contro Santoro "Trasmetterlo Ã¨ sciacallaggio mediatico"


ETrade plans to exit institutional business

Online brokerage E*Trade Financial   said on Tuesday that it will exit the U.S.  institutional sales business as it tries to streamline  operations, but analysts still question its financial health.


Three major record labels have inked a deal with a peer-to-peer company to bring paid song downloads to music fans, apparently supporting a technology that the industry has tried to stifle in the past.


Defense secretary met with his counterparts from 18 nations that belong to the U.S.-led coalition fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Petraeus says U.S. troop levels can be cut

The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Monday said the number of U.S. troops in Iraq could be cut by next summer to roughly 130,000, its level before this year's "surge" of 30,000 forces, without jeopardizing security improvements.


Years before Freddie Mac was rocked by an accounting scandal, billionaire investor Warren Buffett got on the phone with Freddie Mac chairman Leland C. Brendsel and explained why he was selling shares of the giant mortgage funding company.


The Final 12 had their big moment last night, but not before Ryan and Simon did a little tango around the closet


John Hicks is trying to reach his mother, but a recording says her phone isn't taking calls right now.


Large-Scale Drill Today at Dupont Chemical Plant

Dupont Chemical officials and Kanawha County emergency workers will be conducting a large-scale drill today at the Belle plant, according to a Kanawha County Emergency Operations Center news release.   The drill begins at 8:30 a.m. and will last several hours.


Nasal strip sales soar, and so do the company's third-quarter profits.


WASHINGTON - Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., a developer of tests for heart disease and stroke, agreed to buy closely held Alere Medical Inc. for $302 million, to provide disease management for cardiac patients.


Thailand's new military rulers unveil an interim constitution under which the army retains substantial powers.


Contrastare chi da' a extracomunitari prodotti contraffatti


Livorno, 18:59 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; SPINELLI: SONO MOLTO DELUSO

"Sono molto deluso, non si puÃ² rinunciare a giocare come abbiamo fatto noi". A parlare, dopo il pare...


UPDATE 2-Walgreen boosts profit, plans more stores

Walgreen Co. (WAG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the top US drugstore chain, on Monday said quarterly profit rose 18.1 percent on strong sales of prescription drugs, digital photo


Spike Lee is not hiding his anger about New Orleans' devastation by levee breaks and the government's slow response to save lives. He hopes his documentary on the subject will bring attention back to the region, where it's needed, he said Wednesday.


'Casualties' as car bomb explodes in Baghdad

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Iraqi capital early today, the US military said. Sergeant Christina Rockhill, of the 1st Cavalry Division, said there were casualties in the blast near Haifa


Pakistan province focuses on prayers, curbing vice

Cinemas are barred from hoisting movie bill-boards and shopkeepers are afraid to display posters featuring women in the historic northern Pakistani city of Peshawar.


Having a good search engine is similar to having the Yellow Pages, a guide book and a road map all-in-one. But how did the search engine come into being? To learn more about its orgins, read on. By Lee Underwood. 0816


SHIPKA, BulgariaA Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed a 2,400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king  a find he says is unrivalled in the study of classical antiquity.


2 Egyptians Kidnapped From Baghdad Office

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen broke into a mobile phone company office in Baghdad and seized two Egyptian employees, government officials said Friday, while the family of a British hostage shown pleading for his life on a video earlier this week awaited word on his fate.    Also Friday, mortars exploded near the Italian Embassy in Baghdad, slightly wounding three Iraqis, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said...


Thailand, big pharma wrangle over cancer drugs

Thailand is still talking to three major drug firms about cutting the price of certain cancer drugs but might make the medicines itself if it does not receive adequate discounts, a top health official said on Tuesday.


France Pressures Union Over Perrier Cuts

The French government pressured the country's second-largest trade union to resume talks with Swiss giant Nestle SA, backing a voluntary layoff plan that could avert a Perrier sell-off.


Two U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Baghdad Sunday morning when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the U.S. military command said.


NFL's Vick faces fallout from dog-fighting charges

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on Thursday faced fallout from his indictment in a dog-fighting ring from sponsors, animal activists and some disillusioned fans.


Blue Chips Flat, Wal-Mart Forecast Weighs

U.S. blue chips hovered near the  unchanged mark on Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the world's biggest retailer,  offset the effect of easing oil prices.


Turkey is on course to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit.


Final Fantasy XIII Ship Date Rumors False

Final Fantasy XIII developer Square Enix says any rumored release dates are 'erroneous.'


Fini e la Lega divisi sul referendum per la ratifica

ROMA, 28 OTTOBRE 2004 - Ancora una divisione all'interno della maggioranza, e questa volta il terreno di scontro Ã¨ la ratifica del nuovo Trattato Europeo. Ratifica che secondo la Lega richiede un referendum


Warren gets party started at FBR with flawless round

American Charles Warren got the party started at the FBR Open on Thursday, firing a near flawless six-under 65 to grab the early first round lead at the PGA Tour's biggest bash.


Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" last night for a few minutes of witty banter, following what is becoming a well-worn path laid by candidates trying to reach a younger audience.


Tsunami Disaster Relief: How America Can Prove It's Not 'Stingy'

Editor's Note: President Bush bristled at the suggestion that the US response to the horrendous Christmas tsunamis was 'stingy.


Kerry earmarks $6m for congressional candidates

The campaign of Democrat John F. Kerry has earmarked $6 million for Democratic committees that support congressional candidates from the sizable surplus left over from the privately funded phase of his presidential campaign.


Crawford Ready for His Closeup in the Garden Spotlight

Jamal Crawford is as eager as anyone to make critics forget the last few years of hideous productions on the Garden stage.


IBM is laying out a new road map for its mainframe that will include the adoption of the Common Information Model standard that allows different platforms to exchange information.


49ERS NOTEBOOK Fumbling holiday-party plans

If you think you are having trouble with your holiday party, check out the 49ers. The 49ers planned to have theirs Friday at a hotel near where the team stays the night before games, but coaches and their


Semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG said Friday that it has reduced its stake in Qimonda AG, the memory unit it listed in 2006, raising about $272 million.


In a Long Reign, Selig Makes a Deep Impact

LMOST on a daily basis during the six years he served as acting commissioner, Bud Selig said he did not want to be commissioner. Few believed him.


Windows Predominates On Virtual Machines

TechWeb - Sage Research said 96% of the respondents use Windows on their virtual servers and 52% are running Linux.


Coalition unleashes 'Mountain Fury' on Taliban

The U.S.-led coalition on Saturday acknowledged it is conducting a large-scale military operation against the resurgent Taliban in eastern Afghanistan.


Spying Charges: Sudan President to Consider Geographic Reporter's Case

A U.S. diplomat took up the case of National Geographic freelance reporter Paul Salopek, who is accused of espionage, with Sudan's president.


Tim Hudson was a high school junior in 1991 when John Smoltz pitched the Atlanta Braves to their first division title in nine years. Now that he will join Smoltz in the Atlanta rotation, Hudson hopes to help the Braves finish atop the division for an unprecedented 14th straight season.


NATO soldier, 17 rebels killed in Afghanistan

NATO's force in Afghanistan lost its ninth soldier since taking control of the dangerous south of the country six days ago, while 17 Taliban rebels were killed in other violence.


Israel sends Syria tough message with Hamas strike

Widening its pursuit of Hamas beyond the occupied territories, Israel reached into Damascus Sunday, dealing a blow to both Hamas and Syria.


U.S. and Iraqi forces swept Thursday through an insurgent neighborhood in central Baghdad, arresting 104 suspected guerrillas, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.


Stock index futures fall, eyes on earnings

Stock index futures fell before the  start of Wall Street trading on Wednesday, which will see  quarterly earnings from bank Morgan Stanley , sport goods  group Nike  and software maker Oracle .


Germany plans second UMTS mobile phone licence auction in 2008

The German government is planning a second auction of UMTS third-generation mobile phone licences in 2008 after the first auction in 2000 raised a staggering 50 billion euros (65 billion dollars), the head of the networks regulator said in a newspaper interview.


NFL rushing leader Larry Johnson made the Denver Broncos' fifth-ranked run defense look ordinary.


The homebuilder announced that sales orders tumbled 40% in the third quarter.


Thai Vote Ends, Exit Poll Sees Thaksin Landslide

Telecoms tycoon-turned-Prime Minister  Thaksin Shinawatra was romping to another four-year term on  Sunday in what an exit poll said would be a historic second  successive landslide.


L'attore: "Ricevo un premio per un fallimento. Da quando siamo stati in Sudanla situazione Ã¨ migliorata, ma l'emergenza continua"                                          Clooney, un premio nel nome del Darfur A Roma col Dalai Lama e Gorbaciov


Shooting at Ohio Damagplan show leaves five dead including ...

Tragedy struck at last night's Damageplan show in Ohio, as a bizarre shooting at the club has left five people dead including Dimebag Darrell (aka Darrell Lance Abbott.


Director Christopher Reeve's "The Brooke Ellison Story" takes on new meaning because of his recent death. This original made-for-television movie will stand as Reeve's last completed directorial effort.


Roma, 10:05 - CALCIO, MORATTI: L'INTER E' PULITA

"Ai tifosi dico di stare tranquilli. Queste sono giornate intense e c'è sempre qualcosa della...


Teachers criticise a "big brother" Ofsted survey which asks children as young as 10 if they have been drunk.


Former local man was in Thailand when tsunami hit

Berniece Richmond has no idea how her son, Brian, managed to send an e-mail from Thailand this week, but she's glad he did. Brian Richmond, a 1974 graduate of Burris Laboratory School


Singer-songwriter Billy Joel married his fiancee, 23-year-old Kate Lee, in a ceremony at his Long Island mansion, his record label said.


Groups Vie to Reimagine Historic Theater in Harlem

Teams of developers and cultural organizations are competing to reimagine the Loew's Victoria Theater on West 125th Street as a major new entertainment-hotel-residential complex.


An activist, dressed as Batman, plotted the embarrassing security breach of Buckingham Palace at a rural hotel in south Shropshire over the weekend, it emerged today.


Mom Credits Prozac with Saving Child's Life

Sept. 14, 2004 -- As the Food and Drug Administration concludes hearings on the use of antidepressants in children and teens, much of the debate focuses on the safety of such drugs, called SSRIs.


At Monday's press conference, the president acknowledged snags, such as in Iraq, but affirmed an agenda of a few big ideas. By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


US authorities arrest two alleged members of Palestinian militant group Hamas on racketeering and terrorism charges.


Arts, Briefly : Britney Spears Woes Inspire Meltdown

The Rambert Dance Company, one of Britainâs leading modern-dance troupes, will perform âMeltdown,â a choreographic interpretation of the travails of Britney Spears.


Richard Corliss on the cool, unknowable dude of late-night


Animated movie Shark Tale has remained top of the US box office for a second week, amassing Â£31.7m ($17.6m)over the weekend, according to studio estimates.


Thailand announces its first cases of bird flu for the year, as Vietnam confirms another human death.


England recover for historic cricket tie with New Zealand

England snatched an unlikely tie against New Zealand after earlier staring down the barrel of defeat in a thrilling -- and historic -- fourth one-day cricket international here Wednesday.


In precedenza Riksbank aveva operato 10 rialzi di fila


Update 1: Hong Kong Drops Plans for Listing

The Hong Kong government said Sunday it will not go ahead with plans to list shares of its US$3 billion (euro2.3 billion) real-estate investment trust on the territory's stock exchange because of legal uncertainties.


Dell tries to squeeze into small business space

And pushes AMD kit on Intel co-branded website Dell is sending a big love letter to the little people today as it looks to expand its customer base beyond price-chiselling mega corporations with a collection of hardware and services aimed at smaller companies.â¦


L.A.'s only country music station closes

This was the week that country music died in Los Angeles. After more than 20 years on the air, the city's only country music station, KZLA-FM, abruptly left the air Thursday and was seamlessly replaced with the rhythmic pop of "Movin' 93.9," which plays artists such as Beyonce, Janet Jackson and Jennifer Lopez.


Tuskegee Airmen's Perfect Record May Have Been a Myth

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 11 -- Since the end of World War II, it has been part of the lore of America's first black fighter pilots: The Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fire.


Si parte da infrastrutture, poi meno tasse e meno spese


Infatuated Zeta 'stalker' denies charges

The woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta-Jones has pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in Los Angeles. Two weeks after being found mentally competent to stand trial, 33 year-old Dawnette Knight entered


Mantova, 10:16 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: UN MESE DI STOP PER GODEAS

Il Mantova perde per un mese Denis Godeas. L'attaccante si è infortunato nella sfida contro i...


Power outage leaves space station incommunicado: NASA

A partial power outage aboard the orbiting International Space Station knocked out communications with Earth, but posed no danger to the three astronauts aboard, NASA has said.


Intel to slash 10,500 jobs as part of plan to cut costs by $3b a year

Intel Corp. , the world's largest semiconductor maker, will cut 10,500 jobs as part of chief executive Paul Otellini's plan to reduce costs by $3 billion annually starting in 2008.


Nokia 6235 It appears that the CDMA markets of the world have finally caught the full attention of Finnish giant Nokia. Today in Hong Kong, Nokia introduced two new 6000 series business oriented handsets that work on CDMA networks: the 6235 and 6235i.


US Launches Assault on Rebel-Held Iraqi Town

US forces have launched a major offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41 people, mostly children.


Israeli police recommended Sunday that former Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson be indicted on charges of stealing millions from a union he headed in 2003.


AOL to Adapt WebEx Services for AIM Consumers

America Online and WebEx Communications are evaluating ways to adapt some of the online meeting services they currently offer to business users of AOL's AIM instant messaging network to make these services appealing to other AIM consumers.


Gunman may have planned sex assault at Amish school

NICKEL MINES, Pennsylvania  - The man who stormed an Amish school and killed five girls had confessed to his wife he molested two girls 20 years ago, and police said he may have planned to sexually abuse his 10 hostages.


FBI Interviews Senior Defense Officials in Probe of Analyst

The FBI has interviewed several senior Pentagon officials in recent days in connection with an investigation of a Defense Department analyst who is suspected of providing classified


LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corp. will cut nearly 3,000 jobs in a drive to reduce costs, the company reported Tuesday. Most of the cuts will be in administrative departments, and some operations will


LOS ANGELES  - It's an NBC dream come  true: "Seinfeld" back for the November sweep.


The foreign community's fragile sense of security took another blow Friday as news spread of the latest kidnapping of foreigners in the Iraqi capital


WASHINGTON - Beaming like a kid who just met his favorite sports star, Mayor Anthony A. Williams signed legislation Wednesday to bring major league baseball back to the nation's capital.


New Indonesia Calamity, a Mud Bath, Is Man-Made

Geysers of mud and water are spewing forth from the site of a natural gas well, submerging eight villages.


Nepali Buddhists Seek Ban on Hollywood Film

Hundreds of Buddhists led by maroon-robed monks have marched through western Nepal demanding a ban on the U.S. movie "Hollywood Buddha," incensed by a poster showing the film's director sitting on the head of a Buddha image.


Oil Slides, Hurricane Has Market on Edge

World oil prices fell nearly $2 a barrel on Friday as dealers took profits from a recent rally, but the market remained on edge as powerful Hurricane Ivan thrashed through the Caribbean on a track toward the energy-rich Gulf of Mexico


Nortel hires Accenture to help fix global financial organization ...

TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks said Friday it has hired giant consulting firm Accenture to help fix its troubled financial organization.


Condoms, Parades Mark AIDS Day; China Gets Tough

The world's two most populous nations  promised Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease  that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined  to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


Manchester United shares soar as Glazer 'raises stake'

Shares in Manchester United surged as US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer reportedly raised his stake in the club, though the English football giants said that no firm take-over offer had been received.


A top Taliban commander reportedly killed in raid

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A former inmate at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who returned to Afghanistan to rejoin the Taliban as a key commander, was killed with two other militiamen in a raid by Afghan security forces, two senior officials said yesterday.


Adoptees Found in Africa Level New Charges

HOUSTON Aug. 19, 2004  Seven Texas children found abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage have leveled new accusations against the adoptive mother who left them there, claiming that she struck them with switches and a cane and had repeatedly threatened to ...


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Gamma globulin helped fight pinkeye: study

U.S. researchers may have found a new way to use an old therapy to fight pinkeye, a common but pesky eye infection.


AIDS experts yesterday issued chilling warnings that India, China and Russia were on the brink of epidemics to parallel those in Africa.


Two Palestinian bombers and at least two Israelis die in an attack at a crossing between Israel and Gaza.


British Energy shares fall 10% after problems force the firm to keep four nuclear reactors out of service.


Coup plot inquiry moves to Guernsey bank

The hunt for the financiers behind the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, which led to the arrest in South Africa of Sir Mark Thatcher, yesterday moved to the sedate surroundings of the royal court in St Peter Port, Guernsey.


Today's financial bugbear shares many of the same qualities of the crisis two decades ago: fat deficits, dollar woes and a rising Asia. Calling James Baker?


BEAVER CREEK, Colo. World Cup points leader Bode (BOH'-dee) Miller went off course after hooking a ski tip and didn't finish a race for the second straight day.


NZ Watchdog:Changes To Prime's Bid For Powerco Difficult

WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Prime Infrastructure Group (PIF.AU) could still change the terms of its controversial takeover bid for Powerco Ltd.


Two Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting

Two Israelis traveling in a car were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the army and emergency services said on Friday.


NASA: Space Shuttle on Track for Thursday Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is ready for a Thursday space shot attempt, mission managers said today.


Many adults in the dark about leg artery disease

NEW YORK  - A survey shows that few people know about peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a dangerous vascular condition that affects roughly 8 million Americans.


Democrat Barack Obama evokes Abraham Lincoln and vows to unite a divided nation. Joe Klein blogs from Iowa


Laser and Ultrasound Help Wounds Heal, in Rats

NEW YORK  - Laser therapy and ultrasound  promote wound healing, Turkish researchers have shown in animal  experiments.


The former chief financial officer of SafeNet, a maker of computer network security products, was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $1 million.


World Cup skiing Miller's career headed downhill

AKE LOUISE, Alberta - World Cup leader Bode Miller gave up one-hundredth of a second through the first interval yesterday then stormed through a 2-mile downhill course to win by nearly a full second.


A doctor who put on full protective gear to diagnose a plane passenger with a cough is struck off.


Web 2.0 Technologies and Search Visibility

CSS, Ajax and Web 2.0Ã¢ÂÂmore than mere buzz words, these are advancing technologies that bring vast improvement in the design and usability of web sites. What about search engines? Do these new technologies help search visibility or hurt it?


Terry Semel ended his six-year run as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive officer on Monday, and the company's co-founder Jerry Yang will take over from him, the company said.


Patrick Stewart is in the midst of a third act in his unlikely career that brings him full circle: back to England and back to the Shakespeare of his youth.


Lawmakers unveiled a $500 billion-plus catchall spending bill Sunday, reluctantly sticking within President Bush's budget but still protecting politically sensitive domestic programs from White House cuts.


Foreign-policy agenda for the new president

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is likely to be in charge of the country for the next five years following an official announcement by the General Elections Commission that he won support from three-fifths of the voters.


Hostage Freed, Fallujah Offensive Continues

A battered hostage, his wrists and ankles shackled to a wall, has been rescued by U.S. Marines moving through Fallujah, military officials said today, providing further evidence that the rebel-held city was being used as a hideout for kidnappers.


US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton  collapses during a public appearance in Buffalo, after feeling unwell.


Phil Mickelson isn't exactly sure what is wrong with his injured left wrist, other than it hurts. That's a slight improvement over last year, when no one was certain what was wrong with his head.


Jets offense rolls over Seattle, can it keep up vs. New England

In a 37-14 win over Seattle, the offense shed the conservative label for at least a week, with a few long passes and some trickery thrown in for good measure.


Microsoft is expected to hear next month whether antitrust penalties imposed by the European Commission will become effective immediately, or whether they will be suspended for possibly four to five years.


Provincial Capital Near Falluja Is Rapidly Slipping Into Chaos

The American military and the interim Iraqi government are quickly losing control of this provincial capital, which is larger and strategically more important than its


Di non inviare osservatori alle presidenziali


Rwanda police break up anti-French protests

Rwandan riot police chased away  thousands of protesters gathered outside the French embassy in  the capital Kigali on Monday as a deadline expired for French  diplomats to leave the tiny central African nation.


Destinato al settore meno del 5% del pil, 6,2% la media Ocse


Tens of thousands rally in Germany against welfare cuts

More than 90,000 people, according to organisers, hit the streets of several German cities Monday to protest looming cuts in unemployment benefits, continuing a series of weekly protests against government reforms.


Parigi, 10:48 - CALCIO, FRANCIA-ITALIA: TREZEGUET NON CI SARA'

Forfait di David Trezeguet nella Francia che tra domani e mercoledÃ¬ affronterà la Georgia e l...


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 27 -- Under extraordinarily tight security, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her ancestral home Saturday in her first major move since an assassination attempt against her this month claimed 140 lives.


The Royal Shakespeare Company says "boring" lessons put youngsters off the Bard's work.


Oil prices fall again on supply optimism

Oil prices fell to $61 a barrel in choppy trading yesterday as brokers weighed a healthy supply-demand balance against the possibility of an OPEC production cut.


HarperCollins, MySpace to solicit teen writing

Blog: In the fall, the social network plans to build and launch a new "create and share" writing tool in partnership with the book publisher.


Florida orange growers and juice makers asked the federal government Monday to impose tariffs on Brazilian processors, accusing them of selling orange juice in the United States at unfair prices.


Abductors threaten to kill UN trio unless troops leave Afghanistan

KABUL : A breakaway Taliban group claiming to hold three UN workers said they would be killed unless the hostages' governments pull their troops out of Afghanistan and condemn its "invasion.


New York Presses To Deploy More Bioweapons Sensors

NEW YORK -- City officials last month quietly activated some of the nation's newest generation of early warning sensors to detect a biological attack, turning on a limited number of filing-cabinet-size air filters in sensitive, high-volume areas of Manhattan.


U.S. air strike in Baghdad kills 14: police

U.S. airstrikes on a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad overnight killed at least 14 people and destroyed 11 houses, Iraqi police and residents said on Thursday.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Peyton Manning was 13-for-13 for 162 yards on three touchdown drives to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a 24-17 victory Sunday against the previously unbeaten Jacksonville Jaguars...


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Oracle Firing 5,000 in PeopleSoft Takeover

Oracle Corp. will fire 5,000 workers in the financial fallout from the business software maker's recently completed $10.3 billion takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.


An $8 million painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been located in a Manhattan warehouse after apparently being smuggled out of Brazil, federal prosecutors said.


Owner Says This Year May Be the Metsâ Year

The Metsâ stunning collapse last season, combined with its acquisition of Johan Santana, prompted owner Fred Wilpon to issue his boldest spring declaration in recent years.


The 'World's Worst Director' Fights Back

Much maligned filmmaker Uwe Boll is taking on his critics -- in the boxing ring. But will it make him a better director? Nah


Oil Extends Record Over $52 on Winter Fuel Fears

Oil's record-breaking rally took U.S.  crude over $52 a barrel on Wednesday fueled by the impact of  Hurricane Ivan on U.S. winter inventories.


Iran Nuclear Talks with Europe to Continue

Talks between key European countries and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program broke up after five hours of negotiations with no definite conclusions.


Homes of 5 species of mussels gain legal protection

Cumberland elktoe, oyster mussel, Cumberlandian combshell, purple bean and rough rabbitsfoot are not children's book characters.


A powerful explosion kills at least one man in a district of Kabul housing international aid agencies.


Moxi maker cuts staff by half, loses CEO

The DVR maker also makes some significant shifts in strategy, saying it will focus on fewer platforms.


Radio operators OK rules on Net over power lines

Amateur radio operators expressed cautious optimism about new rules for the transmission of broadband Internet access over power lines.


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Google hiring binge dents profits, shares drop

Web search leader Google Inc.  on Thursday reported disappointing earnings due to the costs of a recent hiring spree and a jump in other operating expenses, sending its stock down 7 percent.


Blegrado, 19:35 - CALCIO, CT SERBIA CADE DA BICICLETTA: COSTOLE E POLMONE PERFORATO

Javier Clemente, ct spagnolo della Serbia, è caduto davanti alla porta del suo garage mentre ...


Chargers still feeling playoff KO by Patriots

SAN DIEGO - Memories of a cheap-shot-filled regular-season game are motivating the San Diego Chargers and Tennessee Titans for today's wild-card playoff meeting.


The CBI downgrades its economic forecast for 2008, following credit problems and surging energy costs.


Blast in Iraq's Mosul kills 15, wounds 132

At least 15 people were killed and 132 wounded when a building used by militants to store weapons and tonnes of explosives blew up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, senior security officials said.


The author at the center of an elaborate literary hoax is finally coming clean — or so she says.


Differences in the interpretation of the Beslan hostage drama by Russia and the West could well drive a wedge between the two sides, reducing relations to their lowest point since the demise of the Soviet empire.


France allows the makers of a film adaptation of the hit novel The Da Vinci Code to shoot in the Louvre.


12 including top militants killed as car bombs and firefights rock ...

RIYADH - Saudi security forces have killed 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants in two days of clashes in the capital, which was rocked by twin car bombings that left two people dead and injured 100 more, reports said yesterday.


War? What war? Economy trumps Iraq in election

The Iraq war, once the key issue in the U.S. presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.


Trial of Saudis proposing democracy postponed amid protest

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A Saudi judge postponed the trial of three advocates seeking democratic overhauls yesterday after their supporters, in a rare show of public dissent, demonstrated for access and then protested loudly once allowed into court.


Hamas to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote

The Palestinian Islamic militant group  Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential  election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.


Dollar Gets a Rest on BOJ Worry, Holidays

The U.S. dollar rallied against the  euro, Japanese yen and most other currencies on Tuesday,  although traders suggested the rise was a brief let-up in a  longer-term decline in the value of the currency.


Hunt deepens for kidnapped Europeans in Ethiopia

Ethiopian security forces  scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a  group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy  in Addis Ababa.


Justin Gatlin pulled out of the London Grand Prix Friday, postponing his 100-meter showdown with co-world record holder Asafa Powell.


Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system, Windows Vista, are already on sale.


France reveals restored Versailles Hall of Mirrors

One of France's most brilliant  architectural showpieces, the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of  Versailles, revealed its face on Monday after a painstaking  restoration to remove layers of accumulated grime.


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Twelve-month inflation remained at 1.6 percent in January for the second month in a row, as a drop in petrol prices offset higher food prices, official figures showed.


U.S. hopes for progress on N. Korea deal

The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea's nuclear program said Thursday he hopes six nations meeting in China next week will be able to take the first concrete steps toward eventual dismantling of the communist nation's nuclear weapons.


On September 28, 2004, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its ratings on regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) BellSouth (BLS ) and SBC Communications (SBC ) and their jointly-owned affiliate, Cingular Wireless.


Forty Phones Fuel Nokia's Strategy For 2005

com. In an attempt to stay in front of increasingly vigorous competition, mobile-phone maker Nokia Corp. said it will employ a variety of strategies next year in introducing 40 different handset models.


England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is expected to return for Saturday's deciding one-day match against India at Lord's.


UPDATE 1-BAR win contract tug-of-war over Button

Briton Jenson Button will drive for BAR next year but is likely to join Williams in 2006 after Formula One's Contract Recognition Board (CRB) ended a tug-of-war between the teams on Wednesday.


BBC to slash 2,900 jobs in cost-cutting 'transformation'

The BBC said it would eliminate 2,900 jobs, or more than 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a cost-saving "transformation" of the world's biggest and best-known public broadcaster.


Iran, Syria and the Iraqi quagmire: rein in manipulation before ...

On Wednesday, Iraqi interim Defense Minister Hazim al-Shaalan accused Iran and Syria afresh of supporting the insurgency against both the interim government in Baghdad and US-led occupation forces.


Libya warns against foreign pressure in HIV case

Libya warned foreign governments on  Sunday against trying to force the release of five nurses  sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children  with HIV, saying talks to find a mutual solution were under  way.


More than a year after Sarah Nome was deemed healthy and given her discharge papers, the 82-year-old woman stubbornly refuses to leave her hospital bed.


Bush, Kerry clash over Iraq, other issues

CORAL GABLES, Fla. President Bush and Sen. John Kerry brought their differences over foreign policy into a face-to-face confrontation Thursday night, the two clashing mostly over the war in Iraq in a debate


Jason Richardson scored 25 points and the hot-shooting Charlotte Bobcats overcame Jason Kidd's third consecutive triple-double to beat the New Jersey Nets 115-99 on Tuesday night.


IOC santions shot putter Korzhanenko for doping

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Athens on August 23 that women's shot put champion Korzhanenko of Russia has been excluded from the 28th Olympic Games after failing a doping test.


Sport: Two late goals gave Scotland a thrilling 3-1 victory over Lithuania and meant their qualification hopes are still very much alive.


After 3 Weeks of Fighting in Najaf, 1 Riddle: Who Won?

In a single moment last week, all the mystery and contradiction surrounding Moktada al-Sadr, Iraq's rebel cleric, came into focus.


Pakistani cleric offers surrender terms at mosque

A Pakistani cleric holed up in a mosque in Islamabad said on Thursday he and his student followers were willing to surrender, raising hopes of an end to a confrontation in which 19 people have died.


Union Leaders Slam Alitalia Job Cut Plan

Union leaders slammed Alitalia's plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse, but said Tuesday they will keep negotiating and urged the government to step in.


Countries need to be producing their own biofuels such as ethanol because importing green energy can damage the environment, UK lobby groups say.


Veritas to pay $30 million to settle SEC case

Veritas, now owned by Symantec, will pay $30 million to the SEC to settle accounting charges.


Hewlett-Packard Q1 Earns Rise 26 Percent

By JORDAN ROBERTSON  SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s first-quarter profit jumped 26 percent as the company benefited from higher sales of laptop computers, printers and printing supplies during a robust holiday spending season.


Storage start-up fits 250 hours of HD content on one disc

Israeli company Mempile uses fluorescence to store up to 1 terabyte of data on an optical disc.


Police arrested two more suspects Thursday in the suicide attack that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, and thousands of her followers gathered at her tomb to mark the end of mourning for her and launch her party's campaign for this month's parliamentary election.


Organ transplant's 1st success celebrates 50 years

BELGRADE, Maine - Fifty years ago, Ronald Herrick wasn't thinking about making medical history that would one day lead to saving countless lives.


PeopleSoft flap may be hurting Oracle's image

Oracle's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft has fueled negative perceptions of the software company among corporate computer buyers, which could sap demand for its products, according to a report published on Wednesday.


Siemens has no plans to delist shares from New York Stock Exchange

German electronics giant Siemens has no plans to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange, largely because it would be very difficult to do so, chairman Heinrich von Pierer said in a newspaper interview published.


At least 18 Colombian miners killed in explosion

SARDINATA, Colombia  - Explosions killed at least 18 workers in a Colombian coal mine in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander on Saturday, and another 13 were feared dead, an official said on Sunday.


âKite Runnerâ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.


Milano, 19:48 - CALCIO, JUVE; PESSOTTO: VOGLIO RENDERE MIGLIORE QUESTO SPORT

"Paragonato all'emozione di vincere una coppa o un campionato, riscoprire la vita è tutta un'...


The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.


Reportedly, A new audiotape recording by Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, has reportedly been broadcast on the Internet.


Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict

Reaction to failed appeal Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology) which both intervened in court on its side.â¦


Aetna to End Payment for a Drug in Colonoscopies

Aetna is the latest insurer to clamp down on the use of a powerful anesthetic during an increasingly common form of colon cancer screening.


EUROPA/ITALIA - Le conclusioni del Convegno nazionale sul fenomeno delle sette in Italia organizzato  dall'Associazione ComunitÃ  Papa Giovanni XXIII e dallÂUniversitÃ  Europea Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Il 12 dicembre ha avuto luogo il primo Convegno Nazionale  sul tema "Il fenomeno delle sette in Italia" (vedi Agenzia Fides 11/12/2007), organizzato dall'Associazione ComunitÃ  Papa Giovanni XXIII in collaborazione con l'Univers...


Two sponsors of the nation's campaign finance law sued the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday for failing to block the spending of unlimited donations in the presidential race, the second lawsuit the FEC has faced over the issue this month.


Stewart: Martha Seeks $3.7M In Legal Fees From Namesake Firm

I know why the caged mogul sings. Celebrity jailbird Martha Stewart has asked the eponymous firm she founded to reimburse her for $3.


Older, heavier and sedentary, more and more Americans are suffering from high blood pressure, the latest government report shows. And while the numbers in the report are


Benefit to Help Man Who Opened Dirt Cheap Records

By Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 20--LINCOLN -- Back in 1970, when records were sold in far-off corners of department stores, an innovative Lincolnite launched a business focused solely on selling unique music at a fair price.


Cash machine fraud increases by 85% to Â£61m during the past year, a banking payment body says.


Macedonia vote seen as test of peace process

SKOPJE, Macedonia Voters are set go to the polls here Sunday in a referendum that will test the success of a three-year-long peace process to allay tensions between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in this former Yugoslav republic.


Palestinians detonated a massive bomb underneath an Israeli military checkpoint on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt late Sunday afternoon, killing at least four Israeli soldiers and wounding eight others, Israeli military officials and Palestinian militants said.


Two employees of a British charity  were killed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region on Sunday after  their convoy came under fire, the aid agency said on Monday.


By JERRY HARMER CHIANG MAI, Thailand - New Yorker Ashrita Furman looked around for a record he could break, and settled on doing the most squat thrusts in one minute. Then he decided on a place - the back of an elephant in northern Thailand.


Impact of Hollywood writers strike grows quickly

Striking Hollywood writers forced TV studios to halt work on at least seven prime-time sitcoms by Wednesday as the effects of their 3-day-old walkout grew more swiftly than many in the industry had predicted.


Losing sales to BlackBerrys and iPhones, the smartphone maker said it will close seven of its eight retail stores in February.


Young Chinese idealists vie to join their 'peace corps' in Africa

The first of 300 volunteers arrive to teach Chinese, poultry technologies, and lessons in traditional Chinese medicine.


The Chiefs may have a new defensive coordinator, but not very much looked new about their defensive performance. Quentin Griffin ran for 156 yards and scored three touchdowns in his first game as replacement


Iraq Strikes Kill 8; U.S. Soldier Killed

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes, tanks and artillery units struck the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 15 in a day that saw new violence across the country...


Federer Wins Fifth Straight Wimbledon Title

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal for his fifth straight Wimbledon title, equaling Bjorn Borgâs record.


AP Exclusive: Woman Died During AIDS Study

By JOHN SOLOMON and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers. Joyce Ann Hafford died without ever holding the son she had tried to save from AIDS (news - web sites) by taking an experimental drug regimen administered


UN's former oil-for-food chief pocketed 1.2 million: US Senate panel

A US Senate panel has accused the former head of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq of pocketing more than one million dollars in the scandal-plagued scheme.


TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike. Membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch.


RBC to reorganizes with appointment of Stymiest, streamlining of ...

TORONTO (CP) - The Royal Bank of Canada is streamlining its operations and appointing a new chief operating officer - TSX CEO Barbara Stymiest - and a new chief financial officer, two weeks after Canada's biggest bank reported lower quarterly profits


Sir Alex Ferguson reveals he has no plans to retire at Man Utd for at least two years.


Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko calls for a general strike as he rejects the presidential poll result.


Pilots at Northwest Airlines accept a 15% pay cut as the firm struggles against high fuel bills and tough competition.


Religious Meeting in Indonesia Aims to Blunt Radicals

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - Indonesia's president  will open an international religious conference in the world's  most populous Muslim nation on Monday aimed at sending a  message of moderation in the region's battle against violent  religious radicalism.


Milan: Shevchenko "Il Pallone d`oro? Ci sono tanti bravi giocatori ...

Uno Shevchenko sempre piÃ¹ trascinatore del Milan parla del proprio spettacolare momento di forma: "Sono maturato molto- ha detto in occasione della presentazione del gioco `Fifa football 2005` -ho piÃ¹ esperienza rispetto a quando sono arrivato in Italia


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Mets Top Marlins, Increase Division Lead

After their September swoon, the Mets win for the second time in 19 hours and temporarily increase their division lead to two games over Philadelphia.


Rabbit-Ear Users Donât Know the End (of Analog TV) Is Near

Half the people in a recent survey donât know that analog over-the-air television will be cut off in 2009.


Jajah deploys leggy SWAT team As part of a Skype-bashing push to cast-off VoIP's image of PC-bonded geekery, Jajah has launched a bid to find the most creative way to destroy a headset.â¦


When Vladimir Putin used illegal tactics to engineer the election of his hand-picked subordinate Ahmad Kadyrov as president of Chechnya last October, Western pundits were quick to condemn the election as a farce.


U.S. not planning for war with Iran, Gates says

The United States is not planning for war with Iran but is determined to stop Iranians supplying bombs for deadly attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.


Facebook site invites outside software makers

Facebook.com took the wraps off  on Thursday of its highly anticipated makeover from a  members-only club into what it hopes can become a kind of  software operating system for Internet media of all sorts.


Risultati annuali record per Corporate America


Researcher: Retail Systems Riddled with Security Flaws

Point-of-sale (POS) systems pose a clear but often overlooked danger to consumer credit card data, according to a whitepaper from Hacker Factor Solutions.


Japan's Abe wins party leadership, set to be PM

Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected as ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage   for him to be chosen prime minister next week.


U.S. servers slurp more power than Mississippi

Power-hungry servers consumed 45 million kilowatt-hours power in 2005--double that of 2000.


Get ready for NHL to hit that cancel button

TORONTO -- Forget it, there isn't going to be an NHL season. Not a chance. The biggest question going into yesterday's NHL Players' Association meeting was whether the union would call the NHL to restart negotiations


Three Iraqis have died and several have been injured by a roadside bomb apparently targeting an Australian military convoy in Baghdad.


Chinaâs Inflation Hits American Price Tags

Higher costs in China could spell the end of an era of ultra-cheap goods.


Defense policy overhauled to meet new global threats

The government announced Friday plans to conduct a sweeping overhaul of its defense policy, adjusting Japan's armed forces to better handle new threats such as terrorism and giving them a greater global role.


How Desperate Women Saved Desperate Writer

ABC's breakthrough hit "Desperate Housewives" is the brainchild of a writer who was ready to throw in the towel two years ago when he couldn't sell the pilot.


Dutch Murder Suspect Had Possible Islamist Ties

The man suspected of killing a Dutch filmmaker critical of Islam was probably driven by extremist Islamist motives and was already known to the national security service, the government said on Wednesday.