Synthetic Biology: It's Not What You Learned, But What You Made

Scientists trying to create life are more like engineers than biologists. They want to make stuff rather than learn about life.


President Bush says he doesn't envision a longtime presence of U.S. troops in Iraq similar to post-World War II deployments in Europe and South Korea that continue today.


Nationalists Strong in Bosnia Poll Count

Bosnia's main Muslim, Serb and Croat  nationalist parties were ahead in local polls, partial results  showed on Sunday, but voter turnout fell below 50 percent for  the first time.


This is release 0.3.1 of ReactOS, an open source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003).   Mainly, the work focused on rewriting certain parts of the ReactOS Core (kernel, HAL, bootloader, etc). Read through the changelog, and you will see the amount of changes in this release!  Please don't forget this is an alpha-stage operating system, which means it is not suitable to replace your main OS. Also, this release is aimed to be run mostly in virtualizers / emulators (like QEmu, VMWare, Parallels, etc): because of the big amount of changes, our development team was not able to test/fix all problems which arise when running ReactOS on real hardware.  Press-release: http://www.reactos.org/en/news_page_34.html  Changelog: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/ChangeLog-0.3.1  Download packages are here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6553&package_id=6629&release_id=492696  ReactOS website: http://www.reactos.org


On the eve of tennis' grandest event, Venus Williams walked the halls wearing a chic white sweat suit, braids reaching nearly to her waist and gold earrings the size of tennis balls.


Vijay Singh -- the No. 2 golfer in the world -- shoots a 63 Saturday and takes the second-round lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship. A win would give Singh the No. 1 ranking.


Obesity Surgery Sharply Improves Related Problems

Most people who have obesity surgery not only lose a lot of weight but also experience marked improvements in health problems that are part and parcel of being extremely overweight.


WASHINGTON President George W. Bush, facing pressure to act against groups attacking Senator John Kerry's war record, will pursue legal action against all "shadowy" outside groups that use unregulated funds to run political advertising, the White House


Parents Are Slow to Recover from Vaccine Scares

NEW YORK  - During vaccine "scares," when  concerns arise that certain vaccines may cause health problems,  parents are quick to stop vaccinating their children, and slow  to begin re-vaccinating them once these fears begin to fade,  according to a new mathematical analysis released Monday.


Rosy outlook from Greenspan fails to sway many economists

The upbeat outlook from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has failed to convince many economists, who argue that the United States is likely to see tepid growth at best in the near future.


U.S. Economy Added 144,000 Jobs in August

The pace of job creation picked up modestly in August and the unemployment rate edged down, the Labor Dept. said.


Britain's border problem: The British are leaving

More than 350,000 people leave the country every year, up almost 50 percent from a decade ago.


Wall Street's profit undertow: drugs and anxiety

Wall Street's push for record profits is ruining careers, tearing apart families and keeping drug dealers busy, mental health experts say.


Satellite television operator EchoStar Communications Corp  said on Tuesday that it was considering a spinoff of its technology and infrastructure assets into a publicly traded company separate from its consumer pay-TV business.


L'ex ct tedesco Ã¨ arrivato a Fiumicino: "Questa cittÃ  Ã¨ da sempre nel mio cuore. Sono pronto, mancano solo alcuni dettagli che risolveremo oggi". ROMA, 31 agosto 2004 - Rudi Voeller Ã¨ a Roma e spera di fare "il meglio".


Merck rotavirus vaccine label to cite disease data

The label for Merck & Co Inc.'s  rotavirus vaccine will include reports of a serious illness  called Kawasaki disease in some children who received the oral  vaccination, U.S. health officials said on Friday.


Al traino timori trimestrali inferriori alle attese


African Union-sponsored talks on the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur have resumed in the Nigerian capital, attended by from the UN, the League of Arab States, the European Union and two main rebel groups.


The device designed for use in bile ducts is often placed in arteries and veins, even though it has undergone scant testing for such uses.


Brazil wins behind Ronaldo's record goal

Brazil ended Ghana's scrappy World Cup debut Tuesday with three streaking goals, the first an early flash by Ronaldo that made him the most prolific scorer in tournament history.


Hundreds of Pakistanis jailed for fighting alongside the Taliban were released from an Afghan prison Sunday — a major gesture meant to better strained relations between the neighboring countries.


Flights of Fancy: Artist as Medicine Man

Using baling wire, string, masking tape, wood, glass, sheet metal, aluminum foil, wax paper and many other materials, Emery Blagdon constructed snarly, extraordinarily complicated structures.


Eleven of 26 people who may have been in contact with bird flu in north Wales show flu-like symptoms.


Court says eBay can sell scalped tickets

An Australian court ruled Monday that a concert promoter cannot block eBay users from selling scalped tickets.


Borghesi (Idv): altrimenti si buttano 400 milioni di euro


Prime Minister Tony Blair pledges to "see the job through" in Afghanistan in spite of a resurgent Taleban.


Honda shows off space-dwarf robot butler capability

Also plans droids to 'work on street corners' The Japanese robot industry is streets ahead of the competition when it comes to designing droids for peaceful uses (for war-bots, of course, the discerning purchaser shops in America). That said, Japanese robots have so far struggled to find a real, erm, killer application.â¦


Mitsubishi optimistic despite downhill slide

TONY EASTLEY: Japanese carmaker, Mitsubishi Motors, is nothing if not optimistic. In just six months, the battered company has lost more than $1.


Palestinian police search for an Israeli Arab employee of the CNN network kidnapped in Gaza at gunpoint.


Ci sara' il passaggio di consegne da Colao a Perricone


It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Winter -- Finally: Thursday's Half-Inch of Rain Starts to Make Up for the Unusually Dry Season.

By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 23--All of a sudden, it's starting to feel a lot like winter.   Sacramento got a half-inch of rain on Thursday, and ski resorts near Lake Tahoe were on track to get at least a foot of fresh snow by this morning.


Federal Reserve Raises Rates for 6th Time

The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.


Compiling good time Users running Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system are getting something a little extra thrown into their contracts: developer support.â¦


Steve Francis scored 22 points, and the Orlando Magic rode an early double-figures lead to a 109-103 victory Wednesday night over the Miami Heat in the preseason finale for both.


Atlantis's crew are set to begin another spacewalk, while the International Space Station's computer problems persist.


In the early 1970s, as Vietnam War-era protests swirled around the Washington area, local police borrowed riot equipment and received intelligence training from an unusual source: the CIA.


The newest version of Linux sports far fewer bugs than the average commercial code, a group of former Stanford University researchers said Tuesday.


A clothing factory in County Londonderry is to close with the loss of 260 jobs within five years.


Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO

Neurological disorders ranging from migraines to epilepsy and dementia affect up to one billion people worldwide and the toll will rise as populations age, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.


Â· Proposal made at Labour deputy leader hustingsÂ· Northen Ireland secretary woos leftwing of party


The UK's motorsport governing body has expressed its concern at the revelation that the British Grand Prix will not be on the provisional 2005 Formula One calendar, but has vowed to do what it can to get the event reinstated.


By SCOTT WILLIAMS  Any boater who ever scoured a shoreline looking for gas pumps or wasted an afternoon lugging fuel down to the dock will undoubtedly appreciate Mark Moertl's ingenuity - and his persistence.


Retiree Fights With Man Over Foul Language

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A 79-year-old retiree who tussled with a man half his age over the man's foul language in a restaurant was sentenced to probation - but outside of that, he's been treated more like a hero than a criminal.


Far-right protest on Dresden bombing anniversary prompts Schroeder warning

DRESDEN, Germany  - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Germans not to forget their Nazi past Sunday as far-right supporters rallied in Dresden on Sunday to protest a devastating Allied bombing in Second World War that killed an estimated 35,000 residents 60 years ago.


Soccer - Saturday Scoreboard - English Premier : Bundesliga : Scot Prem : France Ligue 1

English Premier League Saturday 11 December Final: Everton beat Liverpool for he first time in 7 years.


Chipper Jones' two-run homer helps the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 Friday night for their fifth straight victory.


Croatian president to face rival in runoff vote

Croatian President Stipe Mesic will face his main conservative rival in a runoff presidential vote later this month to decide who will lead the former Yugoslav republic's final push to join the European Union, election results showed.


Pakistan, India agree on resumption of second rail link

Pakistan Times Federal Bureau Chief. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have agreed an early resumption of rail links between Khokhrapar and Monabao.


Pentagon Plans US Reserve, Guard Troop Call-up, Kerry Says

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said President George W. Bush has a secret plan to call up more National Guard and Reserve troops after the Nov. 2 election.


COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Floyd seems close to getting USC job

LOS ANGELES -- Former NBA coach Tim Floyd is the apparent front-runner to get the job as Southern California coach. Floyd's agent, Bill Becknell, said Thursday that Floyd was contacted by USC on Monday.


Dal Dalai Lama pieno sostegno a protesta dei monaci


The World Series is headed there after two Red Sox victories at Fenway Park in Boston. And, while many Sox fans are convinced that the series won't be returning for games six and seven next weekend, here are a couple of facts to remember:


Perry Bacon on the political week in Washington


US Hostage in Good Health - Jazeera Tape

A US hostage in Iraq Micah Garen, appearing on a videotape, has called on the United States to stop the bloodshed in the Iraqi city of Najaf, Al Jazeera television said Friday.


Agilysys Hosts IBM(R) System I(TM) Partner Summit

ATLANTA, Sept. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agilysys, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise computer technology solutions, recently concluded its IBM System i Partner Summit at the Westin Atlanta Airport.


Politicians faced extra security Monday at the Northern Ireland Assembly as they debated their failure to forge a Catholic-Protestant administration — an argument dramatically interrupted last week by a Protestant extremist with a bag full of nail bombs.


Police investigating the deaths of three prostitutes say they are worried about a fourth missing woman.


Rai: nuovo "ribaltone" dell'Udc. La Commissione approva lo Statuto

La Commissione di Vigilanza Rai, ha oggi approvato lo statuto della nuova societÃ  nata dalla fusione di Rai Spa e Rai Holding, una manovra necessaria per la prossima privatizzazione dell'Azienda. A rendere


The driving range where Tiger Woods warmed up before playing 9-hole matches in high school is now a pad of dirt, the start of something he believes will be more significant than his career Grand Slam.


Embarcadero Technologies on Monday is unveiling its DBArtisan Workbench 8.0 database administration tool, featuring enhanced backup capabilities for Microsoft SQL Server databases and support for performance metrics in the Oracle10g database.


Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for D.C. Area

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. for the Washington metropolitan area.


Militant Group Releases Video Of Mosul Attack

26 December 2004 -- The Iraqi militant group Ansar Al-Sunnah issued a videotape today apparently showing the 21 December bombing of a US Army base in northern Iraq.


Tino Martinez and the New York Yankees finalize a $3 million, one-year contract Friday.


Security pros patch older Windows versions

Third-party fix available to repair a serious flaw in Windows for which Microsoft no longer provides security updates.


Greg Maddux didn't walk a batter for the sixth straight start and the San Diego Padres inched past Arizona and back into the NL West lead with a 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.


comScore Releases April U.S. Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, Va., May 25  /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly qSearch analysis of activity across competitive search engines.  In April 2007, Google Sites captured 49.7 percent of the U.S.


Sergio Garcia Retains Lead After Lost-Ball Incident

VALDERRAMA, Spain  - Sergio Garcia had to undergo  an extensive investigation following a lost-ball incident at  Valderrama on Friday before being cleared to keep his  one-stroke lead in the Volvo Masters second round.


Workers at Mexico's Volkswagen plant end strike, accept 4.5% wage ...

Workers at Volkswagen's Mexico plant agreed to end their three-day-old strike and accept a pay package close to the company's original offer, officials said after talks that stretched into the early hours of Saturday.


HP Extends Its Lifecycle Management Reach

HP recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bristol Technology, a privately held provider of technologies that monitor business transactions.


President Bush's mission in New York is to tell Americans what they can expect of him during four more years in the White House — and to begin his final drive to convince them that's what they want.


The Ministry of Defence investigates after Black Watch soldiers killed a suspected suicide bomber.


Police searching for a missing student in Cambridge say they have found a body in a military cemetery.


11/22/2004. Using your computer and Internet connection to make local and long distance calls has been getting a lot of attention lately.


Dave Williams pitched 6 1-3 shutout innings for his first victory in nearly three seasons and Jason Bay homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Tuesday night.


Indagato per morte poliziotto Raciti, accusa e' omicidio


Per alcuni quotidiani c'Ã¨ questo dietro la morte dell'ex spia del KgbUna testimone: "Mi disse: ho i documenti dei servizi segreti"                                            La stampa GB: "Litvinenko? Un ricattatore Aveva rivelazioni devastanti per il Cremlino"


The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates at 4.5% on Thursday - but another rise is expected before too long.


Appello per adesione a campagna 'M'illumino di meno'


School officials on Thursday defended a decision to allow children as young as 11 to obtain birth-control pills at a middle-school health center, saying the new policy is aimed at a tiny number of sexually active students.


Sacchi named director of soccer of Real Madrid

Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid named Italian Arrigo Sacchi asthe club's director of soccer on Tuesday. Sacchi, whose appointment was ratified at a board meeting, willarrive


Wall revives memories of Berlin in German village

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Wolfgang Heene, who helped communist East Germany build the Berlin Wall as a young soldier in 1961, has retired to a sleepy village on the Baltic shore -- which in turn is having a barrier built around it.


Uribe homers, drives in 5 as Sox beat Cubs

Juan Uribe homered and had five RBIs as the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on Friday after the two central combatants in a brawl earlier this season chatted and shook hands.


England aim to get their World Cup campaign back on track against Samoa in Nantes.


Under-pressure McClaren plays his last hand for England

As England's fortunes have gone from bad to worse during Steve McClaren's troubled reign, the beleaguered coach has increasingly resembled a gambler desperately trying to claw back his losses with one big bet.


Europe's main stock markets rose on Friday, driven higher by the automaking sector despite overnight losses on Wall Street.


A student fired a pellet gun in a courtyard during lunch at a high school Wednesday, leaving six boys with minor injuries, police said.


How Do You Spend Time on Your PC at Work?

Study shows some federal employees spend chunks of time surfing porn and gambling sites.


Car bomb explosions, attacks kill at least 24 in Iraq's Samarra

At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in three car bomb explosions and attacks by insurgents on police stations in the Iraqi city of Samarra, police and health officials said.


Liverpool chairman David Moores is considering his position because of constant takeover talks.


US Airways Pilots' Union Leaders Reject Proposal

Leaders of US Airways' pilots union late Monday rejected the carrier's latest contract proposal, a blow to the airline's attempt to avoid a second bankruptcy filing.


Dhaka - James Franklin became only the second New Zealander to grab a Test hat-trick, achieving the feat on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh here on Wednesday.


Rival Palestinian forces clashed in the Gaza Strip and West Bank on Sunday, killing eight people, and wounding at least 100 in the biggest outbreak of internal fighting in months over unpaid wages and stalled unity talks.


Sick of the Head-Butt, Blatter Calls for a Face-to-Face

The president of soccer's governing body wants Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi to make peace in person after the infamous World Cup head-butt.


Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed

A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people Â including children Â were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.


Human Demand Outstripping Earth's Supply

Oct. 21, 2004 - The world's population is consuming about 20 percent more natural resources than the planet can produce, the environmental organization WWF International warned Thursday in its "Living Planet" report.


The Dow Industrial average fell to a  new low for the year on Friday as oil prices jumped to a fresh  record and tech bellwether Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O weighed on  stocks after its revenue forecast lagged Wall Street  expectations.


Milan fashion packs up with jet-set Martini

Alviero Martini appropriately used his trademark travellers' map of the world design in outfits on the last day of womenswear shows here before the fashion crowd moves on to Paris next week.


ENVER, Aug. 17 - Victor Zambrano came to the Mets with radical movement on his pitches, fixable flaws in his delivery and a curious sore spot lingering around his right elbow.


More Books That Detail the Clash Between Science and Faith

"The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins; Free Press.  The author, a giant in genetics research and leader of the Human Genome Project, describes how he came to see his Christian faith as intertwined with his scientific passions.


E-Commerce Report: Updating the Lemonade Stand Strategy

Social networks have made fortunes setting up Web sites that allow people to post profiles and trade messages. Now, the rank and file are getting the chance to make some cash from their contacts.


McNameeâs Evidence Would Be Hard to Date

The evidence Brian McNamee has turned over to federal investigators will come under strenuous attack if the issue ever enters the courtroom.


Thai Suspected Bird Flu Case Fans Human Link Fear

Thailand, rattled by fears a girl passed bird flu to her mother, said Monday it has no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H5N1 virus in the country.


Shares in Anglo-Swedish drug giant AstraZeneca drop more than 8% in value after the failure of its Iressa drug in a major clinical trial.


A US federal appeals court ruled in favor of peer-to-peer software makers this week, stating that the companies behind the Grokster and Morpheus services are not liable for copyright infringement due to the actions of their users.


Stephen Maguire faces Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final on Sunday.


Recuperati 22 naufraghi e tre cadaveri, almeno un disperso


Cynthia Jordan scored 20 of her 28 points in the first half to lead Temple to a 71-60 upset over No. 22 Rutgers on Monday.


Sweden's Top Court Confirms Life for Lindh Killer

The confessed killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had his life jail sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court Thursday after he appealed for leniency saying he was mentally ill when he stabbed her.


Athens Waves Goodbye After 'Dream' Games

Hundreds of thousands of athletes,  officials and visitors waved goodbye to Athens in a  post-Olympics exodus on Monday, leaving city officials to probe  a doping scandal that tarnished an otherwise dream Games.


A tsunami striking the U.S. is not a question of if but when


Bush to Aid 'Moderate' Parties in Iraq Election

The Bush administration plans to  give strategic advice, training and polling data to what it  deems as "moderate and democratic" Iraqi political parties with  candidates running in the country's upcoming elections,  government documents show.


Linksys brings storage, stackables to SMBs

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems's Linksys division thinks SMBs should have some of the same features enterprises get, such as backup power and virtualization, when they attach storage to their networks. On Monday, the company rolled out its first NAS products for businesses, filling a need it found in smaller organizations when it started investigating the technology about two years ago, said Ivor Diedricks, a senior product marketing manager. The rollout includes two lines of NAS chassis, ranging in price from $999.99 to $2,499.99. NAS is common in enterprises and a fledgling category in consumer electronics, but neither of those types of gear suits enterprises with between five and 100 users, Diedricks said. The company's goal was to key capabilities of the large-enterprise systems into products that are affordable to SMBs. Linksys' well-known parent also serves some enterprises in that five-to-100-user range, Diedricks said. But those companies generally have an in-house IT staff and want a direct support relationship with Cisco, whereas Linksys customers generally turn to resellers for management and support. The NAS products are available with an optional redundant power supply unit to keep the NAS units running in case of a power outage as well as standard on-disk encryption, a system within the chassis for encrypting data. With on-disk encryption, disks can be taken out and moved, and the data will stay secure, Diedricks said. Linksys introduced four NSS (Network Storage System) chassis, each with four drive bays. The NSS6000 includes some advanced features that are not in the NSS4000, notably virtualization capability, Diedricks said. This feature lets a business organize more than one NAS chassis into a single virtual volume. An NSS4000 can be part of one of these virtual volumes, but the NSS6000 is required to run virtualization. Also, the NSS6000 can handle 75 simultaneous users, while the NSS4000 is limited to 15. Both the NSS4000 and NSS6000 also are available in versions that already include a set of 250GB RAID drives for a total capacity of 1TB. Also Monday, Linksys introduced its first stackable switches for SMBs. The devices are designed to help enterprises expand their networks as they grow. As many as eight can be stacked together and managed as one switch, and an optional redundant power supply can keep a stack of as many as six running in case of an outage. The switches range from a 24-port 10/100M bps device with four Gigabit Ethernet ports and two interfaces for fiber Gigabit links to an all-Gigabit Ethernet switch with four fiber interfaces and Power over Ethernet to run VoIP phones and other devices. They all have quality-of-service features to support VoIP. Estimated street prices range from $409.99 to $999.99.


Pakistani troops storm mosque; up to 50 dead

Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound on Tuesday, killing up to 50 militants, as they fought their way through an Islamic school where they believed a rebel cleric was hiding along with women and children.


Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called on the head of New York's Republican Party to apologize or resign Wednesday over remarks linking the Democrats to a civil rights lawyer convicted of aiding terrorists.


LSE seals $2.2 billion Borsa Italiana deal

LONDON/MILAN  - The London Stock Exchange  is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15 billion), the two exchanges confirmed in a statement on Saturday, the latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.


The Russian army says it has killed five Chechen rebels including a Turkish "mercenary".


China to probe alleged cover-up of worker deaths at Olympic site

China pledged Tuesday to investigate a report that officials covered up the deaths of at least 10 workers building the main stadium for the August Beijing Olympics.


The elderly risk accidentally harming themselves by taking potentially lethal mixtures of medicines, an expert warns.


A former Bangladeshi minister is arrested a day after three politicians were held in an anti-corruption drive.


sierra-php is yet another PHP framework. It is compatible with both PHP 4 and 5. It provides a foundation of reusable object-oriented code for Linux/Unix PHP software implementations.   This version of sierra-php includes completely new REST and SOAP web services integration in the entity model (model/entity_model.dtd)


The mixed results in its latest earnings report may get lost in the wording.


Morocco is to elect a new parliament, with a moderate Islamist opposition party expected to make large gains.


Tens of thousands of people passed by the coffin of the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.


Su almeno 100mila contribuenti dopo introduzione indici


Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Saturday the large turnout for the Iowa caucuses indicates Americans are looking for a Democrat to run the White House in 2008, but he added that the party still has to work to make that happen.


A Split-Up of Insurers of Bonds Is Considered

Proponents of the idea say such a step could restore confidence in the financial markets broadly, and specifically in the $2.6 trillion municipal bond market.


A fired-up opponent makes shots from everywhere while the Americans scramble around desperately looking for answers.


Police warn firms and the public to take care opening post as another letter bomb explodes in Swansea.


Google's estimated $3bn flotation has been delayed by at least a day as the firm awaits regulatory approval.


News: Aussie 419 ringleader jailed for four years

An Australian 419 fraudster who conned AU$5m from his victims was today jailed for four years on 10 counts of fraud and one of perverting the course of justice by the NSW District Court theage.com.au reports.


Executives at Siemens scrap plans for a 30% pay rise due to fears over the future of its former mobile phone unit.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in the war-torn Iraqi capital Baghdad for talks with his counterpart Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani.


Goverment policies have been blamed for fuelling discrimination against people with HIV.


'Vitamins can increase the risk of early death'

Thousands of people taking vitamins could be at risk of premature death, according to research published today. A review of antioxidant vitamin supplements, such as Vitamin E


The use of alcohol in TV soap operas could be desensitising teens to the dangers of alcohol, a report suggests.


A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the Pacific Ocean yesterday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology.


P-Cube develops service control platforms, which help service providers identify subscribers, classify applications, improve service performance and charge for multiple services without costly infrastructure upgrades, Cisco said.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Peyton Manning threw for a career-high 472 yards and five touchdowns on 25-of-44 passing, but his last-ditch comeback attempt ended with an interception in the end zone in the closing minutes as Kansas City outlasted Indianapolis 45-35


Sony sets September launch of new Playstation Portable

CULVER CITY, California  - Sony Corp.   will launch a lighter, slimmer model of its PlayStation  Portable handheld video game console in September, a senior  executive said on Wednesday.


Ministro, altrimenti revoco parita' ed erogazione contributi


Tad Davis snapped awake at 4:30 am yesterday and slipped from beside his sleeping wife to pull off the ultimate surprise for their 10th wedding anniversary.


FederazioneModaItalia, incremento dal 5 al 15%


Protests continue in France in a bid to stop delivery of  weapons-grade plutonium from the US for recycling.


Borowitz: Gonzalesâs Real Reason for Resigning

âDomestic surveillance begins at home,â says former A.G.


Partners praise Microsoft software-plus-services plan

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft partners introduced to the company's software-plus-services strategy this week at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) applauded the plan, though they noted a few challenges as the company makes the transition from selling business software to offering more hosted and Web-based services. Microsoft used its annual partner conference, held this year in Denver, as a coming-out party for the strategy, with CEO Steve Ballmer outlining the plan for the first time after other executives have been discussing it publicly for more than a year. It seemed fitting that the company's top executive was the one to deliver the message to thousands of partners who play a significant role in the company's success. "I had no idea how partner-focused Microsoft really is," said Linda Gillis, a first-time attendee of the WPC and director of marketing for Squirrel Systems, a British Columbia company that provides restaurant point-of-sale software and services. This dependency on partners is a double-edged sword for Microsoft as it moves to a more Web-centric services business model versus the software license model it has used successfully for years. The company not only has to revise its strategy, remaining several steps behind competitors such as Google that started business on the Web and have no traditional software business, but it also has to help its partners make changes, too. To do this, Microsoft has been slowly ramping up its hosted services portfolio with a series of both consumer and business services. Executives also said at the WPC that those services will eventually become a full-fledged development platform, being both an OS and platform for new applications on the Web in a similar way that Windows is on the desktop. Gillis said that moving toward offering more services for business in addition to software is the right direction for both Microsoft and its partners. "The addition of services helps to create long-term customer relationships and a recurring revenue stream," she said. Most partners agreed with this sentiment, but some noted challenges that both Microsoft and partners will face as they make the switch. Jay Blazensky, vice president of business development for RingCentral, a Microsoft partner that provides voice services, including click-to-call, agreed that creating repeatable revenue is a definite benefit of the plan. But he noted that a challenge for Microsoft and its partners is to convince sales people to "forgo the larger up-front commission in lieu of a recurring annuity." "Those that buy into the model and are successful -- and patient -- have the opportunity to be enormously successful," he said. Another partner, Joe McDermott of Solution Canvas, said Microsoft's strategy of transitioning services in a calculated and deliberateÂ manner is the only way to make the change, which is necessary because it is what customers are demanding. Solution Canvas has built a service for small law firms using Microsoft's Office Live hosted service. "I think the strategy is the way forward strategically for both Microsoft and [partners] ... because in the end the marketplace will dictate and demand," he said. "End-users are who ultimately matter, and now that we have new Web technologies like AJAX and a rapid application development platform in Office Live, the barriers to powerful online applications are gone." At the same time, McDermott acknowledged that some Microsoft partners will have to learn new skills to take advantage of the new services approach, though the company's "considered pace" for moving to services will help them in that endeavor. While McDermott praised the technologies that enable more hosted services, one of them -- reliable access to broadband -- remains a hindrance not only to Microsoft's services plan but also its competitors' plans, RingCentral's Blazensky said. "It's an industry-wide challenge ... [but] it's maturing every day," he noted.


Americans back Petraeus troop plan, oppose war

A majority of Americans approve of U.S. plans for limited troop withdrawals from Iraq but are not more optimistic about the war after testimony last week from a top U.S. general, a new poll found on Tuesday.


Oil prices fall for a fourth day, in advance of US figures that are expected to show a rise in inventories.


Bush-Cheney Office in Tennessee Hit by Gunshots

A Bush-Cheney campaign office in Knoxville, Tennessee was hit by at least two gunshots apparently fired from a passing vehicle on Tuesday but no one was hurt, police said.


Experts: Spiders spin giant web in Texas

A variety of spider species built on one another's work to create a sprawling web that blanketed hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a North Texas park, according to entomologists who studied the unusual formation.


A U.S. court on Thursday barred  EchoStar Communications Corp. from retransmitting distant TV  stations, adding weight to a recent settlement between the  satellite television provider and broadcast networks.


Bangladesh's Opposition Party Calls for Another Strike

The main opposition party in Bangladesh has called for another nationwide strike to protest a deadly grenade attack at a party rally in the capital, Dhaka, eight days ago.


Fueled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the U.S. military death toll for November equalled the highest for any month of the war, according to casualty reports available Tuesday.


(InfoWorld) - Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 20 to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT systems intrusions. In a hearing labeled "Hacking the Homeland: Investigating Cyber-security Vulnerabilities at the Department of Homeland Security," officials including DHS chief information officer Scott Charbo and Gregory Wilshusen, director of information security issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) are scheduled to detail their findings in response to requests from Congress to test the agency's IT security defenses. In a letter sent to Charbo on April 30, members of Congress led by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, asked DHS to conduct a review of its information system security in the wake of news that the departments of commerce and state were successfully hacked during 2006. Details of those systems intrusions were first revealed at a hearing coordinated by the House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber-security, Science, and Technology on April 19. "These incidents jeopardize the integrity of our government's information. We are concerned that similar incidents may be occurring within the networks of the Department of Homeland Security," read the letter, which was also signed by ranking members of the House Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. Among the issues expected to be addressed by Charbo and other witnesses -- including Keith A. Rhodes, director for the Center for Technology and Engineering in the GAO -- at next week's hearing will be a review of cybersecurity incidents reported to the DHS Security Operations Center (SOC), such as instances of rootkits, classified leaks, compromised Web sites, bot infections, unauthorized use of networks by contractors, and virus attacks. According to a Congressional press release distributed ahead of the hearing, the GAO witnesses will also describe an investigation they conducted on a specific DHS network that is "riddled with significant information security control weaknesses that place sensitive and personally identifiable information at increased risk of unauthorized disclosure." The subcommittee also plans to air some of its concerns with the DHS OneNet project, which is aimed at consolidating all of the agency's information networks under one roof, and to question a perceived lack of IT security funding by Charbo. The Congressional committee has said it will call for further investigation of security issues existing within DHS at the hearing. Among the specific questions posed to DHS leaders by Thompson and other members of the House Committee on Homeland Security are what responsibility Charbo has over management of the agency's networks, and his relationship with the department's chief information security officers (CISOs) and chief information officers. Charbo was also asked to provide details of the agency's information security policies and incident response plans, along with data on how many and what types of security events it has reported to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), which was established in 2003 and operates as a partnership between DHS and the public and private sectors. Among the incidents that Congress has specifically asked for more information about are the most severe threats encountered by the agency between 2004 and 2007. The committee has also asked DHS officials to reveal whether or not they have taken an inventory of each access point on the agency's network, and how it has approached the practice of penetration testing for its internal and external systems. In addition to questioning the department's security testing policies, the committee has asked DHS to turn over details of any secure software coding initiatives it has launched in the name of eliminating vulnerabilities in its applications, as well as statistics on how much of its coding is being performed by outside contractors. The committee has also asked for information on whether or not DHS is requiring two-factor IT systems authentication for all privileged personnel and systems administrators. A good deal of discussion at the hearing is likely to be given over to the process that DHS has employed to meet the terms of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which was enacted by Congress in 2002 and is aimed at improving IT security in the federal space via a system of mandated annual audits. The hearing may be seen as a bellwether moment in the continued development of government IT security policies and enforcement, as the DHS has been charged with helping to oversee the performance of other agencies, including via its work with US-CERT. If the DHS is found to have failed to protect its own systems adequately, some observers believe that the agency will be put under significant pressure to completely retrench its IT operations in the name of improving security, a process that may then be pushed out to other federal agencies. Some experts believe that adopting such an approach will soon become a fact of life for all government agencies, as many legacy computer systems and policies are not suited to respond to today's fierce security climate. Dave Nelson, a retired deputy CIO for IT security at NASA, who also worked in the White House Office of Scientific Research, said that the government, much like enterprise businesses, has been put in the uncomfortable position of coping with security threats in a cat-and-mouse game, based on long-standing flaws in the technologies and processes it employs. "Until the Internet and the computers that are on it are fundamentally reengineered to be inherently secure, we will always be in coping mode," Nelson said. "The government and IT industry may not know how to make these types of technologies yet, but if they don't get cracking, things will only get worse; as the economic and political payoff of attacks continues to rise, that's our only choice." While Nelson said he has not been made privy to information on attacks on government IT infrastructure for several years, he estimates that there are still many breaches, and that the sophistication of the attacks is ramping up quickly. One of the specific areas that Nelson said needs to be investigated more closely is to what extent foreign governments or politically motivated groups such as terrorists may be involved in cyberthreats. "We don't have any public information that would conclusively prove that some of these attacks are being launched by other nations, but there seem to be significant resources behind them in terms of people and financing," Nelson said. "That's the scariest part, and extrapolating that idea into the future, I don't see a lot of encouraging signs for improvement. If you look at the zero day attacks, they only seem to be getting worse, and I don't see evidence that the systems vulnerabilities they target are going away anytime soon."


Iraq Bomb Kills 7, Year After Saddam Capture

A suicide car bomber killed at least  seven Iraqis at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone government  and U.S. diplomatic compound on Monday, a year to the day since  U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein.


Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri


Russia left YUKOS and its investors guessing as to its next move on Monday after selling its main oil production unit to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery


CBS Corp sees growth in all divisions in 2008: CEO

CBS Corp  will see growth in 2008 in "every single division" and no short-term effects from a looming economic downturn or Hollywood's writers strike, Chief Executive Les Moonves told analysts on Thursday.


Napoli, 17:12 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; BUCCHI: VOGLIO RESTARE IN MAGLIA AZZURRA

"Il mio futuro è a Napoli. Subito dopo la festa ne ho parlato con il direttore Marino e gli h...


Israeli coalition partner to quit over Gaza withdrawal

Israel's pro-settler National Religious Party (NRP) decided to resign from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government after Sharon refused to put his disengagement plan to a national referendum.


But if she looks as hot as she does here, her fans may demand more of her.


Executive Pursuits: Sending an S O S for a PC Exorcist

I leaped up from my desk vowing to commit the most sensational attack of revenge in the history of the personal computer industry.


Dimitar Berbatov confirms he is staying at Spurs despite speculation about his White Hart Lane future.


Sound off: Why you need wireless protection

You're playing Russian roulette with multiple bullets if you don't take seriously the threat posed by wireless networks, says Computerworld editor Preston Gralla.


Advertiser sues Don Imus for unscripted comments

A book publisher that bought an ad on Don Imus's radio show is suing the shock jock and his former bosses at CBS Radio for more than $4 million, saying Imus insulted the book he was paid to promote.


Minister promises lavish Ryder Cup opening but no U2

Tom Lehman will be disappointed. The   captain of the American Ryder Cup team joked last month he   would not turn up to the event's opening ceremony in Ireland   next week if Irish rockers U2 were not there.


Invito a pensare a Medio Oriente e zone di guerra


Ahmadinejad riles West but woos Iran's poor

His speeches cause outrage in the West and critics at home say his economic policies are failing, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still rallies Iran's poor with his common touch and promises of state handouts.


London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was fined $29,000 Thursday by the English Football Association (FA).


U.S. raps several Arab allies for human trafficking

The United States accused its Arab allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar on Tuesday of being among the world's worst offenders in permitting the sale of people into the sex trade and indentured servitude.


Roma, 13:11 - CALCIO, SERIE B: BOLOGNA-BRESCIA A BANTI

Questi gli arbitri che dirigeranno le gare della 6/a giornata del girone di andata del campionato di...


It's a sweltering 90 degrees and soldiers Kevin Messmer and Kroften Owen are hunched in a rubble-strewn apartment. Peering from a window to avoid sniper fire, they see a bustling Iraqi city.


US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said yesterday that enough flu vaccine will be available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot.


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Federal prosecutors have widened their criminal case involving questionable tax shelters at the accounting firm Ernst & Young, adding two outside defendants.


Three U.S. Lawmakers Back XM and Sirius Merger

The Justice Department is evaluating whether the merger of the only two U.S. satellite radio companies would hurt competition.


Bipasha's favourite singer is Pakistani Atif Aslam

Actress Bipasha Basu is a fan of Pakistani singer Atif Aslam and she wants him to do the playback for her movie Race.


Clinton, McCain win New York Times endorsements

The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential in November.


Royal Dutch Shell Plc  posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying quarterly profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan despite a humiliating rebuff from his own party of his bid to forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.


Report: DVD ripping less a threat than file sharing

Blog: Only 2 percent of Internet households have installed DVD-ripping software on their computers, according to NPD Group.


DeGeneres takes break in shaggy dog tale

For comedian Ellen DeGeneres, this shaggy-dog tale has gone too far, and she has decided to take a long weekend to recover.


Study questions cancer claims for 5-a-day diet

US researchers have questioned whether eating plenty of fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of developing cancer, a central claim in official health advice.


Representatives from German carmaker Volkswagen AG and a labor union said Friday they had agreed to increase working hours at plants in western Germany by more than four hours a week to 33 hours, without any increase in pay.


Oil, China Push U.S. Trade Gap Near Record

The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in August to its second-highest level on record, fueled by the highest oil import prices in 23 years and record imports from China, the U.S. government said on Thursday.


Tycho:  Welcome to the show notes for Downloadable Content 09/05/2007, "Getting Down." The episode is available for direct download at this link, or feel free to subscribe to our iTunes compatible feed here. There is no guide for this one, ladies and gentlemen.  Welcome to the mountains of madness.    (CW)TB


Russia's Putin Pledges to Do All to Save Hostages

BESLAN, Russia  - President Vladimir Putin vowed  Thursday to do all he could to save hundreds of children,  parents and teachers held under threat of death by gunmen for a  second day at a Russian school near rebel Chechnya.


Web Site Says Zarqawi's Group Killed British Hostage

An Islamist Web site which has posted  unsubstantiated claims about hostages in the past said on  Saturday that a group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  had killed a British construction engineer it is holding.


Red Sox on brink of elimination as Yanks pound them, 19-8

This time, the Red Sox really had them worried. The Sox and their fans were certain of it. They finally had the Yankees on the run. The Sox were better. Even thewiseguys in Las Vegas made Boston a favorite in the American League Championship Series.


Suicide bomber linked to al-Qaida claims 13 lives in Baghdad on ...

An al-Qaida-linked suicide bomber blew up his vehicle Monday near cars waiting to enter the Green Zone, home to the US Embassy and Iraq's


Boutique mutual fund settles timing case for $30 million

ALBANY, NY RS Investment Management agreed to pay 30 (m) million dollars to settle allegations it allowed "excessive" market timing in its mutual funds.


Theme Park Proposed for Mecca Farms Site

By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 10--Roller coasters and resort hotels could replace the research labs and neighborhoods once planned on Mecca Farms, the first proposed site of The Scripps Research Institute.


Costly Cleaning: Water, Sewer Work is Needed to Meet Federal Safety Laws

By Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Mar. 9--Clean tap water. Unclogged wastewater pipes. Modernized treatment plants.


Mehdi and Sarah and Adrien and Manu, Coupling Under a Cloud

The beautifully acted ensemble film âThe Witnessesâ sidesteps most of its opportunities for high drama, political sermonizing and the jerking of tears.


Violence in Baghdad Kills at Least 25 Iraqis

A suicide car bomber rammed into a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad during dawn prayers Friday, killing 14 people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed.


Zimbabwe denies British journalists entry - but England's tour still looks set to go ahead.


Blog: The Army's Joint Robotics Repair Facility in Baghdad is an "all-volunteer workshop" where the goal is quick turnaround.


A prominent Boston-based real estate company has agreed to test for and remove any hazardous lead paint from nearly 10,400 apartments nationwide, including more than 7,000 in Massachusetts, under a consent agreement that federal and state officials plan to announce today.


Best Buy Lowers Its Forecast as Profit Falls 18%

First-quarter earnings were hurt by weak profits in China and increased sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers.


Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 maker  of cell phones, on Tuesday said its quarterly profit more than  tripled, but growth in handset volumes disappointed Wall Street  and its shares fell 4.5 percent.


Dave Brubeck says will play jazz till the end

A jazz giant for more than  half a century, pianist Dave Brubeck has no intention of  quietly passing his golden years at home relaxing with his  wife, with whom he just celebrated his 65th anniversary.


They can be found rallying union workers, walking picket lines or helping sign up new members. Democrats running for president are after something else this time of year: the endorsements of the oh-so-important labor unions.


Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who started the namesake U.S. company Liz Claiborne Inc., has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.


Martha Stewart Takes Aim at 'Bad' Prison Food

Martha Stewart is keeping busy in  prison "washing, scrubbing, sweeping, vacuuming, raking leaves"  and more, as well as doing her best to avoid unappetizing  jailhouse food, the homemaking entrepreneur told fans in a  Christmas message on Wednesday.


Part-time soldiers play an "integral part" in Britain's defence and need better training and support, MPs say.


Nations Cup tragedies overshadow Drogba and Eto'o

The deaths of more than 30 Togo and Zambia supporters overshadowed weekend African Nations Cup qualifiers in which superstars Didier Drogba and Sameul Eto'o were among the scorers.


Nominees for Bollywood Music Awards announced

Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and Aditya Datt's maiden directorial venture Ashiq Banaya Aapne have been nominated in three categories for the Bollywood Music Awards based on the votes polled by the people of Indian origin in the US, Canada and the Caribbean.


U.S., Iran hold rare talks on Iraq violence

U.S. and Iranian officials began their most high profile talks in almost three decades on Monday to discuss Iraq's spiraling violence, which Washington says is fuelled by Iran.


2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts

This year is on track to be the second warmest since records began in the 1860s and floods in Pakistan or a heatwave in Greece may herald worse disruptions in store from global warming, experts said on Friday.


MySpace to Discuss Latest Effort to Customize Ads for Members

The Webâs largest social network says it can tailor ads to the personal information that its 110 million active users leave on their profile pages.


TMZ.com usually traffics in salacious celebrity gossip. So its readers may have been confused when the site posted an item on Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.


PHP in Action Blog: Tips for web testing

On the PHP in Action Blog, there's a new post today that shares some tips for testing your web applications with some simple tests.   I just started listing the techniques I've learned when writing tests to exercise the web interface of a PHP application. This is from my experience and my personal preferences; it's not the final word or necessarily right for everyone.  He suggests:  Use SimpleTest's Web tester if you can Test the web output using regular expressions Use element IDs or names to test links, forms and fields Log HTTP requests in the application


Gordon Brown is told previous governments are to blame for neglecting Northern Ireland's economy.


A Pentagon spending spree aims to replace the vulnerable Humvee with more than 6,000 mine-resistant ambush-protection vehicles, or MRAPs, just as a stopgap. Then comes a different bruiser in 2012. In Danger Room.


US, Iran Headed for Possible Showdown on Nuclear Issue

The United States and Iran appear headed for a showdown over the Islamic republic's nuclear program. Washington is reported to be pushing for the United Nations nuclear agency to adopt a resolution that would


BANGKOK - The future looked brighter for leaf-tailed geckos and great white sharks after a UN meeting on trade in wild plants and animals.


A Gis-Based Approach to Watershed Classification for Nebraska Reservoirs1

By Bulley, Henry N N Merchant, James W; Marx, David B; Holz, John C; Holz, Aris A  ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with establishing standards and criteria for assessing lake water quality.


Luol Deng scores 29 points, Kirk Hinrich delivers his second career triple-double and the Bulls beat the Knicks, 101-96, on Friday night, handing New York a fifth straight loss.


Observatory: Neanderthal Bones Make a Case for Redheads

New findings suggest that some Neanderthals were fair-skinned and redheaded.


Green Bay fans wait for Favre decision after Giant loss

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin  - Shocked Packers fans spilled into the frigid Green Bay night on Sunday still reeling from a 23-20 loss to the New York Giants and wondering if it was the last time they had seen Brett Favre at Lambeau Field.


In a ceremony isolated from the Arab throngs that loved Yasser Arafat best, kings and diplomats, presidents or proxies from more than 50 countries paid tribute Friday to the man who personified the Palestinians' aspirations for statehood.


A contract is signed that will lead to the building of the first four spacecraft in Europe's multi-billion-euro satellite-navigation network.


Stocks Rebound as Oil Prices Fall Sharply

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday,  extending gains, as oil prices fell sharply after a  higher-than-expected rise in crude stocks last week.


Fox and CBS have agreed to pay $8 billion for new Sunday afternoon NFL packages, six-year extensions that start when the current deals expire after the 2005 season.


Mac Supercomputer Gets Performance Makeover

The Apple-based System X supercomputer at Virginia Tech has been upgraded to run at 12.25 teraflops. The system placed third on the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers last


By David Carrick  The Jack Charlton Disabled Anglers Association's Children's Day at Sharpley Springs on Sunday attracted 42 entries and all the youngsters had a great day's fishing.


Lawyers give final pleas to jurors in Peterson penalty phase

Calling him "the worst kind of monster" and undeserving of sympathy, prosecutor Dave Harris urged jurors Thursday to sentence double-murderer Scott Peterson to death for killing his pregnant wife.


Australian scientists turn to insect swarms for new generation weapons

Australian scientists are using the collective intelligence found in insect swarms to develop the next generation of hi-tech military hardware.


Bill Clinton's heartache may turn into John Kerry's heartbreak. The former President is still recovering from quadruple-bypass surgery six weeks ago, and his doctors deem him not quite ready to campaign for Kerry, Sen.


Palestinians Prepare for Arafat Burial on Friday

An Islamic cleric read from the Koran, the Muslim holy book, at the Paris military hospital bedside of the 75-year-old symbol of the Palestinian cause, who was in a deep coma, on life support, with bleeding in the brain and problems with other vital organs


(CBS/AP) Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that a new report finding Iraq had no stockpiles of banned weapons "provided definitive evidence as to why George Bush should not be re-elected president of the United States.


BusinessWeek Online - In the post-Enron, post-WorldCom, post-Tyco era, ethics has become one of the hottest topics in the business world. Business schools have entire courses dedicated to the topic. Companies have instituted more rigorous ethics policies and set up global ethics offices. One of the fastest-growing employment categories is chief ethics officer, as evidenced by the creation of that post at the New York Stock Exchange , Nortel Networks , Marsh & McLennan , and Hewlett-Packard .


Escalating tribal tensions fuel new Darfur attacks

Rape, killing and looting are  increasing as tribal tensions escalate in Sudan's troubled  Darfur province, the United Nations' top envoy to the country  said on Wednesday, despite a peace deal he had helped broker.


The first thing one notices about Yasser Arafat is not his chequered headscarf, folded in the shape of the map of Palestine; not his surprisingly short stature; not even his trembling lips or pale hands.


Pakistan accuses al Qaeda of killing Bhutto

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


Britain, China seek joint effort on climate change

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to China switches to environmental issues Saturday, as he seeks to boost co-operation between the two countries on tackling climate change, senior Downing Street officials said.


STAR CITY, Russia Sept. 23, 2004 - The new crew to the international space station will conduct experiments to research new AIDS vaccines and plant growth, and work on new space vehicles that will help future


Bikes Bring Internet to Indian Villagers

For 12-year-old Anju Sharma, hope for a better life arrives in her poor farming village three days a week on a bicycle rickshaw that carries a computer with a high-speed, wireless Internet connection.


The Red Sox survived another shaky outing by Daisuke Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka nearly gave away a nine-run lead, but Mike Lowell hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs to lead the Red Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays 13-10 Monday night.


Samsung to make $24B chip investment by 2010

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to invest 25 trillion won (US$24 billion) in building new semiconductor production lines by 2010, the company said Monday.


By The Associated Press  Entertainment highlights during the week of Sept. 10-Sept. 16:  1955: "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS. "Gunsmoke" began on radio in 1952. The program ran for nearly 20 years on TV.  1965: "The Jack Paar Show" had its final broadcast.


Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Briefs

By Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Jun. 8--HAMPTON ISLAND -- Hampton Island preserve, a vacation community  located off the coast of Georgia, has given a 1977 La France fire truck to the  town of Riceboro.


Novell Pushes Linux into the Data Center

Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) is pushing further into the Linux domain by extending the code base of its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server into the data center, the supporting platform for most enterprise applications, such as ERP, CRM or SCM.


Dow Jones' MarketWatch Buy Gets Antitrust OK

U.S. antitrust regulators said on  Tuesday they would not oppose a plan by Dow Jones & Co. DJ.N,  publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to buy online financial  news provider MarketWatch Inc. MKTW.O for $519 million.


The UK's first motorway lane dedicated to drivers carrying passengers is announced by the government.


Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Stumping in Colorado, President Bush is issuing a pre-debate warning about his rival John Kerry. He says the Democrat's debate statements "simply do not pass the credibility test.


Alcatel-Lucent reported higher sales but a net loss for the fourth quarter due to a big writedown.


Connecting past to present, the History Channel's documentary about the War of 1812 tells a selective story.


Joyous pilgrims mark end of Najaf standoff

Thousands of pilgrims streamed into the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf yesterday as militants left, handing the keys to religious authorities after Iraq's top Shia cleric


After an 18-year ban, four African states will put their ivory stocks on the market in a one-time sale as part of a hard-fought compromise reached early Thursday with other Africans who tried to block the sale.


Afghanistanâs new cabinet faces several hurdles before getting ...

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai faces a big hurdle in getting his reform-minded cabinet approved by a parliament likely to be filled with figures from Afghanistanâs war and drugs tainted past, analysts said on Friday.


Intel dropped prices on a range of Pentium 4 processors by up to 35 percent on Sunday. The fastest version of the chip, the 3.6GHz Pentium 4 560, dropped by 35 percent from $637 to $417.


Can You Hear Me Now -- Indoors?      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Femtocells sounds like the next big thing in biology, but it actually could shake up wireless phone services.


Oil Supply Exceeding Demand After Cuts, Qatar Says

The supply of oil is still outstripping demand after OPEC, the producer of more than a third of the world's output, begins to reduce production to prop up falling prices, the Qatari oil minister said.


The new patches apply to a variety of products, including some versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system and server software, its Internet Explorer Web browser and Excel spreadsheet program.


There was widespread rejoicing on Tuesday night in Italy at the release of two Italian female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq.


``Shot a 73, my best round of the year,'' Spurrier said after walking off the 18th green at Heathrow Country Club. ``Three bogeys, two birdies and I should've made more putts.


Business & money: Investors continue to pile into property market in spite of rising interest rates.


Ukrainians Prepare to Pick New President

Nikolai maneuvered his bike through the ruts in a dirt road and shook his head in disgust. "Can you call this a civilized country with roads like this?" he asked after swerving to avoid a deep mud puddle.


Mortgage Insurers Call Off Proposed Merger

MGIC Investment Corporation and the Radian Group, scrapped their merger plan on Wednesday, the latest casualty of the turmoil in mortgage markets.


INDIANAPOLIS  Â Reggie Miller won't be chasing the NBA championship that eluded him during his 18-year career. He decided against a comeback bid at 42 years old with the Boston Celtics. Instead, the former Indiana Pacers star might announce some of their games.


The New York Yankees donated $1 million on Wednesday to a fund to aid the healing process at Virginia Tech following the mass killings last month.


Three killed by cholera in Zimbabwe capital

Three people have died after an outbreak of cholera in a suburb of Zimbabwe's capital Harare.


Council needs racism coordinators A chilling illustration of the perils of copywriting by committee comes to us from West Sussex County Council human resources department. The engine of UK south coast municipal governance is advertising for two "enthusiastic and committed" individuals to coordinate racist incidents across the county.â¦


Shares of Biogen Idec BIIB.O climbed  6 percent before the bell on Monday, after better test results  for a multiple sclerosis drug it developed with Elan Corp.


Scientists have discovered a molecule that plays a key role in the development of sperm.


The widow of ex-Rwandan President Habyarimana is to hear if she can claim asylum in France in an appeal ruling.


Reports that CS gas may have contributed to the death of a police officer have been dismissed by the Metropolitan Police.


SAN JOSE, Calif. - Initial shares of Google Inc...


Argentina loan program delay 'unadvisable'-bankers

Argentina's postponement of its International Monetary Fund loan program was "very unadvisable" as the country tries to regain access to international credit markets, a global banking group said on Tuesday.


A man accused of being an illegal immigrant while on holiday is paid Â£7,500 after he was wrongly put in prison.


The N.C.A.A. punished the Oklahoma football program for rules violations, stripping the team of its victories from the 2005 season and taking away two scholarships for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years.


Bipartisan Panel Seeks Greenhouse Gas Limits

A bipartisan commission that includes energy industry executives, environmentalists and academics will issue a report today that calls on the nation to adopt mandatory limits


China Didnât Check Drug Supplier, Files Show

An ingredient in a blood thinner linked to four deaths was made at an uncertified plant in China that was not inspected.


Police looking for missing Madeleine McCann are expected to search land where a letter claims she is buried.


Treasuries fall in response to rebounding stock markets

US and European government bonds softened on Thursday as world equity markets continued to strengthen while the European Central Bank raised interest rates and left the way open for more increases.


Britain Agrees to Move Troops Nearer Baghdad

Britain agreed on Thursday to a U.S. request for UK troops to move to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.


Companies developing new drugs and biomedical devices got the biggest percentage of funds invested by venture capital firms in the third quarter, according to two new surveys.


With Halloween approaching, federal health officials on Friday warned that lollipops labeled "Jelly Candy Pops Sour Zip Kids" could contain enough egg protein to cause serious injury to people severely allergic to eggs.


Fishburne hits the road with "Alchemist"

Laurence Fishburne is  transforming the best-selling novel "The Alchemist" into a  feature film.


A controversial health centre where NHS patients will be treated by a private company is officially opened.


Londra, 11:35 - CALCIO, GALLES: GIGGS LASCIA NAZIONALE

Ryan Giggs annuncerà oggi il suo addio al Galles. Secondo la BBC, il centrocampista del Manch...


AOL takes page from blogs, relaunches news

Time Warner Inc. plans to launch a  test of its overhauled news portal on Tuesday, drawing  influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet  blogs.


Sport: Football: James McFadden's spectacular goal gives Scots victory in France.


Coca-Cola CEO got $7 mln in salary,performance pay

Coca-Cola Co.  Chairman and Chief Executive E. Neville Isdell received $7 million in salary and performance-based pay in 2006, nearly 17 percent more than he was paid a year earlier, the world's largest soft drink company said on Friday.


Non parteciperanno a innaugurazione anno giudiziario


Lehman Not Concerned About Woods' Comment

Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman is not concerned about the disappointment Tiger Woods expressed over his selection to head the 2006 U.S. team.


Russian intelligence officers convicted in Qatar for the murder of Chechen ex-president  Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, return to Moscow.


American, Boeing Agree to Delay 54 Plane Deliveries

AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, delayed the deliveries of 54 Boeing Co. planes to save $2.7 billion in spending over the next six years.


Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with the Sprint Corporation, a deal that would form the third largest cellphone company in the nation.


Weatherford accelerated in international venues for a solid quarter.


Australian election campaign focuses on regional

Australian political leaders have gone into hot debate Monday as how to eliminate threat of regional terrorism, either through cooperation with local countries, or a pre-emptive strikes.


Australian PM digs in heels over Asia peace pact

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seemingly isolated after New Zealand signalled it might join a Southeast Asian non-aggression pact, remained defiant on Tuesday, saying his country had no intention of attacking anyone.


Giuliani adviser under fire for comments

A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were "too many mosques" in the United States — and defended himself by saying his point was that not enough Muslim leaders cooperate with law enforcement.


Mourning plays for first time since kidney transplant

Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert tried to smile when asked about Alonzo Mourning's first game back after a kidney transplant less than a year ago.


Three years after 9/11, Manhattan looks shiny and clean. But what has become of its icons: its money, its people and, of course, Rudy? An update on a mending metropolis


EU Asks Turkey To Give Kurds Greater Rights

A top European Union official says Turkey needs to do more for its Kurdish minority. The EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen, was speaking during a tour of Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast region.


Leicester City appoint Levein as manager

English second division side Leicester City have appointed former Hearts coach Craig Levein as manager, replacing Micky Adams who resigned earlier this month.


HP Set to Launch Latest Push Into Consumer Markets

Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N on Friday will unveil a range of products including its version of the iPod digital music player that raises the stakes in a war between


Minnesota Vikings defensive end Kenechi Udeze has a form of leukemia, which is cancer of the blood and bone marrow, a person with the team confirmed Tuesday.


2nd Algeria Bombing in Days Kills 28 Coast Guard Officers

ALGIERS, Sept. 8 -- A car bombing killed 28 coast guard officers in Algeria on Saturday, just days after a blast ripped through a crowd waiting for the president.


Merck in $2.3 billion tax settlement with IRS

Drug maker Merck & Co.  said on Wednesday it agreed to settle tax disputes with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service at a net cash cost of about $2.3 billion.


Libya nurses deal yet to be agreed: families

Efforts to free six foreign medics  sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with the HIV  virus have yet to result in a deal on compensation, a group  representing the families of the children said on Sunday.


Luxury Italian label Prada could be sold to a private individual or consortium, reports have said.


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Nokia remote camera integrates motion detector, video capture

HELSINKIâNokia Corp.âs new Nokia Remote Camera wireless home monitoring solution features an integrated motion detector and video capture with sound.


Putin Says Plane Crashes Involved Terrorists Linked to Al-Qaeda

Russian President Vladimir Putin today said the explosions that brought down two airliners in Russia a week ago were the work of terrorists linked to the al- Qaeda terrorist network.


Questions over 'thinktank' pile pressure on Hain

Body that paid thousands to minister's campaign 'has never held meeting'


Body Mechanics teaches kids how to avoid being overweight as they join forces with superheroes against villains like Col Estorol and Betes II. By the Associated Press.


Russian School Siege Town Buries First of Its Dead

BESLAN, Russia  - The sound of weeping mothers who  lost their sons and daughters in Russia's school siege drifted  out of the homes of Beslan on Sunday as the first burials were  held for some of the 338 people killed.


Milano, 18:23 - CALCIO, LEGA: DERBY JUVE-TORINO ANTICIPATO AL 26 FEBBRAIO

Il derby della Mole tra Juventus e Torino, inizialmente in programma per mercoledi 27 febbraio e val...


Marlins president looks for support at US Cellular Field

Converting Chicago fans into Marlins' supporters isn't an easy assignment. But team president David Samson gave it his best shot Monday morning.


An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Hilary Duff will promote her new album during a  month-long summer U.S. concert tour beginning August 6 in Everett, Wash.


China official shuts school to honour dead mother

A village official in northern China cancelled classes at a local school for several days to honour the anniversary of his mother's death with on-campus performances of traditional opera.


Kodak and Sun Microsystems have reached a settlement in their patent dispute over Java technology, with Sun agreeing to fork over $92 million to settle the suit.


Finanziaria, Alemanno: cdm ha rinviato emendamento e decreto

Il Consiglio dei ministri non ha affrontato l'emendamento sulle tasse nÃ¨ il decreto fiscale per l'aggiustamento dei conti 2004. "Si sta ancora lavorando". Lo ha detto il ministro Gianni Alemanno a margine di una conferenza stampa a Palazzo Chigi.


Contestata assegnazione maxi-commessa ad Alenia Aeronautica


Semur-en-Auxois, 14:52 - CICLISMO, DOPING: ASTANA RESCINDE CONTRATTO KESSLER

Confermata la positività al testosterone ad un controllo dello scorso 24 aprile, l'Astana la ...


Dell hires Solectron CEO, forms operations group

(InfoWorld) - DellÂ on Thursday announced that Michael Cannon, the current president and CEO of electronics maker Solectron, will head a newly formed group that will oversee much of the company's operations, including manufacturing, procurement and suppliers. Cannon's appointment is the latest sign of a management shakeup underway at Dell, and underscores the seriousness of the challenges facing the company. Paul Tufano succeeds Cannon and will serve as interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement. Once the PC industry's superstar, Dell has struggled in recent quarters. The companyÂ lost its title of world's largest PC vendorÂ to a resurgent Hewlett-Packard. The company also faces scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intoÂ its accounting practices, which forced the company to delay filing its financial results for the second and third quarters of 2006. In addition, Dell last yearÂ recalled millions of defective laptop batteries, after they were determined to pose a potential fire risk to customers. In a bid to turn things around, Dell CEOÂ Kevin Rollins was replaced last monthÂ by Michael Dell, the company's chairman. Dell's return was accompanied by warnings that the company's financial results for the fourth quarter, to be announced March 1, will fall below analyst expectations. Cannon, who was president and CEO of hard-disk maker MaxtorÂ -- now part of Seagate TechnologyÂ -- before joining Solectron, will be responsible for improving Dell's manufacturing operations after he starts work on Feb, 26. His job includes the responsibility for opening factories that are closer to customers and improving the company's supply chain, Dell said, noting that plans are underway to add new factories in India, Poland and Brazil. The ultimate goal, according to Dell, is to improve product quality while shortening manufacturing times and reducing costs. Â


SAP AG's first court meeting with rival Oracle Corp. over an industrial espionage lawsuit has been rescheduled for Sept. 11, the German company said Wednesday.


Yahoo to close U.S. offices for holidays

Yahoo Inc. plans to close its U.S. offices during the final week of the year, a cost-cutting measure that will require most of the Internet icon's 10,500 workers to use their vacation time if they want to be paid for the time off.


Due anni carcere e multa (7,5 mln euro) per insider trading


Spike TV high on "DEA" documentary series

LOS ANGELES  - Men's cable network Spike TV is going inside the Drug Enforcement Administration with a reality series from NBC weatherman Al Roker.


Server maker drops UltraSparc IIIi+ processor to focus on other, higher-priority chips.


It's more than half a year — and a few snowstorms — until the first votes in Iowa, yet Democratic presidential hopefuls have already captured some of the delegates critical to winning the nomination.


News: Fake Lycos screensaver harbours Trojan

Virus writers have begun distributing their wares in emails that pose as Lycos's abandoned "Make love not spam" screensaver.


Britain needs to redeploy troops closer to Baghdad so that the insurgency in central Iraq can be dealt with ahead of Iraqi elections, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.


A line of storms stretching the length of the Plains marched east early Thursday, while both coasts were clear and sunny.


Bologna, 19:17 - CALCIO, BOLOGNA; CAZZOLA: IN LEGA NON E' CAMBIATO NIENTE

Il presidente del Bologna Alfredo Cazzola parla senza mezzi termini di Calciopoli come di un occasio...


"The only problem my brother has is that he is a genius," says a family member of the Jordanian man arrested in Britain's terror probe


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The company said at MacWorld Monday that it will retool its all-in-one Google application for the iPhone, improving the UI and speeding up loading times.


*Neither captain expects a repeat of the last Ryder Cup played in the United States, when rowdy fans at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.


Iran says new nuclear talks with EU possible soon

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and the European Union's foreign policy chief may meet again in the next few days for talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.


Mexico Captures Drug Lord Wanted in United States

Mexico has captured a drug lord  suspected of handling half of the illegal drugs smuggled into  the United States and who had a $2 million price tag on his  head, the government said on Monday.


Sony claims more than a million PAL PS3s purchased

Fastest Sony console sales ramp Sony has sold more than a million PlayStation 3 consoles in Europe, Australia and other territories that use the PAL TV standard, the head of the company's European entertainment operation, David Reeves, has claimed.â¦


Nella retata contro i clan Palamara-Favasuli-Morabito impegnati 250 carabinieriIndagine su vari omicidi avvenuti nella regione negli ultimi due anni                                           Operazione contro la 'ndrangheta Nella Locride arrestate 20 persone


Germany's economy could be seriously damaged by further increases in oil prices, the central Bundesbank said Monday.


More than 35 Enquirer readers have called or e-mailed comments about the five drugs that were criticized Thursday by an expert with the US Food and Drug Administration.


On her deathbed, the mother of Fatah Islam leader Shaker Youssef al-Absi beseeched God to grant her son and his al-Qaida-inspired militants "victory" in his battle against the Lebanese army, his brother said Wednesday.


It wasn'ta name. It belonged on a license plate. But Y4145 identified Bernard Hopkins for nearly five years. In some ways, it still does.


Mac gaming in Japan is in a slump: There are no Mac games. But a very unlikely savior has just stepped in to rescue gaming on the Mac. Nobuyuki Hayashi reports from Tokyo.


Chicken Genome Should Boost DNA Research

A red jungle fowl is seen in this undated handout photo. Researchers have assembled the genome sequence of the Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of all domestic chickens.


Vital Signs: Nostrums: Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

Aspirin may help reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests, when taken in large doses over long periods of time.


Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co.  posted lower quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by a higher tax rate, but raised its full-year earnings forecast based on sales of new products and cost cuts.


Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines: study

Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said.


The U.S. military on Saturday confirmed the arrests of 25 people linked to the assassination of the leader of the U.S.-backed revolt by Sunni Arab tribesmen in the western Anbar province against al-Qaida in Iraq.


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Fallujah assault sparks Iraq-wide attacks

US troops are still fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as rebels hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb that killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.


Top-Ranked Duke Runs Past Boston College

Freshman Bridgette Mitchell scores a season-high 20 points and has 10 rebounds Thursday night to lead top-ranked Duke past Boston College, 73-52, keeping the Blue Devils as the nation's only unbeaten team.


Roma, 12:57 - Calcio, Morgia nuovo allenatore del Foggia

Massimo Morgia Ã¨ il nuovo tecnico del Foggia (C1/B). Morgia, che sarÃ  a Foggia giÃ  questa sera per i...


Pakistan detains several over rockets in capital

Pakistani security agencies have detained a number of people for interrogation in a foiled bid to fire rockets in the vicinity of the parliament, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday.


Insieme a lui insigniti Levi Montalcini, Confalonieri


In manette un italiano, la tela e' arrivata a Malpensa


Punch-drunk lady: Hilary Swank looks to score another knockout in ...

``I was standing in line behind Clint at the National Board of Review ceremonies around the time of `Boys Don't Cry,' but I don't think that he noticed me,'' she said.


Brother's death in Iraq colors woman's vote

Erin Flanagan is a mother of three who beams at the sight of her children sledding and thoughts of their coming Christmas joy.


Facebook application hawks your personal opinions for cash

Insecure and antisocial networking A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy.â¦


How three amateur journalists dethroned an icon and turned the mainstream media upside down, all without quitting their day jobs


One-time rebels now the established force

LOS ANGELES  - The New Hollywood has become the old guard.


Flashing Xmas lights down DSL connection

It works! It's down! It works! It's down! It works... etc


La morte di Litvinenko Putin: 'Non è violenta'

L'ultima accusa dell'ex spia russa, deceduta a Londra per avvelenamento: 'Mi hanno messo a tacere'


Blair visits Lebanon amid heavy security

British Prime Minister Tony Blair began  a visit to Lebanon on Monday as troops and riot police deployed  in central Beirut to handle planned protests against his stance  during Israel's 34-day war with Hizbollah.


Market Place: Mars Expands ‘Health’ Line With Milk Chocolate Bars

Mars Inc.Âs new versions of CocoaVia, a line of Âheart healthyÂ chocolate bars may be less healthy than the originals.


A relatively unheard-of gut disorder is becoming much more common, say US researchers.


And France bans happy slapping Turkey has taken steps to prevent access to YouTube after a video insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, was posted on the site.â¦


Jason Richardson scored 24 points to help the Golden State Warriors keep the Charlotte Bobcats winless on the road with a 99-87 victory on Sunday night.


Gonzales Disavows Torture as Confirmation Hearings Begin

Alberto R. Gonzales's assurances on prisoner treatment and international treaties did little to placate Democrats.


Scotland's five-month old smoking ban is  hitting pubs and bingo clubs, two British companies reported on  Friday, giving investors more clues what to expect when similar  legislation comes into force in England next year.


German leader's dog to launch new pet product line

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's dog Winston Holly is the face of a new line of pet care products to be launched next month, the Rossman store chain announced.


European court rules government is breaking law by not forcing bosses to give staff enough rest between shifts.


New charge in Russian journalist's death

The former head of a district in Chechnya has been charged as an accomplice in organizing the execution-style murder of a Russian investigative journalist, his lawyer said Friday.


BAGHDAD - Two car bombs shook the capital in quick succession Sunday, killing at least 10 Iraqis and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said.


Qanooni says he will accept Afghan vote result

KABUL  - Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai's chief rival Yunus Qanooni told AFP he would accept the outcome of Afghanistan's presidential election despite his allegations of fraud.


Istat. Industria. Scendono fatturato e ordinativi a giugno

Il fatturato dell'industria italiana a giugno Ã¨ sceso dell'1,4% rispetto al mese precedente ed Ã¨ cresciuto del 5,0% rispetto a un anno prima. Lo comunica l'Istat, precisando che nei primi sei mesi si registra


Where Risk and Choice and Hope Converge, a Guiding Voice

Daniela Iacoboni, a genetic counselor, seeks to balance information about risk with caution about passing on serious diseases.


Morneau taken for X-rays after being struck on hand by pitch

Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau was taken to a hospital for X-rays on his left hand after being hit by a pitch from Cleveland starter CC Sabathia in the sixth inning on Sunday.


By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - Star Jones Reynolds has landed her own daily talk show - and she won't have to worry about Barbara Walters this time.  Court TV said Wednesday it had hired Reynolds to run a show about criminal justice issues that intersect with the pop culture world.


Nobel Laureate Says Protecting Environment Contributes to Peace

Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai has been formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Ms. Maathai urged her audience at Oslo's City Hall to recognize that protecting


Tycho:  Otherwise engaged on Wednesday, Tokyo had a head start on us - its powerful newsings daring to accrue, even as we were being sodomized at the border crossing.  Much of this content was indecipherable.  But we can still point and shriek, like when a monolith descends.


There's no need to feel down when down markets hit.


Mimun: importante riconoscere bilancio positivo


The Supreme Court announced that it will decide whether the Constitution permits governments to transfer property from one private owner to another in the name of creating jobs and tax revenue -- a case that could affect local economic development policy and individual property rights nationwide.


Yahoo! Inc. is going mobile on Nextel Communication Inc. handheld devices. A new partnership between the companies puts Yahoo! e-mail, instant messaging, games, news and more in Nextelâs products.


Hours will be extended the next two Saturdays at five post offices in Salt Lake and Weber counties.  While most post offices are open on Saturdays, those with extended hours are:  Ogden Ben Lomond, 221 N. Washington Blvd., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Salt Lake Cottonwood, 6890 S.


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Bulgaria in Brief: 21 December 2004, Tuesday. For the first time in Sofia's history a lady headed a police department in the capital.


Alleged Bin Laden Tape Targets Saudi Rulers

An audio tape purportedly by Osama bin  Laden praises gunmen who attacked a U.S. consulate in Saudi  Arabia on Dec. 6 and warns Saudi rulers they could be toppled  like the Shah of Iran.


ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees

Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


Lewis Hamilton attempts to become the first driver to win the Formula One title in a debut season.


'Memoria e identita'', e' il quinto di Giovanni Paolo II


$1M Gold Bathtub Stolen From Japan Hotel

TOKYO - A glittering bathtub made of gold worth nearly $1 million has been stolen from a resort hotel, an official said Wednesday.


One million told to evacuate as Hurricane Frances looms

More than a million people are being ordered from their homes in Florida -- in anticipation of Hurricane Frances. It could be Florida's mightiest storm in a decade, and residents


Possible new case of mad cow disease found in the United States

WASHINGTON (CP) - Attempts to lift the American ban on Canadian cattle could be facing a major setback with news Thursday that US officials may have discovered a second case of mad cow disease.


Bombers show Red Sox why they remain the team to beat

NEW YORK -- So maybe everybody got a little too carried away with this Red Sox resurgence. Maybe we forgot who these guys really are.


Ministero, oggi ritirati Wind e Toto Costruzioni


The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits.


Brazil to Break Foreign AIDS Drugs Patents

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil will break patents on  some foreign AIDS drugs next year to escape the control of  multinational firms holding developing countries "hostage," the  government said on Tuesday.


Hamas demands new Palestinian election system

Hamas is demanding changes to the election system employed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the 1996 elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (the parliament).


Israeli Settlers Urge Resistance to Evacuation

The top Israeli settler council called on Monday for settlers to resist evacuation under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan, but urged only non-violent action.


Catania, 19:00 - CALCIO, CATANIA; BALDINI: CITTA' CI CHIEDE TRAGUARDO STORICO

Il tecnico del catania Silvio baldini carica cosÃ¬ la squadra alla vigilia della partita di ritorno d...


Historical Precedence Says Redskins Win Means Bush Victory

MADISON, Wis. -- A bizarre statistical correlation shows that since 1936, each time the Redskins win their final home game before a presidential election, the incumbent president wins.


Cisco extends LAN security tools to wireless

(InfoWorld) - Cisco SystemsÂ hasÂ expandedÂ aÂ range of security mechanisms for wired LANsÂ to theÂ wireless side of enterprise networks. The dominant LAN vendorÂ announceedÂ on Wednesday itÂ had upgraded its software and launched a set of guidelines for integrating wired and wireless security, called the Cisco Secure Wireless Solution. The new capabilities are available to any customer with current Cisco software, said Chris Kozup, manager of mobility solutions at Cisco. Customers can use the guidelines themselves to build a security architecture or enlist the help of Cisco's services organization or third parties. Enterprises are already able to bring wireless devices into Cisco's security system, which is built around ensuring any client is authorized and free of threats before it can hook up to the network. But bringing the same set of tools into the wireless domain can make that process easier, Kozup said. For example, if an enterprise wanted to secure wireless clients using Cisco's Network Access Control (NAC) appliance, the end user connecting via wireless would have to manually log into the NAC. Now that process can be transparent to the user, just as it is on the wired network, he said. In addition to the NAC, the architecture includes Cisco's ASA firewall, Cisco Security Agent (CSA), Cisco IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) software, Cisco Secure ACS (Access Control Server) and Cisco Secure Services Client. These long-time features of Cisco's wired security are being extended to wireless LANs as the company's latest step toward unifying wired and wireless into one network, Kozup said. The system makes the wired and wireless networks work together to bolster security. For example, if a notebook PC is connected to the LAN via a wired port, its wireless radio will be turned off automatically to prevent an attacker from using the wireless connection as a path on to the wired LAN. In addition, a Cisco wireless LAN controller, the mechanism in an appliance, router or switch that controls wireless infrastructure, can disconnect a wireless LAN client that poses a threat. The security built into all Wi-Fi products has improved in recent years and many vendors sell tools to secure wireless LANs, such as Aruba Wireless Networks Inc.'s technology that uses encrypted tunnels. Cisco's new approach may not be significantly more secure than those options, but it can simplify life for IT administrators, said Farpoint Group analyst Craig Mathias. For one thing, it's easier if security for both parts of the network uses a single directory of users, he said. Other approaches that are less expensive and more scalable can work just as well, according to Burton Group analyst Dave Passmore. "This is Cisco assuming the network perimeter needs to be protected right at the every edge, rather than a more centralized approach," Passmore said. There are no significant threats to an enterprise LAN that can't be handled from within the wired part of the network, he said.


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Chad Pennington expressed his frustration to the media this past week. He would like to end his frustration against the New England Patriots on Sunday.


LONDON (CMC) - Only six overs were possible in West Indies' response before rain then bad light stopped play in their final ICC Champions Trophy Group-B match against South Africa yesterday.


Be very aware of breast cancer dangers, hopes

This is the 20th year of observing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, educating people about breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment.


Girl's custody battle continues in Miami

A custody hearing over a 4-year-old Cuban girl in the U.S. focused Friday on whether letters purportedly written to her by her father from the communist country had been faked.


'Avra' una dimensione qualitativa e quantitativa diversa'


Merrill Lynch to raise $6.2 billion from investors

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , hit by huge subprime mortgage losses, said on Monday it would boost its capital by selling up to $6.2 billion worth of discounted new stock to Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisers.


Microsoft Releases Low-Cost Windows XP for India

a pilot program targeting first-time and beginning computer users -- comes on the heels of a similar customized version for Russia.


The storybook musical career of Ronnie Tober, who grew up in Colonie and became a popular crooner in his native Holland, has taken another wondrous turn.


Google in talks with Verizon Wireless: sources

Google Inc  is in active talks  with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about  putting Google applications on phones it offers, people  familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.


U.N. Climate Panel Says Warming Is Man-Made

There is no longer any reasonable doubt that human activities are warming the planet at a dangerous rate, according to a new worldwide assessment of climate science released today by the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.


The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Friday.


Offerta, seconda la societa', si concludera' a luglio


Curlin wins Classic which ends in tragedy

OCEANPORT, New Jersey  - Preakness winner Curlin out dueled Kentucky Derby champion Street Sense to capture the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday.


Forse usate per recenti omicidi nella Piana di Gioia Tauro


LITTLE ROCK -- Doctor Jonathan Drummond-Webb, Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock,was found dead this morning of an apparent suicide.


2 Fund Managers to Pay $80 Million Settlements

The founders of the money management firm Pilgrim Baxter & Associates agreed yesterday to each pay $80 million in a settlement that resolves a longstanding complaint that they improperly profited


Alexa.com can't keep itself up Alexa.com, the page ranking service owned by Amazon, has suffered a week of intermittent downtime.â¦