Baseball New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez has arthritis in his neck and will be sidelined three or four days after receiving a cortisone shot. El Duque, 41, slated to be the No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine in the Mets' suspect rotation, left spring training yesterday and returned to New York to have his neck examined. He underwent an ...


An artist modified a U2 iPod to make a statement about intellectual property rights and free culture, then listed the customized gadget on eBay. Apple wasn't amused, and the auction site removed the listing -- but attorneys say the artist did nothing wrong. By Katie Dean.


Esperti informatici Telecom accusati di incursione rete Rcs


Istat, 2006 segna incremento piu' alto degli ultimi 6 anni


An arthritis drug should have been taken off the market years before it was finally withdrawn, say researchers.


Labour MPs oppose a suggestion political donations - including from unions - be capped at Â£50,000.


Police received warning before Jakarta bombing

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesian authorities were given a warning that Western embassies would be attacked 45 minutes before a suicide car bomb exploded outside the country's Australian embassy, Australia's foreign minister said.


Our South American neighbor expands its production of ethanol and biodiesel. Partnering with Brazil would benefit the economy of a democracy and clean our skies. In Autopia.


The news that Oracle has formerly taken control of PeopleSoft and that David Duffield has resigned as PeopleSoft's CEO comes as no surprise.


Europe's energy stocks provide ray of light

Spanish construction giant Inmobiliaria Colonial plunged 37.7 per cent to EU1.88 this week - leading the Spanish construction and property sector sharply lower - on mounting speculation that its chairman might be forced out.


Aides Say Arafat Has Taken Turn for Worse

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, aboard a French hospital plane enroute from Amman, Jordan, to Paris, France, where he will seek medical treatment, in this picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct. 29, 2004.


Bombs Explode in Nepal Capital as Rebel Siege Bites

Suspected Maoist guerrillas set off  two bombs in and around Nepal's capital on Friday, wounding two  people as the commercial center remained cut off for a third  day by a rebel-imposed blockade.


Jamaica's Port Royal was a bustling town known as the "wickedest city on Earth" more than three centuries ago, until an earthquake and tsunami largely destroyed it.


Detroit Lions assistant coach Joe Cullen was suspended by the NFL for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears for two arrests — one for drunken driving and one for nude driving. He also was fined $20,000 in addition to the one-week suspension.


Critics blast Musharraf's plan to stay on as army chief

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Islamic and secular opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf yesterday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.


European Parliament approves new, reshuffled executive

The European Parliament approved the reshuffled 24-member European Union executive on Thursday, ending a political showdown with incoming EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso over objections to his team.


Pirate copies of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new work are being sold before its release, publishers say.


Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem join forces

There is little obviously similar about Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem.


Better Life Technology has developed unique roll-out garage flooring that beautifies in minutes and protects floors for years. Sizes up to 10' wide available. Helps prevent concrete damage.


Investors like Oracle's latest word on profit

SAN FRANCISCO Shares of Oracle, the software maker, were up more than 7 percent in late trading Wednesday, a day after the company said its first-quarter earnings rose 16 percent on strong demand for its flagship database programs.


Scientists identify a gene which controls the body's ability to repair the nerve damage inflicted by diseases like multiple sclerosis.


Bonanni: sta andando benino, aumento eta' solo con incentivi


LONDON, England -- A British anti-war lawmaker has won a libel case against a newspaper who accused him of receiving secret payments from former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.


Guerrillas stormed a Baghdad police  station and ambushed an American patrol, killing a soldier and  wounding nine, in daylight attacks in the capital on Saturday,  defying efforts to crush a Sunni Muslim revolt.


Annan Backs Stem Cell Studies, Differs with Bush

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the Bush administration's push for a treaty to ban such research.


Demand for microchips that help laptops, video game consoles and other gadgets connect wirelessly to the Internet pushed higher in 2006, a trade group said Monday.


When the National League Rookie of the Year is revealed Monday, fans will get a glimpse into whether or not the writers favored numbers or intangibles.


W.House Expects Probe of Iraq, Guantanamo Abuses

The White House said on Tuesday it  expected a full investigation of prisoner abuses in Iraq and  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after new FBI memos described detainees  facing beatings and having lit cigarettes placed in their ears.


Radio Beat: Stern aims to hitch a ride on satellite radio

Howard Stern plans to be on the airwaves after 2005, but if his fans want to hear him they'll need a new type of radio. The nation's most famous shock-jock, one who created legions of imitators in the radio


KABUL - Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan telephoned home to say they are OK and one expressed hope she soon would be free, officials and relatives said Tuesday.


A tiny craft powered by `Star Trek' technology is standing at the "gateway" to the moon - and a landmark date in the history of European space exploration.


Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth were expected to grace the red carpet for the premiere of the Bridget Jones sequel tonight.


Perugia, 19:47 - CALCIO, PERUGIA: RAVANELLI LAVORA CON IL GRUPPO

Ripresa degli allenamenti per il Perugia in vista del posticipo di lunedÃ¬ contro la Salernitana. In ...


A winter storm moving south across California is making one of the busiest travel weekends of the year even tougher. Fliers and road travelers alike may be affected by the storm that started moving in to southwestern California on Saturday night.


Scientists are praised for finding new autism genes by scanning families with the condition.


SAN'A, Yemen Sept. 29, 2004 - A Yemeni judge sentenced two men to death and four others to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years Wednesday for orchestrating the 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, an


A special event has been organised Friday night to celebrate the 32nd birthday of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, currently here for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend.


Roma, vigilante ucciso in un agguato all'Eur

Un vigilante e' rimasto ucciso in un misterioso agguato al quartiere Eur di Roma. La vittima, Gianluca Pes, di 39 anni, stava nel cortile della sua abitazione in via dei Georgofili quando e' stata raggiunta


Lake Buena Vista, FL (Sports Network) - Briny Baird fired a six-under 66 Friday to move to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of the FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney Resort.


Pass Rate on Test Falls Short of Md. Estimate, Data Show

Maryland school officials proudly noted last week that more than 90 percent of students in the Class of 2009 expected to earn a diploma had passed one of four tests required to graduate. But testing data provided to The Washington Post by local school systems indicate that the number of students who...


Family appeals for release of UK hostage

The family of Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq, has made a direct appeal for his release to the militants who abducted the 62-year old-engineer.


Qaeda urges Bush, non-Muslims to embrace Islam: video

Al Qaeda called on President Bush and   non-Muslims especially in the United States to convert to Islam   and abandon their 'misguided' ways or else suffer the   consequences, according to a video posted on a Web site on   Saturday.


Yahoo has announced that it will introduce a downloadable desktop search. It will use technology licensed from a California-based three-year startup firm, X1 Technologies.


Tropical Storm Jeanneâs death toll in Haiti rose to more than 1,500 and UN peacekeepers were sending reinforcements to help keep order among desperate survivors who have been looting aid trucks and mobbing food distribution centres.


Clinton to ABC: 'Tell the truth' about 9/11

Former President Bill Clinton called for ABC to "tell the truth" in an upcoming miniseries about the events leading up to the 9/11 attacks. Senior officials and advisers in Clinton's administration have attacked the accuracy of "The Path to 9/11," accusing filmmakers of including "fictitious" and even "false and defamatory" scenes of how they responded to the terror threat.


Gov. Jeb Bush will ask the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider its 7-0 ruling against a law designed to keep a brain-damaged woman alive, a spokesman said Monday.


Timber harvesting company Weyerhaeuser Co. said Friday that third-quarter profit rose sharply year-over-year on gains from a sale of timberlands in Georgia and a tenure reallocation agreement with the goverment of British Columbia.


Sharon, with Party Backing, Invites Labor Into Govt

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  invited the opposition Labor Party on Friday to form a national  unity government, seeking to avoid early elections and ensure a  planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.


Cricket: Jayasuriya and Sangakkara boost Sri Lanka's hopes of ...

COLOMBO : Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara slammed brisk half-centuries in the fifth and final one-dayer against South Africa to boost Sri Lanka's hopes of a clean sweep.


Chicago Firm Acquires Rouse for $7.2 Billion

Rouse Co., the real estate developer that transformed America's suburban landscape by creating the indoor shopping mall and self-contained communities far from city centers


A teenager tells a jury he does not know why he stabbed nurse Cheryl Moss to death.


Crude oil prices in Asia reached US$ 52.23 as reports emerge of a possible strike in Nigeria and a sluggish revival of output in key Gulf of Mexico oilfields.


Northwest to be worth $7b after bankruptcy

Northwest Airlines Corp. said yesterday it expects to be worth roughly $7 billion when it emerges from bankruptcy this year, and will pay its unsecured creditors roughly three-quarters of what they are owed.


Mohammed Sarwar, Labour MP for Glasgow Central, will stand down at the next General Election, it emerges.


First ship reaches stranded Canadian sub

A British Royal Navy frigate has reached a crippled Canadian submarine and put a doctor on board the vessel, which was left drifting in heavy seas off the Irish coast


Jarkko Ruutu scored two goals Friday night to lead the surging Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils.


For elderly people who need a little help, a new study suggests that taking a cruise may be a legitimate alternative to assisted living.


Prudential announced plans for a Â£1bn cash call yesterday, shocking investors and sparking an 8% fall in its share price. As the insurer's shares fell to 422p, the pressure was heaped on chief executive Jonathan


All the action as Europe chase the singles points they need to win the Ryder Cup. Latest: USA 5-11 Europe.


Video: Inside The World's Most Expensive Home

(220 sec.) A house built for a billionaire's billionaire.


Office Depot parts company with chief exec

Stationery retailer Office Depot has announced the resignation of Bruce Nelson, its chairman and chief executive. Nelson has left the US and European retailer by mutual agreement with the board.


Sharon, Peres reach deal on coalition government

Jerusalem -- Israel inched closer yesterday to a new coalition government that would enforce next year's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, where five Palestinians died in an upsurge of violence.


Da quattro a due per l'aggregazione, restano Bpvn e Bper


Chris Young strikes out nine and Mike Cameron scores on an error at home in the ninth to give San Diego a 1-0 victory over the Marlins.


White House, lawmakers near economy plan

The White House and U.S. lawmakers moved closer on Wednesday to agreement on an election-year economic package that President George W. Bush said would be "robust" enough to lift the economy out of the doldrums.


12/10/04 - News - Berlino - Un'affollata conferenza della comunitÃ  OpenOffice.org si Ã¨ tenuta nella capitale tedesca nei giorni scorsi, occasione per entrare nei dettagli di una nuova strategia di marketing con cui i promotori della suite software


Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party, exit polls indicated.


Nepal government cans film on king's forefather

Since the fall of King Gyanendra's government in Nepal and the restoration of democracy, the Maoists are busy making films on their decade-old "People's War".


The power to put the entertainment industry back to work was in the hands of writers Tuesday as guild members voted on whether to end their 3-month strike by accepting the terms of a tentative contract.


The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed filed civil fraud charges against both Lord Conrad Black and his former deputy at Hollinger International, David Radler.


New German Mobile Phone to Detect Bad Breath

A German telecommunications company said  on Tuesday it is developing the first mobile phone that will  alert users when their breath is bad or if they are giving off  offensive smells.


Voli per l'Italia tutti pieni, turisti bloccati in aeroporto


Battery Ventures partner Carl Stjernfeldt takes his seat as a new board member at Tejas Networks today, as Wellesley's Battery invests $15 million in Tejas. This is standard practice in the venture capital business except that, in this case, Stjernfeldt's trip to his first board meeting took him nearly 24 hours.


British Airways PLC reached a pay accord early Saturday with two unions, averting a planned strike during the Aug. 27-30 holiday weekend by 11,000 baggage handlers and check-in workers.


Wall St on defensive as AIG adds to gloom

US stocks were mixed on Monday as worries about increased credit losses at American International Group (NYSE:AIG) added to fears that US companies face further credit-related turmoil.


The sneakwrap techniques of never making a promise to your customers you can't break have been perfected mostly by the software and telecom industries.


Thai Tsunami Tourist Toll 2,200 and Rising

The known toll of foreign tourists killed around Thailand's Khao Lak beach neared 2,000 and was still rising on Friday as Asia's tsunami catastrophe resonated beyond the Indian Ocean into European hearts.


AMERICA/CUBA - La Chiesa cubana si prepara a celebrare i 400 anni di presenza della Vergine della CaritÃ : Âun tempo di grazia per seminare il VangeloÂ El Cobre (Agenzia Fides) - Alla fine del mese di gennaio, su convocazione dellÂArcivescovo Primate di Cuba, Mons. Dionisio GarcÃa IbaÃ±ez, un gruppo di 40 persone provenienti da tutte le diocesi di Cuba si Ã¨ riunito a El Cobre per preparare una bozza ...


Italy premier: Iran must not get weapons

Italian Premier Romano Prodi said Monday that Iran must be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons and called on Gaza's Hamas rulers to release a captured Israeli soldier.


Firm casts eyes over the Atlantic E-learning provider ThirdForce has received approval from shareholders to make a $18m acquisition of US firm MindLeaders.â¦


Altana to launch key Alvesco asthma drug in UK

German drugmaker Altana says it is launching its key asthma treatment Alvesco in the UK immediately and plans to start selling the drug in Germany next month.


U.S. Soldier Sentenced to 8 Years for Iraq Abuse

U.S. Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick was  sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday for sexually and  physically abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad.


The British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett holds talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


(Source: Hewlett Packard) One of the big reasons for the growth of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) is a better user experience. But while these next-generation applications promise a radically different customer experience, they also have the potential to overwhelm the servers and networks that deliver the content to client browsers. This white paper helps uncover the many unknowns around stress testing Web 2.0 applications.


MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government which it said was the only way to ensure stability in the Middle East.


J. Crew's impressive Q3 numbers belie long-term value concerns.


Conflitto d'interessi Tutti contro tutti?

Il progetto di legge scatena aspre polemiche nel governo e nell'opposizione. Voi cosa ne pensate?


Bush Announces 4-Nation Team to Coordinate Aid for Southern Asia

Breaking his holiday silence, President Bush promised a long-range American commitment today to help countries battered by earthquake-spawned waves.


Ferrari out front after opening day in Brazil.

Rubens Barrichello had a smile on his face after the first day of running at Interlagos, after topping the time sheets in Friday practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.


Competition Bureau and Air Canada end dispute over predatory ...

MONTREAL (CP) - The Competition Bureau and Air Canada have ended their litigation over allegations that the airline engaged in anti-competitive practices against low-cost carriers WestJet and CanJet.


Qaeda urges Bush, non-Muslims to embrace Islam: video

Al Qaeda called on President Bush and   non-Muslims especially in the United States to convert to Islam   and abandon their 'misguided' ways or else suffer the   consequences, according to a video posted on a Web site on   Saturday.


Calcio a 5: l'Italia "brasiliana" in semifinale

Ai Mondiali di Taipei, gli azzurri di Nuccorini centrano per la prima volta la simifinale iridata. Battuta la Repubblica Ceca (3-0) grazie alle reti di Grana, Bertoni e Zanetti. VenerdÃ¬ sfida per la finale con l'Argentina.


NBC reaches Amazon TV deal after iTunes break

NBC Universal has reached a deal  for online retailer Amazon.com Inc to sell television show  downloads, it said on Tuesday, just days after the media  company pulled the plug on a contract with Apple Inc'siTunes.


Francoforte, 15:06 - CALCIO, FEDERAZIONE TEDESCA: DANNOSE CRITICHE AGLI ARBITRI

Anche nel calcio tedesco non mancano le polemiche sugli arbitri. Dopo l'ultimo turno della Bundeslig...


The owner-workers of Wales' last deep mine meet to decide when it should close for the final time.


The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is Little Nicky, a 9-week-old kitten delivered to a Texan saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.


A Dutch TV competition in which patients vied to win a dying woman's kidneys is revealed as a hoax.


The mother of one of two students from the District shot early Friday at Delaware State University said yesterday that her son, who is hospitalized with two shattered ankle bones, was an innocent bystander who was unaware of the gunman's identity or the incident that triggered the shootings.


UK factory orders showed a surprise improvement in August, according to a survey from the CBI business group.


Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide.


Green Bay's Favre overtakes Marino record in win over Rams

Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre became the NFL's career leader in yards passing when he guided the Green Bay Packers to a 33-14 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.


Police Patrol Najaf, Workers Clear Rubble

The crash of explosions and crackle of gunfire that have torn through Najaf for weeks gave way Saturday to the clangs of shovels clearing the destruction and the wail of police sirens announcing the return of government control to the devastated holy city.


Hundreds of British soldiers being deployed to provide cover for U.S. troops have arrived at their base near Baghdad, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.


Webcasters Would Be Obliterated by Royalty Pricing Scheme

Music-industry providers are negotiating a flat rate with webcasters because their current royalty plan would bankrupt most of them.


Marrow Has Cells Like Stem Cells, Tests Show

If verified, the research could shake up the debate over human embryo research that has divided the country for the past six years.


New Grand Theft Auto Video Game Heads to Xbox

Video game hit "Grand Theft Auto:  San Andreas" is coming to the Xbox and personal computer  platforms next June, publisher Take-Two Interactive Software  Inc.TTWO.O said on Thursday.


Scott Granneman: Unethical choices by major tech companies

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Attention profiling: how radical do you want radical transparency to be?

APML is a proposed standard that allows users to share their own personal attention profile and compress all forms of attention data into one portable file format that can be traded between attention seekers and givers.


Software, shopping, and shipping will rock your world next week.


Kenyans pleaded on Wednesday for an end to violence that has killed 850 people and created unprecedented horror in the east African nation's darkest moment since 1963 independence.


REDMOND, Wash., Aug 28, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The Microsoft Corp. has decided to advance the timetable on its much-anticipated overhaul of Windows, the Financial Times reported Saturday.


Napravnik Will Aim to Conquer Dash on 'Attila'

With his regular jockey and his favored alternatives all booked, trainer Richard Schosberg gets Anna Rose Napravnik to ride Attila's Storm in the Grade I $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash.


Colin Powell says Guantanamo should be closed

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay for foreign terrorism suspects should be immediately closed and its inmates moved to the United States.


Zoo Atlanta announced the birth of a giant panda cub Wednesday. On its official Web site, the zoo said the cub was born to Lun Lun at 4:51p.m. ET.


"Dirt" and "Riches" face abrupt season finales

LOS ANGELES  - There will be less "Dirt" and "Riches" on FX's schedule this year. In a sign of what's in store for TV series whose production was affected by the writers' strike, FX has opted not to produce more episodes for the two series' second seasons.


Iraq's national security adviser today announced plans for the start of a national arms amnesty aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to anti-government forces.


Remote Uzbek Villages Receive State TV Signals By Satellite

Excerpt from report by Uzbek TV on 8 December  [Presenter] A satellite network for spreading television and radio signals was put into operation today. Residents of over 300 villages, situated in regions which are remote and difficult to access, now watch and listen to us.


Russia Looks to Boost Software Production

Russia is seeking to slow the exodus of computer specialists and increase software production, a top government official said Friday, in an effort that some hope will help diversify the country's oil-dependent economy.


Peeking in the window for Apple WWDC clues

Blog: CNET News.com treks over to Moscone Center to see how the preparations are going for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.


Europe's New Members Not Ready for the Euro

Six months after the European Union admitted 10 new members, capping their journey from Communism to the free market, they got a blunt reminder that the club's inner sanctum, its currency union, will remain off ...


Reserve forward Cornell Glen scores in the 68th minute to help the MetroStars to a 3-2 comeback win over the Revolution Saturday night.


PUSAT Kembangan Pendidikan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PKP UKM) is now offering more than 30 Master's programmes, all of which are designed to meet the needs of professionals and field officers.


Britain rules out deploying troops to strife-torn Darfur

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stressed that his country had no plans to deploy troops to the troubled western region of Sudan, but said that Britain stood ready to support the African Union military presence in the region.


Lisbona, 18:27 - TIRO A VOLO, MONDIALE PERCORSO CACCIA: ORO A KATIUSCIA SPADA

La 25enne umbra Katiuscia Spada ha vinto il tirolo mondiale di Compak Sporting, ovvero il Percorso d...


Troops and riot police took up positions outside at least six big activist monasteries in Yangon on Wednesday as Myanmar's junta tried to prevent monks leading new protest marches against military rule, witnesses said.


London shares dive 3.30 percent in opening trade

London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares plunged by 3.30 percent to 5,393.90 points just after the start of trading on Tuesday as fears of a US recession intensified.


Palestinian leaders seek to visit Arafat

Abu Mazen, Abu Ala and Nabil Shaath to meet French president, ministers in bid to see their ailing leader despite Suha Arafatâs refusal.


What was Eric Mangini thinking? "I'm like, dude, I don't even know what the calls are," Troy Brown replied when Mangini informed the Patriots wide receiver during training camp that Brown would begin playing defense as well. "I won't know what to do."


Wigan and Great Britain rugby league captain Andy Farrell looks set to switch codes.


WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Virginia Commonwealth nearly cut short No. 2 Wake Forest's NCAA Tournament run last season.


Potential purchasers of Northern Rock will have until February 4 to make a bid to the government


Though the ten drivers competing in the Chase are enjoying group dinners and appearances now, it will be back to business when the flag falls on Sunday.


Kolo Toure and Tomas Rosicky score the goals as Arsenal stay top of the Premier League with a win against Bolton.


A longtime preserve of the wealthy white elite has blossomed into the favored bedroom community of rap's moneyed set.


ChiSox trade Lee to Brewers for Poz, Vizcaino

Lee, who batted .305 with 31 homers and 99 RBIs last season, gives the Brewers a right-handed slugger in the middle of the lineup to complement Geoff Jenkins and Lyle Overbay, both left-handed hitters.


Australia's Labor renews pledge to bring troops home from Iraq

SYDNEY : The opposition Labor Party renewed its pledge to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq if it wins October 9 elections, setting relations with ally Washington at the centre of the election campaign.


Xcel agrees to double spending on power lines

State regulators on Thursday approved a settlement requiring Xcel Energy to double its spending on cable repair to improve electric reliability.


AFRICA/CONGO RD - ÂUna seria indagine per gli incidenti del Bas-CongoÂ chiesta  dai Vescovi al termine della riunione del Comitato permanente della Conferenza Episcopale Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- I Vescovi congolesi esprimono la loro preoccupazione per Âi dolorosi avvenimenti accaduti nelle ultime settimane nel Paese, in particolare nella provincia del Bas-CongoÂ, in un comunicato diffuso al termine del Comitato perm...


A Hampden County grand jury has indicted the Most Rev. Thomas L. Dupre, the retired Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, on two charges of child rape.


Mibtel in progresso dello 0,2%, SP/Mib dello 0,11%


Google plan sees phones by mid-2008: report

Web search leader Google Inc is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.


Per il calo delle vendite registrato a gennaio


Finisar Empowers UNH InterOperability Lab to Offer SANMark Testing for 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel Devices

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a technology leader for fiber optic components and network test and monitoring systems, and the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), today announced the offering of SANMark testing for 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel products.


A 5-year-old girl saved her infant sister from a possible attack by an Australian wild dog - called a dingo - on an island where the animals savaged a 9-year-old boy to death three years ago.


An 84-year-old German woman who hid her past as a death camp guard is deported from the US.


Allstate Says Charley Could Hurt Results

Allstate Corp. , the No. 2 U.S.  home and auto insurer, on Monday said potential losses stemming  from Hurricane Charley could hurt its current results.


BAGHDAD (CBS) Five US servicemen lost their lives to car bombs in Iraq, the US military said Saturday, the latest in a string of such attacks at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.


He had done just about everything the right way all year, until he reached Olympic competition Friday night. Alan Webb had run his best-ever time in the mile this year.


Study: 95 percent of all e-mail sent in 2007 was spam

We're being inundated by spam.  How could community-based approaches help?


Cherie Blair has signed a book deal to write about her life as a leading British human rights lawyer and the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, her publisher said Wednesday.


Shawn Wang, the chief financial officer of Baidu.com, China's top search engine, was killed in an accident on D...


The prime ministers of Norway, Sweden and Finland are visiting Thailand to see for themselves the devastation wrought by the Asian tsunami disaster.


Amazon Consolidates in Growing Area of Seattle

Amazon.com, the worldâs largest online retailer, will soon finally have one place to call home.


Criticism mounts on Indonesia's Megawati as military chief slams promotions

Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri, under increasing fire in her last days as president for failing to admit poll defeat, has come under new criticism from the country's military chief over controverisal promotions.


NASA Buys Microgravity Flights From Zero-G

WASHINGTON — NASA awarded Zero Gravity Corp. a $4.7 million, one-year contract to conduct parabolic flights aboard its specially modified Boeing 727 jetliner to provide brief periods of weightlessness for agency experiments and personnel.


Microsoft adds clustering and VSS to Virtual Server

SLES 10 and Solaris welcomed too Viridian remains Microsoft's virtualization priority, but that hasn't stopped the software maker from refining the existing Virtual Server package. Microsoft this week dumped a number of new virtualization tools in the final version of Service Pack 1 for Virtual Server 2005 R2.â¦


Senator: Firms exploit option-deduction rule

American companies claimed tax deductions for issuing their executives stock options that exceeded their reported costs by $43 billion in 2005, according to a Senate panel whose chairman wants to limit the tax savings.


EU, Iran Play Down Chances of Nuclear Breakthrough

European and Iranian officials began fresh talks on Tuesday on Western demands Tehran abandon plans to make nuclear fuel because of fears it could be used for weapons, but neither side expected a breakthrough.


Killing of Italian journalist condemned as 'barbaric'

International press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders today expressed revulsion at the "barbaric" death of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni and said it had heightened fears for the safety of other missing reporters in the area.


Imitation can be the sincerest form of confusion.


Roma, 15:06 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: GLI ARBITRI DI DOMENICA

Questi gli arbitri designati a dirigere gli incontri della 25/a giornata del campionato di serie C2 ...


A major child prostitution network is broken in South Africa, and 59  Nigerian men are arrested, police say.


Roma, 13:45 - BOCCE, RIZZOLI ELETTO PRESIDENTE MONDIALE

Romolo Rizzoli, 65 anni, presidente della Federazione italiana bocce dal 1993, è stato eletto...


The IMF says China must not slacken efforts to ease too-rapid growth and urges it to reform exchange rates.


Kevin Hart, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound offensive lineman, offered a broad apology saying the lie was largely wishful thinking.


The Washington Wizards made the most of their first national TV appearance in 20 months, building a quick lead with balanced scoring last night in a 107-96 victory over the visiting Seattle SuperSonics.


Detainees at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were shackled to the floor in fetal positions for more than 24 hours at a time, left without food and water, and


Mosca: in arrivo cibo su stazione spaziale

MOSCA (Russia) - Sta per agganciare la Stazione spaziale internazionale il cargo russo Progress M-51 che reca rifornimenti per gli astronauti della Iss. Il suo arrivo e' previsto alle 24, ora italiana. A bordo


The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Bert Caldwell Column: Bert Caldwell: Water's at Stake in Ebb and Flow of Politics

By Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 8--Worrying about water when the morning air is so saturated you cannot see a block ahead may seem strange, but why wait for spring runoff?   And there will be a runoff, for which no small thanks is owed.


Congressmen: Coast Guard Withdraws Plans for Live Fire on Great Lakes

The U.S. Coast Guard is withdrawing plans to periodically close 6,475 square kilometres of the Great Lakes for live machine-gun exercises, three congressmen said Monday.


Consumers apparently shook off their worries about higher gas prices during May, shopping with enthusiasm at stores and malls and giving many retailers better-than-expected results. A big exception was Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whose low-income consumers are feeling the biggest financial squeeze from $3-a-gallon gas.


Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario Â troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.


Bush launches Middle East peace drive in Israel

U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Israel on Wednesday aiming to boost efforts to achieve a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before he leaves office in a year.


The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.


Wash. gay couples line up for new rights

Dozens of gay and lesbian couples lined up to register as domestic partners Monday as a new Washington state law went into effect.


Ex-Philippine officials urge Arroyo cabinet to resign

More than 50 former top Philippine government officials, including a one-time head of the central bank, urged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's cabinet to resign on Sunday over a multi-million dollar corruption scandal.


Media Frenzy: The Hat Trick That DidnÂt Happen

High-definition TV is great, but just how many people watch it?


Officers holding 14 men arrested in anti-terror raids in London are given more time for questioning.


Red Sox blitz Indians to force series decider

The Boston Red Sox hammered the Cleveland Indians 12-2 on Saturday to force a seventh and deciding game in the American League Championship Series.


In the moments before a snowboard cross race, Peter Foley, the United States snowboard coach, has found that sometimes the best way to help Lindsey Jacobellis is to distract her.


Madonna's "Confessions" tour sets record

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Madonna will wrap her Confessions   tour Thursday at the Tokyo Dome as the top-grossing tour ever   by a female artist.


Petacchi, quarta vittoria Lo spagnolo Heras resta leader

Malaga (Spagna), 17 settembre 2004 - Quarto successo di Alessandro Petacchi alla Vuelta. Il corridore italiano ha bruciato oggi il tedesco Erik Zabel sul traguardo di Malaga, al termine della 13.ma tappa, una


Having come so far in such short time, Troy Smith knows he can't rest now. There is one more game in his college career, one more chance to show a lot of people they were wrong about him, one more chance to prove he's not just a football player, he's a quarterback.


Horror Minus Perspective in a Tale of the Holocaust

This slow, earnest picture is a minor example of what has become a major genre: the feel-good Holocaust picture.


ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-Donald Trump will retain the position of chairman and CEO at Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts as part of the complex restructuring of the company.


Chipper Jones drove in four runs to back a strong start from John Smoltz, helping the Atlanta Braves beat Washington 13-0 on Wednesday night and sweep a three-game series from the Nationals.


NBC's 'Jury' Will Carry on Without Orbach

LOS ANGELES  - NBC will proceed with  plans to introduce the new series "Law & Order: Trial by Jury"  despite the death of one of its stars, Jerry Orbach.


HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Now that they have used up their two pitching stars to even the National League Championship Series at two games apiece, the Houston Astros must turn to the back end of their rotation in a crucial Game Five vs.


Government troops retaliate violently against protesters in Burma's capital, sealing off streets and firing into crowds


Unlike days of yore, the road to the Stanley Cup does not lead through Montreal. However, the sure road to defeat leads through the Canadiens' power play, and the Bruins last night showed up with MapQuest directions to disaster that routed them through the Habs' man-advantage.


Steve Slaton's speed and Maryland's sloppiness turned No. 5 West Virginia's first anticipated test of the season into a laugher.


Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Bali, One Dead

A powerful earthquake rocked  Indonesia's premier tourist island of Bali on Wednesday,  killing one person, injuring at least two and triggering some  panic, hospital officials and local radio said.


U.S. senator wants "czar" to ensure import safety

A leading critic of China in the U.S. Senate called on Sunday for creation of a new American "import czar," saying the current maze of federal oversight has failed to protect consumers against harmful Chinese imports.


China Chooses Homegrown Mobile Tech for Olympics

China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.


Pentagon eyes $468.9 bln budget for fiscal 2008

The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.


UN Fears Fresh Fighting in Darfur After Rains End

UN officials worried on Thursday an end to the rainy season could lead to fresh fighting in Sudan's Darfur region and urged governments to do more to help speed African Union troops to the troubled area.


US core inflation hotter than expected in September

WASHINGTON: US consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2 percent last month, a government report showed on Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.


Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has moved to calm tensions ahead of tonight's Carling Cup quarter-final clash at Old Trafford by insisting there is no long-term vendetta between the clubs.


Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global  mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects  growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile  standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006.


Body of female U.S. climber found in China

Chinese rescuers have found the body of an American climber on a remote mountain eight months after she disappeared, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.


Shredding what had been the NFL's leading defense against the rush, Priest Holmes and Derrick Blaylock each scored four times on the ground Sunday in Kansas City's stunning 56-10 rout of Atlanta.


European anarchists join Denmark rioters

Anarchists from across northern Europe flocked to join protesters in the Danish capital on Saturday after two nights of riots sparked by the eviction of squatters from an abandoned building that had been a center for young leftists and punk rockers.


As New York Fashion Week begins, traveling editors need to pack and travel practically, but with style.


Hachette and Nellymoser Start Up Car and Driver for Mobile Phones

Nellymoser, the leading mobile media and service delivery platform  provider, today announces that Car and Driver magazine, published  by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., has steered its content to the mobile  channel using its ASAO platform.


When scientists opened the watch belonging to the H.L. Hunley commander three years ago, they thought they had the key clue to why the Confederate submarine sank off Charleston.


Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. said on Tuesday the company's founder will star in a new syndicated television show to air in fall 2005, after the trendsetter has completed her jail sentence for lying about a suspicious stock sale.


Knick Embraces Chance to Make New Impression

Mardy Collins has gone from obscure rookie to notorious brawl starter. But in the final quarter of the season he is seeking a new identity.


More GIs, Families Trust Bush, Poll Finds

When asked whom they would trust as commander in chief, people in military service and their families chose President Bush over Sen. John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, by almost a 3-to-1 margin.


Two North Carolina residents yesterday became the first people in the nation to be convicted on felony spamming charges after a Loudoun County jury found that they flooded tens of thousands


Una regia agile per un clima di 'divertissemant'


Peter Jennings interviewed Bill Clinton as he prepared to open his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark. (ABCNEWS). Nov. 17, 2004 -- If former President Clinton has been more absorbed in his thoughts than usual lately, it shouldn't be a surprise.


I got beaten up. It was my fault. I asked for the whipping. This is how it happened:


A US advisory panel on Friday will review data on an experimental drug that is injected into the eye to stop vision loss in elderly patients at risk of going blind.


Wrangling in Parliament over a possible ban on hunting with dogs is entering what could be its final week.


more Iran talks needed, sanctions flawed

By Francois MurphyPARIS - French President Jacques Chirac said on Monday talks with Iran on its nuclear ambitions should be pursued since U.N. sanctions have never worked well, a fresh hint of EU misgivings ...


Warned that the barrage of Persian arrows would hide the sun at Thermopylae, the Spartan hero Dienekes replied with cool bravado, It will be pleasant to fight in the shade.


Federal Reserve policy-makers  gathered on Tuesday, with the expectation they will lift U.S.  interest rates for a third time this year despite lingering  signs of economic stress.


Siracusa, era entrato incappucciato a casa della donna


Lewis Hamilton avoids any punishment but McLaren are fined 15,000 euros after breaking a tyre rule during Friday's practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.


Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has said that 'major neglect' by US-led forces led to the killing of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents at the weekend.


Portuguese voters were deciding on Sunday whether to legalize abortion in a referendum which could bring the overwhelmingly Catholic country closer into line with most other European states.


In Brief: Panasonic takes Blu-ray testing to Hollywood

(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) will open a testing laboratory Friday for Blu-ray Disc content in Hollywood. The center will verify whether the Blu-ray Disc content of providers like movie studios meets technical specifications and can be played on a range of Blu-ray Disc hardware, the company said. Panasonic said at present there is no way to do this before discs are replicated. The new center will be operated by Panasonic Corp. of North America and located within the existing Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory. Panasonic is one of the major backers of Blu-ray Disc and sits alongside companies like Sony and Samsung Electronics on the committee that sets the format. The number of Blu-ray Disc players in the U.S. grew slowly last year as did those for the rival HD DVD format. However Blu-ray Disc got a boost in November when Sony's PlayStation 3 went on sale.


A couple accused of tying up their pregnant daughter and driving out of state in the hopes of forcing her to undergo an abortion will only face charges back home in Maine after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case in New Hampshire where they were arrested.


Parma, 19:29 - Calcio, Parma: 5-3 alla Primavera, affaticamento per Gilardino

Il Parma ha battuto in amichevole la formazione Primavera 5-3. Per la prima squadra hanno segnato Mo...


A Cecchina, colpito da tubo mentre lavorava a impianto fogne


Il ministro accusa l'europarlamentare di essere intervenutonella vicenda della sua esclusione dalla Commissione Ue                                          Buttiglione: "Io, cacciato dal pedofilo Cohn-Bendit"                                                                                La replica: "Spero che nel 2005 trovi il tempo per riposare"


Sono Stefano Ambrosini, Antonio Bene e Vincenzo Nicastro


Sixth-seeded Guillermo Canas of Argentina beat wild card Julian Knowle of Austria 6-2, 6-4 Monday on the first day of the CA Trophy.


Interpol joins the investigation into the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, officials say.


One returning Hollywood writer asked, âCan anyone remember what we were working on three months ago?â


AMD's Barcelona Chip to Get Speed Boost This Year

The company says it would have a faster version of the quad-core Opteron device out by year's end.


ICANN considers proposal to stop 'domain tasting'

A proposal by the overseer of the Internet's addressing system could make it a lot easier for people to reserve the domain name they want for their Web site.


Ex-Cheney aide gets 10 years in prison in spy case

NEWARK, New Jersey  - A former White House official who took top secret documents from U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office and gave then to opposition figures in the Philippines was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison.


Letter: Analysts observation not exactly earthshaking.


Roma, 14:28 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: TOTTI PER IL DERBY RECUPERERA'

Luciano Spalletti è fiducioso ed è convinto che Totti scenderà in campo domani ...


When Spanish actress Paz Vega landed in Los Angeles in October to begin work on her first American movie, she didn't know one word of English.


Blair: Sudan must end violence in Darfur

LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday the Sudanese government must end the violence in its western region of Darfur or face possible action by the United Nations.


Home Depot cuts 2007 earnings outlook, cites housing

Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc.  on Tuesday cut its 2007 earnings outlook, citing weakness in the U.S. housing market.


Police detain woman for selling 118 babies

Police in central China have detained a woman who was being sought for more than four years in connection with the sale of dozens of babies across the country, state media reported on Tuesday.


Findings: Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan

Some economists have argued that there is no such thing as âpure altruism,â but a new study has spotted it in the brains of students.


Stocks fall on qtr's last day as PMI disappoints

U.S. stocks ended the final day of the  second quarter on a down note, slipping on Friday after  weaker-than-expected data on Chicago-area manufacturing stirred  concerns about the economy and offset fresh hopes for a faster  turnaround at General Motors Corp. .


=== Davenport, Serena ready for Day-1 action in LA ===

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Current world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport and former top-ranked superstar Serena Williams will be among those seeing action Wednesday night at the season-ending $3 million WTA Tour Championships.


Seattle has a problem in loss at Houston

Tracy McGrady scored 36 points to match Ray Allen on Wednesday night and lead the Houston Rockets to 112-102 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics, who tied a franchise record with their 14th consecutive road loss.


France hopeful that journalists will be released

Signs suggest hope for a possible release of the two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said Saturday.


Blog: Amidst thousands of comments about whether Net neutrality rules are needed, media conglomerate urges FCC to stress that broadband providers must fight transfer of copyrighted works.


Q&A: Red Hat CEO believes Delta past isn't a liability

Jim Whitehurst, 40, thinks his experience as Delta's COO will help him turn Red Hat into a big company. Also, he talks the open-source talk.


Obama succeeds with voters of every stripe, even Republican

Democrat Barack Obama scored well among every segment of voters, including Republicans, in his landslide victory over GOP candidate Alan Keyes in their bid for the US Senate seat from Illinois.


In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation.


Dolphin's Thomas to miss Jets game after concussion

Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas has  been ruled out of Sunday's game at the New York Jets due to  concussion, the NFL team said on Friday.


US President George W. Bush telephoned Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams Sunday to discuss US mediation in the conflict in Northern Ireland.


Business in the gambling halls of Biloxi, Miss., has reached all-time highs in recent months, and a similar story has been unfolding in New Orleans.


Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan has decided to end his holdout and return for a 15th NFL season with the New York Giants.


As internet firms are doing all they can to combat junk e-mail, a new form of virtual irritation is emerging.


The Mets, as expected, shook up most of their Major League coaching staff on Wednesday, moves that coincide with the search for a new manager.


Nordstrom Inc. JWN.N on Tuesday  posted a 34 percent rise in its quarterly profit, helped by a  better-than-expected increase in same-store sales as the  upscale department store chain focused on keeping a lid on  expenses.


Democrats craft Iraq troop withdrawal deadline

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have tentatively settled on a timetable and conditions for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, which they hope to attach to a $100 billion Iraq war spending bill, senior lawmakers said on Wednesday.


An Arab Druze producer of CNN, a resident of the Galilee in Israel, was kidnapped at Arab gunpoint in Gaza City last night, and no word of his whereabouts has been heard.


"Underinvested" Citigroup behind in branches

The United States is in the middle of a retail banking war, but Citigroup Inc., one of the biggest U.S. banks, has fallen behind.


Nell'ambito dell'inchiesta sui test di ingresso a facolta'


U.S. OMB pushes for software as a service

InfoWorld - A top official with the U.S. White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gave her strongest endorsement yet to SaaS (software as a service), saying Wednesday it can help federal agencies cut development costs.


New York, 13:37 - TENNIS, SAMPRAS: FEDERER SUPERERA' IL MIO RECORD

"Federer è destinato a superare il mio record di 14 Slam nei prossimi due anni. Non vedo all'...


Poverty, war, HIV affect over 1 billion children, UNICEF says

PRETORIA -- More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in the 1980s and '90s have stalled in the past decade.


Lleyton Hewitt made it a sad US Open farewell for Wayne Ferreira with a clinical straight-sets victory. The No4 seed breezed into the second round after a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 triumph.


Millions of South Africans consult more than 200 000 traditional healers, who use rituals and herbal medicines to treat a wide range of illnesses.


A video game released to coincide with the 41st anniversary of President John F. Kennedyâs assassination has been criticised by the Kennedy family.


Bernanke says subprime losses could reach $100 bln

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said losses associated with subprime mortgages could reach $100 billion.


In the standoff between retirement savings and college savings, retirement wins.


Prisoner found after escaping with taunting note

One of two men who escaped from a county jail in New Jersey last month was back in custody Tuesday, authorities said.


AC Milan is not worried about its slow start to open the season. A 1-1-1 record against three clubs considered inferior to the defending Serie A champion is no reason to be concerned, players and club officials say.


Offerta vincolante su 76,26% azioni era atteso entro il 2007


Life is bleak for the gold miners and their families working more than 5km up in the Peruvian Andes.


Not only did the world join him in heralding the arrival   of the most genetically blessed offspring in all the land, but his   latest big screen venture, the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed   Babel, took home a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.


Merck shares plunge after report it had Vioxx risks

Shares of Merck (MRK) plunged more than 7% Monday after a report said the pharmaceutical giant apparently hid or denied evidence for years that its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx causes heart problems.


Banks and miners helped European equities markets recover on Tuesday, as a combination of strong metals prices and hopes for a US rate cut helped lift the mood.


South Africa's Prince repels West Indies bowlers in cricket Test

Ashwell Prince steered South Africa to a potentially crucial first innings lead on the third day of the second Test against the West Indies developed into a war of attrition at Newlands on Friday.


Security to Chiranjeevi's daughter, son-in-law extended

The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the police protection to the daughter and son-in-law of Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi in the capital for further two weeks in the wake of delay in getting security for them in Hyderabad.


PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - As the remnants of Hurricane Charley disintegrated off the New England coast on Sunday, Florida residents began the massive task of cleaning up from a storm that state officials estimated caused damages as high as $11 billion for insured homes alone...


Rubens Barrichello was delighted to finish Friday's practice sessions at Interlagos in the P1 slot. The Ferrari driver desperately wants to finish his home race, the Brazilian GP, and clinch the victory.


Manchester United today confirmed that the US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer was preparing a "potential revision" to a previous offer for the club.


A pair of accidents that killed more than 300 miners has underscored the human price China pays for its booming economy and ravenous appetite for coal, an industry that's seen more than 4,500 workers killed on the job this year.


Per inchiesta su mala sanita', Pdci e Idv votano per arresto


Broker indicted in Spitzer late trading fund probe

A New York stockbroker was indicted on  Thursday on securities fraud and other charges in connection  with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe into late  trading in mutual funds, Spitzer said.


Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima asked sport's highest review panel to award him an Olympic gold medal after he was attacked by a spectator while leading the race at the Athens Games.


Injured Sharapova quits semi-final, Hingis wins

World number one Maria Sharapova retired in the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic due to a hamstring injury.


p2pnet.net News:- âExpertâ witness Melbourne professor Leon Sterling, produced by Big Music in the Kazaa civil trial currently unfolding in Australia, apparently once offered to speak for Kazaa owner Sharman Networks.


"Invincible" fends off mixed bag of newcomers

LOS ANGELES  - Disney's "Invincible"   edged out newcomers "Crank" and "The Wicker Man" at the North   American box office during the Labor Day holiday weekend,   according to final data issued Tuesday.


The US supreme court throws out a ruling that Philip Morris must pay $79.5m to the widow of a dead cigarette smoker.


Overconfidence usually isn't an issue when facing the nation's seventh-ranked team on the road, yet Maryland has every reason to feel smug about its chances of winning Saturday against West Virginia.


China to evict petitioners before Olympics

Aggrieved citizens from China's provinces live in a crowded Beijing village while petitioning the government, which plans to raze the village ahead of the Olympics.


RBS trio doubles ABN stake to over 8 pct: report

A group led by Royal Bank of Scotland  has doubled its stake in ABN AMRO  to more than 8 percent, cutting the cost of its takeover bid for the bank by about 1 percent, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.


U.S.-Mexico border fence may harm animal migration

DOUGLAS, Arizona  - A plan to fence off a third of   the U.S. border to stop illegal immigration from Mexico may   harm migration routes used by animals including rare birds and   jaguars, environmentalists and U.S. authorities warn.


The International Monetary Fund has warned of a possible sharp fall in UK house prices, according to reports. The IMFâs World Economic Outlook said that, based on interest rate


THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a rocket was fired at his helicopter as it was landing in the south-eastern town of Gardez.


Reggio Calabria, 17:26 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MAZZARRI: ARBITRI CI HANNO PENALIZZATO

Il pareggio di sabato scorso in casa dell'Atalanta a Walter Mazzarri, allenatore della Reggina, non ...


Firenze, 17:30 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; LUCARELLI: MAI PENSATO DI RINUNCIARE A NAZIONALE

Cristiano Lucarelli non ha mai pensato di rinunciare alla Nazionale. ''Non ho mai pensato di dire no...


Ferrara, sono i poliziotti coinvolti nell'arresto e nella morte del diciottenneLa madre del ragazzo ha combattuto per due anni per arrivare alla veritÃ                                           Caso Aldrovandi, svolta nel processo Quattro agenti rinviati a giudizio


Two of the world's biggest telecom gear makers have tied the knot, eight months after France's Alcatel SA announced plans to buy U.S. rival Lucent Technologies Inc. and create a global force that can cash in on hot "triple-play" services offering phone, TV and Internet together.


UK police get more time to quiz terrorism suspects

British police were on Thursday given an extra week to question nine men arrested on suspicion of plotting to kidnap and kill a Muslim British soldier.


There was celebration on Wall Street and Main Street -- and K Street, too -- as President Bush won reelection and Republicans increased their majorities in both houses of Congress.


Janice D'Aloia of Portland, Ore., has about 1.5 million frequent flier miles on United Airlines. Chris Thomas, a marketing executive in Jacksonville, Fla.


Daisuke Matsuzaka got as much support from slumping Julio Lugo on Tuesday night as he had gotten from the Red Sox in any of his six previous starts, pitching eight shutout innings to lead Boston to a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay, the Devil Rays' ninth straight loss.


Yahoo! Will! Axe! One! Thousand! Workers!

Q4 profits dip Yahoo! president Sue Decker believes her company is "moving from catch-up mode to a mode of true differentiation." But its fourth quarter profits were down 23 per cent, and it will soon axe seven per cent of its work force.â¦


North Korea to start nuclear rollback soon: South

North Korea will soon start disabling its Soviet-era nuclear facility that makes arms-grade plutonium as called for in a deal the secretive state struck with regional powers, the South's foreign minister said on Wednesday.


I titoli dell'aviolinea risentono dei pessimi risultati della semestrale diffusi ieri, che mostrano un rosso di 221 milioni di euro                                          Alitalia crolla in Borsa e viene congelata al ribasso


Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie has withdrawn his offer to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins, the NHL team confirmed on Friday.


U.N. should press for Darfur arrests: ICC prosecutor

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  should press Sudan to arrest and hand over two suspects charged  with war crimes in Darfur when he visits Khartoum next week,  the chief prosecutor said on Friday.


Ottawa has the money to set up and pay for a national pharmacare program despite its insistence to the contrary, provincial finance ministers said yesterday.


Three former top US officers say attacking Iran would have "disastrous consequences" for the Middle East.


Martha Stewart to Serve Time in West Virginia

Martha Stewart's prison stay for lying about a stock sale will take her to West Virginia, farther from home for the holidays, she said today, than she had hoped.


The family of a girl found hanged with her own hair band say their perfect life has been destroyed.


The Football Association is to investigate claims Newcastle's Emre racially abused Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf.


Thanks to a swarming defense, some tough runs by Tiki Barber, a few big catches by Jeremy Shockey and a turnover-free afternoon by Kurt Warner, the Giants beat the Vikings 34-13 on Sunday.


Dopo avvio privatizzazione, titolo in rialzo dello 0,55%


Arab League chief urges release of French hostages

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday urged the release of the two French journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.


NEW YORK - Toll Brothers Inc., a US builder of luxury homes, said on Wednesday third-quarter profit rose 56 percent, easily beating analystsâ forecasts, helped by record home-building revenue.


Auburn and California finished their seasons Saturday with victories. But both teams may have left poll voters wanting more. When the final BCS standings and bowl pairings are announced on


LONDON - Oil prices charged back up to $55 a barrel this week as a fresh fall in US heating oil stocks stoked worries over winter supplies.


Dubai - An Iraqi militant group said it had kidnapped 10 people, including two Indonesian women, and demanded that their company cut contacts with foreign forces in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday.


Spain's foreign minister admits Spain may have been a stopover for secret CIA flights, but says no law was broken.


THE highest ranking soldier charged in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal was sentenced to eight years in jail at a US court martial in Baghdad yesterday.


Security didn't hold the line financially

Just before dawn Saturday, activists broke into one of the most secure areas in Greece -- the Parthenon -- and hung a mammoth banner declaring US Secretary of State Colin Powell a "killer." The next day, during the final Olympic event, a man broke through a security cordon and attacked the front-runner in the marathon.


Italian court drops murder case against U.S. soldier

An Italian court on Thursday dropped a murder trial against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq for lack of jurisdiction, removing a thorn from relations between Rome and Washington.


The Tories say David Blunkett should resign if he is found to have "abused his powers" to speed up a visa application.


Milano, 13:32 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: SORTEGGIATO TABELLONE QUARTI

Sorteggio a Milano del tabellone di Tim Cup dai quarti alla finale: l'andata dei quarti si giocher&a...


Clippers forward Brand suspended one game

Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was suspended one game without pay by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Tuesday.


Russia to sell Yugansk stake for just over four bln dlrs: Interfax

MOSCOW, Oct 14  - The Russian government will sell a controlling stake in Yuganskneftegaz, the key holding of the troubled Yukos oil giant, for just over four billion dollars, Interfax reported Thursday without disclosing its sources.


The Metropolitan Transit Authority expects to reduce fare increases and rule out layoffs amid higher than expected state subsidies, officials told Newsday today.


Some parts of the green building certification criteria aren't a good match for data centers, but the program can offer bottom line benefits -- if you can earn enough points.


With the 2008 presidential election just 526 days away, the contenders are already mastering the delicate art of the pre-packaged political counterpunch.


Curt Schilling limits the Angels and the offense blasts the Angels for a 8-3 victory Tuesday in Game 1.


RA Drugs Linked to Slight Skin Cancer Risk

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People taking rheumatoid arthritis drugs such as etanercept (Enbrel) or infliximab (Remicade) may be at a slightly increased risk for skin cancer, researchers report.


MILANO - Il giorno dopo l'allarme lanciato dall'amministratore delegato e presidente Giancarlo Cimoli sul futuro di Alitalia, il titolo della compagnia di bandiera affonda in Borsa. A Piazza Affari cede il


Lawmakers create bill backing 9/11 panel goals

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, backed by leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, announced legislation Tuesday that would enact


• March 6: An earthquake strikes Sumatra Island, killing at least 70 people and damaging hundreds of buildings.


Atkins Diet Doesn't Beat Low-Fat Diets After a Year, Study Says

Low-carbohydrate diets such as the one popularized by nutrition guru Robert Atkins lose their advantages over other diets within a year, a Lancet study said.


Montbeliard, France (Sports Network) - Nantes earned a point at home against Sochaux Sunday in a French Ligue 1 match when Emerse Fae scored late.


A former collaborator of disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk claimed Monday that he succeeded in cloning a female dog after last year's breakthrough of creating the world's first cloned dog, which was male.


Knifeman Kills Nine Pupils as They Sleep in School Dorm

A man, suspected to be a disgruntled former pupil, broke into a Chinese school dormitory and stabbed to death up to nine boys as they slept.


ROMA - Quello della Wangari Maathai, 64 anni e' un impegno ambientalista storico: nota soprattutto la sua attivita' alla testa del movimento 'Green Belt' (cintura verde) che ha piantato oltre 30 milioni di alberi lungo il continente africano contro la


Fed seen on hold as core inflation edges lower

U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  meeting for a second day on Thursday look set to hold borrowing  costs steady as they monitor risks that U.S. inflation could  rekindle and that economic growth may stall.


Gaming world braces for industry 'killer' Halo 3

The gaming world braced Monday for the release of "Halo 3," expected to be a blockbuster for Microsoft and its struggling XBox 360 game console.


Plans to boost defence spending by Â£2.7bn over three years are announced by the Tories.


With wins in five of the first eight races on the Pimlico card and a big, gray gelding named Lusty Latin underneath him yearning to cut loose, Ryan Fogelsonger pulls away for a dominant victory.


With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush  administration said on Thursday it will negotiate with  refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency  stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.


Key Legislative Events Since 9/11 Attacks

Some of the major events leading to the intelligence legislation:


Eager for the rich returns that hedge funds promise, investors continue to pour money into them, hoping the next hedge fund burnout will not be theirs.


Davenport and Mauresmo vie for year-end top spot

LOS ANGELES: World number one Lindsay Davenport and second-ranked Amelie Mauresmo will be fighting for the year-end womenâs top spot at the World Tennis Association (WTA) Championships.


CHINESE President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart George W. Bush that Beijing planned to loosen the yuan's decade-old peg to the dollar, but only under stable economic conditions, an official said.


After two days of stunning gains, Wall Street ended a tumultuous week with a sharp decline Friday as investors turned cautious and cashed in some of their profits.


In folklore and in fact, it has been known simply as "the Gold Train," a locomotive pulling 24 boxcars loaded with gold, jewels, silver, furs, diamonds -- potentially worth billions of dollars today -- all ...


Brazil Elects Municipal Mayors, Councils

In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.


Ace Ltd., one of four insurers named in connection with an investigation into bid-rigging at Marsh & McLennan Cos., on Tuesday gave investors another bout of bad news after reporting third-quarter results fell to a loss due to storms that struck during


English players snub media after victory

CHORZOW: The England football team staged a silent protest over recent press criticism, refusing to be interviewed after their 2-1 World Cup win over Poland here on Wednesday.


AUSTRALIA PRESS: BHP Billiton Contemplates WMC Options

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) remains in the hunt for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) with an internal team assessing its options for making a counter offer to Xstrata PLC's (XTA.


US researchers demonstrate a system to transfer energy to devices without the need for wires.


Arroyo orders inquiry into Philippine kickbacks row

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered an inquiry on Thursday into allegations of government kickbacks in a deal with China's ZTE Corp, in which her husband's name has figured.


Bengals middle linebacker Odell Thurman was suspended Wednesday for the first four games of the season because he violated the NFL's substance abuse policy, the latest blow to a team already stung by player arrests.


Modern Love: Dear Editor, the Secret of Love Is ...

As the editor of the modern love column, Daniel Jones find one common tread: Wisdom about love is sorely lacking.


Players Union Challenges Carter's Release

The NFL Players Association has gotten involved in Quincy Carter's release by the Dallas Cowboys.


Incassera' un capital gain di circa 200 mln


Alpine Skier Vonn completes St Anton double

ST ANTON, Austria  - America's Lindsey Vonn grabbed her second World Cup victory in two days on Saturday, following Friday's downhill triumph with a win in the super-combined event.


Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.


He tallies hidden costs of free parking - one space at a time

A researcher is counting parking spaces to determine if America has a surplus.


p2pnet.net News:- Defects in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could cause deafness, says the company. "In extreme cases, this volume could lead to hearing damage.


Argentina to Delay $103B Debt Swap Offer

The Argentine government said late Wednesday it has postponed a global plan to restructure the bulk of US$103 billion (euro78.35 billion) in default debt until mid-January, moving back a debt swap that was expected next week.


Lehman in Talks to Buy UK Hedge Fund-WSJ

Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a leading British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.


Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice

(InfoWorld) - Wal-Mart opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a $298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of "bloatware." The Everex Impact GC3502 uses Microsoft's Windows Vista OS but substitutes the OpenOffice.org 2.2 version of word processing and spreadsheet tools for the traditional Microsoft Office variety. The computer runs on a 1.5GHz C7-D processor from Via Technologies, a chip that meets lead-free environmental regulations and saves energy with low wattage demands. The sales price does not include a monitor but is still lower than comparable packages sold on Wal-mart's Web site, such as an HP Compaq Presario, an Acer America AcerPower FH Minitower, and a Dell Dimension desktop. PC vendors usually compete for customers by slashing prices during the eight-week back-to-school season, stretching from mid-July to mid-September. But Everex also hopes to attract buyers by avoiding the free "trial software" that annoys many users, according to Eugene Chang, a product manager at Everex, of Fremont, California. Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when itÂ withheld bloatwareÂ from its newÂ Vostro line of PCsÂ for small business users after a long campaign by bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of loading unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund the effort as a way to find new users. Although those features are popular, they could backfire on Everex because most U.S. consumers are not yet familiar with Via processors or OpenOffice software, one analyst said. "It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298 Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience -- budget buyers," said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current Analysis West. "But it has a couple of problems; one is that it uses a Via processor, which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz, so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista," she said. "And running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft as Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users may have some concerns about compatibility."


Stasera partecipera' a cena di partito a Milano


Italy Clings to Hope for Hostages in Iraq

An anguished nation clung to hope Thursday that two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq were still alive, as Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government urged caution in assessing two separate Internet statements claiming that the women had been killed.


Mostre, 'Pelle e ossa' l'arte incontra la moda

Al museo di arte contemporanea di Los Angeles i percorsi paralleli di due discipline che condividono le forme


Rio de Janeiro, 15:08 - CALCIO, ROMARIO: IL 30 MARZO MI RITIRO

"Il 30 marzo smetto. Non continuo nemmeno come allenatore". Ora la cosa sembra ufficiale: Romario si...


Google to buy Postini for US$625 million

Google Inc. has agreed to buy messaging security company Postini Inc. for US$625 million in a move to increase the appeal of Google's hosted applications among big businesses, the companies announced on Monday.


U.S. film shows despair under mountain of debt

Sky-high interest rates on credit cards can make a mountain of debt seem insurmountable. Eventually for some, it is.


Cracks started to appear in the armor of the NHL Players Association, but they were quickly patched yesterday. NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow and members of his staff addressed 75 union


Trojan creates bogus webmail accounts to punt drugs

Hotmail and Yahoo! captchas defeated? Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of setting up bogus Hotmail and Yahoo! accounts in order to send spam.â¦


Roma, 09:51 - PETRUCCI: ROSSI? MONDO DEL CALCIO SAPRA' VOLTARE PAGINA

Gianni Petrucci commenta cosÃ¬ le dimissioni del commissario straordinario della Figc Guido Rossi: ''...


Up to 130,000 postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday.


Video show man purported to be hostage Hensley being beheaded

A videotape appeared on an Islamic Web site Wednesday purportedly showing the beheading of American hostage Jack Hensley by al-Qaida-linked kidnappers.


Pakistani court grants bail to Bhutto's husband

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court yesterday granted bail to the husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and officials from her party said the decision should result in his release after eight years in prison.


A British soldier died from a gunshot wound sustained in an "enemy contact" in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday, the defence ministry here said.


Second British general bashes US strategy in Iraq

The British backlash over the United States's handling of post-invasion Iraq grew Sunday as another military commander blasted Washington's "fatally flawed" policy.


An Ad With Talking Pandas, Maybe, but Not With Chinese Accents

The company that produced a commercial featuring two animated pandas speaking with what were intended as Chinese accents is withdrawing the ads after complaints.


Authorities are investigating the disappearance of an Ohio woman who was reported missing Monday from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship.


Raymond Barre, French prime minister and economist, dies

Raymond Barre, a prominent economist who served as French prime minister during the presidency of Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the 1970s, has died Saturday aged 83, his family announced.


Steve Gerber, Creator of Howard the Duck, Dies at 60

Mr. Gerber created Howard the Duck, the dour, dyspeptic, utterly disagreeable and therefore wildly popular comic-book hero of the 1970s.


Hawaii Island Dims Lights to Save Crashing Birds

Confused by lights, rare birds that navigate by the moon are losing their way. Now a lights-out law aims to save them from extinction.


Byrd's gem lifts Indians to 8th straight

Paul Byrd pitched a four-hit shutout, and Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox 7-0 Saturday night for the Indians' eighth straight win. Byrd (14-5) has won his last four starts and seven of his last eight decisions. It was his fifth career shutout.


Debate over paparazzi continues after Di

The backlash was visceral and immediate: In the days after Princess Diana's death a decade ago, blame was quickly cast on the photographers who had pursued her Mercedes through the Paris night.


Abramovich Subdued as Chelsea Beat CSKA in Moscow

Roman Abramovichâs Chelsea continued their fine Champions League form with a 1-0 victory over the tycoonâs fellow countrymen in Moscow.


Commerzbank e Hvb rischiavano sanzione da 100 milioni


Report: French Hostages in Iraq to Be Freed Soon

A French negotiator said on Tuesday he met two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq and that an agreement had been reached to free them soon.


The court said a repeat vot "of some sort" would now be requied and pencilled in Boxing Day as possible ballot date. Ukraine fell into turmoil when Prime Minister Mr Yanukovich was was declared the official


Oracle Corp. ORCL.O is in  merger talks with other technology companies as it awaits the  outcome of its $9.2 billion hostile takeover bid for rival  software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O.


BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- Manchester United's Dutch international Ruud van Nistelrooy will be out of the game for up to eight weeks.


Experimental 'Functional' Language Emerges from Microsoft Research

Are the C programming language and its object-oriented offspring - C++, C#, Objective-C - still well-suited to the requirements of multithreaded, network-oriented computing environments today? That's the question on the minds of engineers at Microsoft Research, whose latest programming language is today being officially moved off the back burner.


Dweb, la mano aliena e altre paure da ipocondriaci

Svelate dalla guida tascabile Io sono ipocondriaco, di Dennis DiClaudio, le 45 malattie paradossali della vostra vita. Ma c'è anche Io sono paranoico. Letture: novità in libreria


Gatlin wins sprint classic... by 0.01 seconds

It was only a hundredth of a second but Justin Gatlin said it felt like a hundred miles as he won the closest and possibly greatest 100 metres final in Olympic history on Sunday.


Ex-HP's Dunn says assumed CFO approved probe

Patricia Dunn, the former chairman   of Hewlett-Packard Co., said she believed the investigation   into leaks had been authorized by the company's chief financial   officer and the methods used were legal, according to testimony   to Congress released on Wednesday.


Iraqi Prime Minister Assails Democratic Critics

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin had spoken âas if Iraq is one of their cities.â


Nearly 200 miners trapped in coalmine gas explosion in north China

BEIJING  - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north China's Shaanxi province, trapping 170 miners in what threatens to be the worst disaster to hit the world's biggest coal producer in recent years.


SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks weren't about to play along with the sentimental favorite of this year's playoffs. The Redskins rode the passion and momentum of the last month one more time, overcoming a 13-point, second-half deficit. Then the Seahawks came back with three touchdowns of their own...


Billboards urging Iraqis here to vote in their national elections Sunday loom over major intersections. Schools have become registration centers, their rows of tiny desks filled with Iraqis who have sought refuge here from war. Radio and television ads urge the exiles to vote.


Annan Starts Reshuffling UN Staff for Reform Push

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Monday chose the high-profile British head of a key  agency as his new chief of staff, the start of a reshuffle  aimed at instituting U.N. reforms and combating scandals.


A 5-year-old boy who was asleep in the back of a car when it was stolen from a parking lot was found dead Tuesday morning in a neighboring county, authorities said.


New Haven, CT (Sports Network) - Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart has won the Walter Camp Award as the nations top player.


By LIBBY QUAID  WASHINGTON - Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.


The nation's Roman Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to join a new alliance that would be the broadest Christian group ever formed in the United States, linking American evangelicals and Catholics in an ecumenical organization for the first time.


Hewitt, Sans Agassi, Pounds Unheralded Muller for ATP Washington ...

Former No. 1-ranked Lleyton Hewitt made the most of Andre Agassi's semifinal exit at the ATP stop in Washington, on Sunday rolling past unseeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-3, 6-4 for his third title of the year.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Saudi Arabia announces the arrest of 136 suspected militants  - including a potential suicide bomber.


For the Green Bay Packers, this year isn't about Brett Favre and his gunslinging.


White's signing changed Packers' fortunes

A year before Reggie White arrived in Green Bay, the city's storied National Football League franchise had already begun its resurgence.


Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza -Medics

Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian medical sources said.


BASRA, Iraq  - Two car bombs killed 15 people and wounded 32 in the southern Iraqi town of Qurna on Friday, hospital officials said.


Unemployment in Australia sinks to its lowest level since 1978, giving a further boost to the re-elected government of John Howard.


Designer Gadgets Arrive: Armani Teams With Samsung

The Italian deisgner is working on a TV and ultrathin cell phone, to be sold by Samsung.


Like a giant smokestack, percolating Mount St. Helens let loose a billowing steam plume easily seen Tuesday in downtown Portland, Ore., about 50 miles away.


PM to attend crucial EU summit this week

Lawrence Gonzi will at the end of this week lead a Maltese team at a crucial EU summit marking the end of the six month Dutch presidency.


Hurricane Frances battered the Kennedy Space Center, a top NASA official said Tuesday, blowing gaping holes in the Vehicle Assembly Building and ripping open the


Oil prices surged nearly $2 a barrel Wednesday following two bombings in the capital of Saudi Arabia and after the US government reported that winter fuel supplies shrank last week.


It can be no comfort to the Ottawa Senators, now down, 2-0, in the Stanley Cup finals, that the Anaheim Ducks have turned the rink into a minefield.


A Sidney incontro titolari commercio in vista vertice leader


A silent auction in the virtual world will produce funds for charity.


Genova, 18:16 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: ABBIAMO MERITATO DI VINCERE

"Una gara equilibrata, ma alla fine abbiamo meritato di vincere":. A parlare è Giampiero Gasp...


EU, South Korea to sign cooperation accord on Galileo project

South Korea and the European Union are to sign a cooperation agreement here next week covering Seoul's participation in Europe's Galileo satellite navigation project, the Finnish presidency said.


Intel, partners to make electronic Quran

Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, has partnered with two Saudi Arabian software companies to develop an electronic version of Islam's holy book and a training computer for teachers packed with the government-approved curriculum for schoolchildren.


At least 7 foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria

At least seven foreign oil workers were kidnapped in a militant attack on an oil industry compound in Nigeria's southern oil-producing delta on Tuesday, oil industry sources said.


McCain wins New Hampshire's Republican primary

MANCHESTER, N.H  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, a huge boost to his bid for the U.S. presidential nomination just months after his campaign was being written off as a lost cause, U.S. media projected.


One of the biggest threats to US security may now come from within Europe, the US Homeland Security head says.


Celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan's son got a warning and a speeding ticket after Florida Highway Patrol troopers stopped him twice for driving at least 100 mph on an interstate last year, authorities said.


Johnny Estrada homered, drove in three runs, and started Atlanta's go-ahead rally in the ninth, and the Braves beat Eric Gagne and the Dodgers, 6-5, last night in Los Angeles.


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


Randy Johnson got a little physical on the way to his New York Yankees physical.


Sepang, 10:32 - MOTO, GP MALESIA; 250: POLE PROVVISORIA DI BARBERA

Pole provvisoria dello spagnolo Hector Barbera (Aprilia) nella prima giornata di prove del Gp di Mal...


Miss Rodeo North Dakota Ashley Andrews had goals of beating cancer and winning the Miss Rodeo America crown. She accomplished both.


France stepped up security Friday morning at a military hospital outside Paris where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be taken for treatment.


At last, the 'G' word: US finally recognizes Sudan crisis as ...

For months, the United States and the rest of the world have danced maddeningly around the semantics of how to describe the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan, calling it everything from a "humanitarian catastrophe" to "crimes against humanity.


Historical Italian site sets hawks among the pigeons

What Mount Vesuvius started in 79 BC, the pigeons are finishing off.


Intricate Toiling Found In Nooks of DNA Once Believed to Stand Idle

The first concerted effort to understand all the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long-held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution, scientists reported yesterday.


Retiring Romania leader says won't quit politics

Romanian President Ion Iliescu steps down after elections today in what some hail as the final exit of Europe's last reigning communist-era leader from the political scene.


Red Hat, Ubuntu top vendor's usage study

InfoWorld - Ubuntu and Red Hat are the most used Linux distributions among the 35,000 members of content-management vendor Alfresco's community, the company found in its second survey of trends in enterprise open-source software usage.


Cambridge Antibody Technology Group Plc has won a UK court case to get a bigger slice of sales of a potential blockbuster arthritis medicine, sending its shares more than 25 percent higher on Monday.


Week Ahead: Stocks May Rally if Oil Eases

Investors will watch for oil news from Russia and Iraq next week, but skepticism that crude prices can stay sky-high is growing and a break in the energy market would fuel a rally in U.S. stock markets.


IBM boosted its software portfolio for small and medium-size businesses with plans announced Friday to acquire Net Integration Technologies, a software vendor in Markham, Canada.


Paula Abdul, who has a new song with fellow "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson, blames a plane mishap for keeping her out of the musical arena for more than a decade.


Dopo 'subprime', fuga investitori fa lievitare perdite SIV


Parents kidnap daughter to have abortion

Police charged a Maine couple on Monday   of kidnapping their pregnant 19-year-old daughter, who was   bound with rope and duct tape and bundled into her parents' car   to force her to have an emergency abortion.


Somalia's new prime minister says he wants to broaden his cabinet as he sacks his ministers.


East Timor elections appear to go smoothly

East Timorese voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election that could put the impoverished, young country on a new path after communal violence last year.


The Nigerian government agreed to cut  gasoline pump prices by 8 percent on Monday and called on  unions to call off an indefinite general strike over fuel due  to start on Tuesday, a top lawmaker said.


A "fair and transparent" probe will be held into a Baghdad gunfight involving a US firm, says Iraq's prime minister.


U.S. says concerned over Ethiopia court moves

The United States said on Tuesday it was very concerned by an Ethiopian court's guilty verdict of 38 opposition officials and said it was watching the situation very closely.


British Troops Head North for Mission Near Baghdad

British troops and armor rolled north  from Basra on Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad  and free up U.S. troops for a widely expected attack on the  Iraqi rebel-held city of Falluja.


Carriers are pleased with system that will allow consumers to transfer fixed-line numbers to their Net phone service.


Russia to Tighten Passenger Requirements

MOSCOW Aug. 28, 2004 - Russian airlines will be required to document passengers more thoroughly following this week's twin plane crashes, a news agency reported Saturday, as the discovery of explosives stoked


Nations seek greater U.N. role in Afghanistan

Key countries involved in Afghanistan urged the United Nations on Sunday to expand its role there, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said continuing violence kept the world body from operating in some areas.


Ian Paisley Jr confirms he is receiving a salary as a researcher for his North Antrim MP father.


Refugee rappers voice disgust at Lebanon camps

"Battalion 5" might conjure up images of the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee camps through rap.


Detectives investigating the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones believe his killer could be as young as 13.


Charlie Hodgson's record-equalling performance against South Africa was praised by coach Andy Robinson after the Sale flyhalf scored 27 points in England's 32-16 victory here at Twickenham on Saturday.


Agency OK's plan to monitor Iran's nuclear programs

The UN nuclear agency agreed yesterday on a plan for policing Iran's nuclear programs designed to avoid a showdown at the United Nations.


Turkey opens investigation into Iraq's Barzani

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkish state prosecutors opened an investigation on Monday into Masoud Barzani, head of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, whom Ankara suspects of supporting Turkish Kurdish rebels.


No one who works in the confident world of private equity would describe himself as ordinary.


EA to boost efforts in cell-phone gaming

Gaming giant Electronic Arts will boost production of video games for mobile phones over the next nine months, bringing top-selling franchises "Fifa Football" and "The Sims" to handsets, the company said Thursday.


Ratings agencies scramble to reassess subprime risk

Rating companies began a new wave of rating cuts Thursday as they reassessed the fallout from deteriorating subprime loans, drawing increased scrutiny from investors who are questioning why the agencies failed to act earlier.


Analysis: The impact of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo on customers

If the massive deal does go through, Google will at last face a major threat to fend off. Technical integration between Microsoft and Yahoo could be a nightmare, according to some analysts. Yet customers might stand to gain.


Ten tsunami refugee camps flooded in Sri Lanka

At least 10 camps sheltering thousands of tsunami survivors were hit by flash floods and evacuated in Sri Lanka's eastern district of Ampara, a regional official said.


Goldman to sell S.Korea cable operator stake: paper

Goldman Sachs  is selling its 30.48  percent stake in South Korean cable TV operator C&M, valued at  $970 million, the Maeil Business Newspaper said on Monday,  citing unnamed investment banking and industry sources.


Post mortems will be held on a man who died after driving into a tree, and a woman found murdered at his home.


After several months of internal reviews, new Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) CEO Neville Isdell came out with projections for growth in earnings and case volume at the venerable soft drink company that were sharply lower than those previously anticipated.


Dalai Lama: mondo cambia con azioni non con belle parole


Tokyo stocks rose by midday on Monday as a broad range of issues got a lift from a key survey that boosted optimism on Japan's economic outlook and raised expectations that growth figures will be revised up.


Advance Reported in Nonaddictive Painkiller

While the opium poppy is the source for compounds needed to make potent painkillers such as oxycodone and other medicines, it is also the source for the illegal drug heroin.


It is the third time Michael D. Martin has been sentenced for his part in a $2.7 billion accounting scandal that rocked the company.


Huckabee stands by Christmas campaign ad

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made no apologies Sunday for the religious tone of a recent holiday campaign commercial and said it is important to look for Jesus at this time of year.


Angels Earn First Division Title in 18 Years

The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the A.L. West.


The launch of the Microsoft digital-music store takes direct aim at Apple Computer's dominant iTunes service, setting off a battle of the bands between the online music sellers and their rock-star frontmen -- Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.


American Express Profit Rises 14 Percent

American Express Co. said on Monday its quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, matching analysts' expectations, due to strength in the economy that spurred record card


Vedova Raciti, grazie a premier, gli scrivero'


Undisputed champion wants chance for 20th consecutive win

In many respects, the biggest "un-big" prizefight in history was the unabashed hit everyone expected. Pay-per-view receipts, yet to be counted, coupled with the $14 million generated


Pedro Martinez, Jason Varitek and more than a dozen other Red Sox free agents might want to take advice from some people who know: Stay in Boston, or you'll regret it.


Former Iraqi President Abdel-Rahman Aref, overthrown more than 35 years ago in a coup that brought Saddam Hussein's Baath party to power, died in Amman early Friday at the age of 91, an Iraqi diplomat in Jordan said.


Repsol to sell up to 45 percent in Argentinian unit: report

Repsol YPF, Spain's biggest oil firm, plans to sell up to 45 percent of its Argentinian unit, a deal that could earn it more than four billion euros (5.4 billion dollars).


A causa del malfunzionamento degli impianti di riscaldamento


Social networking sites are proving a good guide to socio-economic divisions in the US, reveals research.


The Philippines' official toll from Typhoon Xangsane rose to at least 62 dead and 68 missing, as relief efforts struggled to cope with the worst storm to hit the capital in a decade.


The Open Source CEO on the CNET Blog Network

Blog: What challenges does the CEO of an open source company face? Matt Asay finds out.


As the rising sun danced across Florida's coastal waters, government workers in shorts and T-shirts knelt in a grassy island field and plucked wriggling rats from traps laid the night before. These weren't just any rats. They were 3-pound, 35-inch-long African behemoths. They squirmed as the workers, wearing protective gloves, removed green radio collars that had been tracking the rodents' movements.


Potenza, 12:41 - CALCIO, POTENZA: DISSEQUESTRATO LO STADIO

Alberto Iannuzzi, gip di Potenza, ha oggi disposto il dissequestro di parte dello stadio "Alfredo Vi...


The 850-strong Black Watch battle group is back in Basra ahead of its anticipated return to the UK within days.