All your ads are now mobile Google has expanded its AdWord product to mobiles, allowing creators of mobile content to embed Google advertisements into their pages and receive revenue on click-throughs.â¦


AMD's new Sempron range of desktop and notebook CPUs is targeted squarely at Intel's competing Celeron family.


Whatâs greener than HFCs for refrigeration? Carbon dioxide. Thus the public relations problem.


Bush Admits Iraq 'Miscalculations' - NY Times

President Bush acknowledged for the  first time on Thursday that he had miscalculated post-war  conditions in Iraq, the New York Times reported.


Turkish PM, rivals make final appeal to voters

Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election the ruling AK Party is tipped to win, despite rivals' claims this would boost Islam in the secular nation's public life.


PRISTINA, Serbia  - Four elderly Serbs were   wounded in an explosion in the western Kosovo town of Klina on   Tuesday evening, police said.


High Court upholds ban on teenager's 'purity ring'

The High Court on Monday upheld a ban on a teenager from wearing a so-called "purity ring" at school to signal her refusal of sex before marriage.


Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case

A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial in the Phil Spector murder case on Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked, but prosecutors quickly vowed to put the legendary rock music producer on trial a second time.


Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, CNN creator Ted Turner and former Sen. Sam Nunn pledged $50 million to the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency Tuesday to create a uranium stockpile.


Fliptrack Shakes Up Music Slideshow Space By Launching Application on Facebook(R) Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24  /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook f8 Event --  Fliptrack, a leader in user-generated musical slideshows and videos, today announced a synching slide show application built on Facebook Platform.


Global Music Sales Down 10 Percent in 2007

Music sales fell faster in 2007 than 2006 due to a sharp fall in CD sales and competition from illegal file sharing.


Tufts plan will restrict surgery for obesity

Tufts Health Plan next month will start denying gastric-bypass and stomach-banding procedures to some obese patients and require others to enter a yearlong diet and counseling program before undergoing the potentially lifesaving surgery.


Ego, economics seen hampering mining consolidation

In a mining market awash with cash and parched for discoveries, there are rock-solid reasons why the junior mining sector should consolidate, but ego and economics could get in the way of such deals.


Ford Hospital telecasts surgery to India

DETROIT -- Fifteen-hundred doctors at a conference in Bombay, India, watch a three-dimensional broadcast of a two-hour prostate surgery at a Michigan hospital.


Miller wins sixth Alpine skiing World Cup race of season

US skier Bode Miller claimed his sixth World Cup win of this season in a slalom on Sunday. Bode Miller reacts on podium after winning a men's World Cup slalom event.


HP's focus on security strategy, not security products

HP will focus its efforts on security services, security management integration, data security and the intersection of security and corporate governance.


Antitrust Pressure Against Intel Appears to Ease in Europe

As antitrust pressure against Intel appeared to ease today, the European Commission filed complaints against France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland saying they unfairly


Turkey prepared a muted welcome for Pope Benedict on Tuesday as the pontiff embarked on a highly sensitive visit to a mostly Muslim country still smarting from controversial comments he made about Islam.


ST. LOUIS - After losing the first two games to the Boston Red Sox, the St. Louis Cardinals try to make the World Series competitive by winning Tuesday night's Game 3 at home.


Palermo, 20:16 - CALCIO, PALERMO: 1-0 NEL TEST CON IL GELA

In un test amichevole giocato al campo "Tenente Onorato", ill Palermo ha sconfitto il Gela 1-0. La r...


The company may be hinting at going public.


A fire that ripped through one of Germany's most precious historical libraries destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of irreplaceable books, although about 6,000 works, including a 1543 Martin Luther Bible, ...


Quasi il doppio di quelli indicati finora dal gruppo Tlc


Yahooâs New President Oversees a Shake-Up

Susan L. Decker, Yahooâs new president, is reorganizing the companyâs management ranks with a new division responsible for generating the bulk of the companyâs revenue.


By CHRISTINA NUCKOLS  BY Christina Nuckols  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - Gov. Timothy M.


Cheney: U.S., Other Nations Won't Let Iran Get Nuclear Arms

The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, Vice President Cheney said yesterday.


That Line at the Ferrari Dealer? It's Bonus Season on Wall Street

The year-end bonus is a Wall Street tradition, and for a second consecutive year, the amounts are impressive, as three major firms reported record profits.


Leaders on both sides of a contested election move toward  a new deal, but the impact of weeks of bloodshed may be more difficult to resolve


Martha Stewart Co. Hires Burnett to Create TV Show

Mark Burnett, creator of the hit reality TV shows "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," will develop a new prime-time television series featuring Martha Stewart, her company said on Tuesday.


Flash flooding in east and central Sri Lanka has forced 175,000 people from their homes, with many seeking refuge in makeshift welfare centers in schools and temples, officials said on Monday.


Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds

Critics worry that a new strain of grass that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup could transfer its resistance to weedy relatives.


Why Starbucks should be on your watch list.


RMC, the world's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete, has agreed a Â£2.3bn takeover deal from Cemex of Mexico, raising fears of job cuts and quarry closures.


Polish party posts nude posters for upcoming election

A new Polish women's political party risks shocking the majority Catholic country by plastering nude posters of their female candidates for the upcoming October 21 parliamentary election.


Gambia sent 196 troops to Darfur on Monday to help monitor a shaky ceasefire between Sudanese government forces and rebels in the troubled Darfur region, the Ministry of Defence said.


Scientists on Monday unveiled a replica of a skeleton scientists said was from the largest dinosaur species yet discovered in Brazil — a mid-sized herbivore that roamed central Brazil some 80 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period.


Instead of preparing to face the Avalanche tonight in Colorado in their second game of the season, the Bruins remain spread over the four corners of the world, with no end in sight to the labor strife between owners and players. Defenseman Hal Gill, who is the union player representative for Boston, would be on the sidelines if the season ...


A multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the Coast Guard's fleet has suffered delays, cost increases, design flaws and, most recently, the idling of eight 123-foot patrol boats that were found to be not seaworthy after an $88 million refurbishment.


No Australian troops were caught up in a terror attack which killed at least 22 American soldiers and civilians at a base near Mosul in Northern Iraq, the Australian Defence Force said.


Mikael Tellqvist stopped 25 shots to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 Thursday night.


Republicans and Democrats were for it — and against it. The families of Sept. 11 victims opposed one plan and approved another. The House wanted its bill, the Senate preferred its own. And most Americans didn't seem to care about attempts by Congress to overhaul the U.S. intelligence system.


India points to outside groups after deadly bombings

HYDERABAD, India  - The bombings in a south Indian city that left at least 40 people dead could have been the work of Islamist militants based in Pakistan or Bangladesh, the state's chief minister said on Sunday.


Oil group Opec is expected to maintain its output quotas at a meeting on Monday, even as prices have been falling.


More cinema-goers have seen Gone With the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, than any other film according to the British Film Institute.


The Wizards are proving just how much they miss injured forward Antawn Jamison, having gone 1-4 in his absence, including 1-3 at home.


US CREDIT-Time Warner may outperform the market

Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it agreed to pay $510 million to the US government to resolve criminal and civil charges linked to its America Online unit.


BUNIS IRES: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was quoted as saying that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was alive. "Based on interrogations of other members of Al-Qaeda, I know he is alive," the Spanish-language paper quoted Musharraf as saying.


Kate Winslet turned out to be the show stealer at the preimere of Finding Neverland in her befiiting turquoise dress that falunted her shapely figure.


There is a strong scientific and moral case for using primates in medical research, a report concludes.


Michael Jackson Trial Delayed One Week After Death

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in Michael  Jackson's child molestation trial told prospective jurors on  Monday the case had been postponed for a week following a death  in the family of the pop star's lead attorney.


Oil prices held steady near $47 a barrel  on Wednesday a day after setting yet another record when the  United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, said inflation  had stayed in check despite rising energy costs.


Power Failure Traps 200 In St. Louis Monument

ST. LOUIS, July 22 -- A power failure trapped about 200 people inside the Gateway Arch for hours Saturday night, and one of the two trams that take visitors to the top of the landmark remained out of service Sunday.


Modena, 20:22 - CALCIO, MODENA: BALLOTTAGGIO COLACONE-SFORZINI

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Modena in vista della gara di sabato a Rimini. Recuperato Pinardi, ri...


The militant Islamic group Hamas said the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat would strengthen its resolve to keep up attacks against Israel.


Wade Miller joins deeper, cheaper Red Sox rotation

BOSTON - Wade Miller wanted to play for a good team. Now heâs part of a new-look Red Sox rotation thatâs deeper and cheaper than last yearâs.


HARRY POTTER: Can You Imagine Book Seven?

By Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Jun. 15--Hey, you muggles! The deadline is rapidly approaching to enter the Winston-Salem Journal's Harry Potter contest.


McDonald's raises annual dividend 49 percent

McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday   raised its annual dividend 49 percent to $1 a share as the   world's largest restaurant companies push to return more cash   to shareholders.


Mariners send journeyman lefty Williams to Padres

The 29-year-old Williams was 7-2 for Triple-A Tacoma and made six relief appearances with Seattle after being called up in September.


The Nikkei average rose 0.12 percent to a 7-1/2-month closing high on Tuesday, supported by gains in financial shares as investors saw chances of more industry consolidation and on optimism over Japan's economy.


Al Pacino growls, grimaces and demands a "pound of flesh" as Jewish moneylender Shylock in a new version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." But the actor argued Saturday that the film successfully addresses long-standing controversy over the work's anti-Semitism.


JOHN ROBERTSON used to offer a nice line in self-deprecation when he played for Heart of Midlothian. âIt ainât over until the fat striker scores,â was the way that the Edinburgh clubâs


First Look: Rio's Hot New Carbon MP3 Player

Supersleek 5GB digital audio player is set to challenge Apple's IPod Mini.


The Bush administration announced Monday that it reached agreement with Peru on free trade pact amendments that address Democratic concerns on worker rights and the environment.


Looking to improve trans-Atlantic ties strained by the war in Iraq, US President George W. Bush said he hoped to visit Europe "as soon as possible" after his January 20 inauguration.


$200 Ubuntu Linux PC Now Available at Wal-Mart

Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.


Dato minimo da un mese dopo stretta banche nell'erogazione


Smaller East Coast version of the Black Hat security briefings looks to have a bigger impact in the world of computer security.


com December 23, 2004, 11:15 AM PT. Opera Software released a test version of a major update to its Web browser software Thursday, intensifying its efforts, along with open-source


Hong Kong choked by growing pollution problem

Discarded cigarette packets, McDonald's wrappers and even old socks litter the shores of Lau Fau Shan in Hong Kong's far north, home to what remains of the territory's oyster farming industry.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


Violence, allegations mar first Afghan presidential polls

At last the much-discussed first-everAfghan presidential elections in the post-Taliban nation were held Saturday amid hopes and fears as the anti-government militias fired several


N.Korea shows no compromise at nuclear talks: envoys

Negotiators saw no compromise in bruising six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea on Tuesday and urged Pyongyang to come to the table with a realistic offer -- and a festive spirit.


Shoppers irate as web foul-up scuppers Santa

THE UKâS biggest online retailer has admitted it will fail to deliver this yearâs hottest Christmas gift to many customers despite strongly indicating their presents would arrive in time for December 25.


Putin Seeks New Kremlin Powers to Counter Terrorism

In response to a series of deadly terror attacks in Russia in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin has announced a number of proposed changes to Russia's political system.


VATICANO - Il Bambino GesÃ¹ di Roma ottiene l'accreditamento della Joint Commission International: Ã¨ il primo ospedale pediatrico in Italia a essere certificato CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - L'Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino GesÃ¹ di Roma, di proprietÃ  della Santa Sede, ha ricevuto l'accreditamento da parte della Joint Commission International (JCI). Si tratta della prima struttura pediatrica in Italia ad ...


Brown calls for release of Myanmar prisoners

Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticised Sunday the repression of demonstrations in Myanmar and called for the immediate release of all those who have been arrested.


Toru Kawabe Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

A day after Sunday's powerful earthquake, Japanese tourists who escaped the disaster at a hotel in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described terrifying scenes when a tsunami hit the island.


Residence in the Park: Police Step Up Patrols at Fort Walton Landing As Merchants Complain About ?Vagrants'

By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 23--FORT WALTON BEACH -- In the seven months since Susan Love opened a tiny shop downtown, she has heard it all.


An operation between Britain and Jamaica helps cut the amount of cocaine smuggled into the Caribbean from Colombia by 80%, the Foreign Office says.


Infectious rockers the Arctic Monkeys — who released Britain's fastest-selling debut album after building a cult Internet following — have won the prestigious Mercury music prize, beating a diverse field of musicians.


Satellite radio competitors engaged in a star search

The competition between the country's two satellite radio companies began as a race to the stars, with each fighting to be the first to launch satellites into space.


Ailing US chief justice to miss work again: report

US Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, will again miss work when the Supreme Court reconvenes Monday, according to a report.


Roma, 22:48 - BASKET, SERIE A: UPIM BOLOGNA E RIETI VINCONO ANTICIPI

Successi di Bologna e Rieti negli anticipi della 14/a giornata del campionato di serie A di basket. ...


Dozens of new Iraqi troops die in ambush

Officials fear that an infiltrator may have tipped insurgents that the unarmed soldiers were heading home on leave. BY ROBERT H. REID.


Phillipines in Fiscal Crisis, May Face Economic Collapse

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday that she is studying the feasibility of declaring a state of economic crisis to ease pressure on public finances.


Political Prisoners Among Latest Freed in Myanmar

Two senior pro-democracy leaders jailed in 1995 for distributing anti-government pamphlets were freed in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, part of the junta's latest release of more than 5,000 prisoners.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the war-torn region of Darfur, warning improved U.S. relations depended on it.


Malpractice Costs Up 150% Since 1999, Hospitals Say

According to a report by a hospital trade group, the cost of medical malpractice insurance in New York City, Westchester County and on Long Island has risen by nearly 150 percent since 1999.


4 Iraqi civilians killed in car bomb attack

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Four Iraqi civilians were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a US military convoy


Russia's Putin Again Rules Out Running for 3rd Term

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday again ruled out running for a third term in the Kremlin and pledged to organize elections for a successor in 2008 "in a proper democratic way."


Gay marriages still legal in Massachusetts

Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex


Blast in Baghdad, Could Be Car Bomb-Police

A loud blast was heard in the Iraqi  capital Baghdad on Tuesday and could have been caused by a car  bomb, a police source said.


Virgin Music Download Service Aims to Bite Apple, MSN, Yahoo  On Monday Virgin launched a digital music download service which is expected to challenge Napster, iTunes, MSN Music Store, and Yahoo as the first digital music download service with two big brother backing it up, the Virgin Music Store Chain and ...


The US oil giant got a good price, Russia's No. 1 oil company acquired a savvy partner, and Putin polished Russia's image.


Abacoa going Italian for weekend 'Cheese Feast'

A taste, touch and tempting aroma of Italy comes to Jupiter this weekend. The second Sorrento Cheese Feast of Little Italy moves to Abacoa from West Palm Beach's CityPlace, where the first such festival was ...


Zmanda, which backs the open-source Amanda software, now lets customers back up data to Amazon's S3 online storage service.


Iraq Car Bombings Up Under Interim Gov't

Car bombs echo across Baghdad and a constellation of cities around Iraq nearly every day, inflicting slaughter and billowing oily smoke, a reminder to all who see or hear them that the country's insurgents can strike almost anywhere.


The former commander of a U.S. Army sniper team testified Friday that he ordered one of his soldiers to kill an Iraqi who had stumbled on their hiding place, saying that was the only way to ensure the safety of his men in hostile territory.


Rapper Pleads Not Guilty in Awards Melee

The rapper Young Buck pleaded not guilty Friday to an assault charge for allegedly stabbing a man during a melee last year at the Vibe Awards.


MSN Music adds more European download stores

The software giant's experiment in the rapidly expanding music download market has now set up shop in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Austria and Spain, bringing the number of countries with MSN Music services to 17.


Commander of first shuttle mission to retire

Seventy-four-year-old John Young plans to leave the space agency on December 31st. He graduated from Orlando High School in Florida and received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952.


Business & money: Target insurer fails to back bid despite dropping rival's as City anticipates higher offers.


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Americans getting lax about clean hands: study

Americans' hands are getting dirtier, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Trailing the leader at the All-Star break? Buy yourself a blue chip.


Roma, 16:03 - Calcio, Siviglia: contestazione Totti Ã¨ strascico derby

''Contestazione a Totti? Credo sia uno strascico dovuto dopo la sconfitta nel derby''. La vede cosÃ¬ ...


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has made several key staff hires for her likely presidential bid and in her outreach to New York Democrats convinced at least one she soon would become a candidate.


WALKERTON, Ont. (CP) -- Some of what was said Monday about the sentencing of Stan and Frank Koebel in the Walkerton water tragedy of 2000: "The impact of the Walkerton water tragedy was felt, and continues


Seeking to improve its drug discovery technology and establish a beachhead in the fertile Cambridge biotechnology cluster, drug giant Schering-Plough Corp. of Kenilworth, N.J., said it would buy NeoGenesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge for an undisclosed sum.


England goalkeeper Paul Robinson will miss Tottenham's Premier League clash at Newcastle on Monday after suffering a calf strain.


A suicide attacker exploded a bomb close   to the U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, a   police official said.


Reserve Janese Hardrick scored 20 points, including four free throws in the final minute, and No. 11 Georgia defeated Auburn 62-55 Sunday.


Gruppo di laici consacrati a Maria condanna 'perversioni'


GRASSHOPPERS REPORT  Intimidators  19  Grasshoppers  4  Site: Fieldcrest-Cannon Stadium, Kannapolis  Why the Grasshoppers lost: Greensboro's four pitchers gave up 22 hits.


LOS ANGELES  - Fox Broadcasting is developing the sitcom "The Rules of Starting Over," about a newly divorced 35-year-old man who finds himself in the unfamiliar singles world.


'Collaborare con Islam per pace, rispetto e solidarieta''


I due alpini Cirmi e Cardella in prognosi riservata


Smile! Big Brother software is watching you

A Japanese company has developed "smile  checker" software that can tell whether someone looks happy,  sad or somewhere in between.


Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.


Fire ravages renowned London cancer hospital

Patients were evacuated Wednesday as a renowned London cancer hospital was ravaged by a major fire, emergency services and witnesses said.


Murdoch says eldest son may return to News Corp: FT

Lachlan Murdoch might return to a senior  post at his father's media empire, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch  told the Financial Times on Wednesday.


Spanish town elects 'Elvis' as councillor

Council meetings in a northern Spanish could take a turn for the bizarre after the town of Reus voted in a councillor who promised to turn up dressed as Elvis Presley and wants to turn the town square into a ... via Australian Broadcasting Corporation


Revisiting the Works of a Former Firebrand to See if Theyâre Still Warm to the Touch

âLe Marteau Sans MaÃ®treâ (âThe Hammer With No Masterâ) was performed by the dynamic, young Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble during this concert dedicated to Pierre Boulezâs music.


Local favorite Nicolas Massu beat Spain's Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday night to advance to the Movistar Open final.


The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently


La sonda europea ha concluso la sua missione


M&S's chief executive Stuart Rose received Â£7.8m in salary and bonuses last year, up 68% on a year ago.


News Corp shareholders back Murdoch's US listing plan

Rupert Murdoch has won a key vote allowing his News Corporation media empire to move its headquarters away from his native Australia and into the US.


Pakistan's Musharraf on collision course with Islamists over ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan's opposition is gearing up for a "black day" of protests after President Pervez Musharraf broke his promise to quit as army chief and accused his detractors of threatening democracy.


Irish  ministers discuss a report  into a Â£26.5m bank robbery by the body which monitors paramilitary activity.


In China, Stern Treatment For Young Internet 'Addicts'

DAXING, China -- Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each...


Height Treatment Could Reduce Fertility -Study

Estrogen treatment given to tall  adolescent girls to reduce their height can lead to fertility  problems, Australian scientists said on Friday.


Dinner party guest makes gruesome discovery

Host's wife and son in freezer A dinner party guest in Verviers, eastern Belgium, made a hasty exit from her host's house after discovering the bodies of his wife and son in the freezer.â¦


Bloomsbury PLC, the British publisher of the Harry Potter books, said Thursday that advance orders for the latest and final volume of the series are 17 percent ahead of the pre-orders for the previous book.


Roma, 12:31 - CALCIO, SERIE B: GLI ARBITRI DELLA SETTIMA GIORNATA

Ecco gli arbitri che dirigeranno le gare della settima giornata di andata del campionato di serie B,...


Why the Jesus phone couldn't perform miracles Much of the urban United States has enjoyed indoor toilets for some years now, and - Hallelujah! - thanks to Apple, it finally has a modern mobile phone, too.â¦


A Web Cadre Turns the Tables on African Scam Artists

For some, replying to Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters, and they have started taking justice into their own hands.


U.S. reportedly ready to join Iran talks

The United States is ready to meet with Iran and other nations for talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions if the Islamic republic gives up uranium enrichment, diplomats said Wednesday.


With Jonathan Papelbon likely headed back to the starting rotation, with Mike Timlin showing his age over the last half of the season, with the youngsters yet to prove themselves as viable late-inning relievers, a vintage Keith Foulke would fill a gaping hole in the Red Sox bullpen in 2007.


Pak Minister escapes unhurt in near air collision:

[World News]: Karachi, Dec.23 : Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had a narrow escape late on Wednesday when a Pakistan International Airlines plane was forced to dive to avoid a collision with another airliner over


Libraries Digging Deep for Geothermal Savings

Several libraries in Westchester have, or are planning to install, systems which use the earthâs constant temperature below the frost line to heat and cool their buildings.


SCRANTON, Pennsylvania  - A Pennsylvania town's anti-illegal-immigration law created a climate of fear in which businesses failed and people moved out, a lawyer argued on Monday as a trial seen as a test of U.S. immigration policy began.


Magna Carta fetches $21.3 million at Sotheby's auction

A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta, among the most important historical documents ever to hit the auction block, sold for $21.3 million on Tuesday at Sotheby's.


A former US Navy diver is described as having a "dangerous obsession" with singer Sheryl Crow.


Europe sets deadline for Iran to respond to nuclear concern

Germany, France and Britain formally submitted a draft resolution Tuesday to the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA), setting a deadline for Iran to respond to concern about its nuclear program.


Eruption eagerly awaited at Mount St. Helens

TOUTLE, Washington Mount St. Helens slowly belched massive white and dark clouds out of its peak on Monday. Officials at the US Geological Survey said it was too early to determine whether the clouds contained


Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) with a robot would cost $2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace


We're really talking mobile convergence Mobile Workshop For the last part of our mobile workshop weâre looking at mobile convergence. After our customary market observations, weâd love to hear your experiences with converged mobile and fixed voice and data.â¦


Matsushita, Hitachi in talks on major panel deals: source

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co   and Hitachi Ltd  are discussing multi-billion  dollar deals on flat panels that could reshape an industry hit  by fierce competition, a source familiar with the matter said.


What makes Ajax possible is the communication layer with the server. The most complete option is the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object. If XMLHttpRequest is not suitable, hidden IFrames and cookies can also be used. Both will be examined here. By Joshua Eichorn. 1009


With the recent release of a new Firefox/PHP combination extension, several developers were interested in just how it all worked. One such developer is Terry Chay who has posted about it to his blog today after looking into how it all fits together.   The standard way of debugging in PHP involves just echoing shit to the screen. The fact that PHP is a scripting language makes this an excellent way of debugging on the web. But what happens when doing this breaks your site?   That's where FirePHP comes in - it sends along a special request from your PHP script (as fired off by special code you insert) to include debugging information inside a different part of a "multipart/mixed" message. Terry also includes some of his sample code (including a custom version of the software) that he used to get things working. Check out the screenshot for the results.


Symantec offers free software as amends for antivirus snafu

Symantec, seeking to make amends for the glitch that knocked out thousands of computers across China last month, is offering affected users free backup software and an extension on their subscription to their anti-virus software. Some customers are not mollified.


Colombian right-wing paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso testifies before a special tribunal.


An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, and there were casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said. The state-run National News Agency said at least two people were killed.


Fists may have been flying at The Hawthorns... but it was Rob Earnshaw's foot that left Gary Megson wondering what might have been.


Anna Nicole Smith Is Found Dead in Florida

Anna Nicole Smith was a former Playboy centerfold, actress and television personality who was famous, above all, for being famous.


The UK's former top diplomat says developing nations need much more money to adapt climate change.


Las Vegas Monorail Near Reopening After Shutdown

The glitch-plagued Las Vegas  Monorail, shut down since September, could reopen this week  just in time for the city's biggest surge in tourism, a  spokesman for the $650 million system said on Wednesday.


Some Ford Models Do Poorly in First Results of Safety Tests

The government on Tuesday released the first batch of crash test results for 2005 model cars and trucks and it was not good news for the Ford Motor Company.


Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced yesterday he will step down as chief US diplomat once a successor is in place.


New cancer vaccine is safe and effective: Study

A new study of 1,113 women in North America and Brazil has found that a vaccine that could reduce cervical cancer rates by 75 percent is safe and 95 percent effective.


As Anglicans around the world try to resolve their deep rift over homosexuality, the gay American bishop at the center of the fight is offering a concession to his critics.


The chaotic scenes on the Gaza-Egypt border are forcing Israel, Egypt and the international community to rethink a two-year policy of trying to weaken Gaza's Hamas rulers by keeping the territory sealed.


Milano, 19:29 - CALCIO, CORIONI: LA LEGA NON FUNZIONA

''Quella del consorzio non Ã¨ una decisione anti Galliani, ma la constatazione che la Lega non funzio...


Clashes in al-Ramadi, 15 Iraqis killed in Tikrit, new bombardment ...

The American forces continued their air bombardment of Falluja yesterday at dawn resulting in several being killed and injured. Witnesses said that one of the killed is the driver of a rental car whose car


Romanian Is World's Oldest Woman to Give Birth

At age 66, Adriana Illiescu is the oldest known woman to give birth to a live infant, the Associated Press reported.


Web Site Offers Health-Care Links for Area Parents

By Paul Davis; Journal Staff Writer  If your child has an eating disorder, where do you go for help?   In the past, South County parents grappling with behavioral issues had to poke through the Yellow Pages, call doctors for references or rely on friends for names.


Justice secretary relates four occasions when he intervened to stop criminals - including three when he detained offender - as he sets out plans to review laws on self-defence.


Insider Traders Who Push Too Far Can Pay Dearly

Anyone who failed to grasp the lessons of the Martha Stewart case needs to learn about Eric I. Tsao, vice president of MedImmune Inc., the Gaithersburg biotech company.


India, Thailand Ecuador, Brazil must pay tariffs

Shrimpers from Brazil, India, Thailand and Ecuador dumped their product illegally on the American market and must pay tariffs if they want to keep selling to the United States, the Commerce Department ruled Monday.


AMERICA/MESSICO - ÂL'Avvenimento Guadalupano ha segnato lÂinizio dell'evangelizzazione con una vitalitÃ  che ha superato ogni aspettativaÂ: la conclusione dell'Anno Giubilare Guadalupano per i 475 anni dell'apparizione della Vergine Guadalupe (Agenzia Fides) - "I messicani rinnovano la felicitÃ  di sapere che la ÂMadre del vero Dio per cui si vive, il Creatore delle persone, il Padrone del cielo, il Padrone della terraÂ, ha voluto rimanere con noi" affermano i Vescovi del Messico...


Manning shows promise despite losing first NFL start

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- By their very nature, little brothers have a lifetime's worth of experience coming up a little short, but you got the feeling watching Eli Manning on Sunday at Giants Stadium that he grew even in defeat.


Pfizer shares sink after key drug halted

Shares of Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, sank Monday on news that the company had halted development of a key new cholesterol treatment that was heralded as its engine for future growth as the company struggles with stagnant sales.


Trend Micro offers new mobile security for PDA and smartphones

Trend Micro, Inc. has announced the Trend Micro Mobile Security, an antivirus and anti-spam protection for SMS messaging customers using smartphones and PDAs.


Padova, 20:40 - VOLLEY, SERIE A1: PADOVA BATTE CUNEO NELL'ANTICIPO

L'Antonveneta Padova ha battuto la Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-15) nell'anticipo ...


Socialist candidate details reform plans

PARIS -- French Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, attempting to rejuvenate a faltering bid to become the country's first female president, announced a 100-point platform yesterday that includes sending juvenile delinquents to military-style boot camps and providing free contraceptives to women younger than 25. Royal billed the two-hour speech, delivered before an estimated 15,000 party members but aimed at a ...


Boeing is expected to unveil a number of orders for its Dreamliner 787 aircraft at the Paris air show.


Some Women Cheat Because It's In Their Genes

A confidential survey of more than 1,600 pairs of female twins has revealed that genetic factors have a substantial impact on how likely women are to cheat on their partner and how many sexual partners they will have.


Noted Now: The Latest Breaking Political News

BUSH IN HOBBS, NM: "I couldn't disagree more. Our goal is to not to reduce terror to some acceptable level of nuisance, our goal is to defeat terror by staying on the offensive, destroying terrorist networks


A career and life riddled with contrasts added another Wednesday night when Sonny Vaccaro, who at 67 still describes himself as a renegade, gave a 90-minute speech at the Harvard Law School.


Floods, landslides kill at least 143 in China

BEIJING -- At least 143 people in southwestern China have been killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods and landslides triggered by torrential summer rains, officials and state television reported yesterday.


GLEN BOSS (Makybe Diva) first: "I could retire today and I'd be happy for the rest of my life. It was deja vu when they all went early.


Kerry on Iraq: Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Monday called the invasion of Iraq "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time" and said his goal was to withdraw US troops in his first White House term.


Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies.


Apple forecast below Wall Street targets

Apple Inc on Tuesday forecast a quarterly profit far below analysts' expectations and posted disappointing holiday-season iPod shipments, sending its shares down 12 percent on fears the weak economy would hurt the Macintosh maker.


The BBC suspends its online educational service BBC Jam following complaints from competitors.


Yes, a slimmed-down version of America's pastime soon may be coming to a ballpark near you. The new production might even be suitable viewing for children.


Comedian Richard Jeni, who shot himself to death in March, had a history of mental illness and was hospitalized late last year for suicidal depression, according to a coroner's report obtained Thursday.


Dell recalls nearly a million laptop AC adapters

Washington, DC - If you own a Dell laptop, you might want to check out the type of AC adapter that it uses. That is because the company has decided to recall nearly a million AC adapters because of a potential fire and electrical shock hazard.


Unicredit guida banche, a Ferrovie primato perdite


When No. 5 Miami practiced under the lights at the Orange Bowl last week, coach Larry Coker had his team watch a construction crew install extra bleachers behind the end zone.


Microsoft accuses IBM of an 'ulterior' standards agenda

Chicken hawk Microsoft is crying foul against IBM in its campaign for fast-track approval of XML Office file formats as an international standard.â¦


Jermain Defoe hints England could use a three-pronged attack against Wales.


Dopo circa due anni Bill Gates, patron di Microsoft, torna in Italia per parlare di progresso, del futuro dell'azienda di Redmond e del suo impegno sociale. L'occasione la offre il palco del Futurshow 3004


PeopleSoft fires CEO, clearing way for bid by Oracle

PeopleSoft Inc., the business software-maker, unexpectedly fired Craig Conway, its chief executive, dumping the feisty leader who engineered the company's dogged resistance to Oracle Corp.


When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.


Dodgers Reach Preliminary Deal With Drew

Outfielder J.D. Drew and the Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a preliminary agreement on a $55 million, five-year contract.


CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO  - Shares of Google Inc. hit  a new high on Monday, giving the Web search leader a bigger  market value than rival Yahoo Inc., as traders who had shorted  the stock scrambled to buy back scarce shares after Google's  better-than-expected quarterly results last week.


Court rules on overtime for care workers

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that home care workers are not entitled to overtime pay under federal law.


Chertoff: Concern remains about plotters

The U.S. is remaining vigilant for other attacks after last week's foiled plot to blow up airliners, the nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday, citing concerns that terror groups may "think we are distracted."


Judges clear way for genocide trials in Cambodia

A panel of Cambodian and international judges Wednesday approved rules clearing the way for the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal to put suspects on trial for genocide.


Chaotic Scenes at Arafat Compound Before Burial

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Thousands of Palestinian  mourners flooded into Yasser Arafat's compound and mobbed his  coffin after it arrived for burial on Friday in the area where  Israeli forces trapped him until his final days.


Personal incomes, consumer spending rise

Personal incomes rose in January at the fastest clip in a year, bolstered by bonus payments to high-income executives and pay raises for federal workers. The extra income helped support a better-than-expected rise in consumer spending.


Suicide bomber kills four in Afghan capital

A suicide car-bomber attacked a military-civilian convoy on Saturday in the Afghan capital, killing four civilians, police and NATO-led forces said, in the third such attack on international forces in two days.


BOCA RATON, Fla. - John Kerry wanted to highlight his personal side in a speech about values. President Bush wanted to energize supporters in New Mexico.


With James struggles, Wolves turn to Foye

Marcus Banks didn't work, and neither did Marko Jaric.


With its eye firmly fixed on rival Salesforce.com, Siebel unveiled OnDemand Release 6 of its hosted CRM suite of applications last week, the first industry-specific version of its hosted software.


La tournee del Teatro Massimo iniziera' il 18 giugno


IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ...


Notre Dame 89, Syracuse 83: Notre Dame Is Finding Good Karma

The victory over Syracuse was the first for Notre Dame at the Big East tournament since 2004.


Thailand's foreign minister said Thursday his office may restore to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra the symbolic privilege of holding a diplomatic passport, in the latest suggestion from the new government that it may rehabilitate the former leader.


Georgia rules Potter can stay on school shelves

Harry Potter fans in Gwinnett County, Georgia, can breathe a sigh of relief.


Spinning Steve Ballmer's comments on Vista's lagging sales, Bill Gates touts positive public feedback. In Game|Life.


University of Vermont basketball coach Tom Brennan, left, talks with forward Taylor Coppenrath at practice in Burlington, Vt., Monday, March 17, 2003.


New Zealand calls on Tokyo to accept Greenpeace's offer to tow its stricken whaling ship from the Antarctic.


A Russian spaceship has blasted off, carrying vital food and water to two astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS), whose supplies are running very low.


A County Antrim man is sentenced to 14 years in prison for manslaughter by a court in Gran Canaria.


Two men whose bodies were found at Gortin lakes had made a suicide pact after meeting on the internet.


The Democrats appear to be gaining the upper hand in the battle to sign up new voters in the all-important swing states, an Associated Press analysis suggests.    The AP analysis of the most up-to-date figures from across the country found that, in every state where complete data is available, the Democrats have registered more new voters than Republicans...


RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Washington's heft behind new Mideast peace overtures yesterday, scheduling an unexpected meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week.


Iraq: autobomba anche a Tall Afar, 4 morti e 16 feriti

TALL AFAR (Iraq) - Ennesima autobomba questa mattina in Iraq. Questa volta l'esplosione si e' verificata a Tall Afar, nel nord del paese, nel centro della citta'. Secondo fonti mediche 4 iracheni sono morti e altri 16 sono rimasti feriti.


Parma, 20:15 - CALCIO, PARMA: AUTO CARDONE GRAFFIATA CON SCRITTE OFFENSIVE

La carrozzeria dell'auto del giocatore del Parma, Giuseppe Cardone, è stata vistosamente graf...


A collection of genes involved in  early development may help explain why black babies are more at  risk of sudden infant death syndrome than other U.S. groups,  researchers said on Thursday.


Healthy food getting more expensive: study

NEW YORK  - The price of fruits and vegetables is climbing faster than inflation, while junk food is actually becoming cheaper, the findings of a new study suggest.


Zimbabwe takes over H.J. Heinz oil firm stake

Zimbabwe's government has taken over U.S  food giant H.J Heinz's  49 percent stake in the African  nation's leading cooking oil maker for $6.8 million and handed  its management to a firm with ties to the state.


Outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized Wednesday for using a derogatory term in referring to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, then kept up his criticism of the writer.


Il patron dÃ  fiducia a Mancini, ma lancia l'allarme in difesa: "E' inammissibile: su tre azioni il Cagliari ha segnato 3 gol, contro ventuno delle nostre". MILANO, 15 novembre 2004 - Juventus, 12 partite, 4 gol subiti. Milan, il doppio. Inter, 20.


Essay: How Two Studies on Cancer Screening Led to Two Results

Increased survival sounds like great news. But it may not mean what you think.


Rescuers locate the body of James Kim, according to reports. In Gear Factor.


Santander Aims to Complete Abbey Purchase by November, FT Says

Santander Central Hispano SA aims to complete its 8.3 billion pounds ($15 billion) purchase of Abbey National Plc by November, the Financial Times said, citing Juan Inciarte, Santander's director for Europe and consumer finance.


Henin-Hardenne beats Mauresmo; Gonzalez's long day yields gold ...

Healthy at last, Justine Henin-Hardenne is back at the top of her game. And she has a gold medal to prove it. In a No. 1 vs. No. 2 final that wasn't really close, the top-ranked Henin-Hardenne overwhelmed


A four-day general strike begins against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.


NL notebook: Mets fire Howe, effective at end of the season

The New York Mets fired manager Art Howe yesterday but left him in the dugout for the final 2-1/2 weeks of a season gone bad after the All-Star break.


Delta gets court approval to end pilot pension plan

A U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday   allowed Delta Air Lines Inc. DALRQ.PK to terminate its   pilots' defined benefit pension plan, clearing a major hurdle   in its restructuring plans.


Fox Disagrees With FCC Indecency Finding

WASHINGTON - Fox Broadcasting Co. disagrees with a finding by federal regulators that an episode of "Married by America" was indecent, but isn't saying whether it will appeal a nearly $1.2 million fine...


A court in Bangladesh sentences a former minister to five years jail for possessing alcohol, officials say.


Martha Stewart Appeals, Says Tarred by US

Martha Stewart is urging an appeals court to overturn her conviction because she was "tarred" by prosecutors' implications she committed the uncharged crime of insider


Rejuvenated Celtics expect happy new year

The Boston Celtics will hit the new year  with the NBA's best record and a belief that more is still to  come. "We haven't played our best basketball and I think most  of the guys in this locker room will say that," veteran guard  Ray Allen said recently after his team's home victory over the  Orlando Magic.


The Conservatives would offer students cash incentives to study maths, science and languages, Michael Howard says.


Padoa-Schioppa: a meta' aprile offerte non vincolanti


Portavoce nega che ci sia sviluppo retorica anti-iraniana


Philadelphia opens high-tech school of the future

Philadelphia on Thursday opened a   public high school where students work on wireless laptops,   teachers eschew traditional subjects for real-world topics and   parents can track their child's work on the Internet.


The new bands tent at Glastonbury Festival will be named the John Peel Stage to honour the Radio 1 DJ.


Claims manufactured discs unlicensed Toshiba last week launched legal action against an Italian disc duplication company it maintains has infringed its intellectual property.â¦


By Richard Mize, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--Land-office business is in the offing just west of Deer Creek High School.   Developers are jockeying to draw up what state officials envision as possibly -- but not necessarily -- an equestrian-oriented housing addition.


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Iran fuel rations spark anger, pump stations burn

Angry Iranians torched pump stations and hurled abuse at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government after the world's fourth-largest oil exporter said it was imposing fuel rationing on Wednesday.


Asset Sales Seen of Limited Use to US Air

US Airways Group Inc. UAIR.O,  desperately trying to slash costs in bankruptcy to ensure  survival, may not be able to find much relief through a  potential sale of its assets, analysts said on Tuesday.


Obesity is rising sharply among US preschoolers

The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.


Putin Moves to Strengthen Antiterror Forces in South

The Kremlin reorganized its local security services on Thursday in the region where hundreds of people were killed last week in a school hostage-taking, the first public step


ABBA member says he is no 'Dancing Queen'

Legendary Swedish disco group ABBA may be one of the world's most successful bands but one of the quartet's members, Benny Andersson, says he has never danced to its bouncy tunes.


Halsey Minor, CEO of hosted integration provider grand central Communications, has a powerful message for IT: âIn four years, ... basically the whole notion of enterprise application software is going to be dead.â He believes application functionality will instead be available as hosted, pay-per-use services delivered by companies such as Salesforce.com. Putting his money where his mouth is, Minor has recently launched a $50 million venture capital fund with his own money to fuel on-demand startups. For its part, Grand Central will handle data and process integration between enterprises and multiple on-demand services.


MONTE SERENO, Calif. - For six years, Alan and Bonnie Aerts transformed their Silicon Valley home into a Christmas cornucopia - complete with surfing Santa, nativity scene, giant candy canes flanking the driveway and a carol-singing chorus of life-sized mannequins.


Profanity concerns prompt CBS to show "9/11" on web

CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would  broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the  airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or  forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.


The Texas Democratic Party chairman wants financial donors in the state to stop sending money to the national party because he says officials there are treating it as a Republican state where Democrats can't win.


Midnight Red Barbie doll sets world auction record

Barbie in Midnight Red, dating from   1965, sold for a world record 9,000 pounds ($17,000) on Tuesday   as collectors from around the world gathered to bid for a piece   of a unique private collection of 4,000 Barbie family dolls.


Two weeks after his failed White House bid, John Kerry returned to the US Senate with no special standing among fellow Democrats, despite months in the spotlight as the party's presidential candidate.


âGreyâsâ Star Eric Dane Beats Skin Cancer

Eric Dane, who plays the hunky Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan on television's "Grey's Anatomy," encountered his own real life medical scare earlier this year. Dane opens up to OK! Magazine about his battle with skin cancer. The actor first noticed a problem...


Attorney: SEC Won't Fine, Charge Winnick

The attorney for Gary Winnick, the founder and former chairman of Global Crossing Ltd., said Monday he has been told that his client will not be charged or fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission after a lengthy investigation of the fiber-optic


Iraqi president delays trip to France over hostage crisis

Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar, who was due in Paris on Sunday to start a European tour, has postponed his visit to France due to the ongoing hostage drama involving two French journalists, Arab diplomats said Friday.


10 Million iPods, Previewing the CD's End

Classic-rock fan George Petersen doesn't need another copy of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" or Cream's "Disraeli Gears." He has spent the past four decades buying and re-buying his favorite music in a succession of new formats: vinyl, 8-track, cassette, compact disc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio.


Israel mulls Gaza power cuts over rocket attacks

Israeli leaders decided on Wednesday against a broad offensive in Gaza to curb cross-border rocket attacks but did not rule out cutting off Israeli-supplied power to the Palestinian territory, government officials said.


Clinton takes to the loudhailer in a New Hampshire car park, emulating an improbable role model - John Major


Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan's Prime


Photo released Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004 by the Fairfax County, Va. Police Department of Washington Redskins rookie Sean Taylor who was arrested Thursday on charges of driving under the influence and refusing


Calcio, Lazio: Veltroni fa gli auguri a Papadopulo

Il sindaco di Roma Walter Veltroni ha avuto stamani un colloquio telefonico con il nuovo tecnico della Lazio Giuseppe Papadopulo. Il sindaco, fa sapere il Campidoglio, ''ha dato il benvenuto all'allenatore


President Bush names Al Hubbard, a close friend and financial backer, as his chief economic adviser.


Product Placement on Reality TV Seems Somehow More Realistic

It is typically easier to weave a product into an episode of a reality show like âAmerican Idolâ than into a scripted series like âGreyâs Anatomyâ or âTwo and a Half Men.â


Democrats Criticize Bush's Corporate Ties

Presidential nominee John Kerry and other Democrats are organizing a new line of attack against President Bush, accusing him of stacking the federal government with friends and donors who are gutting regulations on U.S. corporations.


Chile Cuts Emissions, Helps Japan, Canada

Pig manure in Chile will keep neon lights glowing on Tokyo's Ginza in years to come. It's a grand north-south tradeoff to slow global warming: You reduce your "greenhouse gas" emissions so I don't have to cut back on mine.


The first exploitations of Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) peculiar search algorithms were humorous, political, or both. I'm referring the once-popular procedure of Google Bombing, a way


Why Syria May Be the Real Victim of the Attack

The raid on the American embassy in Damascus signals a greater threat to the Syrian regime than to the U.S.


Study Shows Marathons Arenât Likely to Kill You

The risk of dying on a marathon course is twice as high if you drive it than if you run it, researchers in Canada have found.


Biggest game of year: Man United vs. Arsenal

It's the biggest game of the English season - Manchester United vs. Arsenal on Sunday at Old Trafford. "The whole world is waiting as well," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.


In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy

President Bushâs initiative, which has helped 1.4 million people, may be his most lasting bipartisan achievement.


Amimon gets its chips out for wireless high dev


Cargo plane with seven crew crashes near Halifax amid huge ...

HALIFAX (CP) - The tail section of a loaded cargo jet snapped off before it crashed into woods at the end of a runway at Halifax International Airport early Thursday, killing all seven crew members on board.


WASHINGTON - The economy headed into the end of the year with good momentum, expanding at an annual rate of 4 percent in the third quarter, a faster clip than previously thought.


Woman Chows 38 Lobsters in Eating Contest

America's top speed-eater wolfed down 38 lobsters in 12 minutes Saturday to win the World Lobster Eating Contest.


Britain's media regulator Ofcom has  launched a review of public service broadcasting to examine how  it should be provided in a world dominated by digital TV and  the Internet.


Hollywood stars seek early start to labor talks

Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract as soon as possible in order to avert a strike.


Ill health prevented the author Doris Lessing from travelling to Sweden for a Nobel presentation in December. Instead, a ceremony was held at the Wallace Collection in London


Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie says Newcastle would be wasting their time with a fresh bid for Harry Redknapp.


Shinzo Abe, a staunch advocate of a   bigger say for Japan in global affairs, was poised to win a   ruling party leadership contest on Wednesday, setting the stage   for his election as prime minister next week.


Roma, 14:09 - CALCIO, ROMA; MEXES: SONO MOLTO FELICE

Philippe Mexes esprime tutta la sua soddisfazione per il rinnovo con la Roma. ''Ho appena firmato il...


KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 29, 2004 - An explosion tore through the office of an American security contractor in the heart of the Afghan capital Sunday, killing seven people, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said.


Bush, Merkel far apart on climate change

Both President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been making optimistic comments about the prospects for agreement on climate change.


Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who was arrested as part of the emergency government's crackdown on corruption, one of her lawyers said.


Oil from bombed plant covers Lebanon shore

A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago.


Torino, 11:00 - CALCIO, JUVE: ANCHE NEDVED IN RITIRO

Pavel Nedved è presente al raduno della Juve a Vinovo (Torino) che precede la partenza per il...


Ban Ki-moon to take oath as U.N. secretary-general

South Korean Ban Ki-moon takes the oath of office as the eighth U.N. secretary-general at a ceremony in the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, less than three weeks before he assumes the post from Kofi Annan.


Joe Nemechek won his first NASCAR pole of the year Friday by turning in the fastest lap of the day in qualifying for Sunday's EA Sports 500.


A woman who died after being given an epidural in her arm rather than her back was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury rules.


Democrats and Republicans may clash over who did what when they put on military uniforms. But they are all but united in their taste in neckties.


14 Croatian Fans Join Bulgarians Behind Bars

Sports: 12 October 2004, Tuesday. Fourteen Croatians and four Bulgarians have been sentenced to nine days in jail following their arrests before Saturday's World Cup qualifier, Bulgaria's Embassy in Zagreb ...


Opera Tampa, Coppola Revisit 'Trial Of The Century'

By Kurt Loft, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 15--TAMPA -- Eighty years ago, a wave of protest and indignation swept across America. Two Italian immigrants had been found guilty of murder, sentenced to death and electrocuted.


Bosses play scrooge with Christmas parties

Fewer British bosses will deck their halls and make merry with employees this season, according to a survey released showing a 30-percent drop in the number of office Christmas parties this year.


Apple rings in changes with iPhone Touch

iPhone iNspired Yes, it's here... the iPhone iPod Touch, Apple's first dedicated digital media player with wireless networking, Mac OS X and the Apple handset's user interface on board.â¦


Tirano in particolare la performance quelli da sole


A small group of companies that paid no state income tax have begun receiving millions of dollars in refunds after a state board ignored its staff and ordered the checks written.


Play action has accounted for four of Chad Pennington's five touchdown passes this season. The Jets play at New England on Sunday.


Per i giudici sono inammissibili, 9 le richieste anche Tanzi


Opposition parties in Pakistan have taken big leads in the election, admits the party allied to President Musharraf.


UPDATE 1-Cricket-Muralitharan "doosra" will be legal delivery

â¢ Cricket-West Indies tour preparations hit by player dispute November 10, 2004 13:49:47 LONDON, Nov 10  - A dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its players is threatening to disrupt preparations for their tour of Australia


Mibtel -0,19%, SP/Mib -0,18%, partono male anche europee


President Bush coined a new catch phrase in trying yet again to build support for an increasingly unpopular war: "Return on success." That's short for limited troop withdrawals — without spelling it out.


Singer Cat Stevens Says Awarded Libel Damages

Yusuf Islam, the pop singer formerly  known as Cat Stevens, said on Tuesday he had won substantial  damages from two British newspapers which alleged he supported  terrorism.


Judge: Police Had 'Probable Cause' Against Jackson

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Police had "probable cause" to believe Michael Jackson had committed a crime when they raided his Neverland Valley Ranch looking for evidence, a judge in the pop star's child molestation case ruled on ...


Quiksilver isn't riding the right wave, as its earnings tumbled in the third quarter.


Egyptian cooperation insufficient in rescue work: Israeli fire ...

Israel's fire chief complained of insufficient cooperation from Egypt on Friday in rescue efforts at an Egyptian Red Sea resort hotel, torn apart by a bomb blast.


"Hairspray" and female Travolta win over critics

Featuring the unlikely trio of John Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfeiffer as a racist and a chubby singer as its star, "Hairspray" debuts in movie theaters on Friday aiming to be a box office hit -- again.


In Address at U.N., Bush Defends Decision to Invade Iraq

The president asserted that Iraq will be a beacon of freedom and that nations should not falter in the fight against terror.


New on DVD: Two sports dramas that aspire to inspirational finishes

A little-known cyclist becomes 'The Flying Scotsman,' while 'We Are Marshall' dramatizes a football team's rebirth after tragedy.


Small companies tout their media products, many of which integrate various types of software and connectivity.


Curry has been an emotional savior for BU

When the Boston University hockey team headed to a house party in Allston the night of Dec. 2, the objective was to blow off some steam. The Terriers had dropped a 1-0 decision to archrival Boston College on a fluky goal scored into BU's own net.


RAF helicopter crews help rescue more than 60 villagers after a Worcestershire river breaks its banks.


The new Airbus A380 airliner receives mixed reviews, and there is pessimism in France and Spain about public-sector strikes and peace in the Basque country, respectively.


Operazione a Bari, Ancona e Chieti: un'inchiesta partita un anno fanel mirino le prove di ammissione a Medicina e Odontoiatria                                            Test di ammissione all'universitÃ  Perquisizioni della Guardia di finanza


Hollywood Records is attempting to breathe new life into an ailing musical format, the CD. It has unveiled the CDVU+ format, which it hopes will appeal to those looking for something more than currently offered by the standard 12cm audio disc.â¦


French President Chirac's ruling party risks losing its outright majority in an indirect vote to the Senate.


Asus ha lanciato sul mercato il DRW-1604P, un masterizzatore DVD compatibile con i supporti a doppio strato (DL) e in grado di scrivere i formati DVD+Re DVD-R alla velocitÃ  di 16X. In modalitÃ  double layer


San Paolo, 09:26 - CALCIO, BRASILE: INCIDENTE STRADALE PER EX ATTACCANTE CASAGRANDE

Walter Casagrande, ex attaccante di Ascoli e Torino, è rimasto coinvolto in un incidente stra...


United States president George Bush pledged Monday continued support for the Colombian government in its fight against drug barons and Marxist oriented guerrillas that have ravaged the country for decades.


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who take hormone therapy that combines estrogen with progestin have double the risk for venous thrombosis, a type of blood clot, according to a recent study.


Mozilla's Firefox about to be released on market so far dominated ...

The future appears rosy for Firefox. Just two years after its start, and even before reaching version 1.0 (now imminent), the little open source browser has already left behind its elder


Google Defends Itself and YouTube on New Blog

Search giant says it will use the blog to to address that and other public policy issues--and to try to enlist the aid of Internet users in its lobbying efforts.


U.S. Treasury prices seesawed on  Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a  quarter-percentage point and signaled further hikes were on the  way.


ISPs File Next Barrage of Anti-Spam Lawsuits

Earthlink filed a federal lawsuit in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing 50 "John Does" of violating the federal CAN-SPAM Act and various other state and federal statutes, including the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Georgia Computer Systems Protection


U.S. Prepares for Guantanamo Arraignments

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Four Guantanamo prisoners will be the first suspected terrorists arraigned in preliminary hearings this week before their cases go to military commissions, or trials, in an unprecedented judicial process that foreign governments, lawyers and human rights groups have criticized.    While the maximum sentence the men face is life in prison, the military commissions - the first in nearly 60 years since the United States tried German saboteurs - will have the power to sentence others to death, and there is no independent appeal process...


A gunman took at least two people hostage Wednesday during an attempted bank robbery outside Chicago, authorities said.


U.S.-Russia Space Crew Set for Return to Earth

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and two cosmonauts is set to return to Earth on Sunday, landing in darkness by parachute in the barren steppe of northern Kazakhstan.


"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's widow says she hasn't seen the film of her husband's deadly encounter with a stingray and that it won't ever be shown on television.


Beckham May Miss 6 Weeks With Cracked Rib

David Beckham could be sidelined up to six weeks after cracking a rib during England's 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Wales in which he scored a goal and drew a suspension for the next game.


Thangapaandi stars SJ Suryah as a strapping village lad with an active love life, as three women fall in love with him.


U.S.-Russia tensions, climate in focus as G8 meets

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers gather on Germany's Baltic coast on Wednesday for a G8 summit likely to be dominated by U.S.-Russia tensions and wrangling over global warming.


Charles Schwab Corp. on Monday said its brokerage unit will cut its base online stock-trading fee to $19.95 from $29.95, starting Nov. 1. The price cut could reduce revenue by 2 percent for the next 12 months


The Israeli parliament has voted in favour of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull Jewish settlers out from Gaza. BBC News Online spoke to four settlers about their thoughts on their uncertain future.


Fool on Call: Happy Associates, Happy FedEx

Treating international associates right makes good business sense.


Bad weather is being blamed as the probable cause of a plane crash in Indonesia on Tuesday which left at least 25 people dead. An MD-82 passenger plane belonging to budget airline Lion Air skidded off the


Former Indiana Pacers shooting guard Reggie Miller has ruled out any prospect of an NBA comeback after two weeks of fitness tests.


It's confounding that despite such issues as war, terrorism, jobs, wages, loss of US prestige abroad and the cost of health care and college, the two major presidential candidates and their surrogates are flinging meaningless mudballs with abandon.


Vietnam frees dissident Pham Hong Son, jailed four years ago for posting a US article on democracy.


Crews on all-terrain vehicles yesterday recovered the bodies of all 10 people killed in the crash of a Hendrick Motorsports plane that was carrying family and friends of one of NASCAR's top syndicates.


Hewitt wins battle of former world number ones

Australian Lleyton Hewitt beat fellow former world number one Marat Safin 7-5 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Las Vegas Open final.


U.S. new home sales fell a steeper-than-expected 9 percent in November, but business activity elsewhere perked up this month, according to reports on Friday that showed pockets of strength in the economy despite a housing sector meltdown.


The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck & Co. , said on Thursday.


CBS Guilty of 'Myopic Zeal' Over Bush Story -- Report

CBS News fired four employees on  Monday after an independent report critical of legendary anchor  Dan Rather found a "myopic zeal" led the network to disregard  basic journalism principles when it aired a faulty story on  President Bush's military service record.


Apple Computer this week launched a voluntary worldwide 15-inch PowerBook G4 battery exchange program to deal with 28,000 potentially faulty units.


Foreclosures fall second time in 3 months: report

Home foreclosure filings fell in November from October, though they may remain at elevated levels as rising payments on adjustable loans pressure borrowers, a real estate data company reported on Wednesday.


Bush, Martin pledge to improve trade relations but no promises on ...

OTTAWA (CP) - George W. Bush said he understands Canadian ranchers' frustrations but the president suggested the lumbering US bureaucracy has to sign off before the border can re-open to Canadian cattle.


Dole recalls bagged salads due to E. coli

A division of Dole Food Co said on Monday it was recalling "Dole Hearts Delight" bagged salads in the United States and Canada because a sample at a grocery store in Canada was found to contain E. coli.


Toymaker Hasbro Inc. HAS.N said on  Wednesday its full-year net revenue would drop and forecast  earnings well below Wall Street expectations, citing a tough  retail environment and disappointing performance domestically.


Iraq Invasion Was Illegal, Contravened UN Charter, Annan Says

The US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because a decision to go to war should have been made by the United Nations Security Council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in an interview shown by the British Broadcasting Corp.


Stressful situations can impair short-term memory

How many people have gotten home after a blindingly stressful day and realize they've forgotten some important event or errand?


Billionaire jumps into the Hollywood Video fray

PORTLAND, Ore. Billionaire Carl Icahn has set his sights on Hollywood Video, bringing to four the number of parties moving to try to take over the Oregon-based video rental chain.


Indian PM arrives in China for high-level talks: officials

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Beijing Sunday for a visit largely focused on a protracted border dispute and a widening trade gap between the Asian giants, officials said.


The dollar gained support on Thursday  after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan indicated the  previous day that U.S. interest rates would continue to rise.


Software giant teams with Polycom to boost sales of Live Communications Server.


A man is taken from a house then shot by a six-strong masked gang in Strabane, County Tyrone.


Kids Voting: Debates may come too late in the process

The question on most peopleâs minds is who will be elected president of the United States. The past few weeks have been hard-core campaigning.


Sun supercomputer takes on IBM's Blue Gene

Still, Sun's 2-petaflop design is second to IBM's 3-petaflop Blue Gene supercomputer.


Ubisoft Ships Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 2, 2004 â-bisoft, one of the worldâs leading video game publishers, today announced that Prince of Persia: Warrior Withinâ¢ is now available on store shelves for the PlayStationÂ®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox


A car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad Friday, killing at least six people and wounding 29, Iraqi police said.


It's the fastest-growing economy in Europe, in the fifth year of a boom that has seen gross domestic product climb by over a third since 1999.


Risk Seen in Vaginal Birth After Caesarean -Study

Women who try to give birth naturally after having had a Caesarean face a slightly higher risk of serious medical problems, according to a comprehensive study released on Tuesday.


Pakistan to give $150,000 for two Chinese engineers

BEIJING: Pakistan has decided to give $100,000 as compensation to the family of Wang Peng, the Chinese engineer who died during the operation to rescue him and his colleague from abductors and $50,000 to Wang Ende, another Chinese hostage who was rescued


Pakistan Victors Want Dialogue With Militants

The winners of Pakistanâs parliamentary elections said that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants by pursuing less military confrontation.


Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit Wednesday against CBS, alleging that the network made him a "scapegoat" for a discredited story about President Bush's National Guard service


MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end bloodshed between their followers and to win back Western aid halted because of the hostility of Hamas to Israel.


FDA drug testimony sets off local alarms

Calls for changing the way the government monitors drug safety erupted Friday, as consumer advocates and worried patients zeroed in on testimony that five federally approved medicines posed significant health risks.


Superstar Kewell remains centre of attention

Socceroo forward Harry Kewell loosens up by tossing around a ball at Bondi beach yesterday. Photo: Craig Golding. There were half a dozen Socceroos standing on a raised platform in Sydney's


DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan, trying to calm Middle East violence, met Jordan's King   Abdullah on Thursday before visiting Syria to seek its help in   upholding a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.


Police: Tank Johnson present at shooting

Chicago Bears nose tackle Tank Johnson, already facing weapons charges after a raid on his home, is not responsible for the deadly shooting of his friend inside a nightclub, the player's lawyer said Saturday.


Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.


No Real Disruption Seen for Big Lender or Mortgage Market

Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage finance company, will probably not face major business disruptions from the $9 billion write-off that federal regulators are requiring it to take, analysts and investors said yesterday.


AU Says Sudan Has Started Darfur Troop Withdrawal

The African Union said Sudan began  withdrawing troops in Darfur before a Saturday deadline to end  fighting in the western region, but Khartoum said the pull-back  was conditional on rebels halting attacks.


Sweeping plans to reform America's intelligence network have run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress objected to the legislation.


When Clint Eastwood calls, legends oblige

CARMEL, California  - When Clint Eastwood calls, even the biggest celebrities are happy to oblige, giving the actor an especially strong pull in putting together high-profile projects.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has attended a multi-faith memorial service for Kenneth Bigley, the hostage who was beheaded by Iraqi militants last month re-igniting anti-war feelings across the country.


Cubans remember airliner bombing victims

Ondina Perez grew teary Friday as she recalled the day 30 years ago when a Cuban airliner exploded in flight over the island of Barbados, killing her pilot brother and the other 72 people aboard.


Drobo is a storage appliance that retails for $499 without drives, employs its own disk and storage virtualization algorithms to give users many of the data redundancy benefits of RAID without RAID's complexity.


Amid the music industry's 10-week sales spiral, merchants have a new concern: Aggressive pricing on high-profile releases is threatening to turn Black Friday -- retailers' highly profitable day after Thanksgiving -- into a red one for stores devoted to music.


Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests

Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


The upstart miner has won a huge round as part of its hostile takeover bid for Gold Fields. It's not money in the bank yet, though.


Academics find that the finger of destiny points their way

Male scientist are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women and long index fingers, a new study says. A survey of academics at the University of Bath has found that male scientists typically


Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, agreed Friday to pay $430 million to resolve personal-injury claims against a subsidiary that sold products containing asbestos in the 1970s.


Britain on Tuesday defied a Russian  order to close the regional offices of its cultural arm from  New Year's day, but there was no evidence of Russian attempts  to forcibly close British Council centers.


The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor will name the first suspects accused of committing war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday and human rights activists hope he will pursue senior figures.


AFRICA/SENEGAL - Scheda del Paese Roma (Agenzia Fides)- Paese dellÂAfrica occidentale che si affaccia sullÂOceano Atlantico, il Senegal ha unÂestensione di 200mila km2. Confina a sud con Gambia, Guinea Bissau e Guinea Conakry, ad est con il Mali e a nord-est con la Mauritania. Al cen...


Va interrotta abitudine di trovare soluzioni dopo disordini


Italy deporting hundreds of illegal immigrants to Libya

Saying it has been overwhelmed by a sudden influx of illegal immigrants sailing across the Mediterranean, Italy has begun deporting hundreds of newly arrived people to Libya despite widespread condemnation of ...


Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television

Madison Avenue is optimistic that there can be long-term benefits from the disruptions caused to the broadcast television season by the writersâ strike.


Toshiba, NEC plan HD DVD notebooks in 2005

TOKYO - Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. said they are backing the HD DVD format over the rival Blu-ray Disc scheme, announcing plans here on Wednesday (Oct. 20) to launch new notebook computers in 2005 with HD DVD drives.


Scientists apparently freed a young whale from more than 150 feet of lobster fishing gear Friday after riding alongside the animal on a Coast Guard cutter for nearly 24 hours.


NEW YORK  - Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers and Richard Belzer joined about 300 protesters outside Viacom's Times Square offices for the first major New York City WGA picket line of 2008 Wednesday.


A series of emotive anti-smoking adverts featuring children standing at their parents' graves has been launched. One of the hard-hitting ads, part of aAÂ£6 million Government campaign, shows children at their father's graveside after his funeral.


California sues carmakers over global warming

California sued six of the   world's largest automakers over global warming on Wednesday,   charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused   billions of dollars in damages.


Shanahan says he intends to honor Broncos contract

DENVER Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is trying to defuse rumors that he might be leaving for Notre Dame. Last night he said he intends to honor the final four years of his contract, following reports


La societa' del gruppo Cir ha pagato 246,1 mln euro per 99%


NBA Player Investigated for Dog Fighting

Qyntel Woods, No. 24, has been suspended without pay by the Portland Trail Blazers while investigators look into allegations of animal cruelty.


Acting in 'Miss Anara' was re-living torture: Anara

Her debut film on her own life story is now a reason for her to live, says former Miss Jammu Anara Gupta, who found enacting scenes linking her to a pornographic movie and her illegal detention a real torture.


City dwellers have every right to be afraid

Comment is free: Nick Cohen: The idea that it's middle-class paranoia ignores the fact that lawlessness really is getting worse.


KUWAIT - The Kuwaiti newspaper that predicted the release of two Italian hostages in Iraq says the captors had originally demanded a US$5 million ($7.


Statins seen beneficial for nearly all diabetics

Statins -- the best-selling class of  cholesterol-fighting drugs -- should be considered as standard  therapy for all diabetics, apart from children and pregnant  women, researchers said on Friday.


Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.


British drinks giant Diageo is set to buy the Chalone Wine Group and will pay around $260m for the Napa-based Californian wine group.


* Chief blames higher steel and services prices

BP could be forced to raise capital spending by $1.5bn (Â£820,000) next year because of sharply rising steel prices and increased competition for drilling rig services as oil companies lift investment to record levels.


Maruyama joins Chopra, Jacobson in Tesoro lead

Japan's Shigeki Maruyama spectacularly eagled the 16th to tie Swedes Daniel Chopra and Fredrik Jacobson for the lead in the unfinished fourth round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Port St. Lucie, Florida Sunday.


Ex-ministers Charles Clarke and Alan Milburn e-mail all Labour MPs urging an "open debate" on the party's future.


Terrell Owens can add Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid to his list of well-wishers. The two men tormented most by T.O.'s antics in Philadelphia last season had only sympathy for Owens on Thursday.


DNA testing of blood samples in Kashmir rape case

Srinagar, November 11: The inquiry team probing the alleged rape of a woman and her daughter by an Army officer at Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir has sent the blood samples of the accused and the victims to Central Forensic Laboratory (CFL) at Chandigarh


Lovemaking is the secret to a woman's happiness!:

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 10: A new study conducted by University of Michigan suggests that women enjoy sex most and commuting least.


Europe and U.S. Diverge on Rate Prospects

As the Fed signaled it would likely cut interest rates, the  U.S. central bank and its European counterpart are  showing diverging readings of the economic tea leaves.


Fourteen sailors are missing after a South Korean freighter sinks in rough seas off the country's south coast.


For Young Armenians, a Promised Land Without Promise

An independent Armenia has proved too constricting and its promise too distant for the next generation's ambitions.


Storm-drenched local areas can expect to get more rain

High winds add to problems from the initial impact, which cut power to thousands across the South Bay. By Doug Irving. Punishing bands of rain and wind raked across Southern California early Tuesday, swamping


Police are due to release the results of post-mortem examinations on a couple from West Sussex.


Kevin Mawae isn't sure whether or not he'll be playing with a club-like cast on his right hand for a fourth straight game Sunday, but if he does and the Patriots don't like it, that's tough.


Singer Anita Baker Returns After 10-Year Break

Timeless hits like "Sweet Love" may  have transformed sultry singer Anita Baker into an  international star, but after 10 years as a stay-at-home mom,  her young sons offer a more humble assessment of her career.


Dell, Microsoft to Develop Server Software

Dell (Dell:Nasdaq - news - research) and Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) are partnering to develop and sell software that makes it easier for large businesses to manage their servers, the two companies announced Monday.


Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the psychiatrist who has died aged 78, was considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the psychology of dying, and is credited with changing attitudes towards the terminally ill.


Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as a steep quarterly loss at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.  and executives' warnings about possible future problems deepened investors' concern about the credit crisis.


U.S. Alleges North Korea Is Misusing Aid for Poor

About $3 million in United Nations money intended to help impoverished North Koreans was diverted by the Pyongyang government toward the purchase of property in France, the United Kingdom and Canada, according to a confidential State Department account of witness reports and internal business rec...


Torres Chosen First in MLS Expansion Draft

CD Chivas USA made Los Angeles Galaxy forward Arturo Torres the first player chosen Friday in the Major League Soccer Expansion draft.


Boffins causing a buzz with bee-sized aircraft

Scientists in Britain have figured out how insects fly, bringing bee-sized surveillance aircraft a step closer to reality.


Shabani Nonda scored a crucial late volley to keep Blackburn's UEFA Cup hopes alive as Bayer Leverkusen secured a 3-2 first-leg victory at the BayArena.


LINUX distributor Red Hat has announced it would purchase Netscape's enterprise security products from AOL. Products to be purchased by Red Hat include the Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate management system.


A Tyrant With a Focus on Loveâs Uncertainty

Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors.  A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.


AIDS hits U.S. blacks harder than other groups

Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.


Art: What We Talk About When We Talk About Art

When it comes to fashionably obtuse language, the art world is one of the leading offenders.


Brazilian Film Wins Top Honors in Berlin

The Golden Bear for best film went to âTropa de Eliteâ (âElite Squadâ), a Brazilian drama by JosÃ© Padilha.


In Iraqi Hamlet, 'A Funeral Service In Every House'

BAGHDAD, July 8 -- Khider Walli Ahmad has nobody left. Not his wife or his 4-year-old son, not his father or mother or sister. They were killed Saturday when a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives in a crowded market.


Gates: Microsoft Launches MSN Music In Eight New Nations

Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) launched its MSN music download service in eight new European countries on Thursday. The software colossus made the move a mere week after iTunes, the category killer


What's being billed as one of the most promising seasons for California in years could crash quickly if the Bears can't navigate a difficult early road.


Astros Pinning Hopes on Untested Pitcher

Houston put their hopes in a pitcher untested in the postseason when they give Pete Munro the ball to start Game 2 of the N.L. Championship Series tonight.


Schwab urges Democrats honor trade deal with Bush

U.S. Trade Representative Susan  Schwab urged House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and  other Democrats to honor a deal with the White House and vote  this month on a free trade agreement with Peru.


NetApp strengthens partnership with Oracle and VERITAS

By edu h. lopez. Network Appliance (NetApp) has unveiled its strategy for the Philippine market as it strengthens its strategic partnership with Oracle and VERITAS.


Cook and Sanderson shouldering disappointment

Agony: Natalie Cook vents her frustration at her injury as the Americans take control in the deciding third set. Photo: Darren Pateman.


New Yorkâs governor Eliot Spitzer is creating a commission focused on streamlining regulation in the financial services industry.


Street Smarts: A Device to Help the Blind Find Crosswalks

An Âelectronic eyeÂ that can be fitted to a pair of glasses could help the blind cross roads more safely.


ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- A UN report on human rights abuses during Ivory Coast's civil war includes a secret annex naming 200 people who could face UN sanctions or international prosecution, a UN source said yesterday.


A draft of a statement to be issued at   the G7 finance ministers' meeting this week says the U.S.   economy is moving toward a sustainable growth path but does not   yet contain any references to currencies, Kyodo news agency   reported on Tuesday.


US threat to UK defence groups over China arms

The US is threatening to withhold military technology considered crucial to the health of the UK defence industry as the row over European moves to lift the arms embargo on Beijing intensifies.


Not every driver was dressed formally for the start of this year's Bullrun, a road rally that begins in London, at the Marble Arch, and ends three days later in Ibiza, Spain. Yet as drivers thrummed their engines nervously on the afternoon of Sept. 23, waiting for the checkered flag, a quick inspection of the field revealed one entrant clad in an Oxford shirt and gray pinstripe blazer, another sporting a tuxedo, and a third--me--wearing a red couture Matthew Earnest gown.


Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner Wed

Kevin Costner opted to make a glamorous arrival at his wedding to Christine Baumgartner on Saturday - he rode in on a horse-drawn carriage while she arrived in a pick-up truck.


Stealth techniques push malware under the radar

Roots you, sir Increased use of stealth techniques such as rootkits is leading to fewer reports of new viruses, according to a study by net security outfit VeriSign iDefense.â¦


Australian PM commits troops to new and riskier role in Iraq

Prime Minister John Howard is to commit Australian troops in Iraq to a new and more risky role when the Japanese military engineers they are guarding are withdrawn.


Television: ÂBrothers & SistersÂ to Make Its Debut on ABC

This new series has an experienced cast, a skilled crew and a hefty share of early setbacks.


IBM said Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $320 million to current and former employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan in a case that may affect millions of workers at many companies and nonprofit organizations.


Blue Jackets hire Ken Hitchcock as coach

The Columbus Blue Jackets, seeking an experienced hand to develop their young players, hired veteran Ken Hitchcock as head coach Wednesday.


With regrettable tardiness, the government has begun to understand and digest the political and legal ramifications of the ruling by the International Court of Justice against the separation fence.


TOKYO - Four men were found dead Sunday in a sealed Tokyo apartment littered with charcoal stoves, a scene police said appeared to be Japan's latest suicide pact.


The European Parliament approves the EU budget for 2006, setting spending at Â£76bn.


Clashes in al-Ramadi, 15 Iraqis killed in Tikrit, new bombardment ...

The American forces continued their air bombardment of Falluja yesterday at dawn resulting in several being killed and injured. Witnesses said that one of the killed is the driver of a rental car whose car


Fed slashes interest rates to buffer economy

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark interest rates by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.


Egyptian can sue over his 9/11 detention

An Egyptian student detained after a pilot's aviation radio was found in his hotel room following the Sept. 11 attacks should be allowed to sue an FBI agent over his imprisonment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.


Lega risponde a Formigoni ed estende veto a liste civiche


Baseball Joe Girardi was interviewed by Baltimore Orioles executives yesterday, a day after the team fired manager Sam Perlozzo . Girardi was a first-time manager last season when he led Florida to a 78-84 record, keeping the youthful Marlins in contention until late September. The former big league catcher was fired at the end of the season following a rift ...


'Housewives' Prompts NBC to Cook Up a Copy

With ABC's new dark comedy series "Desperate Housewives" scoring big numbers for a second consecutive week, it's only a matter of time before the other broadcast networks put out APBs seeking


For more than a year, US civil rights investigators have been probing into the care delivered at Metro's Bordeaux Hospital, a nursing home where federal consultants have discovered a history


La proposta di Prodi e' attesa tra giovedi' e venerdi'


Sundayâs wild-card playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers represents the next big moment for the franchise and Eli Manning, the quarterback who serves as the face of it.


Flyi Looks for Ways to Move Past Mistakes

On Thanksgiving eve, one of the biggest travel days of the year, Independence Air's top executive, Kerry B. Skeen, sprinted from gate to gate in Washington Dulles International Airport's Terminal


Duke managed just fine with a young roster and is ranked No. 2 in the country going into Wednesday's game against Maryland.


In 2003, removable Wi-Fi PC card adapters were displaced by embedded Mini PCI card adapters, representing a fundamental shift, says a new report.


The first drug which can be used to treat stress urinary incontinence has been licensed for use in the UK.


Davenport eases into Filderstadt quarters

World number 2 Lindsay Davenport has set herself the target of taking over top spot from France's Amelie Mauresmo, less than 200 points ahead in the WTA rankings, by the turn of the year and showed no mercy against Molik to reach the last eight.


Kashmir city erupts in protest over death penalty

SRINAGAR, India  - Police fired teargas shells in   Indian Kashmir on Wednesday to quell violent protests over the   planned execution of a Kashmiri man for his role in a 2001   militant attack on India's parliament.


By Jefferson Graham  LOS ANGELES -- Record labels have consistently rebuffed calls by digital music executives to sell songs online without copy-protection restrictions.


Nuovo balzo giunto a scadenza contratto consegna ottobre


Olympics: Sprinters pour it on in prelims

The mens' 100-meter final isn't until tonight, but it didn't look as if anybody told the guys who were running in last night's preliminaries.


The Penguins reached a deal with city, county and state officials on financing for a new arena that will keep them in Pittsburgh, Gov. Ed Rendell says Tuesday.


Russia propone sito alternativo, Prodi preoccupato per Iran


Aussie kayakers reach NZ after 62-day marathon row

Two Australian adventurers who spent two months paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak arrived in New Zealand on Sunday to a rousing welcome.


U.S. producer prices dropped  unexpectedly last month as the cost of gasoline plunged and  food and vehicles prices fell, according to a government report  on Friday that showed inflation pressures under wraps.


Presidente Anp, concludere prima fase road map


Yasser Arafat's medics flatly denied on Tuesday that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader needed hospital treatment after Israel gave clearance for him to be treated outside his West Bank headquarters.


Mozilla Firefox, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Web browser, is preparing for prime time with the first preview of its 1.0 release and a new marketing campaign.


Oil prices hover above US$43 in Asia but market calm after Saudi ...

SINGAPORE : Oil prices pushed past 43 dollars in Asian trading but the market was quite calm as the focus shifted to OPEC following a bloody attack on the US consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah.


Supreme Court Asked to Take Schiavo Case

Gov. Jeb Bush went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a bid to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive over her husband's objections.


THIS was not the plan Sir Alex Ferguson had in mind for suppressing Wayne Rooney fever. The Manchester United boss has no doubt been wincing at the Rooney hysteria following his sensational debut hat-trick against Fenerbahce.


Bbva e Generali sono il nostro punto di riferimento


Just taking part in the Olympics was a  victory for Iraqi boxer Najah Ali and he could yet write  another chapter to his fairytale adventure by winning a medal.


The man charged the front entrance of the building in Millbank, London and attacked two security guards before an armed response unit arrived and subdued him with a Taser stun gun.


Abortion pill RU-486 to get stronger warning labels

Reports of three deaths and 600 cases of problems such as excessive bleeding and infections in women who took RU-486, the so-called abortion pill, have led to new, stronger warnings


Banchi di nuovo vuoti. Gli studenti tornano in piazza

La scuola Ã¨ di nuovo in piazza. Dopo le manifestazioni di lunedÃ¬ 15 novembre che hanno visto sfilare per le vie di Roma 200mila persone, soprattutto insegnanti, ora a protestare sono gli studenti medi e universitari.


A former Malaysian deputy prime minister has vowed to push for democratic reform as he savours his first days of freedom after a sodomy conviction was overturned.