IMF Says Russia Must Save Energy Windfall

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its outlook for Russia's economy but warned Moscow to resist spending the extra oil revenues it has received as a result of record energy prices.


COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 15 -- The Air Force Academy said Thursday that 24 freshman cadets have now admitted cheating on a test and 12 others are under investigation but have denied wrongdoing.


Cinque ragazzi e una ragazza segnalati a Tribunale minorenni


Esportazioni fanno da traino, nel 2006 produzione a +9,11%


IAEA team "satisfied" with nuclear inspection: Kyodo

U.N. nuclear watchdog officials said on Friday they were 'satisfied' with a tour of a North Korean reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to scrap under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said.


Saudi nabs militants planning attacks during haj: report

Saudi security forces have arrested al Qaeda militants suspected of planning to mount attacks during the current Muslim haj pilgrimage, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Friday.


The text message was delivered shortly after the Indianapolis Colts clinched a berth in Super Bowl XLI, and rookie defensive end Ryan LaCasse looked at his cell phone and smiled. It's always nice to hear from Lofa Tatupu.


Ireland bid for their third Triple Crown in four years when they take on Scotland at Murrayfield.


International agitators join mass protest


Virgin Media customers "Lost" without Sky amid TV pay row

Hundreds of thousands of British cable television subscribers were deprived of popular US television shows on Thursday amid a row over how much Virgin Media must pay rival BSkyB to screen the hits.


Titans rookie dreams of reunion with mom

Terna Nande thought he would see his mother again in a few days when he and his younger brother got on an airplane in Nigeria for the flight home to the United States.


Journal Profits Increase 40%; 4th Quarter Beats Projections

By PAUL GORES  Journal Communications Inc. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits last year rose almost 40%, aided by an extra week in the quarter.  Net income was $23.4 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $16.7 million, or 23 cents, in the final period of 2005.


Given the enormous physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, one might expect researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.


China Restrained in Response to Taiwan Poll

China offered a measured response on Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.


The health service should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.


Luton Town manager Mike Newell names a football agent he claims offered him a bung.


European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing has said the slowing of euro zone economic growth in the third quarter was temporary and he expects growth rates to pick up again.


Same-sex couples can marry, Iowa court rules

An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.


Honor code aims to keep Bud.TV from kids

Anheuser-Busch is using cutting-edge technology to launch its online television channel that will beam Budweiser-themed shows to personal computers and cell phones.


Kobe Bryant's Accuser Apologized for 'Mix-Up'

The woman who accused basketball star  Kobe Bryant of rape apologized to police at one stage for  providing confusing information, according to court documents  released on Friday.


London's congestion charge zone is to roughly double in size with a westward expansion due later.


Barcellona, 14:14 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: DUE MESI DI STOP PER ETO'O

Pesante tegola sul Barcellona. Il club spagnolo dovrà fare a meno per due mesi di Samuel Eto'...


The strip of icons promoting social news sites at the bottom of blog posts seems fairly innocuous. But some think this slim slice of real estate is where the web's next great war for eyeballs will be waged. By Michael Calore.


Bush Asks Judge to Toss Ohio Election Suit

President Bush's re-election campaign asked the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday to throw out a challenge of the election in this swing state, saying the case resembles "a poorly drafted script for a late night conspiracy-theory movie."


Novak Djokovic stood toe-to-toe with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and soaked up everything the Muhammad Ali of tennis could throw at him before delivering a knock-out blow of his own to clinch the Australian Open title on Sunday.


President Visits Scene and Promises Help

President Bush toured fire-ravaged Southern California Thursday as the threat began to ebb and the focus shifted to the investigation of possible arson.


Chinadotcom Corp. said Friday that China's state-controlled wireless carrier fined the company $160,000 and suspended its text-message services on charges that the cell-phone service provider's Go2joy unit


A BRITISH soldier was arrested today on charges of having murdered an Iraqi civilian while serving in southern Iraq last year, police said.


Rodrigo Lopez outduels Kevin Brown and leads the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory Friday night over the New York Yankees.


Studio Ofcom: per 4 italiani su 10 squilla solo il cellulare


California is creating a $13.5 million fund to protect privacy. And the state has Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to thank for it.


Toothpaste company Colgate is cutting more than 4,000 jobs and closing a third of its factories worldwide.


TONY BLAIR was today set to urge unionists and republicans to do the deal to transform Northern Irelandâs deadlocked peace process.


Look Out, iTunes -- NBC Partners With ... SanDisk?

After ditching its iTunes partnership, NBC has found an unlikely new distribution partner for its online content -- it's SanDisk, a discount manufacturer of media players and storage devices.


Bucarest, 18:41 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: MUTU A SEGNO CON NAZIONALE ROMENA

In una gara amichevole giocata a Bucarest, la Romania ha battuto la Moldavia 2-0 (0-0). A segno per ...


The Airbus A380 takes first class to a whole new level.


Your yield may be just 2% when mine is a whopping 13%. Here's the secret.


USDA lacked controls to protect stolen data: report

The U.S. Agriculture Department lacked controls to protect personal information on stolen computers and often failed to notify individuals whose information had been compromised, the department's inspector general said on Tuesday.


LOS ANGELES - There will be 100-yard games that Zach Miller will treasure more than Saturday's. Such is the problem with a first coming in a 45-7 loss that everyone from Arizona State would like to soon forget.


The Redskins are making third-down defense a major priority on the heels of a futile 2006 in which the unit surrendered a slate of appalling statistics.


Japanese officials say a decapitated body found in Baghdad wrapped in an American flag is that of a Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants.


Toshiba claims hard drive storage record

Toshiba has developed what it claims are the world's first hard disk drives based on perpendicular recording, a technology that can boost data density on a single 1.8in hard-disk platter to 40GB.


Oracle is offering US$21 per share or about US$7.7 billion for PeopleSoft, a leader in human resources management software and an applications rival of Oracle.


TB case brings warning to air passengers

A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whom officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.


Hat trick moves Blues within two of Arsenal

Eidur Gudjohnsen scored a hat-trick as Chelsea beat Blackburn 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to close the gap to league-leading Arsenal to two points.


Sadr refuses to meet with peace delegation

NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused yesterday to meet with a delegation of Iraqi political figures that had rushed here from Baghdad with a last-ditch offer for peace, deflating hopes for a quick resolution to the confrontation between Sadr's militia and US and Iraqi security forces.


Anna Nicole's body enroute to Bahamas for burial

The body of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was moved from a Florida morgue on Friday for a final journey to the Bahamas for burial, a Reuters eyewitness said.


Camara and Novo get retrospective red cards

CLARENCE Darrow could not have saved Nacho Novo and Henri Camara from the guilty verdicts imposed on them yesterday by the SFAâs disciplinary committee as a consequence of their offences in the Old Firm match at Ibrox on 20 November.


Nel Potentino, il velivolo e' caduto subito dopo il decollo


UK hands control of Basra to Iraq forces

BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.


Members asking tribe for fiscal information

MASHPEE - Political turmoil in the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has continued to escalate, with more than 100 tribal members submitting a petition this week to the Tribal Council, demanding a meeting to discuss investigations into tribal finances and other controversies.


Lawyer Reveals Secret, Toppling Death Sentence

A lawyer who believed that prosecutors had committed misconduct stayed silent for 10 years due to ethics rules.


Mounting losses at U.S. arm Chrysler   forced DaimlerChrysler DCXGn.DE to cut its 2006 operating   profit forecast by around 1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) on   Friday, sending its shares skidding lower.


Doctor's office right joint to ask about arthritis drugs ...

One area physician wishes his patients would call to seek his advice before going cold turkey when it comes to three widely prescribed arthritis medications - Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex.


Britain's double Olympic champion Kelly  Holmes sprinted to an emphatic victory in the women's 1,500  meters on the opening afternoon of the two-day world athletics  final on Saturday.


French minister attempts to secure release of journalists

French President Jacques Chirac has sent his Foreign Minister to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq.


Autopsy performed on Caminiti, results may not be known for 10 ...

An autopsy was performed on Ken Caminiti on Monday, though the cause of the 1996 National League MVP's death may not be known for 10 days.


RELATIONS within the Australian womens eight rowing crew have hit a new low with Olympian Catriona Oliver slapping much-publicised team-mate Sally Robbins in front of onlookers at an|official function on Wednesday night.


New software could help mental-health professionals assess patients and ensure that salespeople project a positive attitude.


Parents are spending more than ever before on what their children wear at school, according to a survey.


IBM aims for top 10 with new Spanish supercomputer

IBM Corp. and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science introduced a new supercomputer on Friday that they hope will be the most powerful in Europe, and among theÂ 10 most powerful in the world.


Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly

Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.


America Online is planning to release its own standalone Web browser based on Microsoft's Internet Explorer technology, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.


UN Confirms Rwandan Troops Have Entered Congo

The UN confirmed today that Rwandan troops have crossed the border into Congo in pursuit of rebel forces and was investigating reports that villages had been set ablaze.


33,8 miliardi le entrate totali versate con il modello F24


Barry Schwartz posts about a WebmasterWorld thread and the theory of smaller pages outranking larger ones in Live Search results. WebmasterWorld member crobb305 posts that by minimizing the content on a page, his site was pushed to the first position in MSN Live Search: I reduced text on my homepage down to just a paragraph or so, [...]


Sprint Nextel Corp. isn't apologizing for its decision to ax customers it determined were calling customer service too often.


Southern Europe sizzled under a heat wave Tuesday, with temperatures hitting triple digits for a seventh day in Romania, blazes forcing the evacuation of tourists in Croatia and Italy, and wildfires in Macedonia and Greece exploding shells from long-ago wars. At least 35 heat-related deaths were reported.


Flooding leaves decaying bodies in drinking water

The death toll from floods in Haiti has risen to more than 1,071 and could reach 2,000, the government's civil protection agency said Wednesday.


Could YouTube, PirateBay and file sharing boost 'Sicko'?

Blog: The question of whether upcoming documentary was helped or hurt by bootleg copies that cropped up online may soon be answered.


EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday night urged President Bush to "stand up and stop" what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam...


Robert O'Harrow Jr. provides a vivid account of the emergence of a "security-industrial complex" designed to keep tabs on the populace.


U.S. Raises Estimates of Iraq Rebels - N.Y. Times

U.S. officials have raised their  estimates of the size and financial support of Iraq's  insurgency, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing  unnamed sources.


U.S. Raids Net Song Swappers in Copyright Crackdown

U.S. agents have raided the homes of  five people who allegedly traded hundreds of thousands of  songs, movies and other copyrighted material over the Internet,  Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Wednesday.


Conservationists Fight to Keep Wind Farms Off Skyros

By Daniel Howden Deputy Residents on the remote Greek island of Skyros are engaged in a last-ditch fight to prevent the construction of one of the world's largest wind farms on a protected nature reserve.


Donetsk, 15:35 - CALCIO, SHAKTHAR: CHIESTI 25 MLN A SARAGOZZA PER MATUZALEM

E' stato presentato alla Fifa il ricorso dello Shakhtar Donetsk che ha chiesto 25 milioni di euro al...


Chauncey Billups scored 29 points and the Detroit Pistons set all sorts of season highs, beating the Wizards, 115-111, last night in Washington to stretch their winning streak to six games.


Hollywood Stars Forced to Flee London Hotel Fire

Hollywood actor Jim Carrey, in London to promote his latest movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," was forced to flee his hotel on Thursday after a fire broke out.


Columbine High School evacuated on bomb threat

Columbine High School in Colorado, scene of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat.


Calif. family blames HMO in girl's death

The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. on Friday for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.


Iran on Wendesday launched a new test of more accurate Shahab-3 ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers, revealed Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani.


Operazione Polstrada, banda agiva anche in Campania


Orlando Magic's Jameer Nelson (14) passes as Philadelphia 76ers Allen Iverson defends in the second half Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, in Philadelphia.


A 92-year-old woman who spent more than half her life charting Orkney's flora is awarded an honorary degree.


Israel agrees to ease Gaza blockade after protests

Israel agreed to allow some fuel, medicine and food into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday, at least temporarily easing a blockade that has plunged much of the territory into darkness and sparked international protests.


(AGI) - Roma, 18 ago. - Prosegue anche oggi la protesta dei detenuti nel carcere di Regina Coeli per il sovraffollamento e il protrarsi dei tempi di attesa prima della celebrazione dei processi. I reclusi della quarta sezione, sono 158 e tutti ...


Lampert Smith: Time to bid farewell to the milk carton

Susan Lampert Smith Wisconsin State Journal With so many large tragedies going on in the world, it's easier to comprehend the small sadness of change.


La moglie di Vincenzo Sisi: non Ã¨ possibileche sia un terrorista mi crolla il mondo addosso                                            "Trekking e giardinaggio mai sospettato di lui"                                                                                di NICCOLÃ ZANCAN


British terror suspects to appear in court

Two more men were set to appear in a British court on Friday in connection with an investigation targeting an alleged terror recruitment network, a police spokesman told AFP.


People are searching online for everything from free games to free money


A leftist friend of Venezuela's anti-U.S. president, Hugo Chavez, and a Bible-toting banana baron who rubs shoulders with America's rich and powerful were battling Sunday to become Ecuador's next president.


Bank of America to cut 4,500 jobs beginning this month

CHARLOTTE, NC - Bank of America said Thursday it will cut about 4,500 jobs beginning this month as a result of its merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp.


After more than 50 years of leading his Transcendental Meditation movement, the one-time Indian guru to the Beatles has retreated into near-silence and turned over daily management of his global network to aides.


San Francisco's 'Candlestick' Now 'Monster Park'

San Francisco renamed its most  storied sports stadium "Monster Park" on Tuesday, in a deal  that trades $6 million from an electronics cable company for  the name to Candlestick Park.


A historical epic starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Joseph Fiennes will open this year's Berlin Film Festival.


Labour leads popularity sweepstakes under Brown

Gordon Brown has drawn a surge in support for the governing Labour Party at the expense of the opposition Conservatives since he became prime minister three days ago, polls showed Saturday.


Asian Tsunami Kills 12,600, Many More Homeless

Soldiers searched for bodies in treetops, families wept over the dead lined up on beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed at least 12,600.


France gave Yasser Arafat's medical records to his nephew on Monday, despite objections from the late Palestinian leader's widow.


Again, BlackBerrys Are Disrupted by a Technical Snag

The second major outage of BlackBerry service in less than a year is an embarrassment for Ontario-based Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry devices.


Roma, 16:19 - PALLANUOTO, SERIE A1: RISULTATI NONA GIORNATA

Risultati della nona giornata del campionato di serie A1 di pallanuoto.


Russia downplays terror crash revelations

President Vladimir Putin's government has played down revelations of terrorist involvement in the crash of two airliners, apparently not wanting to highlight an embarrassing security


Tubegazing: Sting - Songs from the Labyrinth

Fans of the singer will find that his voice shines anywhere - even on the songs of Elizabethan-era composer John Dowland.


Tsunami victim rescued after 26 days stranded on island

A victim of last month's tsunamis was rescued after surviving alone for 26 days on a partially submerged island in India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, the Indian navy said.


New Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor will be available in a high-end PC from Dell. Intel is expected to release a faster version of its powerful but expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor this week


Understand Small Enterprises Current and Forthcoming Investment in Mobility Solutions

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50928)  has announced the addition of "Mobility  Investment in Small Enterprises H1 2006 (Databook)"  to their offering.


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Russian Progress Cargo Ship Docks to International Space Station

ISS Progress 16 automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 6:58 pm EST. Within minutes, hooks and latches engaged, forming a tight seal between the two vehicles.


Supreme Court Won't Put Nader on Ohio Ballot

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the key battleground state of Ohio, handing him his third setback in the past month.


UK troops are to evacuate British citizens from the trouble-hit west African state of Ivory Coast.


The Canadian telecom equipment maker has issued its first post-accounting-scandal financial update. So far, so good ...


Troubled airline still flies, but how long?

An old joke says US Airways, formed by the merger of Mohawk and Allegheny airlines, should have been named Mo' Agony. That is exactly what the airline's investors and employees must be feeling since it filed


Bill O'Reilly reportedly paid several million dollars to settle the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Fox News co-worker Andrea Mackris.


Thai investigators sift through Phuket plane wreck

PHUKET, Thailand  - Thai air investigators sifted though the wreckage on Monday of a budget airliner that crashed on the resort isle of Phuket, killing 88 people as it broke up while trying to land in driving rain.


Kanye West's publicist has denied he ordered a curry from Wales.


The leader of the World Council of Churches has decided not to seek a second term after his tenure runs out in December and the body has begun the search for a replacement, the organization said Monday in a statement.


Alitalia directors, unions scramble amid bankruptcy threat

ROME : Alitalia directors and union delegates worked on thrashing out a rescue plan for the Italian flag carrier which has warned it could go bankrupt within a month.


REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson's (search) defense rested its case Tuesday, Judge Alfred A. Delucchi (search) told jurors.


German editorials on Friday looked at Germany's claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the state of EU-Turkish relations.


Prompted by government regulations, endless spam, and increasingly potent e-mail viruses, many enterprises are looking to tighten the cinch around messaging security.


Japan to Protest to China Over Intruder Submarine

Japan protested to China on Friday after concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into its waters this week belonged to the Chinese navy.


"Dissonance" therapy aids eating disorder symptoms

NEW YORK  - Group therapy using a technique based on the theory of "cognitive dissonance" may help young women at risk of eating disorders, new research suggests.


Bush: CIA terrorism detention program "invaluable"

As he prepared to commemorate the   fifth anniversary of September 11, President George W. Bush   said on Saturday a CIA detention program to interrogate   terrorism suspects had been "invaluable" in efforts to prevent   another attack on the United States.


Poi la quotazione e' scesa.Prezzo spinto da dati Asia e Usa


Calcio: Cassano si scusa, pace fatta nella Roma

Rappacificazione in casa giallorossa tra l'allenatore Luigi Del Neri ed Antonio Cassano, giovane talento che dopo l'ennesima intemperanza era stato escluso dalla squadra. Con una nota diffusa


Roma, 17:44 - CALCIO, SERIE C2/B: CISCO ROMA-SANSOVINO 3-2 NELL'ANTICIPO

La Cisco Roma ha battuto 3-2 la Sansovino nell'anticipo della sesta giornata del campionato di serie...


Pro-Taliban militants in  northwest Pakistan released 15 paramilitary troops on Tuesday  after nearly three weeks in captivity, a tribal elder said.


Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for gene work

Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering how to control the flow of genetic information in a cell.


Researchers have cloned healthy mice from skin cells for the first time.


Belgian voters go to the polls in an election which is likely to see PM Guy Verhofstadt struggle to keep his job.


North Australian Aboriginal community under heavy guard after rioting

An Aboriginal community in northern Australia is calm and under heavy guard after the death of a young indigenous man in police custody triggered riots.


On election eve, Kabul blast rocks embassy

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A loud explosion rattled the Afghan capital near the US Embassy early today, prompting American officials to order diplomatic staff to take shelter in an underground bunker.


McGraw's 'Live Like You Were Dying' Wins

Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" won song of the year and single of the year, and Kenny Chesney took entertainer of the year and album of the year honors at the Country Music Association awards Tuesday night.


XM and Sirius to disclose merger today: paper

The two main satellite radio  providers, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius are  expected to announce a long-awaited merger on Monday, according  to the New York Post.


Iran's Jet-Set Classic Cars Come Out from Hiding

KARAJ, Iran  - Before Iran's 1979 Islamic  revolution, some of the world's finest cars cruised in Tehran  traffic, many of them the playthings of friends and close  associates of the Shah.


Treviso, 14:58 - BASKET, TREVISO: ZISIS VA AL CSKA MOSCA

Nikolaos Zisis firma con il Cska Mosca e lascia la Benetton Treviso. Dopo l'approdo, due anni fa, di...


China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday, the first step in an ambitious 10-year plan to send a rover to the moon and return it to earth


Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.


Chenault: American Express Charges After Visa, MasterCard ...

Will that be cash or charge? That's the question American Express (nyse: AXP - news - people ) will be asking Visa and MasterCard as it prepares to file a suit against the two largest card associations in


Americans Mark Anniversary of September 11 Attacks

The nation observed the third anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, which took almost 3,000 lives.


NASA to outsource rides to space station?

Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.


Bosnian Serb Premier Quits, Criticizing West

The leader of the Bosnian Serb government, Dragan Mikerevic, resigned Friday to protest what he described as unconstitutional interference in his government's affairs by the country's Western administrator.


West ups calls on Sudan to accept Darfur troops

The United States and the European Union stepped up calls on Friday for Sudan to let international troops in to support African Union forces in Darfur amid growing talk of sanctions on Khartoum.


Fiorina: HP's ordering problem now fixed

CEO Carly Fiorina says problem that dented last quarter's financial results is a thing of the past.


Got the Seven-Year Yawn? Try Creams, Pills and Gadgets

Bold on the surface, squeamish underneath and utterly lacking in erotic warmth, "Unscrewed" could well perpetuate the very dysfunction it purports to address so fearlessly.


Branson blames track for fatal UK train crash

A defective track caused a high-speed train accident in northwest England which killed an elderly woman and seriously injured five other people, according to the boss of the train company involved.


Taiwanese gays march to protest discrimination

More than 2,000 gay activists marched in Taipei calling for an end to discrimination as organisers accused police in the southern Kaohsiung city of infringing their rights by raiding a gay bar.


The symmetry seemed too perfect to be denied. In the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Open, exactly 50 years since a Canadian last won the thing, the hands of time seemed aligned for Mike Weir's coronation.


A volcano in northern Tanzania erupted on Friday, spewing small amounts of smoke and lava, the government spokesman said.


GLASGOW, Scotland Nov 1, 2004 - Berti Vogts resigned as coach of Scotland's national soccer team Monday, citing rude fans. Vogts, a German, held the job for 2 1/2 years, going 9-16-7 and failing to qualify for this year's European Championship.


Oracle churns out another strong quarter

Melding a hodgepodge of different software makers into a cohesive business is supposed to be difficult. But Oracle Corp. is making the task look easy as the Redwood Shores-based company churns out one impressive quarter after another, nearly three years into a $25-billion shopping spree that is yielding bigger dividends than many skeptical software analysts and executives anticipated.


Oil prices fall 7.4% on US data showing a larger-than expected increase in crude supplies - sparking Wall Street to a nine month high.


S.Africa Police Say Thatcher Was Ready to Leave

The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was planning to leave South Africa before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, police said Thursday.


Kirstie Alley plans own weight-loss system

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - After working as a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig diet system and losing 75 lbs in three years, actress Kirstie Alley plans to launch her own weight-loss program, she told People magazine on Tuesday.


Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips

Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.


The Masters will have a guy named Palmer playing at Augusta National next year — just not the King. Ryan Palmer was among five Nationwide Tour graduates who earned a spot in the 2005 Masters on Monday, when the final world ranking of the year was published and allowed Augusta National to start putting invitations in the mail.


A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster.


Anger Boils at Slain Official's Funeral in Lebanon

Tens of thousands of people poured into Martyrs Square in Beirut today, transforming the funeral service for Pierre Gemayel into a dramatic political rally.


The Latest from CQÃ¢ÂÂs Political Money Line

The following are adapted from news updates published by CQÃ¢ÂÂs Political Money Line, the source for data and information about campaign fundraising.


Bush Seeks to Regain Momentum, Calls Kerry a Danger

CLIVE, Iowa  - President Bush sought on Monday to  regain momentum after John Kerry's jump in the polls, calling  him a danger to world peace and shifting gears to drop a health  policy speech and focus instead on the war on terror in which  the president still holds a solid lead.


US soldiers sue Pentagon over extended Iraq tours

US soldiers bid farewell to loved ones at Naval Station San Diego Dec 6. Eight US soldiers are suing the Pentagon over extended Iraq tours.


AMERICA'S payrolls picked up last month, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labour market that jobseekers have braved.


Some of Iraq's high-profile detainees turning back meals, but ...

Some of Iraq's high-profile detainees have gone on hunger strike in protest of their detention, a lawyer said Sunday. A US military official


Roma, 20:02 - CALCIO, ROMA: NESSUNA OPERAZIONE PER MARTINEZ

Buone notizia per la Roma in vista della sfida di sabato con il Livorno. Spalletti potrà cont...


Users can now access Windows Live services through mobile accounts and a single sign-on.


A Nasa spacecraft set for launch on Thursday will explore the two biggest asteroids in the Solar System.


Liverpool striker Neil Mellor scored a stunning winning goal deep in injury time to take his side to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield.


Hacker in Lowe's case sentenced to nine years

Two Michigan men were sentenced to serve time in federal prison for conspiring to hack into the IT systems of Lowe's Companies Inc. and stealing customer credit card information.


A man admits the manslaughter of an Iraqi Kurdish refugee in an unprovoked attack.


In a finish that US Ski Team coaches hope will boost her confidence before tomorrow's downhill, Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., got nudged off the podium in the last run of a combined event yesterday, finishing fourth to a trio of European veterans.


French unemployment rate up slightly in November

The number of French people without jobs rose slightly in November 2004, with 4 600 more adults unemployed than in the previous month, the Labour Ministry reported on Friday.


In a brief twenty minute press conference where no questions were taken, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd attempted to deflect some of the blame away from himself and others, instead calling the actual leak itself the true crime.


Those little devils who keep the gears turning inside the Twitter machine added a toy that's got the community sending public love missives whizzing around. You can figure it out yourself, or you can cheat and read this howto. @lovelyperson   Substitute the name of your lover in place of "lovelyperson" and you've just broadcast your love to all of TwitterLand.  While we're on the subject of Twitter, a couple of other items. 1. A must-read piece in today's NY Times, gives a clue why kids don't go for Twitter if their parents use it. No kid wants to be observed by his or her parents. Would they go for it if their parents weren't there? No one knows.  2. Conventional wisdom says you can't build a scalable distributed Twitter out of RSS. At first I accepted this, as a puzzle, then I remembered that's why we put the cloud element in there. I felt that for some applications polling would be too much. Since the cloud element has been largely ignored, most of the the apps of RSS couldn't scale to do what Twitter does. But if RSS desktop apps like NetNewsWire or FeedDemon were adapted to understand the cloud element, and if a proxy system was worked out to get through firewalls and NAT, it might just work.  3. Or you could use XMPP.


EBay initiative promotes electronics recycling

LAS VEGAS - EbayÂ has brought together several technology industry heavyweights in an initiative to promote recycling of old computers and other consumer electronics hardware. The move also is an attempt by the industry to pre-empt further electronic waste legislation.ADVERTISEMENTReducing the Total Cost of OwnershipLearn how to reduce the total coast of ownership in enterprise data management in this case study.


Thousands bid farewell to Palestinian leader Habash

Thousands turned out for the burial of Palestinian Marxist leader George Habash in Jordan on Monday, chanting anti-Israeli slogans and vowing to continue the struggle for a Palestinian state.


Officials from the Munch Museum begged the thieves who stole "The Scream" and "Madonna" on Sunday to show great care for the paintings.


France gave Yasser Arafat's medical records to his nephew on Monday, despite objections from the late Palestinian leader's widow.


AFRICA/UGANDA - In Uganda dopo le alluvioni si rischia la carestia: Ânon lasciamo morire migliaia di bambini!Â Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Migliaia di bambini, nei prossimi mesi, rischiano di morire in Uganda a causa delle gravi conseguenze provocate dalle forti e persistenti piogge torrenziali che hanno colpito il paese nelle ultime settimane. PiÃ¹ di 300.000 pers...


Pop star Madonna visits Judaism's sacred Western Wall in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.


Bush picks Zoellick as new World Bank chief

President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, a senior American official said on Tuesday.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Gary Sheffield of the New York Yankees underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Tuesday.


Iraq. Berlusconi - Blair: si faccia ogni sforzo per trovare una soluzione politica

Non è escluso che dal colloquio in corso sull' Iraq tra Silvio Berlusconi e Tony Blair, scaturisca una "formalizzazione" della "posizione comune" registrata a proposito degli appelli alla mediazione per una tregua a Najaf. E' quanto trapela da Villa ...


Kmart to Buy Sears in $11.5 Billion Deal

Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp.  will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck & Co. in a  $11.5 billion deal unveiled on Wednesday, creating the  third-largest U.S. retailer.


End of the line for HP's Alpha processor

Hewlett-Packard Co. will release the final processor upgrade for its AlphaServer line of Unix servers on Monday.


Fighting Continues In Al-Fallujah, Flares In Ba'qubah

15 November 2004 -- Fighting flared today between insurgents and US and Iraqi forces in the city of Ba'qubah as coalition troops moved against remaining pockets of resistance in Al-Fallujah.


Police plan to meet with Claudia Schiffer to discuss complaints that her dogs are intimidating walkers near her country mansion. Police said Friday they hope the talks will solve problems around the supermodel's home near Bury St. Edmunds, a rural town northeast of London.


Genova, il caso della donna incinta caduta in coma depassÃ©Se il bambino nascesse oggi, non avrebbe chance di vita                                                  Quattro settimane per decidere "Temiamo per la salute del feto"


It's goodbye from him, and it's goodbye from me Sony plans to end sales of its 20GB and 60GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) models in Japan, within just two months.â¦


BEIRUT -- Al-Manar, the television station of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants that has glorified suicide bombers, lost its satellite feed to the United States yesterday after Washington put it on a list of terror organizations. The exclusion from US television screens occurred less than a week after France banned its broadcasts. The station, which ranks fourth or fifth among Lebanon's nine ...


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Congress Ratifies Bush Victory After Challenge

Democrats lodged a formal challenge to the electoral votes from Ohio, forcing an extraordinary two-hour debate.


At a time when the Army National Guard is falling far short of its recruiting goals nationally, Georgia officials say they are having no such problem.


A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son

The writer Susan Sontagâs death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.


Microsoft loses landmark EU antitrust case

A top European court on Monday handed Microsoft a surprise defeat in its epic antitrust battles, backing the European Commission's 2004 record fine of 497 million euros (690 million dollars) on the software giant.


Wildfires sweep southern California, troops called

Fast-moving wildfires roared across California on Monday and engulfed large swaths of San Diego County, where 250,000 people were told to evacuate as state officials called in National Guard troops.


With the announcement of a proposed 2005 start date, the big question circulating about "Terminator 4" seems to be whether or not the Terminator himself, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will return to the franchise.


Oscar race watchers put spotlight on "Sunshine"

Hollywood's Oscar race for best film appears to be wide open heading into its final month with several award watchers on Tuesday giving comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" a slight edge over "The Departed" and "Babel."


US blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil touched $49 a barrel, close to the record set last month, and a key gauge of future economic activity fell for a third straight month.


High-Security Biometric Scanner From Fujitsu

Fujitsu's new palm-vein biometric security scanner is designed to control computer access in corporate environments.


A congressional committee promised Thursday to scrutinize NASA and its spending as the agency proceeds with a program to take astronauts to the moon and Mars.


Hollywood Investigator to Be His Own Lawyer

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, can represent himself at trial next month. Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court said she was bound by Supreme Court case law to let Mr. Pellicano do so, but urged him to reconsider. The ruling raises the prospect that Mr. Pellicano, who often grabbed the limelight in his career as an investigator to the stars, would again take center stage at his trial, set to begin Feb. 27. By acting as his own lawyer he will cross-examine prosecution witnesses like Anita Busch, the former journalist who the authorities say was wiretapped by Mr. Pellicano and was threatened in a scheme he orchestrated, as well as other cooperating witnesses who prosecutors say hired Mr. Pellicano to wiretap their adversaries.


Juventus stretches Serie A lead while Roma and Inter play to 3-3 ...

AS Roma and Inter Milan played to a dramatic 3-3 draw in Italian First Division soccer league action Sunday as both lost ground to Juventus, which stretched its overall lead by beating Udinese 1-0.


Glasgow attack seen tied to London bombs

A Jeep Cherokee trailing a cascade of flames rammed into Glasgow's airport on Saturday, shattering glass doors just yards from passengers at the check-in counters. Police said they believed the attack was linked to two car bombs found in London the day before.


ARIMIDEX SHOULD BE PREFERRED FIRST-LINE THERAPY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL ...

AstraZeneca Plcâs aromatase inhibitor Arimidex (anastrozole) is superior to tamoxifen for the treatment of postmenopausal women with localized, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, and a five-year course of the drug should be considered the


Microsoft won't launch iPhone rival: report

Microsoft  will not launch a  product that competes directly with Apple's  iPhone,  Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Germany's  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.


Key reformer to privatise post office after Japan reshuffle

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has picked a key reformer to push through the controversial privatisation of the postal services in a cabinet reshuffle that also saw a change of foreign minister.


U.S. embargo against Iran bank not a violation: IMF

U.S. sanctions against Iranian banks do not contravene foreign-exchange rules, an International Monetary Fund spokesman said on Monday, after Tehran asked the IMF to determine whether the actions were legal.


Western Digital Corp lancia i drive USB WD Passport

Western Digital Corp ha presentato i nuovi drive USB portatili WD Passport. I nuovi dispositivi sono disponibili in due versioni, da 40 e da 80 Gigabyte. I drive portatili WD Passport utilizzano hard disk


Two American soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder for allegedly killing three Iraqis and then planting weapons on their bodies to portray them as combatants, the U.S. military said Saturday.


Oracle trial tactic: Conway lied to analysts

Redwood Shores-based software giant Oracle Corp. said in court that PeopleSoft Inc. CEO Craig Conway lied about the effects of Oracle's $7.


Modena, 19:03 - CALCIO, MODENA: FREY LAVORA A PARTE

Doppio allenamento per il Modena in vista della gara con l'Avellino: in mattinata lavoro atletico, t...


Man's Sister and Wife Die of CJD Disease

A man today described the deaths of his wife and sister from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) as a âhorrific coincidenceâ. Barry Harperâs wife Phyllis, from Walham Green, Sandhurst


Verona, 17:57 - CALCIO, CHIEVO; BOGDANI: POSSIAMO FERMARE LA ROMA

Dopo la doppietta al Torino, Erjon Bogdani vuole ripetersi contro la Roma: ''Loro giocano benissimo ...


Si attende il dato chiave sulla disoccupazione a dicembre


Mantova, 20:35 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: LAVORO A PARTE PER TRE

Seduta pomeridiana per il Mantova. Tesser ha fatto svolgere al gruppo una partitina a pallamano, lav...


Perugia, 19:26 - CALCIO, PERUGIA: INGAGGIATO STATUNITENSE SOMMA

Il Perugia ha ufficializzato l' ingaggio dell' attaccante statunitense Davide Enrico Somma, non anco...


Wild China weather kills 25, besieges heartland

Chaotic winter weather besieged  China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the  country's worst power crisis, with one mountain-road accident  blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.


Maroni: una presa in giro.Pannella: Prodi ci sorprenda


LYON Capital Announces Growth Plans for 2007

Lyon Corporation (PINKSHEETS: LYCV) -- The NEW management team, headed by Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, Ph.


United prepare 'Battle of the buffet' evidence against Arsenal

The fall-out over the Old Trafford tunnel brawl between Manchester United and Arsenal continued with news that United were preparing to ask the Football Association to take action.


CECENIA - Eletto presidente Alkhanov, il candidato di Mosca

E' Alkhanov, candidato di Mosca, il neoeletto presidente della Cecenia: ha raggiunto il 75% dei voti dopo lo spoglio del 64, 1% dei suffragi. Lo ha dichiarato il capo della Commissione elettorale. Fra gli


THE MILITARY RECORD CBS Offers New Experts to Support Guard Memos

hen the CBS News anchor Dan Rather defended himself on camera and in interviews last Friday against questions that were being raised about documents he had used to bolster


The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy.


Japan's IT companies say no major damage after quakes

Japan's major electronics companies had found no serious damage to their facilities after a series of powerful earthquakes shook Niigata prefecture, northwest of Tokyo.


MULTAN, Pakistan - Two bombs exploded at a gathering of Islamic radicals in central Pakistan before dawn Thursday, killing at least 33 people and injuring dozens in what appeared to be the latest in a string of sectarian attacks, police said.    The blasts came as about 3,000 people in Multan were marking the anniversary of the death of Maulana Azam Tariq, the leader of outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba group...


The New York-New England  matchup bodes well for the Super Bowl ratings on February 3,  judging by the results of Sunday night's overtime NFC  Championship Game.


Real is in a running battle with Apple, whose iTunes download store dominates with about 70 percent of legal downloading and whose iPod device for music storage is hugely popular. The iPod and iTunes were designed to work exclusively ...


Barroso warns Poland on treaty, Warsaw talks tough

The European Commission warned Poland on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week, but Warsaw vowed to fight on.


Many U.S. clothing retailers think the skirt may be the next dress. A strong seller since 2006, the dress has delighted retailers, but buyers at the Magic Marketplace apparel trade show this week wanted to be ready when the trend inevitably ends.


As NATO transferred command of the nine-year-old peace-keeping mission in Bosnia to the European Union on Thursday, it handed a tough challenge for the nascent


Blockbuster is raising prices for its Total Access service, which lets people rent DVDs by mail and in stores. It is also raising prices for some existing customers who use the service a lot.


Fla. Key Residents Evacuate As Ivan Nears

KEY WEST, Fla. - Before Florida could catch a breath from a furious hurricane double-whammy, residents of the Keys were sent scurrying under new evacuation orders Friday as yet another powerful storm was taking aim at the state...


Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma yesterday called compromise the only way out of Ukraine's deepening crisis over the disputed presidential election, as governors in eastern Ukraine met to discuss autonomy.


EPCglobal: Users to get RFID progress update

SEPTEMBER 28, 2004  - Corporate users facing mandates to adopt radio frequency identification technology will get a chance at this week's EPCglobal US Fall Conference in Baltimore to gauge how much progress vendors, service providers


British-born Care worker kidnapped in Iraq

A British-born woman who heads a charitable organisation in Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad this morning. A video showing Margaret Hassan in the hands of her captors has been broadcast this afternoon on the Arabic-language news service Al Jazeera.


Is real estate a good hedge against inflation?


MIAA committee rejects latest Super Bowl shuffle

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Football Committee voted down a proposed realignment yesterday that would have sent two Central Massachusetts Division 1 teams to Super Bowls and created a championship game between two Central Mass. teams in new divisions.


Panel Sees No Clear Aid for Veterans Under Stress

An expert panel said Thursday that it was unclear which treatments could help combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.


US Open Blog: Roddick and Blake on Davis Cup Team

Patrick McEnroe, the captain of the United States Davis Cup team, announced today that Andy Roddick and James Blake would play at Sweden in a semifinal later this month. Roddick and Blake, the top-ranked American players, will be playing on a fast hardcourt, similar to the Open’s surface. While the United States and Sweden face [...].


Campus pranks now come with permission slips

Security concerns after 9/11 mean the days of high jinks-first, question-later are gone


Fastow Takes Aim at Banks He Says Helped Enron

HOUSTON, Sept. 25 -- Former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew S. Fastow soon may be headed to prison -- but not without a parting shot at the banks that he says helped the company disguise its financial problems.


AN APPLE a day really can cut the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests. French scientists conducted tests on rats which showed that chemicals found in apples called procyanidins helped to prevent changes that can lead to cancer.


Pioneer presents first ever 'hybrid' navigation system

Sat nav with iPod link CES Pioneer this morning presented what it claimed is the first ever "hybrid" navigation system, a GPS box designed to work with almost any mobile media source, including iPods and Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones.â¦


Palestinians want the Americans to ensure smooth elections

JERUSALEM Palestinian leaders have outlined plans to persuade visiting American envoys to help ensure smooth elections to replace Yasser Arafat.


U.S. Sets Final Duties on Imported Shrimp

The United States set final  anti-dumping duties of up to 112.81 percent on shrimp imported  from China and up to 25.76 percent on shrimp from Vietnam to  offset unfair pricing, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.


Exploiting QuickTime flaws in 'Second Life'

Researchers show how objects with multimedia attributes within Second Life can unleash malware on unsuspecting users.


Egypt arrests 5 in resort bombings; ringleader dead

Egyptian authorities arrested five people Monday on charges of helping plan the coordinated bombings earlier this month at three resorts on the Sinai Peninsula, and said the


Bush Tries to Help Break N.Irish Peace Deadlock

President Bush tried to help break a deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process on Friday, telephoning Protestant leader Ian Paisley as negotiations ground on in London and Belfast.


ARRESTED with at least 3 other suspects by Indonesian Police FOR alleged complicity in the suicide car bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 9, 2004, which left 10 people dead.


Camilla to be absent from Diana memorial

Prince Charles' wife announced Sunday that she will not attend Princess Diana's memorial service this week after criticism that her presence would be inappropriate.


Lack of database trip-wires gives crooks an easy run

No alarm. No idea Leaked information from databases is becoming an increasingly serious concern, yet when it comes to plugging the wholes many organisations are running so many databases they hardly know where to start.â¦


Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor

A prestigious medical school was tipped off that one of its students had been a Nazi sympathizer, released on parole after being convicted in 2000 of a murder.


English ignorance of Scotland is damaging the union, according to the UK Conservative leader David Cameron.


Syria said ready to cede disputed area to U.N.

Syria has indicated it is willing to allow the United Nations to take custody of the disputed Shebaa Farms area claimed by Lebanon but which is under Israeli occupation, a Spanish diplomat said on Wednesday.


PartyGaming suspends shareholder dividend amid US storm

British online gambling company PartyGaming has suspended its interim dividend to shareholders in the wake of US moves to ban Internet betting which has sent its share price plummeting.


NORWELL - Sustainable South Shore will hold a regional meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the First Parish Church, 24 River St.  All are invited to attend and discuss the environmental group's activities.  For more information, call 781-925-5665.


Top level bilateral talks on Turkey's EU bid: French FM

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday that he would meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan to discuss Ankara's contentious bid to join the European Union.


There are four stages one goes through when adjusting to a foreign country. The honeymoon stage comes first.


Discussions between Government and Skanska persist on Wednesday

Discussions about the new hospital "Mater Dei" between the Government and Skanksa are continuing on Wednesday.


Osama Bin Laden's Driver to Be Arraigned

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Salim Ahmed Hamdan says he earned a pittance for his family as Osama bin Laden's driver prior to the Sept. 11 attack...


Medio Oriente. Morto Arafat, le reazioni della politica italiana

"Esprimo al consiglio legislativo palestinese i sentimenti di profondo cordoglio della Camera dei deputati italiana e mio personale per la scomparsa di Yasser Arafat, Presidente dell'AutoritÃ  nazionale palestinese e per tanti anni simbolo dell'identita


Watches have always done a good job of quickly showing the time and date. But Fossil Inc. is convinced there's another piece of information worth displaying on the wrist: caller ID.


The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley says he has received a pledge from the Gadaffi family that they would help to secure his release.


WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has transferred three suspected terrorists to the Guantanamo Bay prison since March, despite recent legal setbacks and President Bush's statement that he would like to close the controversial facility.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army specialist broke down in tears Saturday as he admitted abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, receiving a lighter sentence in return for his testimony against others charged in the scandal...


Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose 40 percent, trouncing expectations as most of its trading and investment-banking businesses achieved record results.


Jamie Foxx plays it just right. In this biopic, his Ray Charles is ...

Ray: Biographical drama. Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington and Regina King. Directed by Taylor Hackford. (PG-13. 153 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.


'Green' technology gets attention of big power users

Data center operators are looking for alternative ways of powering their facilities and green technologies that are cleaner are gaining new attention, according to attendees at this week's Afcom data center conference.


Traffic accident kills 8, injures 54 in France

One of the worst car accidents in France killed eight people and injured 54 others on Sunday, according to the latest death toll released by local Prefect AlainGehin.


Tim Henman gets his Japan Open campaign off to a confident start with a 6-2 6-1 win over Canada's Frank Dancevic.


Di Pietro: Stato diritto finito se minata indipendenza


: Brushing aside US accusations that it wants to build atomic weapons, Iran said Sunday it has contracted Russia to build more nuclear power plants, while claiming two European countries


Ress is on the money as BC tips Central Conn. St.

The Boston College women's basketball team used a 21-6 run at the start of the second half yesterday to capture a 67-57 victory over Central Connecticut State in the first round of the University of Rhode Island Tournament at The Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I.


Rivals see red as Fox joins Blu-ray board

US film studio 20th Century Fox yesterday waded into the battle over next-generation DVDs when it offered support to Blu-ray optical disc technology.


Controlling family of Wall Street Journal's owner agree to meet Rupert Murdoch over his $5bn takeover offer.


A powerful explosion went off at the high court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding 20, officials said.


Jackson lawyer seeks trial delay, says he was 'sandbagged' by ...

A lawyer for Michael Jackson urged a judge Monday to delay the pop star's child molestation trial, claiming prosecutors had "sandbagged" the defence team by turning over incorrect and misspelled witness names.


Hesha Nari Saleh endures a harrowing 2,000-mile journey from war-torn Iraq to seek refuge in Sweden - alone.


Unsafe sex becomes the main means of transmission of HIV/Aids in China, overtaking injecting drug use.


Madrid, 13:32 - CALCIO, 'AS' INSISTE: MILAN HA PAURA DI PERDERE KAKA'

Il quotidiano sportivo spagnolo 'As' continua a tirare la volata per Kakà al Real Madrid. ''I...


The Food and Drug Administration strongly endorsed Biogen Idec Inc.'s new multiple sclerosis treatment, putting the Cambridge firm in position to expand the market for MS drugs and win greater market share.


LOS ANGELES  College football's national championship, such as it is, will have a new TV home in a couple of years.


AOL is getting a software makeover, its first since deciding to make more of its services available for free in the chase for online advertising dollars.


Solar laptop bag packs beefier 'generator'

Voltaic Systems shows off a laptop bag with integrated 14-watt panel and battery for charging laptops.


Nokia Profits Drop But Strong Sales Seen

The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia reported lower third-quarter earnings on Thursday after cutting handset prices to win back market share but said sales volumes were strong as it moves into the key year-end shopping season.


Paraguay's president declares a state of  emergency after fires destroy 100,000 hectares of forest and land.


Davenport will decide on retirement, in due time

All in due time, Lindsay Davenport will decide whether she wants to retire. Only right now is not that time. "I swear, it's so hard to answer that," she said after limping off from a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss to


Siena, 18:29 - CALCIO, SIENA; BERETTA: SALVEZZA DEL SIENA DEDICATA A DE LUCA

Quando per raggiungere un obiettivo si soffre maledettamente, la gioia per aver centrato il traguard...


Teachers overwhelmingly rejected a two-year contract proposal by the city public school district on Sunday and decided to strike.


By Joseph Marks, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 24--Newly appointed North Dakota University System Chancellor Bill Goetz says his first priority on the job will be building relationships with the university presidents, faculty and students at system campuses.


Indians want their country punch its weight but worry the caste system may hold it back, a BBC poll suggests.


An Industry Fades, but Its Dogs Carry On

In California, traditional ranchers still use dogs to move flocks of sheep. But hobbyists are getting into the activity as well.


Hamas gunmen attack Fatah HQ in Gaza City

Hamas gunmen stormed a Fatah security headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday, moving Palestinians closer to civil war, minutes after the Islamist group's deadline for Fatah to quit key facilities expired.


State-of-the-art protection against assault marks New York City's Freedom Tower, which has unprecedented escape and safety systems. By Lakshmi Sandahana.


More than 260 complaints about Russell Brand's routine at the Brit Awards are rejected by media watchdog Ofcom.


Rocker Melissa Etheridge Diagnosed with Cancer

Rock singer Melissa Etheridge has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has cut short her North American concert tour to undergo surgery, her publicist said on Friday.


Prince Harry hails Diana, speaks of pain at memorial service

Britain's Prince Harry called princess Diana "the best mother in the world" at a memorial service on the 10th anniversary of her death Friday that reduced hundreds of public mourners outside the venue to tears.


Debate Flares Over Teaching Kids Tolerance

Cartoon characters adored by kids seized the spotlight in the latest flare-up of America's culture wars, but the debate itself poses serious questions for adults involving the depiction of gays and lesbians in materials for teaching children about diversity and tolerance.


A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country's commercial cenbter, say


Aims to improve efficiency The Financial Services Authority is replacing its hotchpotch of IT systems with a single mandatory electronic reporting (MER) system.â¦


MEPs finally approve new European Commission

The European Parliament today finally approved Jose Manuel Barrosoâs revamped executive European Commission, ending a three-week political standoff that boosted the power of MEPs.


An ill-advised PR stunt for Aqua Teen Hunger Force causes chaos in Beantown when authorities scramble to defuse what appears to be a coordinated terror attack. In Table of Malcontents.


Gold Indian Coin Expected to Fetch $27,000

An Indian gold coin which is nearly 1,900 years old and shows one of the earliest depictions of Buddha is to be sold at auction where it is expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds ($27,000).


IL RACCONTO. Comincia a raccontare la sua disavventura Antonio Montagno, precipitato con il parapendio vicino a Firenze                                          "Sentivo gli elicotteri ma non mi vedevano cosÃ¬ ho passato tre giorni su un albero"                                                                                di MAURIZIO BOLOGNI


MAXINE McKEW: In Russia this festive season, there appears to be a sign of peace and goodwill from hard-line leader Vladimir Putin.


Sides bicker instead of negotiate in NHL labor fight

An NHL executive accused the players' association of conducting "a charade" and said the union has no interest in working out a new labor deal before a lockout would be imposed in three weeks.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA engineers were troubleshooting a possible problem Wednesday with lines connecting the external fuel tank to space shuttle Atlantis, the only remaining concern about the first shuttle flight of the year.


Lawmakers Back Sharon on Plan for Leaving Gaza

Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, won what he called the most important vote of his political life on Tuesday night, as the Israeli Parliament approved his plan to remove all Israeli settlements from Gaza.


Google Profits Fail to Push Stocks Higher

Stocks were little changed today as tepid earnings from Microsoft and Coca-Cola offset Google's strong third-quarter report.


Some predatory paedophiles should be treated in the community, a senior police officer says.


Gaza rivals pull back, free some hostages

Gunmen began withdrawing from Gaza's streets, some hostages were released and many shops reopened on Sunday as a shaky ceasefire appeared to be taking hold in factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, residents said.


Rumsfeld Says U.S. Faces Test of Wills in Iraq

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said  Sunday the United States and its allies were engaged in a test  of wills with insurgents in Iraq and would have to overcome the  "pain and ugliness" of the conflict.


E la migliore prova complessiva del "mago" da quando gioca nei Raptorsha "guidato" la squadra al successo: 13 punti e neanche un errore nel secondo quarto                                            Nba, grande partita di Bargnani Venti punti e vittoria a Houston


A college student was charged with impersonating a federal agent after a routine traffic stop led police to forged law enforcement paraphernalia and a cache of weapons in his bedroom, prosecutors said Wednesday.


Rolen leads Cards past Diamondbacks 11-3

Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Scott Rolen had four RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 Monday night. Braden Looper, in his first outing following a stint on the disabled list caused by a shoulder strain, allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. Russ Springer (4-1) pitched a perfect seventh to get the win in relief.


Only Certainty at Breedersâ Cup Classic Is Wet Track

With raw, cold and nasty weather likely, the Breedersâ Cup Classic and seven other Breedersâ Cup races will be determined on uncertain footing.


Argentine ex-president Carlos Menem hospitalized

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Former Argentine   President Carlos Menem was hospitalized late on Tuesday after   appearing dizzy and clutching his chest during a political   rally.


SilentChris writes "According to CNet, Microsoft is revising their plan for Longhorn. In addition to scaling back WinFS, they will also have separate releases of Avalon (the new graphical system) and Indigo


A Palestinian official, who demanded anonymity, said on Sunday that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is suffering liver failure and that his health condition was not improving.


Travel: Being broke needn't mean going without a break this summer. Gemma Bowes offers 10 ways to get away on a tiny, or even non-existent, budget.


Comic Bob Newhart in futile hunt for his dark side

Seated in the cavernous den of his Bel Air mansion the other day, not far from some American Flag throw pillows, comedian Bob Newhart insisted that he had a dark side and that there are even learned papers written about it -- well, at least one.


More than a dozen wards in hospitals are shut by illness, in some cases caused by a winter vomiting bug.


Record Producer Phil Spector Is Indicted on Murder Charge

Phil Spector, the record producer who helped craft hits for groups including the Beatles and the Righteous Brothers, will face trial in the killing of an actress at his California mansion


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Cutbacks at Airbus Approved, but Details Are Not Yet Public

The parent company of the aircraft maker Airbus said its board had approved a turnaround plan, one week after shareholders were asked to overcome narrow national issues.


Astronaut in bizarre kidnap plot in Florida court

ORLANDO, Florida  - A U.S. astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a woman she considered a rival for another astronaut's affections was granted bond at her first court appearance in Florida on Tuesday.


ESPN's first regular-season Monday night NFL game under the new contract drew the cable network's biggest audience ever.


Math professor appointed new PM of Central African Republic

The president of Central African Republic appointed Tuesday a 51-year-old math professor, Faustin-Archange Touadera, as the country's new prime minister, state radio reported.


Mosca, 16:17 - VOLLEY, EUROPEI: BRONZO ALLA SERBIA

La Serbia ha vinto il bronzo agli Europei maschili di pallavolo battendo la Finlandia 3-1 (25-18, 23...


The first railway to Tibet is ready to start operation this weekend, using sealed, oxygenated cars to cope with the thin air and high-tech cooling to keep the frozen track bed stable, China's Railway Ministry said Thursday.


Charles 'hopes sense will prevail' in row over prom

THE Prince of Wales has said he hopes that "sense will prevail" in a row over a plan to extend a theatre and conference centre on one of the nation's most famous seafronts.


Author offers to cancel speech in wake of boycott

A controversial author invited to speak at the Army's annual professional development symposium in Europe next week has offered to cancel his appearance in the wake of a German boycott of the event.


Exactly a week before Barry Bonds' 43rd birthday, the effects of his age started to really show. Bonds got a second straight day off Tuesday, with San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy holding the slugger out of the starting lineup again to rest his sore body.


Digital cert glitch trips up UK passport site

Secondary IPS site in shared credentials snafu Digital certificate glitches have affected the operation of a secondary website used for UK passport applications.â¦


Fearsome Nessie Started Out as a Good Egg and Playmate

Many lonely children yearn for a pet to call their own. In âThe Water Horse: Legend of the Deep,â based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, a boy finds not only that, but a best friend as well.


Virgin's Branson unveils commercial spaceship model

Entrepreneur Richard Branson on  Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be  the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular  basis next year.


Concerns over exploding computer   batteries may be heating up, but alternative power sources for   portable devices like laptops, music players and cellphones   could still be up to 10 years away.


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US Open Blog: Nobody Loses, but Djokovic Advances

Between acrobatic shots and trainer visits, Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic played a classic match today on Armstrong Court, with the artistry of the third-seeded Djokovic being challenged by the guile of Stepanek for almost five hours. Djokovic and the sport of tennis came out the winner. Djokovic survived, [...].


Russia's lower house of parliament, will debate ratification of  the international treaty on climate change.


Greg Lewis doesn't want to hear about what the Eagles are missing. He's only concerned with what the Eagles have. Lewis is one of the wide receivers the Eagles are counting on to help them survive in a post-Terrell Owens world.


By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun. 3--Kate Rae is a registered nurse who has waited 29 years to become the farmer she always wanted to be.


Cheap Antibiotic Works Well with HIV Children

A low-cost antibiotic which has performed well in tests should be given to all HIV children in developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.


On Thursday, the former Dolphins running back rejected a proposal that would have allowed him to serve a four-game drug suspension this season, re-enter the league's drug program and return to the NFL next year.


Palestinian unity talks snag on key security post

Negotiations over a Palestinian unity government have become bogged down over who will serve as interior minister with control over security services, sources close to the talks said on Tuesday.


A pair of bombings tore through crowded public areas in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday night, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.


CIA Nominee Vows to Keep Congress Informed

WASHINGTON - President Bush's nominee to be CIA director, Rep. Porter Goss, told critics who say he's too partisan for the job that he understands the importance of independent, objective intelligence, despite his nearly 16 years as a Republican partisan in Congress...


Putin compares U.S. missile shield to Cuban crisis

MAFRA, Portugal  - Russia's President Vladimir Putin drew a parallel on Friday between U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe and the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, widely regarded as the closest the world came to nuclear war.


Clinton Says Dealing With Campaign Strain `Not Easy'

Bloomberg - Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, her voice cracking, told voters in New Hampshire ``it's not easy'' to keep going in a long political campaign ``against some pretty difficult odds.''


Open source vendors...monopolies waiting to happen?

Blog: Roy Russo argues that open source vendors are monopolies waiting to happen.  Here's why he's wrong.


250,000 Urged to Flee in California as Fires Spread

Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California for a second day, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and charring 267,000 acres.


Tony Blair is to visit Libya later, at the start of a week-long trip to Africa before he steps down as prime minister.


Hacker Software Can Install Unauthorized Software on iPhones

AppSnapp opens both the iPhone and iPod touch, then installs another program, Installer.app, which in turn can install unauthorized, non-Apple programs.


Arts & entertainment: We asked 50 celebrated writers to nominate their favourite forgotten literary treasures.


Entering the final weekend of their long campaign, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry turned Friday to the closing arguments they hoped would seal victory â-he


Hundreds Held in Russian School; 2 Killed

Armed militants with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, corralling hundreds of hostages — many of them children — into a gymnasium and threatening to blow up the building if surrounding Russian troops attacked. At least two people were killed, including a school parent.


Singer's Father: Sore Throat Led to Lip-Sync

After a technical foul-up on the NBC show "Saturday Night Live" exposed the pop singer Ashlee Simpson's use of prerecorded vocals on live television, her father said yesterday that he had decided


Iran Says Nuclear Freeze Talks Must Not Last Long

Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only  prepared to keep its uranium enrichment activities frozen for a  few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want,  permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.


Futures flat, China has stake in Morgan Stanley

Stock index futures erased most losses on Wednesday, indicating a flat open on Wall Street, after Morgan Stanley  announced a $5 billion investment from a Chinese government fund, offsetting news of huge losses by the investment bank.


Vietnamese suffer "sticker shock" as inflation rises

Every time Vietnamese factory  worker Nguyen Thi Ha goes to the supermarket, she finds that  prices on the shelves have climbed, evidence of a country  facing its highest inflation rate in more than a decade.


Finanziaria. Il Senato ha dato il via libera alla manovra

Ã legge la manovra economica per il 2005. Il Senato ha dato il quarto e ultimo via libera alla Finanziaria con 164 si', 72 no e 2 astenuti. Al termine del travagliato percorso della manovra di bilancio, il


U.S. Jet Flight to Vietnam Makes History

A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam on Friday, the first since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago.


The hooplah. The stories. The comment Apple's iPhone goes on sale in the US this evening. The queues have formed, and limits placed on how many of the handsets punters can take away with them. What is all the fuss about? Find out by reading Register Hardware's most popular iPhone stories...â¦


Ever feel like there is a TV everywhere you go? An innovative keychain remote control, that allows its user to turn off most TVs, is giving owners the ability to control even their public TV viewing, and is selling like crazy.


Haiti's Ruler Chides World for Disinterest

Interim Haitiam Prime Minister Gerard Latortue speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Oct.23, 2004.


Sony is facing another patent infringement suit, this time involving its Blu-ray high definition disc technology.


London - A vaccination against a normal cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus prevents the recurring infections that causes cervical cancer, researchers report according to Lancet, the British journal.


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Rumsfeld honored for citizenship amid protests

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was honored for citizenship by a patriotic organization on Friday as peace protesters outside criticized his role as one of the architects of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.


The Security Council voted Tuesday to reduce the peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea from 2,300 troops to 1,700, expressing disappointment in the stalled process to draw the border between the feuding Horn of Africa neighbors.


U.S. Steps Up Diplomatic and Relief Efforts

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United States stepped  up its diplomatic and relief effort in tsunami countries,  sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the hardest-hit  region and promising more helicopters and field hospitals would  follow.


Two men are jailed over the death of a firefighter killed during an explosion after an arson attack on a bingo hall.


News.com Extra: New sport: Ethernet cable detangling

Also: Flirting, online and off. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


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Wootton Comes Up Big In Eighth Straight Victory

With star guard Becca Feldman facing double teams for most of last night, the Wootton girls' basketball team looked to its front court to provide a spark.


Typhoon Ma-on Reaches Central Japan; Flights Canceled

Typhoon Ma-on, Japan's ninth tropical cyclone this year, made landfall in Izu Peninsula and is likely to reach Tokyo this evening.


UK fertility clinics are facing a severe shortage of sperm donors, a BBC survey indicates.


Microsoft, Google, Yahoo settle gambling charges

Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have agreed to pay a total of $31.5 million to resolve claims that they promoted illegal gambling, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.Microsoft will pay $21 million, Google will pay $3 million, and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million, the DOJ said in a news release. The three companies neither contest nor admit that they promoted illegal online gambling by running advertisements for gambling Web sites between 1997 and this year.The settlements stem from an investigation into illegal online gambling by U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway of the Eastern District of Missouri, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service. Hanaway's office indicted the founder of Betonsports.com, 10 other people, and four companies on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and fraud in a crackdown on online gambling on June 1, 2006.Hanaway filed a new indictment against Betonsports, three other companies, and 12 people on June 28 of this year.Unregulated online gambling is illegal in the United States, the DOJ said. The three companies were accused of procuring participants via the advertisements they ran for illegal activity. Those actions fall under the U.S. aiding and abetting statute, the agency said.The Microsoft settlement includes a $4.5 million fine and a $7.5 million contribution to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The company also agreed to create a $9 million online advertising campaign, focused on young people, saying that online gambling is illegal under U.S. law. The campaign will run for three years, beginning in early 2008, the DOJ said.Yahoo has paid $3 million to the U.S. government, and it will provide $4.5 million worth of online advertising to a public-service campaign designed to inform users that operators and participants in online or telephone-based sports and casino-type gambling in the United States may be subject to arrest and prosecution."These sums add to the over $40 million in forfeitures and back taxes this office has already recovered in recent years from operators of these remote-control illegal gambling enterprises," Hanaway said in a statement. "Honest taxpayers and gambling industry personnel who do follow the law suffer from those who promote illegal online behavior."Google said, in a statement, that it has cooperated with the investigation. "While we did not admit any wrongdoing, the Department of Justice has advised that online gambling is illegal in the United States and ads to promote it are improper," the company said. "Google voluntarily discontinued running such ads, which were a very small part of our AdWords business, in April 2004."Yahoo said it stopped running ads for gambling sites "years ago," according to a statement. "After the U.S. Attorney's Office contacted Yahoo with its concerns, we worked cooperatively over several years to reach this settlement," the company said.Microsoft was preparing a statement Wednesday afternoon.


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the popular Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison â-ould change the course of Palestinian politics and the Middle East peace process.


A DR Congo rebel leader says he will resume hostilities if the government does not protect ethnic Tutsis.


âPersepolis,â austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.


Love forever: Italy's embracing skeletons to be left in peace

A pair of 6,000-year-old skeletons found by Italian archaeologists in a dying embrace will not be separated, team leader Elena Menotti has told AFP.


Iraq: nuovi tentativi da Londra per avere informazioni su ostaggio ...

LONDRA - Il Foreign Office sta cercando di trovare conferme alle dichiarazioni di ieri di Yasser al-Serri, leader di un'organizzazione islamica basata a Londra. Secondo al-Serri l'ostaggio Kenneth Bigley, nelle


No charges will be filed against associates of former Prime Minister Tony Blair who were arrested during a lengthy police investigation of political funding, the Crown Prosecution Service said Friday.


Mortar bombs killed 15 people in a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on Sunday in fresh violence after a truck bomb killed 135 people in a Shi'ite area in the worst single bombing since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.


Mild Seven Renault F1 Team confirms Jacques Villeneuve

The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team today confirmed that Jacques Villeneuve will partner Fernando Alonso for the final three races of the 2004 Formula 1 season.


Video game classics score Emmy honors at CES

Game industry giants from the 80s through today score awards at ceremony in Vegas.


Tendulkar's stupendous record at Nagpur:

[Sports India, Cricket]: New Delhi, Oct 25 : Sachin Tendulkar owns the highest all-time aggregate and the best-ever average at the Nagpur cricket ground where he will return to the Indian team for the third Test against Australia Tuesday.


Sponsorship fraud trials to start in spring

MONTREAL - The public servant who ran the federal sponsorship program, and two top advertising executives, will face fraud charges in Quebec Superior Court next May.


White House trades new weapons to support troops

The White House plans to shift $3.2 billion in defense spending -- partly from new weapons like the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a trade publication reported on Monday.


Falcons' Andersen becomes all-time scoring leader

Atlanta Falcons kicker Morten Andersen became the NFL's all-time scoring leader with an extra point on Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys.


Polish church reports secret police ties

A special commission of Poland's Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that documents in secret police files showed "about a dozen" living bishops had ties to the communist-era secret services.


The famously large underpants worn by film character Bridget Jones are to be auctioned off to raise cash for some of London's most famous green spaces, Britain's Royal Parks Foundation announced Friday.


By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--Everybody in Silicon Valley thinks they have the product that will change the world. In November, the Tech Museum of Innovation will honor 25 that might actually succeed.


China urges West to do more on Darfur: report

China's special envoy on Darfur has urged the West to do more to promote a peaceful settlement to the conflict in the African region, state media reported Wednesday.


Kibaki, giant of Kenyan politics, in last fight

OTHAYA, Kenya  - With a political career as old as his nation, President Mwai Kibaki faces a verdict on his progress leading east Africa's biggest economy and efforts to fix years of corruption at his final election battle this month.


Palestinian truce holds despite sporadic attacks

A ceasefire between the governing Hamas movement and the once-dominant Fatah faction largely held in the Gaza Strip for a second day despite sporadic incidents of violence on Wednesday.


IBM alphaWorks milestone features weather forecast demo

(InfoWorld) - To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its alphaWorks Web site for experimental technologies, IBM on Monday will begin hosting projects including a precision weather-forecasting application and two offerings for developers. Being offered via a new effort called alphaWorks Services, the projects stray from the previous format in which users have been able to download prototype technologies. This time around, IBM is offering what amounts to hosted online applications, Chris Spencer, emerging technology strategist at IBM alphaWorks, said. The alphaWorks Services platform leverages the software-as-a-service delivery model, IBM said. One project, Deep Thunder, provides high-resolution, localized weather forecasts for businesses, down to the hour and specific square mile. "We actually have two meteorologists who are on staff and this [effort] is out of IBM Research, Spencer said. With Deep Thunder, a business could learn if snow is falling in an area or what the weather is like at a manufacturing center. Or, a transportation department could find out which streets need plowing. Although Deep Thunder sounds suspiciously like an application rather than middleware, a development tool, or a platform, Spencer would not characterize it as an application. IBM says it isn't in the applications business. "What we're offering here is a prototype of an idea," Spencer said. "I would not say this is an application." An IBM representative later described Deep Thunder as a demo. An industry analyst agreed with IBM's assessment that Deep Thunder does not move Big Blue into the application business. "I think of Deep Thunder more as a great demonstration of both making the results of a high computational problem available -- most of us don't have that much computing power available -- and then using mashup-type technology to interface it to a Web-based application," said Amy Wohl, editor of the Amy Wohl's Opinions newsletter, in an e-mail response to question. "I don't think IBM is going into the weather forecasting business but you have to use some application to show how this sort of thing works. "I'm fairly sure that IBM intends to stay in the middleware and infrastructure part of the software business and leave the applications to their partners," Wohl said. The other hosted projects include ADIEU (Ad Hoc Development and Integration tool for End Users), which is a collaborative online environment for developing Web services, and Web Relational Blocks (WebRB), providing a GUI to construct front-end Web applications from back-end databases. ADIEU, available as either a download or a hosted service, features a card-based programming paradigm, in which each card contains specific programming functionality. Offering a simplified way to build applications, ADIEU is similar to Apple's HyperCard concept, Spencer said. "I love the idea of ADIEU -- that someone can write an application in a few hours or less," Wohl said. "[It] sounds like a great idea for prototyping or for small needs where big investments or long waits couldn't be justified." WebRB features a GUI for nonprogrammers to build applications. "What's kind of nice is they don't have to understand the database schema," or the details of the database, said Spencer. The project uses technology such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Cascading Style Sheets in a hosted environment. Components are dragged and dropped onto a canvas. It remains to be seen whether the three projects become official IBM products. Since its formation in 1996, alphaWorks has released 700 technologies to early adopters and contributed 30 technologies to the open source community, Spencer said. Open source technologies have include the Jikes Java compiler and the Xerces XML parser. One project originating on alphaWorks, the Servlet Express Engine, later formed the basis for the IBM WebSphere application server. All told, about 250 alphaWorks projects became products or product extensions for IBM. "It's evidence of the community having an influence on IBM," Spencer said. The alphaWorks site attracts about 165,000 unique visitors per month, Spencer said. "We have everything from developers to executives and they represent anything from Fortune 100 companies to SMBs (small and medium-size businesses)," said Spencer.


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By Malaika Fraley, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 11--The Sunol Water Temple Agricultural Park welcomed the public to its plush grounds Sunday for a harvest celebration highlighting East Bay farmers.


Three more umpires will be rehired by major league baseball and six more will split $2.3 million in severance pay as part of a settlement of the nasty dispute that cost 22 umps their jobs in 1999.


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Siemens supervisory board to dismiss two members

Siemens' supervisory board plans to dismiss two of its own members as part of a reshuffle following an internal probe into corruption allegations, a report said Friday.


Dynamically Typed: phpDocumentor Call for Help

New on Dynamically Typed today, Harry makes this call for help for phpDocumentor.


Manchester United Receives Proposal from Glazer

English soccer club Manchester United  said on Sunday it had received a detailed proposal from U.S.  entrepreneur Malcolm Glazer which may lead to a takeover of the  world's richest soccer club.


Japan government spokesman says UFOs do exist

Yes, UFOs do exist, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday.


Rubens Barrichello has sealed second place in the 2004 world drivers championship with an all-the-way success in the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.


A mother and her daughter are killed in a fire at their house in Kent.


The Great Write-In Vote Protest That Never Was

What if, on election day, you wrote in your presidential vote? I'm not trying to persuade you to vote for one or the other, or even for a third party. It's not a trick, My real name isn't George M. Bush, and I'm not going to go to court and claim you were really voting for me. Just write it in. Make a statement that you vote for whom you choose and that it has nothing to do with whichever they feel like printing on the ballot.


Blast kills five women in Mogadishu: witnesses

A suspected bomb blast near a busy Mogadishu market on Tuesday killed five women, the latest victims of Somalia's unceasing violence that has killed more bystanders than combatants.


US warplanes, tanks and artillery units have bombed the Iraqi town of Falluja, killing at least eight people and wounding 15. The pounding of the city began overnight and continued into the early hours of Saturday, hospital officials told Aljazeera.


ItÃ¢ÂÂs not quite in the same league as the K Street Project, then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLayÃ¢ÂÂs bid to populate the Washington lobbying industry more or less exclusively with Republican-affiliated shops. But almost a year into the 110th CongressÃ¢ÂÂ Democratic majority, some of the most prominent new firms on K Street are of a distinctly bluish hue, especially compared with their recent predecessors in the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs heyday.


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Australian PM on drive to "change" Aboriginal culture

Energised by a resounding election victory, conservative Australian Prime Minister John Howard has embarked on a controversial plan to reinvent Aboriginal culture.


Digital Domain: Theater of the Absurd at the T.S.A.

When security flaws are exposed in air travel, why not applaud?


Unions warn millions of civil servants could strike if their pension scheme is axed and they have to work longer.


ChevronTexaco Profit Up, Misses Forecasts

ChevronTexaco Corp.CVX.N, the No. 2  U.S. oil company, rode the wave of record oil prices to post a  62 percent rise in quarterly profit on Friday, but it fell  below Wall Street forecasts due to hurricane disruptions.


U.S. Flexibility Credited in Nuclear Deal With N. Korea

The six-nation deal to shut down North Korea's nuclear facility, four months after Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test, was reached yesterday largely because President Bush was willing to give U.S. negotiators new flexibility to reach an agreement, U.S. officials and Asian diplomats said...


When prominent Connecticut Democrats marched with Senate candidate Ned Lamont in the annual Newtown Labor Day parade, one prominent Democrat wasn't with them.


Air France-KLM says talks with Alitalia "positive": chairman

Air France-KLM chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta said he had held very "useful and positive" talks here Wednesday on his company's planned takeover of Alitalia, the struggling Italian airline.


The Nasdaq led the market's gains on Tuesday after strong profit at Apple Inc  and a Chinese distribution deal for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion  showed tech stocks may still have room to grow.


Berlino, 13:16 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: AFFARE FATTO PER RIBERY AL BAYERN

Secondo l'agenzia tedesca SID, Franck RibÃ©ry avrebbe raggiunto un accordo con il Bayern Monaco. Il g...


Your Money: Giving the Very Expensive Gift of Peace of Mind

Chocolates that cost $2,000 a pound make no sense to economists, but the high-end retail sector is red-hot.


EU should set no more conditions for Turkey's entry talks: FM

The European Union (EU) should not link any more conditions to starting accession negotiations with Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday.


The McCann's spokesman says they have been approached by two US chat shows but will not appear while they remain suspects.


Sixteen bodies found in a ditch north of Baghdad

Sixteen dead bodies were found on Thursday in a ditch in a town north of Baghdad within Iraq's most violent province, police said.


U.S. opposes fixing greenhouse gas cuts at G8

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States said on Wednesday it opposed setting firm targets for greenhouse gas cuts at a G8 summit but offered reassurance that its plan for fighting climate change would not undermine U.N. efforts.


Macs help Sky Captain save the day, win converts

MacCentral - When Sky Captain -- hero of Paramount Pictures' hit film "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" -- swooped out of the sky in his P-40 Warhawk and protected New York City from an army of giant robots, he wasn't just convincing moviegoers to suspend their disbelief. He also helped convince visual effects supervisor Darin Hollings that Macs could carry the load just as easily as, or better than, the UNIX-based SGI and Linux-based PC workstations he previously used.


BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. soldiers tightened their cordon around al Qaeda fighters holed up in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Saturday, advancing carefully through streets lined with roadside bombs and booby-trapped houses.


ING Canada files preliminary prospectus for initial public ...

TORONTO (CP) - ING Canada Inc. is going public in a move to raise capital to pay for its acquisition of the Allianz group's Canadian property and casualty insurance operations.


The South Korean government acknowledged Thursday that it extracted a small amount of plutonium during a 1982 research experiment, a declaration that came


Hutchison Whampoa, under pressure to offset losses on 3G mobile costs, cuts the price for the sale of its emerging markets arm.


Siberian coal mine blast kills at least 35

YUBILEYNAYA MINE, Russia  - An explosion at a Siberian coal mine killed at least 35 people on Thursday, emergency officials said, weeks after 110 miners died in a blast at a neighboring mine operated by the same company.


New Enterprise Associates is the biggest stand-alone venture capital operation in the world, but industry insiders say the company's girth is a handicap.


The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first nonprescription drug for weight loss. Alli (pronounced AL-eye) is slated to hit shelves this year, according to its maker, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). That move has been denounced by some who say it should not be made so readily available because of limited efficacy and safety concerns....


Crunch Fallujah talks underway between Iraq delegation, local ...

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi government-backed delegation and leaders from the rebel city of Falujah are holding crunch talks that are set to deliver imminent results, officials said on Saturday.


RICHMOND, Va. - Sen. George Allen's mother hid her Jewish upbringing from her children until late last month to spare them the fear suffered by her father, who was imprisoned by the Nazis, The Washington Post reported Thursday. "What they put my father through.


Amitabh rocks in his new film, Cheeni Kum.