For the second time this year, an alliance of major Internet providers - including Atlanta-based EarthLink â-iled a coordinated group of lawsuits aimed at stemming the flood of online junk mail.


Pictures of the coach station to the stars The Branson biz empire's suborbital-tourism-for-the-wealthy operation, Virgin Galactic, yesterday unveiled the architectural designs for its rocket-ship terminal at Spaceport America, the nascent commercial space base in New Mexico.â¦


Wal-Mart Japan unit says 2007 loss double forecast

Wal-Mart Stores Inc's  Japan unit, Seiyu Ltd , said on Tuesday that it likely lost twice as much money last year as previously forecast due to slumping sales and asset write-downs.


Pakistan Strikes Kill Dozens Near Afghan Border

Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships launched air strikes on the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing dozens of people on Thursday, a witness said.


Celine Dion lines up Beijing Games concert, theme bid

Celine Dion will play her first concert  in China in April and has submitted an entry for the Beijing  Olympics theme song competition, Games organizers said on  Wednesday.


CHELSEA Coach: James Atkins (first year). Last year's record: incomplete. Returning starters (4): Eddie Rodriguez, LB, 6-0, 200, Sr.; Ricardo Figueroa, QB, 6-2, 200, Sr; Larry Gregory, RB, 5-10, 180, Jr.; Michaelangelo Recupero, RB, 5-8, 170, Sr. Strength: Numbers and enthusiasm. Weakness: Both lines. Outlook: It's amazing to think the school that canceled its football season because of a lack ...


Miss Italia, la piÃ¹ bella si commenta in diretta

Stasera e domani l'elezione della reginetta 2007 in tv. Il concorso di bellezza made in Italy nella storia e un blog per commentarlo


One juror was dismissed from the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday after she told the judge she had been exposed to information about the case outside of court.


Roma, 12:49 - CALCIO, ZAMPARINI: MATARRESE PRESIDENTE A TERMINE

Maurizio Zamparini, presidente del Palermo, commenta all'ADNKRONOS l'attuale situazione in Lega Calc...


China Says Its Seafood Is Now Safer and Better

In an unusual public acknowledgment, Chinese officials said that pollution and water-quality problems had become the biggest challenges facing Chinaâs fish farming.


Farmers Making Use of Global Positioning

The tractor weaves to ride the field's dips and rises while perfectly hugging the row previously cut by its black-clawed tiller, creating a seamless pattern of turned soil. But the person in the cab has nothing to do with this precision. Aided by a computer and a Global Positioning System — a constellation of Earth-orbiting satellites — the vehicle is driving itself.


Business & money: UK Households are expected to splash out record breaking Â£4.25bn in supermarkets on festive food


Ranchero Road Underpass Inches Forward: Hesperia Planner Predicts Technical Studies Will Be Completed in a Few Months

By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Sep. 20--HESPERIA -- For years, pressure to build a Ranchero Road underpass has come from frustrated motorists funneled through Main Street, the only east/west corridor across the BNSF Railway in the city.


Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.


US, Europe take aviation spat to WTO next week

The United States and Europe will discuss a spat over state subsidies to Airbus and Boeing at the World Trade Organization next week, a US official said.


Karzai team confident of victory in first round of voting in ...

With one-third of the votes counted in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, Hamid Karzai was leading with 64 per cent, and his campaign team said Tuesday it was certain the interim leader will win with the simple


Spanish Judge Charges 8 Militants for Sept 11 Role

A Spanish judge formally charged eight Islamic militants on Monday with providing logistical support to a suspected coordinator of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.


Pistons rookie Carlos Delfino will be sidelined at least 10 days after arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Saturday.


Tiger Woods and Charles Howell III overcame wayward driving by the latter to win their foursomes match against Internationals K.J. Choi and Nick O'Hern 3&1 at the Presidents Cup on Thursday.


US Senator slams 'dysfunctional, rogue' CIA

Influential US Republican Senator John McCain blasted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a "dysfunctional" and "rogue" organisation that needs to be reformed.


Texas rises to No. 7 in latest BCS rankings

and not only on the political spectrum. Another November - another BCS college football quagmire looming. With the release


US and European astronauts are preparing for their second spacewalk of the current shuttle mission.


Lavoratori in sciopero per chiusura reparto magnetico


Each Friday, Scott Thurston and Greg Lee will answer your fantasy football questions, dispensing advice based on their experiences and statistical analysis.


'The Forgotten' Tops North American Box Office

Supernatural thriller "The  Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the  weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a  worse-than-usual seasonal slump.


Link by Link: Writers on the Web, Deprived of Masks but Not Their Pride

Lee Siegel is by no means the first author to try to anonymously insult his detractors, and the careers of many who did so in the past outlived any scandal.


Londra, 11:07 - CALCIO, STAMPA GB: MANCHESTER CITY SU DESCHAMPS

Il Manchester City vuole Didier Deschamps per la propria panchina. A rivelarlo è il 'The Sun'...


Mississippi attorney general targets State Farm

Mississippi's attorney general said on Friday he would propose legislation to force State Farm, the largest home insurer in the United States, to continue writing new policies in the state.


Banker sought in $400 mln fraud caught after 5 years

"We were seeking him for five years, together with the FBI"  The five-year getaway of a banker whose U.S. fund lost $400 million when he bet against the Internet stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s ended on Friday when he was caught in Austria, police said on Monday. via MSN Money


Colin Powell the Cat to Meet Real Powell

WASHINGTON - Colin Powell, the cat, will meet on Friday with Colin Powell, the secretary of state.    Colin Powell, a black Bombay pedigreed cat, has been named cat of the year by the Cat Fanciers' Association...


UKRAINE:  Flirting with NATO Under Russian Eyes

BUDAPEST, Mar 13 (IPS) - Western-leaning elites in this nominally neutral   country would like to see Ukraine join the  North Atlantic  Treaty Organisation (NATO) despite strong popular  opposition.


FEMA Pricing Of Trailers Called Unfair And Wasteful

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sold trailers to victims of the 2005 hurricanes at prices that range from $1  to $20,000, under inconsistent policies  that prompted a temporary ban on all trailer sales, according to a new government report.


Mexican migrants launched a two-month relay Sunday from Mexico's capital to New York, calling on lawmakers to grant them the right to cast absentee ballots in 2006 presidential elections and organizing undocumented workers along the way.


Sony Corp  will launch a cheaper model of its PlayStation 3 in the United States, hoping to attract more buyers as it goes up against rival game consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo this holiday.


At-risk patients in England are to be offered screening for heart disease and strokes, Gordon Brown is to say.


North Carolina's first trip to the West Coast in four years went south in a hurry. Their national ranking can't be far behind.


Hey, Mr. D.J., Follow Those Rock Star Dreams

Mark Ronson, who for nearly a decade has been an It D.J. of the fashion and media world, is reaching for new heights as a producer and solo artist.


TV talk-show hosts eye January return: report

Idled television talk-show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.


Societa' kazaka ottiene raddoppio quota, Usa contrari


Real Madrid are in talks with Chelsea to sign Dutch winger Arjen Robben.


Several major forces in the music industry changed their tunes this week, as industry giants and niche players alike try to stay on top of the fast-changing market.


Maliki urges others to stay out of Iraq conflict

Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop using Iraq as a battlefield to fight out their proxy wars, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.


TOKYO : A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted western and central Japan, following two major tremors at the weekend, the meteorological agency said.


Udine, 16:57 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: NESSUN PROBLEMA PER QUAGLIARELLA

Il tecnico dell'Udinese Pasquale Marino, smentisce che esista un problema Quagliarella, che sinora h...


One city, two protests - Beirut's divide

Events in Beirut expose the divisions of a small state on the faultlines of the Middle East


Patriots Outlast Bengals, Clinch Playoff Berth

Corey Dillon faced his former team for the first time when it counted on Sunday in Foxboro. Dillon demanded to be let out of Cincinnati and backed up his actions with questionable behavior.


Explosion kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan

An explosion killed a soldier from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan and wounded five others, the force said on Monday.


On Baseball: Baseball Without Strikes? Talks Could Make It Happen

Major League Baseball and the players union are negotiating a new contract, and the gameÂs rising attendance and revenue give both sides reason to keep the peace.


The media room at the Colts complex out past the Interstates has been unusually uncrowded this week. Besides the local coterie, there's been just a handful of out-of-town visitors and plenty of empty seats for the daily noontime press conference. The playoff buzz has been all about the Perfect People in Foxborough and that suits the reigning Super ...


Israel has turned away a Lufthansa passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv due to a bomb threat. The plane landed safely in Cyprus on Tuesday after it was escorted by Israeli air force fighters.


Sabres vow to persevere despite injuries

The Buffalo Sabres have refused to use injuries as an excuse this season and they're not about to start now &#151; even after losing yet another defenseman.


Japan outraged by clash with anti-whalers

Japan expressed outrage on Friday after anti-whaling activists poured acid on the decks of a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and slightly injured two crew members, terming their activities "piratical, terrorist acts".


Drug Helps Liver Cancer Patients, Doctors Say

The new drug could become the first effective treatment for liver cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer.


Esodo Natale: 35 mln veicoli in movimento

Fino al 9 gennaio sulla rete autostradale circoleranno quasi 35 milioni di autoveicoli. I primi rientri si concentreranno gia' a Santo Stefano. I mezzi pesanti non circoleranno domani, venerdi' 24, dalle 16.00


Average life expectancy in China will jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.


Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed  for classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Oh, Lady Be  Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner  and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will  Curtis said.


Former Suspect in Swedish PM Murder Mystery Dies

The only man ever brought to trial  for the 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme died  on Wednesday, leaving the case an enduring mystery after almost  20 years.


With criticism mounting, the Sinclair Broadcast Group says it will air only portions of the controversial movie in an hour-long special.


US Airways Files for Bankruptcy Protection

ARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways Group Inc., the nation's seventh largest airline, filed Sunday for bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years...


Photo 2 of 2: Microsoft's fashion makeover

Wood paneling and chrome dominate one of two sample designs for a new style of Media Center PC, commissioned by Microsoft's eHome division from One & Co.


An Indian army major shot his way to his country's first ever individual Olympic silver medal on Tuesday, while in the same event an member of Dubai's ruling family became the first ever medallist from the United Arab Emirates.


Imeem Buys Social Music Service Anywhere.FM

The social networking service has made its first acquisition, a small one in online social music service Anywhere.FM.


Intel plays matchmaker with Sprint and Clearwire

$2bn bid to save WiMAX It looks like Intel has saved American WiMAX from certain destruction.â¦


Sirius Satellite loss narrows on subscriber growth

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.  on Tuesday posted a smaller quarterly loss on better-than-expected subscriber growth and forecast full-year revenue above Wall Street forecasts.


A caravan park owner collapsed and died after drinking cocaine mixed with water, an inquest is told.


India hikes foreign equity cap for aviation:

[India News]: New Delhi, Oct 20 : The Indian government Wednesday cleared a proposal to hike foreign investment limit in the domestic civil aviation sector to 49 percent from the existing cap of 40 percent.


The pair of thieves in balaclavas who heisted The Scream from the Munch Museum in Oslo this week sure knew what they had their hands on - art's single greatest spinoff merchandising moneymaker.


Treatment, lifestyle help cut heart deaths

Lifestyle changes, new drugs and treatment advances were equally responsible for a dramatic drop in U.S. heart disease deaths during the 1980s and 1990s, U.S. and British researchers reported on Wednesday.


Sun Trying Something New ... Like Giving Away An Operating System

Sun Microsystems is trying a new marketing strategy ... giving away its new Solaris 10 operating system for free! "Hewlett Packard sells a printer at a low price and makes a lot of money on printer cartridges.


S.Lanka rebel leader vows independence, more war seen

The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for an independent state in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government that renewed civil war will deepen.


Apple, Cisco reach agreement on iPhone name

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. said on Wednesday they had reached an agreement that allows both to use the "iPhone" name, after Cisco sued the iPod maker for using it for a new multimedia phone.


Germany Boosts Borrowing to New Record as Tax Revenue Stalls

The German government will take on an extra 14 billion euros ($17.23 billion) in debt this year because the country's economic upturn so far has failed to boost tax revenue, taking new borrowing to a record ...


U.S. troops opened fire near a checkpoint south of Baghdad after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb and a hospital official said Sunday at least eight people were killed in the second American attack in ...


European leaders to discuss world economy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will use a "credit crunch" meeting in London on Tuesday to call for order to be imposed on a financial system that "sometimes seems out of control".


US request for British troops highlights political constraints

WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there


BERLIN: BT Group Plc, Britain's largest phone company, plans to buy Infonet Services Corp. for US$965mil to add a data network spanning more than 180 countries.


A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.


Man Utd have Paul Scholes sent off but move towards the title thanks to John O'Shea's injury time winner at Liverpool.


Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged with 16 offences including soliciting to murder and possession of a terrorist document.


Bulgaria's soft drink maker BBB Group AD said it would apply to be listed at the Sofia Stock Exchange and would issue a still unspecified amount of shares in an initial public offering no later than next May.


WASHINGTON Oct 28, 2004 - Better nutrition has helped Americans grow a little taller. But it's been too much of a good thing: The nation is also a whole lot fatter.


Analysis: Obama front-runner label brief

Barack Obama didn't even have time to get used to being the front-runner before he was the underdog again.


At least 30 Iraqi policemen are kidnapped in an armed ambush as they return home from training in Jordan, police say.


Commons accepts throne speech amendment, avoids confidence vote

OTTAWA (CP) - The House of Commons has agreed to accept a Conservative amendment to the throne speech, avoiding a showdown that threatened Paul Martin's minority government.


There were five explosions in Madrid tonight, shortly after a phone call made in the name of the Basque militants Eta warned they had set five devices to explode.


EUROPEAN TOUR GOLF LATEST BETTING ODDS UPDATE

Retief Goosen showed great class to take the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday, when a closing 69 gave him victory by six clear shots.


US leading indicators fall for 5th straight month

WASHINGTON (AFX) - The US economy is losing steam, the Conference Board said Thursday, reporting that the index of US leading economic indicators fell 0.3 percent in October, the fifth straight decrease.


Infant study casts doubt on vaccine-autism link

The mercury in a vaccine preservative is pumped out of a baby's body too quickly for it to do any damage, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study they say should further absolve shots of causing autism.


Gazans head home as Egypt chokes off supplies

RAFAH, Egypt  - Thousands of Palestinians streamed home through the breaches in Gaza's border with Egypt on Sunday after Egyptian authorities choked off supplies to the area and moved to restore control.


Two more arrests in British bomb plot investigation

British police have arrested two more suspects in a bomb plot investigation, taking the total number detained to seven, police said on Monday.


Adding even more to the huge namespaces debates going on, Padraic Brady has some of his opinions posted to his blog on the subject.   The problem isn't that namespaces are bad, it's that these arcane structures seem to have so little impact on development in PHP today for many many people. Does that mean it's unimportant?   He talks about the real value of namespaces, a comparison to type hinting's inclusion, the current amount of (needless?) traffic on the php.internals list and his opinions on why namespaces are valid.


Hundreds of people, many of them children, spend another night in a school as hostages of an armed gang.


Humans have a tendency to believe what they want to believe. So it was little wonder that when the "Orange Revolution" broke out in the ex-Soviet republic of Ukraine in late November, many Americans


Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm, jockey Jose Santos and trainer John Veitch were elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame on Tuesday.


Mozilla Says Flaw Could Lead to Data Leak

Mozilla is working to fix a browser flaw that could give attackers unauthorized access to data on a victim's machine.


A French intelligence officer refuses to give evidence in the Clearstream corruption inquiry.


Defending champion Brazil beat Venezuela, 5-2, to keep a one-point advantage in South America's qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup. Second-place Argentina beat visiting Uruguay, 4-2.


US President George W Bush launches his most scathing attack yet on challenger John Kerry.


6,300 Dead as Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia

The world's biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand


More than 200 police raided a neighborhood Monday in suburban Paris where a band of youths attacked riot police last week and seriously wounded one officer, reviving memories of the violence that raged in poor French suburbs last year.


FedEx Corp.'s express air shipping unit was ordered to repay $29 million in emergency financial aid granted by the US government after the Sept.


Furyk in Buick driver's seat in absence of Woods

GRAND BLANC, Michigan  - With Tiger Woods swapping his title defense for diaper duty, world number three Jim Furyk will take centre stage at the Buick Open this week.


Congress Honors S.C. Civil Rights Figures

Congress on Wednesday bestowed gold medals on four South Carolinians whose fight to win school busing for black students in the 1950s paved the way for the desegregation of the nation's schools.


American Soldier Killed in North Iraq Attack

An American soldier was killed and two  others were wounded when their patrol came under fire in  northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.


Via libera dall'autorita' britannica per la concorrenza


High-definition DVD format war officially over

In the wake of Toshiba's  formal surrender in the next-generation DVD format war,  Universal Studios Home Entertainment said Tuesday that it will  begin releasing titles on Blu-ray Disc.


Sony keeps PS3, margin targets despite headwind

Sony Corp.  said on Thursday it  has no plans to change its targets for shipments of its  hot-selling PlayStation 3 and operating profit margin,  signaling its recovery is on track despite drawbacks such as  battery recalls.


Foreign diplomats are taken to a dam project which North Korea says was the site of a massive blast last week.


ETAI avoids data traffic jam with open source

With 50,000 models and a million auto parts to catalog, ETAI's homegrown, internal database system wasn't running on all cylinders. Talend Open Studio got the auto parts manual vendor back on track.


Chelsea are held to a 1-1 draw by Norwegian underdogs Rosenborg at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League.


News: Four charged in landmark UK phishing case

Four eastern Europeans appeared in a London court yesterday charged with defrauding online banks of hundreds of thousands through an elaborate 'phishing' scam.


At least 20 people were reported injured after a car bomb exploded in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Thursday.


The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party says the lifting of the state of emergency is "superficial".


With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak's detail as a NASA astronaut will be terminated, effective Thursday, NASA and the U.S. Navy said Wednesday in a written statement issued jointly.


NEW YORK The American space agency is becoming increasingly optimistic that the failing Hubble Space Telescope can be revived and rejuvenated by a robot rescuer.


Former Yankee Leyritz Charged With D.U.I. in Fatal Crash

Jim Leyritz, a World Series hero for the Yankees in 1996, faces manslaughter and drunken driving charges in connection with a car accident early Friday morning that killed a 30-year-old woman.


Investor confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy fell unexpectedly in June, figures suggest.


British, Irish PMs to unveil proposals for N. Irish peace process

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are due to publish their proposals Wednesday to restore the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland


Torino, 17:19 - CALCIO, JUVE: ZANETTI INFLUENZATO, ZEBINA PER CHIELLINI

Per la Juventus penultimo allenamento prima della gara contro il Siena e prima della sosta natalizia...


Delay in detection of bird flu inexcusable

Questions must be raised as to why it has taken such a long time to determine that former employees at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture struck early this year by a massive outbreak of bird flu were infected with the virus during the incident.


Ailing supermarket chain Kwik Save is waiting to hear whether its bid to say afloat has been successful.


AMD shows off fourway dual core CPU server

CHIP FIRM AMD said it is demonstrating a fourway Opteron server using dual processor cores. 90 nanometre technology and silicon on insulator (SOI) technology.


Dubai, Oct. 16 (NNN): With the beginning of Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, Israeli troops are reported to have withdrawn completely from northern Gaza after a 16-day operation which saw the heaviest fighting there in four years.


SCOTUS Skips Out on Same-Sex 'Marriage' in Massachusetts

Advocates of traditional marriage, while admitting they are not surprised, are expressing their disappointment that the US Supreme Court has chosen


China's powerful Shanghai Media Group said Thursday it plans to set up the country's second English-language satellite TV channel, potentially challenging national broadcaster China Central Television for foreign audiences.


Delta Hires International Marketing Firm

Delta Air Lines Inc., struggling to avoid bankruptcy, has hired an international marketing firm to help reshape its image. Terms of the deal between Atlanta-based Delta and New York-based Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide were not disclosed Wednesday.


Cute comedy with Ben Affleck as a successful advertising guy who returns to his childhood home and rents it and the family who live in it to celebrate a childhood Christmas.


Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in "Sayonara" and later starred in the Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song," has died of cancer. She was 78.


A large explosion struck Mogadishu on Monday near the venue where a national reconciliation conference is due to be held next month, witnesses said.


TOKYO - Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins left his Tokyo hospital for an American military base to surrender to military authorities Saturday, nearly 40 years after he allegedly defected to North Korea...


General Motors is recalling 717,302 minivans because passengers could injure wrists or arms on the power sliding door. The vehicles affected are 1997-2005 Chevrolet Venture, 1997-1999 Pontiac Transport/ Montana


UPDATE 1-Australia survive NZ flurry to square series

Australia withstood a late flurry of exciting strokeplay from pace bowler Kyle Mills to beat New Zealand by 17 runs in Wednesday's second limited-overs international to square their best-of-three series at 1-1.


More Than 100 Feared Dead After Footbridge Fails in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 25 -- A steel footbridge collapsed Tuesday in western Nepal under the weight of hundreds of people on their way to a fair, plunging scores about 100 feet into icy Himalayan waters. At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 were missing and feared dead, officials said.


Marion Jones tells Oprah she was tired of the lies

Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones, stripped of her medals and facing six months in prison, told Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday she admitted her steroid use because she could no longer live with her lies.


Jet, Outkast, Jay-Z clean up at MTV awards

MIAMI: Melbourne rockers Jet won an MTV Music Video Award today as Hip-hoppers Outkast and rapper Jay-Z cleaned up at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.


The event, which usually ends in teary speeches and lavish parties, could end up in court instead.


'We want regime change', Zimbabwe opposition leader tells Britain

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader took his campaign against President Robert Mugabe to Britain, rallying expatriates and declaring their destitute southern African country ready for "regime change".


âRogue Traderâ Is Remembered as Mr. Average

Until JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel was charged in an unprecedented banking fraud, there was nothing superlative about him.


FBI reluctance stalls Bush anti-pornography push

President George W. Bush, twice elected with solid backing of conservative Christians, promised to curb adult pornography in the United States.


Pakistan will meet West Indies in the Champions Trophy semi-final after a last-over victory over India.


A video is released which apparently shows the killing of  two hostages in Iraq, while two others are released.


He won't need diet pills where he's going...


Sandra Bullock Awarded $7 Mln in Texas Home Dispute

AUSTIN, Texas  - Actress Sandra Bullock's Texas  dream house turned into a expensive nightmare but on Thursday a  jury awarded her $7 million in a lawsuit against the builder.


Musharaf likely to retain post of army chief

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is likely to retain the post of army chief after Dec. 31 although he promised to take off the uniform by the end of this year, Dawn reported Thursday.


Palestinian People's front claims responsibility for Tel Aviv ...

Abu Ali Mustafa groups, the military wing of the People's Front For The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the Palestinian Tel Aviv operation which resulted in killing four Israelis and injuring more than 40.


Business & money: Index of leading UK shares falls to lowest level since credit crunch began last August


US Attorney General John Ashcroft said today "it's almost a certainty" the Department of Justice (DoJ) would appeal Wednesday's federal court ruling striking down a provision of the Patriot Act.


The globe-spanning Live Earth pop music extravaganza fell flat for television viewers in the United States and Britain, drawing far smaller audiences than the Princess Diana tribute concert a week earlier.


Most oil-producing nations are also rife with corruption, and oil companies should provide more information about their operations to help clean up the market, a global watchdog group said Wednesday in an annual report.


Warner Bros to back Blu-ray DVD format exclusively

Time Warner Inc's Warner  Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release  high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp's Blu-ray format, dealing a  big blow to Toshiba Corp's rival HD DVD technology.


Trasporti e Difesa condannati a pagare 980 mila euro


Roddick rolls Berrer in straight sets at Australian Open

Andy Roddick served his way into the third round of the Australian Open, overcoming German Michael Berrer in straight sets on Wednesday.


NORTH BONNEVILLE, Wash. - A man who used a stun gun on his 79 year-old grandmother-in-law after an argument over how to discipline his toddler son was arrested for investigation of domestic violence assault.


ASIA/TIMOR EST - Il carisma francescano si fa strada a Timor Est, nella testimonianza di semplicitÃ  di vita e condivisione con i poveri Dili (Agenzia Fides) - La piccola, giovane nazione di Timor Est (nata ufficialmente il 20 maggio 2002 ) va avanti sulla via dello sviluppo socio-economico e della crescita civile e morale anche grazie al contributo del carisma francescano. Nella Repu...


Thousands of delegates attend an economic forum in St Petersburg, as opposition groups also head for the city.


London riled as Olympic bids are handed in

Spanish officials are set to renege on a promise to the Football Association not to use tomorrow's friendly with England in the BernabÃ©u Stadium to promote Madrid's 2012 Olympic bid, a rival to London's.


Stocks & Bonds: Market Shakes Off 3-Day Losing Streak

Wall Street finished moderately higher in fitful trading Thursday as investors, still nervous about the economy, decided to buy back into the market.


U.S. telephone carrier customers of Samsung Electronics saw slowing sales of cell phones towards the end of the holiday shopping period, which was a strong sales period for Samsung, a top executive for the phone maker said on Sunday.


Michael Vick runs for 104 yards and threw two first-half touchdown passes to Alge Crumpler to lead the Falcons to a 14-10 triumph over the Giants on Sunday.


U.S. sponsors postpone push for Armenian genocide bill

Backers of a resolution to formally name the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide said on Thursday they would postpone efforts to bring it to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.


"I want to kill them all," he says. "I want to crush them, because these incumbents are selling stuff that doesn't work, and that annoys me. They're engaged in profiteering. There's nothing wrong with making money, but not when you're selling things that don't work right."


Giovedi riunione consiglio, inflazione resta nel mirino


Private Facebook Pages Are Not So Private

A security researcher discovers that private Facebook profiles can reveal startlingly personal information.


Bush and Kerry Focus Campaigns on 11 Key States

Both campaigns have laid out plans for a barrage of visits and television advertisements in these key battlegrounds over the next 10 days.


Ivory Latta scored 20 points, becoming North Carolina's career scoring leader, and the fourth-ranked Tar Heels ended North Carolina State's emotional run through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 60-54 win over the No. 24 Wolfpack in Sunday's championship game.


Legislators propose new royalties for Big Radio

U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday  introduced legislation to undo a 50-year-old exemption that  lets big radio companies like Clear Channel Communications Inc  and CBS Corp air songs without paying record labels or  performers any royalties.


Il Fondo lamenta politica "conservatrice" dei dividendi


Hurricane Ivan has strengthened as it heads towards Cuba after bringing destruction to the tiny Cayman Islands. Southern Cuba has been feeling the first effects of Ivan's winds, and the island's western tip


News.com Extra: Net users trawl for differing views

Plus: San Francisco mayor vows to bring Wi-Fi to the city, free computers to housing projects.


Novell exchanges Linux collaboration products

Novell Inc is set to discontinue its SUSE Linux Openexchange Server collaboration software product in favor of the Open-Xchange Server technology that underpins it from Netline Internet Service GmbH.


Non ha modificato condizioni imposte da Autorita'per energia


Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor

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


Arsene Wenger is confident his Arsenal side can reel in high-flying Chelsea who have edged five points ahead in the Premiership race.


The government has no plans to move at least half of the 10,000 emergency housing trailers sitting empty in Hope, Ark., saying they may be needed for the 2006 hurricane season.


Australian government to use new mandate to increase state control

Australia's newly re-elected conservative government says it will use its control of the upper house of parliament to renew its campaign to toughen counter-terrorism legislation.


You've seen Imelda Staunton before — possibly in period garb, probably stealing a scene from more famous co-stars. One of Britain's most versatile stage and screen actors, Staunton was Gwyneth Paltrow's tart-tongued nurse in "Shakespeare in Love," reeled off Regency repartee in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" and cavorted in Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado About Nothing."


Series of blasts kills 50 as Iraq eyes handover

A series of explosions devastated homes   in Baghdad just before nightfall on Thursday, killing 50 people   and wounding five times as many, some of them in an apartment   block that collapsed, government officials said.


Regular flu vaccine may help against H5N1: study

Ordinary seasonal flu vaccines may provide a small amount of protection against bird flu, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday.


Sri Lanka rebels decry "genocide" before U.N. address

Accusing the Sri Lankan state of waging a genocidal war, Tamil Tiger rebels called for foreign support for Tamil sovereignty hours before President Mahinda Rajapaksa was set to address the U.N. General Assembly.


Ok a progetto fusione della controllata al 100% Praoil


ESPN-Star Sports takes BCCI to court over TV rights

ESPN-Star Sports, who lost the bid to telecast international cricket played in India over the next four years, have challenged the Indian board's decision to award the rights to Zee Network in the Mumbai High Court.


Home Office figures show 95 jail inmates in England and Wales killed themselves this year, matching 2002's record.


Credit crunched Amazon.co.uk is claiming this Christmas was its best ever with sales peaking on 10 December.â¦


WASHINGTON: NASA will today conduct the final and fastest test flight of its pilotless X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, aiming to send it zooming across the Pacific Ocean at about 10 times the speed of sound -- almost 3.2 kilometers (two miles) per


SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - U.S. online shoppers,  who set spending and traffic records on Thanksgiving Day and  the "Black Friday" that followed, were expected to break new  ground again as they returned to work on what some are calling  "Blue Monday."


The bodies are no longer being dragged from houses and buildings toppled by Hurricane Katrina, but nearly two years later many in the medical community think the storm is still killing.


Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has squeezed 4G bytes of storage into a mobile phone chipset that the manufacturer believes could eliminate the need for external memory card slots.


Getting fabulous hair takes a bit of bull ... semen

An upmarket London beauty salon says it can give your hair the ultimate shine by treating it with a mixture that includes semen from thoroughbred bulls.


By Jenna Russell and Peter DeMarco, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent | September 12, 2004. At ground zero in New York City and at Boston memorials, the names of the dead were spoken aloud again yesterday.


A new study shows there is a $300 billion gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay


BEA upgrades app server with SOA, Web 2.0 capabilities

(InfoWorld) - BEA Systems will fit its Weblogic Server Java application server with improvements geared to Web 2.0, SOA and interoperability with Microsoft's .Net platform, the company said at the BEAWorld San Francisco conference on Wednesday. WebLogic Server 10.3 also features a new modular approach in which users can selectively download only components they want. The upgrade will be offered as a technology preview this fall with general availability set for next year. The application server's Web 2.0 capabilities are enabled through enhanced support for AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Adobe Flex, said Blake Connell, director of product marketing for WebLogic Server. AJAX provides for a dynamic element to Web applications that is identified with Web 2.0, Connell said. Specifically, a publish-and-subscribe engine within WebLogic Server will provide live updates to AJAX and Flex clients. The engine offers a persistent connection to a rich client, Connell said. BEA this week also announced an alliance with Adobe in which evaluation of copies of WebLogic Server will be featured with Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, the server component for Flex. In the SOA realm, WebLogic Server 10.3 backs SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) and improvements to the Java API for XML Web Services. "The big point in SOA is support for SAML 2.0, which provides Web single sign-on," Connell said. "SAML enables people to sign on securely with a Web client and then have access to other systems without having to keep re-logging in," Connell added. Java API for XML Web Services, meanwhile, is the specification used for writing Web services capabilities on top of the application server, he said. To accommodate .Net applications, WebLogic Server 10.3 will feature a JMS (Java Message Service) C# client. With this component, users who have deployed .Net systems but want to standardize on JMS as a messaging backbone can do that, Connell said. Leveraging BEA's microServices Architecture, version 10.3 allows for componentizing of WebLogic Server. For example, users could leave out the Java development kit or Enterprise JavaBeans and JMS capabilities if they do not need these, Connell said. "You save megabytes in download size," he said. Java Platform Standard Edition 6 is featured WebLogic Server 10.3, providing for better performance. "This is the underlying Java implementation upon which WebLogic Server sits on," Connell said. Also featured in version 10.3 is backing for the Spring 2.1 Java application framework and Java Persistence API for storing and retrieving application objects in a database. In other happenings at the conference Wednesday, BEA's Bruce Graham, vice president of consulting, likened the year 2007 to 1997, when now-giant companies like eBay and Amazon.com were just getting started. BEA also was in its infancy, he said. "2007 seems to me to be a watershed year," Graham said. Like 1997, young computer hackers are making lots of money and showing up on magazine covers. New companies are emerging with new business models like Wikipedia, YouTube, and Facebook, he said. "There's a wave of innovation occurring, just like 1997," Graham said. Companies now must leverage IT assets to provide a competitive advantage, said Graham. He described SOA, business process management, and enterprise social networks as three preeminent waves of technology that have arisen in response to this need. Also at the conference this week, BEA Systems said it plans to enable its enterprise service bus and portal software products to run as virtual appliances next year. The AquaLogic Service Bus and WebLogic Portal products will run directly in virtualized environments such VMWare. Under the model being deployed by BEA, enterprise applications and supporting infrastructure can be deployed independent of the underlying server and operating system. This enables SOA services to be treated as virtual appliances that can be deployed wherever needed, representing a major shift in the software industry, the company said. BEA's virtual appliance plan is expected to be extended to other components of its Enterprise 360 platform as well, as part of the company's Liquid Enterprise strategy. The virtual appliance plan is being eyed for BEA products that have a volatile workload, said Guy Churchward, BEA vice president for WebLogic Products. BEA has begun offering an instance-based pricing model as part of its virtual appliance strategy, in which the customer pays based on how many instances of software are being deployed, rather than basing pricing the number of CPUs. The company has implemented this strategy with the WebLogic Server -- Virtual Edition variant of its application server.


Senators claim offshore IT firms are 'abusing the system' on L visas

Two U.S. senators charged that offshore outsourcing vendors are "abusing the system" through their use of L visas, which enable companies to transfer workers to U.S. facilities.


Yes, there was contact. No one disputes that Villanova's Corey Stokes bumped Georgetown's Jonathan Wallace in the backcourt with the score tied and less than one second to play.


Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe loomed large at talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts.


Eurolega: esordio con successo per Pesaro

Bell`esordio della Scavolini Pesaro in Eurolega. I ragazzi allenati da Phil Melillo hanno superato nella prima gara del gruppo Bl`Olimpia Lubiana per 77-68. L`inizio della gara non Ã¨ stato facile: sotto 13


Marines Probe Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Iraqi Prisoner

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A Marine involved in the fatal shooting of a wounded and apparently unarmed prisoner in Iraq has been pulled off the battlefield.


Clinton holds lead as Romney slips in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee hold narrow leads on their top rivals two days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


For winemaker Piergiorgio Castellani Jr. âsurfing is not that different from producing wine.â


Planes started flying in and out of Miami International Airport Sunday, two days after the last flight left but not soon enough for weary travelers stranded by Hurricane Frances.


Is She or Isn't She? Panda Gives Keepers the Runaround

A 20-year-old giant panda and mother of 13, including four sets of twins, has been giving her keepers the runaround, pretending to be expecting yet again.


EU watchdogs probe German and Swedish gambling blockades

Bookies sans frontiÃ¨res German and Sweden are to be hauled over the coals by EU competition regulators for stopping online gaming firms entering their markets.â¦


Bush to Renominate Judges Blocked by Democrats

President Bush said on Thursday he  would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who  were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a  second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.


Suit on Rick James' music rights settled

The estate of Rick James has settled a lawsuit claiming that a music publishing company collected money from licensing his songs without permission.


Sony In Talks To Sell Products At Wal-Mart

Sony Corp. is talking with Wal-Mart and Costco in an effort to boost sales by shipping to US discount chains with which it previously did little business.


CHICAGO -- Doctors at Loyola University Medical Center said the smallest baby that's ever survived delivery will be going home soon.


Leeds, 14:39 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: IL LEEDS CORTEGGIA RANIERI

Claudio Ranieri potrebbe tornare ad allenare in Inghilterra. Secondo la stampa britannica l'ex allen...


Shatner's Trek from Spaceman to Song Poet

There is a temptation to joke that William Shatner has gone where no artist has gone before with his new album "Has Been." But the forever "Star Trek" star has, in fact, previously recorded his inimitable mix of music and spoken word.


Report casts doubt on IRS hacking-detection system

An Internal Revenue Service system designed to protect the agency's modernized systems from hacking isn't working properly, according to a report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.


Notebook: Players enjoy 'Friday Night Lights'

"Friday Night Lights," a cinematic chronicle of high school football in Texas, debuted in theaters Friday night after meeting the approval of a few Steelers who happened to view a sneak preview Thursday.


Several Nordic countries shorten their lists of missing, but tsunami death tolls are expected to rise.


Islamic school set ablaze in Netherlands

Graffiti scrawled on walls of Islamic primary school in Uden links fire to murder of flimmaker Van Gogh. THE HAGUE - A fire has caused major damage to an Islamic primary school in the southern Dutch town of


"My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, From Chekhov to Munro" (HarperCollins Publishers, 587 pages, $24.95), edited by Jeffrey Eugenides: In the introduction to this remarkable collection, Jeffrey Eugenides warns readers that good love stories aren't fluffy, happy-go-lucky affairs. Instead, they "depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart."


When the US occupying forces entered the Iraqi city of Najaf after they deposed Baghdadâs former dictator Saddam Hussein, television networks across the world broadcast a scene that manifested


Nintendo's Wii game console will displace Microsoft's Xbox 360 as the new-generation game machine, according to market research firm iSuppli.


With attack code circulating, RealPlayer fix coming

InfoWorld - One day after SymantecÂ researchers discovered software that attacked a criticalÂ unpatched vulnerability in RealNetworks' media player, Real says that a fix for the issue is imminent.


Gaming firms urge EU to demand compensation

European online gaming companies which  have been shut out of U.S. markets urged the European Union on  Wednesday to demand as much as $100 billion in compensation in  the hope that Washington might yet be pressed into reversing  its ban.


Drop Down and Give Me More Than Sheâs Doing

Some like to compete, but group training isn't for everyone.


Sony Computer Entertainment is set to unveil a smaller version of the PlayStation 2 on October 26, according to industry reports. Dubbed "PStwo," the new console will be 30 percent smaller, but retail for the same price. Sony reinvigorated sales of the original PlayStation by making a smiliar move with the smaller PSone console. Sony refused to comment on the rumors, but the company is holding a strategy briefing in Tokyo next week where an official announcement is expected.


Napolitano:"Non ci sono alternative". Prodi: "rinnovato slancio". E l'ex Udc Follini dice: "voterÃ² si"


German Entrepreneur's Glamour Airline: Nicotine Niche or Pipe Dream?

DUESSELDORF, Germany -- At the international airport in this western German city, smokers are shunned. If you want to light up, you're restricted to a handful of bars in the terminal, or else stuck puffing on the dingy street outside.


Tight end Christian Fauria laughed and rolled his eyes when The Streak was mentioned again Monday. Hadn't he and the other New England Patriots just set the NFL record with 19 consecutive wins?


From Bill Gates' costly compound to Larry Ellison's mega-estate, go behind the hedges of these and other palatial properties.


US sweep rounds up scores of online frauds

US authorities have arrested at least 103 suspects and filed 117 criminal complaints since June 1 in a crackdown on various forms of online fraud, according to Attorney-General John Ashcroft.


By Pinkerfield, Hayley  Boo.com, the infamous dotcom crash site, is relaunching as an online travel destination. Web Reservations International (WRI) bought the domain name boo.com from Fashionmall.com, the New York fashion portal that acquired the doomed brand in 2000.


U.S. employers hired just 96,000  workers in September, the government said on Friday in a weak  jobs snapshot, the final one ahead of presidential elections  that also fueled speculation about a pause in interest-rate  rises.


Austrian domain registrar 'aids' phishers

Spamhaus gives black mark to Nic.at Anti-spam organisation Spamhaus has taken the unusual step of putting an entry for Austrian Domain Registrar Nic.at on its Spamhaus Block List (SBL).â¦


Blair brings key ally back into the cabinet

Prime Minister Tony Blair has reshuffled his cabinet, bringing back a key ally to lead Labour's campaigning ahead of a general election, expected in spring 2005.


Antibiotic Cuts AIDS Deaths Among Children

The death rate of children infected with HIV in Africa could be cut in half if they were put on an inexpensive antibiotic, according to a study published in The Lancet.


An investigation into U.S. insurers and brokers rattled insurance industry stocks for a second day on Friday as investors, shaken further by subpoenas delivered to the top U.S. life insurer, struggled to gauge how deep the probe might reach.


Susan Sontag, the American author, activist and self-defined "zealot of seriousness", whose provocative prose made her a leading intellectual, has passed away.


Phelps Ruled Out of 400 Medley with Sore Back

Michael Phelps pulled out of the 400 meter individual medley at the short course world swimming championships with a sore back Friday.


Atari wants to take you back in time, and to get there, you can ride a "Centipede" or an "Asteroid," or bounce back and forth between the pixilated paddles of "Pong."


Libya Seems Honest About Nuke Program-UN Report

VIENNA, Austria  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said  in a confidential report circulated Monday that Libya appears  to have been telling the truth in its declarations on the  covert atomic weapons program that it agreed to abandon last  year.


Elton John V Madonna - Paying Lip Service

Elton John may have more credibility as a Brit, but Iâm siding with Madonna in the latest diva dispute. At the Q Music Awards luncheon in London, Elton John unexpectedly took a swing at Madonna, accusing her of cheating on her fans by lip-synching.


The government is poised to extend older students loans - but will the deal go far enough?


TV: The Whole World Is Watching, and Ben Silverman Is Watching Back

The producer built a franchise importing TV shows. ItÂs about to become an empire.


"Sub hunters": Detecting the enemy beneath the sea

They call themselves "sub hunters,"  men and women trained to detect enemy submarines gliding in the  depths of the world's oceans.


IBM Agrees to Settle Part of Giant Pension Case

IBM said yesterday that it had agreed to pay $320 million to current and former employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan in a case that may affect millions


The Metropolitan Museum's in-depth examination of the colonial art of the Andes has resulted in a sumptuous, groundbreaking show.


Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho resigns after the club's poor start to the season.


Not far from a hillside where several mountain gorillas shot dead last summer lie buried, park ranger Innocent Mburanumwe peers across a primordial canopy of treetops into what may be the most dangerous game reserve on earth.


Iraq Eases Curb on Ex-Officials of Baath Party

A measure to allow former officials from Saddam Husseinâs party to apply for government jobs came after months of U.S. pressure.


Tarantino's Mandarin-Language Kung-Fu Film

The 41-year-old auteur intends to recreate his experience of watching old-school kung-fu films with his next project. He tells Total Film magazine, he plans to shoot a martial arts film complete with Mandarin


Some families are trying to save money and the planet, with energy from backyard turbines.


Shaun Lane is a cornerback for Ohio State. His brother Ben Lane is a fullback for Youngstown State, which visits the Buckeyes on Saturday.


Vodafone denies report of bid with Verizon for rival

Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile-phone operator, said Tuesday it's not in talks with partner Verizon Communications to bid for Sprint Corp.


Ads watchdog okays Intel 'world's best processor' claim

Time for a re-think? The UK's advertising watchdog has rejected complaints that a claim made by chip giant Intel that Core 2 Duo CPUs are the "world's best processors" is false.â¦


Iraq warns against early U.S. withdrawal

Iraq's deputy prime minister on Friday defended his government's progress in establishing security and ending political infighting, and warned that an early U.S. troop pullout would be disastrous for his country.


"Potter" puts model trains back on track

Sales of model trains are picking up steam again thanks to deals linking them to the "Harry Potter" and "The Polar Express" movies, along with a new approach to marketing the old-fashioned toys.


Apple's U2 'box set' a sign of shifting music pricing?

It may be a small, $149 step, but Apple Computer's introduction of a U2 "digital box set"--a downloadable compilation of every song the band has ever recorded--could portend a shift in online-music pricing.


Aaron Polanco runs for two touchdowns and throws for another, and Navy uses a 40-point first half to cruise past Rutgers, 54-21, Saturday.


Bacteria designed for new 'decaff' source

10/11/2004 - US chemists are working to develop bacteria that could ultimately lead to improved production of naturally-derived decaffeinated coffee.


Last night's matchup between No. 15 Georgia Tech and No. 21 Boston College featured two punters who could be candidates for this year's Ray Guy Award as the nation's best at that position.


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to impose emergency rule, state-run television said on Saturday, in a move expected to put off elections due in January.


Sony to launch new Blu-ray recorders for Japan

Sony Corp  said on Wednesday it  will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical  disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with  the HD DVD camp heats up.


If Jamie McMurray were in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he'd be second in the standings. Under last year's points system, McMurray would be sixth.


Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.


They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston's archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees


A decade ago, geeks greeted the release of Netscape's new web browser with great anticipation. A similar sense of expectation surrounded each subsequent version of Netscape Navigator and, to a much lesser


Kerry gets poked in the eye during the thrashing of CBS

eorge W. Bush's riposte to John Kerry's NYU Iraq speech was swift and had nothing to do with the platitudes offered up at the UN General Assembly earlier today.


Web Portals Extend Reach Via Advertising Networks

NEW YORK In late 2004, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, speaking at the Association of National Advertisers, used a familiar metaphor for the company's strategy: a digital theme park that tempts visitors with endless attractions to get them to stay inside the gates. Analysts credited the strategy for reviving the company's fortunes following the dot-com bust.


Firenze, 15:28 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: PROVVEDIMENTI DISCIPLINARI

Il Giudice sportivo di serie C ha vomuniucato i provvedimenti disciplinari in merito alle gare valid...


The retailer cuts its full-year outlook upon experiencing lower-than-anticipated Q1 sales.


Scuffle for organs sparks donor debate in Singapore

As members of Sim Tee Hua's family sat at his bedside to pray for his recovery, they were horrified to learn that the hospital staff were about to turn off his life-support machine and use his organs for transplants.


Falluja airstrike said to kill Zarqawi aide

BAGHDAD A US airstrike in Fallujah on Tuesday killed an aide to the Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military said, while Iraqi officials investigated whether insurgents had obtained inside information that helped them kill about 50 US


Danish police arrest more than 300 demonstrators as a protest against a youth centre closure turns violent.


London - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova defeated Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the $1.3m WTA event in Zurich.


Mibtel +0,09%, scambi intensi per Alitalia e Generali


Superstar rapper Kanye West is  engaged to marry his girlfriend, People magazine reported on  Friday.


Two upcoming computer games let you embed yourself in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, learn its subtleties and try to make a difference. And you thought Minesweeper was hard. By Quinn Norton.


Goergl Wins First Race and Pushes Miller Second

Austrian Stephan Goergl won his first World Cup Alpine ski race with victory in a super-G on Thursday, pushing American favorite Bode Miller into an unaccustomed second place.


Ralph Nader failed to gather enough signatures to make the ballot in California as an independent presidential candidate, but his campaign said Saturday it will keep trying to get the consumer activist's name before the state's voters in November.


Sales keep slacking for this tough turnaround.


Sun adds UltraSparc IV to 4-way, 8-way servers

Sun Microsystems Inc. is preparing to launch two systems that will bring its UltraSparc IV processor into the low end of the company's server product line.


TERRORISMO: PISANU, POSSIBILI INFILTRAZIONI IN CORTEI SINDACALI

(ASCA) - Roma, 26 ago - Le varie sigle terroristiche si stanno coalizzando, i cortei sindacali sono a rischio infiltrazioni e le navi degli immigrati potrebbero essere sfruttate economicamente ma anche utilizzate da Al Quaeda per introdurre i suoi


A major US music download service launches a European store selling tracks without digital restrictions.


OPEC President Urges US To Tap Oil Reserves

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said he has requested that the US use more of its oil reserves to calm the markets.


Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing an insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival, according to a document released Tuesday.


Wild Oats on track for Sydney to Hobart yachting treble

Supermaxi Wild Oats was on course to claim a third consecutive Sydney to Hobart title Thursday after extending its lead in the bluewater classic.


The BBC finds evidence of corruption by firms around the world doing business with Iraq during the sanctions regime.


Justice Department Lawyers Lose Appeal on Overtime Pay

There's no dispute that Justice Department lawyers worked overtime and on holidays, and there's evidence the lawyers were "expected and induced" to work extra hours. But that's not enough to win back pay, a federal court ruled yesterday.


Iraq Says Senior Zarqawi Aide Captured in Baghdad

U.S.-led forces in Iraq have captured a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked network led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a raid in Baghdad, the Iraqi government said on Thursday.


Most of Europe yesterday fell silent for three minutes at 11 a.m. GMT - noon in Malta - in remembrance of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.


Greenspan Cautions on Baby Boomer Benefits

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices if Congress does not move quickly to trim the Social Security and Medicare benefits that have been promised to the baby boom generation.


UK scientists develop a process for making hydrogen from sunflower oil which may become an important future source of eco-friendly energy.


Donetsk, 14:41 - CALCIO, PARMA: ACQUISTATO LUCARELLI DALLO SHAKTHAR

Adesso è ufficiale. Il bomber azzurro Cristiano Lucarelli torna a giocare in Italia. Infatti ...


Home builder index lowest since 1991: NAHB

Sentiment among U.S. home builders slid in June to the lowest level in more than 16 years as tighter lender practices and rising mortgage rates crimped sales, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday.


Richard Branson says his Virgin Group is talking to a number of Indian airlines about taking a 49% stake in some carriers.


Pakistan Won't Let Militants Disrupt Afghan Poll

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf promised visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday that Pakistan would not allow Islamic militants to use Pakistani soil to disrupt Afghanistan's October elections.


Roche says cancer drug MabThera extends survival

Roche Holding AG on Monday said new data showed cancer drug MabThera significantly extended survival and cured more patients with aggressive lymphoma than chemotherapy alone.


A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency failed to protect the city but that his hands were tied by the law.


Social workers in short supply in South Africa

At the Roodepoort Child Welfare Society, their caseload has risen from between 60 and 80 a year to well over 1,000.


Washington state Democrats, fearful their candidate for governor might narrowly lose because of disputed ballots, sued election officials Friday in the state's largest county.


The German foreign minister criticises Italy for opposing Berlin's push for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.


Vote count delay in disputed Afghan poll

Afghan officials have delayed counting ballots in a historic presidential election to deal with complaints of fraud, but several of the candidates appear to be pulling


Much more vaccine needs to be produced to cope with a possible pandemic of bird flu, experts warn.


Iraqi forces are due to take control of a second province in the south of the country from UK and Italian troops.


A feud over influence at American International Group, the worldâs largest insurer, continues in legal papers and in public.


Following lengthy repairs because of storm damage, the Atlantis orbiter is now ready to launch to the space station on Friday.


Director Richard Loncraine (The Gathering Storm, Band Of Brothers) has assembled an impressive cast for his first high-budget feature film.


At Whittier Farms dairy, the fifth-generation owners brag of the quality of their Holstein cows and still deliver milk right to your door, in glass bottles. Customers like the products because they are a hormone-free taste of old New England.


ABC and Elton John are working together to develop a new show.  The comedy, set up to be about an aging rock superstar, will be based around pop icons like Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie. "Him and Us," a song written by Elton...


Open-source e-mail vendor Scalix joins OSDL

Linux e-mail and calendaring vendor Scalix has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs to help push the implementation of desktop Linux.


Bosox strike deal with Mirabelli; Yanks, Flaherty close

The Boston Red Sox have signed backup catcher Doug Mirabelli to a two-year deal worth $3 million, making him the first of the World Series champions' 16 free agents to re-sign.


Russian metals deal could be signed on Monday

A deal to create a Russian metals giant is likely to be signed as early as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing people familiar with the talks.


UN Envoy Says 10,000 Peacekeepers Needed for Sudan

The United Nations will  recommend up to 10,000 peacekeepers for Sudan if Khartoum and  southern rebels sign a landmark peace agreement to end a  21-year-old civil war, a senior U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.


Pessimists will have to wait, as housing boom rolls on

The real estate bubble appears as buoyant as ever, despite the Fed's decision to raise interest rates again.


Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) stock today fell by nine points at 514 in the opening session, an hour ahead of the crucial board meeting to discuss the buyback of shares.


Is "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" for cure or for show?


AMD signs up for extra 64-bit production capacity

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will use Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.'s manufacturing services to produce AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 processors starting in 2006, adding production capacity as the company starts building chips at its second Dresden, Germany, plant, the companies said Monday.


Lightroom remakes photo editing for the better

Blog: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is terrific, if imperfect--good enough that I've started advising ordinary photographers to shoot "raw" images.


Clinton suggests revolutionary vision for peace

The Arab world needs a revolutionary vision, like that of Dubai, to achieve lasting peace, security and prosperity in the Middle East, said former US President Bill Clinton.


REDDING, Calif. - A 49-year-old truck driver has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting his wife after she failed to renew his driver's license.


Dr. William Dobelle created vision system

Dr. William Dobelle, who developed an experimental system of artificial vision that involved the transmission of electrical signals to electrodes implanted in the brain and attached to the visual cortex, has died.


Ethicist questions medical workers' role in abuse

(CNN) -- A leading bioethicist charges in a prestigious British medical journal that US military medical personnel are complicit in abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and suggests an inquiry into their behavior in places ...


TWO truck drivers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kidnapped in Iraq by the same militant group that claims to be holding two French journalists have been released by their captors, officials said today.


If your identity is being used by someone else, then his overdose is not your business.


DaimlerChrysler CEO sees good years ahead: paper

DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE) is looking  towards a rosy future after the sale of its U.S. arm Chrysler,  the car maker's chief executive told a German newspaper.


Saved from the saw, ancient Japanese forests now threatened by tourism

A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.


The Los Angeles Kings are far behind the Anaheim Ducks in the standings. On the ice, it's a different story.


4th-Qtr Economic Growth Slows, Inflation Up

The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final  quarter last year, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as  the country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation  picked up, a government report on Friday showed.


Sheldon Souray, Mark Streit and Tomas Plekanec score 2:24 apart in the second period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.


US Rep. Robert C. Scott is a Democrat who has voted against banning same-sex "marriage," US involvement in the Iraq war and President Bush's tax cuts.


com November 22, 2004, 7:41 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and open source initiatives are on the horizon.


Barry coming to Houston, Lue going to Atlanta

HOUSTON - Hoping to find the consistent outside shooter they've been sorely lacking, the Houston Rockets acquired veteran guard Jon Barry in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.


Election doubt as UN staff ask to pull out

Fresh doubts were raised over the feasibility of holding elections in Iraq yesterday with reports that the already minuscule United Nations team there wants to pull out because of the dangerous security situation.


Q Some of my buddies' e-mails show up with an unopenable attachment called "winmail.dat." Am I at fault, or are my friends?


Twists, turns make road to Oscars tough to map out

Oscar beckons: The  musical "Dreamgirls" is the odds-on favorite to take home best  picture honors. Clint Eastwood is again in the driver's seat as  a best director nominee for "Flags of Our Fathers."


The widow of murdered Alexander Litvinenko says the Russian authorities could have been behind his death.


Canada and the United States have announced plans to decrease border wait times at the Detroit-Windsor, Ont. border crossings. Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan and US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge


Lebanon begins three days of mourning for the assassinated Maronitwe Christian leader Pierre Gemayel.


Israel brushes off Iraq report, no to Syria talks

Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.


New Yorkers mark Thanksgiving with 78th Macy's parade

Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined up the streets of Manhattan, New York to watch the 78th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade as the parade transformed Manhattan midtown into a world of balloons and floats Thursday.


LONDON - Fast-food meals are causing consumers to gain weight, according to a 15-year study on the health effects of the diet pattern.


Researchers Say AIM Vulnerable to Worm Attack

A critical flaw in the way that the AIM client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack, experts warn.


PROVIDENCE -- Clifton Dawson looked stunned after Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie threw him for a loss on the second play of the fourth quarter, hitting the Harvard running back so hard his helmet flew off. Dawson's bewilderment could have been because of the ferocity of DeOssie's hit. It also may have been from the surprise of being brought down so ...


Blog: PayPal rolls out its security key fob, a little device designed to thwart password-stealing bad guys out to pilfer your online payment account.


Sun unsheathes mysterious multi-threaded NIC

100-man team working on name Sun Microsystems has moved to slice and dice I/O operations with a new â albeit unnamed â network interface card (NIC).â¦


After all the clatter of campaign ads and stump speeches, voters this election year will soon be able to watch the two main presidential candidates in three televised "debates.


Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests

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


Roma, 13:46 - CALCIO, ROMA: SI SVUOTA L'INFERMERIA

Si svuota l'infermeria della Roma. Tra i convocati per la trasferta di Reggio Calabria ci sono anche...


A millionaire businessman says he is using his money to help Kate and Gerry McCann fight the allegations they face.


Italy begins deporting immigrants directly from the island of Lampedusa, the first port of call for boats from North Africa.


There's no revolution in Belgium. Really

Suddenly and shockingly, Belgium came to an end. State television broke into regular programming late Wednesday with an urgent bulletin: The Dutch-speaking half of the country had declared independence and the ...Comment


Chancellor's plan for poor nations' debt

ANYONE who doubts Gordon Brown's ability to lead the nation should watch him in action at the International Monetary Fund. Here in Washington, where Brown chairs the IMF's main policymaking committee, Brown is the leader of the pack.


Bug Labs moves closer to shipping. Yesterday they announced pricing for their component, open source gadget hardware kit.  NY Times: "Neuros Technology International, creator of a new video recorder, has decided to go in a different direction. The company, based in Chicago, is providing full documentation of the hardware platform for its recorder, the Neuros OSD (for open source device), so that skilled users can customize or 'hack' the device -- and then pass along the improvements to others." Phil Torrone, a longtime champion of open source hardware, must be happy. Me, who's always looking for, and never finding the perfect podcast player, has more hope if the users get to develop the products.


Which funds are buying Wall Street's most wanted?


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Who will be PGAâs first $100 million man?

At first glance, Vijay Singh and Harry "Lighthorse" Cooper might not seem to have much in common with each other, except that both were fairly successful golf professionals during their eras.


Spring Flings You'll Regret The Season After

Fashion is afflicted with a touch of sexual dysfunction. On the runways here sexuality, sex appeal and sexiness have been predictable, routine and simplistic.


Bears spread blame around after loss to Colts

The Chicago Bears roared out to a 14-6 lead with exciting big plays, but went out like lambs after Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts sealed a 29-17 Super Bowl victory Sunday.


The advice made her head spin: Have the lump removed. No, let them take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion.


Rifiuta di togliersi il velo Multata una nostra giornalista

COMO, 21 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Ieri a Drezzo, il paesello comasco balzato agli onori delle cronache per le contravvenzioni fatte a un'italiana di religione islamica, Ã¨ stata multata perchÃ© indossava il burqa una giornalista del Giorno, Bruna Bianchi.


Eon, the Germany utility group, off-loaded its last major non-core asset on Wednesday with the sale of its majority stake in Austrian mobile operator ONE  to a consortium led by France Telecom.


Antoine Walker scored 25 points, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 113-100 Wednesday night .


Maytag guy wouldn't have left you on hold, but that was then

Too many companies seem to place no value on their customers' time. Maytag Corp. on Feb. 1 said it was recalling 2.3 million dishwashers because of a potential fire hazard. The company, which received 135 reports of fires, urged affected customers to stop using their machines, disconnect the power, and contact Maytag to discuss the appropriate repair.


Gordon Brown will seek to devolve power away from Whitehall if he becomes prime minister, he tells the BBC.


Geico's cavemen may be going prime time, but that's not enough to top our list.


Search Marketing in Regulated Industries

Developing and promoting a site for a company in a highly regulated industry can be a challenge to a search marketer on many unforeseen levels. Here's how to avoid common gotchas or even worse consequences.


Darfur: 4-Point Draft Agenda Adopted in Abuja

A tentative step was taken yesterday in the quest to finding lasting peace in the crisis torn Dafur region of Sudan when the Abuja peace talks unanimously adopted a four-point draft agenda.


Deng Xiaoping backed Tiananmen Square massacre: former premier Li

HONG KONG : China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping "resolutely backed" the Tiananmen Square massacre 15 years ago, former premier Li Peng has said in a rare commentary on the bloody incident he has long been blamed for.


Old Dirty Bastard's death outside a New York studio was ruled an accidental overdose by a medical examiner. The New York City medical examiner's office said ODB died fromt he effects of combining cocaine wiht Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.


Sudan papers mourn death of beheaded editor

The beheading of a Sudanese editor who   had angered some Islamists might mark the start of a gruesome   new trend, commentators said on Thursday.


All Five California Teams State Their Case for the Postseason

For the first time in baseball's 10-year-old wild-card era, with six weeks remaining in the season, all five California teams have a chance to make the playoffs.


Test Flights for Shuttle Could Begin Next Spring

NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.


A new national backup system meant to ensure that millions of eligible voters are not mistakenly turned away from the polls this year as they were in 2000 could cause Election Day problems.


Beyond Depression, an Explosion of New Ideas

An entrepreneur beats back depression and begins to develop a new product.


A vaccine to help patients fend of blood cancers could be a reality in the near future.


Pope Benedict XVI is planning numerous trips abroad in the coming year to the United Nations, Australia, Austria and a shrine in Lourdes, France, the Vatican spokesman said Sunday.


Jurors at a second inquest into the death of heroin-user Rachel Whitear cannot decide whether she died alone.


Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota.


Gibraltar's exclusion from the European Border's Agency was agreed yesterday. The decision was taken at the Corep meeting of Ambassadors of the 25 EU states yesterday.


Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of using "double standards" in democratic elections.


Bocciata la nuova legge elettorale, il voto di domani rischia di ...

KIEV, 25 DICEMBRE - Potrebbe essere messa in discussione la legittimitÃ  dello scrutinio presidenziale previsto per domani in Ucraina. Ma, il presidente della Commissione elettorale, Iaroslav Davidovitch, dopo


Conservative Party leader David Cameron has withdrawn from the CBI's annual conference, and will instead visit British troops in Iraq.


British authorities suspect that a cell of Islamic terrorists were trying to harvest radioactive material from smoke detectors


Two French journalists freed after four months held hostage in Iraq are set for an emotional welcome home.


Former "Beaver" star sues over unpaid royalties

Ken Osmond, who played  the troublemaking Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver,"  has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit seeking unpaid  royalties from the Screen Actors Guild.


A judge is expected to decide today whether to delay Robert Blake's murder trial due to the theft of a computer that contained what a lawyer called the "heart and soul" of the defense case.


Modern drugs cut heart attack risk within 90 days

Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.


Unseeded Nalbandian upsets Federer in Madrid

Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian outclassed world number three Novak Djokovic with a 6-4 7-6 victory at the Madrid Masters on Saturday to claim his place in his first final of the year.


Ancient Chinese Consumed Fermented Drinks

The Chinese were consuming fermented beverages — possibly wine — as long as 9,000 years ago, according to scientists who used modern techniques to peer back through the mists of time.


Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric has insisted that he will not be rushed into naming a new manager after Harry Redknapp left the club in controversial fashion last month.


Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promise $1bn (Â£493m) to help Bolivia exploit oil and gas reserves.


The television industry scores an amendment to a bill that would have forced them to give up lots of valuable spectrum to emergency workers. The change all but guts the bill. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.


EAGLE, Colo. - Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him with opening statements less than a week away, a court official said Wednesday...


Detroit carmakers to seek big union concessions: report

The three big Detroit automakers will seek unprecedented concessions from the United Auto Workers union (UAW) in contract negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday, citing auto executives.


Software maker Computer  Associates  International Ltd. CA.N, on Wednesday posted  better-than-expected quarterly results and said full-year  earnings will exceed Wall Street estimates, aided by  cost-cutting.


Abbas declares beginning of his election campaign

Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday the beginning of his campaign for the presidential election due on Jan. 9. "We want peace and stability


Drug Improves Symptoms of Diabetic Nerve Damage

NEW YORK  - People with diabetes are prone  to develop nerve damage that causes numbness, tingling or pain  -- which may reduce awareness of skin damage and lead to  serious infections and ulcers. Now, a new drug may improve this  situation, Japanese researchers report.


Microsoft Moves Closer to Wiping Its Antitrust Slate Clean

By reaching antitrust settlements with two additional litigantsâNovell Inc. and the Computer & Communications Industry AssociationâMicrosoft Corp.


Doubt removed: Steelers simply looking Super

Two weeks ago, the NFL was as certain and predictable as a German train schedule. All you needed to do was page ahead to February to see which two trains were going to meet at the Super Bowl station.


Treasuries Flat Before Treasury Note Sale

U.S. Treasury prices opened unchanged on Wednesday ahead of a $24.0 billion two-year Treasury note auction scheduled for later in the session.


CANADA/USA: Kraft Foods to sell yoghurt business to CoolBrands

US food giant Kraft Foods has announced that it has agreed to sell its yoghurt business to Canadian frozen desserts maker CoolBrands International for around US$59m.


The moment that DVD rental firms have been dreading is apparently close at hand. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is launching a DVD rental service in the United Kingdom, beating Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) -- now officially a rival -- to the punch.


Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism, a long-rumored move, British media reported Saturday.


Reckson shareholders OK SL Green's $4 bln takeover

Reckson Associates Realty Corp.   shareholders approved a near-$4-billion takeover by SL Green  Realty Corp. , but billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who  had made his own Reckson bid, hinted he would not abandon his  fight for some office buildings included the deal.


Billy Donovan might not be done with the Florida Gators after all. FoxSports.com, citing two anonymous sources, reported last night that Donovan was having second thoughts about coaching the NBA's Orlando Magic and was attempting to return to Gainesville, Fla.


New spec uses Web services to manage remote data center ...

Microsoft, Sun and a trio of other leading hardware vendors today published the WS-Management specification, which spells out how data centers can use Web services


Sirius Satellite Radio "outperform," target price raised

NEW YORK, November 19  - Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus & Company reiterate their "outperform" rating on Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI.


Giving antibiotics to babies boosts asthma risk

Children who got antibiotics as babies  had a higher risk of developing asthma by age 7, Canadian  researchers said on Monday.


Londra, 16:23 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER CITY: LUIS FABIANO PER IL DOPO BIANCHI

Ceduto Bianchi alla Lazio, il Manchester United punta su Luis Fabiano. Il tecnico dei 'citizens', Sv...


A BRITISH man and two Americans were kidnapped at dawn yesterday in an affluent Baghdad suburb after their guard failed to turn up for work.


Microsoft aims at NetWare users with migration campaign

Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its efforts to win Novell Inc. NetWare users over to its Windows Server 2003 operating system by offering migration products and support, the company plans to announce Tuesday.


Cink Takes Two-Shot Lead in Rainy First Round

AKRON, Ohio  - Ryder Cup captain's pick Stewart  Cink set the bar high in the weather-delayed first round of the  WGC-NEC Invitational with a seven-under-par 63 to take a  two-shot lead over rookie Zach Johnson Friday.


Colombia accepts Venezuela plan for hostage release

Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country to pick up three hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.


Oil drops below $88 as stock markets resume fall

Oil fell below $88 a barrel on Wednesday as stock markets declined further, shrugging off a temporary reprieve from Tuesday's steep cut in U.S. interest rates amid persistent fears of a global economic slowdown.


The 2002 NFL MVP has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least six weeks. The Oakland quarterback underwent an MRI exam Monday morning, a night after the Raiders' 30-20 victory over Tampa Bay, and was taken for further tests.


ECB chairman threatens to call off Zimbabwe tour

England's tour of Zimbabwe will be called off unless a "significant number" of banned journalists are admitted to cover the matches, England and Wales Cricket


Peruvian Rebel Says He Will Surrender by Midday

LIMA, Peru  - The leader of a 200-strong armed  group that killed four policemen and seized part of a southern  Peruvian town in demanding the president resign said it will  hand over its weapons on Monday.


Storm is Gone: Let's Get Back to Fishing

By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Feb. 16--The western Lake Erie ice has survived the onslaught of this week's blizzard-like Nor'easter, and fishermen were heading back out to favorite fishing zones yesterday.


Time is running out for Iran to avoid UN sanctions over its nuclear policy, Europe's foreign policy chief warns.


Energy Solutions, a benignly named company that disposes of nuclear waste, has replaced Delta Air Lines as the home of the Utah Jazz.


Hurricane Jeanne Pounds Florida Where Frances Hit

Hurricane Jeanne tore roofs from houses and a hospital, caused widespread power outages and was expected to inflict heavy damage as it pounded Florida's east coast on Sunday, the same coastal region scarred by Hurricane Frances three weeks ago.


E paga 25 milioni di dollari, memorandum a Manhattan


Supreme Court won't review Massachusetts decision that legalized ...

WASHINGTON (BP)--The US Supreme Court refused Nov. 29 to review the decision by the Massachusetts high court that legalized same-sex "marriage" in that state.


MotoGP, Stoner in pole Valentino sfida le Ducati

L'australiano in pole al Mugello. Il 'dottore', nonostante i problemi alle gomme, parte in prima fila. Rischio pioggia. Bautista vince le 250, Faubel le 125


Corrupt China official felled by 11 mistresses

A corrupt senior Chinese official was denounced by his 11 mistresses after some of their husbands were sentenced to death for graft, state media said on Friday.


Blair Sees More 'Consensual' 2nd Term for Bush

George W. Bush has learned from his  first term in office and will adopt a more "consensual" foreign  policy, his closest international ally, British Prime Minister  Tony Blair, said in an interview published on Thursday.


Heat is on...Oceans could rise by a meter by 2100

Global warming is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world's oceans could rise by about a meter by 2100, swamping homes from Bangladesh to Florida, the head of a study said.


Fotografo torna su polemiche per campagna anti-anoressia


Obama, Clinton agree: one of us to win White House

LOS ANGELES, California  - Democratic U.S. presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton opened a crucial debate on Thursday by agreeing on one issue: one of them will become president in 2009.


South Africa seizes farm to resettle poor blacks

CAPE TOWN -- The South African government has seized a 600,000-acre game and cattle farm from the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Southern Africa, and will divide the land among poor rural communities, ministers said yesterday.


Iranian troops Wednesday killed 10 militants in ongoing clashes in the country's northwest, near the border with Turkey, Iran's official news agency reported.


Just how good is Ghostzapper? Considered an outstanding sprinter, Ghostzapper opened the eyes of racing fans when he won the Iselin Handicap at Monmouth by more than 10 lengths Aug. 21.


EU will "keep word" on Turkey's EU entry: commissioner

An EU commissioner said that EU leaders intend to keep their word over Turkey's entry into the European Union.


For the first time in almost five years, space shuttle Endeavour began moving to the launch pad Tuesday in preparation for a flight which will deliver teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and her six crew mates to the international space station.


The International Olympics Committee chairman declares full support for the new 2012 logo.


Fla. Bridge Destroyed by Hurricane Ivan Reopens

Motorists honked and shouted, "Thank you!" Tuesday as traffic again flowed freely across the Florida Panhandle on Interstate 10 nearly three weeks after Hurricane Ivan toppled large sections of a bridge.


No proof airport security makes flying safer:study

Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.


A rischio di saturazione il mercato dei cellulari secondo Gartner

Il mercato globale dei telefoni cellulari Ã¨ a rischio di saturazione, nel caso in cui dovesse continuare a crescere ai tassi attuali, con possibili problemi per le vendite all'inizio del prossimo anno. La


A man in prison for rape has been linked by DNA evidence to the killings of a dozen women, including three that another man was convicted of committing, police said Saturday.


Candidate Paul assigns reading to Giuliani

Longshot Republican presidential  candidate Ron Paul on Thursday gave front-runner Rudy Giuliani  a list of foreign-policy books to back up his contention that  attacks by Islamic militants are fueled by the U.S. presence in  the Middle East.


The new desktops, priced between $600 and $715, target families, students and small businesses.


Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits for a UK company, making Â£13.9bn.


Nobel Peace show host Oprah Winfrey smiles in the Oslo Town Hall where Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya is to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004.


Polish club founder named honorary consul

Borucki was born in Poland and came to Alaska in 1963. He studied Russian language and political science at University of Alaska Fairbanks in the mid-'60s and moved to Anchorage in 1971.


N. Ireland Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation

The Northern Ireland Assembly missed another deadline for forming a government Friday, then politicians fled the building as one of the province's most infamous Protestant militants burst in, claiming to have a ...Comment


By Chandra Devi  AS far as hackers are concerned, this is the season to infect as many computers and networks as possible. With the Valentine and Lunar New Year celebrations in the air, cyber criminals are having a jolly good time spreading their "love", "hugs" and "auspicious" wishes.


A 73,93 dollari il barile, Brent in corsa a Londra


Hello? Is This the Nursing Home? Long Distance Calling. From Heaven.

Elliot Greenebaum's hardheaded comedy has the guardedly facetious tone of a fake documentary.


Department store group House of Fraser was today poised for a Â£25 million boost from a partnership with Barclaycard to run its store card scheme.


Which Diet is Best? The One That Works for You

By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Gather together some diners who are trying to lose weight, then sit back and listen to the debate.    Almost anyone who's on a diet -- or at least one that's working -- is convinced his or her plan is the best...


Bloodshed in N.Iraq, Govt. Hails Falluja 'Success'

Guerrillas in Mosul attacked the  governor's office of Iraq's third city on Thursday and there  was bloodshed elsewhere in the north as U.S. forces wound down  their offensive against the shattered rebel stronghold of  Falluja.


JPMorgan Chase To Shuffle Management; Financial Chief To Leave

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- JPMorgan Chase & Co. 's (JPM) chief financial officer, Dina Dublon, will resign at the end of the year and be replaced by Michael Cavanagh , currently head of middle market banking.


Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N on Friday  said a group of bond holders refused to change the terms of  their securities, adding to the headwinds the airline faces as  it struggles to avoid bankruptcy.


Annan launches Kenya mediation, violence spreads

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan brought together Kenya's political rivals on Tuesday in a push to end a post-election crisis and deepening tribal bloodshed.


Gov't denies Afghan casualties being played down

The government has denied that the casualty toll among its forces in violence-wracked Afghanistan is being under-reported, as claimed by a senior officer on the ground.


Virgin Group chief Richard Branson said yesterday he has earmarked US$300 million for a cellular phone joint venture on the Chinese mainland, the world's largest mobile market by users.


ACLU Urges Investigation of Detainee Abuse

The organization asked new Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Tuesday to appoint a special counsel to probe the mistreatment of detainees in the war on terrorism, citing what it claimed was Gonzales's "unavoidable conflict of interest in fully investigating and prosecuting wrongdoing by civilians in this matter."


Babylon Rotary Club honors Hungarrian teachers with Budapets Club

For the fourth year the two sister clubs The Babylon Rotary Club and the Rotary Club Budapest (Hungary) as a joint project honor two outstanding Hungarian High School teachers.


Bulgaria's Central Bank Moves to Contain Surge of Loans

Bulgaria's National Bank (BNB) said Thursday it was doubling mandatory minimal reserves commercial banks must hold in it, effective Dec.


AFRICA/BENIN - Solenne celebrazione giubilare per i 50 anni di Episcopato del Card. Gantin. Il Card. Dias: Âun missionario africano a Roma, un solco missionario dellÂAfrica tracciato nel cuore della cattolicitÃ Â Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - Nella Basilica dell'Immacolata Concezione di Ouidah, il Card. Bernardin Gantin, originario del Benin, Decano emerito del Collegio Cardinalizio, ha celebrato sabato 3 febbraio i 50 anni di Ordinazione Episcopale. Erano present...


Eli Lilly Said to Play Down Risk of Top Pill

Internal documents show that the company knew of serious side effects of Zyprexa, its best-selling medication for schizophrenia.


Even without Ford, Shock cool Mercury in WNBA finals opener

No Cheryl Ford, no problem. The Detroit Shock shook off the absence of their interior star and held off the run-and-gun Phoenix Mercury in a wild 108-100 victory in Game 1 of the WNBA finals last night.


Yamaha Offering Free Authoring Tools for Adding Dynamic Graphics ...

"Whether it's the professional content developer or the casual mobile phone user, creating dynamic, SMAF-Multimedia content is simple and intuitive through our authoring tools," says Kazunari Fukaya, Marketing Division Manager of Yamaha's Semiconductor


Values Play Into Treatment Recommendations, Study Finds

Many doctors believe they have the right not to tell patients about treatments that they object to on moral or religious grounds and to refuse to refer patients elsewhere for the care, according to the first study to examine physicians' views on such situations.


Bids totaled nearly $13.9 billion in the latest and most lucrative auction of the public airwaves.


The SEEDS field team is now camping in Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. This is the summary of their update: 1. There is no NGO doing relief work in Andaman and Nicobar so far.


L'omicida sorpreso da vittima mentre forzava porta ingresso


More than 1,000 people die every day as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new report says.


Michael Jackson is in court in California to hear testimony from the mother of the boy accusing him of sexual abuse.


Saudi export of strict Islam raises suspicions

SAN DIEGO - Omar Abdi Mohamed, a lanky, soft-spoken political refugee from war-ruined Somalia in East Africa, had been preaching the word of Islam in the United States for the past nine years. Two things make him unusual.


G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose âSholayâ Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93

Mr. Sippy was an Indian filmmaker whose 1975 blockbuster âSholayâ (âEmbersâ) remains the most famous Hindi movie and the biggest commercial success for Bollywood.