The United States beat world champions  Germany 2-1 in a fierce struggle Monday to reach the final of  the Olympic women's soccer tournament.


Coca growers protesting government plans to eradicate their cocaine-producing crop briefly held a group of European tourists visiting Inca ruins in the Andean city of Cuzco Tuesday, police said.


Intel Adds Tri-mode (802.11a,b,g) Wireless Module

Intel announced a new tri-mode wireless module (supporting IEEE standards 802.11a, b and g) for notebooks based on Intel Centrino mobile technology.


By Neil Strassman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 6--Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging conservation effort to preserve and restore the Trinity River basin from its North Texas headwaters south to the Gulf of Mexico.


Spotted: Amitabh at a premiere in London

Reader Shivasree Bhowmik spotted Amitabh at a premiere of Cheeni Kum in London.


Official says Western jihadists killed in Somalia

BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. Navy warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported, and residents said on Saturday missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals.


WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's foreign minister yesterday strongly defended a truce with militants along his country's border with Afghanistan, saying ``not just brawn but brains" are needed in the fight against terrorists.


Australia and the Philippines sign a security deal aimed at cracking down on regional terror groups.


Some 40 countries may have a shortage of malaria drugs due to a rising demand, the world health officials say.


Iraqi refugees dismiss U.S. resettlement

Some Iraqi refugees living in Syria dismissed on Wednesday a Bush administration plan to allow some 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the U.S., saying they preferred to stay closer to home and planned to return to Iraq.


Saints running back Deuce McAllister will miss the rest of the NFL season after tearing his ACL in Monday night's loss to the Titans.


Microsoft releases Windows mapping, search, functions for phones.


22 killed, 100 injured in Nagaland twin blasts :

India News > Guwahati, Oct 2 : At least 22 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 injured when two simultaneous landmine blasts ripped through the busy railway station here and a crowded market place of this commercial town of


Online Tributes Memorialize Northern Illinois University Shooting Victims

In the wake of Thursday's shootings at Northern Illinois University, several memorials dedicated to the victims of the tragedy have sprung up on social networking site Facebook and YouTube.


Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is on an unscheduled trip to Syria after a divisive Arab League debate over Syria's military presence in Lebanon.


Sydney, 14:14 - CALCIO, MONDIALI 2010: AUSTRALIA PRONTA A SUBENTRARE AL SUDAFRICA

L'Australia si è detta pronta ad ospitare il mondiale del 2010 nel caso in cui il Sudafrica n...


Blue chips hit 3rd straight record close

The Dow Jones industrial average hit a third straight record close Thursday, as investors shrugged off higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields, and resumed the recent advance.


Chile's former military leader Augusto Pinochet needs further surgery for an acute heart attack, doctors say.


Rejuvenated Philippoussis Hoping to Enjoy Tennis Again

PERTH, Australia  - After a wretched year he would  rather forget, Mark Philippoussis has just one ambition for  2005 -- to enjoy himself.


As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges

Hyperinflation has bankrupted the government, left 8 in 10 citizens destitute and decimated factories and farms.


"Meet The Fockers," the much-hyped sequel to the successful 2000 film "Meet The Parents" starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, takes the top spot over the holiday weekend, raking in $44.7 million. It beat the previous holiday record held by the 2002...


ST. PETERSBURG Â· The Red Sox crept closer to the Yankees in the AL East on Tuesday night, beating the Devil Rays 10-8 on Kevin Millar's two-out, two-run homer in the 11th.


FDA on Monday announced that it will revise the "black box" warning for Danco Laboratories' Mifeprex, a drug taken to induce a medical abortion, in response to numerous reports of infection, bleeding and death among women who have taken the drug, the San


Some people with heart failure might benefit from a therapy which helps dampen their overactive immune systems.


U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliev on Thursday for his country's support in the war on terrorism.


U.K. condemns Russian decision on spy murder suspect

Britain condemned Russia's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of emigre Alexander Litvinenko as "unacceptable" on Tuesday and said it was reviewing cooperation with Moscow.


Kings Beat Rockets in Tense Beijing Finish

The Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets in a nail-biter pre-season game in Beijing on Sunday, 91-89, on a baseline jumpshot by reserve guard Bobby Jackson in the final seconds.


England primary schools exert unnecessary pressure on students: report

Primary schoolchildren in England fail to produce better academic results than their Western counterparts even though they start school at an earlier age and are subjected to more tests, a leading educational study said Friday.


Livorno, 19:20 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DHORASOO IN PRIMAVERA, LUI NON SI PRESENTA

Escluso dall'elenco dei convocati per la gara di domani contro il Parma, il francese Vikash Dhorasoo...


Although a jury convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism earlier this week, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.


NZ Fonterra Says National Foods Offer Generous And Full-2

WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd. (FCG.YY) said Thursday its takeover offer for Australian-based National Foods (NFD.


Israeli forces have launched a new incursion into the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces have launched a new incursion into the Rafah refugee camp


Dividend stocks offer the best of both worlds.


Gunmen Kill 2 in Kuwait, U.S. Embassy Issues Warning

Gunmen killed two Kuwaiti state security  personnel pursuing them in Kuwait City Monday, the Interior  Ministry and security sources said.


Three men have been charged with murdering a senior editor for PC World magazine in what police said was an attempt to steal marijuana that the victim's son grew in their home for medical use.


Patriotsâ Harrison Says N.F.L. Will Suspend Him

Rodney Harrison said Friday night that he had been suspended for four games for using a prohibited substance, which is believed to be human growth hormone, but insisted he had never taken steroids.


Woodruff will take up more duties at ABC

NEW YORK  - ABC News anchor Bob   Woodruff, who was gravely wounded in January by a roadside bomb   in Iraq, has now recovered enough to follow a more regular   working schedule at the network.


Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) led European equity markets lower on Tuesday after writing down the value of asset-backed investments by $2.85bn, sending a further jolt through the financial services sectors.


A 165-page report issued yesterday by the US Federal Trade Commission examines the arguments surrounding the issue of whether to enforce "net neutrality" provisions - which would essentially mean equal access among consumers to all Internet content regardless of provider or service class - before coming to almost zero conclusions regarding a possible course of action.


How the neoliberals stitched up the wealth of nations for themselves

Comment is free: George Monbiot:  A cabal of intellectuals and elitists hijacked the economic debate, and now we are dealing with the catastrophic effects.


Huckabee Fails to Get Decisive Edge Among Evangelicals

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 19 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's support in South Carolina came from the same Christian evangelicals that powered his victory a little more than two weeks ago in Iowa -- only this time he didn't get enough of their votes to win.


Mickael Pietrus scored a career-high 24 points off the bench and the Golden State Warriors won three straight for the first time this season, beating the injury-depleted Denver Nuggets 104-101 on Monday night.


Up to 40 Reported Drowned in Accident in Iraq

ZAKHU, Iraq  - Up to 40 people were swept away and  drowned as they tried to cross a swollen river in the far north  of Iraq Tuesday, families of the victims said.


Reuters Poll: Bush Holds Two-Point Lead Over Kerry

President Bush holds a slim  two-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry for the second  consecutive day in a tight race for the White House, according  to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Saturday.


Myanmar assures India it will act against NE insurgents

UNI New Delhi Oct 25: India and Myanmar today agreed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and border crimes as Yangon assured that it would initiate action against North-East insurgents operating from its soil and sought New Delhiâs support in


Under-the-radar titles among year's top jazz releases

As the year edges toward its close,  it's time to reflect on albums that flew under the radar within  the jazz community. Two significant CDs, both released in the  fourth quarter, deserve note as recordings that were among  2006's best but didn't raise much of a ruckus when they hit  store shelves.


Bologna, 21:42 - BASKET, UPIM BOLOGNA: NESSUN TAGLIO FINO A DERBY

La Upim Bologna non taglierà alcun giocatore in vista del derby di sabato prossimo contro la ...


Coldiretti denuncia, sono cinque volte piu' care al consumo


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D'Alema, completare lavori e restituire il teatro al Paese


Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia took the gold and broke the world record on Tuesday but the question on many minds was: how long was her pole?


A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son

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


US car giant Ford is expected to tell Jaguar workers that it will close the firm's historic Coventry factory.


Ukraine's rival presidential candidates staged overlapping campaign trips to the eastern industrial city of Kharkiv on Friday, sparking fears of heightened tension ahead of a December 26 re-run election.


A New York developer hoping to rebuild  the destroyed World Trade Center on Monday won a major victory  against his insurers, when a jury decided the hijacked airline  attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were two separate events.


Jerez de la Frontera, 12:15 - F1, RED BULL: PRESENTATA LA RB4 PER LA STAGIONE 2008

Anche la Red Bull svela la nuova monoposto per il prossimo mondiale di Formula 1. La RB4 è st...


Muhammad Bardawi, 77, has witnessed Ramallah's Mukata compound in all its incarnations: as a British Mandate police station, a Jordanian army post, an Israeli civil administration camp, the seat of the Palestinian Authority government, and now a shrine to


Verheugen Reminds Turkey to Finish its Homework

European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Gunter Verheugen completed his five day fact-finding mission to Turkey and his generally positive messages left Turkey feeling 'hopeful' prior to the release of the EU Commission's Progress Report on


Tszyu takes great satisfaction from Mitchell beat-down

By Paul Upham, ringside in Phoenix, and pic by Tom Hogan: Undisputed junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu entered the post-fight media conference with a beaming smile on his face.


US military officials say eight American marines were killed and nine others injured Saturday in al-Anbar, west of Baghdad. Also Saturday, seven people died and 16 others were


So it's going to be Khan Versus Khan in   the Hindi remake of  A.R Murugadoss' Ghajini.


La vittima aveva avuto gravi problemi di alcol


Hale Irwin is well aware that it has been a year since he won the SAS Championship for the last of his Champions Tour-record 44 victories.


In the five years since a federal law mandated an expansion of reading and math tests, 44 percent of school districts nationwide have made deep cutbacks in social studies, science, art and music lessons in elementary grades and have even slashed lunchtime, a new survey has found.


Statements by CBS News President, Rather

Statements about CBS News' "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service:


DIMAN Coach: Richard Vickery (first year). Last year's record: Played JV schedule. Playing surface: Grass. Football website : diman.mec.edu Returning starters (3): Andrew Alvares, FB-S, 5-10, 180, Jr.; Dan Boulay, QB, 5-10, 165, Jr.; Israel Washington, QB-S, 6-0, 170, So. Strengths: Quickness. Concerns: Size, inexperience. Outlook: According to Vickery, this will be the first time in 30 years the Bengals ...


ANN ARBOR, Mich.  -- Injured Michigan quarterback Chad Henne will not play against Notre Dame.


American Idol tour starts without McPhee

As the young finalists from "American Idols Live" kicked off their U.S. tour Wednesday, word that runner-up Katharine McPhee was sidelined with severe bronchitis and laryngitis disappointed fans.


First American expects to cut another 1,300 jobs

Title insurer First American Corp.   said on Tuesday that it expected to reduce personnel by  about 1,300 in the third quarter, citing rapidly changing  economic conditions.


Bush win brings hope of stock market boom

By Simon English, Malcolm Moore and Yvette Essen (Filed: 04/11/2004). Wall Street cheered the election victory of President George W Bush yesterday as investors bet lower taxes on profits would lead to a stock market boom.


Does Grandma Need a Hug? A Robotic Pillow Can Help

A new robot is intended to serve the elderly by dispensing affection in the form of long-distance hugs.


As crude oil futures head toward $50 per barrel, stocks are in retreat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 31 points in today's early going.


Tiffany shares rise on takeover speculation

Shares of Tiffany & Co.  climbed as much as 6.8 percent and its options volume surged on Monday on renewed speculation that the fine jewelry retailer could be a possible target for a takeover.


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Al-Qaida in Iraq and its allies warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed" and proclaimed that the holy war would continue until Islam dominates the world.


Chris Isaak sounding like himself on new album

Chris Isaak is happy enough to be  spending the year trotting around the world promoting his new  compilation, "The Best of Chris Isaak." But he's really  chomping at the bit to get back in the studio to finish first  album of all-new material since 2002.


Toshiba Third Party Memory Module Failure

Toshiba has announced a worldwide Recall/Exchange Program on specific models of Toshiba notebook PCs. Under certain conditions, the subject component, provided to Toshiba by third-parties and installed in


Spanish police arrested another suspect linked with the Madrid train bombings last March, police said Friday.


A jury listens to a secret recording of a woman allegedly asking for drugs so she could kill her husband.


Nobody, it seems, looks like British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. That's a problem for artist Alison Jackson, whose so-far futile nationwide search for a look-alike brought her Monday to the streets of London.


In GOP presidential race, McCain slips; Giuliani gains luster

McCain's favorability has dropped below 50 percent for the first time since 1999, presumably over his support for the Iraq war.


Rain, wind don't deter NYC's Leopard hunters

Hello, kitty! When Mac OS X 10.5 launched at the Fifth Avenue flagship store, it was pouring rain--but that didn't stop fans from waiting in line for a few hours to get it.


F1 governing body formally closes McLaren spy saga

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren team can look forward to next season without the threat of a further points penalty after Formula One's governing body formally closed a spy controversy on Tuesday.


Detroit breaks a 13-year losing streak in New Jersey thanks to Brett Lebda's  third-period goal, which gives the Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Devils on Saturday.


The pace of growth in the U.S. service   sector rose in August as inflationary pressures eased,   according to a report on Wednesday.


Many people in boxing are concerned that Evander Holyfield, 42, is risking his well-being by prolonging his career.


Sono 135mila ettari tra Trentino AA, Veneto e Friuli


Genova, 15:12 - CALCIO, SAMP-ATALANTA: STADIO MEZZO VUOTO

Ferraris agibile ma partita quasi a porte chiuse. Gran parte dei tifosi della Sampdoria è rim...


Spector Said to Accidentally Shoot Woman

Rock music producer Phil Spector initially told police he mistakenly shot actress Lana Clarkson, though he has since changed his story to suggest she committed suicide, according to newly released grand jury transcripts.


Miller to give fringe players chance to impress

This afternoon, the Malta U-21 side will continue their preparations for the next European Championship qualifiers when they take on Italy U-20 at the Hibs Ground (kick-off: 2 p.m.). For coach Mark Miller, the ...


Aug. 27, 2004 - NAIROBI, Kenya Urgent investment is needed in North Korea to deal with severe environmental problems that have depleted the country's forests, contaminated water supplies and polluted the


ROME, Italy -- AS Roma have agreed terms with former Chievo Verona coach Luigi Del Neri, the Italian news agency ANSA reported on Wednesday.


American Football: Anderson's TD toss helps Cowboys shade Redskins

LANDOVER, United States : Running back Richie Anderson tossed a 26-yard touchdown pass to Terry Glenn in the fourth quarter as Dallas beat the Washington Redskins 21-18 in a National Football League matchup.


Caesars Entertainment Inc. CZR.N,  which is being acquired by Harrah's Entertainment Inc.HET.N,  on Friday said it would sell its ownership and management  interests in a South African casino for about $145 million.


Clamoroso colpo al museo di Oslo Rubato l'Urlo di Edvard Munch

Parigi, 22 agosto 2004 - "L'urlo", il celebre dipinto di Edvard Munch, Ã¨ stato rubato dalla Galleria Nazionale di Oslo. Lo riferisce Radio France. Un clamoroso furto, a cui un giornalista ha assistito "in


Hershey Expects Lower Earnings This Year

CHICAGO  â The Hershey Company, which is losing market share to rivals like Mars Inc. as it battles rising costs, forecast on Thursday a drop in 2008 earnings.


HPV Prevalent in Sexually Active Teenage Girls

NEW YORK  - Human papillomavirus (HPV)  infection, which is linked to an increased risk of developing  cervical cancer, is "extremely common" in sexually active  adolescent women in the US, a new study shows.


GOP Sen. Sam Brownback said Sunday he has poured thought and prayer into a forthcoming decision whether to seek the presidency in 2008.


The hunt for a serial rapist spread fear around a college campus Sunday after police linked a 19-year-old woman's death to at least two other attacks in the area.


He shook the world by demanding justice for the Palestinians. But Arafat's defiance ruined his chances to win them independence


New EPA Rules for Gasoline Limit Benzene, a Carcinogen

The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules yesterday that will dramatically cut toxic fumes from cars and trucks over the next 25 years.


This article uses examples from the American public school system; however, the ideas here are equally applicable in any country. What follows is not a comprehensive solution to every problem in public schools, only the ones that can be fixed by implementing The Keller Plan.    Anna, age three, currently works at a first grade level even though she cannot legally enter school for another two years. When she finally is old enough to enroll, she will be entering one of the worst school systems in the country. Presumably by this time she will be working at a third or fourth grade level, but will be forced to enter kindergarten with the other children her age.    Homeschooling is becoming an increasingly popular solution for such cases. For most parents though, this involves hiring expensive tutors. Homeschooling also runs the risk of socially isolating kids. Is there a way someone like Anna could get a topnotch education tailored for her own unique abilities while still enjoying the benefits public schools provide and avoiding the drawbacks of homeschooling?


U.S. Spy Plane Crashes Near Base in Pakistan

MULTAN, Pakistan  - A pilotless U.S. spy plane  crashed near its military base in southern Pakistan on Sunday  but there were no casualties or damage, police said.


First Look: A BlackBerry for Phone Lovers

RIM's new BlackBerry 7100t phone represents a radical departure from the company's text-centric roots. Research in Motion's BlackBerry e-mail devices have gathered a loyal (if relatively small) following, and


General Musharraf plans to become civilian president

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to quit as army chief to become a civilian leader, removing a main objection to his proposed re-election in October, a senior ruling party official said on Monday.


Chinese encouraged to bootleg massacre movie

BEIJING  - "Nanking," a documentary about the Japanese army's 1937 massacre of civilians in China's pre-war capital, will roll out in more than 100 Chinese theaters starting Saturday.


China joins confusion surrounding Yukos unit

MOSCOW A senior Russian official said Thursday that China's state oil company could be offered a 20 percent share in the giant subsidiary of Yukos that was confiscated and auctioned off in December.


By Blair Dedrick Special to BartlettCordova Appeal  Though lions and tigers were in short supply, snakes and monkeys abounded in the forest-themed posters that lined the Lakeland City Hall chamber this week.


A man claims he saw three men armed with a gun moments before two teenagers were shot dead.


Giants Overcome Injuries by Playing Like a Team

Fresh off their latest victory, the Giants (4-1) learned they would play the rest of the season without receiver Tim Carter.


Colombian Drug Kingpin in Miami Prison Cell

The former boss of Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel was in a US prison cell on Saturday after an extradition that capped a 14-year investigation into his multibillion dollar drug business.


A Palestinian militant is arrested in connection with the killing of a Palestinian security officer's three sons.


An explosion at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed and wounded dozens of people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official and a witness said.


Boeing eyes $15 billion in Indian work: report

Boeing Co.  said it may bid for  $15 billion of Indian military orders in the next decade, as it  seeks to benefit from closer ties between the U.S. and India, a  Bloomberg report said on Friday.


MEHRABPUR, Pakistan  - A Pakistani express train packed with holiday travelers derailed on Wednesday killing 58 people and injuring more than 120, officials said.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on Sunday night to participate in the India-European Union summit during which a proposal for a strategic partnership will be finalized.


A Thai woman, who had two family members already die of a flulike illness, was hospitalized with avian influenza.


SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. announced a senior management reorganization Thursday, increasing international responsibilities for three executives and underscoring the significance of the company's tremendously profitable PayPal division.


Title rivals Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso vie for pole position for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix in Monza.


Stocks Rise; Nasdaq, S&P at 3-Month Highs

Stocks rose sharply on Friday in heavy  trading as software company PeopleSoft Inc. and chip-related  stocks boosted the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes to  their highest closes in about three months.


Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says a multi-million dollar rescue plan for PNG is off to a good start.


Broker watchdog NASD on Friday said it  fined wireless equipment analyst Walter Piecyk $75,000 for  spreading a false rumor that cellphone chipmaker RF Micro  Devices' RFMD.O largest customer was delaying an order.


Beware the wily ways of credit card companies.


In Calabria alla scoperta di un sistema ostaggio delle cosche che controllano gli appalti. Viaggio alle origini di un male italiano                                            Calabria, tangenti e paura la Piovra in corsia                                                                                dal nostro inviato ATTILIO BOLZONI


Scotiabank posts record profit of $2.93B

TORONTO - Bank of Nova Scotia reported a record annual profit of $2.93 billion Tuesday, an increase of more than $400 million, or 18 per cent, over 2003.


Sun expands its catalog of pay-by-the-hour service apps

To help companies and universities looking for computing power on an as-needed basis, Sun Microsystems today added 14 new applications and services to its Network.com Application Catalog.


The Shrinking Market Is Changing the Face of Hip-Hop

The machine that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast, has broken down. What happens now?


Germany to widen and deepen investigation over betting scandal

The German Football Association (DFB) set up a special commission on Monday to investigate possiblematch-fixing amid growing signs the country's worst sporting scandal for 30 years may go deeper than first ...


A bawdy 17th-century play billed as the rarest known piece of English pornography sold for $88,300 at an auction Thursday.


According to the first global assessment of amphibians, disease, climate change and habitat loss are threatening one-third of the world's fragile species of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders.


Adobe Lightroom 1.2 dials back noise reduction

Update to raw-image handling software supports new SLR cameras from Canon, Pentax and Sony while letting through a little more image noise by default.


Madrid, 21:04 - BASKET, EUROPEI: BRONZO ALLA LITUANIA

La Lituania ha vinto il bronzo agli Europei di basket in corso in Spagna battendo la Grecia 78-69 ne...


BBC News Online looks at what rights passengers have if their holidays or flights are cancelled.


Study Says Smell Test Can Predict Alzheimer's Disease

The ability to detect 10 smells -- including lemons, lilac, and leather -- can be used to help predict which people with cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer's disease, scientists say.


Cheney warns terrorists may hit US if Kerry wins

Vice President Dick Cheney said that the United States risked suffering another terrorist attack if voters make "the wrong choice" in the November 2 presidential election.


N.Korea Says U.S. Rights Law Makes Talks Meaningless

A law urging more human rights in North Korea passed unanimously by the U.S. Congress showed nuclear talks were meaningless because America was "hell-bent" on toppling the communist state, the North's foreign ministry said.


NY street name debate sparks cries of racism

A campaign to name a Brooklyn street after controversial black civil rights leader Sonny Carson has bitterly divided New York City officials, with some hurling accusations of racism and intolerance.


U.S. Expresses Alarm After Iranian Boats Threaten Three American Vessels

We're coming at you, the Iranian radio transmission warned. Your ships will explode in a couple of minutes.


Exhibition Review: Jane Jacobs, Foe of Plans and Friend of City Life

As an exhibition opening today at the Municipal Art Society reminds us, Jane Jacobs did not believe that planners could ever restore life to American cities.


London mayor refuses to budge over 'offensive' comments to Jewish reporter

London's controversial Mayor Ken Livingstone refused again to apologize for allegedly comparing a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard, despite warnings the row could hit the city's bid for the 2012 Olympics.


IBM to buy privately held software maker Vallent

International Business Machines Corp.  said on Tuesday that it agreed to buy privately held software maker Vallent Corp. to boost its line of software offerings.


U.S. stocks hovered near the unchanged  mark on Tuesday as investors took another pause after last  week's big rally, with the Fed expected to raise interest rates  a quarter point on Wednesday.


Tim Henman is back in action at Wimbledon on Wednesday, as Roger Federer continues his bid for five titles in a row.


"Idol" alumna McPhee answers big-screen "Caller"

"American Idol"  runner-up Katharine McPhee is set to make her feature film  debut as the star of the indie dark romantic comedy "The Last  Caller."


Holiday dos and don'ts from the Geek Squad

With the gift-giving season upon us, the guys who see classic mistakes have a few tips before you put that gadget under the tree.


: Two Italian women aid workers and their two Iraqi colleagues abducted in Baghdad have been freed after âdifficultâ negotiations, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a delighted parliament today.


Tony Blair given the musical treatment twice over

Just two months after stepping down, Tony Blair is packing them in the aisles at the Edinburgh Fringe with a brace of satirical musicals about his premiership.


All eyes are on the next steps that Jerry Yang, the companyâs co-founder, will take to rejuvenate the troubled business.


Celebrity gossip show  "TMZ" and Jerry Springer spin-off "The Steve Wilkos Show" fared  the best among the five first-run syndicated shows that debuted  Monday.


'Passion' and What It Inspired in South Park

The "South Park" episode "The Passion of the Jew" may not be the most sophisticated rebuttal to Mel Gibson's film, but it is certainly a highly satisfying one.


NEW YORK Taking huge gambles with estimates once again threatens to wreak havoc in the auction arena. On Thursday night, Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art team played the highest stakes ever in this field.


Blair offers a qualified apology over Iraq

BRIGHTON, England Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded Tuesday that there had been a decline of public trust in his government over the military campaign in Iraq, and he offered the assembled delegates of his governing Labour Party a qualified apology for


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is changing the way it determines the miles per gallon estimates appearing on new vehicle window stickers. The standards will take effect for model year 2008 vehicles, which may be available as soon as next month.


Parla il comico-scrittore tra i protagonisti del film "Quijote"lettura astratta e concettuale del capolavoro di Cervantes                                                  Bergonzoni Ã¨ il mago delle parole attore con Servillo, Dalla, Girone                                                                                "Ho la necessitÃ  di non fare generazione, non fare branco"dal nostro inviato CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Weather improves for Friday's shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Atlantis and its hail-scarred fuel tank escaped the worst of severe weather that socked Central Florida overnight and now faces an even rosier forecast for liftoff on Friday, NASA officials said.


A powerful earthquake is felt across Greece and shakes buildings in the capital, Athens.


Irvin, Thurman Thomas among six into Hall of Fame

Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin and Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas headed a list of six former players chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, the NFL announced.


VOTE 2004 - And then there was one. One day left to persuade voters you are the man to lead the United States. With polls indicating a dead heat, George W. Bush and John Kerry are barnstorming the country


BUCHAREST: A 67-year-old retired Romanian university teacher, Adriana Iliescu, is seven months pregnant with twins after almost a decade of treatment in fertility clinics.


Orange unsure of own upcoming smartphone

Too much Egg Nog? Orange has become the latest company to suffer from Christmas confusion, developing amnesia about which handsets itâs actually selling.â¦


Soprattutto in Usa, obiettivo ridurre costi per 125 mln dlr


Merger challenges and dropped calls for consumers are taking a toll as Sprint aims to expand and upgrade.


"There is a possibility that this is the body of the Japanese hostage, but it has yet to be identified," a ministry spokesman said on Saturday.


Critical Shopper : The Department of Just Right

A visit to the A.P.C. store in SoHo proves to be a study in stylish restraint.


The Newspaper Publisher Who Said No to More Cuts

In refusing job cuts at the Los Angeles Times, publisher Jeffrey M. Johnson has transformed himself in the eyes of Times employees.


`The Cult of the Amateur': A Wistful Look Back at Big Media's Day

"The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" by Andrew Keen; Currency ($22.95)  ___  Andrew Keen is an unhappy man.


Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.


U.N. report says Britain worst place for children

Britain is the worst country in the  industrialized world in which to be a child, closely followed  by the United States, the United Nations Children's Fund said  on Wednesday.


NATO troops hunt for war-crimes fugitive

NATO troops and a local Bosnian law enforcement agency on Saturday searched the home of an alleged supporter of war-crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic.


Police in Uruguay arrested 27 people suspected of trafficking drugs to Europe and seized a record 770 pounds of cocaine, authorities said Wednesday.


Oil, Drug Sector Concerns Weigh on Stocks

Stocks slid on Thursday as investors  worried that oil's jump to a record $53 a barrel would hurt  consumer spending and cut into corporate profits.


Boston no longer an underdog. What will the city do now?

The first Red Sox World Series victory in 86 years could change the identity of the city.


It's been a long year for PlayStation 3 owners with very little in the way of new, exclusive content. As good as they are, "MotorStorm" and "Resistance: Fall of Man" are wearing thin for me.


Sul settimanale comincia 'Wizards of Mickey", durera' 1 anno


European spaceflight controllers are now making their final communications with the Huygens probe, soon to be deployed on the last leg of its journey to Titan.


Survey: Political Parties Seen As Corrupt

Political parties are the public institutions most marred by corruption, an international watchdog group said Thursday in a new global survey marking the United Nations' first International Anti-Corruption Day.


Swiss banking giant UBS AG announced yesterday that it would buy the capital markets division of discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp.


Blog: There's nobody there yet, but security personnel have been beefed up and the ice cream truck on the corner might have a very profitable week.


Seven Palestinians, including four militants, die in Israeli raids in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, reports say.


'The girl in the dugout' doing just fine

Kelly Calabrese took a break from treating the aches and pains of major leaguers to jog out to the first-base line to take her place among the San Diego Padres players and staff.


The quintessential American race hits the half-century mark. A look back through photos at its history and glory years


Ukrainian government workers resume duties as protesters lift blockades ahead of the presidential vote re-run.


This week we cover another method of recording video, Picture in Picture (or PIP) and editing the timeline. This tutorial also includes an update to Camtasia Studio 4, which offers more video creation and output options. By Nathan Segal. 0524


Investigations into the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak find five bio-security breaches at a government lab.


Europeans welcomed Russia's move toward ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, but environmentalists cautioned that the accord, rejected by the United States, can only be a "first step" toward negotiating deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.


Contaminated flu shots 'not a crisis,' says CDC

Despite the discovery of tainted vaccine at the British factory that makes half of America's flu shot supply, US health authorities said Friday they were confident there would be enough available for the coming influenza season.


Russia vows "appropriate" response to UK expulsions

Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it did not want ordinary citizens or businessmen to suffer.


Dietro l'investimento del patron della Tod's non c'e' altro


Newcastle and Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk maintained their perfect records in the UEFA Cup group phase on Thursday to virtually guarantee a place in the knockout stage.


Millionaire executive Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she decided to begin her prison sentence for lying about a stock trade as soon as possible.


A U.S. fighter jet crashed near the Tindal Royal Australian Air Force base in northern Australia on Tuesday, the Australian Defense Force said.


Japan Executes Man Who Killed 8 Schoolchildren

Japan on Tuesday hanged a man convicted of stabbing to death eight elementary school children in a rampage that shocked the nation and severely shook its sense of security, media said.


Fighting halts at second Palestinian camp in Lebanon

AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon  - Islamist gunmen killed two Lebanese soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Monday in the first fatal spillover of fighting between the army and al Qaeda-inspired fighters in the north.


Parent of missing Madeleine want to go home

PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, who have been named suspects in their 4-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, want to return home as soon as possible, a family friend said on Saturday.


Russian gas firm Gazprom agrees to pay 35% more for natural gas exports from Turkmenistan.


A major earthquake early Friday shook eastern Indonesia's Alor Island, killing at least six people and injuring 21 others, a spokesman with Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysical Agency said.


The bigger they are, the harder they (might) fall.


Oxlo to Provide Integrations for Microsoft Next Generation DMS

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 3  /PRNewswire/ -- Oxlo Systems Inc., Infonizer North America Inc., and Microsoft, announce an agreement for Oxlo to provide integration services to the Dealer Management System for Microsoft Dynamics AX (MSDMS).


Birmingham, 17:28 - ATLETICA, BIRMINGHAM: BEKELE RECORD DEL MONDO 2 MIGLIA INDOOR

Nuovo record del mondo sulla distanza delle 2 miglia per l'etiope Kenenisa Bekele, che nel corso del...


Argentina's David Nalbandian wins his first Masters series title after beating Roger Federer 1-6 6-3 6-3 in Madrid.


A drama about communist East Germany wins the top European Film Award and Penelope Cruz best actress.


To stay competitive as outsourcers, firms are developing reusable components for business applications.


Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses

A new version of the fast-spreading Bagle mass-mailing worm was discovered Friday, with its threat level quickly rising to a moderate level, according to security experts.


About $10.3 billion, not to put too fine a point on it. Rather than swallowing the "poison pill" planned for hostile takeover bids, though, Oracle agreed to come up in its bid for PeopleSoft--$26.50 per share instead of $24 per share.


AUSTIN, July 14 -- Lady Bird Johnson was remembered Saturday for her unfailing kindness, thoughtfulness and even thriftiness as more than 1,000 people gathered at the edge of Texas Hill Country to pay their respects to the former first lady.


Larry Hughes scored a season-high 40 points and LeBron James added 29 points and 10 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Magic, 118-111, last night in Orlando, Fla.


BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's military coup leaders may be losing their sense of humor. Five days after instructing soldiers to keep smiling, the ruling council decided Wednesday that there is a limit to how much fun soldiers should have.


Bulgarian Courts Act to Suppress Discrimination Against Roma

Strategic litigation actions undertaken by the ERRC and its local partners prompt Bulgarian courts to sanction discriminators under recently adopted Bulgarian anti-discrimination act.


Andre Ingram scores 17 points and American shoots 70 percent in the second half of a 70-49 victory over Wagner on Tuesday. Elsewhere, Virginia Tech and Navy both win.


Syniverse Technologies in Tampa signed a purchase agreement to acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America for approximately $57 million payable in cash.


The Senate is full of pomp and circumstance at the slightest historical moment, so it was a stunning oversight on Aug. 3 when not a bit of attention was given to Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), with a 45-year career in the chamber, as he cast his 15,000th vote.


Mel Stottlemyre won't return as pitching coach of the Yankees, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Stottlemyre has been the pitching coach since manager Joe Torre was hired before the


Disparities: Obesity and the Odds of a Kidney Transplant

Researchers report that the higher a personâs body mass index is, the less likely he is to receive a kidney transplant.


The couple, who were only identified by their first names, had spent the last four months in northern Italy s Padua community, she in a hospital and he visiting her several times a day.


Bush Promises Europe Trip to Heal Divide

President Bush said Friday he'll carry a message of shared values and goals to Europe during a trip planned after his inauguration, reaching out to those dismayed by the Iraq war and what they see as a go-it-alone foreign policy.


Software maker meets earnings projects but applications business languishes with unit's sales down 36 percent.


A robbery suspect was shot and wounded by police in the parking lot outside a suburban Atlanta mall on Monday, authorities said.


On the heels of a series of desktop search releases, Ask Jeeves Inc. is set to launch an application to scour users' hard drives for e-mails and files.


Voters in the Gulf state of Bahrain go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new parliament.


Roma, 19:53 - CALCIO, SERIE A: DAL 24 FEBBRAIO SI TORNA A GIOCARE DI SERA

Torna il calcio di sera. L'Osservatorio sulle manifestazioni sportive ha infatti deciso che dalla pr...


Dell retains leading PC market position; plans new plants

NEW YORK, October 20  - Dell Inc (DELL.NAS) has strengthened its leading position in the global PC market with additional market share gains in 3Q04.


Qualcomm Outlook Disappoints, Shares Drop

Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc.  on Wednesday posted quarterly earnings that rose 46 percent on strong sales of cell phones using its chips, but it said current-quarter earnings would fall short of the average Wall Street forecast.


Iraq ; Major US contractor withdraws from Iraq reconstruction ...

US officials said Contrack's decision to terminate work in Iraq was reached with the US government in November, but had not been publicly disclosed.


New single-family home sales fell  4.7 percent in December to its lowest rate in nearly 13 years  while the median sales price dropped sharply and the inventory  of unsold homes climbed, according to a government report on  Monday that delivered more grim news for the battered housing  sector.


HOW MANY PILLS are you taking? Until the Vioxx scare, it wasn'ta question that bothered many. Now with Celebrex and even generic naproxen joining the list of questioned meds, it's a timely inquiry.


Prosecutors upstage Zuma's victory speech

Â· Party boss likely to face more corruption charges  Â· Case would hamper presidential ambitions


The tech consultant signs a 10-year contract to manage Ascension Health's IT infrastructure.


Iraq PM Asks UN States to Put the War Behind Them

Iraq's new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the UN General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.


A crucial legal ruling in Oracle's takeover bid for Peoplesoft has been delayed after a judge said he needs to hear further evidence in the case.


Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus announces plans to form his own political party.


The schemes take various forms and often involve promises to distressed homeowners of cash upfront.


Federated Rolls Out New Macy's In TV Ad Blitz

Federated Department Stores Inc. is slated to roll out a new national advertising campaign today introducing shoppers to an expanded Macy's brand and signaling the final chapter in its merger with May Department Stores Co.


New HTML Specification Offers Peek at Web's Future

The web's governing body has released a draft of the first major revision to HTML in over 10 years. The draft contains dozens of updates to the web's lingua franca, all of which reflect the impact multimedia, games and RSS have had on the common browser.


Airport and transit authorities responded to an FBI report of a possible terrorist attack against Boston by boosting security — adding patrols, activating radiation detectors and posting pictures of some of the suspects.


Poland holds out in struggle over new EU treaty

German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled on Friday to break Poland's resistance to a new treaty to reform and strengthen the European Union as it takes on new global challenges.


Josh McRoberts scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Duke avoid its first five-game losing streak ever in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 27-year tenure, beating No. 21 Boston College 78-70 on Wednesday night.


U.S. Bans Al-Manar, Says  TV Network Backs Terror

Al-Manar, one of the most popular television networks in the Arabic-speaking world, has been removed from U.S. airwaves after the State Department designated it a supporter of terrorism.


âKite Runnerâ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.


RIAA, MPAA Rejoice as Suprnova.org Closes, File Sharing Goes ...

Public file sharing via BitTorrent has taken several severe blows recently. Find out where the industry will be attacking next and read the note from Suprnova.


News Analysis: What next in the battle for Iraq?

WASHINGTON US military commanders say the weeklong assault that has wrested most of Falluja back from insurgent control achieved nearly all their objectives well ahead of schedule and with fewer pitfalls than anticipated.


Verizon, AT&T announce unlimited calling plans

Verizon Wireless today anounced an unlimited flat rate voice plan, which was followed only hours later by AT&T unveiling a similar plan.


A car bomb has brought fresh carnage to the streets of Baghdad, killing at least five people, two of them women, at the Education Ministry.


"Governo deve andare a casa, ci vogliono nuove elezioni"


MBIA expects positive outcome of Moody's review

MBIA Inc  Chief Financial  Officer C. Edward Chaplin said on Thursday the bond insurer  would continue to work with Moody's Investors Service to keep  its credit rating at "triple A" and believes the outcome of a  Moody's review will be "affirmative."


Rain didn't stop the St. Louis Cardinals from taking a 2-0 lead over the Houston Astros in the NL championship series, but it may hold up the AL series in Boston...


The European Union has reversed a plan that would have required Britain and Ireland to phase out imperial measurements in favor of the metric system.


Hurricane Frances is pushing up commodity prices and weighing on insurance company stocks as it heads for the Florida coast. Orange juice prices hit nine-month highs on the New York Board of Trade on Thursday


Robinson Cano drives in the winning run in the 10th after Toronto closer Jeremy Accardo balks home the tying run in a wild ninth as New York rallies past the Blue Jays, 3-2.


Sarah Michelle Gellar's The Grudge scared off the competition and took first place at the box office in its opening weekend, with about $40 million, the Associated Press reported.


Alhurra, a network with 150 reporters based in Springfield, is the U.S. government's largest and most expensive effort to sway foreign opinion over the airwaves since the creation of Voice of America in 1942.


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Kenya's recently resigned anti-corruption czar could be in danger, a colleague tells the BBC.


The Italian government has condemned the destruction of an Italian colonial cemetery by militiamen in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.


Coinvolti un operaio e il responsabile dello stabilimento


South Korea: No Evidence of Blast at North Korean Site

South Korea says there is no evidence to suggest any explosion took place at a site in North Korea, where a mushroom cloud and a suspected massive blast were recently reported.


How to Cross Borders, Social or Otherwise

The New Museum's "Status Project" is a show that, in its final form, may be viewed as the Homeland Security Department's worst nightmare.


Retail sales fell 0.3 percent in January  --  the weakest showing in five months  --  as a big drop in demand for cars offset strength at clothing and department stores. Spending was powered mostly by consumers anxious to use holiday gift cards.


Former winner Oberholser withdraws from Pebble Beach

PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Former champion Arron Oberholser pulled out of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Tuesday because of bursitis in his right shoulder, tournament officials said.


A Deal Maker With a Hot Hand Opens His Wallet

At 77, Warren E. Buffett, the countryâs most famous investor, is in the midst of his hottest streak in almost a decade. And he is capping his run with a flurry of deal-making.


China ZTE Expects Sales Abroad To Bring 40% Rev In 2006

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China's No. 2 telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. (0763.HK) said Sunday it expects overseas sales to rise to contribute around 40% of its total revenue in 2006, compared with 13.4% posted in the first half of 2004.


Pakistan tests missile, rejects nuclear safety worry

Pakistan's army chief dismissed on Friday fears that the country's nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants as the military test fired a nuclear-capable missile.


US forces kill 22 insurgents in clash in southern Afghanistan

US forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, in southern Afghanistan, the US military said Monday.


Two thirds of England's schools and three quarters of colleges want to offer the first 10 Diplomas subjects.


Sport: Avram Grant is considering a bid for Croatia midfielder Luca Modric to plug a gap exacerbated by Frank Lampard's injury


The Man and His Art rescues a nearly forgotten genius from obscurity


Relief efforts in the Philippines faced delays Sunday for survivors of Typhoon Durian, as fears grew of a rising death toll in the archipelago nation from last week's storm.


Volonta' compatta per fare tutto cio' che ci e' possibile


Bag of rubbish artwork confuses gallery cleaner

There are those who argue that most modern art is rubbish, but few critics take the view as literally as a cleaner at one of Britain's most prestigious galleries.


Earnings alert: Novell posts quarterly loss

Plus: Lenovo posts 2006-07 net surge...HP sales up on PC strength...Sony loss widens, but upturn seen ahead.


Unit's Mission: Survive 4 Miles To Remember Fallen Comrade

BAGHDAD, July 8 -- Everything in the Army is supposed to have a task and a purpose, and this simple mission was no different. The task was to get 27 soldiers from Point A to Point B, from their neighborhood combat outpost to an Army base four miles away. The purpose was to attend a memorial service...


Sudan Security Says Darfur Rebels Use Human Shields

Sudan's security chief said on Monday rebels in the western region of Darfur have drawn army fire and aerial bombardment on to Darfur villages by using them as cover and as bases for military operations.


IRA denies involvement in $42 million bank heist

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Irish Republican Army denied involvement Thursday in this week's massive robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast.


Doctors in Ramallah fighting to save Arafat's life

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in critical condition and a team of doctors in his Ramallah headquarters were fighting for his life, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday night.


NYSE/NASD regulation merger challenged by broker

A broker-dealer firm sued brokerages  watchdog NASD and the New York Stock Exchange on Friday to  block a deal to merge oversight functions, saying the  arrangement would be unfair to NASD members.


Microsoft Takes Another Stab at Web on TV

If a reputable company sold a dirt-cheap machine that provided blissfully simple and virus-free Internet access, you might expect to see crowds of customers rushing into stores, credit cards in hand.


Scout found no hitter, but a pitching gem

Let's dispense with the stereotypes. Jim Robinson, who scouts the state of Texas for the Red Sox and is the man credited with signing No-Hit Clay Buchholz, hails from the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago and drives a Volvo, the standard-issue vehicle of the Sox. He does not wear a cowboy hat, and while he owns a pair of boots, ...


Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee , have been asked to testify under oath before a congressional committee Jan. 16, in what promises to be a high-stakes showdown.


African summit fosters anti-U.S. sentiment

A summit of African leaders opened Saturday with a special welcome for the firebrand presidents of Iran and Venezuela, each visiting the poorest continent to win support for their anti-American agenda.


Yahoo Buying a High School and College Sports Network

The acquisition of Rivals.com is intended to bolster Yahooâs position as an online destination for sports fans.


Bearded Letterman returns with union-backed jokes

Late-night TV comedian David Letterman  on Wednesday kicked off the return of his show from a two-month  hiatus in support of striking screenwriters, boasting his was  the "only show on the air" with union-backed jokes.


Dana Quigley walked the course in a rhapsodic haze, still enthralled by the improbable success of his beloved Red Sox.


Israeli tank kills three Egyptian troops

An Israeli tank has opened fire and killed three Egyptian troops in a border zone near the Gaza Strip after mistaking them for Palestinian arms smugglers, Israeli security sources say.


A Favorite Meal, Now Offering a Side Order of Environmental Awareness

A new London restaurant has worked hard to offer fish that is legally caught and not overexploited, but it does not come cheap.


Farmers Being Moved Aside by China's Real Estate Boom

A two-tiered property system favors city dwellers while handicapping the farmers once at the core of Chinese society.


More stores, fewer profits. It's happened before, and it happened again in Q3.


FACED with the prospect of breakaway regions and a burgeoning financial crisis, outgoing President Leonid Kuchma has signalled a willingness to bow to opposition demands for a new presidential election.


Talk Is Cheap When Using Internet Long-Distance

VOIP has been hailed for years in the telecom industry as the next big thing, but problems with sound quality have prevented it from gaining widespread acceptance. Now VOIP, which has been available since the mid-1990s, is poised to fulfill its promise.


Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis

Scientists have found what they say is the strongest evidence yet linking the first European explorers of the New World to the origin of sexually transmitted syphilis.


Analisti, moneta europea arrivera' a 1,50 entro fine 2007


China's government announced hefty spending increases Monday to boost incomes and improve social services for the urban poor and the lagging, restive countryside this year while guiding the booming economy to more stable growth.


Mozilla offering limited live chat support for Firefox

Mozilla has been quietly offering live Web support for the Firefox Web browser since the beginning of the year. It is one of the open-source group's experiments in improving the user experience and woo more of them from Microsoft Corp.'s still-dominant Internet Explorer.True to its open-source heritage, Firefox Live Chat is a valiant, all-volunteer effort. But the service remains in beta, buggy, http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/02/11/minutes-of-weekly-meeting-211/ and only available to users several hours a day during U.S. working hours."The hours of operation are currently very conservative," acknowledged David Tenser, who runs Mozilla's support programs, in an e-mail.Rivaling Linux itself as most popular open-source project, Firefox has never had trouble attracting volunteers. More than 1,000 people freely contribute code, 20,000 test pre-beta versions of Firefox every night and another 500,000 test the actual betas.But for the unglamorous job of chat-based technical support, Tenser has only been able to recruit about 20 volunteers. And during the actual 3-4 hour sessions, only about 3-5 of them are actually available answering users' questions."What we really need is more exposure so people can both discover how powerful this service is to users, as well as how fun it is to participate," wrote Tenser.Officially introduced in late 2004, Firefox has been downloaded more than 400 million times. New Mozilla CEO John Lilly claims there are 150 million active users, including 50 million people that use Firefox every day.Firefox is used by almost a third of European Net surfers, though global surveys show Firefox used by about one-sixth of Internet users, with IE still holding three-fourths of the market.Still, Mozilla would like to improve its retention rate, which it estimated several months ago to be less than 30 percent.Mozilla already offers several other forms of user support. Those include forums and newsgroups where users can post questions, knowledge base (KB) articles they can read at their leisure, and even an Internet Relay Channel (IRC) channel aimed at developers and more advanced users needing live support.As of early February, Live Chat volunteers had answered more than 4,100 chat requests, or about 100 a day, Tenser said. Most questions have been from users who had been unable to connect to the Web, usually due to firewall issues, Tenser said, or users having problems related to Firefox extensions.This reporter tried out Live Chat. The first time, no volunteers were available during the scheduled time. The second time, a tech support volunteer offered a fairly general fix to one problem (remove extensions one at a time to see which one was causing AJAX-heavy sites to render improperly), while suggesting I wait for Firefox 3 to fix another (occasionally missing passwords).Mozilla released its third beta for Firefox 3 in early February. The Mountain View, Calif. group is expected to release a final version of Firefox 3 sometime in 2008.Testers say that beta versions of Firefox 3 are faster and use less memory, have user interface improvements, and better security.Microsoft offers similar free and paid support offerings for Internet Explorer users through its support.microsoft.com Web site.IE users who have a retail copy of Windows XP or Vista are eligible for either 2 phone calls or live chats (XP), or 90 days worth of unlimited phone and chat support (Vista), according to a spokesman. After that, tech support calls or chat sessions cost $59 per incident.Mozilla has no plans to charge for Live Chat. Nor does it plan to make it part of a formal support program, something that some large companies have said they would need before they could consider switching from IE to Firefox.Tenser said volunteers do get questions from IT pros."They tend to ask about how to make changes to more than one machine without having to go in and make the changes via the user interface, or about locking down the preferences so users can't make changes," he wrote.


A spectacular fire destroyed a vacant, century-old warehouse early Wednesday, injuring three firefighters and forcing some people to evacuate nearby apartments.


Kerry, Bush Clash on Explosives, Character

Democratic Sen. John Kerry attacked  President Bush's "shifting explanations" on missing explosives  in Iraq on Thursday, but Bush said Kerry lacked the conviction  and consistency to lead the nation at a time of war.


Florida Passes Three-Strikes Malpractice Law

Florida voters approved a three-strikes law this month unlike any other state's: a measure aimed not at killers or thieves but at doctors who foul up.


Scotland axe Godman for crunch Six Nations game against Ireland

Scotland have axed Phil Godman and recalled Dan Parks for the team to play Ireland in Saturday's Six Nations rugby union international here at Murrayfield.


Advocates for preserving a major league baseball team in Washington, DC, said Friday that their strategy involves trying to convince DC Council chairwoman Linda W. Cropp that the city is committed to attracting private stadium financing on its own without


YouTube to test video ID with Time Warner, Disney

Top online video service  YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology  with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner  Inc. and Walt Disney Co.


Australia's Andre Stoltz Wins First US PGA Event in Las Vegas

Andre Stoltz won the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas by one stroke, the first career US PGA Tour victory for the 34-year-old Australian.


Back Today, Pettitte Will Discuss H.G.H. Use

Andy Pettitte is meeting with the news media for the first time to discuss his admitted use of human growth hormone.


Moviegoers likely to pronounce "Chuck" No. 1

LOS ANGELES  - Entering its second weekend, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is facing off against a couple of muggle movies.


Roma, 20:50 - CALCIO, ROMA: TAVANO FORSE RILEVA MANCINI, CHIVU ANCORA OUT

Spalletti sembra orientato a dare un turno di riposo a Mancini che sta meglio, ma al suo posto dovre...


Microsoft is investigating a program that attempts to switch off the firm's anti-spyware software.


Bills for thousands of Montgomery County cable viewers will increase by 4 percent starting March 1, when Comcast Corp., suburban Maryland's largest cable television provider, raises rates throughout the Washington region.


The head of the Cartoon Network resigns after a marketing stunt causes a terror alert in Boston.


RCN Inc., co-owner of Starpower Communications LLC, the Washington area television, telephone and Internet provider, filed a plan of reorganization yesterday that it said puts the company


Waltham defense contractor Raytheon Co. yesterday won a nearly $1 billion Navy contract that will take its combat systems for the new DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer from design into production.


Crude oil prices briefly rose above 55 dollars a barrel today, as traders continue to worry about supply ahead of winter. Crude for November delivery hit 55 dollars, 33 cents


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NBC ends contract on shows with Apple's iTunes: report

NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's iTunes after failing to come to an  agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its online  edition on Friday.


Limited to just six players one night after brawling with fans, the Indiana Pacers dropped an 86-83 decision to the Orlando Magic on Saturday night.


TONY JONES: On a rare visit to North Korea, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today he's held productive talks on efforts to end the reclusive nation's nuclear program.


This is exactly the kind of encouragement parents holding second mortgages to pay for trainers and summer camps do NOT need: For the second year running, Southern California basketball coach Tim Floyd offered a scholarship to an eighth-grader.


For election 08, youth voter turnout swells

Their numbers surged in the Iowa and New Hampshire contests. Will the trend continue?


MADRID, Spain - Spain's northwest Galicia region made preparations Wednesday for Tropical Storm Gordon, which was downgraded from a hurricane but expected to intensify again as it merged with another violent weather system, with winds gusting up to 80 mph and 30-foot waves, officials said.


Congo war-driven crisis kills 45,000 a month: study

War, disease and malnutrition are  killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven  humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in  nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said.


Stocks may rise as earnings season starts

Stocks could rise next week if the first wave of quarterly earnings inject optimism about results for the period and on economic growth that has surprised on the upside.


African Union to deploy expanded force in Darfur

UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.


Iraq: Agliana, "Prenderemo i provvedimenti del caso

MILANO - Maurizio Agliana non ci sta e annuncia provvedimenti. In relazione all'annuncio del gip di Bari, che ha definito i tre italiani ostaggi in Iraq "veri e propri fiancheggiatori delle forze della coalizione


Hollywood puts spotlight on Darfur in new documentary

A major Hollywood studio and top US screen star unveil a new documentary addressing the bloody conflict that has raged without resolution for four years in in Sudan's Darfur region.


Colin Montgomerie walked off the 18th green in a tie for the lead with Tiger Woods at the Target World Challenge, and someone told him the tournament was in his hands.


Harley workers OK three-year pact ending strike

Workers at Harley-Davidson Corp.'s  largest plant approved a new contract on Thursday, the workers' union said, ending a three-week-old strike that cost the company an estimated $11 million a day.


Science & environment: Owners of the worst polluting lorries and buses will from today have to pay Â£200 per day to enter London


VIERA, Fla., March 13 -- Monday evening, Washington Nationals Manager Manny Acta and his coaching staff met for nearly two hours behind closed doors, a time to catch up on the status of what might be their roster come Opening Day, which was exactly three weeks off. Each coach was asked to submit his...


Stunning pictures of sharks and a green lizard take the top prizes at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.


Billups beats the buzzer to give Pistons win over Celtics

Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with a tenth of a second left to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 87-85 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.


Se Forza Italia e An impediranno alleanza di governo


Finally Finding the Right Fit, Moss Is Proving Critics Wrong

After two difficult years in Oakland, where injuries and and attitude slowed him, Randy Moss has reset himself on the path to the Hall of Fame.


Talk cheap with Samsung BlackJack II smartphone, free with activation

New AT&T customers can scoop up the highly rated BlackJack II Windows Mobile smartphone absolutely free with a two-year contract. Buy.com will even ship it free.


Lithuania Shoots Down U.S. in Men's Olympic Basketball

Sarunas Jasikevicius went on a shooting  spree in the last three minutes of play to lift Lithuania to a  94-90 victory over the United States in the men's Olympic  basketball tournament Saturday.


Cheney, Edwards Pull No Punches in Tough Debate

Vice President Dick Cheney and  Democratic Sen. John Edwards battled fiercely over the war in  Iraq in a debate that featured repeated personal attacks on the  other side's records and judgment.


Directors at scandal-hit Societe Generale begin talks to decide the fate of the bank's head, Daniel Bouton.


COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of harsh political brawling.


Celebrera' tutti i riti della Settimana Santa


By The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 10--Four directors of Broadcom Corp. received a total $275,000 in  extra compensation for serving on the audit committee that investigated the  company's stock options awards.   The committee chairman, George L.


Agricole, entro 10 giorni, al massimo entro primi d'ottobre


Palestinians fear more of the same after US elections

Palestinians may well be glad to see the back of George W. Bush at next month's presidential elections but are sceptical that John Kerry will execute a major rethink in US policy on the Middle East conflict.


(CBS/AP) As a fighter pilot for the Texas Air National Guard, then-Lt. George W. Bush was assigned to fly F-102's out of Houston's Ellington Air Force Base.


The House of Representatives defied the White House yesterday by refusing to make an expiring surveillance law permanent, prompting a harsh exchange between Republicans and Democrats as they prepared for an extended, election-year battle over national security.


La compagnia russa lo annuncera' a giorni, fonte Interfax


Space Radiation May Harm Astronauts' Blood Cells

In the time it takes you to read this sentence, more than 10 million red blood cells in your body will die. Don't be alarmed; it's natural, and stem cells in your bone marrow are constantly making enough new cells to replace the dying ones. But what if those blood-making cells stopped working? This could be a concern for astronauts taking long trips beyond Earth orbit.


U.S. lawmakers opened their own investigation on Thursday of the cybersex scandal involving a Republican congressman who sent lewd messages to young aides, and will interview dozens of officials just weeks before the November 7 elections, imperiling Republican control of Congress.


Companies Picked to Develop Cargo Spaceship

NASA has chosen two aerospace companies to develop a commercial spaceship capable of flying cargo to the International Space Station.


World Business Briefing: China: Alcoa Sells Aluminum Stake

Alcoa said it had sold its stake in the Aluminum Corporation of China for about $2 billion, a $1.8 billion gain on an investment that had yielded no real cooperation on the ground.


Party like it's 2005: NEW YEAR'S EVE ON THE TOWN

A bottle of bubbly, a few appetizers, some noisemakers and "New Year's Rockin' Eve" with Dick Clark -- uh, make that fill-in Regis Philbin -- on the tube.


WASHINGTON The Justice Department has announced that more than 150 people have been arrested, charged or convicted in the past three months in a crackdown on criminal activity on the Internet.


Resuscitating Baby Futile and Cruel, Say Doctors

Parents battling to save their desperately-ill baby today listened at the High Court as a procession of doctors said their child should be refused life-saving treatment if her condition seriously deteriorates.


IBRIX Receives Award for Best Data Management Solution at the 2007 MITX Technology Awards

IBRIXÂ®, the leader in  scalable file serving solutions, has been selected as the winner in the  Data Management category for the 2007 MITX Technology Awards.


UK's Blair reassures Musharraf over leaked report

British Prime Minister Tony Blair reassured Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday that a leaked intelligence report criticising Pakistan's ability to fight terrorism was not government policy.


Palestinian Authority workers began demolishing illegal buildings next to Gaza City early Tuesday, signaling that new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas intends to enforce laws that have been long ignored.


Service afloat despite floods Fasthosts is fully operational despite the continued flooding problems.â¦


Iraqi and US troops have been involved in renewed clashes with insurgents in several areas of the capital, Baghdad. At least three policemen died when the rebels fired rocket-propelled grenades at their station in the Adhamiya area.


By NOAKI SCHWARTZ  LOS ANGELES - Every day, tourist buses trundle along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and through Beverly Hills so that sightseers can gawk at celebrities and gasp at their mansions.


Rughe, maschere, sudore questo è cinema rock

Folla, urla, orari saltati, il Festival di Berlino apre con il documentario di Scorsese sulla band di Jagger. Il regista: ho cercato qualcosa di personale sui loro volti. Ma non tutti sono d'accordo. Il rock è la nuova musa del grande schermo?


Police were investigating the deaths of five homeless men who were severely beaten in a Moscow suburb, the prosecutor's office said Wednesday.


Lusting after Razer's glowing green titanium mouse

We've gushed over Razer's gaming equipment before, having been particularly fond of its mouse designs. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt for talks on Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Monday to map out a new relationship after Hamas routed Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza, officials from both sides said on Thursday.


Official: Bin Laden Issues Attack Orders

Three years after the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, the military does not have a fix on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, but they are believed


Man Leaps to Death from Empire State Building

A man jumped to his death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, New York City police said on Saturday.


Roma, 11:35 - CALCIO, LAZIO: INCONTRO LOTITO-ODDO PER CONTRATTO

Incontro tra Lotito e Oddo ieri sera a Formello. Il presidente della Lazio ha parlato con il difenso...


The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs — including NFL players in training camp.


UBS Posts Huge Loss and Warns About 2008

UBS offered no hope Thursday for a near-term turnaround as it posted an $11.3 billion fourth-quarter loss and warned that 2008 would be a âdifficultâ year.


What you see is where you drive TomTom is attempting to move up a gear in the in-car sat nav biz. It recently filed a patent for a GPS device that incorporates a camera to show the driver exactly where to turn off the road ahead.â¦


Bengals receiver Chris Henry returned to practice Wednesday with the NFL's permission, allowing him to work back into shape while serving the last two games of his suspension.


Prince Harry's Nazi costume sparks outrage

Thursday's front page of the British newspaper The Sun shows Prince Harry with a cigarette and drink in hand, wearing a swastika armband at a fancy costume party.


Arizona Talks With Green End Without Deal

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shawn Green failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension by the Thursday deadline, leaving the tentative trade in jeopardy of falling through.


Palermo, la vittima aveva 7 anni e ha perso la vita nonostante il cascoIgnote le cause dell'incidente. il padre e la sorella in prognosi riservata                                          Con i due figli in moto contro un palo Il piccolo decapitato da una lamiera


CHICAGO -- Chief Executive Officer Ed Zander's job at Motorola Inc. is on the line more than ever after he warned that the struggling company's cell phone unit will be unprofitable at least until 2008.


Russia's president says Moscow will take retaliatory measures if the US pursues a missile defence plan. What effect will Putin's warning have?


Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has confirmed he will leave the club in June at the end of his current contract.


BT Plans to Buy Infonet to Expand Data Networking

BT Group Plc, the UK's largest phone company, plans to buy Infonet Services Corp. to add a data network spanning more than 180 countries, people familiar with the matter said.


Turkish Parliament Takes Recess After Delaying EU-Backed Law

Turkey's parliament decided to go into recess until Oct. 1, after the government this week delayed debate of a law that the European Union says is central to the nation's membership aspirations, a parliament spokesman said.


'DVD Jon' offers content sharing Facebook app

DVD Jon's new venture, DoubleTwist, has released beta versions of two applications to unlock music bought from Apple's iTunes Store.


A few broken steel wires and varying levels of corrosion have been found in the Forth Road Bridge's support cables. The discovery was made during the first full-scale cable inspection in the bridge's 40-year history.


Attacks Kill 25, Possibly More, in Sunni Triangle

The bloodshed is increasing in Iraq, but there are conflicting reports over the latest death toll. Iraqi and coalition officials say at least 25 people were killed in militant attacks across the Sunni Triangle today.


Kenny Thomas had 21 points and 15 rebounds, Allen Iverson scored 29, and the Philadelphia 76ers nearly wasted a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter before beating the New Orleans Hornets 95-91 Monday.


Microsoft Offers Second Method To Block XP SP2 Updates

Aug. 23, 2004. Microsoft has offered up yet another way for businesses to block the automatic update of Windows XP to the big-deal Service Pack 2 (SP2) upgrade.


Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers, printers and information technology systems for businesses, said Monday that it bought back about $1.


Strategies to Run a Lean Supply Chain: How Principles of Lean Manufacturing Transfer Benefits to Operations

(Source: Epicor)  The blurring of the line between manufacturing and supply chain logistics provides the opportunity to move efficient manufacturing management concepts to supply chain management. One manufacturing concept stands out as most successful: the concept of lean. This paper describes lean manufacturing and how it can be applied to supply chain management.


"No energy for tears": A memory of Ethiopia's 1984 famine

Exactly 20 years ago, when the world first woke up to television reports of Ethiopia's catastrophic drought, Girmay Assefa was staggering along hundreds of kilometres (miles) of road in the country's northern Tigray region searching for food with his mother, brother and two young sisters.


Israel mulls plan to ease security in West Bank

JERUSALEM -- Israel is considering a plan to stop pursuing scores of Fatah militants and give Palestinians wider security control over West Bank enclaves to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas, officials and diplomats said yesterday.


Myanmar ruler says democracy only option

Myanmar military ruler Senior General Than Shwe has told Indian leaders the junta was committed to bringing democracy, a week after ousting a fellow general credited with setting in motion a roadmap for change.


Novartis blood pressure pill shows 1-year benefits

Rasilez, the first of a new class of   hypertension drugs developed by Novartis, produces a consistent   and sustained reduction in blood pressure over a full year of   treatment, researchers said on Sunday.


Terrence McNally's `The Ritz' returns to Broadway this fall

By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, who already has had two new plays done in New York this year ("Deuce" and "Some Men"), will get a Broadway revival of an earlier effort this fall.


In un incidente di auto a ridosso del confine con Israele


Our position is: US judicial system eventually worked in Hamdi case, but it should not have taken so long. Unless he somehow hooks up with Muqtada al-Sadr in Fallujah, Yaser Esam Hamdi won't spend another day in solitary confinement.


Tupperware says business on track, upbeat on 2008

DAVOS, Switzerland  - Business performance at Tupperware Brands Corp , best known for its food storage containers sold at in-home parties, is on track and its CEO said on Wednesday he was optimistic about the year ahead.


Giampiero Forcesi - ÂDALLA PARTE DEGLI STUDENTI ESTERIÂ - La buona battaglia di don Remigio Musaragno - UCSEI (Ufficio Centrale Studenti Esteri in Italia) Roma (Agenzia Fides) - ÂIl fatto Ã¨ che non lascerÃ  eredi. Questo ormai si puÃ² dire. Compie 80 anni, don Remigio, ed eredi non ce ne sono. E, a pensarci bene, non ce ne potrebbero essere. Successori, certo, sÃ¬, e magari bravi. Le "opere" di don Remigi...


Pakistani jets bomb suspected militants gathering close to the Afghan border, military officials say.


Syracuse football player stabbed during fight

Syracuse starting cornerback Tanard Jackson was released from the hospital Monday after being stabbed in the chest during a fight outside the campus student center.


USDA Finds 'Inconclusive' Mad Cow Test Result

First-round screening tests returned  "inconclusive" results for mad cow disease from one animal and  samples were being submitted for final and more sophisticated  analysis, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.


THE peak summer travel season traditionally gives the US airlines a revenue lift, but this year struggling carriers will be glad to see the back of the third quarter.


Hershey Foods (down $0.23 to $56.35, Research), the nation's largest snack-food company, said Thursday it is raising its candy prices.


Settlers Back Call to Resist Gaza Pullout

The leaders of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank urged their followers Monday to resist a government plan to withdraw from parts of the occupied territories, edging closer to open revolt against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull out next summer.


Philadelphia Phillies' Eric Milton throws against the Chicago Cubs in the second inning in Philadelphia, in this July 25, 2004 photo.


Paris Hilton heads for the cryogenic freezer

'It's so cool,' enthuses immortal heiress There is some excellent news today for future generations who had until now been condemned to a bleak and meaningless existence without the entertaining presence of multi-talented former jailbird Paris Hilton, viz: the heiress intends to extend her life "by hundreds and thousands of years" in a cryogenic chamber.â¦


Gold Fields chief calls Â£4.5bn bid 'inadequate'

The chief executive of Gold Fields, the South African gold producer, yesterday said he would urge the board to turn down an $8.1billion (Â£4.


SEC to Congress: Defer to FASB on Options

The U.S. Congress should stay out of the debate over expensing stock options and let the Financial Accounting Standards Board handle it, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson said.


Microsoft Extends Dynamics Support, Promises Roadmaps

Business Ready Customer Care plan includes a major support upgrade and new financing for the Dynamics applications.


Yushchenko Makes Pledge on Regime's Crimes

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko promised today to prosecute government officials and their supporters for crimes committed during the last decade should he win the countryâs December.


Kramont Sells to Australiaâs Centro for $610M in Cash

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-Sunday evening, following a meeting of its board on Saturday, Dec. 18, Kramont Realty Trust has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Centro Watt America REIT III LLC for approximately


Sapporo fight takes a turn; Asahi said to offer tie

The battle for Japanese beer maker Sapporo Holdings, which faces a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, got a shakeup on Friday with a newspaper reporting that Asahi Breweries Ltd. has proposed a business integration.


Iran offers security help to Iraqi premier

Iran offered on Tuesday to help   establish security and stability in Iraq after Iraqi Prime   Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks in Tehran on his first   official visit to the Islamic Republic.


Vital Signs: Resistance: Vitamin C Is Not Much Help Fighting Colds, Study Shows

A large review of placebo-controlled trials of vitamin C for cold prevention and treatment has concluded that it is largely ineffective.


The dollar was stuck near six-week lows  versus the yen on Wednesday after unexpected weakness in a U.S.  manufacturing report and consumer confidence data raised  worries that the recent U.S. slowdown may not be temporary.


The dramatic return from abroad, call on his followers to head for Najaf and the swift ending to a three-week long fierce battle


TONY EASTLEY: Israel has revealed that in the four years of the Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, it's arrested 13 Palestinians who work for the UN, on suspicion of "terrorist activities.


U.S. Current Account Deficit Hits Record

The U.S. current account deficit  grew to a record $164.71 billion in the third quarter, less  than had been forecast, the Commerce Department said on  Thursday.


Kentucky Sen. Bunning in Flap Over His Health

Kentucky's largest newspaper on  Thursday urged Republican Sen. Jim Bunning to answer questions  about his mental health because his behavior as he seeks a  second term is troubling voters.


By Anonymous  Space as a Strategic Asset By Joan Johnson-Freese, Columbia University Press, March 2007, 304 pp.  Joan Johnson-Freese calls for U.S. space policy to lead the world to greater levels of cooperation and away from the trappings of an arms race in space.


Birding Column: Sweet Song of the Winter Sparrows

Birding columnist Mathew Tekulsky considers the joys of sparrows wintering in his California backyard.


Immersa nel lavoro, si dedica a fotografia e scultura


Scholes will play key role in treble quest: Man Utd boss

Sir Alex Ferguson believes experienced midfielder Paul Scholes could play an important part in Manchester United's bid this season to match their treble achievement of 1999.


La squadra di Zeman, seconda in classifica, ha il migliore attacco del campionato ed Ã¨ l'unica ad aver sempre vinto in casa. E domani sera arriva l'Inter. LECCE, 26 ottobre 2004 - Una cittÃ  nel pallone, avvinghiata a un sogno inedito.


(InfoWorld) - Solid-state disks (SSDs) are fastÂ becoming popularÂ as drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives but they are not all alike, said South Korea's Mtron. SSDs use flash memory rather than magnetic storage, which means faster reading and writing of data, lower power consumption, and zero noise. They've been around for several years although it is only recently, after flash memory chip prices fell, that they have become practical for use in laptop computers. Major PC makers are starting to offer them as options in some laptop models, but consumers looking to SSDs for a performance boost should pay close attention to the specifications, said Sean Roh, assistant manager of the marketing department at Mtron . The company, which is based near Seoul, makes its own SSD that it claims is faster than any other on the market. It offers a sustained read speed of 100MBps and a sustained write speed of 80MBps, he said. By comparison, SandiskÂ reports a read speed of 67MBps and a write speed of 47MBps for its recently announced 64GB SSD and Samsung ElectronicsÂ said its SSD reads at 56MBps and writes at 32MBps. The faster speeds are possible thanks to the use of a custom-designed drive control chip. In a demonstration at the SEK show, which opened in Seoul on Wednesday, the company had five competing 2.5-inch drives and its own 2.5-inch drive hooked up to a personal computer running benchmarking software. The test appeared to confirm that the Mtron drive performed at around the speeds claimed and also beat out the competition. Among the competing drives, all of which had labels to cover the manufacturer's name, the slowest read data at about 28MBps and the fastest at about 96MBps, while write speeds ranged from 17.6MBps to 68MBps (the fastest read and write speeds were not on the same drive). The Mtron drive hit a read speed of 97MBps and a write speed of 72Mbps in the test, the benchmark software reported. Mtron, which is about three years old, has already signed up distributors in some markets and is looking to sell its 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives to PC makers for use in their machines. It isn't planning to offer the drives direct to consumers. Â


FDA needs to watch drugs ads more closely: report

The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration needs to more closely regulate  direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, the  Government Accountability Office said on Thursday.


Japan's PM Abe tells coalition he will resign: media

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has  told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign,  Japanese media reported on Wednesday.


Bits: Flickr Users Consider Their Potential Microsoft Overlords

Microsoftâs bid is shaking up the community of the photo-sharing site Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo.


Scientists May Use Drugs to Stop Addiction

Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How about a blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms? If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?    Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is .....


Steve Ballmer said he, too, is among the most spammed people in the world because he gives out his e-mail address in nearly every speech he makes.


Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops from Iraq by the end of the year if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to announce Wednesday.Comment


Princess Alice, Oldest British Royal, Dies

LONDON - Princess Alice, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II and the oldest member of the British royal family, has died, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.


Researchers said on Sunday they had  homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent  of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.


'Friday Night' Takes the Ball & Runs With It

In the punt, pass, and pray world of Texas football, the goal post is a holy crossbar, and you'd best genuflect before the uprights if you know what's good for you.


Two years ago, Troy Smith was a sub hoping to get into a game. A year ago, he was a starter held out of the lineup because he took money from a booster.


After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around  -  up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced


For the first time since 1988, the Olympic men's basketball gold medal will not go to the United States. Argentina beat the Americans 89-81 in semifinal action yesterday, meaning bronze is


To look at the vote totals and see the wide smile on Bobby Crosby's face Monday afternoon, you'd have thought the Oakland A's shortstop had aced his rookie season like he had all the answers in advance.


'Ma devono spiegarcele organi costituzionali, non Pollari'


New Zealand have agreed to suspend the Sri Lanka tour for five days to allow a period of mourning after the devastating tidal wave in southern Asia.


BALKANS:  New Plan Fails to Bridge Differences

BELGRADE, Oct 23 (IPS) - International mediators have made another effort to  bring Belgrade and Pristina closer, with a 14-point plan for  Kosovo.


A minor 3.1 magnitude earthquake split the lava dome in the crater of Mount St. Helens on Saturday, continuing a series of minor earthquakes rattling the site since October, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.


The US has "fundamental concerns" at German plans to curb G8 emissions, a leaked document shows.


Britain's Straw to Keep World Pressure on Sudan

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.


4 Major Candidates Vie to Lead CanadaÂs Liberals

The first ballot at the partyÂs convention was led by Michael Ignatieff, a former Harvard academic, broadcaster and author.


JAPAN's Makoto Tamada took his third pole position of the season for the Grand Prix of Valencia, the final round of the 16-race world motorcycling championship.


Nel 2008 dovrebbe scendere al 2,1%, lo riferisce Russo Spena


World stocks tumbled on Monday as fears gripped investors that a sliding U.S. economy would drag others down with it.


Pembroke pours on pressure in win over East Bridgewater

Pembroke girls' basketball coach Steve Giambanco is an advocate of the 2-2-1 press and last night's 43-36 win over East Bridgewater is a perfect example of why.


Un'organizzazione vicina alla cosca Piromalli-Mole'


Per otto unita' 'ferry-cruise' ai Nuovi Cantieri Apuania


Photos: New cars at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show

CNET Car Tech posts photos of new cars from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.


Olympic gold medal winners are feted once again

Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pinsent and Tanni Grey-Thompson are among the athletes honoured today for their medal-winning performances at the Athens Olympics.


Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has been hurt while making a science fiction film in Germany, halting production until she recovers.


Spiky oddball prowled ocean half billion years ago

A spectacularly quirky creature with long, curved spines protruding from its armored body prowled the ocean floor half a billion years ago near the dawn of complex life forms on Earth, scientists said.


American teen-ager Michael Phelps, one of the superstars of the 2004 Athens Games, added a seventh medal Friday night to his collection of Olympic keepsakes but new doping scandals tarnished world sporting's greatest event.


'100% accurate' face recognition algorithm announced

Glasgow trick-cyclists' amazing claim Psychology researchers at Glasgow University say they have increased the accuracy of automated face recognition to 100 per cent. If the claims are true, this development will have far-reaching consequences for privacy and security in modern society.â¦


Invito all'Ue contro gli studi sulle staminali embrionali


Harvard's most famous dropout returns for his diploma, 30 years late. His final exam: Can he save the world?


The once-desperate Braves have been invited back into the National League East race by the suddenly-desperate Mets.


Dems slap GOP for keeping e-mails secret

House Republican leaders should have kept Democrats in the loop — and now must conduct a thorough investigation — about the inappropriate e-mails that led to Rep. Mark Foley's resignation, a top Democrat said Sunday.


Microsoft offers to replace damaged "Halo 3" discs

Microsoft Corp  is offering to  replace damaged discs of its just-launched "Halo 3" game for  the Xbox amid reports that special limited-edition packaging is  scratching them.


Today's session, sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Management, is part of an effort to protect the Scituate Reservoir system.


2014 Winter Olympics race goes down to the wire

Tropical Guatemala will be the unlikely venue when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) picks the host of the 2014 Winter Games from a trio of bidding cities after a campaign in which no clear favorite has emerged.


Agent: Bonds won't sign revised contract

Barry Bonds' contract with the San Francisco Giants isn't final just yet.


Destiny's Child Remember Favorites Gifts

Fans who've seen Beyonce work it on stage might guess her most cherished Christmas present had something to do with performing.


REALITISCIO' * La noia di "Film privato": che vacanze del Raz

La Barale e Degan sono riusciti a piazzare su Italia 1 gli avanzi delle loro riprese con la videocamera. Un documento patinato di rara inutilitÃ . Non avevi ancora finito di domandarti (ma una mezza idea ti


Chronology: India-Pakistan landmarks of war and peace

India's External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri begann two-day talks in the Indian capital Sunday to review the


The New York Mets twice blew a three-run lead, and they might be about to blow the NL East.


Window or aisle, chicken or beef, laser protection or SAM in the fuselage?

Defense contractor tests system designed to protect airliners from laser-guided shoulder-fired missiles.


Samsung, local food company wrangle over Internet domain name

Samsung Electronics, South Korea's best-known company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of mobile phones, is embroiled in a court battle with a local food supply chain over an Internet domain name, news reports said here Wednesday.


A woman left infertile is making a final court appeal to be allowed to use embryos fertilised by an ex-partner.


UK condemns killing of US hostage in Iraq

The British government on Monday condemned the purported killing of an American hostage in Iraq, stressing that this kind of "appalling crime" would only strengthen its resolve in Iraq.


SanDisk launches Flash video player for TVs

Online content source too SanDisk is taking the fight to the Apple TV and the iTunes Music Store, launching this past Friday a video playback device that's connected to a telly, and a onlince content source to feed it with US TV programming.â¦


UC San Francisco Medical School Dean Leaves, Says He Was Fired

David Kessler, dean of the University of California at San Francisco medical school, says he was fired for questioning the school's finances.


More than 90% of 12-year-olds now have a mobile phone, a survey of 1,250 youngsters suggests.


By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 15--Nampa High senior Trevor Morris has verbally committed to play basketball for Weber State next fall.   The 6-foot-9, 220-pound post averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds for the Bulldogs his junior year.


The Pet Shop Boys prepare to unveil their new soundtrack to 1925 film Battleship Potemkin at a free concert.


Bid target Corus sees a sharp rise in third-quarter profits due to strong demand for steel in Europe.