Olmert, in peace move, says ready to free prisoners

SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel is ready to release many jailed Palestinians in return for a soldier seized by militants in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday, saying he was reaching out for peace.


Portable Blaupunkt Speakers Also Plug into Car

Velocity 2Go debuts at CES, offering double duty as portable speakers and a car subwoofer.


A Threat So Big, Academics Try Collaboration

Students and professors from different disciplines are collaborating in the study of the environmental ramifications of production and consumption.


Ukraine's Presidential Election Going Smoothly

In Ukraine, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are facing off in a repeat presidential runoff election that is being monitored by thousands of observers, as well as governments around the world.


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AMD proposes speedier x86 instructions for multimedia

The new instructions could simplify the way that developers code the iterative calculations used to shade graphics, render photos or add spatial effects to audio.


One or two earthquakes a minute occurring at Mount St. Helens

Small earthquakes at the rate of one or two a minute today had seismologists keeping a close watch on Mount St. Helens. Scientists were not sure what was going on beneath


A walkout of meatpacking workers in North Carolina could provide another opening for unions seeking to organize immigrant workers


A woman is sentenced to 12 years in prison for her part in the gang rape of two young sisters.


Cool weather brings relief to smoldering California

Cool, damp weather moved into Southern California from the Pacific Ocean on Friday boosting efforts to beat down stubborn wildfires, while weary families returned to find many homes unscathed but hundreds of others burned to rubble.


Fla. storm guts roads, rooftops, blamed in death

Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of Florida on Sunday, submerging roadways and tearing off rooftops even as the storm weakened and crawled inland with heavy rain in its wake.


British manufacturing output falls for third successive month

LONDON : Britain's manufacturing industries experienced an unexpected drop in output in August, the first time since January 2002 that output has fallen for three months in a row.


Trieste, 16:31 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA; AGOSTINELLI: ALBINOLEFFE SOLO GIORNATA NO

Triestina a Napoli a caccia del riscatto. ''Andremo a Napoli con la rabbia della squadra che ha pers...


Villanova, PA (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France defeated American Venus Williams in three sets Friday to reach the semifinals at the $585,000 Advanta Championships.


UN Forces Rebels from Aristide Home in Haiti

U.N. peacekeepers stormed the home of ex-Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Friday and evicted rebel former soldiers who seized the compound two days ago in defiance of authorities.


A baseball coach accused of offering an 8-year-old money to bean an autistic teammate so he couldn't play was convicted Thursday of two lesser charges against him, and evaded more serious charges.


Izvestia Editor Fired Over Coverage of School Siege

The editor of the respected daily Izvestia was dismissed on Monday after shareholders complained about the newspaper's weekend coverage of the bloody end to the school siege in southern Russia.


Lombardy Firms Plan Cooperation with Bulgaria

Business: 20 October 2004, Wednesday. Italian companies from Lombardy discussed the possible cooperation with Bulgarian firms in the field of communal services at a business forum in Sofia.


N.J. court certifies class-action against Wal-Mart

The New Jersey State Supreme Court on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed by employees who allege the retailer deprived them of rest and meal breaks while forcing them to work "off the clock."


OCTOBER 15, 2004  - Microsoft Corp.'s move to a monthly patch-release cycle one year ago this month has made it easier to install security updates for Windows and other products, IT managers said this week -- even as they were greeted with


Sony's `Resident Evil' Opens at No. 1 With $23.7 Mln

Sony Corp.'s ``Resident Evil: Apocalypse,'' the Screen Gems sequel to the 2002 horror film, opened as the top movie in US and Canadian theaters over the weekend with $23.


The European Commission's cautious recommendation that Turkey begin membership negotiations puts the country a step closer to realizing its dream of joining Europe - but also sets tough conditions that underscore the gaping divide between this mostly poor


Afghanistan. Ostaggi Onu: i rapitori estendono l'ultimatum a ...

Il gruppo di sequestratori che tiene in ostaggio in Afghanistan i tre impiegati dell'Onu ha spostato l'ultimatum di due giorni, da mercoledÃ¬ a venerdÃ¬ prossimo. Lo ha reso noto il portavoce del ministero della difesa.


Bush Campaign Trail Stops at White House

WASHINGTON - Enmeshed in his re-election campaign, President Bush rarely spends a full day at the White House. But even when he does, presidential politics and campaign pitches remain close at hand...


US troops capture al-Zarqawi militants, 9 killed in Baghdad gas ...

The US military said Saturday it has captured two senior terrorists linked to Iraq's most feared Islamic militant group as police uncovered more bodies under the rubble a day after a suicide bomber blew up a gas tanker in an upscale Baghdad


An extract of a fern plant grown in Central America, taken by mouth, protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation damage that can lead to skin cancer, researchers report.


By Chris Miller, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Feb. 5--Southwest head girls basketball coach Bev Marley said sitting her five starters on the bench in the second quarter against Swansboro was not necessarily a punishment, but an evaluation process.


Airports operator BAA said it enjoyed its busiest August last month with 14.2 million passengers using its seven airports, an increase of 3.7% on August last year.


Blacksburg Pastor Seeks to Teach As Well As Preach

By Jared Turner jared.turner@roanoke.com 381-1643  The Rev. Gary Schroeder wasn't sure whether a faith discussion group at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Blacksburg would draw interest in the summer.


In this artist's conception, a plasma station, lower left, applies a magnetized beam of ionized plasma to the sails of a spacecraft bound for Jupiter.


UN: World Population Goals Could Be Missed

Goals set a decade ago to cut world population growth and ensure women's rights could be missed without greater resources and political will, a UN report said on Wednesday.


Roma, 21:57 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, FIGC: UFFICIO INDAGINI ASCOLTERA' MATARRESE

L'ufficio indagini della Figc ascolterà il presidente della Lega Antonio Matarrese in merito ...


Ad Marchionne, lavoreremo per transizione disciplinata


Shaun Wright-Phillips has set his sights on being picked for England's World Cup qualifiers after scoring on a scintillating debut for his country.


Smurfs braced for movie and more females

Envisaged as secondary characters for a single cartoon album, the blue gnomes widely known as the Smurfs will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with a movie deal and an invasion of new female characters.


Procter & Gamble Co. said on Friday it  agreed to acquire razors and batteries maker Gillette Co. for  about $57 billion in stock, creating a dominant consumer  products manufacturer.


Leaks. Lawsuits. Profiteering. What a way to treat such a fine young man like Harry Potter. Despite pleas for silence from author J.K. Rowling and some leading Potter fan sites, publishing's secret of all secrets — whether the wizard lives or dies — is in danger of becoming plain gossip as publication approaches for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."


If there's one thing chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices knows how to do, it's make computer chips. And if there's another thing AMD knows how to do well, it's how to rib rival Intel in the media.


The compromise terrorism detainee bill limits interrogation abuses-and lets Bush set the limits


By Travis Talent, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 1--DAVIDSON COUNTY -- Mother Nature has not been kind to the state so far in 2007.


Cancer Drug Warning Won't Change Its Use

MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Last week's warning that the colorectal cancer drug Avastin has life-threatening side effects seems unlikely to change its application, experts say.


Alcatel-Lucent has loss, scraps dividend

Franco-American telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent on Friday posted a loss of about $3.8 billion for the fourth quarter, said it would scrap its 2007 dividend and predicted a rocky 2008.


The Band Aid 20 single is on course to be the Christmas number one following strong sales this week.


Gurkha warriors of troubled Nepal grateful for British citizenship

Veterans of and aspirants to the Gurkha brigade voiced gratitude at Britain's decision to grant citizenship to the mountain fighters, saying their way of life was under threat due to the turmoil in Nepal.


More cash to come, Vodafone promises investors

Vodafone yesterday announced plans to raise an additional Â£2.5bn a year through cost savings and increasing its market share within the next four years.


Pilot foiled hijacker with passengers' aid

TENERIFE, Canary Islands -- A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots foiled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said yesterday.


New doubts about what killed a New York City police officer who worked in the ruins of the World Trade Center now threaten the yearslong effort to create a treatment program for other ailing Sept. 11 workers.


Palermo, arrestati grazie alle denunce di quattro imprenditoriUsate registrazioni e intercettazioni per incastrarli                                            La cimice nascosta nell'orologio smaschera due esattori del pizzo


Kydland and Prescott Win Nobel Economics Prize

Norwegian-born Finn Kydland and  Edward Prescott of the United States won the 2004 Nobel  economics prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on  Monday.


Impoverished North Korea might resort to selling weapons-grade plutonium to terrorists for much-needed cash, and that would be "disastrous for the world," the top U.S. military commander in South Korea said Friday.


Sales of existing US homes surged unexpectedly in September on low mortgage rates, a trade association group said Monday, adding that activity would have been even brisker had hurricanes not hit the south.


African Union extends mandate of Darfur force

The African Union (AU) agreed to extend the mandate of its peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region for three months until December 31 after receiving promises of financial and logistical support from the United Nations and Arab states.


New Jersey Requires H.I.V. Test in Pregnancy

An H.I.V. test is about to become as routine as an ultrasound for pregnant women in New Jersey.


Si Ã¨ ucciso nel carcere di Viterbo il 31enne accusato di quattro omicidiI corpi erano stati rinvenuto nelle campagne in provincia di Catanzaro                                           Strage di Caraffa, suicida Claudio Tomaino accusato di aver ucciso zii e cugini


In manette anche un figlio del boss, Calogero, che in assenza del padree del fratello che ne condivideva la latitanza era diventato il reggente del mandamento                                          Mafia, 39 arresti nel clan Lo Piccolo Incastrati dai 'pizzini' e dai pentiti


Joe Jonas 'Doing Great' After Minor Spill

The Jonas Brothers' Joe Jonas landed in the emergency room Saturday night after taking a small spill following a show in Atlantic City.  The pop-rock band's lead singer, 18, suffered a small cut when he tripped and hit his forehead on a grate while t...


County Announces 'Comprehensive Rescue Plan' For Troubled Hospital

LOS ANGELES -- County supervisors Monday announced what they called a "comprehensive rescue plan" for King/Drew Medical Center, including phasing out its trauma designation to lighten the load in the emergency department.


Logic, statistics, and self-preservation suggest that you should own dividend-paying stocks.


MANNHEIM, Germany - The lawyer of one of the U.S. Army reservists accused of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Tuesday that military prosecutors have agreed to drop some of their charges after the soldier agreed to plead guilty to the rest...


Economic growth does not always lead to better health or lower child mortality, new research suggests.


WTO Sanctions on US Exports Widens Gap in Congress

Angry over unfair subsidies paid to US companies from tariffs collected on goods imported here, the WTO has widened the gap with Congress by imposing sanctions of their own.


Air China delays Pyongyang route for three months

Air China has postponed Wednesday's opening of a new route to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, until March, citing operational reasons, but denied the decision was linked to politics.


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Lucky in Love? Couples Book 7/7/07 Weddings

It's unclear whether July 7, 2007, will be the luckiest wedding day of the century, but it will certainly be one of the busiest this year.


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Microsoft reportedly in talks to invest in Facebook

Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy up to  5 percent of Facebook in a deal that could value the  fast-growing online social network company at $10 billion or  more, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Kerry Espouses Multitasking in a President

Democrat John Kerry has taken to summarizing the presidential fight with a line that's both a dig at his opponent and an appeal to undecided voters.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas say they are willing to hold talks.


GM Daewoo selected as primary source for Chevrolet vehicles in Europe

GM Daewoo Auto and Technology (GM Daewoo) said it had been selected by General Motors (GM) as the primary source for Chevrolet vehicles to be sold in Europe.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 7 OTT - La nuova naufraga dell'Isola dei Famosi e' Carmen Di Pietro. Sostituira' Paolo Calissano, che ha abbandonato il programma la settimana scorsa. La notizia si apprende dal sito di 'Sorrisi


The UK prime minister arrives in Lebanon, as protesters against his visit gather in the centre of Beirut.


Insurers get movies made, but receive no Oscars

If "The Departed" wins any Academy Awards on Sunday night, Joe Finnegan won't be giving the acceptance speeches.


Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, regained her freedom on Tuesday after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunk-driving case.


The Red Sox appear to be the center of the baseball universe.


Toy Magnet Swallowed? No Problem. Two? Call 911.

Swallowing a magnet the size of a watch battery is unlikely to cause health problems, but swallowing two can be fatal.


Ford Motor Co. expects lower earnings in 2005 because of a drop in profits at its financial services arm, which contributed heavily to 2004 results, but the nation's second-largest automaker predicts robust growth from its automotive businesses. Its shares rose nearly 2 percent.


US banking giant Citigroup offers 1.253 trillion yen to buy Nikko Cordial, Japan's third-largest brokerage.


The Rising Appeal (and Falling Cost) of Term Insurance

As a result of increased competition, the price for term life insurance has dropped by half in a decade.


Notre Dame players to vote on whether to take bowl trip

Notre Dame players will vote on Wednesday whether to play in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix, SportsLine.com has learned. In light of the firing of coach Ty Willingham, the players have yet to determine if they are emotionally ready to play in the Dec.


Bomb at Pakistan Shiite Mosque Kills Four

A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque Sunday in this eastern city killed four people, including two security guards who lost their lives confronting the attacker and preventing a far greater number of deaths.


Viareggio, 19:29 - CALCIO, VIAREGGIO: NELLA FINALE BIS SARA' ASSENTE BALOTELLI

Nella ripetizione della finale del Torneo di Viareggio tra Inter e Empoli, in programma mercoledÃ¬ pr...


Braccio di ferro con Berlusconi, Moratti sullâorlo delle ...

La bocciatura alla Â«riforma epocaleÂ» del fisco Ã¨ arrivata dal ministro Letizia Moratti. Alla signora non Ã¨ proprio piaciuto che tra i tagli previsti per consentire a Berlusconi di farsi la sua campagna


Parigi, 19:27 - PECHINO 2008, LIBERTA' STAMPA: RSF DENUNCIA SITUAZIONE CINA

L'organizzazione francese 'Reporter Senza Frontiere' (RSF) denuncia la situazione della libert&agrav...


Messina, 17:43 - CALCIO, MESSINA; GIORDANO: CRISI DI SFORTUNA E INGENUITA'

Il Messina dopo un grande inizio ha cominciato ad inanellare riasultati negativi, e la piazza inizia...


Sen. John McCain defended his support of a controversial immigration reform bill from criticism by other Republican presidential hopefuls Tuesday night as the GOP contenders held their first debate in New Hampshire.


Clerics should combat militant ideology, Saudi says

Clerics in Saudi Arabia, which is fighting a violent campaign by al Qaeda supporters, must do more to stamp out militant thinking among Saudi youth, the interior minister said in comments aired on Tuesday.


Civil rights protesters converge on Jena

JENA, Louisiana  - Tens of thousands of black Americans descended on a small town in central Louisiana on Thursday to protest what they say is injustice against six black teenagers charged over a high school fight.


Screen veteran Lauren Bacall has balked at suggestions Nicole Kidman is an acting "legend" - preferring instead to dub the Australian beauty a "beginner".


Huge US deficit emphasizes fragile world view of the American ...

International Forecaster Allyn Hunt writes: Bush's re-election in contrast signals a period of increased efforts by Brazil's widely popular President of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina's Nestor Kirchner, Venezuela's vigorously anti-Bush President


Ministers want to change England's "drinking culture" and the view it is acceptable "to drink to get drunk".


Stephanie and Rachel Works were opposites in some ways.


A model of the Starship Enterprise sells for more than Â£300,000 at Christie's in New York.


GSA Head Tells House Panel She Has No Political Agenda

The chief of the General Services Administration told a House oversight panel yesterday that she has sought no "personal or partisan political gain" during her leadership of the government's primary contracting agency.


Iran releases own video of U.S. Gulf incident

Iran released a video on Thursday which it said showed its boats did not threaten U.S. navy vessels in the Gulf, countering Washington's account of the event which President George W. Bush called "a provocative act".


Myanmar anti-junta protests biggest in 20 years

Tens of thousands of people joined Buddhist monks on marches in Myanmar's former capital on Monday in the biggest demonstration against the ruling generals since they crushed student-led protests nearly 20 years ago.


Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group.


The database software said it would buy Hyperion, which makes business analysis software, for $3.3 billion.


A scientific scramble is under way to clarify whether the erosion of the worldâs most vulnerable ice sheets can continue to accelerate.


Suicide bombers kill 25, wound 70, in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Two suicide bombers struck near the heart of the Pakistani military on Tuesday, killing 25 people and wounding 70, many of them Defence Ministry staff on their way to work in the city of Rawalpindi.


Pvt. Odell Sharpe, killed during World War II, is finally coming home. The remains of Sharpe — presumed slain on Christmas Day 1944 when he as only 19 — were recently identified from a skeleton found in a foxhole near the Belgian-German border.


S.C. Candidate Calls Opponent Patronizing

South Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum accused Republican opponent Rep. Jim DeMint of patronizing her by saying she doesn't understand key national issues during a fiery televised debate Sunday.


Former child soldier asks world to act on crimes

Madeleine had nearly finished  primary school when she was forced to join the Mai-Mai militia  group as a soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- she  was 11-years-old.


Several hundred union members marched outside the Labor Department to protest new overtime pay regulations taking effect Monday, with two senators pledging to try to roll them back when Congress returns from recess.


LONDON - As we recover from the battle for the last piece of pumpkin pie over the Thanksgiving holiday, consider the much bigger food fight brewing between the United States and the European Union.


Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone

(InfoWorld) - If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze into mobile phones, think again. Nokia hopes someday to add a new feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting strikes. The Finnish manufacturer has applied for a U.S. patent for a lightning detector system designed for use in mobile phones. The lightning detector could attract all types of mobile phone users, including the elderly and outdoor enthusiasts, who seek useful safety devices. The invention involves the use of radio frequency receivers in mobile phones, such as FM radio and GSM (global system for mobile communications), to detect radio waves emitted by lightning. Typical lightning bolts produce frequencies between 10Hz and 5GHz. A special software program designed by Nokia analyzes the signals, calculates the distance to the lightning and informs users of imminent strikes. Although a Nokia spokeswoman declined to comment on the invention, details are available in the company's patent application.


Billboard magazine has picked Reba McEntire for its first "Woman of the Year" award.


Obesity Surgery Could Cure Diabetes, Researchers Say

Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.


Game over: NHL, its players have accomplished nothing

EDMONTON - This NHL season died from neglect ages ago and on Tuesday it became obvious. Two wrongs make for last rites. The NHL and its players have accomplished nothing through 90 days of this lockout other


Minnesota Republican Mark Kennedy, who is running for governor, currently represents the 6th District in the House. That seat was once held by the father of a famous aviator. Who was that congressman's son?  Chuck Yeager Charles Lindbergh Wilbur Wright Howard Hughes


US planned job cuts eased in October but remained above the 100,000 level for the second month in row, a report said Tuesday. Employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.


"Big Blue" may also earn the nickname "Big Linux Supporter" as IBM continues to embrace open-source efforts to hike its market share and challenge competitors, including Microsoft.  -washingtonpost.com


Microsoft launches desktop rival to Google

The battle for search-technology supremacy extended to new front today when Microsoft launched a tool for finding files stored on personal computers.


Genova, 18:44 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: FERMO SOLO PAROLA

Doppia seduta di allenamento per la Sampdoria. Tutti a disposizione ad eccezione di Parola, che cont...


An increase in smog sparks a small but measurable increase in deaths, scientists report in a study showing the strongest link yet between smog and damage to health.


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SocGen reveals how it was duped in trading scam

French bank Societe Generale defended its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal on Sunday, but admitted its risk systems had failed to detect a 50-billion-euro ($73.3 billion) market bet by a lone trader.


Doctors urge patients not to panic after recall of Vioxx

TRENTON, NJ -- Merck & Co. withdrew best-selling arthritis drug Vioxx on Thursday after a study showed the drug doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.


Forget the scary stories -- retirement planning can be easier than you think.


Israel to lift naval blockade of Lebanon

Israel will lift its naval blockade of Lebanon within 48 hours, having received assurances international forces will have arrived by then to monitor the seas, government spokesman Asaf Shariv said Friday.


'Auto-sex' Slovak pile-up A Slovak driver who ignored a give way sign and crashed into a bus was subsequently extracted from his car unconscious, half naked, and "with a vacuum pump on his penis", Channel 4 reports.â¦


ABC has ordered a pilot  for a half-hour comedy called "Parental Guidance."


Pier 1 to sell credit card unit to Chase

Pier 1 Imports Inc.  said on  Wednesday it agreed to sell its private-label credit card  operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co.  for about $155  million, boosting its shares more than 10 percent.


The Irish government says it will end the tax shelters system, which allows some of the country's richest people not to pay income tax.


Israeli shakes up war's chain of command

Israel has appointed a plain-speaking combat veteran to command the war in Lebanon after a 30-year career mostly focused on fighting Hezbollah guerrillas.


Iran's supreme leader said Sunday the United States would fail to provoke ethnic strife in the Islamic republic after several days of protests over a cartoon that insulted the country's largest minority.


EMI rejects Warner Music's $4.1 billion bid proposal

Britain's EMI Group Plc  has rejected a 2.1-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) cash takeover proposal from Warner Music Group , saying on Friday it was not in the best interests of its shareholders.


CBS won the Sunday ratings  race in viewership, while NBC and Fox tied among the coveted  adults 18-49 demographic in a night of mostly repeats.


Henin and Mauresmo enjoy good Eastbourne start

Justine Henin began the defense of her Eastbourne International title in fine style on Wednesday, beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-1 and looking every inch a grasscourt player.


EU urges China to exert moderation after textile quotas end

The European Union called on China at a summit to rein in its textile exports after international quotas are scrapped next year.


The remains of Czech-born American pianist Rudolf Firkusny are to be laid to rest in a cemetery in the Czech Republic 13 years after his death.


BRASILIA, Brazil - A Brazilian legislator wants to make it illegal to give pets names that are common among people.


Zsa Zsa's husband: I might be baby's dad

The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughter's father.


The lawyer for Luke Mitchell, jailed for murdering his girlfriend, tells the court of appeal he did not get a fair trial.


More intel needed on Pakistan terrorists

The Bush administration isn't satisfied with the quality of information it's getting about terrorist groups operating in Pakistan's volatile tribal area, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.


The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed

Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.


Nigerian 3-year-old abducted in Niger Delta: police

A 3-year-old Nigerian  boy has been kidnapped in the oil-producing Niger Delta in  southern Nigeria, police said on Thursday, four days after a  British girl of the same age was released by her kidnappers.


Jazz great Anita O'Day dies in L.A. at 87

LOS ANGELES  - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.


Polar Bears' Plight Raised In Drill Bids For Oil, Gas

The Interior Department yesterday announced $2.6 billion in winning bids from companies seeking to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea despite protests from environmental groups and members of Congress that oil and gas exploration would endanger polar bears.


Donated clothing headed to American troops

Volunteers had no problem gathering thousands of pounds of clothing for wounded American soldiers recovering in Germany.


Greenspan: Household debt unlikely to be 'destabilizing'

Record consumer debt won't become ''destabilizing" to the US economy so long as there isn't a ''significant fall" in home prices or household incomes, an unlikely prospect, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said.


Doping e traffico di stupefacenti, 134 indagati

Un'operazione condotta dai Nas del Comando carabinieri per la SanitÃ  ha portato all'esecuzione di 35 misure cautelari e interdittive in 21 province e dieci regioni italiane. Le 134 persone indagate (farmacisti


Erasure singer Andy Bell, 40, reveals he was diagnosed with HIV in 1998 on a trip to Majorca.


Murder charge after foetus is cut from mother-to-be

A woman accused of killing a mother-to-be and slicing the baby from her womb will face charges of kidnapping and murder in court this morning.


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Jan. 24-30. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.


Despite rising oil prices, US stocks this week had their biggest rally since October, as investors reacted to some positive economic indicators, the easing of tensions in Iraq and


Boston University women's basketball coach Kelly Greenberg admitted that practices haven't been easy lately with only eight healthy players. One is out with mononucleosis, another suffered a concussion during a game last week, and another is out for the season after ankle surgery.


Yahoo Deal Is Big, but Is It the Next Big Thing?

In Silicon Valley, buying rather than building from the bottom up is seen as counter to the reinvention culture.


Government plans to ban smoking in the majority of enclosed public spaces in England, ranging from offices to restaurants, within four years were labelled a "bodge" yesterday.


Data retention laws do not cover Google searches

Directive does not apply to search engines Google is not bound by the Data Retention Directive when it comes to search engine logs, Europe's data protection committee has said. Google has used the Directive to justify keeping data, but OUT-LAW has learned that the law does not apply.â¦


The party of Benazir Bhutto will meet to discuss her successor and whether to contest Pakistan's election.


Attacks linked to warlord Shamil Basayev

Sept. 1, 2004: About 30 gunmen seize a school in the southern town of Beslan, and at least 338 hostages die in explosions and gunfire that end the standoff two days later.


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Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) mobile  phone division, T-Mobile, said on Wednesday it won a deal to  sell Apple's  iPhone and said the price would be 399  euros ($558), as reported last week by Reuters.


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Microsoft sues Immersion for contract breach

Blog: The software maker says that the force-feedback technology company is not living up to terms of a 2003 legal settlement


The last emperor of Austria, Karl I, will be beatified by Pope John Paul today amid fierce political and religious argument over how saintly he really was.


The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates on hold following the latest meeting of the its Monetary Policy Committee.


ElBaradei Urges Iran to Suspend Enrichment Activities

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog,  Mohamed ElBaradei, said Thursday he hoped Iran would fully  suspend its uranium enrichment-related activities and that his  agency was working with it to do so.


One of Vietnam's best-known dissidents, Hoang Minh Chinh, dies at the age of 85 after a long illness.


ARC International Named Among UK's ``Fast 50'' Growth Companies in Annual Deloitte Rankings

ARC International (LSE:ARK) today announced that it has been recognized in Deloitte's annual Technology Fast 50 Awards rankings as one of the United Kingdom's fastest growing high-technology companies.


China's central bank raised official borrowing costs for the first time in nine years Thursday night, a step aimed at slowing breakneck economic growth and inflation


Sydney, 10:00 - Tennis, Sydney: vittoria finale di Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt ha vinto per la seconda volta consecutiva il torneo Atp di Sydney (cemento, monteprem...


Businesses are urged to try out a temporary smoking ban ahead of Wales' official ban in April.


Neo-Nazis and communists on the rise in Germany

The dramatic surge in support for a neo-Nazi party and reformed communists in weekend state polls marks a voter drift to the extreme political fringes, an ominous trend just two weeks


Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 26 NOV - Record per il Grande Fratello 5 che si avvia alla finale: la puntata di ieri su Canale 5 e' stata seguita da piu' di 7 milioni di spettatori. Lo share e' stato del 31,39%, secondo miglior risultato del Gf5.


The seven deadly sins of corporate dysfunctionality

A significant percentage of executives and their boards are dysfunctional. If you knew what really goes on out there, the countless ways you can get screwed, you'd need Ambien just to sleep at night.


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The Chinese government has rejected a call by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian for peace talks and warned against moves towards formal independence.


Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister.


Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet militant factions in a bid to shore up a truce with Israel.


'Secure cloud' on the horizon for Microsoft

Microsoft plans to release in December new software designed to secure instant messaging and other communications within big companies.


Mibtel a +0,03%, SP/Mib a +0,02%, All Stars a +0,18%


A hoard of false legs found stashed under the floorboards of a retired taxi driver's home is helping earthquake victims in Pakistan.


EYE ON POLITICS: In the battle over medals, a crucial question is ...

Every presidential campaign sets a new standard for something. We have one this year, besides the amount of money being spent: A Purple Heart doesn't count unless the candidate was hurt really bad.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina, where he was hoping to take on Mike Huckabee and John McCain, and from Florida, where Rudy Giuliani has been spending time and money.


Rollable screen helps tired cellphone eyes

InfoWorld - If you're one of those wireless users who like small handsets but detest small displays, you'll like this: a cellular device with a rollable display.


Brodeur moves up shutout list in helping Devils tame Flyers

Martin Brodeur registered his 84th career shutout to join Glenn Hall in third place on the all-time list, helping the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in East Rutherford on Friday.


Toys 'R' Us played the Grinch by firing an estimated hundreds of employees over the holiday in a desperate cost-cutting move at the embattled toy store, a newspaper report said Monday.


Trevor Baylis, the veteran inventor famous for creating the Freeplay clockwork radio, is planning to float his company on the stock market.


Nuovo governo dovra' accettare principi fissati da Quartetto


President Bush, facing criticism he has ignored Latin America, has approved new initiatives to offer better health care, expand education, spur small businesses and increase home ownership in the region.


A "potentially viable explosive device" is made safe after a suspicious vehicle is found in central London.


Italian Hostages Released in Iraq-Jazeera TV

Two Italian women aid workers held  hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the  Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television  said on Tuesday.


Wisconsin wins again at home with defense

The Big Ten's best defense handled the Southeastern Conference's best offense, and the site of the game had a lot to do with it.


A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis

The struggles of a venerable Atlanta charity hospital mirror those of other public hospitals across the nation.


Benchmarks for Native IPsec in the 2.6 Kernel

The new native IPsec implementation for 2.6.x kernels greatly improves the security of Linux systems.


S.E.C. Warns Amex Leaders It May File Civil Charges

The S.E.C. notified the top three executives of the American Stock Exchange that they may face civil charges of failing to properly enforce the exchange's rules.


Dozens of aftershocks shook northern Japan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 17 people and injured nearly 1,000 as houses collapsed and landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds.


Insurers, travel firms drop after tsunami

Shares in major European insurance and travel companies dropped on Monday after tsunami waves killed more than 15,000 in Asia over the weekend, adding to what was already a record year of losses for insurers.


Bush Imposes More Sanctions Against Myanmar

The new sanctions target eleven additional members of the military-run government responsible for a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.


Michael Kimsal's Blog: Grails for PHP Developers Part 5

Michael Kimsal points out the posting of the latest part of his "Grails for PHP developers" series to his blog site - Part Five of the series.   I've put up the latest installment in my "Grails for PHP developers".  Rather than delve too much more in to Grails head on, I'm taking this installment (and at least the next one) to delve more in to the Groovy language itself.  Groovy offers similarities to PHP, but also many differences which can trip you up if you're not careful.  I'll try to lay those out as best I can in the next couple of installments.   This new part of the series goes back and puts the spotlight on GRoovy, the base of the Groovy/Grails combo. He talks about working with variables and arrays as containers for multiple pieces of data and some possible gotchas that could come up along the way.


Wal-Mart to source more IT activities from India

Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Wednesday it would increase technology activities in India, as it seeks to expand its remote sourcing model.


Medical researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could lead to new treatments for diabetes.


World AIDS Day: Sexual abstinence, condom debates flare anew

Two ethical controversies flared into life on World AIDS Day as the United States and South Africa backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programs to fight AIDS and British leader Tony Blair lashed at religious bans on condoms.


Iraq's Allawi Gives Go-Ahead for Falluja Offensive

Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  publicly authorized U.S. and Iraqi forces to attack rebels in  the cities of Falluja and Ramadi, and imposed a curfew that  would begin after dusk on Monday.


Volatile crude oil prices kept stocks under pressure today, leaving the major US indexes with a slight loss. Questions over economic growth and the upcoming election weakened the US dollar and contributed to investorsâ uncertainty.


In Many Venues, Economy Will Take Center Stage

Political wisdom this week runs smack into economic reality. It is not yet clear which force will prove more powerful.


The European Court of First Instance has set a date of September 17 to rule on Microsoft's appeal of a 2004 antitrust verdict that forced it to pay over $600 million in fines and make changes to its Windows operating systems. Microsoft has maintained it did nothing anti-competitive.


HARTFORD (Bloomberg News) Â Defense lawyers rested their case at the fraud trial of General Reinsurance executives accused of helping the American International Group mislead investors, without jurors hearing from the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett.


US Steel could feel pressure to buy or merge

Former US Steel Chief Executive Officer and current Chairman Thomas Usher has led the charge for consolidation in the US steel industry.


On your marks. Get set. Sell Gaming megapublisher Electronic Arts officially predicts that Nintendo's Wii will be the highest selling gaming console in North America and Europe.â¦


By Jenny Dolan, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jan. 31--Tom Walter of La Crosse knows others like him are out there -- he sees strangers wearing AmeriCorps sweatshirts.   Walter, who spent two years working for YES AmeriCorps in La Crosse, wants to meet other alumni.


Strencom invests â¬3m in second data centre

'Mirror site' boosts hosting capability Cork-based internet hosting and security firm Strencom has opened a new â¬3m data centre in the city.â¦


Heath Ledger 'refused help for heroin abuse'

A Us Weekly's report said that Williams drove Ledger to Promises, the Malibu rehab facility frequented by celebrities, in March 2006, because he was abusing heroin, cocaine, "a variety of pills," and alcohol. But Ledger refused to check in, and vowed, instead, to clean up on his own.


Pitfalls and promise seen in China's Africa embrace

China's aggressive courtship of  Africa can benefit that poor continent, but shady Chinese  businessmen and no-questions-asked aid policies could backfire,  on Beijing, U.S. and African experts said on Thursday.


Australia scored three tries and shut out a toothless Welsh team to win their rugby union international 31-0 here on Saturday.


Yahoo, Current TV unveil new video service

Internet media company Yahoo Inc. and   Current TV, a television channel founded by former U.S. Vice   President Al Gore, said on Wednesday they had teamed up on a   Web video service aimed at young adults.


Ichiro Suzuki stood slightly askew from first base, his batting helmet in hand as he tipped it toward a crowd in the swallows of an October din generally reserved at Safeco Field for pennant races.


The European Union's foreign policy chief holds talks with Syrian leaders, ending a two-year boycott.


Online Reviews of Hotels and Restaurants Flourish

Many of the reader-generated reviews of travel services on the Web are taking an ever-growing piece of the market from print guides.


Yukos makes plea to US court in bid to avoid sale

By Andrew Osborn in Moscow and Katherine Griffiths in New York. Yukos emitted what appeared to be its final death rattle yesterday, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States just four days before


Rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns before leaving the game with a rib injury in the third quarter. He was replaced with the Steelers leading 17-7


Congress Approves Wilderness for White Pine County, Nevada ; More Than One Million Acres of Wilderness Protected By This Congress

To: National Desk  Contact: Brian Geiger of Campaign for America's Wilderness, 202- 266-0436  WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The 109th Congress early this morning passed its sixth bill to protect wild public lands under the National Wilderness Preservation System.


Yeltsin sounds alarm on 'rollback of rights'

MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-Soviet leader, issued a veiled warning Thursday that President Vladimir Putin's decision to seize sweeping new powers after the Beslan hostage crisis could erode democratic freedoms.


Cairn Energy raises $822 million ahead of India flotation

British oil explorer Cairn Energy has raised 37 billion rupees (822.47 million dollars) in private placings of shares in its Cairn India unit ahead of its flotation, with Malaysia's Petronas buying a 10 percent stake.


Five killed when medical chopper crashes outside San Diego

(San Diego, California-NBC) Oct. 25, 2004 - A plane crash near the Mexican border Sunday claimed the lives of five people. A medical air ambulance on its way to Albuquerque crashed in the mountainous region


Loews to buy gas assets from Dominion for $4 bln

Loews Corp. , a conglomerate,  said on Monday it agreed to buy natural gas exploration and  production assets in three states from Dominion Resources Inc.   for $4.025 billion in cash to diversify its revenue  stream.


DVD copies of the movie âRambo,â starring and directed by Sylvester Stallone, below, are much in demand in Myanmar but very had to find, Agence France-Presse reported. That is because the police there have banned the film, in which Mr. Stallone portrays a Vietnam War veteran battling soldiers of the military junta that rules the country. âPolice have warned me I could go to jail for up to seven years if I sell the latest Rambo film,â said a DVD vendor who declined to be identified. Another seller said that at least 20 customers asked for it every day. One democracy advocate, who declined to say how he obtained a copy, said, âI watched the movie at home with my family and gave it to my friends because I wanted them to see it.â.


Saab AB reported a gain in its third-quarter profit on Friday as contracts for its military and aviation equipment remained steady during the quarter.


Europeans are far more likely than Americans to have text-message ads sent to their cellphones, but Americans  are far more receptive to them.


Dollar Shrugs Off Overvalued U.S. Housing

The dollar so far has brushed off  signs the U.S. property market could be overheating as house  prices keep rising quickly and consumer demand stays robust.


3M says court upholds patent ruling vs Avery

Diversified manufacturer 3M Co. MMM.N   on Wednesday said a federal court affirmed a favorable jury   verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit against Avery Dennison   Corp. AVY.N involving pressure-activated adhesives for large   commercial graphics.


CHICAGO -- Walking regularly at age 70 and beyond can help keep the mind sharp and ward off Alzheimer's disease, according to research suggesting that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain.


Colombia Arrests Cocaine Kingpin Wanted by FBI

BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 10 -- A reputed cocaine kingpin who is among the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives was captured Monday in an army operation that is being hailed by government officials as a major blow against drug trafficking in this Andean country.


AMERICA/BRASILE - V Conferenza Generale di Aparecida - La lettura di un Messaggio ai popoli latinoamericani ed una Eucaristia di ringraziamento concludono 20 giorni di intensa riflessione Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Con la lettura di un Messaggio ai popoli latinoamericani ed una solenne Eucaristia di rendimento di grazie per i frutti di questa Assemblea, si conclude oggi, 31 maggio, la V conferenza Generale dell'Episcopato Latinoameri...


Just How Valuable Are Those Series Tickets?

Not to say people are asking a lot for their World Series tickets, but here's a personal ad the Boston Herald uncovered at craigslist.


Rogge praises London's progress and logo

London 2012 chiefs have been given a timely boost by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge as a three day inspection of the city's progress concludes.


The US Secretary of State say Venezuela's decision to close an opposition TV station is "undemocratic".


Ontari is meant for all sections of audience, despite being an action film.


NASA Official Sees Role in Space for Private Companies

The head of the US space agency, NASA, says private enterprise will play an important role in space in the future. While visiting California, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe watched the launch of the privately


Taking a leaf from Linux's book, Sun Microsystems will later today make its newly developed Solaris 10 operating system available for free, charging customers only for support.


Greece hostage-takers threaten to blow up bus

ATHENS: Gunmen holding six people hostage in a bus near Athens threatened to blow up the vehicle on Thursday morning unless their demands for a ransom and safe conduct out of the country were met.


The largest polar research programme for half a century, lasting two years,  is launched on Thursday.


March Draws Hundreds of Thousands to NY Streets

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators carrying colorful banners and shouting "no more Bush" took to the streets of New York on Sunday, the day before the Republican convention was to open, to decry the U.S.-led war in Iraq and President Bush's policies.


Il punto tracciato dalla Protezione Civile

ROMA - Continuano le operazioni di soccorso condotte dalla Protezione civile nel sud-est asiatico, malgrado le enormi difficoltÃ  di comunicazione e di trasporto. E' lo stesso Guido Bertolaso, capo dipartimento


A new film reviving the cult 1990s TV series The X Files is on the horizon, actor David Duchovny says.


Storage vendors debut new appliances, software

IBM is rolling out a midrange tape library with encryption capabilities, while Sepaton is introducing virtual tape library appliances and refreshing its product line with appliances that support higher capacity and performance.


Galway court invokes Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act Netizens have reacted with a mixture of horror and disbelief to a story which recently appeared on Galway First entitled "Lonely man brought donkey to hotel room, court told".â¦


WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2004 -- The Senate confirmed US Rep. Porter Goss to head the CIA on Sept. 23. Goss, 65, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a former Army intelligence officer, was confirmed by a vote 77-17.


Cox contends Astros bought time with phone antics

Confusion at a critical moment over a malfunction to the phone system in the Astros' bullpen caused the Braves to play Game 2 of the Division Series under protest.


San Francisco's Matt Cain pitched seven strong innings and hit a home run to lead the Giants past the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Thursday.


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Hillary Rodham Clinton is challenging claims by Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama that he stands against special interests.


Two U.S. soldiers, one marine killed in Iraq

Two U.S. soldiers and one marine died on Tuesday from wounds suffered in combat in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.


Election 2008: McCain Crushes Kerry and Clark

Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain (R) crushes both Massachusetts Senator John Kerry (D) and General Wesley Clark (D) in hypothetical Election 2008 Presidential match-ups.


Afghan, foreign troops launch bid to rescue Koreans

Afghan and international forces have launched an operation to rescue 23 South Koreans taken hostage by Taliban insurgents south of the capital Kabul, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.


What to do with Main Street in Salt Lake City between the malls:  First, relocate the TRAX to West Temple where it belongs. The Main Street merchants resisted its present location but lost to the nonvisionaries.


The turbulent relationship between the press and the British royal family continues. A royal spokesperson on Saturday said that Prince Harry will not apologise to a paparazzi photographer with whom he had


Adobe announced Monday that Adobe Flash Lite 3, scheduled for release in the first half of 2007, will include the capability to watch videos, bringing all the features of Adobe Flash Player to mobile devices equipped with the software.


Coke Settles Pepsi Inspired Fight with Europe

The EU reached a settlement today of its long-running antitrust case against Coca-Cola under which the worldâs biggest soft drinks company agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the market in Europe.


Tokyo stocks sagged and the dollar  rose on Friday after Japanese economic growth was revised  lower, not higher as expected, while a global rally in  technology shares gathered pace in Asia, led by Samsung  Electronics.


After Rani and Preity guess who is going to be on the hot seat with Shah Rukh? Yes itÂs none other than our very own Munnabhai!


Prodi fights for survival in confidence votes

Italy's centre-left government struggled to stay afloat on Wednesday and even the president appeared to doubt that Prime Minister Romano Prodi, weakened by defections, could survive a confidence vote in the Senate.


Sony, Matsushita to launch Blu-ray disc camcorders in 2005

TOKYO - Proponents of the Blu-ray disc standard for next-generation DVD players plan to release camcorders that will record on smaller versions of the discs as early as 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Thursday.


TechWeb - Apple Computer Inc. has released a patch for 15 Mac OS X flaws, many of them originating from the operating system's open-source components.


Mickelson benched after horrible showing

In the wake of the most humiliating opening day in American Ryder Cup history, US captain Hal Sutton figures his team needs something to stir it from the doldrums of a 6 1/2-to-1 1/2 deficit.


No-frills airline easyJet has said it expected pre-tax profit to rocket by 40-50 percent in the current financial year, as the group unveiled soaring first-quarter revenues.


UN chief Ban Ki-moon heads to the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Wednesday, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.


Top seed Andre Agassi of the United States overcame Spanish eight seed Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 6-2 in the Stockholm Open quarter-finals on Friday.


The scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep has applied for a licence to clone human embryos in the hope of using stem cells extracted from them to unravel the mysteries of motor neurone disease.


Lecce, Italy (Sports Network) - Alessandro Del Piero led Juventus to a 1-0 victory in the rain over Lecce Sunday. The win allowed Juve to maintain a six point cushion on top of the table.


After 38 Years, Valenti Prepares To Move On

Jack Valenti took a break from cleaning out his office the other day to expound on a subject he knows well: the art of persuasion. Over minestrone soup and hummus at his usual table at the restaurant in the Hay Adams Hotel, Valenti, the 82-year-old dean of Washington lobbyists, reflected on how Washington has changed and how lobbyists should operate here.


Civil rights protesters converge on Jena

JENA, Louisiana  - Tens of thousands of black Americans descended on a small town in central Louisiana on Thursday to protest what they say is injustice against six black teen-agers charged over a high school fight.


Strada ancora lunga ma c'e' ripresa di un cammino comune


Rice in Baghdad applauds military crackdown

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday, arriving as American and Iraqi troops make early gains in a new crackdown against militants in the Iraqi capital.


Blocchi stradali e disagi in Liguria, Marche e Abruzzo


Ex-Liberian President on Trial for War Crimes

The prosecutor in the war-crimes trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor discusses the tribunal's message and the challenges that lie ahead.


Russia says Politkovskaya murder ordered from abroad

Russian prosecutors said on Monday they had detained 10 suspects in the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, but that the killing was masterminded from abroad by anti-Kremlin forces trying to discredit Russia.


American bag maker Coach edging out European big names in Japan

TOKYO  - Walking down a street in Tokyo, it doesn't take long to spot women clutching Coach bags. Coach, the New York-based maker of fine leather goods, is succeeding where other U.S. companies have struggled, winning over finicky Japanese customers who have long preferred European and homegrown brands.


Ex-aide to Rove resigns amid U.S. attorney flap

The former White House aide whose appointment to a U.S. attorney's post helped fuel the furor over the forced resignations of eight federal prosecutors will resign Friday, according to a news release.


A photographer was taking snaps of skater Tatiana Totmianina Monday when her coach remarked, "Smile for the camera.''.


Aloha Airlines Parent Files For Protection

HONOLULU -- The parent company of Aloha Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, joining four other U.S. air carriers seeking to restructure under court protection.


Corporations and government contractors have been lubricating their relationships with the region's state officials all week in New York.


Spetta ai rispettivi governi fermare le armi nel Kurdistan


Golf: Todd Hamilton Leads American Express Tournament

American golfer Todd Hamilton leads six other players by one stroke after the first round of the World Golf Championships American Express tournament in Ireland.


Ex-President Moi's former strongman Nicholas Biwott is registered as leader of Kenya's once all-powerful ruling party.


Nigerian Senate orders Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollar compensation

The Nigerian Senate has ordered Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollars (1.2 billion euros) compensation for damages caused by nearly 60 years of exploration in the Niger Delta, a Senate document said.


US-CERT is warning that the al-Qaeda terrorist organization has called on allies to attack the Web sites of U.S. financial institutions in December.


Bomb kills 11 in Baghdad's Sadr City: hospital

A bomb killed 11 people and wounded 23 others in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood on Wednesday, hospital sources said.


Ukraine-EU scheduled joint session for custom matters, transborder...

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Former venture capitalist Mitt Romney asserted Friday he is better equipped than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination Â who all have more government experience Â because "the only way to get America on track economically is to have a president who actually understands how the economy works."


NTSB Urges Better Runway Warning Systems

Three recent close calls involving commercial aircraft illustrate the need for systems that can quickly warn pilots about dangers on runways, federal safety officials said Tuesday.


KETTERING, Ohio Oct. 12, 2004 - Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Justin Smith pleaded not guilty to a driving under the influence charge.


Iraq's interim government has resumed talks to pacify the western town of Falluja and avert a military assault on the rebel stronghold that has faced heavy US bombardment in recent days.


Thunderstorms in Mexico kill 7 stressed kangaroos

Violent thunderstorms have driven seven distressed kangaroos to death at a Mexican zoo, say veterinarians who are now pampering the remaining three mothers and their babies.


At least 13 killed in day of Kenya protests

At least 13 people were killed in Kenya on Friday when police opened fire in a Nairobi slum and ethnic groups clashed during protests against the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.


Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says "all communication links" are being used to find out who is holding Margaret Hassan.


First Phase of Jackson Jury Selection Ends Quickly

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in Michael  Jackson's child molestation trial abruptly ended the first  phase of jury selection on Tuesday -- a day ahead of schedule  -- after quickly finding a pool of about 250 people willing to  serve on the case.


IN THE EARLY DAYS of credit cards, lenders didn't market to deadbeats with a history of paying their bills late or missing payments. But as late fees and interest charges became a prime source of revenue, credit card issuers no longer put a priority on being paid back - at least not quickly.


Amazon to Buy Audiobook Seller for $300 Million

Amazon.com, which has been rapidly adding digital downloads to its vast Web store, will bolster those offerings with Audible, the largest online seller of audiobooks.


Snowmobile ticketed for illegal parking - in June

Swedish mechanic Krister Nylander says there's no way he was riding his snowmobile in June - in Britain no less.


Police hunt for a Hull woman who vanished after exchanging Valentine's Day cards with her boyfriend.


US Airways to seek injunction barring unions from striking

US Airways Group Inc. will seek a court injunction to prohibit a strike by disaffected unions that have threatened a walkout if a bankruptcy judge grants the airline's request to cancel their labor contracts.


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Salton Inc. , a maker of household appliances with brands such as Westinghouse and George Foreman, on Wednesday reported wider quarterly losses, hurt by hefty restructuring charges.


Attention all men: using a laptop may, ahem, heat your testicles ...

Thousands of men across the country will be crossing their legs and groaning in despair today when they learn that their trusted friend, the laptop computer, has become the latest threat to their manhood.


After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation web services on the net -- and the most useless -- we've compiled this list of the best and worst. What's Web 2.0's killer app? And which app simply kills our will to live? By Michael Calore.


Builder.com.au: Get the correct time by converting between time zones with PHP and PEAR

On the Builder.com.au website today, there's a quick new tutorial on grabbing the correct time for a user's "home" rather than the server's time.   PHP comes with an extensive catalog of date and time functions, all designed to let you easily retrieve temporal information, massage it into a format you require, and either use it in a calculation or display it to the user. However, if you'd like to do something more complicated, things get much, much hairier   To make things easier, they enlist the service of the PEAR Date package to help bridge the gap between the time zones faster. They give some of the basics of using the package before actually getting into the time zone conversion. The code is pretty straight-forward and they even include other simple tips like how to calculate the GMT offset and how to add and subtract timespans.


Milano, 17:00 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: TRAGEDIA PER FAMIGLIE E PER NOI

''Non ci sono aggettivi per definire una tragedia del genere: sono ancora commosso''. Lo ha detto il...


U.S. reality TV star Nicole Richie was charged on Friday with driving under the influence, stemming from her arrest in December when police said she was driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway.


World faces population explosion in poor nations

The world is heading for wildly uneven population swings in the next 45 years, with many rich countries "downsizing" during a period in which almost all developing nations will grow at breakneck speed, according to a comprehensive report by leading US ...


A close House ally of Speaker Dennis Hastert called Wednesday for temporary suspension of the congressional page program amid the uproar over former Rep. Mark Foley's Internet exchanges with former teenage pages and Hastert's handling of the problem.


Israel fights Fatah militants in West Bank city

NABLUS, West Bank  - An Israeli raid into a West Bank city dominated by Fatah gunmen drew accusations from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that Israel was trying to undermine his new government shorn of Hamas Islamists.


As expected, the Yankees bumped first baseman Jason Giambi off the playoff roster yesterday to save a place for tired-armed righthander Orlando Hernandez , who manager Joe Torre said will get "every opportunity to be in the mix."


Coming Soon: Your Local Earthquake Forecasts?

Within a decade computer models may be able to forecast some types of earthquakes with accuracy similar to that of current forecasts for hurricanes, scientists say.


Messaggio a presidente libanese per uccisione Hariri


Fishing: Shy Salmon Can't Spoil the Joy of Six ; FISHING LINES

By Keith Elliott  You need to rise early to nab a prime spot on 66 Pool, the best free fishing on New Brunswick's prolific Miramichi river. Scared that I'd oversleep, I stumbled out of bed at 5am - and enjoyed the sweet soul music of five men snoring.


Stanley Cup champs Carolina suffer opening loss to Sabres

RALEIGH, North Carolina  -- Carolina's Stanley Cup banner-raising night ended on a flat note on Wednesday as Daniel Briere's shootout goal gave the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes.


High Court's session promises more drama

The Supreme Court session starting tomorrow features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term.


Gadget boom masks mobile industry's margin gloom at Cannes phone show

CANNES, France  - In the French Riviera town of Cannes, the mobile industry is weighing a tough challenge as it struggles to maintain profitability: how to sell more expensive, sophisticated phones - while making them simpler.


Architecture Review: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, Encased in Glass

Wrapped in a luxurious skin of colorful cast-glass panels, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision is Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk's most gorgeous work to date.


Ohio Man Sets Record for Most Pennies Collected

A 78-year old man from Ohio has set a new national record for the most pennies collected, weighing in at 3.5 tons, he cashed in a total of 1,048,013 pennies, or $10,480.13.


EU officials fail to agree on a list of countries from where asylum applications will be presumed to be unfounded.


Sears-Kmart Deal Highlights Future Retail Trend

The planned acquisition of Sears, Roebuck and Co. by Kmart Holding Corp. highlights a changing retail environment that could soon eliminate the department store as we know it, analysts and consultants said on Friday.


NEW YORK - Sometimes referred to as Silicon Alley, owing to its purported small size, New York's high technology sector has seldom been seen as a major player.


San Marino, 23:08 - CALCIO, EURO 2008: SAN MARINO-REPUBBLICA CECA 0-3

La repubblica Ceca ha battuto San Marino 3-0 (1-0) in una partita di qualificazione a Euro 2008 (gru...


Former Indonesian dictator Suharto moved his hands and spoke in a whisper Sunday in what doctors called a "miraculous" recovery from a potentially fatal blood infection


Rarely has a national security issue of major importance become a subject of distortion and spin like the debate over the intelligence reform bill on Capitol Hill - the outcome of which will determine how US intelligence agencies and our military


Congress Sends Bush Tax Cut Bill, Victory

WASHINGTON - Legislation extending three popular middle-class tax cuts for the rest of the decade sailed through Congress by lopsided votes in both the House and Senate, giving President Bush a major legislative victory on his signature economic issue, tax relief.    Many Democrats complained during debate Thursday that the majority Republicans who control Congress should have offset the lost revenue to keep the nation's soaring deficits from getting worse...


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AMERICA/COLOMBIA - ÂVescovi e religiosi, uniti come Chiesa, hanno un impegno ineludibile: essere testimoni della misericordia di Dio": Messaggio finale dei Vescovi alla fine dellÂAssemblea Plenaria BogotÃ  (Agenzia Fides) - ÂRingraziamo Dio per il dono dato alla sua Chiesa in America Latina ed in maniera particolare alla Colombia, per una presenza viva e centenaria della Vita Religiosa" si legge nel Messaggio pubblicato dai Vescovi della Colombi...


China's Muslims look to Middle East as ties grow

Hai dreams of learning Arabic and hopes one day to study in the Middle East.


News.com Extra: Judge sides with RIAA: File-sharing leads to infringement

Plus: Five steps to great Web 2.0 apps. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Starbucks first Brazil store to open in November

Starbucks will open its  first store in Brazil in November and also has plans to open in  Central America, a senior official said on Monday.


Economists Say Movie Violence Might Temper the Real Thing

A new study challenges conventional wisdom,  suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.


A foreigner was shot dead in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Wednesday, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel reported. The Saudi-owned channel identified the man as British, who


Premier, alternative al blitz erano peggiori


Chelsea are named among the Champions League's top seeds along with Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.


L.A. coroner probes Christian Brando's death

The Los Angeles County coroner has  opened an investigation into the death of Hollywood legend  Marlon Brando's eldest son, acting at the request of his  family, a spokesman for the medical examiner said on Tuesday.


No new PDAs likely - Colligan Palm reported revenue of $355.8m for the quarter ending 1 September, with a slim net income of $16.5m. Measured on a non-GAAP basis, the profit was $21.5m.â¦


Don't fear terrorists or a pipeline rupture, the CEO of a large oil company insurer tells big energy producers. Rather beware of the guy making biodiesel in his garage. In Autopia.


Skype Asks FCC to Force Open Mobile Networks

Petitions federal agency to open up the mobile phone industry to "unlocked" devices and third-party applications--such as Skype.


Prima del tour, proporra' i nuovi brani in alcune serate


U.S. Muslims face isolation, radical threat: study

Muslim Americans must meld into U.S. society before suspicion and mistrust lingering since the attacks on New York and Washington isolates them and sparks radicalism in their ranks, a study said on Tuesday.


One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That's one way of looking at Monday's historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.


17 Substances Added to Cancer Agents List

The government is adding viruses for the first time to its list of known or suspected causes of cancer, including hepatitis B and C and a third virus that causes sexually transmitted diseases. Lead, X-rays and compounds in grilled meats also are joining the list.


Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.


Crematory operator guilty of dumping 334 bodies

A former crematory operator pleaded guilty yesterday to dumping more than 330 corpses on his property and giving the relatives of the dead cement dust instead of ashes.


Asian stocks rise on relief over U.S. outlook

Stocks in Asia rose 3 percent on Friday as a U.S. tax stimulus package, reassuring jobs data and the prospect of another Federal Reserve rate cut eased fears the world's top economy will slide into recession.


Paulson and Gutierrez urge permanent Internet tax ban

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and  Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday urged the  Senate to make permanent the moratorium on taxes for Internet  access and electronic commerce.


Alec Petro of Duxbury has challenged his body to perform under the most strenuous conditions. From triathlons to a 24-hour bike ride, Petro could be considered fearless. But nothing compares to what he and three teammates recently accomplished.


Jannacci, Piotta, Rossana Casale, Cammariere, Roy Paci & Aretuska, Paolo Fresu, Bugo, DonÃ , Ludovico Einaudi e altri: il meglio dei concerti in esclusiva da 'suonare' online


Hewitt Relishes Heat, Faces Qualifier in Final

Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt lost a  set for the first time this week before overpowering Max Mirnyi  of Belarus 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of the Sydney  International on Friday.


Egypt has agreed to host a funeral in Cairo for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who is in a Paris hospital where he suffered a brain hemorrhage, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said.


Servizi di sicurezza nigeriani, e' sotto la nostra custodia


Maryland Is a Bit Off, But Still Wins in Rout

No. 19 Maryland is a potent offensive team this season, one with several players who are capable scoring threats. But occasionally, even the best shooters fail to get their shots to fall.


Berlusconi, Prodi Do Battle Over Italy Policy, Economy

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his arch-political foe Romano Prodi crossed swords on Saturday, taking stabs at each other from rival rallies that offered Italians their visions of the future.


The Web is filling up with rumors about an alliance between search giant and browser maker Firefox. LONDON  - The Firefox browser is looking for allies in its quest to challenge Microsoft's dominant


Film fans by the hundreds waited under cold, dreary skies for glimpses of stars about to cross the red carpet for the 79th annual Oscars on Sunday, carefully watched by a phalanx of policemen.


The people that brought us the makeover hit show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is working on a spin-off for females. The series, called "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl," will have not a fab five but a fab four, one of which is a girl - former model...


Market liquidity returning: Treasury's Ryan

U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary Anthony Ryan said on Monday there were signs that market liquidity was starting to return but it won't happen overnight and requires greater investor caution in future.


Hungary has banned the sale of its signature spice, paprika. The Health Ministry announced the ban today and says it's necessary because a moldy toxin was found in spice sold by three of the largest companies.


With Mitt Romney out of the Republican nomination race, John McCain goes all out to stress his conservative credentials and win support from his party's right flank


I find it a right thing to do for the people to be informed about what is going on and what is not.


Police in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir were granted extraordinary powers Thursday to search for the bomber or bombers who killed 10 people, security officials said.


Plans to charge "gas-guzzling" vehicles higher parking fees in one London borough are approved.


Former EADS chief denies having insider data on Airbus delays

A former top manager in the Airbus aircraft group rejected on Wednesday renewed suggestions that he made a fortune illegally by selling shares, knowing that the company was in deep trouble.


One day after the big unveiling, the Cruise-Holmes kid gets a lesson in celebrity babyhood: one magazine cover will not stop the madness


For Cards' offense, timing is everything

After the Cardinals' victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, first baseman Albert Pujols was asked why the Cardinals are so successful at bat with two outs.


Secondo la stampa spagnola il fantasista vuole giocare in SpagnaE l'avrebbe detto al patron rossonero giÃ  ai primi di giugno                                            "Kaka vuole il Real Madrid l'ha chiesto a Berlusconi"                                                                                Il Cavaliere non cede, ma il Real ha pronti 80 milioni di euro


Russian Police Thwart Car Bomb Attack in Moscow

Russian officials say police in Moscow have defused a car bomb that was to be placed along a road often used by government officials.


NCAA: Syracuse, Conn., Georgia Tech All Win

SYRACUSE, NY, (Sports Network) - Hakim Warrick posted game-highs of 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead seventh-ranked Syracuse to a 72-55 victory over Albany at the Carrier Dome.


Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as they tried to reach agreement on a deadline for disabling the North's atomic facilities.


WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's prickly self-confidence and faith in the moral imperative of American leadership has earned him detractors around the globe - while also making him one of President Bush's closest advisers on national


In a move that could signify more trouble for Microsoft's seemingly confused Windows Live group that has seen a number of products revert back to MSN branding, Corporate Vice President Blake Irving is resigning his post, according to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.


Venus Williams of the United States returns the ball to Croatia's Karolina Sprem, during their first round match, at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Kloten, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct.19, 2004.


No U.S. Grand Prix in 2008, says Ecclestone

Formula One will not return to the United States next year, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway said on Thursday.


Artful Software Spots Faked Masterpieces

The method could also be used to determine if more than one hand was involved in creating the work, something physical forensic science has never been able to do.


Chad rebels urge EU states not to send peace troops

N'DJAMENA  - Chad's rebels on Monday urged European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to the country's east, saying the force would not be neutral because it was dominated by France.


Study: 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure

As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said


Actress Janet Leigh, whose dozens of starring roles were eclipsed by a single movie moment -- the motel shower stabbing scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," has


Wal-Mart tells workers it's against proposition

SACRAMENTO -- Escalating their battle with Wal-Mart, proponents of Proposition 72 on Friday accused the nation's largest retailer of misleading and attempting to coerce its 60,000 California employees by sending an e-mail that suggests they will lose


Sidney Crosby scores the only goal in a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over Philadelphia, 5-4 on, Thursday night, extending the Flyers' franchise-worst, home-losing streak to 13 games.


ASIA/CINA - Le donne sono sempre piÃ¹ protagoniste della vita della Chiesa e soprattutto dellÂEvangelizzazione Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - ÂGrazie sorelle, mamme, e grazie a tutte le donne, presenti e assenti. Grazie per il ruolo e lo straordinario contributo che avete offerto alla vita della Chiesa e della societÃ . Oggi siete sempre piÃ¹ protagoniste nella dioc...


Haditha Marine regrets dead, but says force needed

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the U.S. Marine accused of leading a November 2005 massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, said on Thursday he regretted the deaths but had acted according to military rules.


Croatia's Top Court Orders War Crimes Retrial

Croatia's Supreme Court has ordered a retrial of eight former military policemen acquitted in 2002 of killing and torturing Serb prisoners a decade earlier, state radio reported on Thursday.


This season's flu vaccine shortage may be a useful wake-up call, and it should prompt citizens to demand the production of a sufficient supply of vaccines.


Wall St rises as cheap shares attract buyers

Stocks rose on Tuesday and were set to break a three-day losing streak, as nearly a week of steep declines left investors with the notion that for now, stocks are cheap.


Ponting wants best West Indies team to tour Australia

Ricky Ponting has said he would be disappointed if senior West Indies players, including batsman Brian Lara, did not join the team's one-day series tour


Wirh its operational collapse extending into a sixth day, JetBlue's CEO pledges to make amends and revamp its system.


Putin Agrees to Respect Ukraine Election Result

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will respect the result of the rerun second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on Dec. 26.


Canadians can now mention bombs, guns at airports

Air travellers in Canada who make comments about bombs and guns will from now on only be arrested if it is clear they are making a serious threat, officials said on Wednesday.


"American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee struggled for years with bulimia before seeking help, the singer said in an interview published Thursday.


Rani Mukherjee turned stunt rider - without intending to - while learning to ride a motorbike for a new


Middle-age is truly depressing, study finds

Middle age is truly miserable, according to a study using data from 80 countries showing that depression is most common among men and women in their forties.


The way Junior Seau looks at it, he's now in graduate school. Seau returned to the NFL on Friday after a four-day retirement, trading surfing in San Diego for a one-year contract with the New England Patriots that the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker hopes will pay off with a long-sought Super Bowl ring.


Movie Review | 'Hollywoodland': The Quiet Desperation of Superman

The movies love a tasty murder, which is why Ben Affleck has packed on the pounds, slipped on some tights and given this exasperating film far more than it gives in return.


Parma, 19:43 - CALCIO, PARMA; FALCONE: PRIMA LA SALVEZZA, POI CHISSA'

Dopo la presentazione con conferenza stampa del nuovo allenatore Domenico Di Carlo, il Parma ha pres...


A man is arrested in connection with a petrol bomb attack on a shop which left a young girl with serious burns.


Colleagues question $5M Moussaoui reward

An instructor at the flight school Zacarias Moussaoui attended before the Sept. 11 attacks is $5 million richer for his efforts to alert authorities Â but colleagues say he wasn't the only one sounding an alarm.


Lord of the Rings musical to open in London

A musical version of "The Lord of the  Rings" is to open in London next year but the production has  been reworked and cut after its world premiere in Toronto  received some damning reviews.


British troops and Shiite militants clash in Basra

British troops took control of the offices of Muqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Basra on Friday after clashing with militants loyal to the rebel cleric, witnesses said.


Quest for holy grail of game controllers

The quest for a wireless, robust video game controller is a hit and miss task.


Purdue running backs coach David Mitchell sometimes wonders if star pupil Jerod Void learned his lessons a little too well. "Maybe I've restricted him a little too much," Mitchell said with a laugh.


Death toll rises to 40 in S.Korea warehouse fire

The death toll from a fire that ripped through a warehouse under construction outside of Seoul has risen to 40, officials said on Tuesday, with most of the victims overcome by toxic fumes.


Bishop urges Australians to help relieve poverty

In his Christmas message, the Anglican Bishop of Canberra has urged Australians to act to relieve poverty and injustice at home and abroad.


Device acts like support hose to help weak hearts pump blood

A study finds a polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.


American warplanes have flattened Falluja's most popular restaurant overnight, killing two security guards, in what the military said was a "precision strike" aimed at its top enemy in Iraq.


Venezuela's Chavez faces political gulfs

CARACAS -- Fresh from victory and emboldened by a decisive mandate, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the opportunity to extend an olive branch to a seething opposition and a suspicious US administration, but the rifts may have grown too deep to be mended.


Bollywood-sports star combos paint ad world red

When actor Saif Ali Khan and cricketers Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa in a TV advertisement gathered a crowd for a rock concert, beverage major Pernod Ricard India Ltd laughed its way to the bank.


Sindacati chiedono un compromesso.Letta: accordo vicino


Protesters Get Prime Spot for Inauguration

The National Park Service has agreed to give thousands of anti-war demonstrators a prime spot along President Bush's inaugural parade route that will allow them to protest during the procession.


Soybean farmers face a winter of decision

US soybean farmers bringing in a record harvest face a new risk: an aggressive form of fungus that could severely damage their crops next year and beyond.


Ukraine's Liberal Yushchenko to Take Power on Sunday

Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to Europe while upholding traditional links with Russia.


A9.com Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., last week launched a search site that will compete with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.


Government changes tone in fight against terror

The government pledged Thursday to work more closely with local communities to fight terrorism, reflecting a change of tone after ex-premier Tony Blair's hardline stance sparked Muslim anger.


So while the Red Sox and Yankees still are more than a full day away from a yet another apocalyptic postseason meeting -- this is three times in six years that the world


PEOPLE across Wales have been warned to brace themselves for Wet Wednesday, as the worst of the rain and strong winds hit tomorrow.


Computer-based HIV prevention helps at-risk teens

NEW YORK  - Delinquent and at-risk teens who complete a brief computer-based program designed to reduce risky sexual behaviors are less likely to have sex and more likely to have sex with fewer partners, after completing the program, a new study shows.


KABUL: A suicide bomber killed an Afghan man and wounded seven people, including two foreign peacekeepers, in central Kabulâs famous âChicken Streetâ on Saturday afternoon, the interior ministry said on Saturday.


Nigerian gunmen raid oil terminal, kidnap 4 foreigners

YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian gunmen attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta at dawn on Thursday, kidnapping four foreign workers and killing a local youth, authorities said.


Survey says U.S. down in competitiveness

U.S. economic competitiveness fell significantly over the last year, as high budget and trade deficits hurt America's business environment, according to a survey released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.


NIH to study how microbes live in humans

People's bodies are home to trillions of bacteria, fungi and other microbes, organisms that live on our skin, in our noses, in our digestive tracts.


MOSCOW - Attackers wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a school in a Russian region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday and were holding hundreds of hostages, reportedly including 200 children. The assault came a day after a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Moscow...


Ex-Iranian President Mohammad Khatami savages US foreign policy at a gathering of Muslims in Chicago.


Russia Mourns Hostage Deaths, Putin Criticized

Grief-stricken mothers and fathers trudged through mud and rain on Monday to bury children slaughtered in a Russian school siege as criticism mounted over the way the Kremlin handled the crisis.


Final Harry Potter book to be released on July 21

The fate of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter will finally be revealed on July 21, the publication day for the seventh and last installment of J.K. Rowling's hugely successful book series.


Sabbatini and Mahan tie Choi for early Barclays lead

HARRISON, New York  - Hunter Mahan fired a course record-tying 62 and Rory Sabbatini rolled in a six-foot eagle putt on the par-five ninth to join KJ Choi in the lead midway through the Barclays Classic third round on Saturday.


US Airways Makes New Proposal to Key Unions

Pressured by the prospect of bankruptcy, US Airways Group Inc. proposed last-ditch cost-saving offers to its pilots and flight attendants unions yesterday.


Two relief workers killed in Lebanon camp battle

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Two relief workers were killed and a Palestinian mediator was wounded in fierce fighting on Monday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.


Israel could safely give up the Golan Heights in an eventual peace deal with Syria, Israel's army chief says.


Cargo ship leaking fuel oil off of Alaska

Fuel oil was pouring out of a Malaysian-flagged cargo vessel that grounded off an Aleutian island and split into two nearly equal pieces, threatening a sensitive


There are signs that consumers are beginning to be more cautious as a result of the turmoil in the credit markets.


China Communists Meet as Succession Rumors Swirl

China's Communist Party opened a  four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday that will decide  whether military chief Jiang Zemin completes a leadership  succession by passing on his last post to party chief Hu  Jintao.


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Sources Say Tiger Woods to Wed This Week

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Tiger Woods says he's planning a Caribbean vacation, but Barbados is abuzz with reports that he's set to wed Swedish model Elin Nordegren this week.    Newspapers in Barbados and Ireland have reported that the two are to marry early this week at the Sandy Lane luxury resort on the Caribbean island's west coast...


A Great Horse, but Who Takes the Winnings?

It may soon be up to the courts to determine just who owns Curlin, the horse that bested Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- More than anything else, Intel Chairman Andrew Grove was a pioneer. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter!


U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told President Bush on Tuesday the United Nations is speeding up efforts to find a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur that has killed more than 200,000 people.


Catalan voters in Spain approve plans to make their region one of the most independent in Europe.


Congress scrutinizes Los Alamos security

Fed-up lawmakers on a House oversight committee said Tuesday they want to strip a federal nuclear agency of its security responsibilities and threatened to shut down Los Alamos National Laboratory to correct a decade of security lapses there.


Bush's job on the line ahead of second presidential debate

George W. Bush faces 90 of the most critical minutes of his presidency, with his rationale for war in Iraq in tatters and his bid for a second term threatened by challenger John Kerry.


Just 20 months ago, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers were celebrating a Super Bowl title, and Jon Gruden was being hailed as a coaching genius. Now all the talk is about whether the Bucs are simply capable of getting the ball in the end zone and winning a game.


Constitution Gets Support in Europe Vote

European Union lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in favor of a proposed constitution, which will be submitted to a series of make-or-break referendums starting next month in the 25-nation bloc.


Troops Deployed in India State After Terror Attacks

Troops with machine guns patrolled the streets in the Indian state of Nagaland on Sunday, as mourning families buried the victims of a wave of bombings and gunfire that killed 46 people in the northeast region.


The bitter feud between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and the opposition appeared to be easing Monday as the government agreed to soften tough security and media laws ahead of next year's elections.


Poco piÃ¹ di trenta secondi per rubare dal museo Munch di Oslo due capolavori di Munch, il celeberrimo Urlo e la Madonna: Ã¨ quanto Ã¨ accaduto in pieno giorno domenica 22 agosto ad opera di due uomini armati e mascherati che, con imbarazzante facilitÃ


Almost half of the European Union population continues to have misconceptions about the ways in which HIV/AIDS can be spread, the European Commission said Monday.


Krispy Kreme Posts Net Loss After Charges

Struggling doughnut shop chain Krispy  Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD.N on Monday reported a quarterly net  loss because of impairment charges and store closing costs.


'The X-Files' Are Coming Back, But They Never Left

A resurrected X-Files is supposed to start filming this month, but the original show's cast and its paranoid gestalt are already all over the tube.


NEWS REPORTS of recent efforts to reduce malpractice insurance costs have missed what is needed: genuine reform of the medical justice system.


Troops Sweep Baghdad; Iraqi Terror Leader Hurt

U.S. and Iraqi forces continue their crackdown in the capital, while Iraq's Interior Ministry says that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was injured in a battle the day before


CornerWorld: Use social networks to make money

Social network will allow individual creators to put a price on their content.


CIA links al Qaeda, allies to Bhutto attack: paper

The CIA blames al Qaeda and allies of a Pakistani tribal leader for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington Post interview published on Friday.


OESTROGEN given to stop girls growing "too tall" damaged the fertility of many, shows a study led by Hobart's Menzies Research Institute.


Fiom, Fim e Uil al ministero, Federmeccanica inaccettabile


BAGHDAD, Iraq - The terrorist group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi denied Thursday that it staged car bombings that killed 67 people in two holy Shiite Muslim cities this week, but stressed that it will continue to attack those who help the


The United States made it into the final of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1997 when their doubles team of Mike and Bob Bryan won against Belarus on Saturday.


Perhaps Dan Rather should look into a new service to be announced Tuesday by Adobe Systems. The company's Certified Document Service verifies the authenticity of documents saved in Adobe's PDF, or portable document format, by adding digital signatures.


ATHENS, Greece -- The decisive move in the Olympic women's soccer tournament was soaring toward the head of Abby Wambach when the ball and a thought arrived at her noggin about the same time.


5 Killed in San Diego Air Ambulance Crash

Rescuers hiked though rugged terrain near the Mexican border Sunday to reach the remote site where a private jet went down after taking off from San Diego, killing all five people aboard.


2 Americans, 1 Briton abducted from Baghdad home

BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton Thursday from a two-storey house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said.


Clinton upstages Republicans with stimulus plan

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Friday proposed $70 billion in emergency spending to stave off a possible U.S. election-year recession, upstaging Republican rivals who clashed over the economy but offered few specifics.


After Philadelphia forward Scott Hartnell rammed Andrew Alberts's head into the boards Nov. 26, the Bruins defenseman dressed for the following 10 games.


'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas': one wild ride

It's been copied by rivals, disparaged by social critics, attacked by politicians and snapped up - check the sales numbers after just one week on the shelves â-y gamers.


What's in the Box? Radio Tags Know That, and More

I.B.M. plans to invest $250 million over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks.


"House" star Laurie in sudden return to UK

Dr. House is making an  unscheduled house call to his native England.


Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced Tuesday the expansion of its well-received iTunes Music Store to nine additional European Union countries. The European version of the online store has been available in the UK, France and Germany since June.


Microsoft to release communication server

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. plans a Dec. 1 release for the latest version of its server software that aims to give companies more secure instant messaging and other corporate communications tools.


Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia

Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.


A former Ku Klux Klansman is jailed for life in the US for his role in the abduction and murder of two black teenagers.


Parents are urged by Schools Secretary Ed Balls to spend more time reading to their children.


Nel periodo tra il 1995 e il 2004 riduzione del 25,4 per cento Nel resto d'Europa flessione di quasi il 30%. Si continua a morire sul lavoro                                          Morti bianche, primato scandalo siamo il Paese con piÃ¹ incidenti                                                                                La denuncia nel 2Â° Rapporto dell'Anmil sulla tutela delle vittime"Effetto perverso profondamente innervato nel modo di produzione".


Sharapova on Track for Third Successive Title

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova kept  on course for a third successive WTA title on Saturday, beating  fellow Russian Elena Dementieva in the semi-finals of the  Zurich Challenge.


Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Create an Alias Without âAliasâ

When you create an alias of a file or folder, did you know that you can do so without the word âaliasâ automatically appended to its name?


"Light" cigarette suit gets class-action status

A $200 billion U.S. lawsuit filed by   "light" cigarette smokers gained class action status on Monday,   hammering shares of U.S. tobacco companies.