Turkey Parliament OKs EU-Oriented Reforms

ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 26, 2004 - A special session of parliament approved legal reforms Sunday aimed at opening the way for Turkey to begin membership talks with the European Union after the governing party


A roadmap for ending the high-def format quagmire

Don Reisinger thinks he knows how to get us out from the high-def format war. Will his three-step process work?


Security checks on foreign students in "proliferation-risk" science subjects could deter them, UK researchers warn.


An explosion rocked Beirut's seafront corniche on Wednesday, killing at least four people near a military beach club, security sources said.


Israel assassinates Hamas militant in Damascus

Israel assassinated a Palestinian militant with a car bomb that exploded after he started his vehicle yesterday. It was Israel's first slaying of a Hamas member on Syrian


Venezuela Lawmakers Rework Controversial Media Law

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan lawmakers backing  left-wing President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday they were  working with opponents to rewrite parts of a media law that has  come under fire from critics who fear it will muzzle dissent.


Image gallery: Touch-screen tech comes of age

Touch interface technology has been around a long time, but it may be at a tipping point now. Move over, keyboard and mouse.


Dines Mikaelsen steadies a .22 rifle against the bow of his gently bobbing boat, loads the chamber and whispers to his companions to keep quiet.


Top U.S. Defense Official to Visit Tsunami Areas

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul  Wolfowitz will visit Asia to assess aid needs after last  month's tsunami, including how long affected countries want  U.S. troops to remain, a defense official said on Thursday.


Suicide Bomber Dies, Wounds Seven in Kabul Attack

A suicide attacker killed himself and  wounded at least seven others, including three members of the  NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy  shopping street in central Kabul on Saturday.


In vista del nuovo piano, il Fondo vuole uno smembramento


A new study shows that the prescription drug Vioxx can drastically increase a person's risk of sudden cardiac death, and that risk is greater if you take a higher dose, or if you take it for a long time.


Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Dido for Band Aid

Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Dido are the latest stars to sign up for the new version of the Band Aid hit Do They Know Itâs Christmas?


WASHINGTON: Sir Elton John and Warren Beatty are among six entertainment legends who have been honoured for their lifetime contributions to American culture.


Nella campagne di Iglesias, vittima non identificata


Four more Lebanese soldiers die in battle for camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops pushed deeper into a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, seeking to finish an eight-week confrontation with al Qaeda-inspired militants during which at least 225 people have been killed.


Green groups pull out of the debate over whether the UK should build new nuclear power stations.


Pope's Hospital Is Crammed With Faithful

Scores of faithful flocked to a Rome hospital Wednesday where Pope John Paul II was being treated for respiratory problems, offering prayers, flowers and even singing a pop song for the sick pontiff.


With its leader in custody, can polygamous sect survive?

Cracks are already showing in the group led by Warren Jeffs, but many faithful followers remain.


Suicide is one of the biggest killers of young men across Scotland, it is warned.


Microsoft delivers one Vista Ultimate add-on, delays 19 others

Just days after being hammered by users for failing to produce the promised Extras for Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft today delivered one Extra and said others would be coming soon.


The head of Canada's federal police   force publicly apologized on Thursday to a man who was deported   by U.S. agents to Syria after the Mounties mistakenly labeled   him as an Islamic extremist.


U.S.-led coalition forces captured a one-legged militant fighter in a battle this week in southern Afghanistan, and it was possible he could be a top Taliban leader, an Afghan general said Friday.


Intel income rose 15%, tops expectations

Intel Corp., the worldâs largest semiconductor producer, said yesterday its third-quarter profit rose at the slowest pace in five quarters on record stockpile of computer chips, growing competition and slow sales of PCs.


Equity markets stayed generally buoyant on Wednesday, pushing MSCI's world stock index to another record high, while the dollar steadied after its recent battering on foreign exchanges.


Longtime St. Peter's basketball coach Kennedy dies at 97

Don Kennedy, who led St. Peter's basketball team from a small-time program to major college status during his 22 years as head coach, has died.


Glasgow, 18:17 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: CINQUINA DEL CELTIC, IN GOL ANCHE DONATI

Il Celtic ha battuto 5-0 l'Inverness nella sesta giornata della Scottish League: la formazione di Gl...


Bush to Name Envoy to Islamic Conference

President Bush said today that he would appoint an envoy to an organization of Islamic nations with the intention of improving the battered image of the United States in the Muslim world.


Questions raised over 2010 Olympics budgeting

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Hosting the 2010   Winter Olympics in Vancouver will cost taxpayers at least C$2.5   billion ($2.2 billion), far more than government officials   claim, according to an auditor's report on Thursday.


ATHENS, Greece - Justin Gatlin shoveled the snow off his track in North Carolina, braving the cold to keep practicing, keep working, keep chasing Olympic gold. He finally caught it Sunday night, outrunning the fastest field in Olympic history to become the youngest 100-meter champion in 36 years...


A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. The agency said the brain of a cow tested positive three times


High Blood Sugar Also Poses Risk to Heart

Elevated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes but also in those with high-normal readings not considered diabetic.


Serbian president survives apparent attempt on his life

BELGRADE  - Pro-West Serbian President Boris Tadic vowed to press ahead with his reform programme after surviving what his office described as a possible assassination attempt on one of Belgrade's busiest streets.


Typhoon death toll nears 200 in Philippines

The death toll from Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines has neared 200,  as rescue workers reached remote areas where last week's massive storm sparked flash floods and landslides.


Diabetic Children Fail to Meet Blood Sugar Targets

At least 80 percent of diabetic children in England may be vulnerable to complications such as heart disease, blindness and stroke later in life because their blood sugar levels are too high, a charity said on Wednesday.


Powell Spurns North Korea Demand on Talks

Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.


Christmas trees return to Seattle airport

Seattle airport officials have put back the 14 Christmas trees that were taken down in response to a local rabbi's request to include a giant Menorah in the airport's holiday decorations.


Gunmen kidnap 14 members of Iraqi family: police

Gunmen posing as Iraqi security forces kidnapped 14 members of one family in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, police said.


Building catches fire next to White House

A fire broke out near Vice President Dick Cheney's ceremonial office in a building overlooking the White House on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of government staffers to evacuate.


Due kamikaze hanno usato esplosivo a Hilla,120 km da Baghdad


Hi-tech firms get refunds despite paying no taxes

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Some 22 companies that paid no state income tax are slated to receive $82 million in tax refunds, including Conexant Systems Inc.


Childhood obesity triggers early puberty: study

Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age, for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday.


Chris Bosh scores 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting and Andrea Bargnani adds 22 on the way to beating the Miami Heat 114-82.


THE sign had said âWE BELIEVEâ but the fan had crossed out the second word and rewritten it. As he brandished his board around Yankee Stadium in the late stages of yesterdayâs game, it read: âWE KNOWâ.


Former First Republic Bank shareholders accuse Merrill Lynch of hiding billions of dollars of losses related to subprime mortgages while the companiesâ merger was pending.


Ciena Sues Nortel Over Patents For Technologies

Ciena Corp. sued rival Nortel Networks Corp. yesterday for allegedly copying six patented technologies Ciena uses in designing its network equipment.


Commerce Bancorp sued by founder and ex-CEO Hill

Commerce Bancorp Inc  has been sued by its founder and former chief executive, who said New Jersey's largest bank wrongly ousted him in June and owes more than $57 million of damages.


43 milioni di euro riconducibili all'ex manager


Air China ups efforts to buy a  stake in China Eastern Airlines, pledging to pay at least 30% more than a rival.


Sudanese police attack people in front of UN officials at a refugee camp in the troubled Darfur region.


A day after they forced out Poland's respected minister of defense, the identical twins who run Poland face accusations they have packed the government with inexperienced loyalists — and damaged the country's international standing.


Police searching for the mother of a toddler believed to have been abandoned by her father at a train station in Australia found a woman's body locked in the trunk of a car at the family's New Zealand home Wednesday.


(WANE, Fort Wayne, December 6, 2004) A nationwide shortage of the flu vaccine forced Allen County to ration it's supply with 2 clinics.


WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr...


Three fans banned for racially abusing Yorke

Three men have been banned from football matches for five years after Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke was racially abused at Blackburn Rovers last month, a court official said on Thursday.


IF you have an affinity with electrical equipment, PTPL's Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering may be your choice of study upon completion of the SPM, SPVM or an equivalent.


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Blair faces new grilling over funding scam after ally arrested

Prime Minister Tony Blair was facing growing pressure to answer more questions about a "cash-for-honours" probe threatening his government, after a key ally was re-arrested over the row.


Update 1: Tokyo Stocks Lower; Dollar Down Vs. Yen

Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning due to concerns about rising oil prices. The US dollar was lower against the Japanese yen. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was down 85.


Gadget makers set sights on holiday season

Summer heat turns gadget makers' minds  to winter's chilly days, when shoppers buy millions of iPods  and sleek TVs, but consumers may be lukewarm to this year's  newest crop of gizmos.


Leading Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has finally got herself contact lens - to set right short-sightedness now that


Australian opposition leader hospitalised with pancreatitis

Australian opposition leader Mark Latham is in hospital with an inflamed pancreas, his office said.


Hannes Magnusson's Blog: PHP.net frontpage changes

Courtesy of an update to this post on the Zend Develoer Zone site, there's a bit more detail from Hannes Magnusson, himself (the developer behind the recent changes to the PHP.net website) in a new blog post on his site.   As many of you know I changed the frontpage of php.net recently by moving conference announcements and call for papers to its own dedicated page in a desperate attempt to regain the control of our frontpage.   The rest of the post discusses the points of "why?", "regain control?", "what gave you the right?" and even links to a patch that puts a "conference teaser" back on the page (near the top).


THE secretive military government of Burma was at the centre of rumours today that the prime minister, the long-powerful General Khin Nyunt, had been removed from office, diplomats in Burma and senior officials in neighbouring Thailand said.


The former chief executive of software maker Computer Associates International was charged yesterday with securities fraud in a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal, and the company agreed to pay $225 million to stave off criminal charges.


Cole urged to be positive if Chelsea move fails

With the transfer deadline almost up Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has urged Ashley Cole to adopt the right attitude if his move to Chelsea falls through.


A Russian physicist convicted of spying for China was given a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a trial that rights advocates denounced as part of a campaign of intimidation against scholars by Russia's resurgent KGB successor agency.


Spanish Police Arrest 17 Basque Militants

Police arrested 17 suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday in a series of pre-dawn raids in northern Spain, officials said.


NATO Chief to Open Arab Relations Drive in Algeria

The head of NATO will make an  unprecedented visit to Algeria on Thursday, the opening move in  a drive to beef up cooperation with the Arab world on  counter-terrorism, defense reform and military training.


Despite jobs report, Bush pleased with U.S. economy

President George W. Bush declared himself pleased on Friday with U.S. economic progress despite a Labor Department report that said U.S. employers added only 51,000 jobs in September.


Quella di Fini Ã¨ una "mezza svolta". La sinistra critica con il ...

Esattamente come non le ha fatte, nel nostro paese, il vice premier Fini, ieri, spiegando che si potrebbe prendere in considerazione la possibilitÃ  di un ritiro dopo le elezioni. Frasi, condite con unâabbondanza


Vinovo, 18:28 - CALCIO, JUVE: CORSA PER CAMORANESI, DOMANI A MALTA

Ultimo allenamento pomeridiano per la Juve a Torino, prima della partenza per il ritiro di Malta (pr...


Sardegna, commando assalta base militare

Tre uomini con fucili a canne mozze hanno fatto irruzione nella base: rubati tredici mitragliatori e munizioni. Tre banditi hanno fatto irruzione questa notte in una postazione militare dell'Aeronautica nella


US report says al-Qaida regaining strength

Al-Qaida has rebuilt its strength around the world over the last six years and is well placed to launch fresh attacks, according to a classified US national intelligence report.


Rescue crews found a woman and her daughter alive early Tuesday, two days after they failed to return from cross-country skiing, but the woman's husband was still missing.


Madrid, 11:19 - CALCIO, SCHUSTER: PRONTO AD ALLENARE IL REAL

Bernd Schuster si candida per la panchina del Real Madrid, fresco campione di Spagna. Il tedesco, at...


Yushchenko's Top Ally Inspires Protesters

Side by side with Viktor Yushchenko, the passionate Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has probably done more than anyone else to inspire hundreds of thousands of protesters to stay out in force in ...


Football coach Jimmy Isclaw stopped at a gas station to refuel his car and noticed the familiar face of a skinny kid who played for him a few years back.


Pakistani PM declares victory after 36-hour fight.


No. 1 U.S. defense contractor Lockheed  Martin Corp. LMT.N reported a 41 percent rise in quarterly  profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street forecasts, as demand  soared for its combat aircraft and information technology  services.


Branson pledges 100,000 pounds for McCanns' legal fees

Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged 100,000 pounds for a legal fund to defend the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, the Sunday Times reported.


Hurricane Felix threatens Central America

Hurricane Felix is heading towards Central America after the Category 5 storm, packing 165 mph top winds, moved across the Caribbean early today, the National Hurricane Center said.


Israel says room for Lebanon prisoner swap: source

Israel is prepared to discuss freeing   Lebanese prisoners for two soldiers held hostage by Hizbollah   if the two are handed over to the Lebanese government, a senior   Israeli political source said on Thursday.


India, Myanmar hold talks on enhancing strategic ties

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held Monday talks with Myanmar's military strong man Than Shwe here on enhancing strategic ties, particularly in areas like security and the energy and transport sectors.


China's foreign trade volume at 926.47 bln US dls in the 1st 10 ...

China's imports and exports in thefirst ten months this year amounted to 926.47 billion US dollars, rising 35.8 percent year-on-year, according to statistics releasedby the


EDITORIAL: What a Waste in Port Jeff Station: Lawrence Aviation Owner Arrested

By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 8--The cold embrace of handcuffs would serve as a powerful attention-getter for most wrongdoers.


Over 40 patients have been implanted with tissue from body parts allegedly stolen in the US, hospitals confirm.


A new project will create collaborative, multitasking miniature robots that can work together to help humans build factories or assist in rescues after natural disasters. By Emmet Cole.


The Ottawa Senators fired general manager John Muckler on Monday, less than two weeks after the National Hockey League team was comprehensively beaten in the final of the Stanley Cup.


Wall St. drops as Bush rescue plan disappoints

Stocks tumbled for a fourth day on Friday to close out the worst week for the S&P 500 in five years on worry that a White House effort to boost the economy may not prevent a recession.


Motorists are being warned as snow showers across much of the country are predicted.


Hingis beats Poutchkova for year's second title

KOLKATA, India  - Former world number one Martina   Hingis swept to the second title of her comeback year, subduing   Russian teenager Olga Poutchkova 6-0 6-4 in the final of the   Kolkata Open on Sunday.


A climate conference overcomes last-minute objections to approve a deal on future talks global warning.


President Bush and other American officials will one day face trial just like deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for "the catastrophes they caused in Iraq," Iran's supreme leader said Friday.


Accused Elizabeth Smart Abductor Pleads Not Guilty

The man accused of masterminding  the kidnapping of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart two years ago  pleaded not guilty to six felony counts on Thursday, setting  the stage for a trial early next year.


British actress Pat Kirkwood, a star of stage and screen in the 1940s and 1950s, dies at the age of 86.


Forbes.com has released its annual list of the highest-earning dead people.


Red pumps. Silver slingbacks. Bronze flats. Black suede boots. Size 7 1/2, please.


Catania, 19:16 - CALCIO, CATANIA: COLUCCI IN DUBBIO PER IL SIENA

Allenamento al centro sportivo di Massannunziata per il Catania in vista della gara contro il Siena ...


An online university that supposedly granted a business degree to a cat has been sued for consumer fraud. The lawsuit was filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office against Dallas-based Trinity Southern


Fox's Sunday lineup a bonanza for Boston

Fox, the network of the National Football Conference, doesn't get to Foxborough very often, but it's making up for lost time this weekend.


Reid under attack after control order trio vanish

Home secretary accused over 'serial shambles' after three terror suspects disappear.


CONFIDENT JOE: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is so sure that he's right for the job that he lists his opponents' Web sites on his own so that voters can compare their ideas.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair said   on Saturday he will propose an incentive package for Sudan as   part of a new initiative to end the crisis in war-torn Darfur   and get U.N. peacekeeping troops on the ground.


A woman with cancer has had her fertility preserved thanks to doctors who transplanted her ovary into her arm.


Imposing UN sanctions against Sudan to force the government to protect the endangered civilians of the war torn Darfur region could backfire with the government withdrawing its cooperation, a British minister said on Monday.


Shawn Springs is expected to miss Saturday's game against San Francisco after suffering a concussion in the loss to the Eagles.


The woman at the center of the Duke lacrosse rape case is pregnant and due to give birth any day, roughly nine months after the team party where she says she was raped by three men in a bathroom.


U.S.-backed talks may be last chance for Iraq: Assad

Regional talks with Syria as the "the main player" may be the last chance to help stabilize Iraq and begin moving it toward national reconciliation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday.


Hillary Rodham Clinton said her victory in the popular vote at Nevada's caucuses on Saturday gave her a positive sendoff into the next big battleground, South Carolina.


50 Iraq Soldiers Apparent Ambush Victims

An Iraqi National Guard secures the area after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of trucks in Mosul, northern Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, killing two drivers and wounding two others, hospital and police officials said.


LOS ANGELES - Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner announced Thursday.    The death was declared an accident, said coroner's spokesman David Campbell, who emphasized that none of the drugs were found to be at life-threatening levels...


Regular sessions of acupuncture and daily doses of Chinese herbal medicine may help ease the burden of seasonal allergies, new research indicates.


Top 10 things you never knew about Grand Theft Auto

Also: A new breed of tech for elders. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


U.S.: Iran Says Can Make Uranium for Nuke in a Year

A hawkish U.S. official said on  Tuesday that Iran has warned it could make enough bomb-grade  material in a year to produce a nuclear weapon, a threat that  may boost a U.S. push to report Tehran to the United Nations.


Many Women Say Airport Pat-Downs Are a Humiliation

Many women are furious about changes in airport security that have increased the number and the intensity of body patdown searches.


WRAPUP 1-Record-breaking Arsenal sweep past Rovers

Champions Arsenal made history on Wednesday by trouncing Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Highbury to set a 43-match unbeaten league record in English football.


Litvinenko suspect says British spies real killers

The man charged by Britain with murdering former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko denied involvement on Thursday, saying British intelligence and a self-exiled Russian multi-millionaire were far more likely suspects.


New Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski meets senior EU officials to try to boost relations with his government.


Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs yesterday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again - contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.


Billy Joel Weds Katie Lee on Long Island

Joel, 55, met Lee, 22, a recent graduate of Ohio's Miami University, last year and Joel proposed while on a Caribbean vacation in January, reported the New York Post Sunday.


Tony Abreu had a nice surprise waiting for him when he returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse. Two Arizona fans wanted to give Abreu the ball he had hit for his first major league homer — a solo shot that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks in 10 innings Tuesday night.


Punto segnato da una croce di legno in terra nel Trevigiano


Demand for energy drink Red Bull reached a peak last year with 3.5 billion cans sold, its Austrian owner said.


SEC Charges Penthouse with Account Fraud

Adult magazine publisher Penthouse  International Inc. defrauded investors in a 2003 quarterly  financial report by improperly booking $1 million in revenues,  U.S. regulators charged on Monday.


OECD foresees China's growth at 8 percent in 2005

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted that the Chinese economy would grow by 8 percent in 2005, saying a restrictive economic policy would lead to a slowdown.


Shell reserves deal costs company 150.7 million

LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell Group agreed Tuesday to settlements with US and British regulators that will cost the oil company $150.7 million.


India adds 8 million mobile subscribers in December

India added 8.2 million mobile subscribers in December, taking the number of mobile connections in the country to 234 million by the end of the month.Fixed telephone connections, however, dropped to 39.25 million in December from 39.3 million a month earlier. Fixed lines connections have been falling as customers increasingly prefer mobile connections, particularly in areas where the infrastructure for providing fixed line connections is not developed.The number of telephones, both fixed and wireless, per 100 people went up to 23.89 percent from 23.2 percent in November, according to data released Tuesday by the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in Delhi.To boost revenue, a number of mobile service providers are now targeting rural markets and less lucrative urban markets with a variety of strategies including by planning to share back-end infrastructure. Some service providers have also introduced low-cost phones for this market.The emerging category of ultra low-cost handset is seen as a key component in attracting the next billion mobile phone subscribers into the Indian market, according to research firm In-Stat. Ultra low-cost handsets are expected to be stripped-down cell phones offering only the most basic communication experience of voice and text messaging. However, these may not be attractive to some urban users of low-cost handsets who want phones with features, In-Stat said.Vendors may have to also look at lowering costs of their featured phones by offering refurbished phones, the research firm said.


U.S. Lets Beluga Sturgeon Trade Continue

The government has temporarily decided against reducing or banning imports of prized beluga caviar, despite having agreed to list the beluga sturgeon six months ago as a species whose survival is considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act.


(InfoWorld) - SunÂ has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java. To come close to reaching that goal, Sun needs to reach out more to developers and endeavor to overcome some long-held prejudices against the OS. Sun's Java programming language, which debuted in 1995, is present in most of today's PCs, mobile devices, and embedded systems. The vendor is now seeking that same kind of omnipresence for Solaris, its flavor of Unix. Sun intends to take the operating system into markets where it hasn't traditionally been a force, such as desktop and embedded systems, according to Marc Hamilton, vice president of Solaris marketing at Sun. The vendor is also keen toÂ position OpenSolaris as a real alternative to Linux. "There's an enormous momentum building behind Solaris," said Ian Murdock, chief operating platforms officer at Sun. He joined Sun in March after serving as the CTO of the Linux Foundation. Murdock's also the creator of the Debian Linux distribution and is keen to take the lessons he's learned in the Linux community and apply them to Solaris. Sun is preparing to release OpenSolaris binaries early next year in a distribution code-named "Project Indiana" that will be similar to Linux distributions. The work, which is getting under way in the OpenSolaris community, is aimed at creating a single CD installation of the basic OS and desktop environment, giving developers the option to install additional software from network repositories. Developers also will be able to create limited releases of the distribution targeted at attendees of a particular event. The whole idea behind Indiana is to build more of a developer community around Solaris, Murdock said. "How can we lower the barriers to programmers and run OpenSolaris as an ideal open-source operating system not originating from Sun?" he asked. Indiana will also enable faster release cycles with a new version appearing every six months. With Indiana in place, Sun will adopt a two-tier development model, Murdock said, establishing a clear path from Indiana and OpenSolaris -- for developers and early adopters -- to Solaris, which will be largely used by more conservative enterprise users. The challenge will be delivering what's effectively a single Solaris platform to two very different communities, he added. Sun has already managed various versions of Java, including mobile, standard, and enterprise editions of the software. But whereas with Java the challenge was getting developers interested in a new technology, with Solaris, Sun needs to appeal to people who may have had previous negative experiences with the OS. Founded in 2004, online messaging security provider DigiTar begun life as an all-Linux shop using Suse Linux, according to Jason Williams, CTO and COO of the Boise, Idaho, company. "We had a very anti-Sun bias," he said, dating back to the frustration he and a colleague experienced in college trying to use Solaris 8, which they quickly abandoned in favor of Suse. However, DigiTar ran into problems with the way Linux handled a storage subsystem in 2005. With OpenSolaris freely available, they tried out the OS and it worked well. "Solaris has resolved a lot of issues that Linux is just getting hit by," Williams said. Over time, DigiTar has made use of new Solaris features such as DTrace and ZFS (Zettabyte File System), which have helped the company quickly pin down the locations of performance bottlenecks and better optimize the system. "Our experience with Solaris has been very evolutionary," Williams said. "We came for one thing, then other benefits emerged." "We very much want to move to Indiana," Williams said, because it will fix two immediate issues DigiTar has with OpenSolaris: Ease of use and ease of installation. The company's keen to migrate all its software to Solaris, but compiling applications on Solaris has always been a little different from compiling on a GNU Linux distribution. Today, about 60 percent of its software runs on Gentoo Linux, versus 40 percent on OpenSolaris. Indiana will support GNU userland, the part of an application that requests system activities from the operating system kernel, making it easier to move Linux applications to Solaris. The other feature Indiana offers over previous versions of OpenSolaris is its packaging so it can be more easily installed. Williams is impressed by the community that's already grown up around OpenSolaris. "It's the most productive community I've ever been a part of," he said, with a posted query drawing 4 to 5 informed responses within an hour from both third parties and Sun engineers. Sun's approach to open source is "very mature and adult," Williams added, largely because Sun engineers are used to fielding customers' questions and know it's important to respond rapidly. In order to win other converts, Williams recommends that Sun go back to school. "The key thing they need to do is get back into the colleges," he said. "That's where we formed our opinion of Sun." Making Solaris easy to use and highlighting useful tools such as DTrace could go a long way toward wooing developers, Williams added. Sun is encouraging more use of OpenSolaris in universities with plans to add 500 more Campus Ambassadors around the world to the several hundred that were already in academia, Hamilton said. The Ambassadors are students who receive free training and support from Sun and then establish open-source developer communities in their colleges and evangelize OpenSolaris and Java to their peers and teachers. Williams also recommends letting Indiana "splinter" so that developers can freely create their own distributions and further spread the Solaris technology. Sun hopes that if it establishes Indiana as a reference platform for OpenSolaris, people are less likely to seek out or develop other distributions, Hamilton said. "With Linux, what happened was there was a void and people filled it," Murdock said, referring to the large number of Linux distributions in the market. "Everything we do here is to allow for flexibility, so there is the possibility of multiple distributions." Going after developers is only one of several strategies Sun is pursuing to raise the profile of Solaris. The vendor's also keen to increase the number of hardware platforms on which the OS is available on. Earlier this month, in a deal that would have been unthinkable a few years back,Â IBM, one of Sun's main hardware rivals, agreed to redistribute Solaris OS and Solaris Subscriptions for some of its System x and BladeCenter servers. From IBM's perspective, the move is in line with its pledge to offer users a range of operating systems and also will enable the vendor to make money on support calls involving Solaris running on IBM hardware. Hamilton said Sun's in discussions with about 40 original equipment manufacturers to make the OS available on their hardware. The companies include smaller hardware vendors that operate in particular geographies, but he's also interested in having IBM-like relationships with HP and Dell.


A TEAM will leave Sydney today to co-ordinate disaster relief for the only aid organisation allowed in the devastated north-east of Sri Lanka.


Oil prices stayed close to $49 a  barrel on Thursday, supported by a forecast for an early cold  snap in the United States that could put a strain on a thin  supply cushion of winter heating fuel.


While it is apparent that Warren Jeffs needed to be arrested, his actual apprehension solves one problem, yet other problems will arise.  The people of Hildale, Utah, Colorado Cty, Ariz., and the enclave at Eldorado, Texas, are not all accused of rape, conspiracy or financial improprieties.


Most Iraqis favor withdrawal of U.S. forces soon: poll

About three-quarters of Iraqis   believe U.S. forces are provoking more conflict than they are   preventing in Iraq and should be withdrawn within a year, a   survey released on Wednesday showed.


Mexico's leftist candidate protests vote

Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged his supporters to take to the streets Saturday, claiming the governing party stole his victory in Mexico's extremely narrow elections.


Chilean judge halts his questioning of ailing ex-dictator

SANTIAGO, Chile A Chilean judge questioned Gen. Augusto Pinochet yesterday about the disappearance of leftist political opponents during his 1973-90 dictatorship, but cut the interrogation short because of the former leader's poor health.


Carlos Lee's RBI single in the ninth inning broke a tie and the Houston Astros beat Cincinnati 4-3 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep of the Reds.


Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $1.34 billion in the latest week to $826.03 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.


Three people who kept an epileptic man hostage for six weeks are sent to prison for a total of 29 years.


The Lede Blog: A Times Article on Italy Hits a Nerve

A published account of Italyâs malaise has become Topic A in a country that cares a lot about how it is seen abroad.


NFL: Miami's Wannstedt quit to avoid being focal point

DAVIE, Fla. - Dave Wannstedt tried to steer the Miami Dolphins through a lot of obstacles this season, but he finally found one distraction he couldn't overcome: Worried that the heat surrounding his job status


Hanks in "Da Vinci Code;" Denzel on Broadway; U2 on tour; David ...

(National) Nov. 16, 2004 - Tom Hanks is expected to star in "The Da Vinci Code." The Oscar winner would play the part of professor Robert Langdon, who pursues the mystery of the Holy Grail.


WWF Calls for Ban in Trade of Great White Sharks

A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.


'Farmers Are Reporting Nothing but Dust'

By Dahleen Glanton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--ATLANTA -- North and South Carolina are fighting over a river.  In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniel's  whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers.


Cuban Cartoonists Join U.S. Xmas Lights Dispute

Cuban cartoonists on Wednesday added  gigantic caricatures of President Bush and his top diplomat in  Cuba to an array of graphics around the U.S. mission attacking  America's human rights policies.


Lo annuncia ministro per Rapporti con Parlamento Chiti


The European Union calls for free and fair elections in the Maldives with a parliamentary vote due this month.


BABIES who cry excessively for no obvious reason can go on to have difficulties in childhood, according to a study. Uncontrolled crying that persisted beyond three months of age was linked with behavioural problems and lower IQ at the age of five.


US Forces Say Target Guerrillas Training in Iraq

US forces launched a "precision strike" Saturday on a building in the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja where 15 to 20 guerrillas were training for attacks, the American military said.


Manufacturers make slow, small moves on deal front

These are good times for diversified  U.S. manufacturers. So why aren't they doing more big mergers  and acquisitions?


A minister says the UK and the United States would no longer be "joined at the hip" in foreign policy.


Five people are injured after a car drove through a police checkpoint in north Belfast in the early hours of the morning.


The UN atomic watchdog agency says weapons inspectors have not uncovered evidence to support accusations that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program, according to a copy of a report obtained by CNN.


Iran's new top nuclear negotiator is scheduled Tuesday to hold his first international meeting about Tehran's contentious nuclear program since his appointment Â a session in Rome with the European Union's foreign policy chief.


See CNET at Macworld 2008, grill me Thursday

If you're in San Francisco for Macworld, head over to booth 4810 to meet and greet CNET writers and editors, and if you're connected to the Internet, let's talk Macworld on Thursday.


Washington - The United States on Friday warned its citizens to avoid the eastern coast of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, especially the resort areas of Taba and Nuweiba, following deadly car bomb attacks there that killed at least 28 people, many of the


Advocate Suggests Crestor May Harm Kidneys

WASHINGTON Oct 29, 2004 - Consumer advocate Dr. Sidney Wolfe renewed his effort Friday to get the anti-cholesterol drug Crestor removed from sale.


The future looks bleak for barn owls after the worst breeding season for 20 years, a bird charity says.


Â«Nel volo verso Torino mi sono riavvicinata a mio maritoÂ»

DRONERO (Cuneo) - Â«Jessica laggiÃ¹ non ci doveva essere. Non voleva andare in Egitto, di quel viaggio non era entusiasta. Lei era giÃ  stata in Spagna con gli amici questa estate, le sue vacanze le aveva giÃ  fatte.


IRAQ was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah today as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.


Tens of Thousands More Deaths Expected in Sumatra

Tens of thousands of people have  probably died in Indonesia's western Sumatra and Aceh Province  or will perish before relief workers can reach them, a senior  U.N. official said Monday.


Already there are tales of Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford finishing each other's sentences. The energetic backcourt tandem officially began trading phone calls when


Widows of September 11 endorse both Bush and Kerry

With September 11 still haunting the United States, both President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, John Kerry, have received endorsements from families of the victims of the terrorist attack.


Music fans from across Italy started pouring in Thursday ahead of the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome, which features Eminem and R&B icons Alicia Keys and Usher among others.


Lynx Infielder Fontenot Has 'Pretty Good Pop for His Size'

At 5 feet 8, 160 pounds, second baseman Mike Fontenot looks more like the Class AAA Ottawa Lynx's batboy than one of the Baltimore Orioles' top prospects.


Working to mend the frayed relations between their countries, President Bush and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada sought to project a unified front


Iraq Insurgents Kill Top Police, Hit U.S. Convoy

Gunmen killed three high-ranking Iraqi police officers in two separate attacks on Saturday, among a daily round of bombings and ambushes targeting U.S. forces and their Iraqi allies.


Executives Say MCI Is Looking for Buyers

MCI, the troubled telecommunications company, has quietly begun shopping itself to potential buyers, executives involved in the sale process said.


2 Americans and Briton Are Kidnapped by Rebels in Baghdad

Insurgents kidnapped two American and one British contractor in a brazen dawn raid on their home in one of Baghdad's most upscale neighborhoods, underscoring the rapidly


NOVEMBER 29, 2004  - It must be tough being America's nanny, especially when there's so much real work to do.


"Jesus Camp" documentary stays off beaten path

LOS ANGELES  - "Jesus Camp," Heidi   Ewing and Rachel Grady's new documentary about a God-fearing   summer camp for evangelical children, will begin a platform   release next Friday.


FBI Fumbled on Terror Financing, 9/11 Panel Says

The FBI knew about specific  suspected al Qaeda fundraisers before the Sept. 11 attacks but  failed to tackle the problem, the Sept. 11 Commission said in a  staff report released on Saturday.


Floods, rain kill over 60 in southwest Pakistan

Floods and heavy rain have killed more than 60 people and left some 200,000 homeless in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, officials and police said Sunday.


Reports from Iran say a prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, has been arrested in Tehran.


One of the country's few remaining coal mines is to close, the owners say.


Jets Coach Draws Strength From Special Teams

Jetsâ special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff spent all season on crutches, on doctorâs orders, after surgery on his left leg in February. Coaching is what carried him through this season, what gave him strength.


Pregnant Britney poster allowed in Tokyo subway

Tokyo's subway allowed a publisher to display posters of a nude and heavily pregnant Britney Spears on Monday, overturning a decision to cover up part of the image for being "too stimulating" for young people.


The yen fell to a six-week low against  the dollar on Tuesday as investors worried that soaring oil  prices could jeopardize Japan's economic recovery.


UK companies floundering with no IT strategy

Survey says firms working to 'loose informal plans' Nearly a third of medium-sized companies in the UK have no IT strategy and a further third work to an "informal loose plan".â¦


It s a food scare custom designed for Central Europe: On Thursday, Oct. 28, the Hungarian health minister banned the sale of the national spice, paprika, after government checks found high levels of aflatoxin, ...


Ian Paisley's DUP emerges as the largest party in Northern Ireland's Assembly election with 36 Stormont seats.


Netflix Inc. expects its profit to sag the rest of this year as the online DVD rental leader absorbs the cost of lowering its the most popular subscription plan to ward off an intensifying threat from rival Blockbuster Inc.


Update 1: Advance America Leads Busy Day for IPOs

Check-cashing service Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc. gained as much as 37 percent in its initial public offering Thursday, leading moderate advances for all but one of the day's seven deals.


Cadbury pleads guilty in salmonella case

Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the world's largest confectionery group, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of selling unsafe chocolate in Britain and Ireland during 2006 and faces an unlimited fine.


New daddy Woods improves Furyk's chances

Jim Furyk's chances of making nearly $900,000 at the Buick Open increased when Tiger Woods became a father.


Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies

She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself.


US blue-chip stocks rallied to the day's high, after initially trimming earlier gains, overnight as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point.


EU plans to fingerprint foreigners to beef up borders

The European Commission unveiled on  Wednesday a plan to fingerprint all foreigners visiting  Europe's 24-nation border-free area, as part of a series of  border-security proposals.


Dec. 24. - But for the Congressâ palace intrigue, the funeral of PV Narasimha Rao would have taken place in Delhi and not in Hyderabad.


A growing depression brought violent winds to Japan, injuring 12 people and stranding a tanker off the east of the country, police and weather officials said.


Will developers be happy as Larry? Oracle was banging its drum hard today, as it launched version 11g of its eponymous Database product.â¦


Former President Bush today endorsed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid, saying, "No one is better prepared to lead our nation at these trying times than Senator John McCain."


Bombassei, elefante sta per partorire topolino


Nikkei hits 5-week closing high on upbeat capital spending data

TOKYO - Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index hit a five-week closing high Monday on upbeat capital spending figures for the April-June quarter by Japanese companies.


U.S. Says Strikes Pro-Zarqawi Hideout in Iraq

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes struck a suspected  hideout for followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi in Falluja on Tuesday, destroying the building and  killing an unknown number of militants, the U.S. military said.


Report Faults Oversight by Smithsonian Regents

In a high-profile mea culpa the Smithsonian Institution issued a report saying that its Board of Regents had failed to provide the oversight that might have prevented extravagant spending by its former chief executive.


Welcome to a scared new world, where "Saving Private Ryan" -- a devout, dramatic homage to World War II heroism -- can't air on Veterans Day because its language and violence


Under-fire Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks insists he has no intention of sell his 50% stake in the club.


Hollywood stars pay tribute to legendary US TV host Johnny Carson, who has died at the age of 79.


UK supermarket chain Tesco  launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes.


In places like Congo and Kosovo, peacekeepers have been accused of abusing the people they're protecting.


A spokesman for the Glazer family denies reports that they are considering selling Manchester United.


Gadgeteers attending Vegas conference are getting an eyeful of sexy new high-end televisions.


Cynthia Gustafson doesn't really think the work she does is particularly special - that's part of what makes her spectacular, according to her colleagues in the Carroll College Nursing Department.


Verizon deal lets Philadelphia move ahead with wireless plan

The city of Philadelphia has reached an agreement with Verizon Communications that will let the municipal government deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network, but a carrier-backed bill that would let incumbent carriers block such projects has been signed into law by Pennsylvania's governor.


At least 203 dead in worst Chinese mine disaster in recent history

At least 203 workers were killed after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China in the worst mining disaster in the country's recent history, mining officials and state media said.


Peterson lost for season with torn Achilles' tendon

Julian Peterson, the 49ers' All-Pro linebacker, will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon late in the first quarter of San Francisco's win over Arizona on Sunday.


THE US military is raising troop levels in Iraq to nearly 142,000 ahead of January elections, delaying the return home of a seasoned combat brigade and keeping in place another division's headquarters staff.


Spielberg, luminaries press Olympic China over Darfur

US film maker Steven Spielberg Tuesday abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur.


Benson Is Nearing Deal to Keep Shea His Home

Kris Benson indicated Wednesday that he was close to signing a contract that would keep him in the Mets' starting rotation.


JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Sunday to expand a huge offensive into Gaza that has killed 50 Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets into Israel.


The move comes as a surprise, as Tech Pacific appeared to be preparing to float on the Australian Stock Exchange, though Tech Pacific chief executive Shailendra Gupta had been hedging his bets on whether a float or trade sale was in the wind.


Oil cartel expected to call for tighter compliance with official quota levels at Cairo meeting. CAIRO  - The OPEC oil cartel is unlikely to lower its official production ceiling when ministers meet


There are reports that a body reportedly found in Iraq may belong to a young Japanese hostage.


Direttore generale Filingeri,Bertola amministratore delegato


The leaders of Thailand's coup ban all meetings and other activities by political parties, two days after taking power.


L'obiettivo del gruppo e' di realizzare un nuovo terminale


Kidd Deal Not Dead, but Maybe on Life Support

Jason Kidd sliced through a mob of cameras, microphones and bodies, settled into a padded chair and tried to dispel the chaos with a simple three-word introduction: âIâm a Net.â


US air strikes on the rebellious Iraqi city of Falluja kill at least seven people, hospital officials say.


ENERGY-SPAIN:  Backyard Oil Prospects Gain Appeal

BARCELONA, Aug 31 (IPS) - Oil explorers are once again fanning out through a  vast swath of land at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains in  Spain's northeastern Catalonia region as record high oil  prices revive interest in this area and several other prospects  on the Iberian Peninsula.


Scafati, 21:00 - BASKET, PRESIDENTE LEGEA SCAFATI INIBITO PER CINQUE MESI

Dopo la sconfitta nel recupero con la Fortitudo Bologna, il giudice sportivo colpisce ancora il pre...


Families shell out a small fortune to send their kids back to school.


Schering's hepatitis C drug works as well as Roche's.


Literary fans get the chance to air their views on who should win the first Man Booker International Prize.


Prince of Intensity With a Lightness of Touch

Heath Ledger was serious and smart enough to be suspicious of deploying his charisma too easily or cheaply.


This is just a guess, but I would assume that most people who read that the Expos were leaving Montreal for Washington in yesterday's Eagle simply yawned and turned the page.


Alzheimer's Research Target May Be a Dead End

SUNDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A once-promising pathway for research into preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease may have been derailed by a surprise chemical finding, researchers report.


Indian batting stuttered once again as they lost the two opening batsmen cheaply and handed Australia a slight advantage on the second day of the third cricket Test here today.


Dalle 10 la situazione sta tornando alla regolarita'


Daniel Baldwin talks about his addiction

Daniel Baldwin opened up about his cocaine addiction in a series of confessional video diaries, taped at various stages of his treatment, that were to be shown Tuesday night on ABC News' "Primetime."


Sony BMG Settles Suits Over Antipiracy Program

Sony BMG will pay $1.5 million and thousands more in customer refunds to settle lawsuits over music CDs that installed a hidden antipiracy program on consumersâ computers.


Birmingham pop star Jamelia has joined the Band Aid III supergroup set to raise millions for Africa's famine relief. The singer will appear on the re-recording of Do They Know It's Christmas?


SAN FRANCISCO-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman and Havas reportedly raised their bids today for ad agency Grey Global Group, putting pressure on WPP's bid for the company and raising all three offers to at least $1.


Reazioni allarmate alla pubblicazione dello studio Ipcc sul riscaldamento globaleIl Wwf: "Serve un piano Marshall che metta l'ambiente al centro di tutto"                                            Rapporto clima, appello alla politica "L'Italia volti pagina, Ã¨ giÃ  in ritardo"                                                                                Il ministro Pecoraro Ã¨ d'accordo: "Una svolta ecologista non Ã¨ rinviabile"


UN gives Serbia more time for final Kosovo talks

The United Nations has granted Belgrade more time to prepare for a final round of talks on the future status of Kosovo, the breakaway Albanian-majority province of Serbia.


City officials said Thursday they are shutting down nearly a third of the 350 prostitution "windows" in Amsterdam's famed Red Light District as part of a crackdown on crime.


âWe Own the Nightâ is a bloody, passionate melodrama, self-consciously Shakespearean â or Biblical, or Greek, take your pick of atavisms â in its intentions.


Kerry Draws Even With Bush at 45 Percent in Zogby Tracking Poll

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry moved into a tie with President George W. Bush in the latest Reuters/Zogby tracking poll of likely voters.


In Kentucky and Ohio, Hard Feelings Over a Rock

When a man removed an eight-ton rock from the Ohio River, those on the opposite bank objected.


Mike Vanderjagt misses a 48-yard field goal in the final seconds as defending champion New England holds on for a 27-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday.


U.S. stocks were slightly higher on  Monday as gains in insurance company American International  Group Inc. AIG.N and retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N  outweighed losses in energy stocks due to lower oil prices.


Pleasant visions of fun in the sun in the Dominican Republic are being shattered by sad images of residents being smuggled away on wooden boats, only to perish at sea.


Mike Baker examines the implications of splitting the old Department for Education and Skills in two.


Submarine survivors feared they would die

LONDON: Survivors of a fatal fire on a Canadian submarine have spoken of their experience as the defence minister refused to rule out suing the British Government.


India and Bangladesh Neglect Their Enclaves

Nazrul Islam is an Indian living in an Indian village.


Il presidente del Toroc Valentino Castellani ha annunciato che presenterÃ  le proprie dimissioni al prossimo comitato d'amministrazione del comitato organizzatore di Torino 2006 (Toroc), convocato per fine novembre.


Microsoft Corp. will change the program that helps Windows Vista users search their hard drives, in response to antitrust complaints from Google Inc., a person familiar with the issue said Tuesday.


Rice Says She Knew Iraq Tube Claims Questioned

Top U.S. officials were aware some  pre-war evidence cited to make the case against Iraq's Saddam  Hussein was questionable but U.S. intelligence officials  nonetheless deemed the threat of his developing nuclear weapons  credible, top White House aides said on Sunday.


Charlie Manuel was hired by the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday to replace Larry Bowa as manager, taking over a talented but underachieving club that hasn't reached the playoffs since 1993.


Fear of what the symptoms of prostate cancer may mean stops men seeking medical help, a study suggests.


Udine, 18:48 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: RITROVARE IL SUCCESSO ANCHE IN CASA

Ripresa degli allenamenti per l'Udinese, con il tecnico Marino che dopo una fase atleica ha fatto la...


Robbins' Latest Troubles Sadden Teammates

When Barret Robbins disappeared before the Super Bowl two years ago, it enraged some of his teammates.


Cities in the US are using a global positioning software system in their efforts to control graffiti.


Convicted Bali bomber Ali Imron has been allowed on an outing to a Starbucks coffee shop in Jakarta. Reporters spotted him laughing and joking with Brigadier-General Gorries Mere, one of the officers investigating the Bali attacks.


An explosion is reported to have killed at least one person near Pakistan's army HQ in the city of Rawalpindi.


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Michael Fish, legendary BBC weatherman, signs off

One of the living legends of British television, BBC weatherman Michael Fish, bade good-bye to viewers after more than 30 years on the air -- and a forecast 17 years ago that he never could live down.


Standing on the edge of the blogosphere, you can see some pretty strange sights (and sites). Pillows that look like they are stained with blood, a debate about national borders and journalism ethics, and even one site commenting on the staff salary levels of another (now that is odd).For blogs like Valleywag and Gawker, risk-taking is routine -- even part of their reason to exist. It's obvious when they post about George Clooney's medical record that they are stirring up controversy. Other sites -- such as the less commonly known Daily Awesome or the video blog Rocketboom -- take risks by posting pictures and video clips that traditional media would never touch. A few tech blogs are risky in that they are not afraid to call something ugly, confusing, or useless (see Daring Fireball).Here are some of the riskier blogs on the Web, along with a few examples of what makes them that way.Dooce  A classic blog in the sense that it really is a daily journal of the owner's life (including kids, illness, finances and husband), Dooce.com is controversial only because it's honest about the mundane. Posts about mental illness, skin cancer, sex, Mormonism and other subjects are sometimes over-the-top -- in some cases, causing virulent reactions from readers. Interestingly, in the comments for the more unconventional posts, such as this one, where the blogger is wearing a shirt about meat, the comments are generally supportive and sympathetic.Gawker  This Manhattan gossip blog (and publishing home of blogs such as Gizmodo and Kotaku) doesn't necessarily view itself as controversial or vengeful, but posts tend to be filled with gossip. "We're not trying to be inflammatory," says managing editor Choire Sicha. "We definitely get a lot of mail, some of it a little frightening, when we discuss race, ethnicity and religion."Boing Boing  One of the most unusual sites on the Web, Boing Boing just recently updated its design (it's now much easier to read) and has recently started posting video blogs. They cover a wild variety of topics, from giant squids to privacy rights to Christian comic books, usually with a keen eye for exposing anything misleading or naive.Posters such as Cory Doctorow (a science fiction writer and former Electronic Frontier Foundation director) and founder Mark Frauenfelder cover the dark side of the media, covering unusual gadgets and toys such as a Tonka truck cutlery set."Once I blogged photos of pillows that looked like pools of blood,"says Frauenfelder. "My timing was bad, because it was the day after the Virginia Tech shootings, and some readers thought the photos were of dead students. I posted it before I realized people might connect the two. I got a bunch of angry e-mails. I took the images down right away, but a few people remained apoplectic."Valleywag  Valleywag is essentially an investigative reporting blog that "outs" companies that do dumb things, or at least the shenanigans of people at really popular corporations (such as Google Inc.). One recent post about a Google employee who claimed to invent AdWords led to a series of scathing comments from readers and a rebuttal from Google employees. ("The reviewer on Valleywag needs to go back to school to learn to read," said one commenter.)Part of the risk-taking nature of Valleywag is that the site reports on well-known company officials and other bloggers, not just untouchable Hollywood celebrities. A post about Robert Scoble, in which he was Photoshopped to look like a troll, makes a jab at his claims about not seeking high traffic.Your Daily Awesome  Another unusual site, Your Daily Awesome is risk-taking in that the images are sometimes mesmerizing and jarring. On more conventional sites you probably won't see photos of Buster Keaton riding a donkey, big whites sheets used as a backdrop for real trees or "brain maps". Scans of old books like the environmental classic What On Earth Are We Doing? and dreamy landscape photographs (shot in a large aquarium tank) are also common. In fact, the images are often inspiring because they are so rarely featured on any other sites.G4 TheFeed  Focused mostly on gaming, G4 -- TheFeed is prone to post techie gossip and game rumors, gadget news and unusual tech toys. It's usually a good source for information about game cancellations and news. The site posted about the Bungie North America split from Microsoft, for example, before some of the other game news outlets."Because G4TV.com's TheFeed blog has a heavy gaming focus, anything we post about the 'console wars' between the Xbox 360, the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii elicits an immediate, contentious and emotional response from our readers," says Robert Juster, G4TV vice president of new media and interactive. "We've been angrily accused of being on the payroll of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, often by different readers reacting to the exact same post."Other risk-taking blogs:Gary Weiss  Gary Weiss isn't really a blogger -- he's a print journalist and book author -- but his blog is incisive and often cutting-edge when it comes to Wall Street and tech companies. Posts about Overstock.com caused a stir not only with company officials, but also with readers and other reporters.Rocketboom The only video blog in our list, Rocketboom tends to report on the "other side" of the news, the unconventional stories that mainstream newspaper and television avoid, such as a report in July on the fence/wall constructed around Israel.Share Sleuth  Another investigative blog, Share Sleuth focuses on stock fraud and the illegal practices of companies, partly as a way to guide investors. Recent reports on Xenthanol even led to a Wired Magazine feature story.Daring Fireball  For an Apple-centric site that reports on new products and software to the Macintosh faithful, Daring Fireball is also not afraid to take the company to task on software foibles.


NBA Finals rookies, Cavs primed for shot

Above the Cavaliers' training room door on the wall adjacent to LeBron James' locker hangs a photograph of one of his signature dunks — one of his nastiest, wake-up-the-kids slams. The one over Tim Duncan.


Bomb Hits US Convoy in Baghdad, One Iraqi Killed

A car exploded near a convoy of US military vehicles on a highway west of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing a civilian and wounding around a dozen people, including four US soldiers, the US military and doctors said.


Self-immolation man claims to be FBI informant: report

A man who set himself on fire outside the White House on Monday claimed to be an informant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), The Washington Post reported Tuesday.


Injuries to 3 starters may hurt in future

There was injury to go with the insult of a 31-26 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Network Associates Coliseum. Three Oakland starters failed to finish


Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide, begins this weekend. The observance, with its emphasis on inner reflection, fasting and prayer


Stars arrive for the European Film Awards, being held in eastern Europe for the first time.


Arafat's brother moved to Cairo for cancer therapy

Palestinian sources said on Tuesday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's younger brother Fatehy Arafat was transferred to a hospital in Cairo to be treated for intestines cancer.


Gizmondo creator touts smart phone scheme

It's only just started shipping its Gizmondo handheld games console but Tiger Telematics has already said it plans to challenge the likes of Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, PalmOne and Research in Motion with a smart phone product.


Peterson defense attorney lashing out at prosecution theory

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson's defense attorney is lashing out on a key prosecution theory. During closing arguments this morning, Mark Geragos (GEHR'-uh-guhs) told the jury that there was little evidence


Knicks guard Jamal Crawford is expected to miss three-to-six weeks with turf toe in his right big toe. Crawford is averaging 19.3 points per game.


PeopleSoft's ousted CEO walks away with a severance package in excess of $16 million.


The US economy added 112,000 payroll jobs last month, far fewer than the month before and not enough to keep up with average increases in the adult population, the US Labor Department reported on Friday.


Su legge elettorale no a diritto di veto per piccoli partiti


Il virologo: "In due settimane l'epidemia finirÃ  e il vaccinoÃ¨ efficace. Si osserva un ceppo diverso isolato in Spagna"                                          L'influenza rispetta le previsioni ma c'Ã¨ la variante Wellington                                                                                Tre milioni gli italiani a letto per sindromi influenzali meno gravi di CRISTINA NADOTTI


The Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into complaints of deceptive marketing by student-loan providers, widening the scope of ethics probes into the $85 billion-a-year industry.


Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says any new Palestinian unity government must meet conditions set by the West.


Lewis Hamilton insists he can shake off last season's disappointment and "do an even better job" in the new campaign.


Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham does not expect to make a return to English club football.


Virus writers are attempting to take over computer users' PCs by enticing them to click on a malicious programme masquerading as lurid photos of England soccer captain David Beckham, according to a security firm.


Broccoli Compound Arrests Breast Cancer Cell Growth

NEW YORK  - In findings that could make  broccoli and Brussels sprouts easier to swallow, early research  suggests a chemical found in the vegetables may impede the  spread of breast cancer cells.


For Geezers Gone Wild, Too Little, Too Late

âThe Bucket Listâ operates on the hope that two beloved stars rubbing their signature screen personas together can spark warm, fuzzy box office magic.


Just Think of the Hassles as Character Building

For all those alpha men and women of the business world, lack of control is not a happy situation.


More and more, web forms are having to distinguish between real users entering inforamtion and bots/scripts going out and using the form to harass. Thankfully, there's a solution that is simple and easy for just about anyone to implement - a security image - and this new DevShed article seeks to help you create one of your own.


Oil giant BP reports buoyant trading in the third quarter, with production up by 11%, on the back of soaring crude prices.


Little progress in Time Warner-NFL talks

Time Warner Cable customers itching to watch football games on the National Football League's cable channel remain on hold as the two sides have been unable to reach a deal, Time Warner Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Parsons said on Tuesday.


Somehow, it all seemed pre ordained. The Weston boys' swimming team would walk away with another state title and their beloved coach Pete Foley would walk into retirement as a champion. That was just the way the story would end.


U.S. Treasury prices inched up in more sedate trading Wednesday amid calmer stock market activity.


Opposition urges Kenyan leader to concede

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called on Sunday for the government to concede defeat or allow a recount in a presidential election, saying fraud had stripped his rival's administration of legitimacy.


McCartney says music helps him as divorce proceeds

Paul McCartney said on Monday that  writing new music had sustained him through the last few  months, a period when his divorce from second wife Heather  Mills has become increasingly acrimonious.


Sharon Ready to Make 'Painful Compromises'

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday that Israel is prepared to make "painful compromises for peace," and has begun coordination with Palestinians on Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip.


The city fathers of Verona are determined to rid their town of "wall, that vile wall which did these lovers sunder" and replace lime and rough-cast with a smooth panel resistant to modern tourists.


Clinton urges end to HIV/AIDS stigma in Vietnam

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged young Vietnamese on Wednesday to talk more about HIV and AIDS to reduce fear and ignorance of the disease and discourage discrimination.


Princess Diana said she needed marriage to Dodi Al Fayed "like a rash on my face", a friend tells her inquest.


They were the Michael Vick cards many animal lovers just had to get their paws on.


Aston Villa signed West Ham's former England Under-21 captain Nigel Reo-Coker for 8.5 million pounds on Thursday.


Shares of Navistar International Corp.  NAV.N rose 2.7 percent before the bell on Monday after the  commercial truck maker said it expects higher fourth-quarter  earnings and revenue.


In New York, Olympics Can Be Spelled JETS

New York will be forced to abandon its bid to host the 2012 Olympics if a deal is not reached soon on a $1.4 billion stadium for the New York Jets, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday.


Glazer Getting Serious Despite Fansâ Opposition

American multi-millionaire Malcolm Glazer is set to intensify his campaign to gain control of Manchester United. The sports club tycoon could be about to launch a formal takeover bid this week, despite staunch opposition from United fans.


When the Studios Called the Shots, and the Close-Ups

In its golden age, Hollywood excelled at manufacturing stars, large and small. This book explains how the machine worked.


US embassies issue terror warnings in Nordic, Baltic region

HELSINKI, Finland - US embassies in Finland and Latvia issued a rare warning to Americans in the Nordic and Baltic region to be wary of shopping centers and public transport amid a threat of a possible terror attack Monday.


Tax credit mistakes cost Joe Public Â£1bn a year

Taxing Peter to overpay Paul Fraud and error in the tax credits system is costing the UK economy at least Â£1bn a year, according to MPs.â¦


L'espresso, poveri miliardari ricchi ma spesso nati infelici

Chi accumula grandi fortune il piÃ¹ delle volte ha alle spalle un'infanzia piena di problemi. Sociali e psicologici. Lo rivela la classifica di 'Forbes'


The Cuban government has provided no details on Fidel Castro's health and released no pictures of the leader since it announced Monday night that he was having surgery and handing power to his brother.


AstraZeneca posts strong rise in profits, optimistic about sales

Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca reported a 14 percent rise in third quarter pre-tax profit and said it was on track to hit earnings estimates for the full year.


NHS Grampian admits losing the personal data of patients eight times in the last five years.


Israel Kills 5 Palestinians in North Gaza -- Medics

Israeli soldiers shot dead five  Palestinians in north Gaza on Tuesday after mortar fire from  Palestinian militants wounded two people in a nearby Jewish  settlement, medics on both sides said.


Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has insisted that he would not be concerned if the Blues became the most disliked club in the country - as that would only make them even stronger.


Iraq's Neighbors Get $2.9 Billion for Clean-Up

The United Nations approved paying $2.9 billion to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Thursday for environmental projects to clean up oil lakes and other pollution from Iraq's 1990-1991 occupation of Kuwait, a spokesman said.


Daily Traffic to Video Sharing Sites Nearly Double

The audience for video sharing Web sites has risen sharply in the past year, with almost half of online adults logging onto such sites, according to a study.


Tiki Barber sprinted for a 52-yard touchdown in the third quarter, the play that the Giants would ride to their third victory of the season.


Correction: That Campaign Button Can Sting You at Work

The Career Couch column last Sunday, about presidential politics in the office, referred incorrectly to comments by Daniel I. Prywes, a partner in the Washington offices of the law firm Bryan Cave. When Mr. Prywes said that soliciting participation in political events might be permissible, he was referring to both employers and employees, not just employees. In addition, he said that employers who coerce employees to make political contributions would be violating federal election laws; he was not referring to employees who solicit contributions.


Software maker Computer Associates  CA.N on Wednesday said it would cut 800 jobs, or 5 percent of  its work force, to cut costs amid weaker demand and falling  prices for software and services.


Nortel to trim work force by almost 10 percent

An additional 3 percent of staff positions will be "offshored" as part of the company's $1.5 billion cost-cutting drive.


The kidnapping of an Italian national in Lanao del Norte in the middle of a supposed ceasefire between government forces and Muslim secessionists while peace talks are ongoing to bring peace to the south suggests there are some quarters who do not want


InfoWorld?s petition asking Microsoft not to discontinue Windows XP after June 30 has garnered more than 65,000 signatures since Jan. 14. And with those signatures have come thousands of reader comments that reveal why many IT organizations are up in arms about the June 30 deadline to retire XP.                                                    Three reasons dominate the resistance to Vista: performance, compatibility, and cost. All of them can be overcome with investments in hardware, software, training, and support. The question is whether the upgrade will help businesses increase sales, perform better, or serve customers more effectively -- especially when other IT initiatives with more ROI potential, from greening the datacenter to more effective partner integration, may fall back in the queue as a result. A recent Gartner study confirms that such direct business benefit is now driving IT budgets, not new technology for its own sake.[ SignInfoWorld?s Save XP petition to ask Microsoft to keep XP available after June 30. ]Lots of pain, little gainJohn Alber, CTO at Bryan Cave, a large, tech-savvy law firm in Los Angeles, was willing to go on the record when he expressed misgivings about moving to Vista over the same trio of issues. Many other IT professionals were not, due to fears about damaging their company?s relationship with Microsoft. Off the record, one technology vendor told InfoWorld that it has indefinitely postponed its conversion to Windows Vista after several months of testing because the demonstrable benefit was elusive. Similarly, the IT staff at a large California school district has no plans to convert to Vista; its technology director said that Vista takes twice the hardware resources.In some cases, the changes that Vista brings reduce productivity or increase costs just to maintain existing capabilities. That?s why John Hawkins, CEO of Adviser Media, ended up removing Vista from a new laptop and then from his company, which maintains several how-to sites aimed at baby boomers. ?Whatever I tried to do, the new computer fought me -- and usually, it won. By ?do,? I mean basic stuff: save a file, connect to my office network and the Internet, turn on, turn off, copy some files. It's my computer -- shouldn't I be allowed to do these things? Nope, not without lots of effort, wasted time, and sometimes, complete failure,? he wrote in his blog.Basic incompatibilities also drive him to go back to XP, Hawkins told InfoWorld: ?My ?favorite? is that Vista doesn't work with many Wi-Fi access points (the main reason our users demanded a return to XP) -- and Microsoft's fix is to tell users to replace them!? Scott Pam shared this frustration: ?There are lots of incompatibilities on drivers,? noted the independent IT consultant in Palm Desert, Calif.Even some of those who like Vista on their home computers have been unable to use it for work. ?I love Vista on my home machine. But it would be completely impossible to use at work. I still need to support applications running on Pocket PC 2002 and Windows CE 4.2 platforms, and for that I need the development environment I wrote them with -- Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++. This is not supported, and doesn't work, on Windows Vista. Even where the customer has upgraded some devices, a move to Visual Studio 2005 native device development entails a change of libraries, which can have complicated breaking changes. Oh, and they broke serial ActiveSync as well,? noted a U.K. developer who declined to be identified.And of course, those much-publicized performance issues loom large. ?It uses mega hard disk space and has a lot more running programs in the background than XP,? noted a support technician at a broadband provider, who asked for anonymity.User frustration equals IT frustration Support staff and IT consultants also feel the pain, mainly from the confusion that Microsoft?s new UI and security controls cause their users.IT consultant Scott Pam is frustrated with the burden that Vista has placed on him. ?Customers are panicking,? he says, since they can?t find their data or common controls in the new UI and assume the data has been lost or their Vista PC is broken. ?So I go back for free [to explain how to use Vista], costing hundreds of dollars of my time.? He asks why Microsoft could not have offered its new security approach and other features without breaking the familiar Windows XP UI. ?Apple added new capabilities in all the versions since Mac OS X 10.2 but kept the interface, drivers, and applications mostly compatible. Microsoft changed everything.?The broadband company?s support technician faces the same user frustration. ?A lot of us cringe when we get a call regarding Vista. It is hard to understand, hard to find what we need, and hard to explain it to customers,? she said.The new UAC (user access control) security approach bedevils both IT consultant Pam and his clients. Not only do users not know how to respond to endless ?are you sure? messages about possible security threats, Vista?s lockdown of users? own files areas keeps clients from being able to work. He cites a user who dutifully copied all his data to a USB drive before converting to Vista, only to discover that Vista would not let him copy the data back because the USB drive wasn?t accessed through administrator privileges. ?That?s ridiculous -- it?s his drive,? Pam said. The idea of having to log in as an administrator just doesn?t occur to users, he noted.Jason Sage, a developer and software engineer who didn?t want his company named, is also frustrated by overzealous security in Vista, which he believes works against the standard set by Microsoft .Net and Visual Studio. True, in Vista, Microsoft has documented what developers need to do to give applications permission to access their own configuration files. But Sage thinks the basic approach is wrong. ?What we have now is applications running as the user. This is too much responsibility for many users who have no idea what all the software on their machine is doing while running as them.?Other developers are frustrated by the change in security and other core OS services. Noted one developer working at a small company: ?My company has had several developers forced to use Vista while servicing our clients. The result has been an absolute nightmare. Applications don't work, drivers collide, the screen loses integrity at random times, we encounter file data loss or corruption, our network-based automated backups don't work, etc.?Roadblocks on rollback to XP  Given the many frustrations he?s encountered, Pam advises his clients not to install Vista or to replace Vista with XP on new computers. And he seethes that he?ll have to get each of the five different Vista versions, and either five PCs to run them on or a Mac or Unix box with enough virtual machine capability to run them all, just so he can duplicate customers? environments.?Several of my customers have gone back to the store where they purchased their new computer and have asked that they replace Vista with XP,? he says.But users may not always have that choice, several InfoWorld readers noted. ?There are not always XP drivers available for a clean install of XP,? commented one reader, whose newer Toshiba?s NVidia video card had only Vista drivers. Another reader had a similar issue with a new Acer laptop: ?The hardware and firmware in my laptop's chipsets simply do not support XP.?Agents of change Not everyone is holding back on the shift to Vista, of course. Several InfoWorld readers expressed satisfaction. For example, an independent developer in the U.K., who did not want to be seen as a ?fan boy? and thus declined to be identified, told InfoWorld he prefers Vista to XP and views the UI changes and incompatibilities as minor issues. ?Vista is what Microsoft wanted XP to look like; when they couldn?t achieve Vista?s look they settled for the horrible design it has. Yes, Vista uses more resources than XP, but it runs absolutely everything 20 percent faster for me than XP ever did. Yes, drivers are a problem at the moment for older hardware that is capable of running Vista, but then the same was true for XP,? he said. ?Program compatibility has caused one or two problems recently, but nowhere near as many with XP when I first got it.?Other readers suggested that those who wanted to stick with XP were doing so because they simply didn?t want to invest in new hardware. All OS conversions cost time and money and change is just part of the technology landscape.For IT, the cost of such change -- directly and indirectly -- is the key issue in deciding when, or even if, to shift from XP. Microsoft has told the Wall Street Journal that resistance to adoption is ?business as usual? in a new OS?s first year, but eventually there?ll be no need for a petition effort like InfoWorld?s to keep an older OS available.The question is what ?eventually? means and what Windows 7, now rumored to be arriving next year, may offer instead. Meanwhile, if massive response from InfoWorld readers is any indication, few businesses are putting an upgrade from XP to Vista at the top of their to-do lists.


England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has called a news conference on Tuesday amid speculation that he is retire from international rugby union.


Morgan Stanley, Pfizer Turning to Web 2.0 Tools

Representatives from both companies detailed their projects Thursday at the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco.


Ford Motor Co  posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs and boosting margins on vehicles and said it expects a net loss for the full year 2008.


A group of right-wing politicians in Chile proposes building monuments to former leader Augusto Pinochet.


The housing market took a sharp turn  for the worse in September as prices tumbled and sales of  previously owned homes fell to a record low, battered by rising  foreclosures and tighter lending standards.


Red Hat has gone scavenging among Netscape's remains, agreeing to pay America Online up to $23 million in cash for the assets of Netscape Communications' Security Solutions unit.


Nikkei torna sopra quota 18mila punti dopo tre mesi


Venezuela Signs South American Integration

Caracas, December 9, 2004âVenezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez and heads of state and representatives from 11 other South American nations gathered in Cuzco, Peru yesterday and today, to formally inaugurate the South American Community of Nations (CSN).


China opts for US firm over French in nuclear energy deal

China has signed an agreement to buy four nuclear power plants from American firm Westinghouse, scuppering a possible deal with French company Areva, a US official said.Comment


Roma, 16:16 - CALCIO, SERIE B: TRE GIORNATE A BOMBARDINI DEL BOLOGNA

Il giudice sportivo ha squalificato per tre giornate Davide Bombardini (Bologna) "per comportamento ...


It's Not Exclusive, but It's Lucrative: Why Luxe Went Online

Class has been transformed by technology and a consumer who is as well informed as she is impatient to have the latest gaud.


For decades, getting a copy of a birth certificate has required a weeks-long wait for the mail or a personal visit to a state's vital statistics office. That may soon change, much to the relief of those seeking passports, government aid and certain jobs.


Roundup: Northern Gaza witnessing endless war

Real fighting and gun battles erupted Wednesday and mounted on Thursday between Palestinian militants groups and the Israeli army in the northern area of the Gaza Strip without seeing an end to it.


BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Vermont didn't miss a shot at the NCAA Tournament. It never got one.


Sudanese police attack people in front of UN officials at a refugee camp in the troubled Darfur region.


Jolie and Pitt Planning Another Adoption?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly planning to adopt another child - an orphan boy from the Czech Republic. via Favor Ideas


Police appeal for witnesses after a man dies following an assault in Newport city centre.


VIJAY SINGH last night broke the PGA Tour record for earnings in a single year when he won the 84th Lumber Classic. His Â£420,000 cheque in Pennsylvania took his winnings for the season to Â£5,237,000 - beating Tiger Woods' high of 2000.


Thousands of bodies lay rotting and unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday and authorities called out bulldozers to dig mass graves, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 55,000 with tens of thousands still missing. The U.N. health agency warned that disease could double the toll yet again.


Arsenal loses 100 per cent record with late Bolton equaliser

LONDON -- Arsenal's 100 per cent record in the Premier League was ended Saturday with Henrik Pedersen's late strike allowing Bolton to draw 2-2.


Asia-Europe summit remains in search of relevance

Long on talk and short on substance, the only forum exclusively dedicated to dialogue between Asian and European leaders is still trying to prove its global relevance after its latest summit here.


N and S Korea agree to resume ministerial talks, a day after a nuclear disarmament deal was reached.


Abrevity rolls out new version of data classification software

Version 2.1 of its FileData Classifier software includes pattern recognition and metadata extraction for security-related nonpublic information.


Marini e Bertinotti, giornale prosegua impegno civile


Il Dow Jones guadagna lo 0,04%, SP500 -0,04%, Nasdaq -0,21%


Chirac Visits Blair Amid Rancor Over Iraq

French President Jacques Chirac began a  visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering  accusations against Washington and London of endangering the  world by invading Iraq.


Democratic Sen. Joe Biden has been saying for months he's running for president. He makes it official on Wednesday. The Delaware senator will file the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and release a videotaped campaign message to voters on his Web site, joebiden.com. He also is planning another trip to New Hampshire early next week.


Bush Presses Senate to Accept $146B Stimulus Package

TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 30 -- President Bush teamed up with California Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger on Wednesday afternoon to press Congress to move quickly on his economic stimulus package, telling workers here that the Senate should simply accept the $146 billion accord that passed the House this w...


Real-Life Fighter Christopher Reeve Dies

Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping "Superman" of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52.


Genova, 19:42 - CALCIO, GENOA: PRIMO ALLENAMENTO PER WILSON

Primo allenamento per il nuovo acquisto del Genoa Wilson, che ha fatto vedere grande rapidità...


Iraqi Cleric Calls Cease-fire After Bloody Uprising

Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said Monday.


A verdict is expected in the 12-year genocide trial of Ethiopia's former Marxist ruler, Mengistu Haile Mariam.


Serbs Deciding Whether to Vote in Kosovo

On the eve of Kosovo's crucial general elections, the province's minority Serbs were not deciding Friday who to vote for - but whether to cast any ballots at all.


Two executives from Village Voice Media were arrested Thursday night in Phoenix on charges that a story published earlier in the day in The Phoenix New Times revealed grand jury secrets.


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani drew jeers Saturday for saying he does not think a flat federal income tax is right for the country.


Hewlett-Packard's HPQ.N board met   on Sunday and plans to meet again on Monday, leaving open the   question of chairman Patricia Dunn's fate as she comes under   fire for her role in ordering a controversial board   investigation into media leaks.


F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe

Despite the F.D.A. endorsement, the Agriculture Department has asked farmers to continue withholding clones from the food supply.


Hardline clerics at a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital free two policemen taken hostage last week.


The capsule carrying the first paying female space tourist docked smoothly at the international space station Wednesday.


Bear Stearns posts huge loss, cuts exec bonuses

Bear Stearns Co Inc  posted a much bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday, capping a fiscal year when the fifth-largest U.S. investment bank took a beating on bad bets on risky subprime mortgages.


SimWorks discovers new Symbian phone virus

Anti-virus company SimWorks International said it discovered a new virus for mobile phones running the Symbian operating system. The company said the new Metal Gear.


One of the most distinctive buildings in The City financial district of London, the Swiss Re Tower or "Gherkin", has gone up for sale.


R&B singer Craig David accuses the Brit Awards of failing to "represent" the true reality of the music business.


PREMIERSHIP football club Manchester United is facing the possibility of a fresh bid from US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer. The Old Trafford-based club said the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had indicated a "potential revision" to a previous proposal.


Colm Feore will play the  captain of a fictional suburban police department in ABC's  drama "Judy's Got a Gun."


James powers Cavs to Game Three win over Pistons

Cleveland forward LeBron James capped a 32-point performance with a clutch jump shot to steer the Cavaliers to an 88-82 win over the Detroit Pistons in Game Three of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday.


Tropical Storm Chris strengthened Tuesday as it approached the eastern edge of the Caribbean, prompting a run on groceries and gas as people prepared for the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.


Controversial fund 'quite modest' claims chairman

The controversial multi-million pound fund set up by key directors of MG Rover parent company Phoenix Venture Holdings was "quite modest", chairman John Towers has claimed.


GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - Canadian Erik Guay collected his first World Cup victory on Saturday, winning the second Garmisch downhill with a margin of half a second.


Political input was important for federal sponsorship program, inquiry told

OTTAWA (CP) - There was nothing wrong with the Prime Minister's Office having a say in who should get federal sponsorship money and how much, says the lawyer for Jean Chretien's chief of staff.


Strictly for the masses, Dubai Seenu is a heady concoction of comedy and action served by Srinu Vaitla- Ravi Teja combo.


T. Milton Street, the younger brother of Mayor John F. Street, was indicted Tuesday on tax and fraud charges involving $2 million worth of city contracts.


NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive Michael Eisner will leave the giant entertainment company in 2006 when his contract expires, a newspaper reported Friday. Eisner's departure, expected to be announced Friday, would end a two-decade relationship with the media giant, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal...


ATHENS - Hu Jia, Olympic silver medallist in 2000, went one better to win the men's platform crown and bring China six of the eight diving titles.


Senate Primary Will Test HawaiiÃ¢ÂÂs Loyalty to Incumbent Akaka

Few, if any, states are as dedicated to their congressional incumbents as Hawaii. In the more than 47 years that it has been a state, Hawaii has never rejected a Senate or House incumbent seeking re-election.


China beat Hong Kong 7-0 but still eliminated

China beat Hong Kong of China 7-0 but were still eliminated from the Asian zone second stage World Cup qualifying tournament on Wednesday.


Bush Asks for $2 Bln for Florida, to Visit State

The White House asked Congress on Monday to approve $2 billion in emergency funding for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.


Movie Review | 'The Fountain': A Love That Tries to Conquer All, Including Past Lives

In his third feature, Darren Aronofsky tries to replace the prose of narrative cinema with a poetic language of rhyming images and visual metaphors.


Two Syrians sentenced to death for April attack

Two Syrians were sentenced todeath on Thursday for the April 27 attack and gunfight in theSyrian capital that killed two people, state media SANA reported.


Liverpool, a seven-time FA Cup champion, was knocked out of the competition Saturday in a shocking 2-1 loss to the lower-league club Barnsley.


The University of Texas and Texas A&M University are planning to construct what they call the world's largest telescope with the help of a Houston businessman's $1.25 million gift.


United Airlines and Continental Airlines have been holding talks on a potential merger, people involved in the negotiations said.


UK importing Army spy-drones to replace losses

Can't wait for British-badged ones The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has moved to rapidly acquire more surveillance drones, placing an urgent order for Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Israel. The robot aircraft are needed for ongoing operations in southwest Asia.â¦


OCTOBER 14, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - At a private viewing at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, Calif., Apple Computer Inc. today unveiled a new 750-square-foot "mini" design for its retail store.


Sources: Knicks' Wilkens Likely to Resign

Lenny Wilkens met with Knicks president Isiah Thomas after New York's last-second loss to Houston on Friday night and indicated he would likely resign as head coach, two sources told The Associated Press.


Now comes the hard part for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After knocking off the NFLâs last two unbeaten teams, they go on the road against a division foe and traditional rival.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Mechel Steel priced its American depositary shares at $21 each Friday, in the first initial public offering from Russia in 2 1/2 years.


Purdue Pharma Reaches $10M Settlement In OxyContin Suit

Purdue Pharma has agreed to pay $10 million to the state to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of dishonestly marketing the painkiller OxyContin in West Virginia.


Portuguese president seeks economic boost with Spain visit

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva is pictured during his swearing-in ceremony in Lisbon, March 2006.Comment


A New York judge frees the ex-chairman of online gaming firm Sportingbet, arrested earlier in September.


Top secret UK data network goes live two years late

And promptly loses 'operational data' A system to link a secure communications network used by UK intelligence agencies with other government departments and posts overseas has finally swung into operation, two years later than originally expected.â¦


Huckabee Remains Hopeful, Begins Fundraising

Mike Huckabee, the recently retired governor of Arkansas and prospective candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, admitted Tuesday during a press breakfast in Washington, D.C., that he is not currently in the top tier of GOP White House contenders.


CHICAGO -- Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday it has offered $7.2 billion in cash to acquire the cookie and cereal division of French food company Groupe Danone SA in a deal that would give America's biggest food and beverage company an even larger foothold around the globe.


Official: FARC Sought Bush Assassination

Colombia's main rebel group asked followers to mount an assassination attempt against President Bush during his visit to Colombia last week, Defense Minister Jorge Uribe said. There was no evidence Saturday that rebels even tried to organize such an attack.


Air France-KLM net profit triples in third quarter

Air France-KLM has said it was set for healthy results in the 2006-2007 financial year after reporting that third quarter net profit had tripled to 229 million euros (299 million dollars) from the same period a year earlier.


Responds to union's demands Fujitsu Services said yesterday that it has settled its long-running row with Manchester-based employees over redundancy rights, union recognition and better pay.â¦