PARALYMPICS head Phil Craven hailed the Athens Games as a success as competition ended today, but foresaw a major review of the classification system for disabilities, suggesting it may be too complicated.


Gunmen attack Sunni area in Baghdad: ministry

Gunmen attacked a Sunni enclave in a mainly Shi'ite district in Baghdad on Friday, burning four mosques and homes, an Interior Ministry official said.


Defense lawyers said Friday that authorities at the Guantanamo Bay prison confiscated letters to detainees and other legal papers as part of an investigation into three apparent suicides three weeks ago at the facility.


By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - The cable news networks that have lived off the Anna Nicole Smith saga in the weeks since her death offered a muted farewell Friday.  Cameras followed the motorcade to a Bahamian church and focused from a distance on mourners as they came and left.


Market Place: Darker 2008 for Detroitâs Automakers

The way that Detroit auto executives have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States.


Loeb in front in Wales - but for how much longer?

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb remains in front on the Wales Rally GB tonight [Friday], despite pressure from Petter Solberg late this morning, and in the afternoon, which saw the Frenchman's advantage more than halved.


Unzipped Fly Leads Officers to Pot Stash

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Too bad nobody told him his fly was down. A 22-year-old man was arrested for drug possession after police found a marijuana pipe and drugs stashed in his underwear. Police made the arrest after they found the man's car stuck in a ditch in the Town of Wilson.


Bill Clinton started the campaign as a mate, but he leaves South Carolina as a running mate.


There appears to be no end in sight to the fighting in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Attempts by the African Union (AU) to enforce a cease-fire there have come to nothing.


Police in Northern Ireland said they  had charged five people on Monday with Real IRA membership and  possessing explosives after the weekend discovery of a small  cache of incendiary devices.


Wayne Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, could face perjury charges after the case against three men accused of blackmailing him collapsed following evidence that Mr Stretford had lied in court.


Pilot projects to root out Islamist extremists grooming young Muslims are being planned for British cities.


Hallmark Goes Back in Time With Whodunits

It's no mystery why Hallmark Channel has introduced its original mystery movie fixture every Friday. It's a comforting throwback to lighthearted whodunits such as "Matlock" and "Murder, She Wrote," as well as a revival of the mystery-movie rotation NBC pioneered in the 1970s, whose roster included "Columbo."


Hospitals Chase a Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer

A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say.


Airbus to split 10,000 job cuts with contractors

Planemaker Airbus will announce on Wednesday plans to axe 10,000 jobs in four European countries, but will force contractors to share the pain of cuts which could provoke labor unrest, industry sources said.


The Phoenix Suns' high-octane offense stalled Sunday night, but not long enough to slow down their stellar start. The Suns squandered a 20-point lead, but went on a decisive 12-0 run midway


An extraordinary reconciliation between Algeria and former French settlers is taking place despite their blighted past, John Laurenson reports.


Chinese hackers target German government computers: report - Summary

Chinese hackers have infiltrated German government computers with spy programmes, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. via Earth Times


Report lays part of blame for Concorde crash on Continental Airlines

A French legal inquiry into the July 2000 Concorde crash outside Paris that killed 113 people presented findings Tuesday that put part of the blame on the US airline Continental.


Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers activated guard Dajuan Wagner from the injured list Monday. Wagner has missed the last five games because of soreness in his right foot.


Severe stress post-9/11 raises heart disease risk

NEW YORK  - People who felt extremely stressed directly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were at increased risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular problems in the following 3 years-even if they only saw the attacks on TV, a new study shows.


Putin Concerned About Resolving Problems By Illegal Means Through The Former Ussr

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was concerned about attempts at handling political issues in the former Soviet Union by illegal means.


Yugoslav General Gets 8 Years for Dubrovnik Shelling

The Hague tribunal sentenced a Yugoslav general to eight years' jail Monday for failing to prevent an attack on civilians and destruction of protected buildings during the 1991 shelling of the historic Croatian city of Dubrovnik.


Police ticketed more than 2,500 people in the Argentine capital for failing to wear seat belts in the opening days of a campaign that had motorists fuming as they reluctantly buckled up.


Ziff Davis - The Ogo gadget is ready to go for e-mail and IM-happy consumers and teens.


Invesco, AIM Agree to $450 Mln Settlement

Invesco Funds Group Inc. and affiliate AIM Advisors Inc. agreed to a $450 million settlement with state and federal regulators to resolve probes of improper trading, officials and the parent company said on Tuesday.


So What Happened in That Election, Anyhow?

No consensus exists among Democrats about why John Kerry was defeated, and the party is locked in a battle of interpretation over just what went wrong.


A new video-game publisher wants to put creative power back in the hands of the little guy. Plus: Halo 3 button lets you mute whiney players. In Game|Life.


Venezuela's Chavez seen wanting office "for life"

Insecurity, "malignant narcissism" and the need for adulation are driving Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's confrontation with the United States, according to a new psychological profile.


Bush wants $150 billion plan to lift economy

President George W. Bush called on Congress on Friday to give the U.S. economy a "shot in the arm" with an election-year package of temporary tax cuts and other measures worth up to $150 billion.


1941 — Brooklyn catcher Mickey Owen dropped a third strike on Tommy Henrich of what would have been the last out of a Dodgers victory against the New York Yankees. Given the second chance, the Yankees scored four runs for a 7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in the World Series, which they ended up winning.


Wanna buy a nice snap of a mugging victim?

The Bolton Evening News can oblige Thanks very much to reader Neil for pointing us in the direction of his local rag The Bolton Evening News, which is offering readers the chance to buy a snap of this poor bloke:â¦


Scientists meet in Malaysia to discuss how to save the critically endangered leatherback turtle.


Two UK bomb suspects released without charge

Two men arrested in connection with  failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow were released  without charge on Sunday, British police said.


Central Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 17, Wounds 20

A car bomb exploded near a police  patrol in busy central Baghdad on Thursday, killing 17 people  and wounding 20, police said.


Londra, 12:45 - CALCIO, TOTTENHAM: PRESO GALLESE GUNTER

Rinforzo in arriva per il Tottenham. In club inglese ha acquistato il giovane e promettente difensor...


The US military is ordered to suspend its compulsory anthrax vaccination for troops after a federal judge's ruling.


Animation Happy Feet enters at number one in the UK and Ireland film chart, knocking Casino Royale to second.


The outlook for mobile music in 2005 can be summed up in one word: more.


Business & money: What are the global experts meeting in Switzerland predicting for the US economy?


Sacramento forward Peja Stojakovic strained his right hamstring in the first quarter of the Kings' game Sunday night against the Boston Celtics.


THE LEADER ARTICLE: A Step Forward: Moving on Musharraf's ...

Prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Kashmir has not cleared the air on the scope of the Indo-Pakistan composite dialogue.


Women's rights key to Africa AIDS crisis: study

Improving women's rights could boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries, where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.


Japan confirms fourth bird flu outbreak this year

Japan has confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu since the beginning of the year, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.


U.N. Sudan aid chief says Darfur sides ready for talks

All sides in the conflict in Darfur are ready to start talks to renegotiate a year-old peace accord rejected by many Darfuris as inadequate, the top U.N. humanitarian chief in Sudan said on Friday.


Two British soldiers die in Afghan road accident

Two British soldiers died before dawn Thursday in a road accident during a supply mission in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry in London said.


But Tom doesn't proselytise, insists Goldenballs David Beckham has admitted that while he respects the Scientological beliefs of new chums Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, they have not attempted to convert him and missus Posh to the word of L Ron Hubbard.â¦


Spooks or Psychics: Who Did a Better Job Predicting 9/11?

The new CIA inspector general report slams the agency for not foreseeing the Al Qaida threat and 9/11. The intel analysts may have missed it, but turns out the CIA psychics may have predicted it in 1986.


ROBERT ZUBRIN: First for the science, second for the challenge, and third for the future. First, for science. Mars is the key to letting us know if life is a general phenomenon in the universe.


Potential GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has promoted public policy positions that closely track the financial interests of companies that underwrite a think tank he founded.


Afghanistan calls for bigger say in aid spending

Afghanistan should have a greater say in spending billions of dollars of aid money, its foreign minister said at the start of a conference on reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.


LSE urges shareholders to reject Nasdaq's hostile bid

The London Stock Exchange has described a hostile takeover bid by US stock exchange operator Nasdaq as "wholly inadequate" and called on its shareholders to reject the offer worth 2.9 billion pounds (4.3 billion euros, 5.5 billion dollars).


Eco-Safe Systems Announces Its Newest Product "Eco Guard" Aimed at Restaurants

Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) announced the introduction and provisional patent of its new product, the Eco Guard Ozone Compact Water and Disinfection System.


YouTube is expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site, hoping to widen its sway on pop culture.


Alexis Hornbuckle scored 17 points for ninth-ranked Tennessee, which beat Louisiana Tech 70-59 Wednesday night to give the Lady Techsters consecutive losses at home for the first time in 14 seasons.


Today sees the launch of both a new CPU and chipset from Intel. The CPU is a 3.46GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, which runs on a 1066MHz frontside bus (FSB), and 925XE chipset (codename Alderwood).


At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate

Fourth in a monthly series For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. The epic already has started. And it's not fiction. The scenes are playing, at the start, in slow motion: The relentless grip of the Arctic Ocean that defied man for centur...


It's now known fact that Ram Gopal Varma is working with Amitabh Bachchan on Sarkar. But it's not just on one film.


Ochoa and Sorenstam set to resume rivalry

Annika Sorenstam's return from injury at next week's Ginn Tribute in Charleston, South Carolina will reignite one of the most compelling duels in the women's game.


U.S. Prosecutors Accept Retirement Buyout

Ninety-five federal prosecutors nationwide are accepting an offer of early retirement, taking with them a wealth of experience that in one office adds up to 80 years.


The Caucus Blog: Setting Up Tonightâs Debate

Tonightâs Republican debate, which stats at 9 P.M., will feature the eight declared candidates. And then thereâs Fred Thompson.


Taipei Plans City-Wide Wi-Fi by End 2005

Taipei plans to make wireless Internet access available across the Taiwan capital by the end of 2005, joining a small number of cities offering Wi-Fi networks.


WASHINGTON - The State Department today established a toll-free telephone number for inquiries about US citizens affected by the Asian earthquake and tsunamis.


China evacuates 200,000 ahead of typhoon

China evacuated 200,000 people on Tuesday and closed schools in its largest city to prepare for what forecasters say will be the most powerful typhoon to hit Shanghai in a decade.


The Black Watch was today placed on standby to enter the "triangle of death" south of Baghdad. The 850-strong force is expected to travel from its


Outside a Brooklyn art gallery, Kristy Knight threw her arms in the air in exasperation when she was asked about the war in Iraq, which has her angry, frustrated and flatly disbelieving President Bush.


Court considers textbook stickers downplaying evolution

A Georgia school board is in court this week over "disclaimer" stickers it placed on biology textbooks stating that the theory of evolution has not been proven as fact.


TEL AVIV, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Authority leader, is badly ill in a French hospital. Debates where to bury him are already raging in the Israeli political community, meanwhile.


Postal union chiefs in Scotland criticise the Royal Mail after it failed to hit all 15 of its performance targets.


The DUP's Ian Paisley Junior confirms he went lobster fishing with the private developer Seymour Sweeney.


A scientific revolution of sorts is underway, with California taking a giant lead in the race to see which states become centers for basic research using human embryonic stem cells.


Abidjan, 16:00 - CALCIO, COSTA D'AVORIO: STIELIKE NUOVO CT

E' il tedesco Uli Stielike il nuovo ct della Costa d'Avorio. Il tecnico è stato scelto dalla ...


Gingrich urges U.S.: Get tough with Iran

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it's time for the United States to get tough with Iran's Islamic theocracy.


Kerry: Bush's Iraq, Domestic Policies 'Guesswork'

Democratic candidate John Kerry on Wednesday dismissed President Bush's policies as guesswork and said his Republican rival lived in "fantasy land" on domestic issues as well as Iraq.


Noel will not threaten US oil fields--weather models

None of the weather models on Monday predicted Tropical Storm Noel would threaten the U.S. oil and gas production facilities in the northern Gulf of Mexico.


Unilever and Colgate Warn of Slowdowns in Their Earnings

The two companies do not operate in all the same markets, but Monday's warnings seemed to suggest that both were suffering from tougher competition in some areas.


New Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Monday his party will launch investigative hearings next year in response to what he said was the reluctance of Republicans to look into problems in the Bush administration.


Euronext sets NYSE merger vote for December 19

Pan-European stock exchange operator  Euronext  said on Thursday it would ask shareholders  to approve its planned merger with NYSE Group , parent  company of the New York Stock Exchange, at an extraordinary  meeting on December 19.


UK retailer Woolworths moves Blu-ray exclusively

With Blu-ray rapidly gaining momentum in the next-gen DVD war, UK retailer Woolworths has announced it will stop stocking Toshiba's HD DVD format in stores.


Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was jailed for spying in mainland China, is released early.


Public service staff stage a march in the chancellor's constituency in protest at planned job cuts.


Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms pounded the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Monday, producing hail over northern Florida.


Star wideout Cory Parks has graduated. And the sudden absence of returning wide receiver Marc Thomas is out of Tony Lott's control, too.


Comrades in Arms Reunite as Abu Ghraib Witnesses

Former sergeant Kenneth Davis, who will testify for the defense, wants to speak about what he saw and hopes the soldiers he once served with will accept it. Sgt. Robert Jones, summoned by the prosecution, aims to salvage some respect for his Army unit, and for himself.


Iran Would Welcome Kerry Camp Proposal-Official

Iran would welcome a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's running mate for a "great bargain" to solve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.


By Tom Vogt, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun. 26--County officials have closed Klineline Pond to swimmers today after tests showed the water was contaminated.


Blog: Olympus has begun offering a cloaked image of a new SLR model, likely its new top-end model due later this year.


APPLE launched the IPOD PHOTO in the US yesterday (October 26), allowing users to take their entire digital photo library on the move.


Defense Secretary Robert Gates faced the delicate task on Thursday of trying to encourage military cooperation in talks with Japanese leaders while avoiding domestic controversy over a refueling mission.


US Jobless Claims Surge, Retailers Mixed

Initial U.S. jobless claims surged  unexpectedly last week, taking claims to their highest level  since late September, but analysts shrugged off the large jump  as a holiday-related blip.


US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry began making their final appeals to voters yesterday as they prepared for a blitz of weekend campaigning before Tuesday's presidential election.


More than half those arrested on suspicion of terrorism since 2001 have been released without charge, figures show.


Road to the top always goes through Woods

Golf's landscape can change quickly. Phil Mickelson had a two-shot lead with three holes to play at the U.S. Open. He looked like a lock to win his third straight major and head to Hoylake for a shot at his own Grand Slam, and a spot in history that was supposed to be the private domain of Tiger Woods.


How business intelligence tools can help improve pizza delivery

The Papa Gino's restaurant chain is using BI software to try to improve its ability to accurately tell customers when their pizzas will be delivered to them.


Go hunting for misunderstood multibaggers in the making.


OCEANIA/ISOLE FIJI - Si prepara il Natale nella comunione ecumenica sullÂisola di Kadavu, sperando nellÂarrivo di un sacerdote Suva (Agenzia Fides) - Veglie di preghiera, catechesi, incontri di riflessione, gesti di caritÃ : la popolazione cristiana dellÂisola di Kadavu, 88 km a Sud di Suva, nellÂarcipelago delle Fiji, si sta preparando al Natale con la massima disponibilitÃ  ...


Snakes alive! Garden gnomes take to smuggling

The garden gnomes looked innocent when they turned up in the mail, but Australia's notoriously tough customs officers gave them a good going over -- and found they were full of live snakes and lizards.


Ex-Astronaut Casts Doubt on Space Tourism

Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon during the final Apollo landing, said Thursday he doesn't expect space tourism to become reality in the near future, despite a strong demand.


Palestinian gunmen made their way into a heavily fortified Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip under cover of morning fog Thursday and started shooting, killing


Bella vittoria di Miami a Sacramento per 109-107; decima vittoria consecutiva per gli Heat. Fondamentali una tripla di Damon Jones a 23.4 secondi dalla fine e una stoppata di O`Neal su Bibby. Prova degna di


Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have proved what Popeye already knew -- spinach is an excellent energy source. It's so good that in 10 years, our cellphones and portable computers may be coated in a spinach-based material that provides their electrical power.


Protezione Civile: previste precipitazioni anche al Sud


To Don Lounsbury, it's just another chapter in the same old story Â his church is being maligned, misrepresented and misunderstood Â only this time it's happening as part of the campaign for the White House.


The Japanese economy is close to stagnation, according to revisions to official figures yesterday that cut the estimate of GDP growth to just 0.1 per cent.


Soul star James Brown is diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week.


Fixes for three of the most common Windows glitches

Cures for an update gone bad, a trashed Registry, and a shutdown failure.


FTC Settles With Seller of Phone Records

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint with an online company it says was illegally selling telephone records.


Biomet to be bought by private equity group

Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion.


Eastman Kodak Co.  is  introducing a line of desktop printers and low cost replacement  inks on Tuesday, as the photography company takes on a market  dominated by Hewlett-Packard .


If anyone knows what it means to be a Bostonian, it's Paul Mara. On summer days, the Bruins defenseman knows the best hour to avoid Route 3 traffic en route to Cape Cod.


Iran slowing down uranium enrichment work: ElBaradei

Iran has slowed the installation of centrifuge machines that enrich uranium for its controversial nuclear program, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday.


Apple unwraps new iMac G5s at Paris show

The new iMac's screen is suspended above the desk like that of its predecessor, but its processor, hard disk and DVD drive are concealed behind the screen rather than in the base.


GE to buy SPX's fire detection unit for $1.4bn

NEW YORK, November 15  - General Electric Company (GE.NYS) has reached an agreement to acquire SPX Corporation's (SPW) Edwards Systems Technology unit for about $1.


SHELBY - County and state health officials have been investigating an E. coli case in Cleveland County in connection with the outbreak linked with the NC State Fair.


At least six police killed, 20 wounded in attack near Baghdad

BAGHDAD -- Insurgents attacked police yesterday in a region that has become one of Iraq's most dangerous, setting off an intense battle that lasted nearly two hours and left at least six policemen dead and 20 wounded, the US military said.


MIAMI -- Shaquille O'Neal wants to play in Miami's opener today at New Jersey despite a strained left hamstring. O'Neal said after yesterday's practice the hamstring felt awkward when he ran.


Siena, 19:49 - CALCIO, SIENA: MANDORLINI CONFERMA 4-3-3

Anche contro il Torino, il Siena giocherà con il 4-3-3. La novità potrebbe essere rapp...


Japan fails to lift whaling ban, threatens to quit IWC

Japan failed in its bid Thursday to lift a moratorium on commercial whaling after stormy annual talks of the 75-nation International Whaling Commission (IWC) and warned it might pull out of the organization.


Players refuse to let CBA talks become a distraction

Don't mention the NHL's collective bargaining agreement in the Team Canada dressing room. The 26 players are polite when asked about the subject, but they're not going to get into any heavy discussions regarding


Ex-Bush aide Rove to join Fox News Channel

Karl Rove, the strategist behind  President George W. Bush's ascendancy to the White House, will  join Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel as a contributor  starting with Super Tuesday, the network said.


A think tank warns the UK government greenhouse gas targets for 2020 look likely to be broken.


UK Launches Own Case Against Cleric Sought by US

British police launched their own terrorism case Thursday against radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, already jailed in London under a US arrest warrant.


A four-day general strike ends in Nigeria but unions threaten more action in two weeks if petrol prices stay high.


McCain criticizes Pentagon's approach to Iraq

WASHINGTON Senator John McCain is attacking the Pentagon's approach to the war in Iraq, saying it's letting militants take the initiative.


Eight months after their contract expired, London's outside workers remain without a new deal. Contract talks are not scheduled and none have been held since June when new city manager Jeff Fielding arrived


GOP Platform Plan Seeks Gay Marriage Ban

Republican leaders are pushing for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in the GOP platform, opening a new point of contention between social conservatives and outnumbered but vocal factions fighting to give the party's statement of principles a more moderate tone.


Greek Cypriots begin demolishing a key section of the barrier dividing the island's capital city, Nicosia.


FTC settles with Web-based seller of phone records

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled a complaint with a Web-based company it accused of selling people's telephone records without permission, the agency said Monday.The settlement with CEO Group, doing business as Check Em Out, bars the company and its operator Scott Joseph from marketing or selling phone records, and it requires the company to give up $25,000 of its profits from selling phone records. Selling phone records to third parties is illegal under federal law, the FTC had charged.The FTC in May 2006 filed complaints in U.S. court against five Web-based companies that obtained and sold confidential phone records to third parties. In addition to the settlement with CEO Group, the FTC has settled two other cases and obtained a default judgment against a fourth company. The complaint against the fifth company is still active.The FTC's complaints came after complaints from privacy groups and members of the U.S. Congress about pretexting, when someone obtains a telephone customers' records without permission under false pretexts. In many cases, companies offering phone records over the Internet were calling telephone carriers and pretending to be the targeted customer. In September 2006, Hewlett-Packard revealed it had been spying on some of its board members and journalists in an attempt to uncover the source of boardroom leaks, and HP officials later said their investigators had used pretexting to obtain phone records.The Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits customers' phone records from being disclosed unless "upon affirmative written request by the customer." The FTC charged the five Web-based companies of engaging in unfair business practices.The settlement with CEO Group prohibits it from obtaining, marketing or selling consumer phone records or other consumer personal information except where allowed by law, the FTC said in a news release. The settlement, approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, includes a judgment of $222,381, the amount the company earned by selling phone records, but the defendants said they were able to pay only $25,000. If the court finds that the defendants misrepresented their finances, the entire amount will be due, the FTC said.


Junior forward Nate Fritsch scored 18 points, hitting his final seven shots, as Bentley improved to 10-0 for the first time since 1974-75 with a 72-37 rout of Merrimack in a Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball game last night in North Andover.


said, in a move that may raise hopes for the release of a British hostage. soldiers, could be freed as part of a review of her detention.


Ignore the donkeys and elephants, and watch the bulls and the bears.


Among the changes: a new division devoted to digital health care technologies, plus a unit to focus on Intel's distribution channels.


Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pledged Monday to uphold freedom of the press in his country, Interfax news agency reported.


Matt Pickens made four saves for Chicago to help interim Fire coach Denis Hamlett earn a 0-0 tie with the Colorado Rapids on Sunday night.


NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Tuesday as oil prices crossed another milestone, $54 per barrel. Mixed earnings reports from heavyweights Johnson & Johnson and Merrill Lynch & Co...


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone and destroying a U.S. vehicle along a major street...


Less wow, more instant gratification at gadget show

From tiny music players that dance as  they play tunes to smarter toothbrushes and curvy computer  screens, U.S. consumers can count on being wowed by another  year of cool digital gadgets in the coming year.


Tikrit, Iraq -- Iraqi officials say a body found near Tikrit is not that of a Japanese hostage. Initial reports that a bullet riddled Asian body had been found had upset Japan.


The government needs to work harder at encouraging the nation to eat healthily, a consumer watchdog says.


During the dot-com boom, people who didn't want to miss out on the Web and e-mail craze but didn't want to buy a real computer could get WebTV, which delivered the Internet through the warm, friendly glow of their TV sets.


Individual taxpayers will be able to claim a refund of up to $60 on their 2006 federal returns as the government attempts to give back $8 billion in long-distance telephone taxes that courts have ruled should not have been collected.


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The dollar held steady near its  strongest level in seven weeks against the euro on Monday,  while stock markets edged higher ahead of earnings reports from  tech leaders Intel and Samsung Electronics.


Kremlin Choice Wins in Chechnya Election

GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's candidate to lead warring Chechnya easily won a presidential election held in the wake of last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners, election officials said Monday. The opposition charged voting was tainted by fraud...


FDA advisers: Kids' antidepressants need warnings

All antidepressants should carry a "black box" warning on the label saying that the pills can cause suicidal behavior in children, scientific advisers told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.


An Online Radio Network for Student Stations

A Mac and a broadband connection. Thatâs all high school and collegiate radio stations need to broadcast 24/365 on a new Internet radio network recently launched by Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) in affiliation with Backbone Networks Corp. Listeners, meanwhile, tune in using either iTunes or QuickTime from a Mac or PC.


Destination Is the Space Station, but Many Experts Ask What For

A question that has long been the subject of sharp debate among experts remains: What is the International Space Station for?


ISLAMABAD - Pakistan test-fired a short-range missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons on Monday, and said more tests are planned.


Rumsfeld, the troops, and the biased activist "reporter"

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with US troops in Kuwait last week. I haven't seen any news coverage of the subject or any important points he made at the meeting.


A private school in Shanghai run by Americans has turned over nine North Korean women to Chinese police after they entered the facility in an apparent bid for asylum.


Is the market crashing? Is it due for a crash? Let's channel Benjamin Graham to find out.


Two score and one year ago, Navy defeated Notre Dame on the football field. It hasn't happened since. Today at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, an undefeated Navy squad seeks to break that


Suspected Location of Syria's Reactor Cleared

Syria has cleared away all traces of a large building that experts say was bombed by Israeli jets last month because it was suspected of housing a partially finished nuclear reactor, according to a new satellite image that shows only freshly groomed dirt at the site.


Bilancio vittime salito a 190 morti e 500 feriti


Thomasville - If you've ever been rear ended in a car wreck, you may of had some of these symptoms: "You end up with tight muscles, sore neck, dizziness, headache," says Chiropractor Dr.


The commercial real estate marketplace weathers the storm.


Currencies: Dollar falls sharply on economic fears

NEW YORK The dollar fell sharply on Monday, dropping to within a cent of record lows against the euro as worries over the US economy persisted.


Milano, 19:46 - CALCIO, MILAN: PIRLO DOVREBBE RECUPERARE PER L'INTER

Il centrocampista del Milan Andrea Pirlo potrebbe tornare a disposizione il 27 febbraio in occasione...


Pentagon to Retire Carrier, Buy Fewer Ships -- Report

The Pentagon plans to retire one of  the U.S. Navy's 12 aircraft carriers and buy fewer amphibious  landing ships for the Marine Corps as part of $60 billion in  proposed cuts over the next six years, The New York Times  reported on Thursday, citing Congressional and military  officials.


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


New GOP bill challenges Bush Iraq policy

Two prominent Senate Republicans have drafted legislation that would require President Bush to come up with a plan by mid-October to dramatically narrow the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq.


Omid Kamshad wore out his welcome at Putnam Investments years ago. But the company and the former mutual fund manager who caused it so much trouble just can't seem to let each other go.


"We found that the trait of optimism was an important long-term determinant of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in elderly subjects independent of sociodemographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors," the authors of a recent Dutch study


RPT-UPDATE 3-US Congress analysts see worse long-term deficit

The US budget deficit will balloon to a cumulative $2.29 trillion over the next decade, congressional analysts said on Tuesday, a worse outlook than previously


Somali government forms Mogadishu rapid reaction force

The Somali government has formed a new rapid reaction force to combat almost daily guerrilla-style attacks in the capital Mogadishu, the government said on Monday.


Benefici per manager 477 euro, a pensionati da lavoro 202


No Golden Globes Show, Just a News Conference

The announcement came in response to the threat of pickets from the Writers Guild of America.


Many breast cancer patients 70 and older could safely forgo radiation therapy, which has been the standard treatment after lumpectomy, a study out today says.


Taliban Sought by Afghan Kidnappers May Be in Cuba

KABUL, Afghanistan  - Some of the 26 Taliban  members Afghan militants have demanded freed as part of a deal  to release three kidnapped U.N. workers could be in the U.S.  military jail at Guantanamo Bay, a militant spokesman said on  Monday.


Rumsfeld Visits Baghdad as Blasts Kill Up to 18

Two blasts killed up to 18 people,  including an American soldier, in Baghdad on Sunday hours  before Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq to gauge  efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections.


Nuclear Plant in New Jersey Draws Censure

Experts have identified an array of problems at the Salem nuclear power station, one of the country's largest.


While  the Republicans wrestle with what to do about their fallen colleague, the Dems' Presidential hopefuls are staying strangely, cagily silent


Global Warming Already Causing Extinctions, Scientists Say

Frogs, butterflies, polar bears, and penguins are dying out from climate change much faster than researchers had previously expected, a new study shows.


Freddy Meyer capped New York's three-goal, third-period rally with 8:41 left, taking advantage of injured San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov in the Islanders' 3-2 victory over the Sharks on Monday.


Silver's disappointing for US women gymnasts

ATHENS, Greece - Sometimes you win silver, and sometimes you lose gold. Tuesday night in an Olympic Indoor Hall that was, for a change, more full than empty, the US Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team did the latter.


It's no secret that the nomination choices for the Golden Globes have helped define the field of Academy Awards contenders. This year, a fairly wide-open awards season has yet to produce clear front-runners.


Colombia's army killed at least 13 right-wing fighters Sunday during sustained combat with a renegade paramilitary group that has refused to participate in government peace talks, a top official said.


Industria, a settembre crescono fatturato e ordinativi

Fatturato e ordinativi dell'industria in crescita a settembre. Lo rileva L'Istat. Il fatturato segna +4,8% rispetto allo stesso mese del 2003 mentre Ã¨ calato dell'1% se confrontato con il dato dell'agosto scorso.


Better Blu-ray support too Sony has formally announced the firmware update that will bring support for the DivX video format and for the Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1 - aka Bonus View - to the PlayStation 3.â¦


LG.Philips LCD unrolls 14-inch color e-paper display

South Korea's LG.Philips LCD is out to impress at next week's Consumer Electronics Show and will unveil a 14.3-inch color electronic paper display.The display, which is about the same size as an A4-sheet of paper, has a resolution of 1,280 pixels by 800 pixels and can display 16.7-million colors, LG.Philips LCD said Thursday. That makes it the highest resolution screen of its type yet developed, the company said, and is an advance on a display unveiled in May last year that offered just 4,096 colors.Electronic paper is being pursued by many companies as a future replacement for paper. The screens are often produced on a flexible substrate so they can bend, unlike conventional LCD (liquid crystal display) panels that are made on glass. But the amount by which they can be bent without causing damage to the screen widely varies between prototypes, and there are still no displays that can be folded like a sheet of paper.The new LG.Philips LCD panel borrows some of the TFT (thin-film transistor) technology used by the company to make LCD panels and marries it with metal foil and a plastic substrate. The result is a flexible screen that is less than 300 micrometers thick, which is a few times thicker than standard copier paper. In addition to being flexible the screen can be viewed through 180 degrees even when bent, the company said.At CES the company also plans to show a mono e-paper screen equivalent in size to a B5 sheet of paper (176 mm by 250 mm). While not as impressive as the larger, color display, it is easier to manufacture and LG.Philips LCD said it plans to launch this latter display later in the year.In addition to the physical specifications of the displays one of the keys to success will be how fast the image can be refreshed on the screen. A conventional LCD is capable of redrawing the image many times per second but e-paper prototypes shown until now typically take a few seconds for the on-screen image to completely change. For example, a Fujitsu prototype unveiled in May last year took 2 seconds to refresh an 8-color image and 10 seconds to refresh a 4,096-color image.


Il giovane era stato colpito sabato scorso fuori da un pub


UN investigator on killings urges move on Sri Lanka

A United Nations investigator said on   Tuesday that "political killings" continued in Sri Lanka and   called for international human rights monitors to be sent to   the island.


Romania is preparing to elect a new president, 15 years after the revolution that toppled the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.


The Philadelphia Flyers slid into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division and the Pittsburgh Penguins, despite all their injuries, stayed in close pursuit.


The government will analyze millions of U.S. passenger records in a first step toward creating a computerized screening system to protect the airlines from terrorist attack.


CenGroup and EnviroMop Featured in Industry Magazine

CenGroup Petroleum Corporation (PINK SHEETS:CPCO) announces: the company  was featured in a recent article appearing in Oil & Gas Product News.


Flu vaccines can be diluted so more people get jabs

Researchers say that they reckon the flu vaccine can be diluted so that more people can get their shots. If the diluted vaccine is injected intradermally it can still be effective in providing the patient with immunity.


Putin criticizes US stances on Ukraine, Yukos

President Vladimir Putin used a year-end news conference yesterday to sharply criticize a wide range of US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya


Roma, 23:16 - BASKET: EUROLEGA; LOTTOMATICA QUALIFICATA PER TOP 16

La Lottomatica Roma si è qualificata per la Top 16 di Eurolega. Nell'ultima giornata del giro...


Resuming combat after the Republican convention, John Kerry seemed like the Japanese warrior who emerged from the jungle decades after 1945, convinced that the war was not yet over.


"NVIDIA's SLI tech is about as cool as it gets, and I wanted to see what happens when you pair up a couple of GeForce 6800 Ultra cards for a PC graphics solution


Bank of America Corp. has closed eight offices of FleetBoston Financial Corp.'s brokerage arm, Quick & Reilly, as it prepares to merge the operation with its own brokerage, a spokesman said. Quick & Reilly, which will change its name to Banc of America Investment Services Inc. in October, had about 100 US offices and operations in Fleet's bank branches. Bank ...


Birth control pill lowers ovarian cancer risk: study

Birth control pills can protect women against ovarian cancer for 30 years or longer after they stop taking them and have so far prevented 100,000 ovarian cancer deaths worldwide, British researchers said on Thursday.


The multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses plans to move into the lucrative consumer market later this year.


With Aging, Blood Vessels Adapt to Exercise

NEW YORK  - A number of physiological  changes occur in the body as we age, including a decrease in  heart's ability to pump blood. New findings show that blood  vessels in the legs adapt to reduced cardiac output by  regulating the flow of blood to the leg muscles during  exercise.


Esa agrees to fund work on its ExoMars mission despite not having final approval from European governments.


Genova, 17:50 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: SABATO BEFANA BLUCERCHIATA AL GASLINI

E' prevista per sabato la tradizionale Befana della Sampdoria presso l'Istituto Pediatrico Giannina ...


GAZPROM asserted its status as a major force in Russian oil yesterday by confirming that it would bid for Yuganskneftegaz, the Yukos oil subsidiary.


Higher statin dose cuts heart risk in elderly

NEW YORK  - For elderly patients with coronary disease, treatment with high doses of cholesterol-lowering Lipitor (known generically as atorvastatin) reduces the risk of heart-related events more than low doses, according to a new report.


At least 40 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in Pakistan when a car bomb exploded at a rally to commemorate an assassinated militant religious leader.


NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health-care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could shape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.


People who have full-body CT screenings to detect potential health problems are exposed to about as much radiation as some survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, a study in today's journal Radiology reports.


AL notebook: Yanks' Vazquez has meltdown in loss to O's

Call it the unraveling of Javier Vazquez. When it was over, the New York Yankees had more than a 14-8 loss to the Baltimore Orioles to worry about.


The new Zune digital-media player may be an all-Microsoft production, but it feels like it came from two companies.


Blog: Microsoft adds Ask keyword ad sales to its adManager service for small businesses.


Myanmar anti-junta protests biggest in 20 years

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


Ukraine's two presidential candidates, who finished neck and neck in a first round of voting and are competing hotly in a runoff, traded barbs about corruption Monday in a rare TV presidential debate that attracted millions of viewers.


Presidents Call on U.S. to Help Tsunami Survivors

U.S. presidents past and present appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors.


Padraic Brady's Blog: Complex Views w/Zend Framework - The Final Chapter: ZFE & Zend_Layout in Core!

Padraic Brady has posted some of his comments on the newly included Zend_Layout and Zend_View_Enhanced components for the Zend_Framework:    These two (now much more polished!) components were both designed to solve the concerns a lot of developers were having in achieving truly complex, structured and modular Views using Zend_View.    Indeed there are months of blog postings, debates, experimental and not-so-experimental code, proposals, IRC sessions and countless emails pouring over how to accomplish the goals of these components. The end result is something I feel will serve Zend Framework users faithfully for months and years to come.    He thanks the developers (Matthew and Ralph) and notes that the inclusion of these two components is one of the largest advancements of the display layer for the Framework in a while.


Delinquent French teens learn the real hard-knock life in Senegal

"Walking around here, you get the sense that this is not a country like France -- it's a poor country," says Cynthia, a French teenager among the dozens who have been sent to Senegal under a groundbreaking community service program to aid troubled youths.


IBM Launches Retail Integration Framework

RIF is a SOA-based delivery mechanism that will support Big Blueâs four retail process solutions or assets, including multichannel retail and retail business intelligence.


ANAHEIM - The Diamondbacks, flush with new investment, signed pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year, $33 million contract, giving Ken Kendrick a chance to explain how the formerly financially challenged club could commit $78 million in two days.


India finally wrapped up the South African innings and have made a steady reply to the tourists' total of 305 on the second day of the second Test in Kolkata.


For John Basedow, It's Television Marketing Made Simple

By Adina Genn  You know John Basedow. The new-agey, blue-eyed blond with the six- pack abs? The one who hawks Fitness Made Simple videos on ESPN, CNN and VH1? Yeah, that guy.   Basedow, who operates Fitness Made Simple in Massapequa, now plans to become even more ubiquitous.


It is unconstitutional for Sen. Lindsey Graham to serve as a member of Congress and a military judge at the same time, a military court has ruled.


This pilot fish takes a job handling IT for a small business, and he's got his work cut out for him: nonexistent security, no firewalls, and spyware and viruses everywhere. And then the real trouble starts.


Security Council set to vote on proposal to deploy UN troops in Darfur

The UN Security Council is set to vote on deploying 17,000-strong peacekeeping force seen as crucial to the success of a fragile peace agreement holding in Sudan's Darfur region.


Japanese men shout the oft-unsaid: 'I love you'

The Japan Aisaika ("Devoted Husbands") Organization wants men to view marriage as a relationship, not a status.


Milano, 20:10 - CALCIO, EUROAVVERSARIE-MILAN: AEK ATENE VINCE FACILE

L'Aek Atene, avversario del Milan in Champions League, ha battuto 3-0 l'Iraklis Salonicco nel postic...


Mobs using machetes in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, conducted house-to-house searches Sunday to find and attack French citizens and steal their property.


President Bush said Sen. John Kerry had "election amnesia" that caused him to shift his stance on Iraq, as the president sought to fire up his conservative base


Vendors prep 200Mbps powerline network adaptors

Netgear, Devolo step up data-over-mains efforts Network equipment maker Netgear has extended the speed of its powerline networking system to 200Mbps, bringing the high-speed Ethernet-over-mains system to UK consumers through a new two-box starter kit, the company told Reg Hardware this week.â¦


Dow Jones director quits to protest News Corp deal

A director on the board of Dow Jones & Co Inc  has resigned because he could not support its endorsement of a $5 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.


In campo: Arezzo-Napoli, Crotone - Juventus, Atalanta-Empoli, Cagliari-Livorno, Chievo-Lazio, Fiorentina - Parma, Milan-Ascoli, Palermo - Catania, Roma-Inter, Torino-Siena


Guillermo Coria and Gisela Dulko beat French Open champion Anastasia Myskina and Marat Safin 6-2, 6-0 in mixed doubles Wednesday to give Argentina a 2-1 victory over top-seeded Russia at the Hopman Cup. Argentina will play Germany for a spot in the final.


The World: Iraqâs Curse: A Thirst for Final, Crushing Victory

No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it.


Boeing Scrubs Planned Heavy-Lift Rocket Launch

Boeing Co. scrubbed a planned launch of a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on Sunday as engineers sought to determine what caused a temperature control system to malfunction after an aborted launch on Saturday.


As of Monday, Aug. 16, 935 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 697 died as a result of hostile action and 238 died of non-hostile causes.


Catania, 14:53 - CALCIO, CATANIA: LETTERA APERTA ALLA CITTA'

''"Tutti coloro che hanno a cuore le sorti del Calcio Catania si stringano attorno alla squadra e al...


Penn writes angry letter to South Park duo

Sean Penn is furious with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for ridiculing his stance against the war in Iraq in their latest film.


Giving credit, Lane Hartwell, and the Richter Scales

I'm unsure what good will come out of this whole incident. The problem is that when emotions run high, as they did here, people tend to spend more time fortifying their own positions rather than exploring new ones.


Stand by science on GMO foods, EU trade chief says

It's time for Europe to reassess its  skepticism towards genetically modified (GMO) foods and trust  scientists who have deemed them safe -- or risk more  international lawsuits, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.


In Unusual Ruling, Law Firm Is Told to Pay Opponentâs Legal Fees in Enron Case

A federal judge ordered the law firm of William S. Lerach, a leading class-action lawyer, to pay the legal fees and costs of a company he sued.


Palestinians, Israelis trade rocket attacks

JERUSALEM - Two Israeli children died on Wednesday after a Palestinian rocket attack. Shortly after, Israel launched helicopter strikes in Gaza.


The four sponsors of the Middle East peace process discuss a US-led summit planned for November.


Sri Lanka says kills Tiger intelligence head

The Tamil Tigers' military intelligence chief was among 34 rebels killed in heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the military and a pro-Tiger Web site said, amid signs the 25-year civil war was escalating.


The plot: The Cardinals boast the best record in baseball and are hopeful of getting to their first World Series since 1987 and winning their first championship since 1982.


Revenue from the cocoa trade has fuelled years of conflict in Ivory Coast, says an international campaign group.


The search giant hits a brutal milestone, again.


Microsoft's Longhorn may blend Tablet PC, Media Center

Microsoft plans to change the "Home" and "Pro" edition names with the next release of Windows, known as Longhorn. It may also ship a single product that combines the features in the Media Center and Tablet PC editions.


High ranking US soldier pleads guilty to Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse

The Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, which had all but disappeared from the US presidential election campaign, returned to the headlines yesterday after the highest-ranking soldier involved in the mistreatment of Iraqis pleaded guilty to five charges in


New football league seeks college spirit

Former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey is ready to give a new pro football league that ol' college try.


Head of Danish festival jury calls for pan-European distribution firms

Oscar-winning Hungarian director and head of Copenhagen's second international film festival jury Istvan Szabo called for the creation of several pan-European distribution companies that could help break Hollywood's hegemony in Europe.


VATICANO - "Dio: Pace o dominio" in onda martedÃ¬ prossimo, 10 luglio, su RAIUNO alle 23.30. Quinta e ultima puntata: ÂDioÂchiÂ". CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Dio. Nel Suo Nome si attraversano mari, fiumi, distanze, dolori, sacrifici incommensurabili. Si accetta la morte. Nel Suo Nome si giura, si lega e si slega. Nel Suo Nome si vive la vita nei suoi intrecci, nelle su...


Mexico Opposition Fights to Hold Veracruz Bastion

JALAPA, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions ahead  of 2006 presidential elections, in a close governor's race on  Sunday in Veracruz state.


U2 hits CD boasts new song, punk rock cover

A new song and a cover of Scottish  punk band the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming" with Green Day  will be found on a U2 compilation due November 21.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Just as he's reached the top of the album charts for the first time, Kid Rock has made a major change at the top of his business operations.


40 killed as Shiites, Iraqi forces fight

Shiite militiamen battled Iraqi forces for 12 hours Monday, leaving at least 40 people dead and underlining the government's struggle to rein in an anti-U.S. cleric. The U.S. announced nine soldiers killed over the weekend in separate fighting.


George Strait Still Tops on U.S. Albums Chart

Country veteran George Strait's "50 Number Ones" hits package ruled the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week, as new releases from Celine Dion, rapper Mos Def and pop-punk band Sum 41 debuted in the top 10, according to sales data issued Wednesday.


Japan to propose partial lifting of ban on US beef imports

TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.


Indian survivors get too much or too little relief

A lack of coordination in the relief effort for survivors of a deadly tsunami in south India has led to an excess of supplies in some villages while others lack the most basic necessities.


New figures suggest the number of attacks on Britain's Jewish community reached record levels in 2004.


Yemen's government and Shiite rebels have reached a cease-fire in a three-year fight that has claimed 4,000 lives this year, representatives of both sides said Saturday.


Medio Oriente. Suha Arafat contro i dirigenti Anp: vogliono seppellirlo vivo. Abu Ala e Abu Mazen non partono per Parigi. "Abu Ammar sta bene e tornerÃ  nella sua patria", nonostante la congiura di "Abbas (Abu


Roger Clemens and the powerful Houston lineup made sure the Astros got off to a good start, a 9-3 victory, in their quest to finally win a playoff series.


Microsoft vows to bark like a dog for you in 2008

Smells, hears and sees money WPC Microsoft has promised "big dog" products and R&D spend next year, to defend its partner turf and go head-to-head against competitors new and old. Woof!â¦


For the first time, an osteoporosis drug has reduced deaths and prevented new fractures in elderly patients with broken hips, according to new research.


Shares fall on renewed fears about the health of the US economy after weak US service sector figures.


Italy's government is to hold an emergency meeting to find a solution to the rubbish crisis in Naples.


Roma, 17:01 - CALCIO, ROMA: MANCINI FUORI FINO AL 15 OTTOBRE

Il brasiliano Mancini rimarrà fuori per infortunio fino al 15 ottobre, quando la Roma incontr...


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Saddam Hussein to Face Trial Next Month, Iraq Minister Says

Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein and 30 senior members of his regime, which may also include Saddam's deputy Ibrahim al-Duri, will stand trial in Baghdad as soon as next month, an Iraqi minister said.


Rell against proposed amendment banning gay marriage

HARTFORD, Conn. -- She vows to work hard to get President Bush re-elected this fall, but Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell is breaking from the GOP ranks in opposing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.


The House began debate today on a simple, tightly worded resolution opposing the deployment of additional combat troops to Iraq, even as Democratic leaders moved forward on binding language that would curtail those deployments and begin to bring troops home.


Broncos' running back Travis Henry, 28,ÃÂ who has fathered nine children.ÃÂ will not face discipline from the NFL for failing to make child support payments.


CDC Says 11 Million Flu Vaccine Doses Remain for US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 11 million doses of influenza vaccine remain and the agency is working with local public-health officials amid a shortage to make sure the supply reaches high-risk groups.


FDA issues new warning on misuse of J&J skin patch

U.S. health officials issued a  second warning on Friday about reports of deaths and dangerous  side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's   Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.


Andrew Johnson misses two penalties as Everton are held by nine-man Metalist in the Uefa Cup.


As more economists study the economics of downloading music freely, the consensus will likely be that it does hurt sales of music, but how much?


Woman Sentenced to Death for Role in Jordan Hotel Bombings

AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 21 -- A court sentenced an Iraqi woman to death Thursday for her role in al-Qaeda-led hotel bombings that killed 60 people in Jordan's deadliest terror attack.


Appetite Hormones Indicate Diabetes Type in Kids

When a child develops diabetes, it's critical to know if it's the type that requires insulin treatment or the other version that can be controlled with diet and exercise.


Asian seniors can get help with drug-discount cards

Asian seniors nationwide are being urged to call a free help line in Seattle that offers personalized assistance in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese to apply for one of the new Medicare-approved discount cards for prescription drugs.


Iran responds to pressure over nuclear activities

Iran has given a response to EU pressure for it to suspend uranium enrichment, the French foreign ministry has said. Iranian authorities delivered their reply late on Thursday to Britain, France and Germany


It's just another summer in the "Big Brother" house. Or is it?


For Craigslist, city was just the ticket

Hadley Weinzierl used Craigslist to furnish her Jamaica Plain apartment, and when she bought a Maltese puppy, she sought advice from fellow Craigslisters on a good vet, a cheap dog-walker, and a park where she could let the dog run without a leash.


The wait is over -- Harry Potter finale goes on sale

LONDON/NEWYORK  - Harry Potter fans poured into book stores around the world on Saturday to get hold of the seventh and final volume in the series and discover the secret of the boy wizard's fate.


NetBackup 6.5 leads new initiative Symantec fleshed out its storage software portfolio today, and wheeled in CEO John Thompson to big up the launch during his keynote at the Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas.â¦


A team of 20 scientists is joining the search for a missing H-bomb off the coast of Georgia. The government believes a report of some unusual radiation readings might be coming from a hydrogen bomb that was lost near Tybee Island in 1958.


Hornets trade Armstrong for Dallas' Dickau

Hornets general manager Allen Bristow said the move would allow the Hornets, off to a 1-13 start, to give more playing time to new, younger guards Junior Harrington and Alex Garcia.


Afghan insurgents HQ destroyed, 25 killed: U.S. military

Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed an insurgent headquarters near the southern city of Kandahar overnight, killing an estimated 25 guerrillas, the U.S. military said on Sunday.


A Greek soldier guarding an Olympic facility in Athens has been shot dead after apparently playing game of Russian roulette with a policeman, security sources say.


TomKat's daughter, Suri, hasn't been seen in public since her April 18 birth. But a second sighting has been reported, this time by Jada Pinkett Smith.


Google shares bounce up 18% in trading debut

In the stock's first day of trading, investors bought, sold and flipped shares at a furious pace, with the price ending just above $100 - 18 percent higher than where it started. It was, in other words, everything the company's founders, Sergy Brin and ...


[EDITORIALS]More defectors are on the way

On Wednesday, 44 North Korean defectors entered the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. There are points worth noting regarding the timing and size of this incident.


The Competition Commission is to investigate BSkyB's purchase last year of a stake in ITV.


With the Washington Convention Center as an example of his management skills, Allen Y. Lew now focuses on a new home for the new Nationals.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell resigns

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned, this was announced by the US state department in a statement. After the re-election of President Bush in the November elections it was presumed


AFRICA/COSTA DÂAVORIO - Due arresti per la Ânave dei veleniÂ di Abidjan,  gli intossicati sono almeno 30mila Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- ÂSperiamo che lÂavvio delle fase giudiziaria di questa vicenda contribuisca a calmare gli animiÂ dice allÂAgenzia Fides una fonte della Chiesa locale dove oggi, 19 settembre, si Ã¨ avuta una svolta nel caso della Ânave dei vel...


Modena, 19:14 - CALCIO, MODENA: SVOLTO UN TEST CON GLI ALLIEVI

Amichevole infrasettimanale per il Modena, che ha affrontato al campo Zelocchi la formazione degli A...


Mexico's leftist party demands a recount

The party of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador demanded a ballot-by-ballot recount Tuesday in Mexico's closest-ever presidential race, claiming vote counts were manipulated and renewing fears of violent protests if the fiery politician doesn't get his way.


ADRIAN MUTU admits he took drugs but claims it was not cocaine but a drug to improve his sex life. "The only reason I took what I took was because I wanted to improve my sexual performance," said the 25-year


Winning Afghan war essential for West: NATO chief

The West must win the war against Islamic militants in Afghanistan or face attacks in their own countries, NATO Secretary-General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.


BusinessWeek Special Report Examines Apple's iPod Lead

BusinessWeek has published a special report that asks "Could Apple Blow Its iPod Lead?" That title is more sensational than the article itself, however, as


Three Cardiff hospitals bought potentially contaminated body parts allegedly stolen in the US, it is revealed.


Earth-like planets could litter the galaxy

Lots of places to escape to Would-be galactic colonists got a boost this week when a paper in the journal Science suggested that Earth-like planets might be more common than previously thought.â¦


Consiglio dei guardiani accetta per prima volta candidature


Els fires 64 to surge into lead at WGC-American Express

Ernie Els finally looks to be over the disappointment of not winning any of this year's major championships. The South African fired an 8-under-par 64 Friday


Mussi: ci sara' centrosinistra con due soggetti


American Motherhood and the Question of Home Birth

âThe Business of Being Bornâ is a passionate ground-level examination of home childbirth.


Congress Gets HP Documents on Boardroom Leak Probe

By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 18--Hewlett-Packard delivered a stack of documents to Congress today  related to its boardroom-leak probe, in advance of hearings later this month  to take testimony from HP's chairman and top inside and outside lawyers.


Bush Foresaw No War Casualties, Robertson Recalls

The president was the 'most self-assured man I ever met' during a 2003 encounter, televangelist says. The White House says he's got it wrong.


The high and low ends of the fiberglass fashion world seem to be converging on one focal point: a bigger, sexy derriere.


Il club carioca in corsa per prendere l'attaccante brasiliano"Abbiamo parlato con Ronnie, vuole cambiare la sua vita"                                          Il Flamengo punta su Ronaldo "Trattiamo, il Milan Ã¨ d'accordo"


Milano, 21 novembre 2004 - Si Ã¨ concluso con la vittoria per 3-1 dell'Inter sul Bologna il programma dell'andata degli ottavi di finale di Coppa Italia. A San Siro, la squadra di Mancini soffre l'organizzazione


Fernando Alonso beats McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton to win the Monaco Grand Prix and re-take the championship lead.


Speaking at the IDC-sponsored European IT Forum in Paris, controversial author Nicholas G. Carr and business consultant Don Tapscott disagreed about whether IT can spark business model changes that help companies gain strategic advantages over competitors.


Fedele al gipsy metropolitano ma con nuovi particolari


Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested as part of a police probe into suspicions of corruption and race-fixing.


Nolan Ryan could be a candidate to become president of the Texas Rangers.


Dopo notizie negative su fronte profitti aziende


InfoWorld - Hoping to speed acceptance of its service-oriented architecture initiative, IBM at last has rolled out a new service to help corporate users shape their projects to better fit their business goals.


EU takes over Bosnia peacekeeping from NATO

The European Union's biggest military operation began in Bosnia as the 25-nation-bloc takes over peacekeeping duties from NATO, nine years after the end of the bitter inter-ethnic war in the Balkan country.


Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has warned against pressures which could lead to the premature burnout of the Premiership side's new teenage star Wayne Rooney.


Wal-Mart Says Sept. Sales Up 2.3 Percent

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N on  Saturday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.3  percent, according to its preliminary tally, helped by sales of  bedding, electronics, food and pet supplies.


Cappon convoca Marano e Ventura, esposti Codacons e Adusbef


Russian forces storm school; 100 bodies found as death toll expected to climb

BESLAN, Russia  - Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages, as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled through explosions and gunfire. Estimates of the number of dead were as high as 200.


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Nurse in flu-shot scare claims innocence

A nurse who sent fears through a Minnesota college by selling flu shots at what the school called an unauthorized clinic said Sunday she had permission from an administrator to be there.


As French school year begins, Iraq crisis tests head scarf ban

PARIS -- School doors open for 12 million French children today, but there is far more at stake this year than back-to-school jitters.


Courtney Love Has Money Troubles, Legal Woes

Courtney Love's trial on drug possession charges was postponed Thursday, but her financial woes mounted as creditors on both coasts pressed court claims that the singer-actress was dodging unpaid bills.


A railroad deal will soon link the ex-Soviet outpost to European markets.


Where Some See Just a Shock Jock, Sirius Sees a Top Pitchman

Howard Stern has had great success at getting his listeners behind his crusades. Can he get them behind satellite radio?


Best Buy said its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.


Outflanked by iPods and Xboxes, state environmental officials are launching a new youth magazine aimed at reconnecting kids with nature and the outdoors.


Militant rivals show unity behind Arafat, call for united ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon The militant group Hamas is calling for unity among Palestinian leaders and says it's setting aside differences with an ailing Yasser Arafat.


Delta Air Lines Inc.  Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein on Wednesday said his transformation plan for the struggling No. 3 U.S. airline would include 6,000 to 7,000 job cuts over the next 18 months and a dehubbing of its Dallas/Fort Worth operation.


Yahoo acquires U.S. sports media site Rivals.com

Yahoo Inc.  said on  Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of  college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media  company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms.


Lebanon's political groups are meeting in France to try to end a prolonged political crisis gripping the nation.


Malaysia's freed former deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, prepares to go to Germany for medical treatment.


Details of new Sony digital cameras hit the Web

InfoWorld - They're not due to be officially announced until next week, but details of Sony's new line-up of digital still cameras hit numerous Web sites Tuesday.


Ziff Davis - Belkin on Tuesday announced a wireless remote technology that would beam live video to a remote monitor.


Oil giant Yukos has its tax bill for 2001 upped by Russia's tax ministry, a move that may push it closer to bankruptcy.


Ministero e mister Prezzi valuteranno dato Ue di venerdi'


November 3, 2004. Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has confirmed he is looking to bring in a new striker following the injury to summer recruit Djibril Cisse.


In tre regioni, arrestate 18 persone che smerciavano droga


Insurgents attack an Iraqi police station in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, reportedly killing 12 officers.


Indonesia ferry on fire with more than 350 on board

Fire engulfed an Indonesian ferry with more than 350 passengers on board off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, the navy said in a statement. The Levina I was on its way to Bangka island off Sumatra when it caught fire soon after dawn 50 miles from Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port.


Michael Eisner plans to step down  as Walt Disney Co. DIS.N chief executive when his contract  expires in September 2006, the head of the entertainment  conglomerate said in a letter to the board released on Friday.


U.S. Financier Frankel Gets Nearly 17 Years for Fraud

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  - Connecticut financier Martin  Frankel was sentenced on Friday to nearly 17 years in prison  for masterminding one of the largest insurance frauds in U.S.  history.


Cagliari, 16:37 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; SONETTI: DURA SENZA FOGGIA, NON SO SE RESTA

"Alla fine del primo tempo mi ero illuso di poter pareggiare con l'Inter, perchÃ© la squadra era rius...


Greek filmmaker Dennis  Iliadis is in negotiations to direct a remake of the Wes Craven  thriller "The Last House on the Left."


Estoril, 12:23 - MOTO, GP PORTOGALLO: STONER VOLA NEL WARM UP MOTOGP

L'australiano Casey Stoner (Ducati) è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nel warm della MotoGp del Gran Prem...


Government piles filesharing pressure on UK ISPs

Minister threatens legislation deadline The government turned up the heat on internet providers today, warning that laws to force disconnection of illegal filesharers are already being drafted for a parliamentary debut in November.â¦


Aim for the fences, but be content with doubles.


California Nets $2.9 Million in State and National Conservation Innovation Grant Projects

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Anita Brown, +1-530-792-5644, Alan Forkey, +1-530-792- 5653, or Mark Parson, +1-530-792-5660, all for Natural Resources Conservation Service   DAVIS, Calif., June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State Conservationist Lincoln E.


In a patent dispute, a federal judge ordered a Canadian company to stop distributing its generic version of Plavix.


The dollar hovered around recent  one-week lows against the euro and Swiss franc on Thursday as  investors grew cautious Friday's U.S. jobs data might add to  recent weak U.S. data and cloud the interest rate outlook.


In the 'Phantom' Movie, Over-the-Top Goes Higher

If Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical "Phantom of the Opera" is a chestnut, Joel Schumacher's new film is a chestnut flamboyantly roasting on a backlot fire.


Two British girls accused of smuggling cocaine into the UK from Ghana are due to appear in court in the West African state.


Eoma, 23:48 - CALCIO, DONADONI: LA STRADA E' QUESTA, GRAZIE RAGAZZI

Roberto Donadoni finalmente sorride. Il successso netto e indiscutibile sull'Ucraina,  ha cambiato l...


A roadside bomb hits a patrol of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, but no casualties are reported.


Katmandu, Nepal, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A Maoist rebel blockade of the two major highways leading into Nepal's capital is affecting the flow of food and supplies, the BBC said Wednesday.


Oil Prices Skid as U.S. Winter Stays Mild

Oil prices slid on Monday on expectations that more mild U.S. weather at the start of the New Year will limit heating oil demand.


More Job Cuts Set by AT&T; Total to Hit 20% of Staff

The company said most cuts would come in its network operations division, where work has become increasingly automated, and in the customer service group.


"Intervista su Repubblica fotografa fragilita' maggioranza"


U.S. seeks fast NKorean reactor shutdown

Efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program moved ahead Friday, with the chief U.S. envoy saying he wants the North's reactor completely disabled by year's end and U.N. inspectors heading to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown.


Products unveiled at storage networking show

Several storage suppliers are adding to their arsenal of products and technologies aimed at IT managers dealing with the explosion of data storage at Storage Networking World in Orlando this week.


p2pnet.net News:- Europeans will be able to buy a leaned-down version of Microsoft Windows, stripped of its music and video player, and the company will have to license out secret information to its competitors.


Vince 'Mi presenti i tuoi?', secondo posto a 'Neverland'


(Sports Network) - Winners in four of their last five games, the Detroit Tigers hand the ball to 23-year-old lefthander Wilfredo Ledezma tonight for the middle portion of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park.


Panico senza feriti, all'uomo e' stata ritirata la patente


A second Buddhist man is beheaded in Thailand's south in apparent revenge for the deaths of Muslim protesters.


Oil prices have raced to new record highs above $50 as rebel threats against Nigerian oil facilities threaten to inflict further strain on global supplies.


Last Week in China - Myspace in China, Yahoo Faltering and Baidu Jumps the Sea of Japan Some of the more noteworthy tidbits that happened in China last week, ok, in the last 2 weeks, as I was busy getting some sun and beach in Hainan for a couple of days. Is MySpace really coming to China Rupert [...]


Xine media player takes advantage of video accelerators in Via chipsets.


The leadership of Delta Air Lines' pilot union early this morning approved a tentative concessionary agreement with the company, sending it to a vote of the entire membership.


The Blogger Web-logging service broke away from its English-only status on Monday, becoming available in 9 other languages in what Google Inc. is calling the first phase of the service's internationalization.


Better privacy policies can make money, finds P3P study

Privacy guaranteed? Sure, I'll cough up Ecommerce businesses could charge more for their wares if they implemented an established privacy technology, an academic report (pdf) has found. The study showed that online shoppers are prepared to pay more at sites that guarantee their privacy.â¦


Missouri joins prescription drug import program

Missouri is the third state to join the new I-SaveRx prescription drug importation program, allowing residents to buy lower-cost drugs from Europe and Canada than are generally available in the United States.


Argentina, with almost the same roster that made history in 2002 by becoming the first team to defeat a US squad of NBA players, will compete for the gold medal against Italy, which defeated Lithuania 100-91.


How the flawed interface design of a police dispatch system became a municipal issue in San Jose.


Public transit officials have apologized to a woman wearing an Islamic facial veil who was turned away from a bus and Friday rescinded a rule banning people with face coverings.


Bogotà, 11:42 - CALCIO, MILLONARIOS PROMETTE A OSTAGGIO FARC DI VINCERE TITOLO

I giocatori del 'Millonarios' di Bogotà hanno voluto esprimere il loro appoggio ad un ostaggi...


Thousands of Muslims urge Pope not to visit Turkey

More than 20,000 Muslims in Istanbul  on Sunday held the biggest protest so far against Pope  Benedict's controversial visit to Turkey this week.


Emerging India set for special EU partnership

BRUSSELS - Once written off as the poor cousin of Asian powerhouse China, India is to open talks today to forge a strategic partnership with the European Union, a status so far restricted to just five big countries.


Iraqi authorities will try to contact some former Baath Party figures who fled the country after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, but will not meet with those believed to be playing a key role in the insurgency, a senior official said Thursday.


Gateway unveils Grantsdale PCI Express PCs in retail

Gateway Inc. will introduce its first desktops based on Intel Corp.'s new 915G chip set through several retail outlets, the company plans to announce Thursday.


T-Mac struggles in Detroit, but bigger battles lie ahead

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The presidential election might have been decided Tuesday night, but Tracy McGrady's campaign has just begun.


Verizon to Buy MCI in $6.75 Billion Deal

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  on Monday said it would buy long-distance telephone company MCI  Communications Inc. MCIP.O in a deal worth $6.75 billion,  giving Verizon a foothold in the market for serving large  corporations.


Timely Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Insurance Status

MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- People who either have no health insurance or rely on Medicaid are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancers than people who have private health insurance, researchers from the American Cancer Society report.


The internal disputes that have slowed South American economic unity are simply "growing" pains, leaders of the Mercosur trade bloc said Thursday.


Is it really possible that Israel and the Palestinians will reach their elusive peace treaty by the end of the year, as envisioned by President Bush?


Spanish govt calls general elections for March 9

Spain's Socialist government dissolved parliament Monday and formally called a general election for March 9, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said.


Russia no longer murders spies, says KGB veteran

The head of an organization of former Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Moscow abandoned its policy of assassinating enemies long ago, and that Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.


New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington has a torn right rotator cuff, an injury he played with for the final six games of the season.


Bush postpones election-year doctor's visit

After undergoing his annual medical check-up in August 2001, 2002 and 2003, US President George W. Bush has put the procedure off this year until after the November 2 election, his spokesman said.


Ryan Palmer Wins Funai Classic at Walt Disney World

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - A legendary name in golf â-almer â - returned to the top echelon of the PGA TOUR. But this Palmer is a 28-year-old TOUR rookie from Grapevine, Texas, named Ryan â no-he


European stocks drop amid disappointing earnings news

Europe's main stock markets were falling, as some leading companies posted annual earnings to a poor reception from investors.


Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly

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


Numbness, tears mark Russia's mass funeral

A numb Russia observed a national day of mourning yesterday for the hundreds of victims of the terrorist school seizure, while in this grief-stricken southern region neighbouring Chechnya families continued searching for the missing.


WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators Thursday were closing in on a deal on a massive tax and trade package that is the main obstacle to bringing the 109th session of Congress to an end.


Manhattan or Sydney? Its all family, says Billy Crystal

Ask U.S. comedian Billy Crystal what his  hit play "700 Sundays," a one man show about his life as a  young Jewish boy in Manhattan, has in common with life in  sunbaked Australia and his answer is simple -- family.


Si parte il 23 luglio con gli otto candidati democratici, a settembre tocca ai repubblicaniLe domande arriveranno in forma di filmato realizzati dagli internauti                                            Le presidenziali americane su You-Tube Via al primo dibattito politico virtuale


Candidate for Democratic Party Arrested in China

ONG KONG, Aug. 17  An already heated election campaign for the legislature here took an unexpected turn today with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates had been arrested in mainland China on charges of ...


Phoenix point guard Steve Nash, the NBA's assists leader, missed the Suns' game against Detroit on Monday, the second straight game he's sat out with a bruised left thigh.


N Ireland peace talks show little progress

Talks to kick-start the peace process in Northern Ireland dragged late into the night on Friday, with all sides due to return to the negotiating table yesterday, officials said.


Yankees Send Lofton to Phillies for Rodriguez

The begin reshaping their roster, sending Kenny Lofton and cash to the Phillies for setup man Felix Rodriguez and nearing a trade to reacquire Mike Stanton from the Mets.


Brazil says it has settled 81,000 families on redistributed land, but falls short of its own target.


Blogs Abuzz with Gossip in Caustic U.S. Campaign

The U.S. presidential campaign between George W. Bush and John Kerry has prompted a frenzy of gossip and conspiracy theories among Internet bloggers, hybrid online sites that blend news, gossip and opinion.


15 years in an African jail lies in wait for Thatcher

SIR Mark Thatcher is facing a possible 15-year jail term for his alleged role in a mercenary plot to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.


Space shuttle delivers power module to station

Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the   International Space Station 218 miles above the Earth on Monday   to deliver a new pair of power-producing solar arrays for the   half-built research outpost.


Posh's TV show backfires as bid to woo America

Victoria Beckham's bid to woo Americans has backfired with damning reviews of a reality TV show that she hoped would overturn her image here as a sour-faced diva.


With but three points from their first four league matches, Schalke 04 have axed coach Jupp Heynckes on the eve of their Uefa Cup opener against Metalurgs Donetsk.


U.N. ambassadors consider new sanctions on Iran

In an effort to pressure Iran into suspending uranium enrichment, six key U.N. ambassadors began a week of negotiations on possible new sanctions but agreement was still elusive.


Web site preserves Pearl Harbor survivor memories

Historians and survivors of Japan's   surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 are using   the latest online technology to preserve their memories of the   day that drew the United States into World War II.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Two Teams With a Past to Overcome

Only this Super Bowl matchup could prompt the question: Was it more difficult for an organization to overcome a fanâs long-ago love or a cityâs harbored hatred?


Bruxelles dice s' a legge che promuove nuove imprese al Sud


He skipped the early primaries to make a stand in Florida. Political science classes for years to come will be asking why


La rete Mediaset ha preso la decisione dopo il caso Benoit


Jury Awards $5.85 Million in Fresno State Discrimination Suit

A former Fresno State volleyball coach was awarded $5.85 million Monday by a jury that ruled the school discriminated against her for speaking up on behalf of female athletes.


Improved efficiency has helped airlines better prepare for a possible global economic slowdown compared to the last major recession, but expensive fuel continues to hurt bottom lines, an airline industry group said Monday.


One would be naive to think Duxbury boys' lacrosse coach Chris Sweet didn't have the Green Dragons' last MIAA loss etched in his mind: an 8-7 defeat by Beverly in the 2003 Division 1 state final.


Microsoft has released to beta testers a new preview build of MSN Messenger 7, numbered 225, which removes the touted "Winks" feature. Described as animations with sound that grab the attention of IM contacts, Winks first appeared in Microsoft's ThreeDegrees concept before being added to the Messenger 7 beta. But testers soon found many avenues to exploit the feature, allowing malicious content to be loaded on a contact's computer. Nudges, which make IM notification windows vibrate, remain in the beta.


Almost 200 firefighters in China's remote Xinjiang region battle a blaze in a 12-storey market complex.


"Speranza puo' contrastare e scoraggiare la violenza"


La contestazione organizzata dagli ambientalisti e dal comitato contro l'inceneritoreIl premier: "E' un giorno di festa". Monsignor Bagnasco: "Una data importante"                                          Noto, inaugurata la cattedrale Fischi ambientalisti a Prodi e Cuffaro                                                                                Nella notte tra il 13 e il 14 marzo del 1996 la cupola era crollata


Wales are out to avenge last weekend's last-minute defeat to Australia in Saturday's second Test in Brisbane.


Russia's president puts Moscow's interests first as he starts his China visit to discuss key oil projects.


After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself.  However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.


Washington, 15:06 - DECATHLON, MORTO BOB MATHIAS: VINSE DUE ORI ALLE OLIMPIADI

Bob Mathias, due ori nel decathlon alle Olimpiadi di Londra '48 ed Helsinki '52, deputato alla Camer...


Steve Fossett sets world record for airship speed

American adventurer Steve Fossett set a world record by piloting a new generation airship to 111.8 kilometres (69.5 miles) per hour over Lake Constance, the organisers said.


UK chancellor Gordon Brown and the French finance minister propose G7 nations should give 100% debt relief to developing countries by the end of 2005.


Scientists to Help NASA Build Instruments

Two Indiana University scientists have been tapped to help build two miniaturized instruments for NASA's next Mars rover mission, a traveling laboratory that will search for signs of past or present life.


Cole tells Eriksson he is England's solution to troublesome left ...

FILLING the problematic left side of the England midfield is again occupying the mind of manager Sven Goran Eriksson this week as he prepares for the opening 2006 World Cup qualifying match in Austria.


Adding a big piece to its utility computing jigsaw puzzle, Veritas Software (Quote, Chart) rewrote its OpForce server provisioning software to include application discovery and configuration.


Kazaa Now Offers Free Internet Phone Calling Feature

According to wire reports Sharman Networks has added Internet-based phone calls to the popular file-sharing program Kazaa. Legal experts are quoted as saying that this may be a preemptive by Sharman Networks, which owns Kazaa, to legitimize the software.


Two Britons arrested in Afghanistan on security charges: officials

Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing threats to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The arrests were announced earlier but no nationalities given.


China Hostages' Firm Hopes 'Extreme Won't Happen'

The employer of two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese, a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.


Falcons Sign Crumpler to Contract Extension

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Falcons  Monday signed Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler to a six-year  contract extension.


Martin says violence preventing democracy from taking hold in ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Prime Minister Paul Martin's one-day visit to Haiti has not produced any new foreign aid commitments, but it did prompt Martin to warn his hosts that democracy will never flourish in an atmosphere where "people are afraid for their lives


Student Announcer Ensures Laterals Are Heard Round the World

Student Jonathan Wiener was the play-by-play announcer for the Division III college football game that Trinity University won on a final play that featured 15 lateral passes.


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Bene Motorola, attesa per verdetto Fed di domani


BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France -- Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leader's yellow jersey for a seventh straight day.


Viewers expecting to observe Veterans Day Thursday night by watching ABC-TV's telecast of the World War II classic "Saving Private Ryan" on Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) instead got


Federal Reserve Board Governor  Susan Schmidt Bies on Monday said the latest batch of U.S.  economic figures showed the economy has gotten past its  mid-year soft patch.


"Sopranos" grab big piece of Emmy action

Mob saga "The Sopranos" led the field of Emmy Award contenders for best television series on Thursday in its much-ballyhooed last season on HBO, claiming a total of 15 nominations, including a bid for best drama.


Precisazione della Banca Centrale, dollaro dovrebbe restare


Williams sisters, dad accused of perjury

Attorneys for a pair of promoters suing tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams and their father over a tennis match accused the three of perjury.


NASA and Russia OK Next Space Station Crew

In a separate development, the head of the RKK Energia company, which builds the Soyuz spacecraft, said his company was planning to send a new space shuttle to the space station between 2010 and 2012, depending on funding.


A titanium strip that fell off a Continental Airlines jumbo jet on to a Paris runway was the main cause of the deadly crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000, judicial experts said.


Dow soars to all-time high as oil price drops

The Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record set in 2000, as investors bet that sliding crude oil prices will stimulate spending and lift profits even as the economy slows.


Falling crude oil prices this week suggest that Americans might dodge the surge in gasoline prices that experts had predicted for the weeks leading up to the Labor Day weekend.


Istanbul, 15:34 - CALCIO, TURCHIA: ANCORA KO IL GAZIANTEPSPOR DI ZENGA

Continua il momento no del Gaziantepspor di Walter Zenga. La squadra dell'ex portiere dell'Inter ha ...


Former world number one Jimmy Connors is helping British tennis unearth the next Tim Henman.


A Sharp-Minded Prince, Seen Up Close and Personal

The Pearl Theater Companyâs âHamletâ makes a virtue of simplicity.


Capello vows to drag the best out of England

Fabio Capello embarked on the task of restoring England's football fortunes on Monday with a pledge to drag the best out of the country's under-performing stars.


El Guerrouj, Holmes Stride Into Olympic History

Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton  Kelly Holmes gave the Athens Games two of its greatest moments  Saturday by surging to victory on the athletics track and claim  historic Olympic doubles.


The head of the CBI says the system designed to ensure financial stability has tarnished the UK's reputation.


Shareholders rubber-stamp Microsoft payout

Approval of changes to employee stock compensation paves way for $32 billion bonanza for shareholders.


Eyetech Pharmaceuticals (EYET:Nasdaq - news - research) faces an important regulatory test Aug. 27 when a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will review Macugen, the company's experimental drug intended


Londra, 14:17 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: INGAGGIATO VORONIN PER PROSSIMA STAGIONE

Il Liverpool ha ingaggiato per la prossima stagione l'attaccante ucraino Andriy Voronin, 27 anni, in...


Singer N'Dour pitches for top African govt job

African music star Youssou N'Dour plans to put himself forward as a candidate to head a new continental African government being discussed this weekend by African leaders in Ghana.


A SUPERB stoppage time winner by striker Neil Mellor in front of the Kop gave Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield yesterday.


California Water Plan Update 2009 Public Advisory Committee Announced

The Department of Water Resources today announced the members of the  California Water Plan Update 2009 Public Advisory Committee and posted  the agenda for the first public Advisory Committee meeting on June 4 and  5 in Sacramento.


Powell to Attend Athens Closing Ceremony

Secretary of State Colin Powell will  represent the United States at the Olympic Games closing  ceremony in Athens on August 29, the Greek foreign ministry  said on Sunday.


TORONTO -- The announcement, on World AIDS Day, was made by International Co-operation Minister Aileen Carroll, who heads the Canadian International Development Agency.


Major Leagues Reveal Stricter Drug Policy

Major League Baseball will randomly drug test players year round and expand the number of banned substances to include human growth hormone THG, diuretics and steroids, the organization said Thursday.


The firestorm over her comments about the 9/11 widows showed that America's obsession with loving or hating Coulter is a psychological phenomenon almost unique in our culture


Amsterdam, 11:23 - CALCIO, OLANDA: HIDDINK CONDANNATO PER EVASIONE FISCALE

Il ct olandese della Russia, Guus Hiddink, è stato condannato a 10 mesi di reclusione con la ...


An Indian doctor charged with supporting the failed British terror attacks said he tried to call British police after learning they wanted to speak to him but no one answered, according to a leaked interview posted by a newspaper Wednesday.


NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected  Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $41.6 billion takeover offer as  too low, forcing the software maker to either sweeten its bid  or adopt a hostile approach to clinch a deal.


Blast wounds Lebanon Islamic Jihad leader

A car bomb explosion Friday seriously wounded a leader of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in southern Lebanon and killed his brother, security officials said.


Secretary of State Colin Powell demands Iran be referred to the UN Security Council for allegedly trying to make nuclear arms.


SpaceShipOne, the world's first privately built manned spacecraft, blasted into space for the second time in less than a week on Monday to claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize.


Coleman backing Mourinho's men for the league

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has tipped Chelsea to win the Premiership, after watching his side put yet another dent in Manchester United's title hopes.


The pileup of events in the city next week, including the Republican National Convention, will add to the security challenge for the New York Police Department, but commissioner Ray Kelly says, "With a big, experienced police force, we can do it."


All 12 victims of campus murder in Henan are students

All the 12 victims including 8 killed and 4 injured have been identified as senior high school students of the Second Senior High School of Ruzhou City, central China's Henan Province, local police said Friday.


Japanese and North Korean envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago, and a Japanese diplomat reportedly expressed "serious concern" over a possible planned North Korean missile test.


TVâs Perfect Girl Is Pregnant; Real Families Talk

News of the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears brought the subject of teenage pregnancy and sex suddenly into the air for mothers and daughters and fathers, too.


Tennis matches are too easy to fix: Navratilova

Tennis authorities have a tough task to stop match-fixing because it is too easy to fix results, said Martina Navratilova.


The Caucus Blog: Live Blogging the Republican Debate

Live from St. Anselmâs College in Manchester, N.H., the first debate of an ABC/WMUR doubleheader.


Andy Roddick has sacked Brad Gilbert,  the coach who guided him to world number one and the U.S. Open  crown in 2003.


Rudolph R. SprÃ¼ngli, Heir to the Lindt Chocolate Empire, Is Dead at 88

Mr.  SprÃ¼ngli was the heir to a Swiss chocolate empire and head of the world-renowned Lindt & SprÃ¼ngli business for more than two decades.


Red Sox Dealing With Change As Camp Begins

Banners proclaiming the Red Sox as World Series winners finally hung from lampposts outside their spring training ballpark 86 years after their last championship.


Wojtek Wolski scores the go-ahead goal early inthe third period as Colorado wins its fifth straight game with a 3-2 victory over Buffalo on Wednesday.


The man awaiting trial for a bloody escape at the Atlanta courthouse in 2005 is suspected of enlisting his pen-pal girlfriend, a paralegal and at least two sheriff's deputies in a scheme to break out again, according to law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press.


One in six British households is living in fuel poverty, the highest for almost a decade