Teachers strike after murder of colleagues

Hundreds of schools in southern Thailand closed yesterday as teachers refused to work after two of their colleagues were killed by suspected Islamist militants.


Old New Yorkers, Newer Ones, and a Line Etched by a Day of Disaster

Because of population changes in the city since Sept. 11, 2001, a great many New Yorkers lack firsthand knowledge of the cityÂs critical modern moment.


THERE WILL be an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' home-run records. It may not appear in Major League Baseball's official archives, but it will be ingrained in the public mind.


Key Human Traits Tied to Shellfish Remains

An international team of scientists have found evidence that suggests that Homo sapiens developed a taste for shellfish much earlier than previously thought.


IF the speculation is right that John Howard's fourth term will come to be seen as his "Chinese period", the Prime Minister may seek inspiration from a man he may otherwise spurn emulating: Jacques Chirac.


N.Irish paramilitary charged with Adams murder bid

Northern Irish paramilitary Michael Stone was charged on Saturday with the attempted murder of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams after he stormed into Belfast's parliament building with a bag of homemade explosives.


European stocks shoot higher amid barrage of results

European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors seized on a flurry of bullish earnings reports, and after Tokyo hit a near seven-year high.


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Adult alcohol abuse linked to exposure in the womb

NEW YORK  - Women who drink during   pregnancy may be setting up their offspring for later problems,   it seems. Young adults who were exposed to alcohol before they   were born are at increased risk for developing an alcohol   disorder, according to a report in the Archives of General   Psychiatry.


Is Charter Communications a value play, or was the ouster of its CEO just the latest trouble?


Microsoft Issues Patch; E-Mail ID Plan Rejected

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O released on Tuesday a patch for its latest "critical" rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs.


Former Iraq Arms Inspector Faults Prewar Intelligence

ASHINGTON, Aug. 18 - A former Bush administration official who led the fruitless postwar effort to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told Congress on Wednesday that the National Security Council led by Condoleezza Rice had botched ...


The chancellor presses the G8 to freeze all debts owed by countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster.


BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- Even Annika Sorenstam was amazed by her dominating play after a long layoff. Sorenstam won her fifth LPGA Tour event of the year Sunday, closing with a 1-under 70 for a four-shot victory at the John Q. Hammons Classic.


Supplement May Slow Marker of Prostate Cancer

NEW YORK  - A mix of dietary supplements  including antioxidants and plant-based estrogens may slow the  rise of a biomarker for prostate cancer progression in some  men, preliminary research suggests.


LYON, France  - Tommy Robredo's hopes of reaching the season-ending Masters Cup suffered a huge blow when the Spaniard lost 6-4 7-6 to France's Marc Gicquel in the first round of the Lyon tournament on Monday.


A crew member from the stricken Canadian submarine stranded in the Atlantic died in an Irish hospital. The man's condition deteriorated rapidly as he was airlifted off HMCS Chicoutimi and he was taken to hospital.


Pitchers finally getting job done? At least it's a start

This is a mirage or a sight to behold. This is something you can't trust with your own eyes, or maybe what you're watching is real.


Colosso Usa si espande in settore europeo videogiochi auto


Confermata dall'Istituto di Statistica la stima preliminareSi tratta dell'aumento piÃ¹ alto dei prezzi dall'ottobre 2003                                          Inflazione a dicembre al 2,6% e per il 2008 'ereditÃ ' dell'1,3%


Quake Rattles California; No Injuries Reported

A strong earthquake and more than a  dozen aftershocks struck central California on Tuesday,  rattling a large chunk of the state along the San Andreas Fault  but apparently causing little damage.


Torino, 15:13 - CALCIO, JUVE; RANIERI: TUTTI RECUPERATI, ORA POSSO SCEGLIERE

Alla Juventus sono tutti abili e arruolati per l'importante trasferta di domani con l'Udinese. E il ...


Beijing says the US and EU must make new concessions to get floundering global trade talks back on track.


Andy Geiger, the Buckeyes' athletic director, announced his retirement for what he called "burnout," ending a successful but turbulent 11-year tenure.


Red Cross deeply concerned by humanitarian law violations in Iraq

The International Red Cross is ''deeply concerned'' with the killing of civilians and non-combatants in Iraq and the apparent failures by all sides to respect humanitarian law.


Ukraine rivals still at odds after latest Europe-mediated talks fail

Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma remained at loggerheads with the opposition after six-hour talks with European mediators over legislative changes ahead of a new presidential runoff vote ended in failure.


Vodafone takes one on the chin for billing problems

Not our fault, but we'll take the blame anyway Vodafone has blamed recent changes to its billing system for a litany of problems affecting its UK network, from inaccurate bills to disconnected calls, but is refusing to say who's responsible for the debacle.â¦


Thirty three people are now known to have died in the building which collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt.


Starbucks to give away music as new service starts

Starbucks Corp  said on Monday  it will give away millions of songs via downloads starting next  month as it launches a wireless music service with Apple Inc  .


Since January of this year, Dell Computer has been tailoring its sales model to fit changing market dynamics. Its very successful direct sales approach is simply not the best way to get through to certain markets. China is a shining example of this, and Dell announced today that it will distribute PCs through Gome, China's largest consumer electronics retailer.


Bin Laden Condemns Bush, Says New Attacks Possible

Osama bin Laden burst into the U.S.  election campaign on Saturday, issuing his first video tape in  more than a year to deride President Bush and warn of possible  new Sept. 11-style attacks.


Hospitals Slow in Heart Cases, Research Finds

In nearly a third of cases of sudden cardiac arrest in the hospital, the staff takes too long to respond, a study found.


Sales of existing U.S. homes fell more than expected in July, as the housing market took a breather from its record-toppling run, a trade association report showed on Tuesday.


Reggio Calabria, 19:29 - CALCIO, REGGINA: CONTUSIONE ALLA CAVIGLIA PER NAKAMURA

Non Ã¨ grave l'infortunio accusato dal giapponese della Reggina Shunsuke Nakamura nel corso della gar...


China has banned acclaimed director Lou Ye from making movies for five years as punishment for sending his latest film "Summer Palace," an erotic love story set against


VATICANO - Il Papa allÂAngelus: ÂIl regno di Dio Ã¨ la vita che si afferma sulla morte, la luce della veritÃ  che disperde le tenebre dellÂignoranza e della menzognaÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - LÂinizio della missione pubblica di Cristo, narrato dallÂevangelista Matteo nella liturgia della Parola della III domenica del tempo Ordinario, Ã¨ contrassegnato dalla predicazione del Regno di Dio e nella guarigio...


Londra, 13:36 - CALCIO, GB; SKY: ERIKSSON NUOVO ALLENATORE MANCHESTER CITY

Sven Goran Eriksson è il nuovo allenatore del Manchester City. Lo ha annunciato l'emittente b...


Massing enough troops for another rotation in Iraq will be "painful" and may eventually require extension of the two-year limit on mobilization of reserves, official says.


Yahoo! press reports are 'full of sh*t' - CEO Semel

No need to be so polite, Terry Yahoo! has become leakier than a sieve. Typically this is a sign of an unhappy place to work - which Yahoo! may or may not be, we hesitate to judge.â¦


O.J. Simpson's New Denial: He's Not a Thief, Either

The legal saga of O.J. Simpson went further into left field yesterday, when the former murder defendant and former football star was accused of stealing a cache of his own sports memorabilia at gunpoint from a Las Vegas hotel room.


BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to deepen its  political and economic ties with Serbia, despite suggestions that  the Belgrade authorities could be protecting one of the most  wanted men in the former Yugoslavia.


Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-2, 6-1. Ivanovic will play Justine Henin on Saturday.


AOL will be getting a dose of Cramerica.


Project over-runs make US IT workers scared for their jobs

Europeans are much more chilled The majority of European IT professionals say that a failure to finish projects on time would not pose a risk to their job. Under a quarter of IT workers in the US felt safe enough to say the same.â¦


BOSTON -- Surgery on Curt Schilling's right ankle is now scheduled for Tuesday, assuming all goes well Saturday when the doctors involved are to examine the Red Sox right-hander.


Zurich Financial Executives Plead Guilty in Probe

Two executives at Zurich Financial Services AG, the third-biggest US commercial insurer, pleaded guilty to charges they helped rig bids to help an insurance broker give business to favored clients.


U.S. slump possible, not probable: Greenspan quoted

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan was quoted as saying on Thursday that a recession in  the United States is possible, though not probable this year as  inventory problems in the economy are being addressed quickly,  Bloomberg reported.


Messina, 15:23 - CALCIO, MESSINA: REA RECUPERA

C'è anche Rea tra i convocati del Messina per la sfida di domani contro l'Atalanta. Di Napoli...


Dow Jones +0.15% arriva a nuovo record, Nasdaq +0.55%


Agent penetrated Hells Angels, fears for his life

For nearly two years, Jay Dobyns led a double life. He rode alongside the Hells Angels, becoming a member of one of the nation's most feared criminal gangs. But at the same time, he was working as a federal agent in an effort to bring the Hells Angels down.


The Bush budget: What's in $2.9 trillion?

It promises an end to deficits and a smaller bite from defense spending by 2012, but some analysts question such forecasts.


Lava has begun to ooze out of Washington state's Mount St. Helens, building up the lava crust in the volcano's crater, government scientists said on Wednesday.


Palestinian rivals arrive in Saudi for unity talks

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals prepared on Tuesday for talks on a unity government, with less than two weeks to go until a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.


Twenty months after the Columbia tragedy, NASA is still struggling to overcome serious engineering hurdles to resume flying its space shuttles in March, a task that has become even tougher


U.S., North Korea set to talk under nuclear deal

U.S. and North Korean negotiators start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.


Sean Taylor was voted to the N.F.C. Pro Bowl team posthumously on Tuesday, three weeks after after he was shot during a burglary at his Florida home.


Reebok's revives Pump shoe, marking industry shift to high-tech

Hoping to build on the success of a shoe that generated big sales but also ridiculed when it was introduced 15 years ago, Reebok Inc.


President George W Bush insists an Iranian military force is linked to some attacks on US forces in Iraq.


A man has been wounded in a shooting in the Omani capital, the British Embassy said, adding that it was still unclear if the attack was politically motivated.


Mittal, Abramovich top Britain's rich list

Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Russian businessman Roman Abramovich come first and second in a newspaper's list of the richest people living in Britain.


This Shahid Kapoor 'lemon popsickle' was host to a lot of changes.


Merck slashes '05 forecast, citing Vioxx

The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck & Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the drug maker said yesterday.


Moscow prosecutors launch a criminal inquiry after a suspected car bomber dies in police custody.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden - They have lived for 200 years between them, but Sweden's oldest pair of twins had never seen anything like this before.


Residents eligible to receive the flu vaccine lined up Saturday at a distribution center sponsored by the Visiting Nurse Association.


Measles Returns: Many in U.S. at Risk From "Eradicated" Disease, Experts Warn

Recent measles outbreaks in the U.S. are revealing the vulnerability of two groups, experts say: those given ineffective vaccines in the mid-1960s, and those refusing to get vaccinated today.(Part One of a three-part series on the resurgence of diseases once thought wiped out)


No Mideast peace deal yet: Palestinian official

JERUSALEM - A senior Palestinian official called reports of a Mideast peace agreement premature, but said Israelis and Palestinians have agreed on the logistics of the upcoming elections to replace Yasser Arafat.


Politicians beware: Parody is returning. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday


Il giovane in caserma a Vigevano per essere interrogato


Marlon Anderson got his first start of the postseason for the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night, serving as the designated hitter in the second game of the World Series.


ASIA/SRI LANKA - Grazie allÂalfabetizzazione, ai programmi sociali e di prevenzione, e ad una crescente presa di coscienza cÂÃ¨ ottimismo per la riduzione della diffusione dellÂAids nella zona dellÂAsia-Pacifico Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Gli esperti che hanno preso parte  allÂOttavo Congresso Internazionale sullÂAids nellÂAsia-Pacifico, appena concluso nella capitale dello Sri Lanka, hanno lanciato un messaggio di speranza nel quale dichiarano che le prospet...


Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.


Roundup: Real Madrid turns to Luxemburgo

Real Madrid introduced Wanderley Luxemburgo as its new coach Thursday, turning to the former Brazilian national team manager to try to salvage a dismal season for the world's most glamorous soccer team.


North Korea missile launch draws White House ire

North Korea fired up to two short-range missiles off its west coast on Thursday, Yonhap news agency quoted government officials as saying, the second launch in as many weeks, drawing quick criticism from the United States.


'Fockers' Beats Horror Flick at Box Office

The horror of meeting the in-laws beat out the fright flick at theaters this weekend. "Meet the Fockers" took in $28.5 million to remain the top movie for the third straight weekend, holding off the horror newcomer "White Noise," which debuted a strong No. 2 with $24 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.


New Hampshire is where Iowa's Democratic caucus victors get ratified and where its Republican winners get stung. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee headed into the Granite State on Friday as Iowa's presidential champions, one hoping to ride history's trend and the other eager to break it. Neither can expect it to be easy.


Milano, 15:54 - CALCIO, MILAN: SQUADRA AL LAVORO, DA VERIFICARE GATTUSO

Dopo il pareggio di ieri sera contro il Parma, il Milan è tornato al lavoro questa mattina pe...


(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) launched a motherboard with four cores on Thursday, targeting gaming enthusiasts in an effort to keep pace with the release of quad-core chips by rival Intel. AMD's Quad FX Platform includes two dual-core Athlon 64 FX-70 series chips and uses Nvidia's 680a chip set. AMD's choice of components shows it is willing to follow open standards even though the companyÂ acquired Nvidia's rival ATI TechnologiesÂ earlier this month, said Ian McNaughton, product manager for Athlon 64 FX products. The launch highlights a debate in the industry about the definition of quad-core processors. Intel hasÂ claimed it won the quad-core raceÂ on Nov. 14 by packaging two dual-core chips together in the Xeon 5300 for servers and Core 2 Extreme QX6700 for gamers. But AMD calls its Quad FX Platform a "4x4," and says it won't release a true "quad-core" processor until 2007, when it combines four cores on a single piece of silicon called "Barcelona." Analysts say they won't be able to judge the winner of the debate until they can test comparable products. In the meantime, one thing is certain: a PC with four computing cores can run a lot of applications at once. PC vendors who use the Quad FX will attract more than just hard-core gamers, McNaughton said. A desktop with four computing cores can be a workstation for "megataskers," those users who watch high-definition video while burning a DVD, downloading a BitTorrent file, and chatting on a TeamSpeak connection, even as their PC runs antivirus software, Skype, and instant messaging applications in the background. "The PC usage model has changed. It's evolving, it's getting crazy and we love it," he said. "People are doing four, five, six things at the same time." Of course, gamers are still a core audience for this product. The extra cores will allow fans of multiplayer online games to play two instances of the game simultaneously, controlling two characters in a single episode of EverQuest, World of Warcraft or Lineage, according to AMD. Many of these gamers have been using AMD's Opteron server chip to manage their heavy computing loads, McNaughton said. The Quad FX Platform will be a more efficient tool for the job and will allow them to upgrade to a pair of quad-core Barcelona chips in the middle of 2007. As the hardware industry relies increasingly on multicore designs, chip power is measured by scalability and efficiency, not just frequency, said AMD spokesman Bubba Wolford. That development is pushing chip vendors to grow from being simple component suppliers to selling entire platforms. AMD has followed that trend to produce its AMD Live product for media center PCs and now the Quad FX. AMD is selling the Quad FX Platform with three types of chips built with a 90-nanometer process, charging $599 for a pair of 2.6 GHz FX-70 chips, $799 for a pair of 2.8 GHz FX-72 chips, and $999 for a pair of 3.0 GHz FX-74 chips, if purchased in lots of 1,000 units.


Russia cuts links to Georgia in spy arrest furor

Russia threw up a blockade against Georgia on Monday after Tbilisi's release of four Russian soldiers accused of spying failed to defuse the worst crisis in years between the ex-Soviet neighbors.


Starbucks to give away music as new service starts

Starbucks Corp  said on Monday  it will give away millions of songs via downloads starting next  month as it launches a wireless music service with Apple Inc  .


A roadside bomb has detonated in one of Baghdad's busiest streets, killing two people and wounding at least 15, police sources say.


US forces launch major offensive on Samarra

Doctors at Samarra's hospital said 47 bodies were brought in, including 11 women, five children and seven elderly men. They. said ambulances could not reach many wounded as fighting, which lasted throughout the night, was still going on.


The Italian Cabinet on Thursday approved proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.


Javier Bardem, "The Sopranos" SAG winners

Spanish actor Javier Bardem and mob drama "The Sopranos" took early movie and television awards at the Screen Actors Guild ceremony on Sunday, Hollywood's first full-scale awards show in a season marred by a bitter industry strike.


US fighter squadron to be deployed in South Korea next month

A squadron of US Air Force F-15E fighters based in Alaska will fly to South Korea next month for temporary deployment aimed at enhancing US firepower on the Korean peninsula, US authorities said.


Anousheh Ansari's trip of a lifetime is to come to an end early Friday, when a space capsule brings the world's first paying female space tourist back to Earth.


The Giants face the Redskins on Sunday with all the signs of a team in disarray thanks to an 0-2 record, an injured quarterback in Eli Manning and a head coach in the hot seat in Tom Coughlin, above.


Thousands Pay Tribute to Dead Ukrainian Minister

Thousands of Ukrainian officials and railway workers paid tribute on Wednesday to Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa, found dead with a gunshot wound to the head a day after the opposition chief won a ...


Jackie Stewart is confident that the British Grand Prix will go ahead as normal next year. Formula Oneâs governing body announced last week that there would be no race in Britain in 2005 because of a cash-wrangle with the owners of Silverstone.


CANTON, Ohio - A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now outdated phone.


For a climber, the first time you lay eyes on Everest, it's hard not to think about Edmund Hillary Â and try to imagine what it was like when he and Tenzing Norgay topped out on the world's highest peak shortly before noon on May 29, 1953.


French authorities said they will release medical information on the cause of Yasser Arafat's death to his diplomat nephew today in an effort to quash speculation about a conspiracy to kill the Palestinian leader.


Bronson Arroyo pitched seven shutout innings, and Manny Ramirez and Mark Bellhorn homered, leading the Boston Red Sox to an 9-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.


Pope: Age Brings More Need for God's Help

Pope John Paul II made a rare allusion to his personal struggle with aging and illness, saying in a Christmas address Tuesday that each passing year brings a greater need for help from God.


Microsoft Corp  is seeing  shortages of its Xbox 360 video game console in the United  States, as the company failed to anticipate strong post-holiday  demand, an executive said on Wednesday.


Superate le attese rispetto al dato di maggio


An improvement plan for Wales' worst performing schools and classrooms is drawn up.


Roma, 14:14 - SCI FONDO, CONVOCATI ITALIA PER MONDIALI SAPPORO

Al termine delle staffette che hanno concluso i Campionati Italiani di sci fondo a Padola, il dirett...


The BBC is told that South  Korean scientists engaged in secret, illegal experiments to enrich nuclear fuel.


Dell ties up with GOME to sell PCs in China

Dell Inc , the world's No.2  personal computer maker, said it would sell its latest range  through China's largest electronics retailer, GOME Group,  aiming to improve on its single-digit mainland market share.


Toshiba To Replace Parts in 650,000 Notebooks

Toshiba will provide replacements for defective parts used in some 650,000 notebook PCs. "Under certain conditions and when used in combination with certain other components," Toshiba says, "[the


Reds, Gunners youngsters in spotlight as feuding powerhouses meet ...

Sparks usually fly when Manchester United and Arsenal meet at the Reds' home, and Wednesday night's League Cup quarterfinal should be no different.


Belgian Court Says ISP To Blame for File Sharing

Late last month, the Court of First Instance in Brussels issued a decision ordering Scarlet, one of Belgium's leading ISPs, to begin blocking copyrighted material that passes through its servers. The court gave the ISP six months to implement one or more technologies recommended by a court-appointed expert, and threatened the company with fines of up to 2,500 euros per day (roughly US$3,400) if it fails to comply.


The discovery of four fossil skeletons of human ancestors in Georgia, a former Soviet republic, offers a look at a species in transition.


Comunicazione ai dipendenti del neo presidente


Roma, 17:18 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: MUORE IN INCIDENTE GIOCATORE QPR

Ray Jones, 18enne attaccante del Queens Park Rangers, è morto in un incidente stradale avvenu...


All the injuries and Ron Artest's benching finally caught up with Indiana. Elton Brand had 19 points and 16 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers took control of the lethargic Pacers from the start in a 102-68 victory Wednesday night, the worst home loss in franchise history.


Chalabi attacked on road to inaugural assembly meeting

A convoy carrying the Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi was ambushed yesterday by gunmen in an apparent assassination attempt that left two of his bodyguards wounded.


NASA Chief Sees Mandate for Bush Space Program

The budget increase Congress just voted for NASA is a clear endorsement of President Bush's plan to send astronauts back to the Moon and later Mars, said Sean O'Keefe.


Traders Enjoy 100% Profitability Streak With Recent "Stock Alert" Winners

While the summer trading season has been very volatile, one stock-picking service has rewarded members with impressive and consistent profits.  Traders continue to flock to BullTrade.com for not only great stock recommendations, but also for astute advice during times of market instability.


US housing crisis crashes into White House race

The maelstrom engulfing the US housing market and threatening to throw millions onto the streets is soaring up the agenda in the race for the country's most prestigious address, the White House.


Study: $100M Spent on TV Ads in Ohio Race

The battle for Ohio in last year's presidential campaign came with a huge price tag: $100 million for television advertising alone, according to a new study.


Tokyo Stocks Higher; Dollar Down Vs. Yen

Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday as investors looked for bargains after sharp falls the day before. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen.


Dany Heatley scored two goals for the second night in a row and Jason Spezza also scored twice as the Ottawa Senators wrapped up a productive road trip, winning their fourth in a row by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 Thursday night.


U.S. denies threat on Haitian aid, visas

The U.S. Embassy on Friday denied that Haiti's government was threatened with the suspension of aid and travel visas if it tried to block the United States from deporting convicted Haitian criminals back to their homeland.


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Udine, 20:59 - CALCIO, UDINESE: PINZI VERSO IL RECUPERO, IAQUINTA FERMO

In vista del match interno col Palermo, Pinzi spera di recuperare. Il centrocampista, assente nelle ...


President George W. Bush said on Saturday the U.N. Security Council must act now on a plan to grant Kosovo supervised independence, which Russia opposes.


Panel backs young adult antidepressant warning

SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Antidepressant drugs need warnings that they may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in adults up to age 25, a U.S. advisory panel said on Wednesday.


Cars that drive themselves Â even parking at their destination Â could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say.


Privacy questioned Google has faced down one European probe into what it does with people's personal information, only to be challenged with another.â¦


China companies deny role in tainted toothpaste

Employees at a Chinese company named by U.S. officials as makers of tainted toothpaste denied on Saturday that it had used a poisonous chemical in its products, reacting to the latest scare about China's consumer goods.


Iran Says Needs Practical Results in EU Nuke Talks

Iran told the European Union on Tuesday their negotiations must show clear progress and practical results by mid-March if it was to prolong negotiations on EU demands that it stop enriching uranium.


IDF denies barring PA men from training in Egypt

The IDF denied claims that it had prevented the first batch of Palestinian security officials from crossing via the Rafah terminal crossing into Egypt on Saturday where they are to undergo military training in preparation for the planned disengagement


An Ohio car dealership has apologized to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for using a photo from his "Terminator" days in ads without permission.


FALLUJAH: Fierce air strikes hit Fallujah on Friday as US ground troops advanced on the Iraqi rebel bastion on Friday after a night of deadly air assaults.


Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy

More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.


Rescuers have pulled at least four survivors from a building which collapsed in floods that hit the Philippines 10 days ago, officials say.


Shooed the ghosts of the Bambino and the Iron Horse and the Yankee Clipper and the Mighty Mick, on his 73rd birthday, no less, and turned Yankee Stadium into a morgue.


The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.


Commissioners Seek Update for Strategic Plan: Platte County is Seeking Proposals That It Will Read Publicly on March 8.

By Andy Hyland, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 17--It's time for an update to Platte County's strategic plan, commissioners say.   They voted unanimously Thursday to seek proposals for an update to their "Platte Profile" plan.


Paulson brings Wall Street luster to Treasury

Henry Paulson, the Goldman Sachs  Group Inc.  chairman chosen by President George W. Bush  to be his third Treasury secretary, brings Wall Street luster  to the top economic spokesman's role.


Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, and his wife announce they have divorced.


Iraq Meeting Presses Baghdad to Seek Dialogue

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - An international  conference on the political future of Iraq on Tuesday pressed  the interim Iraqi government to make sure as many people as  possible take part in Jan. 30 elections.


Pakistan says Rushdie knighthood may spark terrorism

Pakistan demanded on Monday that Britain withdraw a knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, as a government minister said the honour gave a justification for suicide attacks by Muslims.


Almost four in 10 businesses do not employ a woman in a senior management position, a survey suggests.


Robbing a Mom and Pop Store, Too Close to Home

âBefore the Devil Knows Youâre Deadâ is a chronicle of destruction â physical, spiritual and moral.


The French oil giant said fourth-quarter profit rose 62% to 3.6 billion euros ($5.23 billion) as oil prices rose and and new projects in Angola and Qatar raised production.


This should give pause to anyone who thought the Red Sox might be interested in toning down their image as idiots: They've signed David Wells to a two-year contract late last night.


The International Monetary Fund appears to be unable to agree on a debt relief plan for the world's poorest nations.


InfoWorld - Azul and Sun have settled a patent infringement suit Sun filed, the companies said Tuesday.


'Idol' finalist Pickler inks record deal

Bubbly blonde "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler has landed a record deal with country label BNA Records and 19 Recordings, the label founded by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller.


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Some Treasures Found Over Harburgâs Rainbow

In Karen Oberlinâs tribute show âThe Wizard of Words: Yip Harburgâs Songs of Wit and Wisdom,â at the Metropolitan Room, she skillfully balances the two sides of the lyricist E. Y. Harburgâs sensibility.


Consumer prices rose a relatively modest 0.3 percent in December but for all of 2007 prices shot up at the fastest rate in seventeen years, largely because of soaring energy costs, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday.


Mike Holmgren will return for a final season as coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle's veteran coach announced his decision Tuesday, after spending the weekend with his wife at their offseason Arizona home.


Rumsfeld to meet with NATO on Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is checking up on promises for continued support in the war in Afghanistan by checking in with NATO defense leaders in southeastern Europe.


The Little Rock Nine, who as students were escorted by federal soldiers into the all-white Central High School because they were black, marveled at the celebrity-like fanfare they received on the 50th anniversary of the event Tuesday. But they cautioned that racial divides still exist.


"Idol" hands Fox another ratings victory

NEW YORK  - Fox rode "American Idol" to another weekly win in viewership and the adults 18-49 demographic and was aided by big numbers for the premiere of "The Moment of Truth."


The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took its support of AIDS-related research and care to a new level Wednesday, announcing a half-billion-dollar grant to a global fund that provides AIDS assistance in poor countries.


Environmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to ward of illegal shark fishermen.


A 79-year-old woman has been caught attempting to smuggle heroin out of Colombia on a flight to New York, police said Friday.


Former Barcelona and Celtic star Henrik Larsson says he is to be loaned out to Manchester United from January 1 until March 12.


Google Gives Up on Competing With eBayâs Big Boston Party

Google got into a tussle with eBay when it invited the auction siteâs sellers to a party to promote Google Checkout, a service that competes with eBayâs PayPal.


No. 2 Oklahoma Defeats Kansas State 31-21

Jason White threw for four touchdowns, two each to Travis Wilson and Mark Clayton, and No. 2 Oklahoma overcame its own mistakes to beat Kansas State 31-21 Saturday.


In order to wrap your head around director Peter Bergâs gridiron saga Friday Night Lights, you need to approach it with a little statistical analysis.


Europe Strikes Early Ryder Blow with Charm Offensive

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Holders Europe have  gained an early Ryder Cup advantage over the United States by  winning over the home fans at Oakland Hills.


Family of British hostage make new appeal for his release

Some 100,000 leaflets from the family of British hostage Ken Bigley were handed out at Sunni mosques across Baghdad, the Muslim day of rest, appealing for his release, the British embassy said.


Jerry Scoggins, who sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" that introduced the comical Clampett clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. He was 93.


Compagnia aerea tagliera' 4 mila dipendenti in tre anni


The award-winning national gay & lesbian newsmagazine Web site

Representatives for singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge released a statement Friday saying that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.


Judge Refuses to Accept Guilty Plea on Spam

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to  accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee  accused of selling the Internet provider's customer list to a  "spammer," saying he was unsure a crime had been committed.


Steven Gerrard hailed the greatest goal of his career after his late strike propelled Liverpool, almost inconceivably, into the knockout phase of the Champions League.


Musician Canned for Focus on Wrong Organ

NEW FRANKEN, Wis. - A Catholic priest has removed his church's organist and choir director from her duties saying her sale of sex toys was not "consistent with Church teachings." Linette Servais, 50, played the organ and sung with the choir for 35 years.


Medio Oriente: Shalom contrario a voto per palestinesi di ...

GERUSALEMME - Secondo il sito on line del quotidiano Haaretz, il ministro degli Esteri israeliano Silvan Shalom si e' detto contrario alla partecipazione al prossimo voto per la successione a Yasser Aarafat dei palestinesi residenti a Gerusalemme Est.


Golden Globes and Oscars Are Drawn Into Strike

The guild will not allow the Golden Globe show to use its writers, and is denying historical film clips to the Oscars.


Allestita mostra fotografica dedicata allo stilista sardo


Justin Gatlin shoveled the snow off his track in North Carolina, braving the cold to keep practicing, keep working, keep chasing Olympic gold.


Mac Gardner, a senior brokerage executive at Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , is leaving the company, Merrill said on Friday.


Stylish women don't want to give up their pencil skirts and dark denim jeans when they're pregnant, and thanks to the looks presented at Liz Lange's runway show, they don't have to.


The US imposes sanctions against the  militant group  in Iraq by terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring

After internal documents revealed plans to send nearly 5,000 jobs to developing countries over two years, IBM became an easy target for critics of outsourcing. Will limiting layoffs take the sting out of moving these jobs abroad?


PLEAS for the life of the lone British hostage in Iraq, Ken Bigley, redoubled last night as American troops continued their assault on the "Sunni triangle" and on the quarters of Baghdad where the hostage-takers have their strongholds.


Internet Yellow Pages Provider soUno Establishes National Online Directory for Internetyellowpages.Com

Internetyellowpages.com partners with soUno, LLC to create a robust online yellow pages directory.  Visitors can now visit www.internetyellowpages.com to locate local or national businesses.


Ventilata controffensiva su Scottish Power fa volare titolo


Secret World of Detainees Grows More Public

The secret interrogation of senior al-Qaeda aide Abu Zubaida provided U.S. authorities with the clues they needed to capture the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and other key terrorism suspects around the world, according to new accounts provided yesterday by President Bush and...


Ulivo. Prodi: parte la Grande alleanza democratica. Manifestazione ...

Contro la Finanziaria, il 6 novembre, ci sarÃ  una manifestazione di piazza di tutto il centrosinistra. SarÃ  il primo appuntamento pubblico della Grande alleanza democratica lanciata, ieri, da Romano Prodi.


Remnants Of Gaston To Drench N. Carolina

As Tropical Storm Gaston moves north through South Carolina, cleanup crews are already tackling downed trees and power lines. More than 125-thousand residents have been without power in South Carolina, where


War-torn region gets a lift from Armenian exiles

STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan  - The unrecognized Caucasian statelet of Nagorno-Karabakh, almost completely penned in by a military and economic blockade, is enjoying an unlikely boom thanks to the patriotism of Armenia's foreign diaspora.


Movie Review | 'The Boss of It All': Itâs Not That the Boss Seems Distant. Itâs Just That He Doesnât Exist.

To describe âThe Boss of It All,â Lars von Trierâs acidic corporate comedy, as â âThe Officeâ Viewed Through the Looking Glassâ only scratches the surface.


Brindisi, 18:46 - CALCIO, SERIE D/H: BRINDISI-ISCHIA 1-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della dodicesima giornata del campionato di serie D/H, il Brindisi ha battuto 1-0 l'Is...


Panel weighs risk of drug-coated heart stents

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel heard evidence on Thursday about risks of drug-coated stents, the tiny mesh tubes used to prop open arteries in millions of heart patients.


Blog: Sony Ericsson releases a new Walkman phone that may just challenge the iPhone.


American Troops In Kosovo May Lose Their Combat Status

Top Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to downgrade the combat status of U.S. forces who are part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, a decision that could cause the 1,500 U.S. soldiers currently deployed there to lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars each month in...


Britain's Blair "to be replaced" within a year

British Prime Minister Tony Blair aims   to quit next year after 10 years in office but the announcement   of a likely departure date failed to quell growing opposition   to his leadership within the government.


Washington Honors Elton John, Warren Beatty

Sir Elton John and Warren Beatty were among six entertainment legends honored for their lifetime contributions to American culture on Sunday.


Blair aide in funding row to write memoirs: publishers

One of Tony Blair's closest aides is to write his memoirs, his publisher said Thursday, promising it would lift the lid on a political funding scandal that dogged his last year as British prime minister.


Airbus denies backing Microsoft in EU case

Aircraft maker Airbus insisted on Thursday it had no intention of taking sides in a Microsoft antitrust case, even though it filed a brief in an EU court on the software giant's side.


The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms in Iraq, expanding their presence even after a series of shooting incidents showed that the firms were operating with little regulation or...


Young Arabs are turning to hip hop to express their feelings about  conflicts in the Middle East


Former 49er Owens accurately predicted team's impending breakdown

Terrell Owens has been called a lot of names -- most recently, the heedless heathen whose staged embrace of a naked actress signified the nation's moral decline.


The controversial attempt to attack spammers by bombarding their web sites with traffic from thousands of individual PCs is over. After a week of heavy criticism of the company's plan to launch denial-of-service


Video-In-Car Plans Seen Hitting Some Roadblocks

The fight for the next big  entertainment market is shifting from the couch to the car, but  analysts say ambitious media companies aiming to roll out video  for automobiles face licensing and regulatory hurdles.


GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A 108-year-old man has taken up smoking again, encouraged by gifts of cigars from as far away as London...


Mondiali: al tedesco Patrick Gretsch la prova a cronometro ...

La prova a cronometro juniores del campionato del mondo di Verona Ã¨ stata vinta dal tedesco Patrick Gretsch. L`argento Ã¨ andato al ceko Roman Kreuziger, bronzo per Stefan Schafer, anch`egli tedesco. Male


Palermo, 17:16 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: ZAMPARINI TIENE ALLA UEFA

Il tecnico del Palermo, Francesco Guidolin, ad un giorno dalla sfida casalinga con il West Ham, rito...


Chaos Reigns in Ukraine Presidential Race

The apparent front-runner was out of action for weeks with a mysterious illness. His close rival was hospitalized after an attack and was then warned he could be assassinated. With Ukraine's presidential election three weeks away, democracy seems to have gone badly awry as chaos and suspicion overshadow campaign issues in this strategically important country that sways between the West and Russia.


Social cliques among wild animals in the Serengeti are actually the glue that holds the ecosystem together and keeps population numbers stable.


Exelon, which owns utility companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, has said that it will buy Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion that would create the largest power company in the United States.


Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills at Least 6 -- Police

A suicide truck bomb attack on an Iraqi  security checkpoint near an entrance to the fortified Green  Zone complex on Tuesday killed at least six people and wounded  at least 40, police said.


The two-minute offense has become a regular part of the Patriots' arsenal in recent years, with cool-under-pressure quarterback Tom Brady driving the team down the field to beat the clock and score points.


Bush to hold news conference 10:30 am: White House

President George W. Bush will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the White House announced.


All the deals as they happen on the day the transfer window shuts.


Possible YouTube deal with CBS unravels: WSJ

A deal between Google Inc. and CBS  Corp. that would let YouTube users watch clips from CBS shows  such as "The Late Show with David Letterman," has unraveled,  the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.


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


Iran-EU Talks to Resume Nov. 5 as Deadline Looms

Nuclear talks between the EU and Iran  will resume in Paris on Nov. 5 with Tehran facing a looming  deadline to agree to freeze uranium enrichment or face referral  to the U.N. Security Council, diplomats said on Thursday.


Star Wars or A Peaceful Life on Mars: NASA Gets The World Dreaming ...

If peace on earth is no longer feasible by the end of the century, you may have another option: Move to Mars! Yesterday, the head of NASA's surface exploration mission said if we can find water on the red


WASHINGTON  Four former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency said Monday they favor having a national intelligence director oversee the 15 federal agencies that are responsible for gathering ...


Cinque anni e otto mesi al figlio dell'ex sindaco Dc di PalermoL'avvocato: "In appello". Condanne anche per la madre e 2 legali                                          Condannato Massimo Ciancimino "Ha riciclato il tesoro del padre"                                                                                Confiscati i beni sequestrati due anni fa, per circa 60 mln di euro


The Indian central bank warns that drought and the high global price of oil may force it to lower its GDP forecasts.


China to resettle thousands for space launch site

More than 6,000 people will be forced from their homes on China's southern island of Hainan to make way for the country's newest space launch centre, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.


LA QUINTA, Calif. - Annika Sorenstam calmly sank a short birdie putt on the ninth hole, earning a hug from Tiger Woods. Her putt kept $250,000 in play in the Skins Game.


U.N. plans to increase security in Haiti

The United Nations intends to step up security in Haiti in an effort to crack down on gangs that are "kidnapping and terrorizing ordinary people," the U.N. chief in Haiti said Monday.


Rangers win shootout to end Flyers unbeaten home streak

Brendan Shanahan and the New York Rangers ended the Philadelphia Flyers' six-game unbeaten home streak on Thursday with a 4-3 shootout victory. Shanahan converted the only goal in the shootout and the victory moved the Rangers into a tie with the Flyers for the Atlantic Division lead.


Two El Pasoans featured in book on their platoon

Former Sun Bowl Director Sam Jenkins remembers that 60 years ago today, about a million soldiers began the largest land battle of World War II, a deadly fight known as the Battle of the Bulge and Adolf Hitler's last offensive to defeat the allies.


China is shutting dozens of polluting petrol stations in Beijing six months ahead of the Olympics.


Sears Expects 60% Drop in Profit for Quarter

The profit decline by Sears Holdings, the combination of Sears and Kmart, will be the second consecutive quarter of steeply falling profits for the retailer.


The crippled Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi arrived by tow on Sunday at the British naval base at Faslane, on Scotland's west coast, where investigators were hoping to establish the cause of a fatal fire on board.


Experts Testify on Alternatives to Toxins in Consumer Products

By Matt Murphy, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 12--BOSTON -- Formaldehyde in toothpaste. Carcinogens in dry cleaning. Hazardous flame retardants in television sets, broken down into household dust from the glare of the sun.


Kenya opposition to press ahead with protests

Kenya's opposition plans more street protests on Tuesday to try to force out President Mwai Kibaki, while also meeting international mediators to discuss how to end turmoil that has killed more than 300 people.


The drinks industry will be forced to pay towards policing when 24-hour drinking is introduced, the government is likely to announce. What is your reaction?


Bush says effort to disarm N.Korea making progress

President George W. Bush said he thought the effort to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program was making progress and he hoped full disarmament could be accomplished by the time his term ends in early 2009.


Bush and Kerry Clash on US's $1.7 Trillion Health Care Bill

President George W. Bush plans to slow the growth in US health-care spending, which reached $1.7 trillion last year, by making workers more responsible for their medical costs.


Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.


Human embryonic stem cell research using federally approved stem cell lines could begin as soon as next month at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.


The company named Katharine Weymouth, passing the title to the fourth generation of the family that has controlled the paper for 75 years.


Burnley boss Steve Cotterill will be without two key players for the Carling Cup third round clash with Aston Villa. Former Chelsea defender Frank Sinclair will miss out through suspension after picking up


The number of surplus school places in England has risen to 758,000 - the highest level since 1998.


Voice over Internet calling is now available for  PDA users, with  Skype Technologies officially launching software designed for handhelds running the Microsoft Windows Pocket PC operating system.


UM-Dearborn School of Management Hosts Free, Public Seminar to Explore Diversity in the Workplace

DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 6  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Management will host a seminar entitled "Agents of Social Change?: Exploring the Business Case for Diversity" on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 6:15 p.m. at the Fairlane Center.


NASSAU, Bahamas - A planned jury inquest into the death of Daniel Smith may be canceled if tests show that that the son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith died of natural causes after all, a legal official in the Bahamas said Wednesday.


Bob Barker takes final bow on "The Price Is Right"

Giving away one more car to an ecstatic contestant, TV host Bob Barker taped his last round of "The Price Is Right" on Wednesday, ending 35 years as host of America's longest-running game show and five decades on network television.


Appeals, pace may delay Peterson's death

Action on a jury's recommendation to kill Scott Peterson by lethal injection for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, could be decades away in the state that has more than 600 people on death row.


Storms sweep UK, threatening further flooding

Storms are sweeping across much of the UK Friday, threatening further flooding after the downpours that have already made the start to the year the wettest on record.


Unrepentant SNP leader Alex Salmond today repeated that hostages were paying Tony Blairâs âblood priceâ for war in Iraq. Mr Salmond caused controversy


Oops, she's doing it again. No, not yet another wedding -- Britney Spears has announced she's taking another break from her career.


Klinsmann would be great choice for U.S.: Pele

Former Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann would be an ideal choice for the U.S., Pele said in Germany on Thursday.


Former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal played Santa Claus to 250 kids this morning in South Los Angeles. "Shaq-A-Claus" pulled up to the Challengers Boys and Girls Club in a truck filled with bicycles


David Beckham, Wife Expecting Third Child

Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria are expecting their third child in March, the couple announced Sunday.


U.N., U.S. exchange accusations on North Korea program

The United States suspects that  about $3 million in U.N. Development Program funds may have  been diverted by North Korea to buy property in Britain, Canada  and France, allegations denied by the agency.


Ex centravanti viola segna in amichevole contro Schaffhausen


Shuttle space centre surveys hurricane damage

All three remaining space shuttles weathered Hurricane Frances without apparent damage, after the cyclone weakened before hitting the Florida coast south of Cape Canaveral.


Textile limits imposed to ease trade concerns

Textile concerns among China's trading partners in the coming integration of global trade have made the nation determined to control its exports.


Andy Robinson is appointed head coach of England until June 2008.


Pakistan's president sets up a negotiation team to try to end a week-long stand-off at a radical mosque in Islamabad.


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

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


Labels that warn about potential suicide risks for young patients taking antidepressants need to be stronger. That's the word from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Tuesday.


Japan's professional baseball players go on strike for the first time since the game was introduced 70 years ago.


Russian cosmonaut hits golf ball into orbit

Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin hit a golf  ball into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station on  Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program at the  start of a six-hour spacewalk.


Pension agency's 2004 deficit doubles to $23.3 billion

Onge and John Hughes. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency that protects retirement plans for more than 44 million workers, said Monday that its deficit more than doubled to $23.


USC holds back No. 9 Oregon in 71-68 win

Taj Gibson scored 18 points and Southern California held off a late rally from No. 9 Oregon for a 71-68 victory Saturday to give the Trojans a season sweep of the Ducks for the first time in six years.


AT&T  posted a higher quarterly profit as strength in its wireless business offset weakness in traditional consumer services.


Attacks Kill British, U.S. Troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD, July 20 -- Insurgents killed three British troops and two American soldiers in separate attacks in southern and central Iraq, coalition officials said Friday.


Ultrasound procedure helps to fight off those wrinkles

Gannett News Service. â¢ Botox. Injecting botulinum toxin into the forehead or around the eyes paralyzes the nerves that form frown lines, creases and crowâs feet.


Malaysia to spend millions on promoting solar energy

Malaysia, an oil exporter, plans to spend millions of dollars on promoting the use of solar power in the country over the next five years, it was reported.


Yukos Said to Halt Some Exports to China

Russia's Yukos oil company is suspending oil exports to the Chinese National Petroleum Corp. because it cannot afford to pay transport expenses, a news agency reported Sunday.


KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush, hosting Vladimir Putin at his family's estate on Maine's rocky coast, will seek to revive a friendship with the Russian president amid tensions that have evoked comparisons to the Cold War.


New Fossil May Be Closest Yet To Ancestor Of All Great Apes

Artificial Intell. Computers etc. Computers etc. Electronics etc. A new ape species from Spain called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or its close relative, may have been the last common ancestor to all living ...


Sprinters turn base metal into pure gold

Gold medals are rare enough commodities but they become even more precious when won as unexpectedly as those by Britain's 4x100 metres relay team on Saturday.


Palestinian militants staged an attack near an Israeli army base in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses and radios said, and Israeli rescue services said five people were killed and 10 wounded in the incident.


New CW Station in Jacksonville, Fla., Ready to Go for the Green

By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Sep. 11--Jacksonville television station WCWJ TV-17 is a little different  from the other stations in the market.   For one thing, WCWJ is the only commercial television station in the  market without a news operation.


Hewlett-Packard on Friday unveiled its much-anticipated HP-branded iPod, a deal that instantly gives the company a popular product and greatly extends the retail reach of its partner, Apple Computer.


British troops could be moved to Baghdad  to cover for U.S. soldiers battling insurgents in the  rebel-held city of Falluja and elsewhere in Iraq, British media  reported on Saturday.


Egypt to Host Military Funeral for Arafat

Egypt, where Yasser Arafat began his  political life and where biographers say he was born, will host  a military funeral for the former Palestinian president on  Friday before his burial in the West Bank, officials said.


Lo ha detto il comandante in seconda, generale Ferraro


Bill to Curb Online Sexual Predators Criticized

Critics are ridiculing the latest legislative effort to combat online sexual predators, saying provisions of a law would be easy to circumvent and amounted to little more than political "window dressing" supported by the online social networking giant MySpace.com.


Queen plotting reunion with Paul Rodgers behind the mic

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Queen (bio | CD - DVD | rarities) are planning an early 2005 reunion tour featuring Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers (bio | CD - DVD | rarities) on vocals.


L'acquisizione avverra' entro fine settembre


Impregilo, titoli riammessi in Borsa: -32% teorico

Milano. Dopo la sospensione di ieri, prolungata per l'intera seduta, ripartiranno oggi alle 11 le contrattazioni dei titoli Impregilo, la societÃ  di costruzioni guidata da Piergiorgio Romiti su cui Ã¨ stata


Russia Rejects U.S. Injunction Over Yukos

Russia is vowing to proceed with an auction of oil giant Yukos' key production subsidiary, saying a U.S. court ban is irrelevant. But the expected winner of Sunday's auction, the state-run Russian gas company Gazprom, may not be able to pay after a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit it needs to fund its bid.


Negli ultimi 3 mesi dell'anno, dopo tasso all'11,9%


A MEDICAL helicopter airlifting a baby to a US hospital has crashed in a remote area of northern Nevada, killing all five people on board.


Columbus Day is again upon us. A parade. Balloons. Cops. Violence. Recrimination.


Tarantino's next to be a Mandarin kung fu flick!:

[Hollywood News]: London, Nov 2 : Remember those times when your only excuse for watching kung flu flicks were those terribly dubbed movies with no story lines whatsoever?


The Dave Matthews Band's driver is charged after allegedly dumping human waste onto a busy boat.


Survey finds that patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety who combine drug and talk therapy tended to fare better than those who opt for "mostly drug" or "mostly talk" therapy.


Iraq holds its third major meeting of regional powers to discuss security issues and energy.


Baldoni, scade l'ultimatum. Attesa e angoscia

BAGDAD - Ore di attesa e di angoscia per Enzo Baldoni. Scade nel pomeriggio di giovedÃ¬ l'ultimatum dei rapitori che avevano chiesto all'Italia il ritiro delle truppe in Iraq in cambio della restituzione dell'ostaggio.


Stocks are little-changed in the early going

NEW YORK Wall Street is sorting through the latest earnings news and stocks are narrowly mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up three points in today's early going.


Barghouthi to Run for President -Fatah Official

Firebrand uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi has decided to run for Palestinian president from his Israeli jail cell, an official of his Fatah faction said on Thursday.


BEIJING, July 11 -- China banned diethylene glycol -- a thickening agent in antifreeze -- from use in toothpaste Wednesday, in one of its most significant concessions yet as it struggles to regain international confidence in the country's beleaguered exports.


Ukraine Government Puts Off Meeting Amid Protest

Ukraine's government decided not to meet  at its headquarters on Wednesday after demonstrators massed  outside to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich from  entering.


WASHINGTON - The Defense Department spent $70,500 to produce a Humphrey Bogart-themed video called "The People's Right to Know" to teach employees to respond to citizen requests for information. But when it came to showing the tape to the public, the Pentagon censored some of the footage...


The event may be a smokescreen for the real wedding.


FAA Probes Pilot Who Played Hero in Utah

A helicopter pilot who rescued a family from an overflowing river, then sought donations for them in exchange for a bird's-eye view of flood-devastated areas is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops had left after a contentious peace agreement in October, destroying the government center and temporarily holding elders hostage, officials and residents said yesterday.


Former Australian prisoner to buy his cell

A former Australian prisoner liked his jail cell so much he has decided to buy it.


A British film tackling the controversial subject of abortion has scooped two prestigious awards at the Venice Film Festival. Vera Drake, which was backed with Â£1m (â¬1.


Discrimination still harms China AIDS fight: UN

China is moving in the right direction in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a top U.N. official said on Friday, but needs more education to combat discrimination and stigma, particularly in the nation's vast interior.


Africa's longest serving ruler, President  Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo, died on Saturday at the age of 69,  after ruling his small West African country for 38 years, the  government said in a statement.


India scientists discover dinosaur nesting site

KUKSHI BAGH, India, Feb 8 (Reuters Life!) - Call it a dinosaur nursery in the making. Indian explorers have discovered what they say is a major nesting site for dinosaurs on a riverbed in the country's central region, complete with more than 100 fossilized eggs.


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Andrx said Wednesday that its earnings were flat with last year's and far short of what had been expected.


Cody Pickett is proving to be a quick learner for the San Francisco 49ers.


NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a step aimed at ending the 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site.    Al-Sadr's followers remained in control of the walled shrine compound, but kept their guns outside...


Description: NPR's Daniel Schorr says that Colin Powell's experience as secretary of state in President Bush's highly partisan White House was clearly not a pleasant one.


Scientists are peering into the clouds near the top of the world, trying to solve a mystery and learn something new about global warming.


Friends of the Earth say the UK will admit to failing to meet its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


Microsoft SP2 release delayed by security threats within pack

In a series of continuing twists, Microsoft has now announced that their Internet release of Service Pack 2 will be delayed in light of serious complaints from current users who have installed it.


Yankees close in on Red Sox with Pettitte's 200th win

Andy Pettitte won his 200th career game to give the New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, closing the gap on American League East leaders Boston to a game and a half.


Group Wants Health Care Workers To Get Flu Shots

A group of doctors and hospital officials is asking the Minnesota Health Department to allow some health-care workers to get vaccinated for influenza.


Telluride Film Festival officials, who always keep their four days of Labor


North Korea missile launch draws White House ire

North Korea fired up to two short-range  missiles off its west coast on Thursday, Yonhap news agency  quoted government officials as saying, the second launch in as  many weeks, drawing quick criticism from Washington.


Calcio, occhio ai debuttanti 'Non siamo di passaggio'

Parlano Colantuono, Marino e Giordano. I tre allenatori che ieri hanno esordito in serie A. Con una vittoria. La classifica


Si attesta attorno a 160 mln euro invece dei 205 previsti


A Star Wars stormtrooper helmet made for George Lucas goes under the hammer on Tuesday in London.


By Geoff Meade; John Duckers  New laws on the testing of thousands of chemicals in daily use will be approved by Euro-MPs today - heralding the European Union's biggest-ever single piece of legislation.


U.S. online retailers rang up holiday sales of $23.2B between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, up 25% from the same period in 2003, according to a survey released today by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings.


A smitten fan buys dinner with the Latin heartthrob.


Arafat to Be Flown for Treatment in France

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Seriously ill Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday prepared to fly to France for  treatment for a blood disorder as fears grew for the icon of  the Palestinian struggle for statehood.


Ukrainian High Court to Hear Vote Appeal

Ukraine's Supreme Court gave the political opposition some breathing room Thursday, ruling that the results of a presidential election are not official until it hears an appeal from a Western-leaning candidate who says it was stolen from him.


Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez wants his players to emulate the achievements of Anfield legend Emlyn Hughes. The club will hold a minute's silence before Wednesday's Carling Cup tie with Middlesbrough after


India sprays markets, roads to halt bird flu outbreak

KOLKATA, India  - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.


Buying great stocks is always scary. See whether you have what it takes.


A Greek airliner bound for New York made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Tuesday because of a bomb threat — the second such incident involving the airline in three days.


NOVA Chemicals Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to form a joint venture with BP PLC to manufacture and market styrenic polymers in Europe.


Oil prices hit new high - and more to come

Crude oil prices will top $US50 ($A69) a barrel for the first time this week, despite a slight fall in New York on Friday night, some analysts have predicted.


Ad agosto -10,9% rispetto a stesso mese 2005


David Beckham limped onto the makeshift stage and had a second-place medal hung around his neck.


Svetlana Kuznetsova tests positive for a banned drug, according to Belgian sports minister Claude Eerdekens.


Insurgents in Iraq kill at least 11 people by locking them into a house and blowing it up, the US military says.


BBC excludes Grange Hill after 30 years of misbehaviour

Lost its Gripper years ago The BBC has finally expelled Grange Hill, the school-based drama that for the last 30 years encouraged conscientious school kids to become stroppy little hooligans at best and soap actors at worst.â¦


A website that allows whistle blowers to anonymously post sensitive  documents is taken offline in the US.


com November 24, 2004, 8:47 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and open source initiatives are on the horizon.


Sharon Appeals to His Party for Expansion

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appealed to his Likud Party to support a crucial proposal Thursday that would let him broaden his coalition to ensure the survival of his


Sopore: Lone fidayeen guns down 5 CRPF men

Announcing the resurgence of the suicide attacks in Kashmir valley, especially in the one-time militant stronghold of Sopore, a lone fidayeen today killed five CRPF men and injured two others here.


Bernanke: Anchored expectations mute price swings

Swings in volatile  energy and food prices will have minimal impact on inflation as  long as inflation expectations are held steady, Federal Reserve  Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.


Broadcom's Android alternative: An SoC supporting Symbian, Linux, WM6

In an attempt to blockade Google's Android platform at the big Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Broadcom is putting forth a chip with some real ammunition behind it, supporting the existing big three mobile OSes all at once.


The environmental campaign has asked gamers to help persuade console manufacturers to go green.


French Politician Tackles Religion in Book

In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society.


Donors Pledge $5.1 Bln to Tsunami-Hit Indonesia

Indonesia's main donors pledged on  Thursday to give $5.1 billion in aid this year, far more than  Jakarta expected, including $1.7 billion to help rebuild  northern Sumatra, where 166,000 people died in last month's  tsunami.


Tennis: Henman seeks elusive title to cap his greatest season

HOUSTON, Texas : Tim Henman has been unable to win a title in what he calls the greatest season of his tennis career, but the 30-year-old Englishman might just have saved the best for last.


LAS VEGAS - The refrain was familiar. The chants have echoed throughout the years. But they were knocked out Saturday night. Hopkins (45-2-1, 32 KOs) dropped De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) in the ninth round with


Iran refuses to end uranium enrichment on eve of EU nuclear talks

TEHRAN : Iran refused to give up on producing enriched uranium in defiance of the West and said dialogue was the only way to resolve the nuclear standoff, on the eve of talks with the EU's Big Three.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose gifted voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.


Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his treason acquittal could help heal deep political divisions.


Goldsmith's department store changing names

The Goldsmith name will disappear from Memphis and Jackson department stores that have borne it for 134 years. Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores announced it will change its regional department store brands to Macy's, beginning in January.


Blog: Valence lines up a partner for battery manufacturing but says it's losing interest in notebooks


Bush pledges to "take on" deficit in hopes of supporting dollar

WHITE HOUSE President Bush is pledging to "take on" the nation's huge deficits -- in hopes of shoring up the sagging US dollar.


U.S. spars with Iran before Iran-EU nuclear talks

The United States told Iran on Thursday it must change its nuclear course or be isolated, but Tehran remained defiant as it held talks on its atomic program with the European Union.


Taking in AT&T, Cingular is largest wireless provider

Cingular Wireless's dream of becoming the nation's largest mobile phone provider came true yesterday, with final regulatory approval of its $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services.


The steel group Corus today announced pre-tax profits of Â£163m for the six months to the end of June - its first interim profits since its formation in 1999.


Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lambastes President Bush as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.


Sarah Wilkinson, a former ballet dancer, used to lie in bed at night thinking she would die as her body began to consume itself after a diet of black coffee and laxatives left her skeletal and malnourished.


A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released.


Spitzer Vows More Reform if Elected NY Governor

New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer on Thursday drew an overflow audience of 1,100  supporters to his first speech as a candidate for governor and  vowed to focus his reformer's eye on state politics.


Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., the world's largest brewer, Friday auctioned off its 20 percent stake in Chilean brewer Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA for about $300 million, according to the Santiago stock exchange.


Yesterday's rout in global stock markets, initially triggered by a market panic in China, is likely causing millions of US investors to evaluate what they should do in response: run, dig in, or start buying.


Doctors report evidence of "anniversary reaction"

A woman whose defibrillator activated one week to the hour after her father died, and recorded the event, may provide the first documented evidence of "anniversary reaction", doctors reported.


T-Online Launches No-Frills Internet Brand

Germany's dominant Internet service provider, Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) unit T-Online International (TOIGn.DE) has launched its no-frills brand Congster in a fight back against German low-cost rivals.


Bush to visit Ala. school hit by twister

Betty Thomas' house was without power, battered by a tornado that killed eight students at a nearby high school.


VATICANO - Benedetto XVI ai ragazzi dellÂAzione Cattolica: ÂDio si Ã¨ fatto uomo per mostrarci la via, anzi, facendosi bambino, si Ã¨ fatto lui stesso ÂviaÂ, anche per voi ragazziÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂGesÃ¹ Ã¨ la strada che conduce alla vera vita, la vita che non finisce mai. EÂ una strada spesso stretta e in salita ma, se uno si lascia attrarre da Lui, Ã¨ sempre stupenda, come un sentiero di montagna: piÃ¹ si sal...


Italy is urging Libya to tackle the swelling flow of illegal migrants as hundreds more land on Italian shores.


Argentina Basketball Coach Magnano Quits

Ruben Magnano, who coached Argentina to the Olympic basketball gold medal in Athens, resigned Thursday to accept a coaching job in Italy.


Human immune system has a potential to battle rabies

A unique medical case mesmerized doctors worldwide. According to Healthtalk.com, a 15-year-old female from Wisconsin survived rabies without receiving the rabies vaccine.


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From The Fugitive to The Prisoner Police in Nambia have arrested Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander, the ex-CEO of Comverse Technology, the voicemail software maker, who fled the US he was charged with fraud over backdated stock options.â¦


American public schools are struggling to attract and retain high-quality teachers. Is it time we paid them for performance?


Judges refuse to increase the minimum six-year jail term given to Britain's most prolific paedophile.


ESA TV Service Coverage of Smart-1 Lunar Insertion

In the night of 15-16 November, ESA's Smart-1 space probe is scheduled to enter into an orbit around the Moon. This operation is not without danger, as it means traversing an area in which the gravitational


Mobs of machete-wielding Ivorians mount house-to-house searches to find and attack French citizens.


Commentary: PeopleSoft: Ease The Inevitable

BusinessWeek Online - For more than a year, PeopleSoft Inc.  CEO Craig Conway has battled to prevent Oracle Corp.'s  Larry Ellison from grabbing his company in a hostile takeover. Now, Conway's spirited quest has absorbed a potentially fatal blow: On Sept. 9, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that the Justice Dept. had no grounds to block the acquisition. While the European Community could still stop it, the legal case for halting this shotgun wedding is looking weaker by the day.


A father who said he was upset with his teenage daughter for text-messaging a boy was arrested Saturday on charges of killing the girl, whose burned body was found stuffed in the boiler of his apartment building, police said.


Stocks Rise, Dow Over 10,000 as Oil Falls

US stocks surged on Wednesday with the Dow back above 10,000 after oil prices fell almost 5 percent, alleviating worry that high energy costs will eat into corporate profits and consumers' wallets.


Weary of being called a haven for money launderers and crooks, the PayPal competitor gets cozy with law enforcement and locks down suspicious accounts. If you've sent $17,000 to the Ukraine "for beer," you may be banned. By Kim Zetter.


The body of TV personality Fred Dibnah is taken to his Bolton funeral on one of his favourite traction engines.


Ten Tips for Hassle-Free Tech Merchandise Returns

Retailers often play by different rules in accepting electronics returns. Here are some tips to help you navigate the tricky world of returns, exchanges, and warranties.


South Sudan's leader will meet the president to seek to resolve a crisis threatening to tear the country apart.


When Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a death warrant for a convicted killer this month, he may have done more than start the clock ticking on an execution. Some say Fletcher, a doctor, may have put his medical license at risk.


CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Along the way, each man has had to assess his lot in the world of golf. One had to examine his nerves, the other his spirit.


The phone call came Friday from Gonaives, Haiti, where Imelda Figaro of Union has family. The call -- on a cell phone -- lasted only a minute, Figaro said, but it was enough to let her


Il metallo perzioso scambiato a 659,05 dollari l'oncia


Microsoft tells Ultimate Extras fans to 'hang on'

Trust us Microsoft has offered little satisfaction to Windows Vista Ultimate users frustrated by the dearth of goodies used to justify the operating system's premium price.â¦


Vista encryption 'no threat' to computer forensics

Who needs a backdoor when users leave the Windows open? Security advances in Windows Vista are unlikely to frustrate cybercrime investigation, according to a leading computer forensics firm.â¦


The White House tried to distance President Bush from any political backlash from the page sex scandal Thursday, saying House Republicans were dealing with the matter and do not need to be told what to do.


Sifting through the best that Brazil has to offer.


Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks

Environmentalists cheered when a conservancy acquired 161,000 acres, but not all the land will be preserved.


Those ghosts of unpaid bills past are coming back to haunt you.


BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden and his deputy are still issuing orders for attacks by al-Qaida, a top American commander told The Associated Press Saturday.


HOBART, Ind. - A woman's effort to assuage her 6-year-old son's fears of his grandfather's ghost by selling it on eBay has drawn more than 34 bids with a top offer of $78.


Helsinki, 17:27 - NUOTO, EUROPEI: ORO E RECORD PER LA FILIPPI NEI 400 MISTI

Alessia Filippi ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nei 400 misti femminili agli Europei in vasca corta di He...


US enter Samarrah during new push against insurgents

American forces with their Iraqi allies penetrated the northern city of Samarrah for the first time in a month yesterday in an attempt to recapture territory that has slipped out of coalition control in recent weeks.


The furniture manufacturer looks to a legendary quarterback and refocuses on a direct retail concept.


Reset Utility 1.0.2 is designed to return both generations of iPod shuffle to their factory default settings.


American forces in Iraq launched a fresh offensive today against the terrorists responsible for the murder of British hostage Ken Bigley and two US captives.


The TV Watch: Talk Shows Return as Strike Continues

The writersâ strike has upset the natural order of television, and late-night talk shows did not set it right.


ATP Tour to Give Nutritional Supplements

The ATP Tour will supply players with nutritional supplements checked by a WADA-affiliated laboratory starting next season.


Breast cancer risk models flawed, study shows

Tools used to predict whether a woman's breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


A Punishing Sun, a Mystery Treatment, and Happy Faces

Too much sun provides a chance to put a product to the test on a mother-daughter business trip.


Kerry in good condition, he and his doctors say

NEW YORK Senator John Kerry is in robust condition, he and his doctors said in their first extended interviews discussing his medical history.


Russia to Sell Advanced Missiles to Syria

Russia said on Wednesday it wanted to supply Syria with advanced missile systems, a move certain to anger the United States which accuses Syria of having links to terrorism.


European Stocks Close Near 2-1/2 Yr High

European shares edged nearer to 2-1/2 year highs on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's gains, but the world's biggest paper maker Stora Enso fell after saying its fourth quarter will be tough.


Police begin a murder investigation after the body of a man is found in the Falls Road area of west Belfast.


Taliban again extend S Korean hostage deadline

Taliban militants on Monday extended the deadline for their South Korean hostages by another 24 hours, but told the government to put them in direct contact with Korean negotiators.


Yahoo chief executive and co-founder plans to expand the  Internet stalwart to make it âa starting pointâ for consumers.


Vetoing a stem cell bill for the second time, President Bush on Wednesday sought to placate those who disagree with him by signing an executive order urging scientists toward what he termed "ethically responsible" research in the field.


New software would make it easier to build computer chips made from carbon nanotubes and assembled by DNA.


House Defeats Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day.    The vote was 227-186, far short of the two-thirds needed for approval on a measure that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously rejected...


THIS WEEK's terrifying school hostage incident in Russia -- already being called that country's 9/11 -- will have reverberations around the world.


The environmental campaign has asked gamers to help persuade console manufacturers to go green.


Dead Guantanamo prisoner had US military training

The Guantanamo prisoner who died in his cell this week was a Saudi army veteran who trained with U.S. soldiers before going to fight for the Taliban in Afghanistan, military records show.


HONG KONG: Hong Kong blue chip stocks opened marginally lower on Friday, but TPV Technology jumped over 7 per cent on news it would buy the PC monitor business of Dutch electronics giant Philips .


Abortion Pill's Safety Questioned Amid New Warnings

WASHINGTON -- The government says a controversial abortion pill is safe enough to remain on the market despite three deaths. The father of a teen who died after taking Mifeprex, also known as RU-486, said


UN nuclear chief says his agency has access it needs in Iran

VIENNA - UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei weighed into the debate on whether the IAEA has the tools it needs to investigate Iranâs nuclear program when he said his agency had good access to suspicious sites.


Hunting kidnapper in Pakistan's tribal area

Since two Chinese engineers were kidnapped in Pakistan's western tribal belt last month, the country's military has been hunting for Abdullah Mahsud, the master


Wall St investors look to lock in profits

US stocks were set for a lacklustre start on Monday, as equity investors looked to lock in profits after the best week for equities in almost five years.


A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules demonstrates just how important a tight three-way Democratic presidential contest in Nevada has become in the battle for momentum headed into Super Tuesday's votes.


HOLIDAY, Fla. - Police lights and a phone call woke Kevin Jessup at 4 a.m. "Good morning, sir," a deputy told him in the pre-dawn call Wednesday. "I advise you not to step out your front door. There's an alligator right there.


Bush, Kerry Vow to Destroy Bin Laden After Tape

President Bush and his Democratic White House rival John Kerry united on Friday in a promise to hunt down Osama bin Laden after the al Qaeda leader released a new videotape threatening fresh attacks on the United States.


Employees can benefit from outsourcing, poll says

Although a company's move to outsourcing can sometimes strike fear in employees who see their jobs as endangered, if done right workers may find that the process provides them with an opportunity to advance their careers and hone their skills, according to the findings of a poll out this week.


Gary Roberts had two goals and linemate Georges Laraque also scored to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.


About 2.5 tonnes of cocaine - Liberia's largest ever haul - is seized from a ship off the Atlantic coast.


Major powers to discuss Iran sanctions next week

Major powers are expected to begin   discussing an Iran sanctions resolution at a meeting in Europe   next week if Tehran continues to defy a U.N. Security Council   demand to halt uranium enrichment, the U.S. State Department   said on Wednesday.


Late goals from Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo deny spirited Reading a point.


A new National Intelligence Estimate paints a grim view of the violence and political situation facing the United States in Iraq, according to officials familiar with a much-anticipated, collaborative analysis from all 16 U.S. spy agencies.


Media hordes descend on the Venice Vegas of the Orient


Champions League: Arsenal 1, PSV Eindhoven 0

Arsenal benefited from an own-goal in a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven in its opening Champions League match at Highbury on Tuesday. The Gunners largely dominated the Group E match, with Jose Antonio


3 Americans share Nobel prize in physics

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Americans David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their exploration of the force that binds particles inside the atomic nucleus.


Chelsea turn to director of football Avram Grant and Steve Clarke as manager bids farewell.


Attacks on Iraqi Police Kill at Least 59

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb Tuesday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad police headquarters where Iraqis were waiting to apply for jobs on the force, and gunmen opened fire on a van carrying police home from work in Baqouba, killing at least 59 people total and wounding at least 114.    The attacks were the latest attempts by insurgents to disrupt U.S.-backed efforts to build a strong Iraqi police force capable of taking over security in many towns and cities ahead of nationwide elections slated for January...


China Prohibits Poisonous Industrial Solvent in Toothpaste

China banned manufacturers from making toothpaste with diethylene glycol, a poisonous solvent used in some antifreeze, the state news agency, Xinhua, reported.


Champagne still rules, but many fine sparkling wines are available, too

It doesn't seem so long ago that the only option for a decent bottle of sparkling wine was expensive Champagne.


Il pubblico elimina TotÃ² Rimangono l'indiano e il basco

MILANO, 19 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Toto' Schillaci e' stato eliminato dal televoto del pubblico a casa, lasciando soli Kabir Bedi e Sergio Muniz a disputarsi la vittoria della seconda edizione dell'Isola dei Famosi.


Company pulls MyMo phone off the market after health concerns are raised.


Ford Offering 75,000 Employees Buyout Packages

The U.A.W. agreed on a program to offer buyouts of up to $140,000 each to all of FordÂs hourly workers in the U.S.


OPEC president calls for oil cuts as prices tumble

ABUJA/LONDON  - OPEC President Nigeria called on its fellow OPEC countries to make deeper output cuts on Tuesday as prices tumbled to an 8-month low below $59 a barrel and the tide showed no sign of turning.


Nokia unveils Navigator smartphone, to ship in Q2

The world's top cellphone maker Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) unveiled a new navigation smartphone on Monday with  fast data connections, maps and full navigation software at the  3GSM mobile communications trade show.


With the Super Bowl fast approaching, a powerful Republican senator says he wants the NFL to explain why it let evidence of the New England Patriots cheating scandal be destroyed.


Laura Bush said Thursday that Teresa Heinz Kerry didn't need to apologize for saying she couldn't remember whether the first lady had ever had "a real job.


The Quartet of Middle East mediators considers naming Tony Blair for a top peacemaking post.


Willingham throws a few changeups in Notre Dame ground attack

Notre Dame's offensive game plan this season might be to keep defenses off balance in the same manner pitchers like to vary speeds to keep hitters guessing.


Twelve students were honored with trophies and prize money Saturday for their short films at the 34th annual Student Academy Awards.


The real estate company's stock spikes on a strong 2005 earnings forecast.


Sarkozy to push for five new UN Security Council members

Calling for urgent reform of the United Nations, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to help Brazil, Germany, India, Japan and a major African country join the UN Security Council as permanent members.


Woody Austin turned around a miserable year with the perfect round at the right time.


A Green Energy Industry Takes Root Under the California Sun

Solar power is booming in California, the product of billions of dollars in investment and mountains of enthusiasm.


Nokia, Trimble to announce license deal: report

The world's top handset maker, Nokia , is set to announce a patent-licensing deal with navigation technology firm Trimble Navigation Ltd. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Navy charges four SEALs with assault and other offenses in Iraq ...

The Navy said one prisoner was beaten and later died at Abu Ghraib prison in November 2003. A Navy statement released Friday did not identify the four sailors who have been charged.


Rice leaves Malaysia and sets return course for Middle East

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has departed Asia for the Middle East, wagering personal prestige on a bid to sign up Israel and Lebanon to a UN resolution aimed at sidelining Hezbollah.


Soaring oil prices send stocks into slump

NEW YORK - Soaring oil prices trumped positive earnings news from the likes of Intel Corp. and McDonald's Corp., sending stocks skidding Wednesday as investors rushed to take profits on new fears that the market is in the midst of a commodities bubble.


U.S. Politics in Spotlight at Venice Film Fest

This year's Venice Film Festival has  been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have  had to share the stage with U.S. politics as movies like Tim  Robbins' "Embedded-Live" hit the screen.


Democrats might take lead in state Senate

Democrats were on the verge of knocking off two Republican incumbents Wednesday and taking a 26-23 majority in the state Senate. âIt should work out, but Iâm not guaranteeing it,â said Sen. Ken Jacobsen


Berlusconi clear of false accounting charges

A Milan court on Wednesday cleared media tycoon and three-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on 20-year-old charges of false accounting -- a stroke of good news that comes as the billionaire looks to ... via Hollywood Reporter


The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether Rhode Island authorities can enforce state law on an Indian reservation, a dispute triggered by a police raid on a tribal smoke shop.


A Limerick businessman agrees to  hand over four racehorses and a villa to the Republic's Criminal Assets Bureau.


West Indies reach 278-5 from their 50 overs in the second one-day international at Edgbaston.


US lawmakers are nearing a fast-track plan aimed at boosting the economy and avoiding a possible recession.


NEW YORK/CHICAGO  - CVS Corp.  sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the pharmacy benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.


Federer, Roddick reach Thailand Open semifinals

Andy Roddick stormed into the semifinal of the Thailand Open on Friday, beating Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-4 in just 43 minutes.


US court says just viewing child porn is not a crime

Cached images not evidence A US court has said the existence of child pornography images in the cache of a man's computer did not mean that man had committed a crime under state law. The Court of Appeals in Georgia has reversed the man's conviction.â¦


Meat from African wild animals being sold illegally in the UK is spreading a virus similar to HIV, a leading scientist has warned.


SLAIN FILMAKER: Dutch directory made films that questioned Islam

A Dutch filmmaker who outraged members of the Muslim community with his works' attacks on the treatment of women in Islamic society was gunned down and stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street Tuesday morning.


Drug enforcement agencies asked Congress for an additional $780 million Wednesday to fight the rapidly expanding heroin trade in Afghanistan.


A man in his 70s is to go on trial charged with sex crimes against four female relatives dating back 40 years.


The power of Dingbats Microsoft has successfully rigged its search traffic. The company recently introduced several online games than shamelessly bribe people to query its moribund Live Search Engine, and according to web research firm comScore, these games gave the engine a significant traffic boost last month.â¦


Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and Anthony Carter had 14 of his career high-tying 21 in the fourth quarter, lifting the Denver Nuggets to a 113-103 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.


Putin Issues Plan to Tighten Grasp, Citing Terrorism

The proposals would strengthen Vladimir V. Putin's already pervasive control over the legislative branch and regional governments.


Dow Jones +0,16%, Nasdaq +0,01%.Euro in rialzo a 1,3429 dlr


Global space summit looks to the future, 50 years after Sputnik-1

Fifty years after the launch of the first man-made satellite, the global space industry gathers in India next week to find ways to benefit humanity -- and make money in the process.


Economy - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Stocks of unsold goods rose 0.5% to in May as inventories of autos, metals, electrical supplies and other goods climbed, the gov't said. Sales rose 1.3% after April's 1.5% gain. The inventory-to-sales ratio, a gauge of how long it would take to deplete stocks at the current pace, fell to a record low of 1.11 months.


Jenna Bush to marry at her family's Texas ranch on May 10: report

US President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna plans to tie the knot with fiance Henry Hager at the family's ranch in Crawford, Texas on May 10, People magazine reported Thursday.


Roma  20:46, 20:47 - VOLLEY, SERIE A1 MASCHILE: RISULTATI E CLASSIFICA

Questi risultati delle partite dell'ottava giornata del campionato di serie A1 maschile di pallavolo...


The Japanese information services industry clocked up sales of 13,703.9 billion yen in fiscal 2001, according to a report on selected service industries for 2001 released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).


Irfaan Khan has evolved as an ace actor through his films. A


Stony-faced staff in turmoil on a dark day at White City

Dismayed BBC staff sat stonyfaced in newsrooms and offices across the country as the news of today's savage job cuts hit their computer screens.


Despite Objections, Eli Stone Will Not Be Canceled

ABC has announced that the network will proceed with its first episode of their new legal drama Eli Stone despite calls from the American Academy of Pediatricians for the show to be canceled.  âEli Stone is a fictional television show,â a network rep...


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer/songwriter Steve Earle will release his New West debut, "Washington Square Serenade," on September 25,. The 12-track set was produced by the Dust Brothers' John King and features a duet with Earle's wife, Allison Moorer, on the track "Days Aren't Long Enough."


Hollywood's young stars turned out to shine at the Teen Choice awards on Sunday with television sensation "High School Musical 2" winning a top honor for best TV movie.


THE RACE: Presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New Jersey.


A US federal appeals court ruled in favor of peer-to-peer software makers this week, stating that the companies behind the Grokster and Morpheus services are not liable for copyright infringement due to the actions of their users.