ATHENS, Greece - Two Albanian immigrants were charged Thursday with multiple counts of kidnapping and attempted murder following an 18-hour bus hijacking and hostage drama that ended peacefully, and the government appealed for Greeks not to strike back at


The sun smiled on Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's wedding day, breaking through after days of gray Paris skies. Their VIP guests, though, were concealed by big black umbrellas.


England beat New Zealand by 32 runs in cricket Twenty20

England beat New Zealand by 32 runs in their opening Twenty20 cricket match Tuesday.


NASA's robotic explorers are back at work on Mars following an extended siesta that had left mission managers with only hope and optimism that the rovers


New U.S. Food Guidelines Stress Self-Restraint

New eating guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Wednesday stress losing weight by eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains but stop short of limiting any specific food group.


California Sues 6 Automakers Over Global Warming

The suit is the first attempt to hold automakers accountable for the greenhouse gases that vehicles produce.


It hasn't taken Miami and Virginia Tech long to start reaping the benefits of membership in the conference. BLACKSBURG -- It's hard to overlook the irony.


Thousands of Oscar nomination ballots were mailed out Wednesday, heralding the official start of Academy Awards season.


Democrats gird for battle with Republican dominance

As Republicans kick up their heels at inaugural balls marking four more years in the White House, Democrats vowed not to be bowled over, despite a marked erosion in their political clout.


Clinton wins in Missouri; GOP race close

Propelled largely by rural voters, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the important presidential testing ground of Missouri on Tuesday. Republicans Mike Huckabee and John McCain were in a tight battle for a rich delegate reward.


Roma, 20:22 - CALCIO, INTER-ROMA: OSSERVATORIO AUTORIZZA TRASFERTA TIFOSI

Per il match Inter-Roma del 27 febbraio, l'Osservatorio ha deciso di non vietare la trasferta ai tif...


A businessman is sentenced to one year in jail in Japan for making a pirated film available on the internet.


Trichet rules out cut as rate stays at 2%

Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, has made clear that a cut in interest rates is not on the central bank's agenda, despite the increasingly damaging


Stocks of branded and generic drug makers closed down a bit Tuesday as clinical study results mixed with merger updates. One of the big winners on the day was Nektar Therapeutics, on news that Exubera, the


G. Rapids report: MSU should slow medical school move

MSU should slow its plans to relocate the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids and start by moving fewer medical students off campus, a study due out next week is expected to say.


Roma, 16:15 - CALCIO, ROMA; PRADE': MANCINI INCEDIBILE

La Roma non ha intenzione di cedere Mancini. Lo ha ribadito il ds giallorosso Pradè replicand...


ZARQAWI HQ: US troops discover likely headquarters

US soldiers discovered a house in southern Fallujah on Thursday believed by US military officials to be a main headquarters for the network of Jordanian guerrilla leader


U.S. folk singer pleads for abducted Japanese girl

Moved by the story of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese schoolgirl kidnapped by North Korean secret agents three decades ago, folk singer Noel Paul Stookey has penned a song he hopes will help bring her home.


Gerrard demands England show ruthless streak

Steven Gerrard insists England must show no mercy against European whipping boys Andorra in Steve McClaren's first competitive match in charge of the national side.


Consumer Confidence Index declines in September

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index declined again in September, the second consecutive monthly dip. The Index now stands at 96.


"I acted purely on impulse. On hindsight it could have been a lot worse, I could have been like George Harrison. I could have been badly injured, or anything, or shot or anything. I'm unhappy but happy in one respect. It could have got really ugly and I just thank God that no one got injured, really." — Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, via AP Television News. Osbourne tackled a burglar at his English country mansion as the thief was stealing valuable jewelry.


Your portfolio's growth doesn't have to come from capital gains alone. Check out these solid stocks that pay you to hold them.


Martin Jol believes he can emulate Sir Alex Ferguson's success at Manchester United if he is allowed enough time to finish developing his young squad.


The five drivers locked in the closest championship race in NASCAR's history have a single, simple goal in Sunday's Southern 500: win.


Nuova P2 e istituzioni, la replica di Palazzo Chigi all'inchiesta di RepubblicaBufera su Tremonti, l'ex ministro dell'Economia: "Non decisi trasferimenti"                                          Il governo sul caso Abu Omar "Nessun segreto di Stato"                                                                                di ALBERTO CUSTODERO


San Francisco zoo reopens after tiger killing

The San Francisco Zoo reopened on Thursday, nine days after an escaped 250-pound (113-kg) Siberian tiger killed one visitor and mauled two others before police shot it to death.


Couric's newscast finishes debut week at No. 1

It may be too soon to anoint Katie  Couric queen of network news, but her debut as the CBS Evening  News anchor has given the program its first No. 1 finish in the  weekly ratings race in more than six years.


Kosovo awaits recognition and Serb challenge

Kosovo looked forward on  Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to  save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new  state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.


Lawmaker Warns Companies Not to Dump Pensions

Struggling U.S. companies must not  use the federal pension agency as a "dumping ground" for their  pension plans in order to survive, a key lawmaker working on  pension reform legislation warned on Tuesday.


ASEAN recognizes China as market economy

JAKARTA: Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced on Saturday they recognize China's full market economy status.


Australia's attack go into the second Test against India with bowling coach Troy Cooley saying they are as good as England's 2005 Ashes-winners.


Strettissimo riserbo sull'indagine: sono tutti minorenni di un istituto superioreImponevano ai compagni di prendere hashish per poi rivenderla                                            Lecco, un altro episodio di bullismo a scuola studenti picchiati e costretti a comprare droga


Terry Butcher and Mark Hughes believe David Beckham was undone by indiscipline in getting booked against Wales - despite the Real Madrid star's claim that it was all done on purpose.


NatFoods looks at opportunities in new products

National Foods is using a strategy of new product releases to reinvigorate a stagnating dairy sector. Picture:Michele Mossop. National Foods, fresh from posting a 14 per cent rise in profit


San Diegoâs Volek Fills in the Way Backup Quarterback Should

Chargers backup quarterback Billy Volek led the winning drive in the fourth quarter and clinched the victory with a touchdown on a quarterback sneak.


Update: Study shows software vendors, users at odds over licensing

InfoWorld - Software publishers and users are at odds about software licensing, according a study released Monday.


If you already marked the date on your Cardinals 2005 calendar, if you already purchased tickets for the series at Busch Stadium on May 27-29, if you bought the "East Coast Pack" that includes games with the Red Sox, Yankees and Mets, you could be in for


Milano, 22:34 - TENNIS, MILANO: SODERLING SECONDO FINALISTA

Lo svedese Robin Soderling Ã¨ il secondo finalista del torneo di Milano. In semifinale ha battuto il ...


Fashion followers got a wet welcome to Milan as chilly temperatures and persistent rainfall marked the opening day of the weeklong preview showings for spring-summer 2007.


US regulator spills beans Mobile phone network O2 is preparing what appears to be a mid-range Windows Mobile 5.0-based PDA phone, made not by its new XDA partner, Asus, but by Quanta.â¦


Britain bomb plot suspect set to be questioned again

Counter-terrorism police were Monday set to interrogate again a doctor detained in Australia in connection with attempted car bombings in Britain, as time to hold him ran out, officers said.


Pitt Emerges As Big East BCS Frontrunner

This hardly seemed possible when Pitt needed frantic rallies to overcome Division I-AA Furman or Big East cellar dweller Temple. Or when the Panthers could barely move the ball against Ohio — not Ohio State, but Ohio U.


South Africa Rejects Charges of Allowing Aristide to Incite ...

South Africa has rejected charges that it is allowing ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide to organize violence in the Caribbean country while he stays in South Africa.


U.S. Forces Arrest Iraqi Negotiator, Strike Falluja

U.S. forces arrested Falluja's chief  negotiator on Friday after air strikes on the rebel-held city  that the U.S. military said were part of a drive to thwart  attacks in Iraq during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.


Sallie Drops Lawsuit Over Disputed Fee For Breakup

A bitter battle between Sallie Mae and New York investment firms ended with a whimper yesterday.


This week will see the release of October new and existing home sales, a measure of strength in the housing industry. But the short holiday week will also leave investors looking ahead to the holiday travel season.


US stocks closed mostly lower on Tuesday as record oil prices and economic data showing slower-than-expected growth last month weighed on the markets.


Lamar Odom supplemented 20 points with 13 rebounds and Kobe Bryant added 19 points to overcome a big night from Yao Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers ground out an 84-79 win over the Rockets in Houston Saturday.


The White Stripes cancel their US tour as drummer and vocalist Meg White is suffering from anxiety.


People taking out home mortgages may gain new protections soon against shady lending practices as the Federal Reserve seeks to back even the riskiest borrowers, already hit hardest by the housing and credit crunches.


Venice holds its breath for giant New Year kiss

Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a giant New Year's kiss in front of Saint Mark's Basilica in the romantic Italian city of Venice, the authorities said Friday.


Critics are left largely unimpressed at the opening night of the Lord of the Rings musical on the London stage.


Fiat rilancia la Bravo Ora c'è il super motore

Al debutto l'attesa versione 1400 turbo da 150 Cv. Sarà disponibile in tre allestimenti con prezzi che partono da 20.280 euro in su


French police hunting mysterious large black feline

Scores of policemen, some armed with shotguns, are hunting a mysterious big black feline spotted in northern France, officers said.


German ruling party slumps to new defeat in state election

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's ruling Social Democrats took a new beating at the polls as voters in the tiny state of Saarland sent them plunging to their worst showing there in four decades.


Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Fails in House

The U.S. House of Representatives  failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to  pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President  Bush to ban gay marriage.


Three Iraqis were killed in Falluja, London studies hostage's ...

The American army killed three persons today at dawn in a raid launched by its warplanes against al-Golan quarters in Falluja to the west of Baghdad.


Press Freedom Under Threat Most In Asia, Mid-East: Report

Paris, Oct. 27 (NNN) : A report from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has put Press freedom under most under threat in Asia and the Middle East.


Eight men held in Belmarsh Prison under anti-terror laws are suffering mentally due to their indefinite detention, it is claimed.


Dortmund, 11:27 - CALCIO, BORUSSIA DORTMUND: DOLL FIRMA FINO AL 2008

Thomas Doll è il nuovo tecnico del Borussia Dortmund: esonerato dall'Amburgo lo scorso febbra...


On Iraq visit, Rumsfeld thanks 'greatest military'

BAGHDAD -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, with only days left in office, returned to Washington last night from a surprise farewell visit to US troops in Iraq this weekend, in which he told them the consequences of the war's failure would be "unacceptable."


A team of researchers is using the Facebook habits of students to study how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.


Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited to Face Court in US

Colombian drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela was flown to the United States early today on a US government plane, becoming the most powerful Colombian trafficker ever extradited to face US courts.


US consumer confidence down for second month as job woes deepen

US consumer confidence fell for the second straight month in September as the outlook for jobs deteriorated, the Conference Board said.


OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Le scuole cattoliche si confermano apprezzate perchÃ© offrono istruzione di qualitÃ  a costi contenuti Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Le scuole cattoliche in Australia si confermano fra le piÃ¹ apprezzate dalle famiglie in quanto riescono a offrire istruzione di qualitÃ  anche a costi contenuti. Gruppi di genitori e di famiglie nello stato Vittoria (Australia...


COPD patients benefit from physical activity

NEW YORK  - COPD patients who engage in   regular physical activity, even a relatively small amount, may   lower their risk not only of being hospitalized but also of   dying, a new study shows.


Parma, 23:01 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: PARMA-JUVE 1-3, BIANCONERI AVANTI

La Juve ha battuto in trasferta il Parma 3-1 (0-0) nel terzo turno eliminatorio di Coppa Italia e si...


California's perpetually buff Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill barring children under 14 from going to tanning salons in his sunshine-filled state.


JAKARTA has called on Thailand's premier to explain his allegations that Indonesian radical groups were behind unrest in the south of his country that has left more than 560 people dead this year.


Evidence of forcible strip searches of inmates at a young offenders' institute is uncovered by inspectors.


Sir Alan Sugar answers criticisms of his treatment of former Apprentice contender Katie Hopkins.


Ailing Iraqi president arrives in Jordan for tests

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Jordan for medical tests on Sunday after suffering a drop in blood pressure, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said.


A remote control device which can operate household appliances has given a disabled man back his independence.


Twins clinch AL Central with 5-1 win over White Sox

The Minnesota Twins closed out the season with a 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday to capture the American League Central crown and avoid a first-round playoff meeting with the New York Yankees.


Barak wins leadership of Israel's Labour Party

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won the leadership of Israel's Labour Party on Wednesday, putting him in an influential position to decide the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his coalition government.


Il dato viene calcolato sulla produzione del 2005-2006


Milton Bradley threw a tantrum — and a bottle — all before the Los Angeles Dodgers strengthened their hold on the NL West lead with a wild victory.


Privacy Guardians Call for Government Action As Fraud Awareness Month Begins

TORONTO (CP) - Privacy guardians across the country say Canada needs to do more to protect its citizens against e-mail spam and identity theft.


Smaller Boxes, Bigger Plans For IBM Storage

IBM's new four-year storage strategy, laid out last week, came with a few surprises. First, the talk was all about gee-whiz hardware and lower costs, not related services.


IBM Boosts Support for Business Partners Using Open Source Technologies

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the industry's most comprehensive range of resources for business partners using open source technologies.


Muslim Council joins fight for hostage's life

A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain is flying to Baghdad in a desperate attempt secure to release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.


As President George W. Bush celebrated his re-election with his campaign workers in Washington Wednesday, he also highlighted his second-term agenda: "We'll continue our economic progress.


In the deadliest year for journalists in a decade, 54 reporters and crew are killed.


Dutch gov blows open standards raspberry at Microsoft

Sweeps software monopoly off the board The Dutch government has pushed through a new open source and open standards policy which will leave Redmond with smoke coming out of its ears.â¦


The United Nations appealed on  Friday for Europeans to contribute to a U.N. force in Lebanon  so a balance would be created between Western and Muslim troops  acceptable to Israel and Lebanon.


The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a serious credit crisis, said Tuesday it had auctioned $30 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 3.95 percent.


'Space Chimps' Movie will also be a Video Game

Brash Entertainment plans to put a version of its upcoming movie on the leading game consoles.


The mobile phone maker said  fourth-quarter net profit rose to $2.6 billion and that it had reached its goal of 40 percent market share in handset sales. The companyâs stock soared.


Stopping Off in the Gothic South, on the Road to Ruin

In the first feature directed by Shainee Gabel, John Travolta delivers a hammed-up scenery-chewing variation of the brainy good ole boy he played in "Primary Colors."


The military-run mapping system works over most of Russia and is expected to cover the globe by the end of 2009.


Marvel Ordered to Pay Spider-Man Creator

A federal judge has ordered Marvel  Enterprises Inc. to pay the creator of the comic book character  Spider-Man 10 percent of Marvel's profits from the "Spider-Man"  movies, Marvel said on Wednesday.


Palestinians celebrated on Friday a coalition deal between Hamas and Fatah to end factional warfare, but Israel insisted the Islamist Hamas group must recognize the Jewish state and international reaction was cautious.


LEADING Iraqi political parties called last night for elections due on January 30 to be postponed, citing security concerns and inadequate preparation.


Sport Fishing Takes Big Bite Out of Fish Stocks

Recreational fishing accounts for almost a quarter of the total take of depleted saltwater fish species in the United States, including economically important species such


2 Ex-Executives of Body Armor Supplier Are Charged

Two former top executives of DHB Industries, the leading supplier of body armor to the U.S military, were indicted on charges of insider trading, fraud and tax evasion.


Magic Johnson Sees the Knicks in the Playoffs

Johnson, the N.B.A. legend and part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, made the bold claim, but Isiah Thomas is not making such confident proclamations these days.


Judge Rules Vick Can Keep $20 Million in Bonuses

Jailed quarterback Michael Vick will not have to return the bonuses he received from the Atlanta Falcons in 2004-07, a federal judge ruled Monday.


Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon  nominates former IMF director and Citigroup chairman Stanley Fischer to head Israel's central bank.


Canal dreaming: solving the energy crisis

For a future with computers Comment The canals of Great Britain. Falling into disuse. I mean, with an energy crisis looming, and a serious shortage of water in the South East, and a transport infrastructure geared to cheap oil, what possible purpose could an antiquated, Olde Worlde network of canals serve?â¦


An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a couple shot dead in their seaside bungalow. Joan and John Stirland were found dead in the village of Trusthorpe, Lincs, on 8 August.


NEW YORK Oct. 4, 2004 - US stocks are seen sharply higher at the open Monday as investors remain upbeat about the outlook for economic and corporate profit growth.


New Coalition Offensive Leads to Arrest of Dozens of Insurgents in ...

American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January.


Profits at Norwegian energy firm Norsk Hydro fall more than expected after a write-down and shake-up costs.


Abbas, leading Palestinian candidate, tells Israel to remove ...

Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate in a Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election, on Wednesday called on Israel to tear down its West Bank separation barrier, telling thousands


Tickets snapped up for Crocodile Hunter memorial

Hundreds queued for tickets to a  farewell for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin in the "Crocoseum"  of his Australian Zoo, with scores turned away on Friday after  all-night vigils when tickets ran out.


Hyderabad is the latest technology center to be a target. But so far, India's grim security situation hasn't hindered its  boom


N.J. fights fed bid to block phone probe

New Jersey has the right to obtain information about a federal domestic surveillance program because that program is no longer a secret, the state argued in response to federal efforts to quash its investigation.


Bin Laden Driver Arraigned at Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was arraigned Tuesday at the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial session as defense lawyers sought to challenge the process...


Almost 3,000 crimes were committed last year with suspects too young to be prosecuted, the BBC learns.


SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elin Nordegren at an exclusive resort in Barbados during a sunset ceremony that reportedly cost $1.5 million.    Oprah Winfrey and former NBA stars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were among more than 120 guests seen by an Associated Press reporter perched on a hill overlooking the club house of the Sandy Lane resort and golf course, which went to extraordinary lengths to shield the ceremony from journalists...


A look at where Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson stands on a sampling of issues, drawn from his 2008 campaign and his record as a Tennessee senator from 1994 to 2003:


Torrijos takes office as Panamanian president

Martin Torrijos Espino was sworn in as the new Panamanian president on Wednesday in the Atlapa Conventions Center of the capital. In his speech at the inauguration ceremony


By Ellis, Richard  The West Orange County market is made up of more than 1,200 office, retail and industrial properties totaling 52.2 million square feet.  Vacancy levels remain in the single digits for all space with the lowest being research and development at a record 0.6%.


Tokyo's Nikkei average rose near a six-month high by midsession on Tuesday, with retailer Ito-Yokado Co. gaining on solid earnings and optimism about the economy lifting stocks oriented toward domestic business.


BAGHDAD -- The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an Al Qaeda-inspired group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured yesterday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said.


Indians, Angels claim titles as Yankees close

The Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels sealed American League division titles with solid pitching performances on Sunday.


In testa nel fine settimana c'e' l'horror 'The Covenant'


Enel rifiuta proposta di Romiti per Wind

Il presidente di Enel, Piero Gnudi, elâamministratore delegato, Paolo Scaroni, hanno incontrato ieri il dottor Cesare Romiti e alcuni componenti di un Consorzio franco-egiziano, che hanno formulato in tale occasione una proposta per lâacquisizione di


T-Mobile forced to connect Truphone numbers

Spat headed for court T-Mobile will be forced to connect calls to Truphone numbers, by court injunction granted yesterday.â¦


FTSE back at session lows as Wall St loses steam

The global sell-off on equities markets continued in London on Friday, as investors pulled more money out of financial stocks amid fresh worry about losses relating to the US subprime lending crisis.


U.S. Election Security Faces Tricky Balancing Act

U.S. officials hoping to stop a possible al Qaeda attack before the November election face the difficult task of providing enough security without scaring voters away from the polling stations.


New York Joins Illinois In Flu Shot Request

SPRINGFIELD (CBS/AP) New York City is joining Illinois in efforts to ease the flu vaccine shortage by buying hundreds of thousands of shots from European wholesalers.


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Top seed Justine Henin and 12th seed Nicole Vaidisova are early winners on day five of the Australian Open.


Ford scraps Oracle-based purchasing system

Car giant Ford is reportedly abandoning a $200m web-based purchasing project because it can't get the software to work properly.


Families Urge Militant Group in Iraq to Spare 2 Hostages

A web announcement attributed to the militants said that a second American had been killed after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline.


1,400 Colombian Fighters Begin to Disarm

More than a thousand paramilitary fighters began demobilizing Friday in the remote jungles of Colombia, where the main road is marked by crosses, burned vehicles and blown-up bridges - the scars of a protracted and bitter battle between their right-wing faction and leftist rebels for control of the region's cocaine industry.


France and the UAE sign an agreement allowing France to set up a permanent military base in the Gulf.


John Peel's gravestone is put up three years after his death bearing lyrics from his favourite song.


The stresses of starting school begin months earlier than expected, research suggests.


Finanza ha chiuso 267 attivita' per recidivita'


Gordon Brown  kick-starts a campaign to build national health systems in some of the world's poorest countries.


North Carolina Misses Women's College Cup

Apparently, the NCAA can hold the Women's College Cup without North Carolina.


ATHENS, Aug. 16 -- The US women's soccer team has been in the city of Thessaloniki, nearly 190 miles north of Athens, since last Thursday, holed up in a sprawling hotel on the outskirts of town. Now, the goal is to extend their stay.


Frances' victims try to recover as Bush stops in Florida, hands out ice

FORT PIERCE, Florida  - The search for ice, water and food for millions of hot and weary Floridians overshadowed a visit Wednesday by President George W. Bush, who promised more aid for the state pummelled by back-to-back hurricanes.


Breastfeeding May Lower Childhood Leukemia Risk

NEW YORK  - Breastfeeding for even a few  months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a  new research review suggests.


Midway Developing Mature-Rated Football Video Game

Midway Games Inc. plans to publish  a "mature"-rated pro football video game with the kinds of  violence and excess shunned by the National Football League,  the company said on Thursday.


Israeli Army in Bid to Rescue Gaza Weapons Smugglers

A tunnel used by Palestinian weapons smugglers along the Egyptian border collapsed today, burying several people inside. Israeli military sources said the tunnel collapsed while an unknown number of Palestinians


Too Early for Wenger to Make Predictions

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to look to the future after seeing his side drag themselves back to within five points of Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea.


Annan Urges Greater Effort on Middle East Peace

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan was "deeply moved" by the death of Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat and urged renewed efforts by the Palestinians and  the Israelis to reach peace, a spokesman said late on  Wednesday.


Qaeda's Zawahri threatens more attacks in UK: tape

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, on Tuesday threatened more attacks on Britain two weeks after failed bombings in London and Glasgow.


British troops getting ready to head to an area near Baghdad are "relieved" a decision has now been made.


Stanley Jones recalls standing outside his home in England, watching open-mouthed as an American warplane arced toward the ground behind a plume of smoke, its engine alternately sputtering and roaring.


Stop squabbling and make health plan, Romanow says

Roy Romanow called on Prime Minister Paul Martin and the premiers to stop fighting and stalling and come up with a concrete plan to fix health care in Canada soon.


Procura della capitale aveva aperto fascicolo su sequestro


Individual cells in the pancreas that are capable of producing insulin-producing beta cells have been identified in adult mice by University of Toronto scientists.


Swedish centre-right ousts Social Democrats

A centre-right alliance headed by   Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt will start forming   Sweden's new government on Monday after its weekend election   victory ended 12 years of Social Democrat rule.


New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday. He was 88.


In a move to modernize its venerable line of mainframe-based CICS middleware, IBM on Wednesday introduced an updated version of its CICS Transaction Server that enables corporate IT administrators to extend the product to work better with SOAs (service-oriented architectures) through Web services.


Annual Flu Shot Cuts All-Cause Deaths in Elderly

NEW YORK  - Compared with a first vaccination, yearly re-vaccination against influenza is associated with a reduction in the annual risk of dying from any cause among individuals 70 years of age or older, Dutch investigators report.


Murdoch: famiglia Bancroft dia approvazione finale progetto


Academics kick-off nuclear power war of words

Greens see red over Brown's reactor plans The anti-nuclear movement has fired an opening shot in the UK energy-policy debate, ahead of expected Parliamentary announcements from the Brown government this week.â¦


Q&A With Rick Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Equifax

By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Jun. 1--Nearly two years after taking over as chairman and chief  executive of Equifax, Richard F.


FDA antidepressant warning shouldn't hurt overall sales, say ...

BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Despite a new ruling by federal regulators requiring all antidepressants to carry ominous warnings the drugs could make youngsters suicidal, some analysts Friday predicted physicians will still prescribe the drugs for kids, albeit more


Indagato per omicidio ragazze italiane si proclama innocente


Colombia accepts Venezuela help for hostage release

Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan planes and helicopters to land in the country and pick up three hostages held for years by Marxist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.


Witness: Ovitz Wanted Signing Bonus as Disney President

Michael Ovitz initially wanted a signing bonus of $50 million to join Walt Disney Co. as its president in 1995, a compensation expert who advised Disney during negotiations with Ovitz testified Tuesday.


Best Buy Lawyer Admits Falsifying Docs in Suit

Best Buy finds itself in the embarrassing position of having to explain its lawyer's conduct after he admitted to falsifying documents in a class-action lawsuit against the company.


Diabetes Treatment Disappoints in New Study

Transplants of insulin-making cells have not lived up to the promise they showed in an initial trial.


Oil prices hit fresh record levels after Norwegian ship owners threaten to cut off supplies from the world's third biggest exporter.


For Googleâs Founders, a Coveted Landing Strip

Googleâs executives have secured the use of a NASA-run airstrip that is just minutes away from their offices.


Heater Said to Blame for Iran Mosque Fire

A mosque fire that killed 59 people and injured another 350 was blamed on a kerosene heater that was placed too close to a thick curtain that separated male and female worshippers, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday.


A's busy moving ahead with stadium plans

Lew Wolff had some non-baseball business to attend to in Arizona, yet he made sure to show his face at spring training to get an early look at his Oakland Athletics.


A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official has resigned, becoming the sixth official to leave the agency since Porter Goss took over as CIA director in September, The New York Times reported Wednesday.


Global Indian Film Awards [G.I.F.A.] has announced the names of stars that will perform at Al-Wasal Stadium on January 27.


Russian, US astronauts leave ISS on maintenance mission

The Russian-US crew of the International Space Station (ISS) went on a five-hour space walk overnight to carry out maintenance work, Russian space officials said on Saturday, quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency.


US seeks compromise over Iranian ultimatum but sticks to hard line

VIENNA : The United States presented key EU states with a softened version of an ultimatum over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program but diplomats said the text was still too strong to win approval at the UN atomic agency's meeting in Vienna.


Suicide Bomber Said Cause of Iraq Attack

The U.S. military said Wednesday that a suicide bomber likely carried out the explosion at a U.S. base near Mosul, spraying a crowded mess tent with small pellets and killing 22 people — nearly all of them Americans.


A Piazza Affari scambiato oltre il 3% del capitale


Parties in Italy's governing coalition reach a deal allowing Romano Prodi to continue as prime minister, reports say.


Florida citrus industry sees little cold damage

Florida's key citrus producing region has  emerged unscathed from its latest weekend night of unusually  low temperatures, an industry official said on Monday.


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sprayed a public bus with bullets and left a menacing message for crime-busting politicians. At least four men in two cars forced the bus to the side of the road and opened fire on it with assault rifles.


Kashmir separatists to discuss peace talks plan

Kashmir's main political separatists will meet on Thursday to discuss plans to resume peace talks with New Delhi, a day after the Indian prime minister reaffirmed his desire for peace through dialogue.


But First, Doctor, What Was Your Marathon Time?

If youâre an athlete, should you seek doctors who are athletes, too?


In âStill Life,â the blood and the sweat run directly into the Yangtze River, where they mingle with more than a few tears.


Iran defiant but US and Europe tough at UN nuclear talks

Iran slammed UN efforts to rein in its nuclear programme Wednesday but both the United States and Europe called for tough action at a UN atomic watchdog meeting that brought new sanctions closer.


Sudan's president expressed hope that negotiations under way in Ethiopia will lead to agreement on a joint United Nations-African Union force to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur.


Some 70,000 Mac fans gathered at Apple Expo 2004 in Paris earlier this week for the largest exhibition of its kind in Europe. The event provided a showcase for just what kind of stylish technology


HOUSTON A flu-like virus has again prompted a delay in the fraud and conspiracy trial of four former Merrill Lynch officials and two former Enron executives.


In Miami, the Dolphins Slip From the Surface

Miami Coach Cam Cameron finds himself in the middle of a man-made disaster that will be difficult for any team, especially the floundering Dolphins, to recover from.


05.11.2004 at 12.00 the Interfax-Ukraine news agency to host a press...

The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) is ready to take part in the work of government of the future president only if his activity program meets the Ukrainian people's interests.


Asians seek out the sun despite cancer threats

It's autumn in Hong Kong but the island's beaches are still crowded with sun worshippers desperate to catch the last rays of sunshine before winter.


Frequent Flier: In Case of Emergency, Laptops and Cellphones First

Business travelers love their gadgets, perhaps too much. So when the gadgets donÂt love us back, things can get ugly.


Lab director: No conspiracy in Duke case

A lab director who tested DNA in the Duke lacrosse rape investigation testified Wednesday that the district attorney never asked for a final report on his work, but that he and Mike Nifong did not conspire to hide evidence from the defense.


Electronics giant Thomson to introduce HD DVD players in 2005

PARIS (CP) - The electronics giant that operates under the Thomson, RCA and Technicolor brand names said Friday it will introduce high-definition DVD players next year and support two recording formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray.


ERIE, Pa. - A man ran naked through a school and set off a fire extinguisher, but no students were present at the time, police said. Police said they had surveillance footage of the man, who broke a window to enter and tampered with surveillance cameras. They also have fingerprints.


Height Treatment Could Reduce Fertility -Study

Estrogen treatment given to tall adolescent girls to reduce their height can lead to fertility problems, Australian scientists said on Friday.


Unions for thousands workers in northern Quebec have urged a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over its plans to close a store that last year became North America's first unionized Wal-Mart.


Drunken drivers beware: Police say they are starting a crackdown this month and the government is promising arrests for those who drink and drive.


Bush Says Open to Ideas on Social Security Revamp

President Bush said on Saturday he  would consider ideas from Democrats as well as Republicans as  he pursues an overhaul of Social Security and other economic  priorities but insisted any fix to the retirement program  should not involve tax increases.


Afghan kidnappers offers to negotiate with UN

Kabul (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Afghan militants threatening to kill three foreign hostages yesterday offered to negotiate with a United Nations envoy, but warned that any rescue attempt would end in bloodshed.


Londra, 16:42 - CALCIO, BECKHAM: SONO PRONTO PER LA CENTESIMA IN NAZIONALE

David Beckham sembra certo che Fabio Capello lo convocherà per la gara con la Svizzera, che s...


Milano, 12:36 - CALCIO, MILAN: NESSUNA COLLABORAZIONE CON MOGGI

Il Milan chiarisce attraverso una nota che non ha alcuna intenzione di avvalersi della collaborazion...


SBC and Microsoft plan to launch an Internet television service in about a year. With IP technology, video, voice, data and other broadband services will be integrated and delivered over a


Tailor AquaPonics Worldwide, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TQWI) announced today several changes in its direction of developing enclosed fish yielding facilities and hydroponic by-products. Tailor has appointed Russel Glass as its interim president while final financing for the company is completed. Mr.


Singer Rihanna is dominating the UK pop music scene after reaching number one in both the singles and album charts.


Israel Apologizes After Tank Kills 3 Egyptian Police

An Israeli tank killed three Egyptian policemen on the Gaza-Egypt border Thursday, prompting an Israeli apology for what the army said was a tragic error when it mistook them for Palestinian militants.


Home Depot to sell US supply arm for 10 bln dlrs: reports

Home Depot, America's biggest home products retailer, reached a deal to sell its wholesale supply arm for over 10 billion dollars to three private equity firms, US media reports said Tuesday.


Shares of two bond insurers, MBIA Inc. and the Ambac Financial Group, fell sharply on concern they would lose their AAA credit ratings.


Plane crash kills members of prominent NASCAR family

One of the most important racing groups in NASCAR is reeling from a devastating loss. A plane owned by Hendricks Motorsports crashed on its way to a NASCAR in Virginia Sunday, killing all ten people on board.


Bidders flipped their wigs Thursday at a Manhattan auction where one of pop art icon Andy Warhol's signature silver hairpieces sold for $10,800.


The pound breaches $2 - close to record highs - in early trade in Europe as investors price in an interest rate rise in July.


ANAHEIM -- Jeff DaVanon has taken a back seat to Vladimir Guerrero and Jose Guillen this season, but the Anaheim Angelsâ backup outfielder etched his name in the teamâs record book.


LOS ANGELES  - On a busy Monday night  for the Big Four networks, "24" stayed healthy for Fox in the  second night of its two-pronged season premiere, while the new  Patricia Arquette drama "Medium" averaged more high numbers for  NBC in its second outing.


It's Speed Against Strength in De La Hoya vs. Hopkins

Over 12 years, Oscar De La Hoya has fought in seven weight classes, weighing as little as 128Â¾ pounds and as much as 160. Many of us gain weight as we age, but De


Quando Rosa si sveglierÃ  dal coma farmacologico troverÃ  davanti a sÃ© tre agenti di polizia penitenziaria e forse non capirÃ . SarÃ  come uscire dalla nebbia, domanderÃ  della sua bambina. Dovranno farle molte domande ma sarÃ  lei a volerle fare a loro.


The UK's house price boom has brought "misery" to thousands of people, a leading economist argues.


U.S. admits own rights issues, critical of Iraq

In a rare admission, the United States said on Tuesday its own human rights record was in question in an annual report that criticized Iraq for its death squads with government links, kidnapping and torture.


Maria Sharapova posted a convincing 6-3 6-4 victory over seventh seed Venus Williams in their first-ever meeting at the Swisscom Challenge indoor tournament in Zurich.


One secret after another has tumbled out since the collapse of Bernard B. Kerik's nomination as homeland security secretary - an undisclosed marriage, clandestine love affairs, unsavory business ties and unreported gifts.


The United States have routed Angola 89-53 in their final Olympic preliminary round men's basketball game, but the reigning champions must wait to learn their opponent in Thursday's quarter-finals.


Japanese Stocks Slide, Led by Sony, Toyota, on Oil, Yen Advance

Japanese stocks fell, led by exporters such as Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., on concern their earnings will be eroded by record-high oil prices and a gain in the yen to a one-month high against the dollar.


The Seahawks' Jim Zorn has been hired as the Redskins' new offensive coordinator, even though a head coach has not been named.


British Charge 8 With Conspiracy in a Terror Plot

Police said the men had reconnaissance information on financial centers in the U.S. that were the subject of a terror alert.


09/09/2004 - Attesa per Michelangelo Antonioni e il suo Eros. E arriva al Lido anche Steven Soderbergh. Grande attesa al Lido per Michelangelo Antonioni e Steven Soderbergh. I due registi arriveranno oggi alla


Russian cosmonauts at the international space station struggled for a second day Friday to try to reboot failed computers that control the orbiting outpost's orientation and oxygen production.


ITT Awarded FAA Contract For Air-Traffic Control System

ITT yesterday won a federal contract worth up to $1.8 billion to build the foundation of the nation's next-generation air-traffic control system, a network that officials say will mitigate chronic flight delays, improve safety and reduce pollution.


Hormone Effects Unlikely with Asthma Drug

NEW YORK  - The inhaled drug fluticasone propionate is unlike to cause major hormone disturbances in patients with severe asthma, according to a report in the Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.


The Scottish Football Association will focus their attention on the World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Wednesday before deciding on any action for the game in Moldova next month.


Thousands of Palestinians voted yesterday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in 28 years, with the Islamic group


When one peninsula s cuisine mixes with another s

December 24, 2004 Many Koreans say we have a lot of things in common with the Italians.


Violence threatens to drag Chad and the Central African Republic into a regional war.


France Asks Arabs to Help Free Kidnapped Journalists in Iraq

The French government's appeal set in motion a swell of solidarity unseen in previous hostage dramas in Iraq.


Adelaide - The father of an 18-year-old Australian who was ripped to pieces by a Great White shark countered demands on Friday that it be killed, saying the predators should be "appreciated and respected".


A top opposition politician in ex-Soviet  Belarus was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday in  what he denounced as an attempt to block his drive to make the  ex-Soviet state more democratic.


Atlantic City Casino Hotel Workers Strike

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Oct. 1, 2004 - About 10,000 casino hotel workers from more than half the city's 12 casinos went on strike Friday, even though negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with three of the casinos.


Microsoft pushes back Office 2007 release

Microsoft Corp.  said on  Thursday it will delay the release of its Office 2007 business  productivity software, citing a desire to implement  improvements from customer feedback received during testing.


Panthers' rebound continues with win over Bucs

The Carolina Panthers are one step closer to overcoming a horrendous start and making NFL history. No team has ever lost seven of its first eight games and rallied to make the playoffs, but


Washington Governor's Race May Not Be Over

The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor's race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida's pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal.


Swedish DJ Eric Prydz's "Call on Me" has  gone to the top of the British singles chart, the Official UK  Charts Company said Sunday.


Vols Keep Promise of Rematch With Auburn

Tennessee kept its promise. The 15th-ranked Volunteers pledged after losing 34-10 to Auburn in October that they would face the Tigers again in the Southeastern Conference championship. And the Vols will on Saturday in the Georgia Dome.


Mystery illness kills at least six in Panama

Panama's Health Ministry declared a national epidemic alert on Tuesday after a mystery illness killed at least six people and left others suffering with fever, diarrhea and partial paralysis.


U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls

The Bush administration is restricting the ability of states to expand Medicaid, in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes.


Police name a 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed while out with friends in north London.


India hit back from shock defeat with batting blitz

Four batsmen struck half-centuries as India made amends for their shock loss to Bangladesh on Sunday by piling up 348 for five in the third and final one-day international on Monday.


VATICANO - Il Papa allÂAssemblea della Riunione delle Opere per lÂAiuto alle Chiese Orientali (ROACO): Âla Terra Santa, lÂIraq e il Libano sono presenti, con lÂurgenza e la costanza che meritano, nella preghiera e nellÂazione della Sede Apostolica e di tutta la ChiesaÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂLa presenza di venerati Presuli Orientali mi consente di condividere la pena e la preoccupazione per la delicata situazione in cui versano vaste aree del Medio Oriente. La pace, tanto implorata e attesa, Ã¨ purtro...


Microsoft to launch Windows XP Release 2

It seems that Microsoft will release a Second Edition of Windows XP: If you thought that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP was the last of the big updates, think again.


The moon-yellow house with the deep-sea green trim serves Barbara Wishart well. "Besides being a house, it's a home," says Wishart, her German accent crisp and elegant.


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High Folate Intake Lowers Women's Blood Pressure

Upping the daily intake of folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce women's risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also seems to have another benefit.


In Trying to Save Medal and Tour de France Hopes, Hamilton Faces Uphill Course

At 33, just as he seemed ready to claim center stage, Tyler Hamilton is facing a two-year suspension from competition.


A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty at his court-martial Friday to killing a severely wounded 16-year-old Iraqi, the military said.


Vodka and isolation: welcome to rural Russia

Friday is when the action  happens in this isolated Russian village, six hours' drive  north from Moscow along icy roads, past smoggy industrial towns  and through vast pine forests.


The new video game "WolfQuest" allows players to follow the call of the wild in the role of a wolf in Yellowstone National Park.


A former boarding school teacher is jailed after being convicted of 13 sexual offences against children.


Swiss Air Lines posts first quarterly profit

Switzerland's struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs ($35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France.


EasyGroup close to launching low-cost mobile phone service

EasyGroup, the holding company of no-frills British airline easyJet, is close to striking a deal to launch a low-cost mobile telephone service in Britain, the Financial Times reported.


A European Union court is set to rule this week on a $120 billion deal MCI-WorldCom made during the height of the go-go years that still resonates today.


Howard, the Next Big Thing, Still Has Room to Improve

Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy wants to make the most of the talents of former No. 1 overall draft pick Dwight Howard, has twice been the player of the month this season.


U.S. forces opened fire from helicopters during an overnight clash with Shi'ite militants in western Baghdad, killing at least 13 people, police said on Friday.


Now that he is on the verge of joining his father, George, and his brother, Hal, as general partners of the Yankees, Hank Steinbrenner is taking a more assertive role, privately and publicly.


Scores of Swedish classrooms will have an empty seat when schools reopen Monday after a three-week Christmas break — a grim reminder that a classmate was lost to the tsunami that devastated southern Asia and claimed 140,000 lives.


An attempted escape at Boksburg prison in Johannesburg of South Africa has been thwarted and the warders held hostage have been freed, a warder said on Monday.


Winning Paramount to New Notre Dame Coach

Charlie Weis promises to give Notre Dame an arrogant attitude and turn the Fighting Irish into an intelligent, hard-working, nasty football team.


Vicenza, 19:59 - CALCIO, VICENZA: ACCORDO CON PISA PER PASSIGLIA E TREVISAN

Il Vicenza ha preso a titolo definitivo dal Pisa il centrocampista Giovanni Passiglia, 27 anni. La s...


President Bush's victory over John Kerry in Ohio was closer than the unofficial election night totals showed, but the change is not enough to trigger an automatic recount, according to county-by-county results provided to The Associated Press on Friday.


Stock futures rose sharply on Monday, pointing to a strong open, as investors pinned hopes on a solid start to the holiday shopping season, while the dollar pulled back from record lows and oil eased slightly.


Dell Revenue Sets Record, but Tax Charge Hits Profit

Dell Inc. said that an increase in sales to corporations led to record revenue in the fourth quarter, although profit slipped because of a one-time tax charge.


The euro surged to a new high against the US dollar for the fourth straight day Friday, although the greenback rose off its low point.


Israel's security cabinet approves a compensation package for Jewish settlers  willing to leave Gaza.


Obama, Keyes cast early votes in Illinois

The candidates for the US Senate in Illinois hit the polls early Tuesday morning with their families in tow amid drizzly weather. Republican Alan Keyes, accompanied by


Italian video recharges hunt for Boston Irish mobster

A possible sighting in Italy of fugitive Boston Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, an inspiration for the Oscar-winning film "The Departed," is recharging the hunt for one of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted."


L'avvio dei lavori e' previsto per la seconda meta' del 2008


Viewers of All Sizes Decide Who Walks the Catwalk

Luckily, models are a renewable resource, and Bravoâs new show, âMake Me a Supermodel,â is asking novices to fill the void.


Abbas, Olmert to meet again to try to bridge gaps

Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet on Friday in another attempt to bridge gaps in talks over a joint document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood.


Adobe Acrobat adds Vista flexibility, remote printing

Blog: Support for Acrobat and Reader has arrived for Microsoft Vista and Office 2007.


Dame Edna told by doctors to rest for six months

Australian comic Barry Humphries has  been ordered to rest for six months because of complications  over appendix surgery, a spokesman for the Magners Glasgow  International Comedy Festival said on Sunday.


Canada upholds law allowing same-sex marriage

Canada's Parliament upheld a 2005 law allowing same-sex marriage on Thursday when it threw out a bid by the minority Conservative government to revisit the contentious issue.


Cargo Ship Leaking Fuel Oil Off of Alaska

Fuel oil was pouring out of a Malaysian-flagged cargo vessel that grounded off an Aleutian island and split into two nearly equal pieces, threatening a sensitive area of marine habitat, officials said on Thursday.


'Mom, Mom, Mom, it's not right' - Paris Hilton is sent back to jail

Â· Judge rules celebrity must serve entire sentenceÂ· Media circus follows star on journey to courtroom


People who take high doses of vitamin E - those exceeding 400 international units a day - to improve their health may be slightly increasing their risks of dying earlier.


Wal-Mart joins the green revolution by planning to cut its packaging by 5% over five years from 2008.


Chess Player Says Opponent Behaved Suspiciously

At the world chess championship, Veselin Topalov says his opponent took an excessive number of bathroom breaks.


Former President Clinton will campaign with his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Iowa next month, seeking to boost her bid for the Democratic nomination in a state where she trails in the polls. The former president will spend three days in Iowa with Sen. Clinton from July 2-4.


It was the kind of simple catch Dante Hall has made many times, camped under a punt, his arm waving for a fair catch.


A funny thing has happened in the 18 months since Apple Computer launched its iTunes Music Store, offering legal music downloads for 99 cents.


Primary Election Turnout Hit Record Low This Year

Despite official WashingtonÃ¢ÂÂs obsession with the upcoming midterm elections, voter turnout in this yearÃ¢ÂÂs primaries dropped to a record low, according to a study released Friday.


US military chiefs said yesterday that they saw no need for the Iraqi Red Crescent to deliver aid inside Falluja because they did not think any Iraqi civilians were trapped there.


Less than six months after  emerging from the largest bankruptcy in history, MCI Inc.  MCIP.O has begun to search for a buyer, sources familiar with  the situation said on Monday.


Sharon Battles to Save Government from Collapse

Reeling from a parliamentary defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid early


U.S. soldier sentenced to 100 years for rape, murder

FT. CAMPBELL, Kentucky  - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family was sentenced to 100 years in a military prison, the U.S. Army said on Thursday.


The home secretary criticises Tory leader David Cameron for his comments following the death of Rhys Jones, 11.


Tony Blair says the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region is "totally unacceptable" and urges immediate action.


Powell presses China on NKorea, Taiwan talks

US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed ChiThe United States has praisedChina's role to date, but US officials say Washington is looking for Beijing to exert more pressure on Pyongyangna to convince North Korea to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs and urged Beijing to take up a Taiwanese offer for dialogue.


Sensors will be used to relay data to medical files.


The upgrade enables the chip to also connect to less common 802.11a and 802.11i versions of Wi-Fi. SAN FRANCISCO: Intel Corp. said it has upgraded the wireless networking capabilities of its Centrino line


IAEA Won't Guarantee Iran Probe Deadline

VIENNA, Austria Sept. 14, 2004 - The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that he cannot guarantee his probe of Iran's suspect nuclear activities will be complete by November, the deadline


Roma, 12:56 - CALCIO, SERIE B: CROTONE-JUVE, ARBITRA DE MARCO

Crotone-Juve, big match della terza giornata di serie B in programma domani sera alle 20:30 sar&agra...


IT and the Ford Pinto: two-of-a-kind lemons

The things that kill us in IT center around being forced to work within the confines of legacy infrastructural decisions and processes, and more importantly, how any change that occurs (for good or bad reasons) will at best fix one tactical issue, but that will more than likely cause other problems.  We hope the new problem will be better than the old, or at least will become someone else's issue.


BEIJING -- Deadlocked over energy aid to North Korea, envoys to six-nation denuclearization talks decided last night to give themselves one more day to come up with an agreement on the first steps toward getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.


The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday.


Samsung Electronics Co. has made a breakthrough in semiconductor technology by developing the world's first two-gigabyte double-data-rate dynamic random access memory chip using existing technology.


Armed with a new study showing the drug can ease pain in some HIV patients, medical-marijuana advocates sued the federal government Wednesday over its claim that pot has no accepted medical uses.


At least 42 dead, scores injured in Yemen crush

IBB, Yemen  - At least 51 people were killed and   238 were injured on Tuesday, a Yemeni official said, after a   stampede in a Yemeni stadium where President Ali Abdullah Saleh   was holding a pre-election rally.


Tim Duncan had 24 points and 14 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-91 victory Wednesday night over the Orlando Magic.


Danish Muslims plead innocent in bomb plot trial

Four Danish Muslim men arrested last  year pleaded not guilty to charges of planning a bombing attack  in Denmark when their trial opened in Copenhagen on Wednesday.


Va. Inmate Executed After Appeal Rejected

A man who killed an elderly woman with a metal can and a pair of scissors in a drunken attack eight years ago was executed Thursday by injection.


Altria and Kraft give investors a bigger cut of their cash.


LONDON - Video game and mobile phone companies are set to rake in the cash this year as customers use phones to zap space invaders or sink game-winning golf putts, pushing the mobile gaming market over US$1 billion (NZ$1.


Move is the latest setback for the chip Intel once billed as an industry standard. Hewlett-Packard has stopped selling workstations based on Intel's Itanium 2 microprocessor, a company spokesperson confirms.


Art: This Art Is Your Art, This Art Is My Art

Stung by scandal, the Smithsonian needs to dust off Americaâs collection.


New Delhi, Aug. 22. (PTI): The indefinite nation-wide truckers' strike to protest imposition of service tax entered the second day as there was no breakthrough in negotiations between truck operators and the Finance Ministry.


Investors shred Intel over double-digit Q4 gains

Fear is in the share Intel today turned in record fourth quarter revenue and then saw investors pummel its share price in after-hours trading. Thank for the effort, guys.â¦


Dollar at 8-month lows against euro on US deficit, oil jitters

The dollar remained mired at more than eight-month lows against the euro and six-month lows against the yen, as oil prices spiked ever higher and investors continued to fret about the US' record high current account deficit.


Poll: Having Money Helps With Satisfaction

Money may not buy happiness, but for many people it apparently puts a down payment on satisfaction.


Strains Show in US-Russian Space Partnership

Since the loss of the Columbia space shuttle, Russia has ferried all crews and cargoes on its smaller space craft. Costing around $22 million each to construct and launch, unmanned Progress freighters carry supplies.


Two blunt statements cause a ripple in relations - but nothing a good White House meeting can't paper over


You Got It, You Sell It, And You Still Got It

Richard Prince: Spiritual America, at the Guggenheim 2007  There is a story, circulated on the Internet, of an American car lover who adored his vehicle so much that, while his wife was away visiting relatives, he drove it into his suburban lounge room through a newly deconstructed wall. Photos accompanying this show the car sitting, waxed and beautiful, amongst the lounges and appliances of contemporary domestic reality, with the neatly cut entrance-way framing the lawn behind. Richard Prince may recognise the sentiment. Twenty five years earlier he was bringing car bonnets into art galleries, on pedestals, and to a more welcoming critical reception, as the current retrospective at the Guggenheim shows.


Strong quake rocks north of Indonesia's Sumatra island

A strong earthquake has rocked the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, with residents reporting collapsed buildings and possible casualties.


By Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports  Broadband Internet service will be available in some parts of Delmarva within one year, according to the Eastern Shore Technology Council.


Who is Jessica Alba?Ask any man about Jessica Alba and you will be greeted with a prolonged sigh!


Merck has obtained rights to license an experimental drug to treat obesity that has generated scientific interest because it is based on a hormone used by the body to signal that it has eaten enough.


Assassination Is an Issue in Trade Talks

As union activists have fallen by the hundreds in Colombia, labor rights groups and some members of the U.S. Congress have promised to do something about the violence.


Parma, 23:19 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: PARMA-SP. BRAGA 0-1, EMILIANI ELIMINATI

In un incontro valevole per il ritorno dei 16' di finale di coppa Uefa il Parma è stato sconf...


Esprit H2 profit to rise 10 pct on European sales

Esprit Holdings Ltd. (0330.HK), the  world's fifth-largest fashion retailer, is set to post a 10  percent rise in second-half earnings on Wednesday as strong  European sales offset a poor product mix and a weak euro.


Closer, a film about importance of keeping true thoughts to ...

Director Mike Nichols likes to talk about what's floating around in his head, but longtime partner Diane Sawyer won't always play that game.


The Toronto Maple Leafs fired general manager John Ferguson on Tuesday, replacing him with former GM Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis.


EADS directors could announce new A380 delays: source

Airbus and its parent company EADS could disclose new delivery delays for the A380 superjumbo jet as well as a restructuring plan for the aircraft manufacturer, following a meeting of EADS directors.


Gemstar-TV Guide Taps Fox Executive as CEO

Television listings company Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has named a Fox Entertainment Group vice president, Rich Battista, as chief executive, succeeding Jeff Shell, who resigned.


Three Americans killed, one missing and presumed dead in Green ...

(Baghdad, Iraq-AP) Oct. 15, 2004 - The US military now says three Americans were killed and a fourth is missing and presumed dead from an attack on Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone.


Meet the Twixters. They're not kids anymore, but they're not adults either. Why a new breed of young people won't -- or can't -- settle down


NBC to sell new TV shows on Amazon Unbox

NBC Universal said Tuesday it will sell episodes of its new fall television shows using Amazon's Unbox digital download service, after the network failed to reach an agreement with Apple Inc. last week to offer the shows on iTunes.


Defensive maneuvering against Net threats

Websense warns of a Skype worm on the loose; Opera adds a security alert layer to its browser.


Justin Doellman scored a career-high 29 points and Drew Lavender added 22 to lead Xavier past Rhode Island, 98-72, last night in Cincinnati, dropping the Rams out of first place in the Atlantic 10.


By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 8--Watermen objected strongly to a proposal to ban the trapping of diamondback terrapins during a public meeting in Annapolis last night.


The actress wins case against the architect of her new home.


Virtual Humans Proposed As Space Travelers

TELLURIDE, COLORADO -- Better make room for an extra crewmember aboard any spaceship heading outward. This person wont require food, oxygen or water, nor even need to buckle up for safety. The tag-along traveler could, however, be a lifesaver in terms of getting the expedition to and from a celestial destination.


Domani l'ok per la riconversione con tecnologia a membrana


A company making a film directed by Christopher Reeve is vowing the animated feature about the New York Yankees will hit theaters in 2006.


Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again

WASHINGTON -- For the third time in three weeks, the US Senate Judiciary Committee decided to take no action on the controversial Induce Act aimed at illegal file swapping on peer-to-peer (define) networks.


Buenos Aires  Nightclub Fire Kills At Least 174

A fire swept through a crowded Buenos Aires nightclub during a rock concert, killing at least 174 people and injuring more than 410 as young concert-goers scrambled for the exits, officials said Friday.


Legislator calls for resignation of official who called people ...

Maryland state delegate John Adams Hurson is calling for the resignation of state comptroller William Donald Schaefer after Schaefer this week called people with AIDS "a danger" and said they brought their HIV infections on themselves, the Baltimore Sun


Leading shares closed firmer, with miners in demand following higher commodity prices.


Bhutto's husband draws 100,000 at election rally

The widower of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto told more than 100,000 supporters Saturday that he would "destroy" the establishment if upcoming elections are rigged.


Russian shop assistant Alexander Pichushkin is found guilty of 48 murders which he recorded on a chessboard.


Senate Moving Toward Vote on Immigration

A California Democrat is pushing a plan to allow the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country since Jan. 1 to remain, work and get a shot at citizenship as the Senate heads to a final vote on its sweeping immigration bill.


Security researchers find easy pickings at the RSA security conference, where the public kiosks let anyone install any software they want.   In 27B Stroke 6.


Our View:  Kids Inhaling Chemicals? Warn 'Em Early, Often

Freshman Mallory Bustos at Santa Fe High put "huffing" in perfect perspective: "It seems pretty stupid," she told The New Mexican's John Sena.


Hong Kong election candidates question vote-counting delay

More than eight hours after polls closed in Hong Kong, leading pro-democracy candidates running in legislative elections have demanded to know why the vote count was taking so long.


Net Radio's Silent Tuesday: Anyone Listening?

Internet radio stations hope a National Day of Silence will reverberate loudly in the halls of Congress.


If this is hockey's Armageddon â-nd it's hard to find anyone in the NHL who doesn't view the current 61-day owners' lockout in cataclysmic terms â -n Bob Goodenow is the beast who will bear much of the


A leading member of the Palestinian group Hamas has been killed when his car exploded in Syrian capital of Damascus. The cause of the blast was not known, although some witnesses to incident say the victim's


Two setbacks, one win for Wal-Mart in wage suits

State appellate courts in Missouri and New Mexico on Tuesday upheld decisions to grant class-action status to lawsuits alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. deprived hourly workers of wages, requiring them to work "off the clock" before or after shifts.


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Relaxed atmosphere lifts Moore, List into final

At the US Amateur, players wear shorts and spectators get to walk right down the fairways. So compared with the US Open, which is run by the same outfit, everything about this championship is decidedly relaxed.


By WILL SENTELL  State Treasurer John Kennedy is under fire from arguably the three most powerful officials in the state.  Two of Kennedy's critics are upfront: Senate President Don Hines, D-Bunkie, and House Speaker Joe Salter, D-Florien.


JERUSALEM -- A Hamas official was killed Sunday when his sport utility vehicle exploded in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, seconds after he started the engine, according to witnesses and the Palestinian militant group's leaders, who accused Israel of


Aging: For Uninsured, Medicare Makes a Healthy Impact

Uninsured people 55 and older significantly reduce their risk of declining health after they enroll in Medicare at 65, a new study suggests.


Miami airport terminal briefly evacuated

A Miami International Airport terminal was briefly evacuated early Monday after security screeners found an item that appeared to be an explosive device but turned out to be harmless.


Oil prices rise on news of production cut at Yukos

NEW YORK, September 3 (New Ratings) - Oil prices climbed yesterday on the news that Yukos Oil has issued a warning of a production cut.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are likely to announce the schedule for expert-level talks to follow up on six subjects on their talksâ agenda for Tuesday, the second day of the foreign secretary-level talks that started today morning, officials said.


A suspected missile attack Tuesday on a militant hide-out in a remote area of northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed more than 20 insurgents, security officials said.


Manchester woman charged with funding terrorism: police

A young woman from Manchester has been charged with having funneled money to a terror suspect who was arrested last month.


Variations on a meme Mind the Gap Saturday Mind the Gap Saturday is a feature every Saturday where Blognation China tells its readership the differences - the gap - in the tech, mobile and enterprise worlds between China and the Western World.â¦


US Stocks Up on Durables, Sentiment Data

US stocks rose on Thursday after durable goods data pointed to a healthy pace of activity in the factory sector and another report showed an improvement in consumer


Television viewers in the Midwest got an eyeful of politics during local newscasts last month, but most of it was in the ads, not the news.


Quotazione ha segnato un rialzo dell'1,3%


Israel Kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strike -Witnesses

Israel killed two Palestinian militants  Saturday and injured four more Palestinians in an airstrike on  a Gaza refugee camp, witnesses said, as Israel mounted one of  its deadliest raids in northern Gaza.


Nerazzurri ribaltano risultato nella ripresa: Crespo-Samuel


Welders cut through metal and soldiers pulled bodies from the crushed cars of two trains that collided head-on Tuesday in northern India, killing 31 people.


Pfizer's Celebrex Lifts Heart Attack Risk in Trial

Pfizer Inc. on Friday said its popular Celebrex arthritis drug more than doubled the risk of heart attack in a large cancer-prevention trial, a setback that comes just weeks after Merck & Co. recalled its similar Vioxx drug due to heart safety risks.


Guerrilla's assistant captured, says Iraq

A lieutenant of Iraq's most feared insurgent leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was captured this week, the country's national security minister said Thursday, and


Pakistan win the toss and put West Indies into bat in the World Cup opener in Jamaica.


Anything can happen come tournament time. The MIAA tournament breeds upsets, as the highest and lowest seeds alike are eliminated by a single loss.


Taiwan shares ended lower Monday on concerns a new videotape of Osama bin Laden threatening the United States could spark panic selling on Wall Street on the last trading session before America's presidential election day.


P2P sites shut down, MPAA unleashes lawsuits worldwide

In the beginning, there was Napster. And the lords of the music industry looked upon it and declared war. And the hordes of music fans fought back, using technology to the utmost in order to continually stay


Japan Calls on Iraq Donors to Implement Pledges

An international conference on Iraq reconstruction began on Wednesday with a call from host Japan for donors to honor their pledges to help rebuild the country, a process that is being stalled by violence and insurgency.


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Bonds needs to step to plate and apologize

For years, Barry Bonds has torn up Major League Baseball's record books the way Superman is able tear up a phone book with his bare hands.


Fox launches new Christian home-video unit

Twentieth Century Fox launched a  Christian home-video label on Tuesday, becoming the first major  studio with a business unit devoted to the church-going  audience that turned "The Passion of the Christ" into a  blockbuster.


Sallie Mae to sell $2.5 billion stock, convertibles

Sallie Mae said on Wednesday that it  plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory  convertible securities to help pay off obligations linked to  the student loan company's share buyback program.


Radcliffe nervous about baring all on Broadway

Daniel Radcliffe hopes to debut on Broadway next year in a reprisal of his London role in "Equus," a performance where he shed not only his clothes but also the mantle of Harry Potter.


Explosion in Kosovo capital kills two people

PRISTINA, Serbia  - An explosion killed two people and injured 11 when it tore through shops early on Monday in the capital of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province.


Police search for a rapist after he walks out from an open prison near Usk, south Wales.


Atlanta Falcons hire Smith as new head coach

The Atlanta Falcons, a team beset by  problems this season, named Jacksonville Jaguars defensive  coordinator Mike Smith as their 14th head coach on Wednesday.


Gough delighted to snap up Knox as right-hand man

RICHARD GOUGH, the new Livingston manager, insists he has already made his best-ever signing for the club by convincing Archie Knox, the former Rangers and Manchester United coach, to be his No 2 at Almondvale.


Minimum major league salary rises to $316,000

The amount of the increase was based on the Consumer Price Index and was agreed to Wednesday by the commissioner's office and the players' association.


Bush up in polls, denies mobilizing troops

Current national public opinion polls released at the end of last week vary. Some show President Bush's emerging as a 13 point leader, while others reflect a statistical dead


Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR champion, will race Sunday in the Ford 400 at Homestead, Fla., the final event in the Nextel Cup series.


Dancing video game helps kids avoid weight gain

West Virginia, which has the worst childhood obesity problem in the United States, is stepping up plans to use Konami Corp.'s "Dance Dance Revolution" to battle the bulge in its schools.


An Iraqi militant group kills three Turkish hostages, reports Arabic TV station al-Jazeera.


Reid says GOP stymied Democratic efforts

Congressional Democrats accomplished important goals this year but they need more cooperation from Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Saturday.


Cade l'ultimo tabÃ¹: gli animali s'innamorano

Un documentario naturalista in 387 sale francesi abbatte la frontiera: anche delfini, leoni, pesci, uccelli, giraffe, canguri e scimmie hanno il batticuore. In Italia in primavera


REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company.


Showdown Looms Over Alaskan Road Proposal

WASHINGTON _ It's only a short hop by plane from the remote Aleutian fishing outpost of King Cove to the World War II-era airfield at Cold Bay, Alaska's third-largest airstrip.  If only the weather would cooperate, which much of the time it doesn't.


A genre once known for high quality is now a source of lazy commercial fodder.


US Launches Assault on Rebel-Held Iraqi Town

US forces have launched a major offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41 people, mostly children.


Liberal Coalition Eyes First Hundred Hours

A large group of liberal organizations is planning to wage a national lobbying and public relations campaign to press for passage of the House Democrats' legislative agenda next year, taking a page from longtime corporate practices.


CORRECTED-Probe opens into parliament intrusion

Please read in the first and 18th paragraph ... 1647 ... instead of ... 1674 ... (fixes typo in date). A corrected story follows: By Andrew Cawthorne.


Scientists Envision Growing Human Eyeballs

A genetic switch that gives tadpoles three eyes could allow stem-cell scientists to eventually grow human eyeballs or at least create replacement parts needed for repair jobs.


Paramount Pictures is remaking the musical movie Footloose, which first came to the big screen in 1984. Talk of a new movie started in 2003 but was put on hold for a while and is finally being brought back to light. The movie, which starred Kevi...


Robson ' Massively Disappointed' at Newcastle Exit

Departing Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson has spoken of his regret at not being able to complete his mission after being relieved of his duties today.


A senior Hamas leader has survived an Israeli assassination attempt but at least five other Palestinians have been killed in the night-time explosion at his Gaza home.


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Karoo boo boo Karoo, Hull's monopoly ADSL provider, has been hit by a major outage today that has forced much of the city's population offline.â¦


NASA's Departing Chief Defends Hubble Decision

NASA's departing chief, Sean O'Keefe, on Friday defended his decision to pursue a robotic repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, days after a panel of scientists said a shuttle mission would be better.


North-west Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham has called for the release of an old college friend accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea.


QPR suspend assistant boss Richard Hill following the brawl during a training match against China's Olympic team.


HP to stop using Intel Itanium chip: WSJ

New York, September 27: Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp's Itanium microprocessor, The Wall Street Journal reported on its online edition.


Edwards' health care plan includes taxes

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Sunday his plan for universal health care would require higher taxes and cost up to $120 billion per year.


Haitian Police, UN Troops Raid Aristide Stronghold

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haitian police backed by  U.N. peacekeepers raided a slum stronghold of supporters of  ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday and  arrested 75 people accused of violent attacks in the Haitian  capital, a police spokeswoman said.


U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as  a lackluster sales report from world's largest retailer  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N hurt that sector and a jump in  producer prices sparked concerns about inflation and higher  interest rates.


Being the biggest dog may pay off at feeding time, but species that grow too large may be more vulnerable to extinction, new research suggests.


Three German soldiers wounded in Afghanistan (11/28, 18:10)

Three German soldiers were wounded Friday evening in the northern Afghan town of Kundus, a German military command confirmed Saturday.


A 20-year-old man is charged in connection with a series of stabbings in a County Tyrone village, police say.


Russia pressed ahead yesterday with controversial plans to break up the country's biggest oil company Yukos, setting a date of December 19 for an auction of its main production unit at a bargain basement starting price of $8.65bn (Â£4.88bn).


Hospital costs driven by heart, pregnancy

Clogged heart arteries and pregnancy   are the two most expensive conditions contributing to $790   billion in annual hospital costs in the United States,   according to a government study released on Friday.


Death in Thailand May Mark Progression of 'Bird Flu'

A young woman who died in Bangkok 10 days ago appears to have had the first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the "bird flu" that emerged in Southeast Asia last winter.


Possible deals at Ford not enough: analysts

None of the options Ford Motor Co.   may be considering -- selling off its luxury brands,  creating global alliances, taking itself private -- would do  much to solve the struggling automaker's basic problems,  analysts said.


Iran says U.S. accusations on Iraq "not true"

Iran rejected on Wednesday accusations by U.S. President George W. Bush that Tehran was fomenting instability in Iraq, and called on Washington to change its policies in the region.


At the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down.


Olmert, in Europe, hints Israel has nuclear arms

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert  stumbled into controversy during a visit to Germany on Monday,  implying for the first time Israel had nuclear weapons.


Young Iraqi with heart condition died as doctors tried to establish his eligibility for free treatment


Requiring photos as proof of identity to vote is an unconstitutional burden that resurrects memories of Jim Crow-era laws designed to keep blacks from the polls, former Gov. Roy Barnes told the state's highest court Monday.


The government will not back down on controversial changes to capital gains tax when it unveils its plans.


Talks between Sudan's government and two rebel groups to resolve the nearly two-year battle resume Friday. By Abraham McLaughlin | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


Kern: porteremo 12 modelli sul mercato, piu' presenti in Usa


Pick Up This Magnificent Wildlife Dvd Free Today

TODAY you could pick up another free David Attenborough DVD, Attenborough In Paradise.   In the forests of Papua New Guinea, where 38 of the 42 kinds of bird of paradise are found, Attenborough and his crew spent more than nine months filming the most colourful family of birds in the world.


Armenia, Bulgaria Discuss Closer Ties Amid Growing Trade

President Robert Kocharian and his visiting Bulgarian counterpart, Georgi Parvanov, pledged on Tuesday to step up cooperation between their nations 'in all spheres,' singling out bilateral trade that has grown ...


(InfoWorld) - IBM Corp. is introducing a range of new products and services, many based on technologies coming from recently acquired companies, aimed at helping businesses better manage and take advantage of their various software and hardware systems. The new offerings stem from IBM acquisitions including MRO Software Inc., Micromuse Inc., Rembo Technology SARL, Isogon Corp., Collation Inc. and CIMS Lab Inc. and aim to offer businesses simple and central ways to manage their technology assets. IBM plans to release this month a new version of Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database software that will include technology from application resource mapping software developer Collation, a company IBM acquired late last year. The new software integrates IT information spread across the enterprise, including information about servers, storage devices, networks, middleware and applications. The software could help businesses notice, for example, that an IT problem stems from a change in an application such as a security update, rather than from hardware or software failure, and help pinpoint and fix the problem quickly. Another new release, IBM Tivoli Capacity Process Manager, which will become available in the fourth quarter, predicts computing capacity and performance, thus helping users reduce network slowdowns and outages. The software is part of IBM's process manager family of products that automate workflows. Two additional new products are available immediately. One is the IBM Service Management Self-Assessment Toolkit, a free online service that helps users focus on priorities when designing a service management strategy by rating the importance of internal processes. The IBM Tivoli Unified Process Composer, also available now, aims to help new customers begin employing service management. In addition to the new products, IBM also launched the IBM Service Management Partner Ecosystem with a dozen other companies including Avnet Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Nortel Networks Corp. The companies say they'll work together to build and promote products based on IBM's platforms and industry standards.


Republican President George W. Bush leads Democrat John Kerry by two point margin, according to a Time magazine poll out -- well within the poll's margin for error and similar to surveys released earlier.


Wilson, Fogg Agree to Deals With Pirates

Outfielder-first baseman Craig Wilson and right-hander Josh Fogg bypassed arbitration Tuesday, agreeing to one-year contracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


Tiny radio tracking devices to stop bogus drugs

WASHINGTON - Impotence drug Viagra may soon carry radio chip tracking devices under an American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting.


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Pope John Paul II Calls for Peace in Christmas Day Message

Pope John Paul II called for an ``end to the spread of violence'' and for support to ``sustain the efforts to build peace'' in his annual Christmas Day message.


An innovative project to create an internet-based network for small and medium sized businesses in the East Cleveland area has been officially launched.


Leading Cardiologist Urges Slowdown in Drug Ad Campaigns

This year has been tough for drug manufacturers and the advertising agencies that have been charged with marketing their products.


On February 18, Sunday, Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was


The Jaguars rebound from an embarrassing season opener, sacking Joey Harrington seven times and holding the Falcons under 100 yards rushing to win, 13-7.


With No. 12 Cal playing host to No. 15 Tennessee on Saturday, the schedule represents a bleak outlook on marquee intraconference games in college football.


Chinese leaders imposed a ban on news reports about the death of Zhao Ziyang, who opposed the 1989 crackdown on protesters.


The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world economy is at its strongest point for five years.


South Korea's intelligence agency says it was behind the 1973 kidnapping of future President Kim Dae-jung.


Blog: After making several appearances on Apple's behalf over the last year, the bland bluesman is now stumping for RIM's BlackBerry Curve.


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Bank of America Corp has raised the fee it charges non-customers to withdraw cash from most of its automated teller machines to $3 from $2, a move that may prompt rivals to follow.


NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Thursday but it was unclear if it was the start of the army's final push against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched inside.


The service sector of the U.S. economy saw activity grow in December, amid continued advances for employment and increasing prices, a report from a private research group said Wednesday.


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Employers are facing continued double-digit increases in health care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 firms.    The survey, released Thursday by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, found that employers expect health care costs to rise 12.9 percent on average next year if they leave benefits unchanged...


Bin Laden calls on his supporters to attack oil firms

Leader of al-Qaida organization Osama Bin Laden has called on his supporters to concentrate their attacks on oil firms in Iraq and the Gulf states, considering that the strongest weapons against the USA.


BERLIN -- Europe's major powers have agreed to set a November deadline for Iran to meet demands meant to resolve concerns that it is secretly trying to make nuclear weapons, in a confidential document made available yesterday to the Associated Press.


Liberal powerhouse MoveOn has a message for the "professional election losers" who run the Democratic Party: "We bought it, we own it, we're going to take it back."


Five men are convicted of kidnap, robbery and firearms charges over the Â£53m raid at a Securitas depot in Kent.


An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rattled the western coast of Sumatra Friday, the local Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said, causing frightened residents to flee their homes.


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THE French Health Minister summoned a crisis meeting on safety in public hospitals last night after the gruesome double murder of a psychiatric nurse and a care assistant in southern France.


Clodronate does not improve breast cancer survival

NEW YORK  - Treatment with clodronate does not improve survival in women with early or advanced breast cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis of published studies.


Golfer laughs off horror 19 on par three

Superstitious or not, Japanese golfer Mitsuhiro Tateyama is likely to shudder whenever he comes across the number 19 in future after an horrific round at this week's Acom International.


Summary Box: Sudan Fighting Threatens Peace

PARTIAL PEACE: U.N. officials say the conflict in western Sudan's Darfur region threatens peace in the south, where rebels and the government recently reached a deal to end Africa's longest-running civil war.


Annuncia Padoa-Schioppa dopo riunione dei 13 dell'Eurogruppo


CROTONE - Una neonata venduta per diecimila euro. E' successo a Crotone, dove una donna avrebbe comprato la bambina da unadonna di nazionalita' bulgara che aveva appena partorito. Gli inquirenti hanno disposto


Two American helicopters crash southwest of Baghdad, with two soldiers killed and two injured.


Library of Congress selects Stones' song

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But what about an original sound recording?


Two people have reportedly been killed and another two injured after a car bomb exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Meanwhile, fierce fighting has continued overnight in Najaf around the shrine used by rebels loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Green hopes he's the answer for Dolphins

Trent Green swallowed hard, then tried to list every Miami Dolphins starting quarterback since Dan Marino's retirement seven seasons ago. It took him a minute, but he eventually got most of the 10 names right. "You're not going to find anyone to replace Dan Marino," Green said.


President Shimon Peres on Thursday called on Syria to open direct peace talks with Israel, urging Damascus to drop its demand that negotiations take place through mediators.


Chile's ex-leader Augusto Pinochet improves somewhat but remains seriously ill after a heart attack.


Indagine dell'Osservatorio Nazionale sul Turismo


Murder rates for 2004 decline in many cities, but gang violence leads to some exceptions.


2 Candidates, 2 Fortunes, 2 Views of Wealth

John Edwardsâs and Mitt Romneyâs runs are based in large part on the lessons each has taken from his own success.


Swedish Snowmobile Gets Ticket In Britain

A Swedish mechanic says he won't pay a parking ticket that claims his snowmobile was illegally parked -- in Britain.


China will significantly lift its Middle East profile by sending 1,000 troops to Lebanon, Premier Wen Jiabao says.


MySpace hackers cop plea, extortion charges dropped

Two men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from site dodge major jail time, plead no contest to unlawful access of computer data.


Deutsche Telekom to reintegrate T-Online

Deutsche Telekom is offering to buy back shares in its internet subsidiary in a bid to strengthen its ability to provide bundled voice, data and video services.


Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday recalled nearly 23,000 pacemakers and defibrillators that could fail because of an electrical flaw, and the company asked doctors to check 27,000 patients already implanted with potentially faulty devices.


Twelve people have been killed in a militant attack against US consulate in Jiddah, in western Saudi Arabia. No Americans were killed or injured in the gunbattle.


Sigle diventano Aise-Aisi, Agenzia informazione e sicurezza


The three top executives at the American Stock Exchange received Wells notices from the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an investigation into options trading and


Plans are taking shape to set up a museum dedicated to Britain's role in the origins of modern computers.


See screenshots of the Ultimate version of the new, visually sleek Microsoft operating system before you make the upgrade leap. By Bruce Gain.


The dollar kept its overnight gains  against the euro on Tuesday, finding a tenuous footing after  weeks of losses as traders took stern words by European  officials as a signal to stop selling the U.S. currency, at  least for now.


Tokyo Stocks Open Up on Banks, Exporters

Tokyo's Nikkei average opened up 0.54 percent on Monday with banks and exporters leading the way as a stronger finish on Wall Street and declining oil prices soothed worries over the global economic outlook.


U.S. warships head to Philippine south for drills

Three U.S. warships carrying about 1,400 sailors and marines were due in the southern Philippines next week for a 12-day drill to help root out Muslim militants on the archipelago's remote isles.


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PENSACOLA, Fla. — A teen's death at a juvenile boot camp has led to a shake-up in Florida's criminal justice system, the resignation of Florida's top law enforcement officer, and now aggravated manslaughter charges for seven former guards and a nurse.


Movie Director Sentenced for Lying About Detective

A federal judge sentenced director John McTiernan to four months in prison for lying to an F.B.I. agent about hiring private investigator Anthony Pellicano.


Retailer Gap Inc. , seeking to focus on problems at its two main apparel chains, said on Monday it would shut down its newest chain, Forth & Towne, a move that will affect about 550 employees.


France unveils its motorway in the clouds

Taller than the Eiffel Tower and longer than the Champs Elysee, the Millau viaduct was today opened by President Jacques Chirac to acclaim as marvel of art and architecture.


Nigeria Arrests Union Leader Before General Strike

Nigerian security forces arrested the country's top union official at gunpoint on Saturday, his union said, ahead of a general strike called for Monday which the government has declared illegal.


Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout

The video game industry intends to establish a political action committee to donate money to game-friendly politicians and candidates.


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- England's cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after authorities lifted a ban on 13 British journalists, but not in time to save Friday's opening one-day match in Harare.