Olmert accetta proposta Abu Mazen, stop razzi e ritiro Gaza


A soldier is killed in fighting with Islamic militants holed up at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the army says.


Chicken Genome Should Boost DNA Research

A red jungle fowl is seen in this undated handout photo. Researchers have assembled the genome sequence of the Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of all domestic chickens.


Newcastle labour to victory over Zulte-Waregem to reach the last 16 of the Uefa Cup.


Australian Lleyton Hewitt posted a straight-set win over Peruvian Luis Horna on Sunday to capture the title at the TD Waterhouse Cup.


By BOB LEWIS  RICHMOND, Va. - A day after being asked in a debate about his immigrant mother's heritage, Sen. George Allen fired back in a written statement Tuesday confirming his Jewish ancestry.


Catania, 00:29 - CALCIO, MORTO POLIZIOTTO: NESSUNO SCONTRO CON TIFOSI PALERMO

Nessun contatto è avvenuto tra i 490 tifosi del Palermo e gli ultras del Catania. Lo si appre...


Starbucks Profit Climbs, Extra Week Helps

Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O, the  world's largest coffee shop chain,  on Wednesday said quarterly  net profit rose 47 percent, helped by its aggressive store  expansion and an extra week in the period.


PARIS (SportsTicker) - Formula One was thrown into chaos on Friday with the news of Jaguar's decision to pull out of the sport.


Carving found in rural British garden fetches small fortune at ...

A 1,000-year-old stone carving that spent years marking the grave of a couple's pet cat was sold at auction Friday for more than 200,000 pounds (US$380,000; euro280,000).


Producers Jam, Lewis Sell Studio for $2.3M

Music producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have sold their Edina studio to Twin Cities real estate developer Karl Bohn for $2.3 million.


Parents in England and Wales who smack children so hard it leaves a mark face jail under new laws.


Tempe, AZ (Sports Network) - Arizona Cardinals running back Troy Hambrick was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday with an injured foot.


Timori per profitti e crescita dopo fiammata petrolio


Ethiopians Say Eritrea Abducted Tourist Group

MEKELE, Ethiopia, March 3 -- Ethiopian officials on Saturday accused forces from archrival Eritrea of kidnapping five British citizens and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote region near the African countries' long-disputed border, then taking the group to a military camp in Eritrea.


Oil Near $50, Supply Eye Nigeria Turmoil

Oil prices surged to new record highs on  Monday near $50 for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest  focus for worries about supply security on world energy  markets.


Reliance Communications, India's second-largest mobile operator, is seeking to raise as much as $1.5bn by listing its telecom infrastructure unit, in defiance of difficult conditions for fresh offerings after a sharp fall in stock markets.


WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will


President George W. Bush hailed a new era of strategic cooperation with India on Monday as he signed a law that is a major step toward allowing New Delhi to buy U.S. nuclear reactors and fuel for the first time in 30 years.


The Internet is reviving a grand old American tradition: land scams. Thousands of lots in phantom subdivisions that were sold decades ago to people who hoped to build retirement homes in warm states are reappearing on online sites such as the Internet giant eBay.


Wal-Mart grabs stake in China's Bounteous

Wal-Mart , the world's largest retailer, said on Monday it acquired a 35 percent stake in Chinese supercenter operator Bounteous Company Ltd., expanding its presence in the world's most populous country.


Alan Shearer and Patrick Kluivert teamed up to fire Newcastle into the group stage of the UEFA Cup with a striking master-class in Tel Aviv.


Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya on Sunday, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region's assassinated president a week before elections for a new leader.


Oggi parere motivato inviato da Bruxelles a Roma


More than 5,000 workers from all over Britain joined a protest march in Coventry on Saturday against Ford's planned closure of Jaguar's Browns Lane plant in the city.


The personal consumption expenditures price index, excluding food and energy, advanced by 1.9 percent in May from a year earlier, according to a government report on Friday that is likely to give the Federal Reserve some assurance it is making progress in its effort to curb inflation.


Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, dealing a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace and reopening old wounds a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed.


'Hobbit' islanders given species claim boost

Brain strain Another salvo has been fired in the row over whether the remains of the Indonesian "Hobbit" people actually represent a separate species, or just malformed Homo sapiens.â¦


Baby Cut Out of Murdered Mom Found Alive

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - A baby girl who was cut out of  her murdered mother's womb and taken from the crime scene was  found alive on Friday in the possession of a Kansas woman who  police charged with kidnapping resulting in death.


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - Messaggio per la Settimana Biblica 2006, dal 26 novembre al 1Â° dicembre Seul (Agenzia Fides) - ÂNel profondo della Parola: non ardevano forse i nostri cuori?Â (Lc 24,32): Ã¨ questo il tema del Messaggio diffuso da Mons. Giovanni Crisostomo Kwon Hyeok-ju, Presidente della Commissione Biblica in seno alla Conferenza Episcop...


One in three of France's imams don't speak French, the country's interior minister said in an interview published Tuesday, proposing initiatives to help Islamic religious leaders better adapt.


Business software giant SAP AG said Tuesday its software sales rose by 8 percent in the fourth quarter, but flat revenues in its main European region disappointed investors, who pushed down the company's shares 4 percent.


Palermo, 17:06 - CALCIO, PALERMO; FONTANA: SERVE PIU' CINISMO

Alberto Fontana carica il Palermo in vista della sfida di domenica contro il Siena. I rosanero dovra...


Court Nixes Federal Judge's Copied Ruling

They try to drill it into you in elementary school: No copying other people's homework. But apparently a federal judge in western Pennsylvania didn't get the message.


Abbas sets early elections to end crisis

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced yesterday that he has decided to call early elections, including for his own office, to end a political crisis in the Palestinian territories that has brought a surge in factional violence over the past week.


A former Nazi prison guard, 83, arrives in Italy from Canada to serve a life sentence for murder.


Members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race


Plaintiffs who filed a  preliminary injunction against the Walt Disney Co. on Monday  over the ABC/ESPN original movie "Ruffian" are deferring their  lawsuit.


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Tropical Storm Lane turns into a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast as it heads for the Baja California peninsula.


12th-rated Washington rolls to 6th win in row

Bobby Jones scored 22 points to lead five Huskies in double figures in a 110-63 victory over the Houston Cougars on Friday. Jamaal Williams added 19 points, Tre Simmons and Brandon Roy each scored 16, and Nate Robinson had 11 for the No.


Israeli Forces Kill 7 Palestinians In Military Operation in Gaza

The Israeli Army killed seven Palestinian fighters on Saturday in its continuing operation in the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, asked the world


CHICAGO - Dozens of people looking for Jesus can find him at a church on Chicago's South Side. Thirty-two plastic baby Jesus dolls were stolen last week from nativity scenes in people's front yards.


A retired Chilean general becomes the first top officer of the Pinochet era to get a life term for rights violations.


Ivan Begins Lashing Jamaica; Toll Hits 33

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Waves two-stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore Friday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 33...


Russia promotes language as symbol of resurgence

Russia has launched a campaign to promote the national language after almost two decades of retreat -- to match the country's increasing economic and political confidence.


At least six people have been killed in a suspected car bomb attack in Baghdad. The bomb exploded outside exploded outside the Education Ministry in the city centre.


Afghan air raid kills 25 civilians, 20 Taliban

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - An air strike by foreign-led forces killed 25 civilians, including 12 members of a family, and 20 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the provincial police chief said on Friday.


Satellite launching successes fix China on world's top level

With the third "ZY-2" research satellite successfully entering orbit on the morning of November 6, Cina has continuously accomplished its 40th satellites launching tasks since Oct. 1996, marking its space technology standing firmly on top world level.


The U.S. Navy on Friday gave a  transatlantic team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N a $1.7  billion contract to build a new fleet of 23 U.S. presidential  helicopters, a deal valued at up to $6.1 billion.


Without Michael D. Eisner at the helm of the Walt Disney Company, will Harvey Weinstein and Steven P. Jobs stay as partners?


People around the world are coming together to celebrate the world wide web and its impact on people.


Chicago Moving to 'Smart' Surveillance Cameras

An advanced system of video surveillance will alert Chicago police whenever anyone viewed by the cameras acts suspiciously.


Subscription-based licensing lacking corporate excitement

A new study sponsored by Macrovision, the Software and Information Industry Association, and the Centralized Electronic Licensing User Group has found that there is a discrepancy between where software companies think software licensing is heading and


Roma, 20:24 - CALCIO, ROMA: CINQUE RETI ALLA PRIMAVERA, DOPPIETTA VUCINIC

La Roma si diverte anche in allenamanto. Mancini fa il cucchiaio a Zotti in partitella, Giuly sul ca...


Spurrier Expresses Interest in Florida Job

Former Washington Redskins coach Steve Spurrier told Florida officials yesterday that he is interested in returning to coach his alma mater, and the school has given him two weeks to decide whether he wants the job, ESPN.


It's been a lousy fall for grocery shoppers. First the cost of tomatoes set new records, and now those lucky enough to find grapefruits can expect to pay more than $1 a piece.


Yankees, Diamondbacks, Dodgers keep working on big deal

The New York Yankees, Arizona and Los Angeles spent Friday trying to put the finishing touches on the megadeal that would move All-Stars Randy Johnson, Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez.


Formula One Racing: Barrichello Wins Pole of Chinese Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello of Brazil has grabbed the pole position for Sunday's Formula One Chinese Grand Prix auto race in Shanghai. He averaged 208.


State Road Crews to Resurface Miles of U.S. 98 Over 15 Months: N Lane Closures Will Be at Night

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 28--Starting in April, state road crews will join the night life in Destin as they begin 15 months of night shifts to resurface and widen Emerald Coast Parkway.


Tireless Mellor's magic earns Benitez praise

RAFAEL BENITEZ saluted the never-say-die spirit of Neil Mellor last night as he savoured the victory that he believes proves Liverpool can stage a top-four finish this season.


J.&.J. Says It Is Cleared to Offer New Products

Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that its Cordis unit has resolved its issues with the F.D.A., clearing the way for the introduction of new cardiovascular devices.


Heart. Courage. Grit. Determination. Never has the U.S. soccer team sounded so proud of a tie.


Belarus blasts U.S. shield, vows to work with Russia

President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday Belarus would disregard its economic rows with Russia and work closer with Moscow to counter U.S. plans to erect an anti-missile system in eastern Europe.


Occidental is the major winner of oil and gas licences in Libya, returning to the country after two decades.


The second main suspect in a failed plot to bomb two German trains turned himself in to authorities in his native Lebanon on Thursday, German federal prosecutors said.


A 2-year-old girl drowned after slipping from her mother's grip and falling into the raging floodwaters. A passer-by pulled a 5-year-old stuck in neck-high mud to safety. A man was swept two miles down a swollen, icy river before being rescued.


Tribunale riesame Milano non accoglie tesi difensori


Corporate deal makers started the  summer hoping an improved economy would make this merger season  a hot one. As the bullish stock market and other  merger-friendly conditions fizzled, however, so did their  hopes.


Joe Paterno checked in last week for 17 minutes of quality phone time. Check out what one of the most fascinating characters in college football had to say.


Frances Harrison meets Tamil Tiger teams clearing corpses in the northern Sri Lankan town of Mullaitivu.


Spostata la scultura 'Italia' di Giuliano Vangi


Oggi a Milano si riunisce l'assemblea costituente del Partito democraticoI 2.853 delegati eletti alle primarie divisi in egual misura tra maschi e femmine                                          La rivoluzione rosa Ã¨ servita alle donne metÃ  dell'assemblea                                                                                La paritÃ  Ã¨ costata il posto al sindaco di Montalto che voleva aiutare alcuni stupratori


Palermo, 19:39 - CALCIO, PALERMO; ZAMPARINI: MI VERGOGNO DI ESSERE ITALIANO

Maurizio Zamparini non è d'accordo con la decisione di far giocare Palermo-Milan di mercoledÃ¬...


Kerry heads to LI's East End for campaign funds

Washington -- John Kerry brings his campaign for president to Long Island Saturday -- not to troll for votes but for dollars, with an overnight stop for some high-dollar Hamptons fund-raisers.


La piccola sarebbe stata violentata per oltre un anno


Tony Blair and the Spanish prime minister yesterday condemned the racist abuse of black England footballers by thousands of Spanish fans as the disgraceful scenes on Wednesday night prompted outrage in Britain and threatened to escalate into a diplomatic


US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says lifting an EU arms embargo on China could send "the wrong signal".


Australia police search hospitals over UK bombs

Australian authorities have ramped up security across the country as British police travelled to Brisbane to help interrogate an Indian doctor detained over the plot to detonate car bombs in London and Scotland.


Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya case

A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS, provoking a chorus of Western condemnation.


John McCain appears to be steamrolling his way to the Republican nomination; Mitt Romney can't seem to catch a break.


Ripresa Boeing grazie alle commesse ricevute il mese scorso


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Chin Hair, Infertility May Indicate PCOS

Women with facial hair, unexplained weight gain and irregular periods may have more than cosmetic or fertility problems but a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart attacks.


A record drop in oil import prices pushed the U.S. trade deficit in October to its lowest level in more than a year, while U.S. exports rose to a new high, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.


British Panel Rejects Claim of Sex Bias at Merrill

A British panel on Wednesday dismissed a high-profile sexual discrimination suit filed by a former executive against Merrill Lynch, but ruled that the woman who made the


Blog: The musician seems to be acknowledging the demise of the old CD-focused business model by giving his new album away with a U.K. newspaper before releasing it to the rest of the world.


Bosnian in legal row over cow falling in mass grave

A Bosnian farmer is locked in a legal  battle over the death of his cow, which he says drowned in a  rain-filled mass grave from the 1992-95 war that authorities  failed to refill after exhuming the bodies.


Pak prepared to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction: Musharraf

President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan is ready to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq only after the US-led coalition there effectively ensures the protection of Iraqi civilians and property.


Italian FM to Middle East to seek release of aid workers in Iraq

ROME : Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was to leave for the Middle East, as Rome pressed on with efforts to win the release of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, his ministry said.


WLANs are ready for mission-critical healthcare apps

Nowhere is wireless network reliability, coverage and speed more important than in healthcare applications.  Columnist Craig Mathias says new-generation WLAN systems are up to the task.


NHL Hockey Players Start Looking for Work

NHL players began scattering across the globe Thursday in search of work on Day 1 of the lockout, with no negotiations scheduled between union and management.    While rinks from Pittsburgh to Montreal to Anaheim figure to be quiet in the coming weeks, the ice will be crowded with high-priced talent in places such as the Czech Republic...


NEW DELHI: More than a decade of reforms has not helped India shake off the perception that it's amongst the most corrupt business environments.


Justice Said to Drop Criminal Investigation Of Freddie Mac

After laying dormant for two years, the Justice Department's criminal probe into accounting transgressions at Freddie Mac is apparently over, according to company officials.


Protests in Guinea after new PM named, three dead

Protests erupted in towns across Guinea on Saturday, killing at least three people, as union leaders vowed to resume a crippling general strike after President Lansana Conte named an old ally as prime minister.


Hollinger Chronicles: tale of corporate âplunderâ

A new expression has entered the Scandal lexicon in the last week. The hard-hitting internal report from Hollinger International referring to the way that Conrad Black allegedly ran the company described it as being a âcorporate kleptocracyâ.


Kosovo's prime minister gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday.


Geography is the worst-taught subjects in primary school and fewer teenagers are studying it, inspectors say.


Nasal allergies significantly impact sleep quality

NEW YORK  - Allergic rhinitis affects all   aspects of sleep, according to a new study.


Wauconda Board Agrees With EPA on Landfill

By Mick Zawislak Daily Herald Staff Writer  An agreement approved Tuesday by the Wauconda village board regarding a federal Superfund site brings a controversial issue one step closer to resolution.  Trustees unanimously approved a consent decree with the U.S.


WASHINGTON - The United States will receive some relief from its flu-shot shortage in the form of up to 4 million new doses, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.


US Stock-Index Futures Rise; Alcoa, Intel Climb in Europe

US stock-index futures rose after comments from Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies bolstered optimism the pace of economic growth may be sustained.


LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., a developer of technology-based educational products, on Monday lowered third-quarter and full-year profit expectations, citing difficult market conditions.


Tiger Woods finally admits to his frustration at dealing with problems with his swing.


Poland's defence minister says Polish troops should leave Iraq next year, but divisions emerge.


Woman Accused in Charity Scam Back in Jail

FRIDLEY, Minn. - A woman accused of putting fake charity donation boxes around the Twin Cities wasn't out of jail long before being arrested again.


Iran-EU nuclear talks 'positive' but no accord

Talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana have failed to produce an accord but were positive and constructive, both men said Thursday.


Dial-a-Doc If youâre worried that your liver could be in for some punishment this Christmas, then donât. Just reach for your mobile phone and check its health on the fly.â¦


Chinese Leader Purged for Supporting Tiananmen Protesters Dies at 85

Zhao Ziyang, the former general secretary of China's Communist Party, lived under house arrest for 15 years, not far from the government offices where he once led China.


Palestinian leader stresses further coordination with Syria ...

A senior Palestinian official said here on Monday that the Palestinian leadership wanted to have further coordination and consultations with Syria and Lebanon.


NATO Allies OK Increase in Iraq Training

NATO allies agreed Wednesday to send hundreds of instructors to run a training center for Iraq's armed forces after addressing French concerns that had delayed a deal for a week.


Calls for the rules on forced removal of failed asylum seekers to be changed are made after a dawn raid.


N Korea refuses to return to nuclear talks

SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it would not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the line-up of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its âhostile policyâ toward the communist state.


City Room: Columbiaâs President Confronts Iranian Leader

Protesters gather as Iran's president prepares to speak at Columbia University.


Music exec says business model is 'done'

Rick Rubin, co-chairman of Columbia Records, holds out little hope for the music industry's recovery unless it's dramatically overhauled, according to reports.


The Bush-Cheney campaign unfurled a new television ad Friday touting job creation but new Labor Department figures showed a smaller rise than anticipated.


A ruling that Visa and Mastercard had violated anti-trust law has been upheld by the US Supreme Court. The case stemmed from a 1998 Justice Department lawsuit challenging the credit card issuers' regulations.


Palestinians launch raid from Gaza into Israel

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Palestinian militants   launched on Sunday their first deadly raid into Israel from   Gaza since an Israeli pullout last year, killing two soldiers   in an assault on a military post in which two attackers also   died.


Rare turtles up for sale along with Malaysian island

MALACCA, Malaysia  - For sale: a plain little island, overgrown by shrubs, offering a scrap of beach and sitting in one of the world's busiest sea lanes.


New Malaria Vaccine Is Shown to Work in Infants Under 1 Year Old, a Study Finds

The worldâs most promising malaria vaccine has been shown to work in infants less than a year old, the most vulnerable group.


Marchionne, trimestre molto significativo


Georgetown Attracts High-End Retail Chains

The area's mix of retail tenants is changing from mom-and-pop shops to a blend of well-known chains.


Turkey says U.S. intelligence led to Iraq raids

U.S. intelligence shared with Turkey led to the weekend raids in northern Iraq on Kurdish militants, Turkey's ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday.


Cisco Expands Microsoft Interoperability to Address Customer and Partner Demand

VoiceCon Spring 2007 -- Highlighting customer and partner demand for interoperability in the unified communications market, Cisco Systems, Inc.


All Indonesian airlines and several from Russia, Ukraine and Angola will be banned from flying to the European Union due to safety concerns, the European Commission said Thursday.


Facebook has become such a popular social networking site that some companies are betting their businesses on it.Participants in a panel at the Web 2.0 Summit conference in San Francisco Thursday cited the impact of Facebook."We looked at the Facebook platform before it launched and came away with the conclusion that this could be the greatest paradigm shift in technology since the Internet itself," said panelist Ali Partovi, CEO of the iLike music discovery service.iLike bet close to 100 percent of its business on Facebook, he said."We made a very big bet. We basically decided to halt work on our own Web site and spent the next [several] weeks that we had building a Facebook application," Partovi said. iLike's own Web site, meanwhile, is used to drive traffic to the Facebook application, he said."Literally, within the first 24 hours, our Facebook registrations exceeded the rest of our Web site," by a dramatic amount, he said. In the first 12 hours, iLike signed up 10,000 users, followed by 10,000 more in the next three hours and 10,000 more in the next two hours, he said.Facebook application developer Slide is probably allocating 35 percent of its efforts to the site, said Slide Vice President Keith Rabois. Slide decided to invest in Facebook because it created an open environment that encouraged developers to make money for the first time."That has been a sea change," Rabois said.Facebook opened the floodgates for a raft of innovations, said Seth Goldstein, CEO and co-founder of SocialMedia, which also has developed applications for Facebook. Facebook has 2 million users, half of whom use it daily, he said."There's a level of engagement," inside the Facebook platform, he said.Another panelist noted Facebook widgets. "The neat thing about the Facebook platform is you can actually talk to friends through widgets, thorough the APIs," said Lance Tokuda, CEO of the RockYou photo-sharing site.


The Claim: A Little Alcohol Can Help You Beat a Cold

When it comes to quick remedies for colds, many people insist that a glass of brandy or a hot toddy is just what the doctor ordered.


Pescara, 19:59 - CALCIO, PESCARA: CAROZZA E GIMENEZ STANNO RECUPERANDO

Allenamento quotidiano per il Pescara in vista della gara di sabato prossimo contro il Rimini. Caroz...


Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Sports Network) - Ajax technical director Louis van Gaal had his resignation accepted Tuesday by the Dutch giants.


AUSTRALIA and India went to tea early with the tourists snaring two quick wickets on the rain-ravaged opening day of the fourth Test in Mumbai.


Microsoft Pressed Swedish Partners to Vote for Open XML

Microsoft Sweden offered 'marketing contributions' to encourage business partners to vote for the adoption of the Open XML format.


Eleven Yemeni Troops Killed in Rebel Ambush

Followers of an anti-U.S. cleric ambushed  and killed 11 Yemeni soldiers searching for them in a  mountainous area of the Arab state, an official said on  Tuesday.


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The new MacBook Pro line of notebook computers introduced today offers the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, up to 4GB of memory, and higher performance graphics in a stunning, lightweight, aluminum enclosure thatâs just one-inch thin. Available in 15-inch models with a new mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display and a 17-inch model with an optional high-resolution display, the new MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera, Appleâs MagSafe Power Adapter, and built-in 802.11n wireless networking. Retail pricing for the MacBook Pro starts at $1,999.


Wall St ends higher on earnings optimism

Stocks rose on Wednesday as a scarcity of profit warnings fueled optimism over the corporate reporting season, enabling the market to regain its footing after a sharp drop the previous session.


Breastfeeding may boost future social mobility

NEW YORK  - People who were breastfed as infants climb the social-class ladder more readily as adults than those who were bottle-fed babies, UK researchers report.


Germany sees need for further ties with Belarus - ambassador

Germany will seek further contacts with Belarus, German Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Belarus Martin Hecker said in Minsk on Wednesday.


Merrill posts $2.3 billion loss on massive write-down

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  on Wednesday reported $7.9 billion in write-downs for the third-quarter -- triggering its first loss in six years -- as the company was burned by lax risk management and bad bets on mortgages and leveraged loans for corporate takeovers.


LaDainian Tomlinson now thinks Bill Belichick has nothing but class, and Belichick says the feeling is mutual.


Airbus denies backing Microsoft in EU case

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


Building a Career Path Where There Was Just a Dead End

NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing them at a Modell's warehouse. "I didn't use my mouth, didn't use my mind; I only used my hands. I was always going to be broke," she said....


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Lehman Brothers earnings rise, beat forecasts

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and stock trading.


The exotic creatures that inhabit deep-sea vents will not be immune to the effects of climate change, research claims.


Russian authorities hope to receive consent as early as next week to send investigators to Britain to probe the poisoning death of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko, the chief prosecutor's office said Sunday.


Country's technology leaders distance themselves from Microsoft with wide-ranging plans for open-source software.


Bomb scare forces plane to land in London

London - A bomb alert forced a Virgin Atlantic flight from Hong Kong to London's Heathrow Airport to land at Stansted Airport, north of the British capital, as a "precautionary measure", officials said on Thursday.


Experts Warn of Misjudging Health Dangers

Some public health experts watching the aftermath of the tsunami disaster fear the outpouring of emergency relief supplies and the rush to head off outbreaks of disease will prove misguided or wasteful in some respects.


In the wake of leaked grand jury testimony that implicated superstars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi in the BALCO steroid scandal, Major League Baseball and the Players Association may be close to forging a tougher new policy on drug testing.


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Video Feature: Alexander Behind-the-Scenes

November 22, 2004 - Eight square miles of Moroccan desert, hundreds of armor clad extras at war, and director Oliver Stone puts Colin Farrell in the middle of it.


Another 35 companies close operations in Nepal after Maoist rebels issue new threats.


La Valletta, 18:18 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: TREZEGUET SALTA ALLENAMENTO

Allenamento pomeridiano per la Juventus in vista della gara con il Catania: non vi ha preso parte


Coast Guard Copter Crashes in Alaska; Six Missing

Six people were missing after a U.S.  Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the stormy Bering Sea after  plucking the last remaining crew members from a disabled  Malaysian cargo vessel, officials said on Thursday.


(InfoWorld) - Bill Gates sold over 20 million shares of Microsoft Corp. stock last month, with just around 2 million of the shares affected by global stock market turmoil. The company chairman sold nearly 4 million shares of Microsoft stock in the last three days of February, including 1.87 million shares last Monday, 990,000 shares on Tuesday, and 1 million shares on Wednesday, according to filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Tuesday share sale coincided with one of the worst days global stock markets have seen in years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 416 points on the day to end at 12,216. Microsoft dropped 4.1 percent on the day to end at US$27.87. The company is part of the Dow index. Market watchers blame the global equities turmoil on everything from a sell-off in Shanghai shares to fears of an end to the carry-trade, a term referring to Japan. For years, investors have been able to borrow money in Japan for nearly free because the nation has maintained near-zero interest rates. Borrowers have then taken that money and invested it elsewhere, including in global stock and precious metals markets. The fear is that Japan may start hiking interest rates, causing investors to sell assets bought using their borrowed yen to repay their obligations. Japan has maintained low interest rates for years, a measure aimed at bolstering its economy. No one has blamed the technology sector for the sell-off, but share sales by major figures do attract attention from people trying to gauge the direction markets might take. Gates is considered an insider due to his position at Microsoft, and therefore has to file notices to the SEC when he sells shares, leaving a public record of transactions. He collected over half a billion dollars from the February share sale, according to the SEC filings. The filings do not say why Gates sold the shares. After the share sale, however, he remains the largest shareholder in Microsoft with 917.5 million shares, or around 9.2 percent of shares outstanding.


Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Thousands of Palestinian  prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better  conditions Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he  didn't care if they starved to death.


A government report grossly underestimates the potential for domestic production of the alternative fuel. Is it incompetence or an intentional slight? In Autopia.


A broken sprinkler sputtered in the northeast corner of one of Stoneham High's soccer fields last Thursday, having provided a watering hole for a gaggle of geese that boldly marched across the field upon which they had left their mark over several weeks.


Wash. DC council clears altered baseball plan

The Washington, DC, City Council approved funds for a Major League Baseball stadium late Tuesday, but substantially altered the plan by requiring the mayor to find private financing for half the construction costs.


Brad Penny and the Los Angeles Dodgers are enjoying this stretch of their topsy-turvy season. Penny became the NL's first 13-game winner, recently acquired Wilson Betemit hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday.


Malta to oppose work time directive changes

Malta will be opposing fresh proposals in relation to the work time directive which the European Commission plans to make next week.


Car Bombs in Iraq Kill at Least 42, Wound 140

Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding around 140, many of them children, officials and doctors said.


Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.


Update 6: DaimlerChrysler Posts 3Q Profit

DaimlerChrysler AG reported third quarter profits of almost 1 billion euros on Thursday, rebounding from a year-earlier loss, thanks to a strong performance from a Chrysler division rejuvenated by new models like the 300C sedan and Dodge Magnum wagon.


Indian court lifts state ban on Coke, Pepsi

KOCHI, India  - A court in India on Friday lifted   a state ban on Coca-Cola KO.N and PepsiCo PEP.N drinks,   which had been imposed after an environmental group said they   contained unsafe levels of pesticides.


Struggling Sorenstam holds onto 1-shot lead

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Instead of running away, Annika Sorenstam had to catch up yesterday. Sorenstam lost her three-shot lead in five holes, then had to make three birdies during the final six holes to salvage


Bruxelles all'Italia: 'avanti con il risanamento'


Unarmed and headed back to their homes on leave, 49 Iraqi soldiers were ambushed this weekend in eastern Iraq and shot to death, many of them killed execution style


The spate of terrorist attacks in Russia illustrates that President Vladimir V. Putin's hard-line policy in Chechnya is failing to resolve that conflict or to make Russians safer.


ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn't -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.


Red Hat taps Netscape to broaden its landscape

com September 30, 2004, 8:02 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Josh Groban's "Noel" ruled the pop album charts for a fifth week Thursday, a record for a Christmas release, while Mary J. Blige's new CD provided some stiff competition as overall sales surged in the holiday shopping frenzy.


Director to name twins after Ash, Abhishek

The Anglo-Asian filmmaker who directed Bend it Like Beckham wants to name her twin babies after top Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.


From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge.


Infosys expands operations in Czech Republic

(InfoWorld) - Indian outsourcer Infosys TechnologiesÂ is expanding its facility in Brno in the Czech Republic, to boost its ability to deliver services to its European customers. The expanded facility will have a capacity of 350 seats by January, Infosys of Bangalore said on Wednesday. Infosys has about 130 staff in Brno, who deliver business process outsourcing (BPO) services such as sales order management, finance and accounts, market research and underwriting for clients in 16 European countries. Over 80 percent of the staff at Brno are hired locally, and operations are run in 13 different languages including German, French, and Spanish, Infosys said. The company is planning to also deliver IT services such as infrastructure management and package implementations such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) from Brno once the expanded facility is in operation. A number of Indian outsourcing companies including Wipro and HCL Technologies have set up operations in Europe or acquired companies there with an eye to the European market. Currently, the U.S. and U.K. account for most of the revenue of Indian outsourcing companies. Although companies in the U.K. outsource software development and business processes to India, the rest of Europe has been comparatively slower in outsourcing to India. Continental Europe accounts for only about 12 to 13 percent of India's outsourcing revenues, according to India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom). Infosys' revenue from Europe has grown by 60 percent year-on-year for the last three years. Europe accounted for about 25 percent of the revenue of Infosys in the last quarter, but most of that came from the U.K., according to a spokeswoman for Infosys. Besides expanding in Brno, Infosys is also setting up a development facility in Swindon in the U.K. The company also has a development center in Germany, and a center in Mauritius that is designed to address European customers because the population in Mauritius is multilingual, the spokeswoman said. Having centers in Europe helps Infosys build up capabilities in the specific European languages required by customers, and also comply with European Union regulations on data protection and privacy, which require that certain types of data should not be sent for processing outside the E.U., the spokeswoman added.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Sassari, 17:10 - CALCIO, INCIDENTI TORRES-GROSSETO: NIENTE STADIO PER 12 TIFOSI

Niente stadio per i prossimi tre anni per dodici tifosi della Torres. Il provvedimento è stat...


A touring song-and-dance performance uses musical sounds recorded by Icelandic engineers in the 1960s who worked with the decades-old, room-size computer. Older IBM-heads are loving it.


Donald Trump knows a thing or two about diversifying.


Google Plots to Become Master of the Universe

By James Forsyth  FEW companies entered public consciousness as deeply and as quickly as Google. Founded less than eight years ago, Google is no longer just a proper noun, it's a verb as well.


Senate votes to block Mexican trucks test

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to block funding for a Bush administration test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement.


AN axe-wielding passenger has attacked two pilots aboard a Norwegian passenger plane in an apparent but failed bid to crash it. Police said the man had been taken to a psychiatric unit.


Chechen Warlord Threatens More Attacks After Beslan

Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility on Friday for the Russian school siege in which more than 320 hostages were killed, half of them children, and


Rove Testifies in CIA Leak Investigation

President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, testified Friday before a federal grand jury trying to determine if an administration official leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer.


In Guilty Plea, Actressâs Killer Changes Story to Robbery

An illegal immigrant from Ecuador changed his story and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Adrienne Shelly, a filmmaker.


EU and U.S. trade charges of blocking Bali talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.


Indian FM Natwar sparks controversy with Korea nuclear interview

Indian foreign affairs minister Natwar Singh has stirred controversy with an interview in which he urged South and North Korea not to follow India's example by becoming a nuclear power.


Pavlovskiy team squeezing open support to Yanukovych out of Putin, says Russian political scientist

Open support by Russian President Vladimir Putin for presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych may gain Ukraine's premier 2-3% of votes during the presidential elections in Ukraine, says Andrey Piontkovskiy, ...


The NCAA alleges Oklahoma failed to adequately monitor the employment of several athletes, including some football players who worked during the academic year.


Despite competition from the baseball playoffs, five times as many television viewers watched Tuesday's vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards, Nielsen Media Research said.


Press Snoop: Schumacher front row at Suzuka.

It's an all Schumacher front row at Suzuka International Circuit in Suzuka-Shi for the Japanese Grand Prix, with MICHAEL SCHUMACHER on pole and younger brother RALF beside him.


Google cookie expiration plans called âworthlessâ

(InfoWorld) - Google Inc.'s plans to shorten the life-span of cookies installed on a user's computer, ostensibly to improve user privacy, is being dismissed by some as complete hype. Apart from making it appear that the company is taking steps to address growing privacy concerns related to its data storing habits, in reality, the move changes very little they said. "No users will experience any gains in privacy at all due to Google's change in policy," said Randy Abrams, director of technical education at ESET, a vendor of antivirus products based in San Diego. "It's not a bad idea. It's just a worthless one. (Google's announcement either) demonstrates a complete lack of understanding about the role cookies can play in privacy, or else utter contempt for the intellect of Google users." In a blog post on Monday, Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer said that in the coming months the company will start issuing user cookies that will be set to auto-expire after two years. Currently the cookies set by Google on a user's computer are designed to expire in 2038 -- unless users set their browsers to delete them sooner, he said "After listening to feedback from our users and from privacy advocates, we've concluded that it would be a good thing for privacy to significantly shorten the lifetime of our cookies," Fleischer said. But the fact that Google's cookies will auto-renew every time a user visits a Google web site completely negates any affect the move might have had, Abrams said. Only users who do not return to Google for two years will have their cookies auto-expire after that period. In all other cases, cookies will auto-renew and reset their life-spans with each visit to a Google site. Consequently the move has no effect on Google's existing privacy posture, said Pete Lindstrom an analyst with the Burton Group in Midvale, Utah. "As far as I can tell, there's going to be no change to the effective level of their intrusiveness, which I don't think is too significant in the first place. Maybe they want to get a little bit of privacy press." Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Google's plans to shorten the life-span of its cookies come amid growing concerns, especially in the European Union (EU), about its data retention policies. In June, Privacy International, a global privacy advocacy group, placed Google at the bottom of a list of 23 internet companies for "comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy." In June Google announced that it would anonymize its search server logs, including IP addresses and cookie ID numbers after 18 months. That move was in response to a letter sent in May by the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, which expressed concerns about the length of time Google stores information in its search server logs. The letter, addressed to Fleischer, noted that server logs contain information that could be linked to an identified or identifiable person and therefore come under the purview of European data protection laws. In the same letter, the EU group also expressed concern about the 30-year life span of the cookies that Google installs on user systems. The letter noted that the Google's cookie lifespan was "disproportionate" to its stated purpose of storing user preference information.


Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has resigned, a government official said on Friday. Thompson, 63, informed his staff of his decision.


The Texas Rangers got the sweep they needed against Oakland's "Big Three" to keep their postseason hopes alive.


Meredith Hellicar, chairman, and Peter Macdonald, chief executive of James Hardie Industries NV, speak on a teleconference from Sydney about the company's responsibilities to asbestos victims.


Napoli, 18:56 - CALCIO, FERLAINO: NAPOLI MERITAVA PROMOZIONE

Il Napoli torna in A dopo sei anni e tante traversie societarie che lo hanno portato anche in C1 per...


Big Losers, but Can Viewers Keep the Pace?

Some find the contestantsâ drastic weigh loss on âThe Biggest Loser,â the NBC reality series, undermining for its viewers also trying to lose pounds.


Woods charges into share of early lead in Boston

NORTON, Massachusetts  - Holder Tiger Woods reeled off three consecutive birdies to move into a tie for the lead midway through the Deutsche Bank Championship third round on Sunday.


VC Insider: Open source software firm gets 2nd round

Open source software companies have gotten a lot of buzz, but most have yet to prove their staying power.


Some High Prices and Some Low Points in Auction at Sotheby's

Big estimates don't necessarily mean big prices. That was the lesson the art world learned at Sotheby's sale of Impressionist and modern art last night.


Thousands of partygoers showed up for this sleepy island's annual New Year's Eve bash that is the talk of the Caribbean, swelling the population twentyfold. But this year the merriment came under the shadow of the Asian tsunami.


Afghan president says bin Laden 'definitely' in region

Hamid Karzai also tells CNN that the al-Qaida leader will be caught because, as he put it, âhe can't run forever.''.


The five points of the Najaf peace agreement

NAJAF: Rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr and his Mehdi Army were preparing to hand over the keys to the Imam Ali shrine on Friday after Sadr agreed a peace initiative by Iraqâs top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to end fierce fighting in the


Energy Costs a Top Concern for New Hampshire Voters

Despite what many here consider a rising energy crisis, most voters said the presidential candidates had disappointingly vague approaches to the problem.


Powers seek elusive deal on tougher Iran sanctions

The world's major powers will try Tuesday to overcome differences over imposing more sanctions on Iran and to keep up pressure on the Tehran leadership to curb its nuclear program.


Because its first stage burned out prematurely, Boeing Co.'s Decatur-built Delta IV heavy-lift rocket Monday put a dummy satellite payload in an orbit closer to Earth than expected, Boeing said in a Wednesday news release.


Tennis: Australia's Hewitt reaches quarter-finals at Washington tennis

WASHINGTON : Lleyton Hewitt further polished his form on hardcourt with the US Open drawing near, earning a 6-3, 6-2 second-round win against Colombian Alejandro Falla at the 500,000-dollar Washington Open.


Under US pressure, Tehran halts uranium conversion

Under pressure from Washington, Tehran acquiesced November 28 to demands by the French, German, and British governments that it halt all activities related to the enrichment of uranium.


U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as energy  shares were dragged down by a drop of more than a $1 a barrel  in crude oil prices to a 3-month low.


North Korea says has funds, awaits U.N. team

North Korea said on Monday it would start implementing a nuclear disarmament deal struck in February and awaits a visit by U.N. inspectors now that a dispute over its funds frozen at a Macau bank had been resolved.


UPM employees threaten strike over severance package

Workers at wood processing plants of the forest company UPM have threatened to go on strike for a few days to protest the planned implementation of job cuts in the company.


U.S. urges Brazil to crack down on pirated goods

Brazil, the world's fourth biggest market for pirated goods, must do more to fight piracy of international products which cost companies billions of dollars annually, the U.S. Attorney General said on Friday.


Iraq oil law stalled, no end to impasse in sight

A law that could shape Iraq's future by clearing the way for investment in its oil fields is deadlocked by a battle for control of the reserves and no end to the impasse is in sight, lawmakers and officials say.


Defence firm BAE Systems faces corruption claims over its activities in six countries, ministers confirm.


Matt and Trey Tick Off the World in 'Team America'

Matt Stone and Trey Parker don't hate Hollywood, even though they blow up and kill most of today's liberal actors in their puppet movie "Team America: World Police.


Svetlana Kuznetzova beats an injured Lindsay Davenport 1-6 6-2 6-4 to reach the final of the US Open.


Israel's top legal official tells the government to halt confiscating Palestinian property in East Jerusalem.


Old Faithful: PlayStation 2 Still Dominates PS3, Xbox 360

Sony's PlayStation 2 has sold a reported 115 million units worldwide making it the best selling console in history.


Istanbul, 12:22 - CALCIO, MIDDLESBROUGH: IN ARRIVO TUNCAY

La stampa turca scrive oggi che il Middlesbrourgh ha acquistato il centravanti Tuncay Sanli dal Fene...


By Jennifer Caballero, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Sep. 17--Autumn is the time to admire the ever-changing foliage of the  trees. But for homeowners, it's also the season for picking up leaves, hewing  branches and trimming dying hedges.


Pakistan offers reward for terror suspects

Pakistan is offering rewards for six suspected terrorists, two of them wanted for assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf.


Torino, 19:08 - CALCIO, TORINO; COMOTTO: FELICE DI ESSERE RIMASTO GRANATA

Dopo l'apertura delle buste, il difensore del Torino Gianluca Comotto si è detto felice di re...


Fannie Mae Didn't Comply With Accounting Rules, S.E.C. Says

Fannie Mae, the biggest source of money for U.S. home mortgages, broke accounting rules for financial contracts designed to protect against swings in interests rates.


Yiddish Theatre Star Molly Picon Exhibit Opens at New York Public Library

Playbill - "The Sweetheart of Second Avenue," Molly Picon, is the subject of a newly opened exhibit at the New York Public Library.


US Airways' Unions Unlikely to Give Concessions in Bankruptcy

US Airways Group Inc.'s unions, defying efforts to win labor concessions to avert a bankruptcy, are unlikely to give up pay and benefits under a threat of cuts imposed by a court, a labor leader and consultants said.


Ernie Els remained a stroke behind Australia's Terry Pilkadaris after the third round of the Korean Open, shooting a 3-over 75 Saturday in rainy and windy conditions on the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club course.


Google and Instant Messenger  Google already dominates the search engine market, where once Yahoo! ruled userâs browser. With GMail and Google Desktop Search, they are entering prime time Microsoft domain. Speculation prevails that it will not be long before Google enters the instant messaging market. We have discussed before that Google ...


Tiger Woods is looking to take a more hands-on approach at the next Ryder Cup in a bid to improve the US team's chances. Woods has revealed he is interested in a vice-captain's role, with increased tactical


Nintendo Wii Controller Sidelining Virtual Athletes

Take a hot new gaming console, toss in an innovative motion-sensing controller, mix in some athletic games and what do you get? In some cases, a new repetitive motion injury that some doctors have dubbed "Wii-itis."


UK monitoring five planes in radiation probe

Britain is monitoring five planes for radiation in an ever widening probe into the poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow.


SanDisk sues LG, 24 others for patent infringement

SanDisk is suing 25 companies, including South Korean giant LG Electronics for allegedly infringing patents used in removable flash storage products including MP3 players and USB flash drives.The Milpitas, California, chip maker has also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), asking to have defendants in the court cases barred from importing products into the U.S.The company filed two lawsuits in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, one alleging the infringement of five patents in the ITC complaint, and another one including two additional patents not involved in the ITC action.The court and ITC complaints could affect the prices and availability of products made by companies targeted in the suit if SanDisk wins and the companies are barred from importing products into the U.S.The suit also covers makers of CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, and other removable flash storage products used in digital cameras, mobile phones, and other gadgets, and includes companies from around the world, such as Japan's Buffalo, Acer affiliate Apacer Technology of Taiwan, and Kingston Technology of California.


Many Bodies Found In Basment Of Sadr's Religious Court: Iraqi ...

NAJAF, Iraq, Aug 27  - Iraqi police said Friday they found "many" bodies of dead civilians and police, including some who were executed and mutilated, at a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf.


IRAQ: CAOS E TERRORE A BAQUBA, INCERTO IL NUMERO DELLE VITTIME

BAQUBA - Caos e terrore oggi a Baquba, dove gruppi di ribelli hanno attaccato simultaneamente tre stazioni della polizia locale. Incerto e' ancora il numero delle vittime dell'offensiva , che e' stato subito


DEVELOPMENT-LATIN AMERICA:  'Italy Wants to Play its Role'

ROME, Oct 19 (IPS) - The European Union could help in better  distribution of the benefits of economic growth in Latin America,  under proposals presented at a meeting between Italy and Latin  America-Caribbean countries this week.


Recent scrum-half signing, Australian Matt Henjak, returned home today after being called up by the Wallabies for their European tour next month.


Bono's U.S.-based anti-poverty groups to merge

Anti-poverty groups the ONE Campaign and DATA, both co-founded by rock star Bono, will merge in the United States to form a single organization in tackling poverty, especially in Africa, officials said on Monday.


Cubans Change Dollars Into Local Currency

Cubans and tourists lined up to change U.S. dollars into local currency Sunday, the last day to do so without paying a 10 percent surcharge that is part of a government measure to eliminate the dollar from circulation on this communist-run island.


More than a third of Americans use their computers while they're watching TV. That means big opportunities for the TV industry and for multitasking viewers


Annika Sorenstam lost her No. 1 L.P.G.A. world ranking to Lorena Ochoa after two injured disks in her neck cost her playing time and disrupted her usual ferocious fitness routine.


Recording Said to Be Bin Laden Praises Attack in Saudi Arabia

A recording broadcast today of a voice that seems to be Osama bin Laden's accuses the ruling dynasty in his Saudi homeland of being the "agents of infidels" and applauds


Differences cool Bush-Putin relationship

U.S. relations with Russia are on simmer, so President Bush's meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be judged on how respectfully the two leaders agree to disagree.


State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004

Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed looks yet at current practices and advertiser spending in the search marketing industry.


Stock Focus: London Stocks Are A Bargain

Stocks may be the last affordable thing in the U.K.'s capital. Here's why.


U.S. Designates Al-Manar TV as 'Terrorist'

The United States on Friday  designated al-Manar television -- the mouthpiece of Lebanon's  Hizbollah anti-Israel guerrillas -- a terrorist organization,  prompting an end to its U.S. satellite transmissions.


Digital mammogram best for younger women: study

Digital mammography was much better than traditional film mammography at spotting breast cancers in younger women or those with dense breasts, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Howard Stern and his   ex-bosses at CBS Radio have agreed to a settlement in the breach of   contract suit filed against the shock jock back in February, E! Online   has learned.


Studios line up behind competing new DVDs

Three large Hollywood studios are throwing their weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy.


Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence

The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the


During a three-year career in which Corey Websterâs role with the Giants has expanded and shrunk, again and again, a crowd at his locker has not always been a positive thing.


Palestinians: Israeli strike kills 3 in Gaza

An Israeli drone fired three rockets into Khan Yunis in southern Gaza early Thursday, killing two field commanders from the militant group Hamas and another person, Palestinian security forces said.


Chrysler to close 2 plants in Q3 2008: magazine

DaimlerChrysler's loss-making Chrysler division will close two manufacturing plants in the third quarter of 2008 in an effort to boost capacity utilization and stem costs, a German magazine reported.


Country music superstar George Strait has roped an honorary degree.


College football has seen this happen before, most recently a decade ago when Penn State finished 12-0 in 1994 and didn't win a share of the national title.


India welcomes Myanmar military strongman who sacked its premier

NEW DELHI : India welcomed Myanmar's army strongman General Than Shwe, who arrived on an official visit days after sacking his prime minister in what was seen as a bid to promote military hardliners.


NTG Clarity Networks Inc. To Provide Core180 With Management Software

NTG Clarity Networks Inc., (TSX VENTURE: NCI) a leader in delivering network, IT and infrastructure solutions, announced that it will supply Core180, a network-based application provider, located in the New York City Metro Area with integrated operations support system (OSS) software.


Tied Presidential Election Could Be Mother of All Messes

A freak tie result in the presidential election could mean the House of Representatives would choose the next president, a scenario that would favor Republican incumbent George W. Bush.


Now ItÂs Iraq for Mr. Fix-It of the G.O.P.

James A. Baker III is in high diplomat mode, on a mission to aid his country and rescue his president Â and seal his legacy in the realm of statesmen.


WTO rules against US on internet gambling

The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled Wednesday that the United States' prohibition on cross-border gambling on the internet violated free trading agreements.


Anti-Kerry Veterans Send Mail to 6 States

Vietnam veterans who oppose John Kerry's presidential campaign sent out 2.4 million pieces of mail in six battleground states over the past two weeks, restating their complaints against the Democratic candidate.


Nintendo briefly outstrips Sony in market value

Nintendo Co. Ltd.  briefly zipped past Sony Corp.  in market capitalization on Monday to become one of Japan's 10 most valuable companies as it elbows the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance of the game industry.


UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs condemns the US decision to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over Darfur.


Wage gains stay ahead of inflation in August

Gains in workers' pay outpaced inflation for the second straight month in August, the government said Thursday in a report suggesting subdued price pressures are helping employees come out slightly ahead.


President Sets Retirement After 41-Year Career With Verizon

The president of Verizon Communications, Lawrence T. Babbio Jr., will step down by the end of the first quarter of 2007.


Gazprom decides to bid for Yukos key oil unit

MOSCOW - Russia's Gazprom said on Tuesday it will bid for embattled oil firm Yukos' main unit next month, as the Kremlin seeks to turn the world's biggest gas producer into a major oil player.


Ex-parish councillor marries bin Laden's son

A former parish councillor has married a son of Osama bin Laden following a "fairytale romance" in Egypt and is making plans for when he will be able to obtain a visa to come and live with her.


BAGHDAD - A top aide to Iraqi rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says militias loyal to the religious leader will turn in their weapons in exchange for assurances they won't be persecuted.


E' morto Gigi Sabani una vita da imitatore

Il popolare showman è improvvisamente scomparso a causa di un attacco cardiaco. Aveva 54 anni. E' stato uno degli imitatori piÃ¹ popolari


Defending champion Maria Sharapova has to work hard to see off Michaella Krajicek at the Pacific Life Open.


Nick Sloan, a captain in the Air Force, was $68,021.35 in debt when he decided to go to Iraq, where he receives extra pay and has minimal living expenses.


Survey: More government workers can telecommute

A survey says 96% of U.S. government employees could work from home at least part time -- but only about 20% do.


China court rejects suit over right to sex

A Chinese court has rejected a woman's   claims for compensation for her sex life, which was ruined when   her husband was injured in an accident, the Shanghai Daily   reported on Thursday.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has left the club, according to reports this morning


La Societa' italiana di Pediatria donera' pieno sostegno


LunedÃ¬ l'autopsia della ragazza massacrata. La madre ...

Per gli inquirenti il delitto Ã¨ maturato nell'ambito delle amicizie della vittima. Il cadavere potrebbe essere stato spostato. FOGGIA - Sarebbero concentrate su un giovane sulla trentina e su alcuni altri


Oil fell below $93 per barrel Monday in thin trade as mild weather swept across the key heating regions of the United States, cutting fuel demand.


First Black Watch troops move north to Sunni Triangle

BAGHDAD, Iraq An advance party of British soldiers has arrived at its new base near Baghdad. The small group from the Scottish Black Watch regiment set up base camp south of the capital, according to a pool report made to British media.


Russian mobile operator hit with almost 160 mln tax claim

Alarm spread through the investment community in Russia as authorities slapped a back tax bill of almost 160 million dollars (121 million euros) on the number two mobile phone operator Vimpelcom, in what is widely seen as a government-linked campaign against the firm.


IBM developerWorks: Java and PHP technology on AIX - Integrate the Java business application w/ DB2

On the IBM developerWorks site, the next part of their tutorial series looking at working with AIX and PHP has been posted. This time, there's a focus on integrating a Java business application in using DB2 (version 9) as the backend.   It is possible to develop applications that employ both Java and PHP technology on AIX. You can use the Java programming language for the core logic (or redeploy an existing Java-based application), while gaining the benefits of PHP as a Web-based interface platform. In this article, the third of the series, find out how to connect the core application created in the second installment to a DB2 database for the storage of the survey questions and responses.   They talk some about database roles before working through the DB2 database installation. Then it's time to make the connection to the application, create the table structures and insert information.


Lowell: Baseball held to higher standard

World Series MVP Mike Lowell is willing to give blood if that's what it takes to be tested for human growth hormone. But only if the test is 100 percent accurate. Not 99 percent.


Bear Stearns profits rise on merger fees and debt

Bear Stearns Cos.  said on Thursday quarterly net income soared 38 percent, helped by gains from fees for merger advice and underwriting debt.


Bollywood Treatment for Vanity Fair Classic

The director and stars of the new big screen adaptation of Vanity Fair today defended the film after it received a drubbing from the critics.


Semifinals - Saturday, August 21 ----- Ryan Moore (1) def. Jeff Overton (20), 2 and 1 Luke List (6) def. Chris Nallen (10), 19 Holes.


Clashing over Iraq, Sen. John Kerry said Friday that President Bush's policies made the war against terror harder to win and "let Osama bin Laden slip away." Bush chastised his Democratic rival for questioning the motives of Iraq's interim prime minister.


New video draws tough remarks from Bush, Kerry camps

A new videotape by Osama bin Laden broadcast Friday detailed his reasons for ordering the Sept. 11 attacks and triggered defiant responses from President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on the campaign trail.


With few top-shelf teams this season, several factors are contributing to a shortage of quality, well-played NFL games.


CDC Flu Plan Aims to Guard Those at Risk

The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.


The dollar hit a 1-1/2 week high versus  a broadly weak yen on Friday, underpinned by expectations for  higher U.S. interest rates and fading speculation Asian  authorities would let their currencies rise soon.


DOGDORE, Chad -- The sun beat down on 18-month-old Izzedine Adam, who sat naked and crying on the floor of his roofless straw hut. His mother cannot afford a sturdier home or even clothes to protect him from the cold desert nights. For now, she is just trying to find enough food to keep him alive.


AS Roma have agreed terms with former Chievo Verona coach Luigi Del Neri. Del Neri will replace German Rudi Voeller who resigned on Sunday after less than a month in charge of the Serie A club.


Alvin and the Chipmunks could soon be singing their famous tunes on the big screen in a live-action/computer-animated feature.


If Thursday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks is any indicator, it may be a hard road for the Miami Heat without Dwyane Wade. One night after Wade dislocated his left shoulder, the Mavericks jumped out to a 23-point halftime lead on the way to a 112-100 victory over the defending NBA champs.


Firefighters are dealing with a chemical fire at Immingham docks.


Taser Shares Soar on Airline's Approval of Use of Stun Guns

Taser International Inc. shares jumped as much as 20 percent on news the US Transportation Security Administration approved the company's stun guns for use on the aircraft of Korean Air Lines flying in the US.


Udine, 19:49 - CALCIO, UDINESE: SI STRINGONO TEMPI PER INGRESSO AD ABBONATI

L'Udinese stringe i tempi per aprire il Friuli nella gara con il Parma ai 13.656 abbonati. La societ...


Scoperto dai carabinieri, eseguiti dieci arresti


MARTIN JOHNSON believes Jonny Wilkinson will get the support he needs to succeed as England rugby captain. Newcastle fly-half Wilkinson was yesterday appointed skipper for the November Tests against Canada, South Africa and Australia.


Glover Criticizes U.S. on Land Mine Treaty

Danny Glover criticized the "arrogance and dismissiveness" of the U.S. government, expressing regret that his own country has yet to sign a 144-nation treaty to eliminate the use of land mines.


Angry protests and strikes break out after a grenade attack on an opposition rally in Dhaka kills at least 18 people and narrowly misses a former prime minister.


Microsoft, AT&T Patent Case Before Supreme Court

Microsoft Corp. presented oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-year-old patent lawsuit filed by AT&T Inc. whose outcome could require U.S. software companies to pay fines for patent-infringing software assembled in other countries.


Sirius plans to buy XM in $4.6 billion stock deal

Sirius Satellite Radio  plans  to buy larger U.S. rival XM  for $4.6 billion in stock  to bring entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and shock-jock  Howard Stern under one roof, but a top regulator said the deal  would face a tough time winning approval.


Filmmaker exposes gay life, pollution in China

SINGAPORE  - Documentary maker Ruby Yang is laying bare some of China's thorniest issues -- HIV/AIDS, tobacco and the ravages of smoking, homosexuality and the environment.


Putin claims the right to re-nationalise Yukos

The Russian president on Thursday hit out at the flawed privatisations of the early 1990s and argued that the state had every right to make amends by re-nationalising Yukos's core assets.


BAE Systems is reported to be planning to set up an external ethics committee to look into its arms deals.


All non-essential flights have been cancelled at RAF Kinloss in memory of the 14 servicemen killed when their Nimrod crashed.


Obama, McCain Make Pledge on Campaign Funds, Pressuring Others

Bloomberg - March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain pledged to accept public financing of the 2008 presidential election if they win the nominations of their parties and their opponents agree to do the same.


An Intellectual Insider, Forever on the Outside

Introverted and combative, Alfred Kazin, who died in 1998 at 83, presents a wealth of contradictions for Richard M. Cook to put his arms around.


Weight gain blamed for women's heartburn

Women who put on extra pounds raise their risk of getting frequent heartburn or making symptoms worse &#151; even if they aren't overweight, a new study found.


As injured Celtics forward Kevin Garnett was about to depart from practice at the Denver Athletic Club last night, Nuggets fan Tim Schimberg yelled out, "You got one more game to sit out."


Deals are sprouting everywhere. One for the electronic trader might be on tap.


On the heels of its  record-setting premiere for the comedy series "Tyler Perry's  House of Payne," TBS has scored again with the debut of the  original sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show."


The Rouse Company, the mall developer that has reshaped the nation's landscape, agreed to be acquired by General Growth Properties for $7.2 billion in cash.


CHELSEA moved six points clear at the top of the table after cruising to a 4-0 win over Norwich City on a day which rained goals. Jose Mourinho's star-studded side had too much class on the counterattack for


GM's Opel to push for 40-hour work week for German employees

Automaker Adam Opel AG is proposing increasing the work week for its German employees to 40 hours from 35 hours to save money, according to a report Friday.


Comunicato dell'azienda nella tarda serata di ieri"A Padula niente piÃ¹ blocchi, ancora problemi intorno a Sirino"                                          L'Anas: "Sulla Salerno-Reggio  la situazione sta migliorando"


Truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp.  warned on Friday that it will miss its own deadline for filing delayed financial reports, prompting the New York Stock Exchange to say it will begin procedures to delist the stock.


Trash talk between One Laptop and the PC crowd rages on

Remember. When criticizing others in a crowded room, someone will hear you. CNET's Michael Kanellos attends a speech by Nicholas Negroponte at CES 2008.


The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday.


US wins `trade fight' to describe products

The US claimed victory on Tuesday in a trade fight with the EU over the right of US exporters to use geographic food names such as Florida oranges or Idaho potatoes to describe their products in European markets.


The US Justice Department said yesterday it is investigating The New York Times Co.'s plan to buy a 49 percent stake in the free commuter daily Metro Boston, a deal the Boston Herald has challenged as a threat to competition.


Woman injured London-based outsourcing specialist Capita confirmed there was an explosion at its Victoria Street office this morning, injuring one female staff member.â¦


Credit Issuer Says Data Lost for 650,000 Customers

A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney is missing, credit card issuer GE Money said on Friday.


Oracle Corp. plans to release the latest version of its CRM (customer relationship management) applications within the next two months, as part of an ongoing update of its E-Business Suite.


Greek Hijackers Warn of Deadly End if Ransom Not Met

Two suspected Albanians armed with  rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed passenger bus in Athens  and warned they would "light the fuse" if a Thursday deadline  for payment of a $1 million ransom was not met.


Polls Unlikely to Halt Afghan Drug Trade - Experts

Afghanistan's opium trade has revived and  is thriving under the country's U.S.-backed leaders and experts  say that is not likely to change any time soon no matter who  wins next month's first direct presidential election.


Alta. woman 3rd person in Canada to undergo lung transplant from ...

EDMONTON (CP) - A woman from Edmonton has become only the third person in Canada to successfully undergo a lung transplant from two living donors.


Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help

How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?


Japan's top automakers' November output rises sharply on strong ...

TOKYO: Japan's top three automakers Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. said that global production rose sharply in November on the back of strong overseas demand.


Williams ready to defend Australian Open tennis title

American superstar Serena Williams finally arrived in Australia on Sunday, tired and several days late, but confident she was on track to defend her Australian Open title.


The parents of a US-born Jewish teen killed by Palestinian militants near a West Bank bus stop eight years ago call a $156 million federal court award against three Islamic charities and an alleged Hamas fundraiser "justice.


E.ON faces fine for allegedly breaking into EU room: report

German energy group E.ON faces possible fines of hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) for allegedly breaking into a room sealed by European Union investigators, the Financial Times reported.


As many as 30 inmates escaped through a small hole in a prison wall in the latest of several breakouts from Haiti's largest penitentiary, police said Tuesday.


Obama, Clinton tied in 2008 Democratic race

Barack Obama has erased a once  substantial deficit to climb into a virtual tie with Hillary  Clinton in the U.S. Democratic presidential race, according to  a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.


Gates Tops Forbes List of Richest in U.S. -- Again

The Nasdaq may be well off its highs  of the dot-com era, but tech tycoons still top the list of the  wealthiest Americans.


Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. warplane bombed near Najaf's vast cemetery as fighting with Shiite militants intensified Tuesday...


Suicide Bomber Kills 12 in Attack on Iraqi Police

A suicide car bomber plowed into policemen waiting to collect their salaries at a police station west of Ramadi Monday, killing 12 people in the latest insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security forces.


Honda reports record first-half sales, profits

Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday reported record sales and profits on a consolidated basis for the first half, mainly due to brisk vehicle sales in Japan, Europe and Asia.


Thames users 'at risk from untreated sewage'

Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.


Stocks vs. Funds: Which Is Right for You?

Be careful -- you might be a disastrous fit with individual stocks.


A 23-year-old woman is raped by a stranger as she tries to make a call in a telephone box in Greater Manchester.


President OKs overhaul of corporate tax law

President Bush yesterday signed into law the most sweeping changes to the corporate tax code in nearly two decades. The bill creates roughly $140 billion in tax cuts for businesses and


TJX Cos. is annually a strong financial performer, but is the discount merchant perfect? The Framingham retailer filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday that had a new name in bold capital letters at the top of the filing - The Perfect Company.


Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claims the seeds for Scottish football's current problems were sown many years ago.


NATO began its spring offensive against the Taliban on Tuesday, launching its biggest offensive since the 2001 war targeting the rebels and drug lords.


Petraeus says Iraq "surge" working: paper

The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.


After waiting for nearly 12 full months, Red Sox Nation sat down to take in the ALCS rematch between Boston and New York. The Red Sox had come within five outs of


Groningen, 22:29 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: GRONINGEN-FIORENTINA 1-1

La Fiorentina ha pareggiato 1-1 (0-1) con gli olandesi del Groningen nella gara di andata del primo ...


Meg Whitman of eBay has been named the most powerful woman in corporate America by Fortune magazine, toppling Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard who had been at the top of the list since it began in 1998.


Russia says new ICBM can beat any system

Russia tested new missiles Tuesday that a Kremlin official boasted could penetrate any defense system, and President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S. plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe would turn the region into a "powder keg."


Cagliari, 18:59 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI KO NEL TEST CON LA VILLACIDRESE

Test infrasettimanale per il Cagliari, che ha affontato la Villacidrese. la compagine di Giampaolo &...


Ending dual spending battles with President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a $555 billion bill Wednesday that funds the Iraq war well into next year and government agencies through September.


Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies

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


Mauresmo whips Safina to gain semi-final berth

Top seed Amelie Mauresmo moved closer   to her first U.S. Open title by whipping error-prone Dinara   Safina 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.


Gruppo transalpino sarebbe in attesa di mosse dall'Italia


Internet Hunting Worries State Officials

A controversial website, www.live-shot.com, already allows Internet users to fire a .22 caliber rifle at targets on a Texas ranch from afar.


After a few  flops and a political detour, Mr. Reiner returns with âThe Bucket List,â which stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.


Clinton speaks from the heart for Kerry campaign

Former president Bill Clinton, in his first campaign appearance since heart surgery seven weeks ago, exhorted tens of thousands of fired-up Democrats in this critical


Hamas blocks Fatah's Gaza prayer protest

Hamas security forces armed with rifles and clubs beat Fatah supporters trying to hold street prayers to protest the Islamic group's rule in Gaza, witnesses said. Hamas men also assaulted at least seven Palestinian journalists and detained five.


Justin Gatlin could not feel his feet soaring to history, nor could he see any other runner beside him. The festival atmosphere in jam-packed Olympic Stadium, rocking only minutes


'Exorcist' Scares Up No. 1 Slot at Box Office

"Exorcist: The Beginning," a film  that had to be re-shot with a new director because the first  version was not scary enough, led the North American box office  over the weekend, as moviegoers once again flocked to the  resurrection of an aging franchise.


At Every Age, Feeling the Effects of Too Little Sleep

Even toddlers donât get enough rest, but the real agony starts in the teens.


Asian Linux Distributor Strikes Patent Covenant with Microsoft

In a deal that could lead to the creation of a unique cross-platform authentication system for heterogenous networks, Tokyo-based Linux distributor Turbolinux announced this morning, Japan time, it has reached an agreement with Microsoft for a cross-licensing of the two companies' patent portfolios.


British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw left London for Sudan, where he was to discuss the crisis in war-torn Darfur with President Omar al-Beshir and senior officials.


Ashcroft Opposes Commuting 'American Taliban's' Sentence

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Attorney General John Ashcroft is opposing an appeal by John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban.


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


SAP's ByDesign could be a winner, making SAP the loser?

SAP has a new SaaS suite, which may end up being its biggest competitor.


GOP Accused of Padding Intelligence Bill

New immigration barriers and expanded police powers, as well as making more of the public airwaves available for emergency services, are some of the issues trying to find a home in a bill to overhaul U.S. spy agencies.


Record labels including Universal and SonyBMG have begun selling music through a new download service.


Pontefice ha celebrato la solenne messa di mezzanotte


Many express sympathy to Zoltoks' family

Expressions of grief and sympathy for the sudden loss of Latvian hockey star Sergejs Zoltoks are pouring out since the news broke yesterday morning.


Is Microsoft-served ads slowing down Web sites? Plus, what is Ask erasing, and what are the others keeping? And a 'Knight Rider' comeback and more.


Unions representing workers at Turner & Newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm Federal Mogul.


Fat cat HP cashes in on PCs, servers and printers in Q1

Super Hurd laughs in the face of imploding economy Go ahead, Mark Hurd. Rip off those studious glasses and unbutton that blue Oxford shirt. We know there's a Superman costume lurking under the Clark Kent facade.â¦


Newmont seeks release of detained staff in Indonesia

A unit of US gold miner Newmont Mining Corp will request the release of five employees detained over pollution allegations after an Indonesian government study dismissed the claims, a lawyer said on Tuesday.


Turkish parliament passes major reform sought by EU

ANKARA : Turkish lawmakers adopted a far-reaching penal code reform, clearing a major obstacle to the country's bid to start accession talks with the European Union.


President Musharraf praises Pakistan's security forces for freeing the Red Mosque in Islamabad "from terrorists".


According to this new post on the Mambo Foundation's blog, they've made a decision on what to base the next version of their software on - the CakePHP PHP framework.   After a great deal of research the Mambo team has decided to utilize the CakePHP framework for Mambo 5.  CakePHP is a rapidly evolving, mature, and feature rich PHP framework.  The project is backed by an official Foundation (http://cakefoundation.org/) much like the Mambo project itself.  We believe this is an important criterion as it helps assure the project will remain active and community minded.   They include an overview of some of the features of the framework they plan to use including their flexible license, the simplicity of the development process and several "hot features" like built-in validation, access control lists and flexible view caching.


KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The World Food Program has suspended its operations in most of the Sudanese state of North Darfur and relocated its staff to the capital because of renewed clashes between rebels and government forces, the UN agency said Thursday.


WASHINGTON, Oct 15 The United States today formally designated the Iraqi insurgent group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi a âforeign terrorist organisationâ and slapped sanctions on him and other members, a day after they claimed responsibility for deadly


Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday that January sales rose 2.2 percent at its United States stores open at least a year, as shoppers redeemed their holiday gift cards.


Turner to pay cost of Boston security scare: report

Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay the full cost -- around $1 million -- of a security alert in Boston triggered by battery-powered cartoon advertising signs for one of its shows, The Boston Globe reported on Friday.


Members of Scotland's largest teaching union vote to demand a ban on armed forces recruitment in schools.


US Supreme Court to examine death penalty for juveniles

The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the legality of the death penalty for those who were 16 and 17 at the time of their crimes, although such punishment is increasingly rare in the 19 states that still allow it.


Tropical Storm Jeanne strengthened to near hurricane force as Puerto Ricans frantically bolted the doors of their homes, prepared to evacuate from lowlying areas and rushed to supermarkets to buy supplies.


Experts Urge Action as US Lines Up for Flu Shots

Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while


The discovery of carbon-14 paves the way for determining the age of rocks, fossils and what have you. Compiled by Tony Long.


Iran Insists on Keeping Some Centrifuges

Iran insisted Thursday it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium — a move that diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal.


Todd Dodge was hired as coach at North Texas on Tuesday, making the rare jump from high school to Division I-A after an unprecedented run of success at Southlake Carroll.


Iraq is still the focus after the debate, but campaigns will shift to domestic issues. By G. Robert Hillman and David Jackson. ALLENTOWN, Pa.


Peterson Defense Enters Fifth Day Of Questioning

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Scott Peterson's murder trial resumed Monday with his attorneys defending the assertions of an expert who testified about when Laci Peterson's fetus died.


ChildLine prepares for a deluge of calls from Harry Potter fans after the final book in the series goes on sale.


Copper thieves cause Australian rail snarls

Audacious thieves hoping to get rich in a "red gold" rush have caused serious transport disruptions by stealing copper wire from a major Australian train network, officials said.


Mary Pierce beats Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the US Open third round.


UN pullback in Sierra Leone moves to security handover in capital

FREETOWN : UN peacekeepers were handing over charge of security for Freetown to Sierra Leone's nascent police and armed forces, the latest step in a staggered withdrawal after a five-year mission to restore calm to the west African state.


Play-off earns Singh seventh victory of year

NOW that he is No1 in the world, Vijay Singh clearly believes that the best way to stay there is to continue the form that got him there and secure victory by playing better than everyone in the field - again.


On Tuesday, nearly a year and a half after the company first broke into the professional photography market with its editing suite, a new version was released.


On Sunday, voters will have a limited chance to elect members to the city's parliament.


An investigation into drug claims against Marion Jones is launched by the IOC.


DevShed: Uploading Files and Navigating Directories in PHP

Continuing on in their latest series (begun with this part), DevShed has posted part two of their look at working with files in PHP - "Uploading Files and Navigating Directories in PHP".   They jump right in, giving you the needed settings for your php.ini file to get the examples to work (mainly for the file uploads). They explain what a file upload form looks like and what some of the potential error codes could be.   The code comes next, showing a simple file upload form taking in the file, moving it off to another directory, and if there are errors, displaying them. The next obvious step up from a single file upload is the multiple file upload, and they show how to use PHP's form handling of arrays to accomplish this.    Finally, they include a simple little script to read the directory the files are in and display the information about them (like size file, name, and modified date).


Ariane Rocket Launches French Spy Satellite

A European Ariane rocket launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the third in a French-led drive for a European "spy in the sky" independent of the United States.


Astros, the opportunity to pitch his team into the World Series. ...

down to walk-off home runs. St. Louis won the first two contests at Busch. when Jeff Kent belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.


David Ortiz supported Curt Schilling with two home runs against the Devil Rays. Barry Zito didn't need much support at all to beat the Mariners again.


The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.


As of Friday, Sept. 17, 2004, 1,027 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 777 died as a result of hostile action and 250 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians. The department did not provide an update over the weekend.


AURORA, Ill. -- When Planned Parenthood wanted to open an abortion clinic in this Chicago suburb, its construction contractor opted not to disclose the purpose of the building when applying for city building permits.


Fashion Review: The Allure of Precision Just Around the Curve

As fashion week continues, a look at the collections of Benjamin Cho, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Rodarte and Thom Browne.


Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi decided Thursday to go ahead with a vote of confidence before the Senate, the ANSA news agency reported after the embattled centre-left leader met for a second time with President Giorgio Napolitano.


'Polar Express' author to discuss book's trip to screen

Asked how he gets ideas for pictures and stories, children's book author Chris Van Allsburg said he sees pictures of a story in his mind, then starts asking questions.


Car bomb defused outside London night club

Police defused a car bomb packed with gas, propane and nails outside a busy nightclub in the heart of London on Friday, foiling an attack that echoed an earlier al Qaeda plot and could have killed or wounded scores of people.


R.E. Lapp, 87, Physicist in Cold-War Debate on Civil Defense, Dies

Ralph E. Lapp was involved in atomic weapons from the earliest days of the Manhattan Project, and spoke out about the health effects of radiation into the 1990's.


Moore hits snag on Wall Street promoting "SiCKO"

Filmmaker Michael Moore said he was  barred from the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday for an  interview on his documentary on the U.S. health-care system, a  day after he was bumped from a national TV interview to make  way for Paris Hilton.


Judge defies Manila, keeps U.S. Marine in jail

A Philippine judge sidelined his government on Wednesday and denied a U.S. request for custody of a Marine who was convicted of raping a Filipino woman last year, while he appeals his case.


Microsoft v Google Times Online's verdict

Bill Gates may be the world's most generous philanthropist, but the technical teams under his charge may well experience the uncharitable side of his nature today.


Compass sees share price dive on profit warning

Compass Group saw its share price slump by almost 25 percent after the British catering group warned future annual profits would be reduced by 30 million pounds (43.9 million euros, 53.5 million dollars).


Vital Signs: On the Scales: Suicide Found to Be Less Likely in Heavier People

Health researchers have found a strong association between higher body mass index and a lower risk of suicide.


New England banks are racing to make the most of their World Series tickets and marketing opportunities during the games. Citizens Financial Group distributed Red Sox tickets to about two dozen employees through a random drawing, while Bank of America Corp. is encouraging its Boston employees to wear Red Sox hats or shirts to work. An internal note asked employees, ...


Spanish police arrested four Moroccans on the Canary Island of Lanzarote on suspicion of being members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. One is believed to have had a possible role in the Madrid train bombings, the Interior Ministry said.


While jailed in their home country, Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 street gang directed fellow members in suburban Maryland to commit violent crimes, including murders, federal officials said yesterday.


Kiev, 14:30 - CALCIO, UCRAINA: TYMOSHCHUK GIOCATORE DELL'ANNO

E' Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, centrocampista dello Shakhtar Donetsk, il miglior giocatore ucraino dell'ann...


Bush: Kerry Has 'Election Amnesia' on Iraq

FORT MYERS, Fla.  - President Bush said on  Saturday Sen. John Kerry has a case of "election amnesia" that  led him to shift his stance on Iraq, painting his Democratic  rival as a waverer unfit to lead America in threatening times.


Bonds Drills 700th Career Homer Against Padres

Barry Bonds hit his 700th career  home run on Friday, drilling a 0-1 pitch from Jake Peavy into  the left field seats in the third inning of a game against the  San Diego Padres.


China's Black Tuesday Darkens World Markets

Worries about government actions to cool economic growth reverberate around the globe.


Private Groups Buying Travelocity Parent

By DAVID KOENIG  DALLAS - Sabre Holdings Corp., parent of the online travel-booking service Travelocity.com and a leading distributor of airline reservations, said Tuesday it is being acquired by private-equity groups for about $4.5 billion.


DreamWorks soars on 1st day Shrek-sized hopes lift shares up 38%

Shares of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. jumped 38 percent on the first day of trading yesterday as investors anticipated Shrek-sized profits from the computer animation film studio.


IAEA to Have Partial Access to Iran Military Base

U.N. inspectors will visit a military  base in Iran on Thursday which Washington says may be part of a  covert atomic arms bid, but they will have only partial access  to the site, a senior Iranian official said.


No breakthrough TV series in season so far

With such titles as  "Vanished" and "Kidnapped," no wonder new hit shows have gone  missing so far this season, particularly at Fox.


Brazil's Lula in high-stakes battle against rival

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a run-off vote.


Spain are making their fifth appearance in a Davis Cup final, having faced Australia in each of the other four. They have repeated their run to the final last year where they were beaten on grass in Melbourne.


Is "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" for cure or for show?