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Dallas QB Testaverde returns to practice

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Vinny Testaverde returned to practice Friday after missing a day because of an undisclosed illness. Testaverde was listed as probable on the injury report, meaning the Cowboys still


Ben Roethlisberger is on the verge of becoming the only NFL rookie quarterback to win his first seven starts during the Super Bowl era, a feat not even John Elway, Dan Marino or Joe Montana accomplished.


The notion that names of Web sites can be valuable, cash-generating assets just like stocks, bonds or property appears to be gaining a broader acceptance.


Blair refuses to back Brown openly as successor

Tony Blair has refused to give a clear indication of support for chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown as his successor, despite repeated questions on the subject.


Soul star Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.


Like California a decade ago, the Sunshine State is moving toward providing relief for overburdened homeowners


La raccolta da clientela segna un +5% a 59.745 milioni euro


WHO warns of growing heart and stroke disease threat

Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year, more than any other cause, and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.


The Past Costs Backman His Job, Only Four Days After Receiving It

Four days after Wally Backman was introduced as the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks and months before he ever filled out a lineup card, the team fired him yesterday because of legal indiscretions he did not disclose to them.


La decisione annunciata da un comunicato del gruppoL'opzione, si legge, "Ã¨ uno strumento valido ed esercitabile"                                          Fiat, la put slitta a febbraio Prima la chiusura della mediation                                                                                Dopo un'apertura stabile, in calo in Borsa i titoli dell'azienda


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A little offense went a long way with David Wells on the mound. The Boomer pitched shutout ball for the first time this year, holding Florida to five hits in 6 2-3 innings and leading the San Diego Padres over the Florida Marlins 4-2 Monday night.


Poor nations fare badly in corruption survey

A new survey by Transparency International (TI), an anti-graft organisation, also rated Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay among the world's most corrupt nations.


A man questioned over the fatal stabbing a pregnant woman in a Hull street is released on bail.


BitTorrent plans movie download site for foreign films

The file transfer service BitTorrent plans to open an online movie store to sell foreign films and other hard to find video, including content from China, Japan and India.


Modena, 18:34 - CALCIO, MODENA: GIAMPA' NON SI E' ALLENATO

Allenamento tecnico-tattico per il Modena in vista della gara con il Grosseto. Differenziato per Lom...


Scientists find what appears to be a cure for the disease that is wiping out many of the world's frog species.


Robot dinosaur a popular, if clumsy, Vegas companion

The Pleo breaks a wine glass, but was easily the most popular guest at the Wynn hotel's posh Country Club steakhouse.


Finnish phone firm Nokia is to cut 700 jobs globally, in a bid to make itself "more competitive".


At Least 7 Killed as Gunmen Attack State Offices in Mexican Resort City

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 6 -- More than a dozen armed assailants staged and videotaped simultaneous attacks against two offices of the state attorney general Tuesday in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, killing at least seven people.


Despite a fall in sales of up to 40% Bernard Matthews - at the centre of a bird flu crisis - pledges to bounce back.


Rescue tugs are on the way to a stricken Canadian submarine stranded off the north-west coast after one of her crew lost his life to the catastrophe.


Investors wait to see if busy stores mean profits

With Black Friday in the rear-view mirror -- complete with eye-popping bargains and frenzied shoppers lining up overnight to buy that "must-have" 42-inch plasma television -- Wall Street now looks to Thursday to find out whether heavy markdowns took a toll on sales and profits.


A man is charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and trespass over the death of a Pc.


Google.org expands funding to attack world crises

Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google Inc, said on Thursday it is expanding beyond funding for alternative energy to focus on projects in health and combating poverty and climate change.


Free TV channel aims for Internet content

All you need to launch your own  television channel is a mobile phone with a camera, Finnish  technology startup Floobs said on Thursday.


The commercial arm of the BBC announces a tie-up with file-sharing company Azureus to distribute titles in the US.


The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual.


Irish PM Bertie Ahern tells parliament he regrets "misjudgements" over loans and event money.


(ANSA) - ATENE, 24 AGO - Si profila un nuovo caso doping ad Atene: il vincitore di una medaglia nell'atletica ha tentato di scambiare la provetta con le sue urine. Lo riferisce la tv privata Mega, la stessa


Gabriel Hjertstedt captured the B.C. Open nine years ago to become the first Swede to win on the PGA Tour. Now, he's positioned for a repeat performance.


H&R Block may wind down Option One, posts loss

H&R Block Inc , the largest U.S. tax preparer, said on Thursday that its quarterly loss had more than doubled and that it had begun discussions with Cerberus Capital Management to modify the sale of its Option One Mortgage Corp. subprime mortgage unit.


Prosecutors ID Only 143 Victims of Sasser Worm

Sasser's damage was extensive, affecting 18 million computers around the world ranging from millions of at home users to thousands of companies.


Weekend All But 'Forgotten'; Box Office Hits New Low

LOS ANGELES  - While Sony's "The  Forgotten" took top honors with a weekend debut of a solid $21  million, higher than the mid-to-high teens that had been  projected heading into the frame, it was the only memorable  point during a mostly forgettable session.


Changing nearly 30 years of election regulations, House and Senate candidates as well as state parties will have to abide by federal fundraising limits to pay for vote recounts, federal regulators decided Wednesday.


Pfizer elects new lead director of board

Pfizer Inc.  said on Friday that Constance Horner, a member of the drug maker's board since 1993, has been elected lead director effective February 23.


Users upset over Google Analytics outage

(InfoWorld) - The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google's part. Most affected users reported problems on Tuesday and Wednesday, although some still experienced problems on Friday. In seemingly all cases, users could access their accounts but found that the Analytics dashboard reported significantly reduced or even zero traffic to their sites. Google Analytics, a free service, is used by organizations of all sizes as well as individuals to track traffic and analyze usage of their Web sites. For Web publishers, the information Analytics and similar services collect is critical for decisions regarding their sites' design, content, and ad space. Vivek Puri, who uses Analytics to monitor his sites, StartupSquad and StartupSquad India, suffered an outage of about 24 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday, and about 20 hours between Thursday and Friday. As disruptive as the service interruption was, Puri felt equally annoyed by what he perceived as Google's lack of communication regarding the problem. It's not the first time he has been upset at Google for this reason. "They need to inform users when a service is down and when it comes back up, and give people status updates," Puri, who is based in Princeton, New Jersey, said in an interview. "There's no communication from Google about what's going on there." Indeed, over the past four days, users started at least three active threads regarding this issue on the official Google Analytics Help discussion forum, which is maintained by Google. At press time, Google officials hadn't left a single message in any of the threads. When queried about the matter by IDG News Service, a Google spokeswoman acknowledged on Friday afternoon that there had been a problem. "Earlier this week, there was a reporting delay within some Google Analytics accounts due to system maintenance. No data was lost, and reporting is back to normal now," she said. She didn't immediately say whether Google informed Analytics users in any way about this system maintenance, before, during, or after the work, nor how many users were affected. Google didn't post any information about this maintenance work, nor the subsequent service disruptions, in its official Google Analytics blog, which, at press time, had last been updated on May 21 with an unrelated posting. Judging by the feedback from affected users, it seems Google hasn't reached out to them so far regarding this issue. "It would have been nice for Google to inform us about this and to not have had to pull my hair out trying to figure out what was wrong, thinking the problem had been caused by me," said Dean Peters. Peters, a software company product manager in Cary, North Carolina, uses Analytics for sites he maintains on his own time as personal projects, including HealYourChurchWebSite.com, and suffered a 12-hour stats blackout on Tuesday. His frustration is echoed in many of the blog and forum postings. "Come on Google, after the last couple of days it's time to start telling us what's going on and when we might expect normal service again. How's about a post in the blog at least admitting there's an issue, instead of keeping quiet and pretending everything's fine," wrote a user in Analytics' official Help forum on Friday morning. "It would be nice if the folks @ Google acknowledged the problem on one of their many blogs - like say the official Google Analytics blog? A status/outage page would be even better. It's a pain in the ass to have to hunt down groups like this to confirm that you're not the only one suffering from the problem," another peeved user wrote in another thread on the same forum. Google is a major proponent of the software-as-a-service model, where vendors host the applications that they sell, lease, or provide for free to their customers. This business model is an alternative to the traditional packaged-software approach in which customers install and maintain software on their premises. However, one of the big question marks regarding the hosted model involves availability problems, such as the one that affected Analytics this week and that has affected other Google services, including Gmail and Blogger. "All we want is a dependable service. I know it's free, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be dependable," Puri said.


Afghan police tightened security in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday as officials searched for an American aid worker, her Afghan driver and their kidnappers.


Margine operativo lordo aumenta del 12,3%


The hand-aged Gibson Les Paul Special is a replica of the 1960 original, but an American master craftsman made it exactly the way the guitar would look today, complete with aging cracked paint and tiny dents from scuffs and scratches.


Study shows eBay buyers save billions of dollars

Buyers save billions of dollars  each year bidding on eBay auctions, according to a new study  that quantifies the benefits online consumers enjoy over and  above what is derived by sellers, or eBay itself.


Putin Threatens Preventive Terror Actions

President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, the Interfax news agency reported.


Motorola to Test MasterCard PayPass Technology

Motorola Inc. will be conducting a field trial of mobile phones enabled with MasterCard PayPass, a new "contactless" payment option that will allow users to use their phones to make payments.


Text messengers to fight crime in Boston

Boston's police, facing an upsurge in  murder and other violent crimes, have set up a system to allow  witnesses to tip them off to crime by sending anonymous text  messages.


The dollar continues to fall against other leading currencies amid fears over threats to the US economy.


Thai elections could be delayed to 2008: coup chief

Thailand's post-coup general election could be pushed back until early 2008 as legal experts fear a new constitution and other laws will not be finished as planned, army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Sunday.


Kibaki leads Kenya election: early exit poll

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki leads Thursday's presidential election with 47.3 percent of the vote versus 42.8 for opposition leader Raila Odinga, according to an early exit poll by a local independent observer group.


U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum early Thursday and arrested 16 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials and witnesses said. The American military said one person died.


H&R Block said yesterday that the sale of its subprime lending unit, Option One Mortgage, might fall apart as credit markets deteriorate.


Torri Edwards, who missed the 2004 Summer Games and 15 months of competition because of an unintentional doping violation, wins the 100 meters Friday.


ELKHART, Ind. - A woman heading home from a store was surprised to find a man accusing her of stealing his van.  The 71-year-old woman was leaving Wal-Mart about 9 p.m. Saturday with her great-nieces and great-nephews when a man walked in front of her van, forcing her to stop.


Tracing angels' footsteps in ancient Ethiopia

LALIBELA, Ethiopia  - As a stranger draws near, priest Mesganaw Tarkgn whips on an embroidered cape and raises an ancient cross in a picture-perfect pose. He is used to the demands of visitors to one of Ethiopia's holiest sites.


Martin: Voters win as Nevada suit squashed

This year's presidential contest already has sparked massive voter interest in Iowa and New Hampshire, and for those of us who are embarrassed by America's low voter turnout the last few election cycles, it is something wonderful to watch.


Low Birth Weights Fuel Infant Mortality Rise -CDC

A jump in the number of babies born at abnormally low birth weights was the main reason why the U.S. infant mortality rate rose in 2002 for the first time in 44 years, according to a federal study released on Monday.


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Inquiry Faults Commanders in Assaults on Cadets

Successive commanders at the Air Force Academy failed over the course of a decade to acknowledge the seriousness of sexual assault and harassment at the Colorado Springs


AP NewsBreak: NWS changes weather alerts

The National Weather Service is revamping the way it has issued severe weather warnings for decades with a new system designed to mark a geographic bull's eye where a storm will hit.


Iran vows to follow nuclear path despite sanctions

Iranian leaders vowed on Wednesday to press on with Tehran's disputed nuclear work regardless of any new U.N. sanctions, one day after world powers agreed the outline of a new resolution.


Thousands of priceless books have been destroyed or damaged in a fire at one of Germany's most historic libraries, housing about one million rare books and manuscripts.


Chairman at Struggling Yahoo Gives Up CEO Position

Semel leaves after six years.  SAN FRANCISCO  -- Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel ended his six-year tenure as CEO Monday and will hand over the reins to co- founder Jerry Yang in the Internet icon's latest attempt to regain investor confidence.   Semel, 64, will remain chairman.


Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists the Premiership title race is not over after the Blues fall eight points behind Man Utd.


Family 'Devastated' by Woman Soldier's Iraq Death

The brother of the first British female soldier to die in Iraq since the war began said today her family were trying to come to terms with her death.


Sale of British telecom giant's Japan unit worth $130M

Internet investor Softbank Corp. took another step Tuesday toward its goal of being a comprehensive Japanese telecommunications provider, by agreeing to purchase Cable & Wireless IDC.


The Russian military tests a giant fuel-air bomb which it says is the biggest non-nuclear device in the world.


Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said he will stay on as army chief, reneging on a pledge to quit the powerful post by the end of the year.


North Korea Seen as Tying Nuclear Talks to US Election

North Korea is waiting out the American presidential election in order to bargain with the winner over its nuclear weapons program, according to analysts here and a British diplomat who left Pyongyang today.


Albany Times Union, N.Y. Fred LeBrun Column: Time to Book Striper Charter

By Fred LeBrun, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 8--For now, the molecular density of the Hudson River above the Patroon Island Bridge is not conducive to drifting a live herring through 18 feet of water in search of a striped bass longer than your arm.   But that will change.


Congress concerned P2P promotes identity theft, calls for federal investigation

Same group of Democrats and Republicans who said filesharing can pose "national security" risks now want probe into other possible consequences of "inadvertent" file exposure.


UN votes for control over Darfur peacekeepers

The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong   opposition.


Il tecnico dell'Inter: "Mancano 24 gare, non si puÃ² rinunciare allo scudetto, la Juve rallenterÃ . Voglio il primo posto in Champions. Vincere aiuta a vincere". APPIANO GENTILE (Como), 6 dicembre 2004 - Moratti ci spera, Mancini ci crede.


Texting, Facebook used to alert students

When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John's University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell-phone text messages within 18 minutes.


Iraq bribes probe clears Australia, condemns executives

An official inquiry into the corruption that riddled the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq has cleared the Australian government but cited 12 top executives for bribing Saddam Hussein's regime.


THE AGREEMENT struck Friday between Turkey and the European Union represents an artful evasion of the basic question haunting both parties: Will populous, poor, agrarian, Islamic Turkey be accepted as a full-fledged member of the European democratic club?


The number of cot deaths in England and Wales fell by 15% between 2004 and 2005, provisional figures show.


Erano accorsi in aiuto di un cagnolino attaccato dal pitbull


JPMorgan to build headquarters at WTC site

JP Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to build its investment banking headquarters in lower Manhattan at the site of the World Trade Center complex that was destroyed on September 11, 2001, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Thursday.


Dozens die as rebels set off bombs in Iraq

Insurgents unleashed two car bombs yesterday near the symbol of US authority in Iraq â-he Green Zone, where the US Embassy and key government offices are â - hotels occupied by hundreds of foreigners.


Sherry Lansing, who broke down barriers for women in the movie industry as one of Hollywood's most powerful studio chiefs, said Tuesday she will leave her post


Fiat SpA, a struggling conglomerate, said Tuesday it has revamped its executive structure and cut 50 white-collar jobs in a bid to make it leaner and more efficient as well as tighten the relationship between the parent holding company and its various industrial units.


Honda Motor Co  posted a forecast-beating 63 percent rise in quarterly profits and raised its full-year net profit forecast as strong sales of its new CR-V crossover and Accord sedan made up for higher raw materials costs.


(ANSA) - ATENE, 22 AGO - Yuri Chechi ha conquistato la medaglia di bronzo negli anelli con il punteggio di 9.812 nella finale. La medaglia d'oro e' andata al greco Dimosthenis Tampakos (9.826), mentre il bulgaro


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Bush Reaches Out to Abbas, Urges Israel to Help

President Bush reached out on Monday  to newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a  proposal for direct talks and a White House meeting, and urged  him to quickly bolster Palestinian security forces to take on  militants.


UPDATE 1-Liverpool manager against Everton ground-share

Manager Rafael Benitez is opposed to Liverpool sharing their proposed new stadium with city rivals Everton. Officials from the two Premier League clubs


Josh Fogg retired only 1 of the 10 batters he faced in the pivotal third inning of Bostonâs 10-5 victory.


Earthquakes have been rumbling more frequently deep beneath Mauna Loa, suggesting that the world's largest volcano is getting ready to erupt for the first time in 20 years, scientists said.


LeapFrog Hopes for Next Hit With Interactive Reading Toy

The educational toy maker LeapFrog is launching an interactive reading game called the Tag that it hopes will be as successful as its 1999 hit LeapPad.


New York, 21:23 - FOOTBALL, NFL: BELICHICK ALLENATORE DELL'ANNO

Bill Belichick, capo allenatore dei New England Patriots, la squadra che ha chiuso imbattuta con 16 ...


Huckabee Won't Take Easy Way Out Despite Big McCain Lead

It's nothing new for the odds to be stacked against Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Last year he lagged far behind his competitors in fundraising, national polls didn't even show him on the radar for the majority of 2007, and now he contends it would take a "miracle" to beat Arizona Sen. John McCain for their party's nomination. But Huckabee says he's not one to take the "easy" way out.


Two Iraqis freed along with Italian female hostages

Two Iraqis abducted along with two Italian female aid workers in Baghdad have been freed along with the women, a spokesman for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.


After a 28-20 upset of Michigan in their home opener, the Irish certainly have cause for optimism. Notre Dame rebounded from 20-17 loss to BYU in a disappointing season debut to play very well against the Wolverines.


Patriots Pursue Dynasty, Eagles Chase Destiny

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  - The New England Patriots  play for a place in Super Bowl history on Sunday against a  Philadelphia Eagles team who are just glad to finally be there.


Muslims hold new protests against Rushdie knighthood

Anger mounted in the Muslim world Wednesday over Britain's knighthood for novelist Salman Rushdie, with protests spreading to Malaysia for the first time and fresh demonstrations in Pakistan.


One Doctorâs Invention Is Some Playersâ Necessity

After their matches, interviews and massages, players take their aches and pains to Pier Francesco Parra, who treats them with his three-laser healing machine.


Thousands of American marines and soldiers swarmed over a railroad embankment on the northern edge of Falluja on Monday night and early Tuesday


AOL Formalizes Cellular Phone IM Program

AOL today announced its Mobile Developer Program designed to formalize the company's three year-old push into the cellular phone instant messaging business.


Network Rail reassures passengers after checking points like those at the centre of the Cumbria crash inquiry.


Beneath the stands of Arthur Ashe Stadium, 5-foot-tall posters of U.S. Open champions decorate the otherwise spartan hallways leading to the door Andre Agassi will step through to reach center court for the final time.


One of the PM's closest aides wrote in a document of her concerns that "Lord Levy had asked her to lie for him".


WASHINGTON -- With voters still digesting the first presidential debate, the political focus quickly now moves to the only debate between the second bananas.


Pronto nuovo pacchetto sicurezza, manca solo firma Bush


Firenze, 17:29 - CALCIO, MACALLI: FIGC HA IGNORATO CASO TERNANA

Mario Macalli accusa la Figc sulla vicenda Ternana. Il club umbro non puÃ² disporre dello stadio Libe...


NACO, Ariz  - The two towns are both called Naco: one lies in Mexico, the other in the United States. But when it comes to fighting fires, it is all one community.


Braintree trying to get back on the beam

After a close competition between the Braintree and Burlington boys' gymnastics teams last week, the stage is set for the teams to battle again in the State Championship Meet tonight at Burlington High.


Sudoku anyone? Limber brain keeps seniors sharp

In an indication that the brain like the body needs exercise in old age, researchers reported on Tuesday that older people given training in mental functions stayed sharper for years afterward.


Dutch Officer Pleads Innocent in Shooting

A Dutch officer pleaded innocent Monday to charges of negligence and excessive use of force in the fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian, in the first court martial of a Dutch serviceman operating under British command in southern Iraq.


U.S. special envoy heads to Brussels to talk Darfur

The U.S. special envoy to Sudan was  en route to Brussels to discuss the crisis in Darfur with top  European Union and NATO officials, the State Department said on  Thursday.


She pulled tattered socks over her bony legs and stared at the ground, trying to hide the dirty, torn clothing she is so embarrassed to wear. Before a militia drove her African tribe off its farmland in western Sudan, before she had to wait ...


Presentato a Napoli il micro-robot chirurgo

E' stato presentato a Napoli al Congresso Nazionale della SocietÃ  di Ortopedia il micro-robot chirurgo, un medico hi-tech che camminerÃ  nel nostro corpo fotografando tutto quello che vede. Lo presenta il


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Fring is a cheap Internet-based phone service that runs over mobile networks.


Milano, 19:07 - CALCIO, MILAN: TUTORE IN CARBONIO APPLICATO A INZAGHI

All'attaccante del Milan Filippo Inzaghi Ã¨ stato applicato un tutore in carbonio alla mano destra op...


Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes finished second on her return to action in the final Golden League meet of the year.


U.S. shares set for flat start, data in focus

Wall Street looked set to open little changed on Friday ahead of economic data that might provide a steer on the outlook for the economy, which has recently thrown up a string of weak figures.


Cagliari, 19:03 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: 20 CONVOCATI PER IL PARMA

Il tecnico del Cagliari, Marco Giampaolo, ha convocato 20 giocatori per la trasferta contro il Parma...


Africa ; Generations of Africans to be affected by AIDS pandemic ...

Africa News, JOHANNESBURG - AIDS has hit sub-Saharan Africa so badly that the disease will cast a shadow over generations to come, even in countries that succeed in the battle against it, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Intel expanded the capabilities of its Centrino chips Thursday by introducing support for an additional wireless networking standard known as 802.


Incoming US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is leaving behind some unfinished business in the private sector: an investigation into the spree of gifts that traders at Fidelity Investments received a few years ago.


Todd Reid's much-anticipated Davis Cup debut ended with a disappointing straight sets defeat by Moroccan Mounir El Aarej in Perth on Sunday.


A coalition of human rights groups has drawn up a list of 39 terror suspects it believes are being secretly imprisoned by U.S. authorities and published their names in a report released Thursday.


A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.


Erano poggiati su un cestino dei rifiuti in piazza Cenni


Keeping elderly healthy is major challenge for doctors: WHO

GENEVA  - Keeping old people in good shape is one of the biggest challenges facing the health sector with the number of people aged 60 and above expected to top one billion by 2025, the World Health Organisation warned.


N.Korea Reports Kim Troop Trip After Portraits Flap

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited a military unit, the country's official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, just hours after reports surfaced that his portrait had been removed from some public places.


Il premier italiano: "Stesso numero di soldati e stessa area"Le posizioni di Roma e Madrid espresse al vertice di Bruxelles                                            Afghanistan, Prodi e Zapatero "Non aumentiamo le truppe"


Dictionary to end them all lists greatest Britons -- 55,000 of ...

LONDON : It weighs in at 60 volumes and 282 pounds (128 kilogrammes), costs a fortune and is billed as one of the greatest works of reference the world has ever seen.


Alcoa and Pittsburgh Brewing are teaming up on aluminum beer bottles.


PCT Announces Trip To UK, Ireland In June '05

If so, then join the PCT Media Group for its PCT United Kingdom/Ireland Excursion, June 5-13, 2005 to see how pest management is done 'across the pond.' The PCT United Kingdom/Ireland Excursion will feature a ...


Crude oil futures dropped more than US$1 to hit $43 at midday today in a correction of yesterday's surge. Prices rose slightly at first as traders sought to build on yesterday's gains but buying quickly gave way to a wave of selling.


EDITORIAL: On the Internet: Parents, Not Politics, Will Keep Kids Safe From Predators

By Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 18--When is a big announcement not a big deal?   When it doesn't amount to a big hill of beans in the solution to a big problem.


Radcliffe nervous about baring all on Broadway

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


Napoli, 18:35 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: REJA: FIRMO LA PROSSIMA SETTIMANA

Edy Reja firmerà la prossima settimana il nuovo contratto con il Napoli. ''Il futuro deve anc...


ABIDJAN, Nov 12  - The top French soldier in Ivory Coast has confirmed that women were raped in anti-French violence that has erupted in the volatile west African nation over the last week.


Man Utd boss hits out at Premier League over international matches

Sir Alex Ferguson has hit out at the Premier League for going public with plans to hold competitive matches overseas before they had fully consulted managers and players.


GUANGZHOU, China Few business executives watch the growth of the Chinese economy as closely as Michael Smith, the chief executive of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking.


U.S. playwright Arthur Miller, one of the giants of American literature, has died, his assistant said on Friday. He was 89.


Two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in July had suffered serious injuries, Israel's military says.


International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy software provider Telelogic AB for $745 million in cash, a bid the Swedish company's board unanimously recommended.


Boston at long last puts 1918 in the past

It is not, however, the last year the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Not any more. The Red Sox clinched the 2004 World Series last night with a 3-0 win over the St.


Supermarkets pull spinach on E. coli outbreak

U.S. supermarkets cleared shelves of   bagged fresh spinach on Friday after the Food and Drug   Administration warned the produce could be the source of a   deadly E. coli outbreak across the nation.


Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after striking a deal with China and Singapore.


Streisand drops Rome show, cites production issues

Barbra Streisand has canceled a Rome concert that would have launched her European tour, but organizers said on Friday it had nothing to do with an outcry from Italian consumer groups about ticket prices.


Silverstone gets green light for GP next year

The new broom busily at work in Formula One has swept the British Grand Prix back on the calendar. At a meeting in London described as unprecedented by F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone


EU leaders to focus on energy, climate change at summit

EU leaders will try to breathe new life this week into plans to diversify energy sources and combat climate change at a summit in Brussels amid fears they will only blow "hot air", officials and experts said.


Zeta-Jones Stalker Ordered to Stand Trial in LA

A woman whose lawyer claims has only a "girlish crush" on actor Michael Douglas was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial on charges of making death threats against his actress wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.


Statin drugs proven to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease. Statins may also help slow down the AIDS virus.


Nigerian oil exports continue despite strike: agent

Loading of oil tankers at Nigerian export terminals continued normally on Thursday, the second day of a general strike in Africa's top oil producer, ship agents and oil company officials said.


Berlusconi: avanti con riforme e riduzione delle tasse

''Alla fine della legislatura questo governo avra' concluso 24 grandi riforme, piu' di tutte quelle messe insieme da tutti i governi della Repubblica prima di noi''. E la prossima sfida, giÃ  avviata, Ã¨ quella


Palermo, 11:47 - CALCIO, PALERMO-INTER: DA DOMANI BIGLIETTI IN VENDITA

Sono stati 8.300 i biglietti venduti in prelazione per la sfida Palermo-Inter di domenica.


Sanofi-Aventis Menactra Post-Approval Commitments Should Include ...

Sanofi-Aventis should commit to long-term efficacy and safety post-approval studies for its meningococcal conjugate vaccine Menactra, an FDA advisory committee said.


A study says high levels of computer technology can improve school results, but the picture is mixed.


A man dies trying to bail floodwater out of his home in the market town of Alston.


Bob Carr may be forced to appear at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption this afternoon hoping he will be let off with a black mark and a spank over some intemperate


COMBATIVE as ever, property developer Dave Henderson has assailed the constrictions of the Resource Management Act.   However, he does so in terms which, if anything, invite the conclusion that the present regulatory climate is entirely necessary.


Episcopal Church head says split would cause chaos

A suggestion by African, Asian and   Latin American Anglican bishops that the Episcopal Church be   turned into two churches because of disputes over gay issues   would lead to chaos, the head of the U.S. church said on   Thursday.


Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills at Least 14 Palestinians

Israeli attack helicopters, warplanes and tanks hit a training camp in Gaza, used by the Islamic militant group Hamas. Palestinian sources say 14 militants were killed and another 30 people injured.


Europe's top consumer electronics group Philips cut the forecast for its closely watched chip unit on Friday and predicted a significant slowdown for the semiconductor industry next year.


Recruits Needed for Neighborhood Watch Program

By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 3--GREELEY --   The Greeley Police Department and the Neighborhood Resource Office are hosting a meeting to recruit people for the neighborhood/business watch and registration programs.


Riforma giustizia, Ciampi: legge incostituzionale

Il presidente della Repubblica non ha apposto la sua firma per la promulgazione della legge di riforma dell'ordinamento giudiziario approvata dal centrodestra due settimane fa. El'ha rimandata alle Camere per un nuovo esame.


J. Crew turns to profit in second quarter

Apparel retailer J. Crew Group Inc   on Wednesday posted a second-quarter net profit, helped  by robust sales and higher gross margins.


Crews blast loose rocks from steep canyon slopes to ensure safety

Traffic resumed Friday afternoon through Glenwood Canyon after crews cleared a section of Interstate 70 heavily damaged in a large Thanksgiving Day rockslide.


The chipmaker has raised its 2007 capital spending plans, despite falling DRAM prices.


Hollywood stars return to spotlight at SAG awards

Hollywood's red carpet will finally  roll out for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in what could  end up being the only big party in an awards season stripped of  stars and marred by a bitter industry strike.


A prime piece of evidence linking human activity to climate change turns out to be an artifact of poor mathematics.


DOJ still wants spy suit against Verizon tossed

Attorneys for class action suits accusing the telco of illicit NSA cooperation say a senior intelligence official's recent statements bolster their arguments. The feds disagree.


Google Domains Foreshadow an Archive Search? Will Google be launching their own version of the Archive.org Wayback Machine? Some recent domain name purchases have ZDNet’s Garett Rogers following his gut and predicting that such a service (perhaps even a paid for professional service?) may be right around the corner. If my gut instinct is correct, it won’t [...]


Up to 15 inches of rain causes flooding, forces residents from ...

EL CAMPO, Texas A storm that's parked over southern Texas has dumped 15 inches of rain on the town of El Campo, southwest of Houston.


Tony Blair faces his first prime minister's questions of 2005 after a week of rumour about disunity with his chancellor.


Colombia accuses rebels over hostage release delay

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Colombia accused Marxist rebel leaders on Monday of lying and dragging their feet to delay a Venezuela-brokered deal for the release of three hostages, including a child born in captivity.


UN refugee chief launches Darfur tour with appeal for peace

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers appealed to Khartoum and ethnic minority rebels to set aside their differences Sunday, as he launched a tour of Sudan's devastated western region of Darfur with an appeal for peace.


Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says he does not expect to sign defender Jonathan Woodgate from rivals Middlesbrough.


Public dissent may be new, but issues are old

Soldiers often complain, but usually not in public, on TV, to the secretary of Defense. By Patrick Baz, AFP. That changed Wednesday, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld


VATICANO - AVE MARIA a cura di don Luciano Alimandi - LÂamore vero brucia tutte le paure CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂLa caritÃ  Ã¨ paziente, Ã¨ benigna la caritÃ ; non Ã¨ invidiosa la caritÃ , non si vanta, non si gonfia, non manca di rispetto, non cerca il suo interesse, non si adira, non tiene conto del male ricevuto, non gode dell...


Deported Afghans stream home but maybe not for long

ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan  - Thousands of deported Afghan men are destined this week to trudge across the Iranian border into their impoverished homeland -- many of them determined to sneak back into Iran at the first opportunity.


Microsoft backs cricket to woo Indian employees

On a cloudless summer day, Manish  Prabhu stares out at a converted soccer field thousands of  miles from his native India and watches a cricket ball skip  past some fielders dressed in white.


At least seven people have been killed and several others wounded after a bomb exploded near an army truck in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, hospital sources say.


AC Milan and Brazil star Kaka beats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the title of Fifa world player of the year.


Gemalto sees online safety in USB smart card

At next week's RSA Conference in San Francisco smart card vendor GemaltoÂ will introduce new technology designed to give online shoppers an easy way to log on to their accounts using a smart card device that plugs into any PC.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Walt Disney Co. President Robert Iger said Wednesday that there probably will not be a new deal between his company and Pixar Animation Studios.


Almost music-free, too Amazon.com has opened its DRM-free music store for business. Songs are available for $0.89 per song, or $6 to $10 for an album.â¦


NATO states say will honor Afghan troop pledges

NATO defense chiefs agreed on Friday  they must plug shortfalls in peacekeeping troops in  Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said, after top NATO  officials conceded they had underestimated Taliban resistance.


Holy cow! Rhino row bogs down Nepal peace talks

Nepal's peace process has been disrupted by a row over whether the country should retain the cow as its national animal or replace it with the rhinoceros.


Eli Manning is often the eye of the storm that circles him this season, and he seems to play better when the game grows chaotic.


Powerful typhoon heads for China's financial hub

A powerful typhoon targeted China's booming eastern province of Zhejiang and financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people as ships and boats were called back to port.


From humble beginnings to major festival

Like the rest of us, the Polish-American Festival has grown with age. Originally, it was a three-day event.


Abducted teen Shawn Hornbeck was ordered to guard another snatched boy and hide him from police after they were repeatedly left alone in their captor's apartment, an official close to the investigation has told The Associated Press.


San Francisco's proposed Wi-Fi network facing angry mobs

Pitchforks out for Google, Earthlink, and tech-happy mayor The city-wide Wi-Fi network being pushed by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom faces two important hearings this week as a motley band of critics mount a series of challenges to the project, which would be jointly operated by Google and Earthlink.â¦


Microsoft Corp., stepping up its efforts to compete with rival Google Inc., will offer consumers a preview of its technology for searching the Internet, beginning Thursday.


Henson Does Not Finish His First Cowboys Start

Drew Henson struggled on Thursday in his first N.F.L. start. Vinny Testaverde replaced him for the second half of the Cowboys' victory over the Chicago Bears.


People magazine has confirmed that Charlie Sheen, 41, and girlfriend of over a year, Brooke Mueller, 29, are engaged. The actor reportedly proposed to Mueller with a $500,000 engagement ring on a beach in Costa Rica. Sheen's ex-wife Denise Ri...


A 89,41 dollari al barile, flessione dell'1,4%


China aims for moon with patriotic blast

XICHANG, China  - China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday accompanied by a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country's space ambitions and technological prowess.


Former conjoined twins continue recovery

Two formerly conjoined twin infants have been upgraded to fair condition, nearly a month after they were surgically separated at the Mayo Clinic.


The Nigerian ruling party's presidential candidate returns home after medical tests in Germany.


Two months after commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced his retirement, NFL owners are finally buckling down to the task of finding a replacement.


Rock band Razorlight postpone their UK tour as singer Johnny Borrell develops vocal problems.


From soccer to Converse to China, Nike plans to dominate its game.


Britney Spears' father will look after her affairs until a psychiatric report is completed, a court rules.


For the second time in two months, President Bush announced sanctions against Myanmar to punish the military-run government and its backers for the recent violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.


Scotland's top prosecutor will make a statement to parliament after the collapse of the World's End murder trial.


Kite festival begins as prelude to 350th anniversary of Taj

Agra, Sep 27. (PTI):A kite festival today began on the banks of the Yamuna river behind the Taj Mahal as a prelude to the 350th anniversary celebrations of the world-famous monument opening this evening.


Liberty looks to double voting stake in News Corporation

LONDON - Media tycoon John Malone's Liberty Media Group has secured an equity swap deal with Merrill Lynch, which could double its 9.15% voting stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.


Two 48-hour strikes to take place next month as part of long-running dispute over pay and jobs, union leaders say.


New Species of Ancient Sea Creature Discovered -- Under Ping-Pong Table

The fossil of a big-eyed, fishlike reptile that lived 100 million years ago was discovered in a box that had been stashed away in a Canadian lab for 25 years.


Of the dozens of vintage gowns and flashy costumes Cher put up for auction, a skimpy black number made of fishnet, rhinestone and patches of fabric got the highest bid.


Come avviene ovunque c'e' comunismo, nel 2006 vinceremo noi


Chavez extends oil largesse at Caribbean summit

CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed on Friday extending a barter scheme used by Cuba to other Caribbean and Central American nations to help them pay for oil supplies with products and services.


Plus: Original blogger: You're doin' it wrong. Find out what people are saying on News.com Extra.


BANGALORE: Google Bangalore, the first R&D centre outside the US of the number one internet search engine, is to be an âideasâ centre, said the fab-two who set up the company six years ago.


White House Search for Intelligence Chief Stalled

The White House is having some  trouble finding a new intelligence chief to oversee all U.S.  spying programs, with a high-profile candidate spurning the job  six weeks after the search began.


âI always wanted to learn new things, and I was never afraid of change.â


Jonathan King hopes to be freed from prison within weeks, after serving less than half his sentence for sexual abuse.


Housing starts tumble, core producer prices dip

U.S. housing starts fell more  sharply than expected to the lowest rate in more than three  years, while core producer prices dipped unexpectedly,  according to government reports on Tuesday that confirmed a  fast-cooling economy.


An inside look at the elaborate secrecy campaign around the biggest book of all time


China Mine Blast Death Toll Rises to 122-Xinhua

The death toll from last week's coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 122, with 26 people still missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.


âNo Countryâ and âBloodâ Lead Oscar Nominations

The list of Academy Award nominations reflects Hollywoodâs bleak state of mind.


Steve Jobs: struggling to redefine the TV paradigm

The devil is in the detail for Apple TV Comment Getting into the mind of Steve Jobs isn't all that simple, and sometimes you just have to wait until he tells you what went through his mind in order to explain the latest Apple phenomena. But the picture around Apple TV is starting to clear with some rumours and snippets revealed this week.â¦


Beckettâs Bow to Ballet: A Dramatist With the Precision of a Choreographer

Anyone who sees Mikhail Baryshnikov in âBeckett Shortsâ must reflect on how far this former ballet luminary has come from his training in Leningrad and his roles in the 19th-century classics.


Security forces fired on a stronghold of a militant cleric in Pakistan, sparking a gunbattle near the scene of a suicide attack on a military truck that killed 20 people.


Ciampi rinvia alle Camere riforma Giustizia

Il presidente della Repubblica ha rinviato al Parlamento la riforma dell'ordinamento giudiziario approvata dalla Camera lo scorso primo dicembre e contro la quale lo scorso 24 novembre avevano scioperato, con motivazioni opposte, magistrati e avvocati


Ten percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from their war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever, thanks in large part to technological advances and the deployment of surgical


US would welcome withdrawal of Sadr's forces

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States on Wednesday reacted cautiously to reports that Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accepted a peace plan to end fighting in Najafand withdraw his forces.


Novell lets slip the Basilisk Lizard Novell is releasing Basilisk Lizard, its codename for Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of openSUSE 10.2.â¦


BERARDINO: Even idiots get some things right

BOSTON -- They proudly call themselves "idiots," and the thing with idiots, you see, is they don't often think rationally.


Open source entering the mobile computing space

Open-source strategies are gathering steam in the mobile computing realm with companies like Wake3 and Funambol leveraging open source to bring iPhone-style browsing and e-mail to devices.During a meeting of the Mobile Monday Silicon Valley group at Microsoft offices in Mountain View, Calif. Monday evening, representatives of Wake3, Funambol, and Wind River noted the rise of open-source software on handsets. Wake3, for its part, is bringing the open-source WebKit mobile Web browser to Windows Mobile systems."WebKit for Windows Mobile really is, in essence, a kind of iPhone browsing for Windows Mobile," said Daniel Zucker, CTO of Wake3.He and an official at Wind River stressed the paradigm shift brought on by the iPhone. Instead of persons inquiring about what type of wireless service someone is using, they want to know if they have an iPhone, said Bill O'Such, Wind River director of engineering."It's really changed the balance," O'Such said."The iPhone opened up everyone's eyes. For the first time, you could really get true desktop browsing on a device," Zucker said.Wake3 plans a public beta release of WebKit for Windows Mobile in a few months. It will have full support for JavaScript, but Adobe Flash support is not expected. "You pretty much need a license," from Adobe, said Zucker. Instead, Wave3 will support technologies like SVG.At Funambol, the company specializes in push e-mail based on the Funambol open-source project, formerly known as Sync4j."We're actually seeing a tremendous surge of interest in open source in mobile," said Hal Steger, vice president of marketing at Funambol. The company has commercial and open-source versions of its software.Technologies like the iPhone and Google's Android along with the upcoming available wireless spectrum have spurred interest in open source for mobile systems, according to Steger. Also, prices are dropping for data plans for mobile phones."All things are kind of coming together," he said.Open source has helped Funambol get its software into the hands of more developers, who can test the software, fix it, and contribute code changes back to the community,? Steger said."If you've ever developed a mobile phone application and you're trying to address the mass market, there's a fundamental problem," he said. Half the world owns a cell phone but there are more than 1,000 models and many operating systems to support. But developers via open source can test the software and try it on their own phones."What we like to say is open source enables the largest mobile developer community to make any device work on any network. That's probably the biggest single advantage at least from our experience of open source to mobile," said Steger.To give developers incentives, Funambol pays developers $500 to $3,000 to work on projects, such as a Google Android client for Funambol or a Google Gmail connector. The company also pays $25 to persons to test their phone to see if Funambol works on it.Funambol differs from Android, which is Google's open-source stack for mobile devices, in that Android is for the client while Funambol is a server application, Steger said.Attendees pondered how Android would stack up against LiMo. The LiMo Foundation is intending to build a hardware-independent Linux OS for mobile devices."It's a hard question to answer," O'Such said. The market will decide, he said.? Wind River Systems is part of the Open Handset Alliance, which has a hand in developing Android, as well as a member of the LiMo Foundation.


Sanofi sees FDA response on Acomplia by April 26

Sanofi-Aventis expects to get a decision from U.S. regulators by April 26 on whether it may sell anti-obesity pill and potential blockbuster Acomplia in the world's largest drug market, following a six-month review.


Subprime crisis forces McMansions to take McBreather

HINSDALE, Illinois  - If you want to sell a mansion in this upscale Chicago suburb, this is not the best time.


EU referendum 'not necessary': British Lib Dem leader

The leader of Britain's third-biggest political party backed on Wednesday Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plans to approve the new European Union treaty by a vote in parliament and not a referendum.


British toddler released by Nigerian kidnappers

Three-year-old British girl Margaret Hill was back with her relieved parents Monday after being freed by kidnappers in southern Nigeria, but three more foreigners were seized in the oil producing region.


Anna Nicole Smith is launching her own clothing line in a style she calls "Tex-Sex."


A suburban Los Angeles  man has been sentenced to five years in prison and fined  $350,000 for participating in an international cable-piracy  scheme involving the sale of more than 100,000 cable  descramblers.


Air France hikes fuel surcharge on long-haul flights

PARIS, Aug 18  - Air France said Wednesday it was increasing its fuel surcharge by EUR 12 (USD 14.82) on long-haul flights from Monday until there is a month-long dip in oil prices.


PADANG, Indonesia  - A strong earthquake and a powerful aftershock hit Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, killing about 70 people and forcing hundreds to camp out in tents or open fields after their homes were flattened.


Robert De Niro rises to a formidable challenge in this sufficiently unsettling thriller: he holds his own against the scene-swiping 10-year-old actress Dakota Fanning.


Iraqi violence "self-sustaining": U.S. intel chief

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - Sectarian violence in Iraq has become "self-sustaining," increasing the challenge of stabilizing the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.


Tim Thomas has his his third shutout of the season and Jason York scores his first NHL goal in three years as the Bruins beat the Maple Leafs, 3-0, on Tuesday night.


MOSCOWâThe leader of extremists who seized a school in southern Russia maintained obedience among his followers by detonating the bomb belts of two female attackers who balked at taking children hostage, says a senior Kremlin official.


Havana Journal: Hippocrates Meets Fidel, and Even U.S. Students Enroll

The Latin American School of Medical Sciences in Cuba offers a free medical education, with a bit of Communist theory thrown in.


Dutch Launch International Hunt for Syrian Suspect

Dutch authorities have launched an international hunt for a Syrian man they believe is the leader of a radical Muslim network, prosecutors said on Friday.


About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis - down 23 percent from two years ago - according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.


Poland president arrives in Moscow for working visit

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for a working visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Love match over for Hewitt and Clijsters

BRUSSELS: Kim Clijsters' romance with Australian Lleyton Hewitt is over and the two tennis stars will not be getting married in February as planned, the Belgian said yesterday.


Importante successo in trasferta per il Torino che espugna lo stadio Menti di Vicenza e fa altri tre passi significativi verso la serie A. Una vittoria costruita nel primo tempo per la formazione granata andata a riposo sul 2-0 e che poi ha sofferto solo


Market Values: Domesticity Helping Bank Take on Citi

Bank of America replaced Citigroup last month as the bank with the highest stock market valuation, but some expect Bank of America to pull ahead again.


Jailed Barghouti to run in Palestinian presidential election

Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti has decided to run in the Palestinian presidential election as an independent candidate to replace late Yasser Arafat,the local Ha'aretz daily reported Thursday.


DAVID HARDAKER: Last night, Adelaide's Lord Mayor gave Rupert Murdoch the keys to the city, and today News Corporation investors handed him a ticket to Delaware when it approved the company's plans to move to the United States.


Before You Start Networking, Get on the Net

By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Sep. 13--Call it a marriage of an age-old art form and a new-age communications technology.   They can learn a lot from each other, and that's a goal at CoolTea's "Blog and Dine" business networking event on Sept.


Ring Promoter King Sues Disney/ESPN for Defamation

Promoter Don King, who built a boxing  empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a  $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN  over a biography of him he said was defamatory.


Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday made a direct appeal to Republican fiscal conservatives, arguing that the president should veto any spending bill that exceeds its targets.


Nigeria: prime prese di posizione di Agip e Shell dopo minacce ...

LAGOS - L'Agip si ritirera' dalla Nigeria. Lo ribadiscono i vertici dell'Eni, che precisano che non e' in programma alcuna riduzione della produzione di petrolio, ne' il rimpatrio dei dipendenti, malgrado


Anti-U.S. stance pushed at Non-Aligned summit

Iran, Venezuela and other states opposed   to U.S. policy sought to forge a common front on Friday at a   Non-Aligned summit that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was too ill   to chair.


Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport

A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's airport early on Friday, killing at least one Afghan and wounding several other people, police and witnesses said.


Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom victory in three days with a convincing win on Tuesday. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before


2 Assessments of Iraq, 2 Election Strategies

The presidential candidates' opposed images of the war reflect opposed strategies for the final weeks of the campaign.


EUROPA/ITALIA - La realtÃ  della cultura della comunicazione e le sue sfide: incontro di studio sulla comunicazione promosso dalle Figlie di San Paolo Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Un gruppo internazionale di quaranta religiose delle Figlie di San Paolo Ã¨ riunito a Roma insieme al Governo generale, dallÂ1 al 14 febbraio, per un seminario di approfondimento, riguardante un progetto/Itinerario progressivo p...


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


A.I.G. Chief Canât Stop Looking Over His Shoulder

A feud over influence at American International Group, the worldâs largest insurer, continues in legal papers and in public.


Two generic AIDS treatments by Indian manufacturer Cipla have been reinstated on the World Health Organisation's recommended list, six months after they were removed for further testing.


Poland's new prime minister-designate, Donald Tusk, reached out to a centrist, EU-friendly party Wednesday as he opened talks on forging a government coalition three days after victory in parliamentary elections.


Police arrested 39 Afghans suspected of being Taliban fighters in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, an official said Tuesday, though an Islamist group insisted the detainees were only students.


Ludacris, Kanye West's 'Stand Up' attacked

With some jurors nodding their heads to the beat, lawyers sparred over whether rappers Ludacris and Kanye West stole the essence of another song to create the 2003 hit "Stand Up."


Istat, calo del 2,8% corretto per giorni lavorativi


GOP Tries to Tie Menendez to Scandals of Campaigns Past

Republican officials have been exerting themselves to brand Democratic Sen. Robert E. Menendez as corrupt Ã¢ÂÂ and on Thursday held a conference call with reporters to raise the specter that ethics questions might force Democrats to pull the appointed incumbent from his re-election bid at the 11th hour and replace him with a new candidate.


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WFP pipelines 100 tons of food to storm-hit Haiti

The World Food Program (WFP) has flown 100 tons of cookies into Haiti for the victims of the devastating Tropical Storm Jeanne, a WFP official announced Thursday.


Pfizer says ruling favorable in NY Celebrex case

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc  said on Wednesday a New York State court ruling related to litigation over the company's painkiller Celebrex may cause many cases to be dismissed.


Mets Bench Coach Prefers Being Heard and Not Seen

Entering his second season as the Metsâ bench coach, Jerry Manuel has a reputation for being a fine communicator and motivator while tackling his job with a clever approach.


Leukemia Patients Hold Out Hope for Two New Drugs

Leukemia patients who do not respond to the new drug Gleevec are holding out hope for two new experimental drugs that may be able to help.


Stocks Dip as Dollar Rises and Oil Drops

U.S. stocks inched lower on Friday but  fresh economic data drove the dollar and bonds higher, while  profit-taking pushed oil prices down after OPEC'S widely  expected decision to curb production.


Half of Ukrainians wish to be in one union with Russia, Belarus

According to the poll's findings, 67.8 percent believe that Ukraine and Russia must be independent but friendly countries with open borders and without any visas or customs.


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The agency plans to prove that the 40-year-old dream of "hypersonic" flight -- using air-breathing engines to reach speeds above 3,800 mph is a reality.  -The Washington Post


Washington Council Approves Stadium, With Conditions

The City Council narrowly approved a taxpayer-financed plan late Tuesday night to build a new riverfront baseball stadium. But it was not clear whether the amended measure


Local relief efforts for those in need after Sunday's massive tsunamis have kicked into high gear, with Red Cross officials saying the volume of donations pouring into their offices have


Pakistani forces tighten noose around siege mosque

Pakistani security forces tightened their noose around a besieged mosque in Islamabad on Sunday after President Pervez Musharraf told militants barricaded inside to surrender or die.


Iran's new nuclear negotiator says his appointment will not change policy and talks will be pursued "with strength".


RIM Introduces Breakthrough Keyboard Technology for Smaller ...

The new keyboard technology from Research In Motion has garnered early praise for its ingenuity and effectiveness. The BlackBerry 7100(TM) Series handsets are the first wireless devices with


RELIGION-GERMANY:  Opera Hits a Discordant Note

BERLIN, Sep 28 (IPS) - German politicians met Muslim leaders this week for  an unprecedented Islam Conference -- a debate that the government  hopes will pave the way for smoother integration of the  country's Muslims, even though community representatives  warn that more needs to be done.


Some Kids May Have Autism Risk from Mercury -Group

Some children may have an inherited weakness that may predispose them to develop autism when exposed to mercury from fish or other sources, an environmental group said on Monday.


Atlantic City Casinos and Patrons Cope on 2nd Day of Strike

With most hotel and restaurant workers on strike, casinos have either filled the vacancies with management or nonunion workers or curtailed services.


Ford says 38,000 of its hourly unionised staff have accepted voluntary redundancy and will leave the firm next year.


Iraqi officials said five children were killed in a U.S. air strike on Friday which the U.S. military said killed 20 suspected al Qaeda militants.


Couples Bests Woods to Continue Mastery of Skins Game

Fred Couples continued his amazing run in the Skins Game in La Quinta, Calif., prevailing in four playoff holes over Tiger Woods to claim the final three skins and $340,000, and win his record fifth Skins Game with a total of $640,000.


Kenya police disperse protesters for third day

Kenyan police killed a protester in the port of Mombasa, the opposition said, and a man died in ethnic violence in the southwest on Friday, the third day of demonstrations against President Mwai Kibaki's re-election.


European Justice and Home Affairs ministers are to start talks on whether asylum seekers could be processed outside the EU.


Dolphin's Thomas to miss Jets game after concussion

Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas has been ruled out of Sunday's game at the New York Jets due to concussion, the NFL team said on Friday.


Horton helps Panthers beat Canucks in SO

Nathan Horton scored the only goal in the shootout and Florida beat Vancouver 4-3 on Friday night, the Panthers' first win over the Canucks in more than eight years.


US markets lose ground as data shows repossessions and overdue mortgage payments in the US have hit their highest level in years.


Blue Chips Edge Lower; AIG Concerns Weigh

U.S. blue chip stocks edged lower on  Monday as regulatory concerns at insurer American International  Group Inc. AIG.N overshadowed Verizon Communications Inc.'s  VZ.N move to buy MCI Communications Inc. MCIP.O in a deal  worth $6.75 billion.


Shift to finer, larger TVs favors LCD over plasma

Plasma TV suppliers such as Panasonic  maker Matsushita Electric , already outnumbered by the  rival LCD camp, are expected to lose further ground as LCD TVs  encroach on the 40-inch-class market, a plasma stronghold.


Mozilla is going after email.  Why this is a Very Good Thing for the market.


August Wilsonâs 1900s to Be a Cycle Onstage

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to begin a full month of staged readings of August Wilsonâs 10-play cycle chronicling the lives of African-Americans in the last century.


Sydney - Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp is on the "cusp of a new and more prosperous era", as it reported Thursday a jump in earnings, while rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.


A section of a 4.5km-long hotel complex built by the Nazis as a holiday camp is sold for at auction.


If you still need a flu shot and live in Prince George's County you're in luck. The county says it has about 2,400 doses available for those persons considered high risk.


Senate Republicans Weigh Dismantling CIA

WASHINGTON - Senate Intelligence Committee Republicans proposed removing the nation's largest intelligence gathering operations from the CIA and the Pentagon and putting them directly under a new national intelligence director.    Sen...


U.S. Government Readying Massive Cybersecurity Test

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning a large-scale test of the nation's response to a cyberattack, to be held in early 2008.


Ministro, "senso insicurezza non risolve problemi del Paese"


Europe relieved as Poland's Kaczynskis lose grip

Many European leaders gasped with relief on Monday after Poland's Kaczynski twins suffered an election defeat that should swing the country's pro-Washington outlook more towards Brussels.


WITHDRAWAL: Edward Jones story of July 13 is withdrawn

Reuters is withdrawing the July 13 story "Edward Jones to pay $75 million in SEC settlement" because the settlement was announced in December 2004.


NATO Forces Struggle to Reach Afghan Plane Wreckage

BAND-E GHAZI, Afghanistan  - NATO-led troops  struggled Sunday to reach the icy crash site of an Afghan  passenger plane that slammed into a mountain peak three days  ago with 104 people on board, an official said.


Roma, 14:08 - CALCIO, ARBITRATO: LOTITO CHIEDE CANCELLAZIONE INIBIZIONE

Il presidente della Lazio, Claudio Lotito, ha chiesto in sede di arbitrato la cancellazione dell'ini...


HUD Blocks Proposed Sale of Starrett City

The federal housing secretary rejected the proposed $1.3 billion sale of the working-class enclave in Brooklyn.


The world of information technology is not immune from the reaches of the urban legend.


Dominik Hasek posted his 79th career shutout and Pavel Datsyuk scored in the second period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 1-0 home win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.


Britain culls 160,000 turkeys in bird flu outbreak

Britain aimed to complete the cull of 160,000 turkeys on Monday as a government crisis team met to tackle the nation's first exposure to the latest deadly strain of the bird flu virus in farmed poultry.


Pescara, 19:31 - CALCIO, PESCARA: RIFINITURA E 18 CONVOCATI PER CROTONE

Seduta di rifinitura per il Pescara in vista della gara di domani sera a Crotone. Il tecnico  Vivari...


Here's a list of Major League Baseball players listed in the Mitchell Report.


Aspettera' ultimo giorno utile previsto da normativa


Catania, 20:26 - CALCIO, SERIE A: NELL'ANTICIPO CATANIA-PALERMO 1-2

Nell'anticipo della 22/a giornata di serie A il Palermo ha battuto in trasferta il Catania per 2-1. ...


The U.S. economy grew more slowly in  the second quarter than first thought amid shrinking corporate  profits and higher imports, the government said on Friday in a  report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring.


Dolce & Gabbana bow to criticism and pull ad

Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana said on  Tuesday they will withdraw an advertisement which shows a man  pinning a woman down by her wrists after widespread criticism  it condoned violence against women.


Actress Liza Minnelli was hospitalized early Monday after falling out of bed at her residence, police said.


Former Indian prime minister, PV Narasimha Rao, has died at the age of 83 after a heart attack.


Yesterday, America's troops spoke and their message was clear: they are not getting the support they need from the Bush administration.


Ecuador faults fumigation of coca crop by Colombia

BUENOS AIRES -- Ecuadoran President-elect Rafael Correa said yesterday Colombia's renewed program to fumigate illegal drug crops on the border was a "hostile act," escalating a diplomatic spat between the South American neighbors.


China, Asean eye biggest free trade zone

VIENTIANE - China and 10 South-east Asian countries signed historic trade pacts to pave the way for the world's biggest free-trade zone by 2010, with a total population of nearly two billion people.


Allarme in Thailandia Forse il primo caso di contagio uomo-uomo

BANGKOK, 28 SETTEMBRE 2004 - La Thailandia ha annunciato oggi un ''probabile'' caso di trasmissione uomo-uomo della cosiddetta 'influenza dei polli', cosa che spiegherebbe la morte, la settimana scorsa, di una donna forse contaminata da sua figlia.


The fate of Palestinian President Yasser  Arafat was mired in confusion on Tuesday as French medical  sources contradicted reports by senior Palestinian officials  that he had died at a Paris hospital.


Arts & entertainment: Director of Lord of the Rings trilogy signs up to produce two films based on Tolien's The Hobbit


AP Poll: Security Top Issue for Americans

National security issues such as the war in Iraq and terrorism are dominating voters' attention in the final weeks before Election Day, Associated Press polling found.


The US takes legal action against China over subsidies which it says breach World Trade Organization rules.


NFL Wrap: McNabb Leads Eagles to 4th Straight East Title

Donovan McNabb passed for one touchdown and rushed for another as the Philadelphia Eagles won their fourth straight division title with a 27-6 win over the New York Giants in the NFL on Sunday.


Abductor killed in Toronto hostage drama

TORONTO: A police marksman shot and killed a man who had taken a woman hostage and put a gun to her head during a dramatic rush-hour standoff in the heart of Toronto yesterday.


Seeking aid, N. Korea vows to stop nukes

North Korea's No. 2 leader reiterated Thursday his country's pledge to abandon its nuclear weapons, as the impoverished nation sought a resumption of aid at its first high-level talks with South Korea since conducting an atomic test.


Shell profits hit record 31 billion dollars in 2007

Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits leapt 23 percent last year to a record 31.331 billion dollars (21.115 billion euros), energised by soaring crude prices.


Wall Street was set to open slightly lower on Wednesday as investors eye the damage to corporate earnings from stubbornly high oil prices with scorecards from key companies rolling in.


At least 160 people were hurt when the high-speed tilt train from Brisbane to Cairns came off the tracks north of Bundaberg overnight.


Clinton and Obama Spar Over Remark About Dr. King

Senator Barack Obama refuted the charge that his campaign had been trying to fan anger over Senator Hillary Rodham Clintonâs comments on civil rights.


Il comitato olimpico britannico ha scritto un documento di 32 pagineche dovrÃ  essere controfirmato. pena l'esclusione                                          "Atleti, niente politica a Pechino" Contratto-capestro per gli inglesi


A Lazy Guide to Going Green ; For Cool Consumerism From the Comfort of Your Armchair, the Internet Has Many Products That Are Both Stylish and Eco-Friendly, Says ALICE GREBOT

By ALICE GREBOT  CLOTHING WITH A CONSCIENCE   Ciel is a Brighton-based company that offers a more ethical choice of clothing (pictured).   Browse through www.ciel.ltd.uk for its quilted jackets with faux- fur trims, and hand-knitted shrugs.


Paper Airline Tickets Fly Off into Sunset

By McClatchy Newspapers  FORT WORTH, Texas - If you're one of the dwindling number of travelers using a paper ticket to get on an airplane, the airline industry has a message for you: The paper ticket's almost gone.


It's always nice to finish important business early and the Eagles were able to do just that with Sunday's win at the Meadowlands.


Meeting of NBC Board May Mean Change at the Top

Jeff Zucker is expected to be named chairman and chief executive of NBC Universal, succeeding Bob Wright.


Fortune says logical step to buy Absolut maker: paper

It would be a logical step for  Fortune Brands Inc.  to buy Absolut maker Vin & Sprit,  which the Swedish government plans to sell, a Swedish daily on  Saturday quoted Fortune's top executive as saying.


Sales of previously owned homes in November posted their best month on record as low mortgage rates enticed buyers to live the American dream.


Eisner due to testify in bitter Disney trial

GEORGETOWN, Delaware, Nov 14  - Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner may begin testifying as early as Tuesday in defense of his 1995 decision to hire his once best friend as president of the entertainment giant, and then to fire him 15 months


Londra, 15:45 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: ARSENAL AD AMBURGO SENZA HENRY

L'Arsenal farà a meno di Henry (infortunio al piede) nella sfida di Champions di domani ad Am...


Milano, 18:34 - CALCIO, MILAN; SEEDORF: TEMO CHE CARRIERA RONALDO SIA FINITA

E' un Clarence Seedorf molto preoccupato quello che ai microfoni della Bbc parla del futuro di Ronal...


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

The United Auto Workers union on Monday  called the first national strike against General Motors  Corp since 1970 after contract talks stalled, sending  more than 73,000 factory workers to picket lines.


Foul-mouthed radio personality Howard Stern has another Powell to reckon with: Secretary of State Colin Powell. The nation's top diplomat came to the defense of his son, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, after Stern said the younger Powell only got the job because of his family name.


Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen plans to repurchase the Rose Garden Arena, three years after he gave it up in bankruptcy proceedings.


With three characters played by one funny comedian, it is no surprise that Eddie Murphyâs âNorbitâ took number 1 in the box office this weekend bringing in almost $35 million.  Coming in second is the other movie debuting in the U.S. and Canada,...


Spam filter costs lawyers their day in court

An overzealous spam filter led to an expensive mix-up for an Aurora, Colorado law firm that missed a court date when it missed an e-mail notification.


Sport: Cricket: Judge who overturned Harbhajan Singh's racial abuse ban cites reason for doing so


The rover Opportunity will soon go over the edge into Victoria Crater in search of new hints about Marsâs ancient, and possibly wet, past.


AL roundup: Royals' 26 runs good only for split

After being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers went out and won 8-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.


Kevin Smith Clocks in for 'Clerks' Sequel

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is set to direct his own screenplay of "The Passion of the Clerks," a sequel to his first film, 1994's "Clerks."


Caretaker England rugby coach Andy Robinson confirms he intends to apply for the job full-time.


Italian Opera Diva Renata Tebaldi Dies at 82

Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, one of the great post-World War II opera divas who Arturo Toscanini said had the "voice of an angel," has died, a family friend said Sunday. She was 82.


Representatives of the loser of Ukraine's presidential election said Wednesday that they would delay filing complaints challenging Viktor Yushchenko's victory because the hundreds of volumes of documents were not yet ready.


Spain and Morocco are to exchange judges in a drive to combat terrorism and illegal immigration.


In Exchange for Records, Fewer Immigration Raids

Over the past seven months, Bush administration officials have quietly toured the country, trying to persuade businesses that rely heavily on immigrant labor to join a little-known program that would spare them from embarrassing federal raids if they voluntarily handed over their workers' documents so the government can scan them for fraudulent information....


Spanish regulator to impose conditions on Endesa takeover

The Spanish regulator CNE is to impose conditions on the joint takeover of Spain's biggest electricity group Endesa by Italian energy group Enel and Spanish construction company Acciona, a Spanish newspaper reported on Wednesday.


L'agguato avvenuto non lontano dall'abitazione di Haniyeh


With Win, Jones Evokes Past and Revives His Future

With a unanimous decision over FÃ©lix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr. left people wondering if he was really back to his dominant self or if he had simply fought a tired has-been.


Will TLA shocker join mobe and lappy? Reader poll It's come to our attention that some of you are none too keen on the term "ICT" - the bastard offspring of IT and an apparently pointless exercise in augmenting a perfectly functional acronym to endow the term with more gravitas and import.â¦


With business travelers filling rooms again, some hotels appear to be having second thoughts about their emphasis on families.


Thanks for the hyperies The start-up that ignited the Opteron revolution has collapsed.â¦


With news banned from TV, Pakistanis find it on the Web

Musharraf's crackdown on news and dissent has managed to miss a vibrant Internet community.


Polls close in the Hartlepool by-election, with the main parties now awaiting the verdict of voters.


IBM Adds New Features to Innovative Print Automation Software

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new features for its breakthrough IBM Infoprint ProcessDirector software and announced that the product is expected to be generally available September 15, 2006.


The electronic audience measurement tool, the âpeople meter,â has so far produced odd results.


But don't just blame Vista New technology such as Windows Vista and IP v6 may solve some security problems but will bring new security threats as well, according to a senior Cisco security expert.â¦


Tim Henman takes on top seed Roger Federer in the US Open semi-finals.


FOUR Manchester United players - including recent signing Wayne Rooney - have been nominated for FIFA's World Player of the Year award.


FCC Reviews 'Desperate Housewives' Football Promo

The Federal Communications  Commission on Wednesday reviewed complaints about ABC's steamy  "Desperate Housewives" promotion before "Monday Night Football"  and while the agency's chairman expressed disappointment, it  was not clear whether government would tackle the network.


'Cime tempestose' fa boom Male Teocoli e la Parietti

Roma, 6 ottobre 2004 - Finale col botto per Â«Cinema TempestoseÂ». La seconda ed ultima puntata della miniserie di Raiuno Ã¨ stata vista da 9.922.000 spettatori con il 36,31% di share, doppiando l'esordio


Royal Pa 'Felt Threatened' by Prince's Aide

A secretary who claims she was sexually harassed by a senior member of the Prince of Walesâs staff knew he was gay, an employment tribunal heard today.


Sting e Morricone a S. Maria delle Grazie e al Duomo


Details of a new television ad from Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry to begin airing this week:


A form of intersex fish, which have both male and female traits, were found more often by researchers in areas with more farming and population density, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.


`IÂm not making a film about  Rabri Devi`

A strange news item regarding her plans to make a film on the life on BiharÂs Chief Minister Rabri Devi has filmmaker Kallpana Lajmi baffled and confused.


Yevgeny Adamov, the former atomic energy minister who Washington accused of stealing millions in U.S. government funds, was found guilty Tuesday of fraud and abuse of office.


Making Peace (and/or products) with Marketing

There are a range of ways that marketing can relate to engineering. At one end are companies where engineering is the core competency and marketing "leadership" is an absurdity. At the other end are companies where marketing tells engineers what to do.  \


Robbers' quandary: Getting rid of the cash

Pulling off one of the largest and most daring cash robberies of all time is one thing. Disposing successfully of the loot and enjoying the benefits is another matter.


Lindsay Lohan is the latest star to tumble from Hollywood's heights into the tumult of substance abuse, continuing a sad tradition of young celebrities who deal with mounting or fleeting fame by turning to drugs and alcohol.


Microsoft says college students can 'steal' Office

Software maker offers its highest-end version to students for $60 as part of its "Ultimate Steal" promotion.


Nurses union fighting flu-shot requirement

The Washington State Nurses Association is protesting a requirement by Virginia Mason Medical Center that nurses, along with other staff members, be immunized against influenza this year or be fired.


Chart-topper Rihanna rebels with haircut

Chart-topping Barbados singer Rihanna says she is going through a rebellious stage.


KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.


A group of conservative Chinese songwriters has denounced the emergence of "vulgar" pop music on the Internet which they say is poisoning youth with weird lyrics and lustful themes.


West Nile Dangerous for Organ Transplant Patients

TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- West Nile virus may be especially harmful to organ transplant recipients, placing them at high risk for severe neurological illness, according to a study in the August issue of the Archives of Neurology.


Majority Democrats' power checked by GOP

Democrats running Congress for the first time in more than a decade faltered at key points this year as they grudgingly passed important bills that many, or even most, of their House members opposed. When Republicans were in charge, they pledged to avoid such a fate.


England football star Wayne Rooney is questioned by police investigating reports of a fight outside a nightclub.


Musharraf urges action to improve relations with Islamic world

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called on leading Western countries on Wednesday to rapidly resolve some longstanding disputes affecting Muslims, including the


Hezbollah says didn't confirm Israeli captives alive

The chief of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah said his organization did not tell France that the two Israeli soldiers it captured in 2006 were alive and declined to give any clues to their fate.


FDA Approves New Opioid-Based Pain Medicine

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Purdue Pharma LP opioid-based drug that aims to provide "around-the-clock" relief to patients with moderate to severe pain.


Chelsea's William Gallas believes they will battle it out with Arsenal for the Premiership in the coming months. "It'll be a two-horse race all the way to the end of the season because


EU Agrees to Start Membership Talks With Turkey

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to offer Turkey a date of Oct. 3, 2005 to begin negotiations on its membership of the bloc, said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.


Former champion Hewitt strides into second round

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt made light work of his first round match against British wildcard Richard Bloomfield at Wimbledon on Tuesday, winning 7-5 6-3 7-5.


Report: Home of Jackson Assistant Raided

Authorities raided the Los Angeles area home of Michael Jackson's personal assistant as part of their investigation into allegations the entertainer molested a boy at his Neverland Ranch, a newspaper reported Thursday.


Lo ha stabilito autopsia sul corpo del maresciallo ucciso


Sentenza della Disciplinare di C: calabresi penalizzati di 5 punti nel prossimo campionato, le altre societÃ  prosciolte. Tre anni e 8 mesi di stop per Ambrosino. FIRENZE, 6 settembre 2004 - Tre anni e otto


(InfoWorld) - Market reaction to BEA Systems' stock options backdating inquiry this week provided a clue to investor psychology, while RealNetworks and Microsoft offered a look at the future of aspects of the software and services business. BEA announced Wednesday that an internal review found that most options granted for nine years, up until last June, were improperly recorded. The company expects to restate earnings, which will include putting previously unrecorded expenses of $340 million to $390 million on the books. CEO Alfred Chuang and other executives will repay gains from "mispriced options," BEA said, but added: "Following the review, the audit committee and the board of directors expressed their continued confidence in the leadership and integrity of Mr. Chuang and the current executive leadership team." BEA shares closed Thursday at $13.01, up $0.48 for the day. Brokerages Piper Jaffray and JMP Securities both raised their ratings on the company. Why the joy? It seems that company observers and IT investors like closure more than they dislike the idea of companies having to restate earnings. This has been a pattern in many of the stock options inquiries -- numbering well over 100 -- that have occurred. ThoughÂ government inquiries into Apple options practicesÂ are ongoing, company shares bounced up after an internal inquiry expressed confidence in CEO Steve Jobs. Though the spectacle of well-paid executives getting richer via improperly recorded options grants may strike some as unseemly, it seems the market as a whole wants to forgive and forget. Investors, however, were hard on RealNetworks after the company reported earnings Wednesday. The company, which offers music subscription services through Rhapsody, added 100,000 users in the last quarter and recordedÂ a revenueÂ gainÂ of more than 50 percent to $125.6 million. But guidance for the year fell short of expectations. Company shares plunged by $1.70 to close at $8.97 Thursday. The guidance for the year suggests that Real's growth will be impaired by a general preference over downloading songs via complete systems such as Apple's iTunes and Microsoft's Zune rather than subscribing continuously to a service. Meanwhile, Microsoft's shares closed at $29.46 Thursday, up by $0.06 ahead of its financial analysts meeting in New York, which began as the market closed. Though Microsoft shares have faltered recently, they started climbing steadily last June in the run-up to the Vista launch. Now, sales reports indicate that Vista is being snapped up faster than XP was. However, the financial meeting was scheduled to last only one hour, and Microsoft said ahead of time that it would not alter its earnings guidance for the year. Many analysts are saying that Microsoft won't see the full effect of Vista revenue until late in the year, or even next year. So despite a boost this week, company shares in the medium term may not rise as quickly as they did in the last two quarters of 2006.


Elizabeth Burnosky is a registered Democrat who voted for President Bush in 2000, opposes his policy on Iraq and calls Sen. John Kerry "a little wussy boy." Call her conflicted.


Brit singers, Japanese instruments freshen Air's sound

Air's fourth studio album, "Pocket  Symphony," finds the French duo having a love affair with the  very concept of love.


Genova, 18:58 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: DOPPIO ALLENAMENTO SOTTO LA PIOGGIA

Doppia seduta d'allenamento sotto la pioggia  per la Sampdoria in vista della gara di domenica con i...


Executives of the carrier want to engage in merger discussions with United Airlines and Northwest Airlines as a way to cut costs and stay profitable.


Gentiloni: la legge ripristina il pluralismo, rischiamo una multa UeMi aspetto piÃ¹ civiltÃ  da chi ha imposto gli interessi di Mediaset                                          "Berlusconi desolante ma andremo avanti"                                                                                di ALDO FONTANAROSA


Hezbollah military commander Imad Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday, the Lebanese group said.


The French general commanding U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said Monday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as French President Jacques Chirac said the militant group should not keep ...


CES High Level Group draws up all draft documents required to form free trade zone

The High Level Group for forming the Common Economic Space between Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan has drawn up drafts of all 29 basic documents required to create a free trade zone without withdrawals ...


Cypress Semiconductor Corp., which makes computer and communications chips, on Thursday said third-quarter profit dropped as demand dried up throughout the industry.


A secure world will only be realised if we share wealth with the poor, the head of the Anglican church warns.


The Iraq war entered a dangerous new phase today as 850 armoured British troops were ordered to the troubled heart of the country for a massive crackdown on terrorists.


Lo afferma il sottosegretario Massimo Tononi


Ivory Coast warplanes bombed the largest city of the rebel-held north in wave after wave of attacks Thursday, breaking a more than year-old cease-fire in the civil


Worldchanging, a new tome on sustainability, makes going green easy and leaves behind the tree-hugger stereotypes. By Jenn Shreve.


New rules on marriage for foreign nationals come into force but a major immigrants' group says they may breach human rights law.


Shrugging Off Mutiny, Sharon Rejects Gaza Referendum

Israeli leader Ariel Sharon rejected  calls from within his mutinous cabinet on Wednesday for a  referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support  to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.


Vioxx Recall Draws Attention To Pfizer's Celebrex

The recall of Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx has drawn attention to drug overall safety, more specifically, a similar drug known as Celebrex, by the drug maker Pfizer.


Roma, 21:48 - CALCIO, FIGO ROMPE CON L'AL ITTIHAD

Luis Figo non giocherà con i sauditi dell'Al Ittihad. Lo scrive l'edizione online del quotid...


LONDON/NEW YORK  - The Nasdaq Stock Market  plans to announce on Friday that it has agreed to buy Nordic bourse owner OMX  as it expands beyond the U.S. market, according to sources familiar with the situation.


Man convicted in death of Denver officer

An illegal immigrant from Mexico who fled to his home country after killing a police officer and wounding another was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.


Milano, 18:59 - CALCIO, MILAN; SIMIC: DA TEMPO NON GIOCAVAMO COSI' BENE

Il difensore del Milan Dario Simic, parlando ai microfoni di Milan Channel, torna sul pareggio di ie...


Bene pil 2/0 trimestre.Rischio inflazione,vigilanza su tassi


The European Commission has asked four more countries for information on how they buy computers. Rival AMD applauds the move.


Baseball's Hot Stove is heating up with a flurry of rumors and gossip. To keep you up-to-date, we've created a special edition of Hot Stove Truth & Rumors.


Digging for Truth in a Life Thatâs Built Upon a Lie

Fundamental issues of ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of âLive and Become.â


Republicans had a $20 million advantage over Democrats at the beginning of the month as the parties entered the fiercely paced final leg before Election Day.


Misano, 16:43 - MOTOGP: ROSSI SCAPPA VIA E ANNULLA L'INCOTRO STAMPA

La delusione fa male a Rossi, che dopo un gelato e un breve meeting tecnico con i suoi meccanici a s...


2 Candidates, 2 Fortunes, 2 Views of Wealth

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


Alitalia, Maroni: ''Pronti a intervenire ma prima ci sia l'accordo ...

Roma, 15 set. (Adnkronos) - Per Alitalia il governo e' pronto a fare la sua parte. Ad assicurarlo e' il ministro del Welfare, Roberto Maroni che annuncia: ''Sugli ammortizzatori sociali, noi siamo pronti ma


The Next General Election Will Be Won and Lost on the Internet

By MONTGOMERIE, TIM  Most elections produce a defining campaign event. In 1979 it was Margaret Thatcher's enlistment of Saatchi & Saatchi and the 'Labour Isn't Working' posters. In 1987 it was the party political broadcast that became known as 'Kinnock The Movie'.


The heart of children cura bimbi cardiopatici in loro paesi


The software maker releases an upgraded version of its small-business management applications with new features for coordinating factory work.


Jane Pauley, whose highly anticipated syndicated talk show debuts Aug. 30, reveals she was treated for bipolar disorder in her new memoir, "Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue."


The Taleban calls for Italian troops to pull out of Afghanistan to release an Italian journalist.


Sean Crowley learned early in his college career that life has its unexpected complications. At 19, Crowley, a Stoughton High graduate, was playing football at Fitchburg State when he learned he was going to be a father. His life changed. He transferred to Curry College to be closer to his family and daughter, and played three seasons highlighted by numerous ...


Presi i presunti assassini del benzinaio di Lecco

Svolta nell'omicidio del benzinaio lecchese,Giuseppe Maver, ucciso in un tentativo di rapina il 25 novembre scorso. I presunti responsabili sono stati fermati dai carabinieri del comando provinciale di Lecco. Si tratterebbe di due persone.


Trailing by five strokes entering the final round yesterday, Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem shot a 5-under-par 66 in the alternate-shot format to grab a share of the lead, then two-time Masters winner Langer made a short par putt on the first playoff hole to beat Scotland for Germany's first World Cup victory since 1990. Langer sank his putt ...


Commemorazione anche a New York con lettura nomi vittime


Nandita Das adds another feather to her cap

Actress Nandita Das is all set to don the hat of director now. Playing fabulous roles in films like Fire, Bawande, 1947 Earth and Maati Maa, Das now wants to reinvent her career by getting into film direction. The subject of her film deals with family ties and relationships.


Kazakh president laughs off "Borat" controversy

There's no such thing as bad publicity, the president of Kazakhstan joked on Tuesday as he welcomed the attention lavished on his country by the comedy film "Borat."


In Backing His Wife, Clinton Recalls His Legacy

AMHERST, N.H., Jan. 5 -- He's no kid anymore, and it's his wife who is attempting the comeback. But former president Bill Clinton looked and certainly sounded Saturday like a politician whose legacy is on the line.


Siemens to cut 1,350 jobs in telecoms ops

German electronics giant Siemens said it planned to cut 1,350 jobs in its new Siemens Com division, which covers the group's activities in fixed-line and mobile communications.


When Jason Giambi admitted to a federal grand jury in San Francisco in December 2003 that he had taken steroids and human growth hormone, he had been granted immunity from prosecution if he told the truth but faced a perjury charge if he did not.


JERUSALEM - Saying Israel faced a "fateful hour," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged parliament on Monday to approve his controversial plan to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and a small portion of the West Bank.


Nissan breaks with Toyota on hybrid technology and says it is developing a plug-in. In Autopia.