Bruxelles, 14:31 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER-EUROPA: LIPPI CONVOCA IBRA

Marcello Lippi, ct della selezione di giocatori che militano in squadre europee che domani sera affr...


After Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Panathinaikos at Highbury on Tuesday night, captain leaving them three points behind Group E leaders PSV Eindhoven with two games left to play, captain Patrick Vieira said: "A draw is better than nothing.


Since losing to East Boston last month, fourth-ranked Charlestown has been out to prove it is still the best of the Boston City League.


No. 14 Louisville Shuts Down Tenn. 85-62

Francisco Garcia scored 20 points to lead No. 14 Louisville to an 85-62 win over Tennessee on Saturday.


'JFK assassination plot' papers found in Dallas safe

Transcript of conversation between Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby is probably fake, district attorney says


Per aver investito in Italia rispettando cultura e radici


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned on Thursday that Linux may not really be free given the intellectual-property risks that could be posed by the open-source operating system.


Former CEO quits on heels of bad quarterly loss.


In Indiana, 21 percent of the people with HIV - the virus that leads to AIDS - are women, while 12 percent of those with AIDS are female.


3 DeLay Aides Facing Charges in Fund Inquiry

Three aides who helped run a political action committee created by House majority leader Tom DeLay were indicted Tuesday.


When it comes down to this, when it's worse than you could have possibly imagined, if you are any kind of ballplayer at all, you look within and ask yourself what you can do to make it better.


SBC cuts the price its wireless Internet service

In keeping with the company's bundling strategy, SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) on Monday said it will drop the price of its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service to $1.


Long arm of law catches up with China bone breakers

A Shanghai gang of nine who helped break each others' arms and then jumped off building sites to win compensation were jailed for extorting 100,000 yuan ($13,000) from their bosses, local media said on Tuesday.


The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 10:30 a.m. EDT on Monday.


Survey: Gas prices down 3 cents nationally over last 2 weeks

(Camarillo, California-AP) Dec. 6, 2004 - The Lundberg Servey says gas prices have dipped nationwide over the past two weeks. The survey cites an increase in crude oil supplies combined with the recovery of US offshore oil production after Hurricane Ivan.


Red Sox bring Nixon and Reese back from DL

Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox activated outfielder Trot Nixon and infielder Pokey Reese off the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday.


Industrial production was up just 0.2 percent in August, the slowest pace in three months, the Federal Reserve reported.


A perfect record probably isn't going to be enough to get Utah into the Bowl Championship Series.


Conduttore, 'dateci anche una finestra sulle reti in chiaro'


Israeli troops kill three militants in W.Bank raid

JENIN, West Bank  - Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday, and forces resumed operations in Nablus one day after Palestinians said they had pulled out.


Pakistani forces secure rebel mosque complex

Pakistani security forces secured a mosque and school complex in Islamabad on Wednesday, snuffing out the last pockets of resistance a day after an assault that killed a rebel cleric and more than 70 supporters.


SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A rapper surrendered Friday to face charges that he stabbed a man who had punched hip-hop superstar Dr. Dre during the taping of a music awards show.


Are you for real? A NZ couple are fighting the powers that be for the right to name their son "4Real", the New Zealand Herald reports.â¦


Negotiations resumed between Khartoum and Darfur rebellions

A new round of negotiations started yesterday in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, between the Sudanese movement and the two main rebel movements in Darfur which has been witnessing acts of riots that resulted in killing thousands of persons and displacing more


Iran government link to Iraq not clear, says U.S. general

Iranian weapons found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq and the capture of some Iranians did not by themself implicate Tehran, the head of the U.S. military's joint chiefs of staff said on Tuesday.


Bomb in Baghdad Kills at Least 7 In Crowd of Mostly Shiite Shoppers

BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 -- Twice on the road to the bombing scene Friday, carloads of young Iraqi men sped by in the opposite direction. The jubilant wedding revelers leaned out of their windows gesturing wildly as they drove through the streets.


The chatter these days in Yerevan's Anahit Deluxe beauty salon isn't only about hairstyles, celebrity gossip or the coming winter Â it's also about whether the U.S. Congress will agree that the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.


U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry  Paulson said on Friday that November's U.S. jobs report was  "good news" and indicated economic growth was on a solid path.


Siena, domani in piazza del Campo si sfideranno solo 9 fantiniSi Ã¨ dimesso Bodio, ritenuto responsabile dell'incidente in partenza della prima prova                                          Palio, cade il cavallo della Chiocciola la contrada e il mossiere si ritirano                                                                                Sul verrocchio ritorna Guglielmi di Vulci che diede il via a sette pali tra il 2002 e il 2002


Milano, 12:49 - CALCIO, MILAN: RONALDO E' ARRIVATO A MILANO

Poco dopo mezzogiorno, accompagnato dal medico sociale del Milan Massimiliano Sala, Ronaldo è...


Irons to play Harold Macmillan in new play

Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons  will play former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in a new play  opening at London's National Theatre in March, the theatre  announced on Wednesday.


Napster To Be Available On AT&T Wireless

Infosync is reporting that Napster will be available through AT&T/Cingular wireless services for $14.99/month. "Napster today announced that Napster To Go, the first portable music subscription service for


Microsoft Licenses Exchange Sync Technology to Palm OS Smartphone ...

Treo, a maker of Palm OS-based smartphones, entered a licensing agreement with Microsoft to allow the next generation of its phones to link up with the ActiveSync technology in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the companies said Tuesday.


Acer plans to buy the U.S. computer maker for $710 million in a deal that will push it past Chinaâs Lenovo Group to become the worldâs third largest PC vendor.


Discovery astronauts inspect shuttle wings, nose for damage

Shuttle Discovery astronauts checked the orbiter's wings and nose for damage on Wednesday using lasers and a camera atop its robotic arm, a day ahead of its rendezvous with the International Space Station.


PS2 owners will have to wait almost a whole year, but they will be getting it. Capcomâs million-seller latest title âResident Evil 4â expanding into Nintendo GameCube and PlayStaion2!


Thousands plan to take part this year in an online effort that lets backers of third-party candidates in swing states trade votes with people in less critical locations. But overall participation is lower than in 2000. By Joanna Glasner.


"The Queen," "Bobby" lead race for Venice awards

Stephen Frears' "The Queen" is the   critics' favorite to take the best picture award at the Venice   Film Festival this year, with Emilio Estevez's star-packed   "Bobby" leading a strong chasing pack.


Afghans say kill 33 Taliban after police attack

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan police killed 33 Taliban insurgents after a roadside bomb detonated by militants killed eight policemen in the southern province of Kandahar, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.


One of the few remaining aid agencies in Iraq, World Vision, is pulling out of the country.


Livorno, 17:01 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: TECNICI A 'SCUOLA' DA ARRIGONI

Doppia seduta di allenamento per il Livorno in vista della sfida di domenica a Reggio Calabria. Matt...


Apple Enters Value Market with Cheap iPod, Mac

Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on  Tuesday moved to make its products more affordable for the  masses, unveiling its cheapest Macintosh computer ever and a  version of its iPod digital music player for under $100.


Former President Clinton told Democrats Thursday night it won't take any special magic for them to win the White House again.


VNU shares rise on Univision news, unit sale

Shares in Dutch publisher VNU (VNUN.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) rose more than 2 percent on Monday, supported by news it had completed the sale of a division and that a court case in the United States against a key unit had


Chris Chambers, Miamiâs top receiver, was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after being pulled over several miles south of downtown Charlotte.


Three men and a woman are arrested over the murder of a 17-year-old Swiss student in Galway.


Siviglia, 11:43 - CALCIO, PUERTA: PRESIDENTE SIVIGLIA: DA OGGI GIOCHIAMO IN 12

"A partire da ora giocheremo sempre in 12": parole commosse quelle pronunciate dal presidente del Si...


Digestive Allergic Disorder Rising in Kids

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- An allergic inflammatory disease of the esophagus triggered by immune cells may be on the rise among U.S. children, a new study finds.


U.S. Treasury officials will be able to keep data on financial transactions collected in anti-terror investigations for only five years under a deal with the EU to safeguard privacy rights, EU officials said Thursday.


Microsoft to launch video service to rival YouTube

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O will start   testing on Tuesday an Internet video-sharing service called   Soapbox, the software company's answer to Web sensation   YouTube.


Shares end lower as high oil prices and weaker dollar weigh

London shares closed lower, depressed by a weak morning by Wall Street as concerns over high oil prices and a weaker dollar continued to weigh on sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.


A British hotelier says Afghan authorities tried to get him to confess to kidnapping three UN workers.


Phil Mickelson gets three bogeys that cost him a cushion but still keep him a shot over Padraig Harrington, on Saturday in the Nissan Open.


A woman whose body was found in a lake 21 years after she vanished had suffered a violent death, a court hears.


The Bush administration announced Thursday it would provide US refineries with ``limited quantities'' of crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to help offset supply


Cisco outlook an investor Chambers of horrors

Q2 less of a shocker Cisco posted a decent 2008 fiscal second quarter, yet remains gloomy about its near-term sales forecast in the US and Europe.â¦


1972 Dolphins: Undefeated on Field, Undeterred Off It

As the Dolphins were on their way to a 17-0 season, many players proved adept at mixing football and business pursuits.


Trade Commission Upholds Qualcomm Chip Ban

After having waited for a jury's verdict last month to withstand judicial review, the International Trade Commission this morning upheld a decision to ban the import of certain goods containing Qualcomm chipsets into the US. The banned devices are mobile handsets whose use of EV-DO and W-CDMA technology was found to have infringed upon three of Broadcom's patents.


U.S. Indie Filmmakers Toast Wine-Tasting Comedy

A wine-soaked road comedy and a cocaine-fueled drama led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.


Coronation Street character Vera Duckworth makes her final appearance in the long-running British soap.


There were two explosive devices placed in separate Mercedes cars in central London, police confirm.


Tracey Emin Suicide Film Troubles Censors

Controversial artist Tracey Emin has  fallen foul of British censors with a semi-autobiographical  film on teenage life, featuring rape and a graphic suicide.


Matrimonio non solo con Nyse, ma anche con Deutsche Borse


Looking for an authentic Patriots Super Bowl ring? There may be one available -- but it won't come cheap.


Stocks sink on China and U.S. growth fears

U.S. stocks plummeted on Tuesday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 index to its biggest one-day slide in more than 3-1/2 years as a sell-off in China's equity market fanned worries that stock valuations there are too high and some data indicated U.S. economic growth may slow.


Sony, Microsoft see games as key to console race

After years of arguing  over whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles,  Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp.  agree the  battle boils down to which one has the best games.


Fioroni presenta provvedimento, ora in Gazzetta Ufficiale


But no one is sure what is the best response, short of helping people to avoid foreclosure.


Hague Court Appoints Defense Lawyers for Milosevic

UN judges Friday appointed two British lawyers to run the defense for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to prevent further delays to his war crimes trial because of his poor health.


WorldCom's Audacious Failure and Its Toll on an Industry

Few executives have helped create, and then watched the destruction of, as much wealth as Bernard J. Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom.


The San Diego Padres have signed outfielder Jason Lane from the Houston Astros after they lost Milton Bradley for the rest of the season with a cruciate ligament injury.


First Czech victim of earthquake in South Asia

PRAGUE- The Czech Republic has the first officially confirmed victim of the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia, a young woman who died in Thailand, Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Svoboda told journalists.


AirAsia shares jump 20% in trading debut

KUALA LUMPUR Shares of AirAsia, Southeast Asia's biggest discount airline, soared Monday, their first day of trading, on expectations that new routes to China and Indonesia and lower fuel prices would lift profit.


Sniper Said to Admit Guilt in 2nd Slaying

McLEAN, Va. - Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo plans to drop all appeals of his conviction and life sentence for one of 10 killings in October 2002, and will admit guilt in a second slaying, his lawyer said Friday...


The death of the VHS video recorder came a step closer yesterday when the UK's largest electronics chain said it would stop selling them.


President Bush on Thursday signed into law a bill authorizing $82 million in grants aimed at preventing suicide among young people.


Red Sox Stay Alive with Epic 14th-Inning Win

David Ortiz drove in three runs,  including the game winner in the bottom of the 14th inning, to  lead Boston to a rallying 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees  which kept the Red Sox's postseason hopes alive Monday.


Microsoft delays access control technology for two years

Microsoft Monday again revised its Windows server roadmap, this time delaying for nearly two years the release of features for controlling network access - in part to implement a new plan to develop the technology in unison with similar technology from


Tyneside prepares for the biggest half marathon in the world - the BUPA Great North run.


Plans to allow 24-hour drinking will raise the cost to the NHS of alcohol-fuelled harm, a top medical group says.


Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will urge his party to fight the assembly elections with radical and positive politics.


Seven secrets to long-term market dominance.


Carefully Taking a Cool Look at a Topic Thatâs Always Hot

Itâs not easy to turn one of the most controversial events of the 20th century into a movie that makes your eyes roll, but âO Jerusalemâ does this and worse.


Two doormen are being treated in hospital after they were shot outside a nightclub in Liverpool.


Obama's advisers believe focus on economy can help him to woo working-class voters and women.


Square Feet | Checking In: In Hotel Design, Heâs Mr. Prolific

Many architects would be happy to design a single hotel in Manhattan; Gene Kaufmanâs firm is designing 36 of them.


Murali will take back world record from Warne: Ranatunga

Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has congratulated his old foe Shane Warne on becoming the world's highest Test wicket-taker, but predicted his glory will be short-lived.


Nevada GOP trying to get primary noticed

Nevada Republicans quietly moved up the date of their presidential caucus, hoping to gain a share of the national spotlight. Apparently they were too quiet.


For the 15th time, a public health organization on Monday is releasing its assessment of the health of the nation, and of each state, as measured by a composite of 18 variables.


Biden's history lesson to fourth-graders

The words were a bit simpler but the answers none the shorter when Joe Biden, who has a reputation for being verbose, faced an audience of fourth-graders Thursday.


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

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


For his poetic fourth feature, âHalf Moon,â Bahman Ghobadi returns to the desolation of the Kurdish borderlands and the enduring optimism of his people.


Juventus stretches lead; Roma, Inter draw

AS Roma and Inter Milan played to a dramatic 3-3 draw in Sunday's "big match," both losing ground to Juventus, which stretched its Serie A lead by beating Udinese 1-0.


Two 16-year-old students from London arrested in West Africa allegedly carrying cocaine worth Â£300,000 are "provisionally charged".


Web-Based Service Delivery Falling Short of Its Promise

Join Bill Rose, SSPA founder and executive director, and Citrix Online for a 30-minute Webcast as they provide a blueprint designed to make the promise of superior Web-based services a reality. You'll discover how to achieve lower operating costs, higher service levels and increased customer satisfaction from Web-based services.


N.Irish paramilitary charged with Adams murder bid

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


Lohan voted worst performance in online movie poll

As if 2007 could get any worse for  Lindsay Lohan, now this: Moviegoers tagged her with the year's  worst performance by an actress.


Turkish warplanes bomb PKK in N.Iraq: military

TUNCELI, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes bombed important Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Saturday in a new cross-border offensive, the General Staff said.


Chirac Seeks Unity Over French Iraq Hostages

President Jacques Chirac called for national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq, after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two journalists held by Islamist militants.


Roma, 18:33 - Calcio, Siena-Roma; De Luca: gara non mi sembra regolare

''La partita non mi sembra regolare''. E' la protesta del presidente del Siena, Paolo De Luca, che a...


IBM undeterred by setbacks to ODF adoption

(InfoWorld) - You might think the steady defeat of bills in several U.S. states to mandate the use of free interoperable file formats might dampen the spirits of IBM, one of the prime supporters ofÂ ODF (OpenDocument Format). Far from it, said IBM's Bob Sutor, who sees the recent news as par for the course in the evolution of any open standard. Last week, California became the latest U.S. state to stall or shelve proposed legislation to require its agencies to adopt open file formats like ODF instead of Microsoft's proprietary Office formats. Similar bills in Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Oregon have met with the same fate, while Minnesota only passed legislation after it was changed from a mandate to use an open format to a call for the state's IT department to investigate the issue. Massachusetts, the first and so far only, U.S. state with a policy on using open formats, shifted that position somewhat last year to order the adoption of plug-ins to enable Office users to create and save files in ODF. In an interview earlier this week, Sutor, vice president of standards and open source at IBM, talked about ODF and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document standard. IDGNS: What's your take on the defeat of legislation in several U.S. statesÂ that would've mandated the use of open document formats? Is it a setback for the adoption of ODF? Sutor: We've seen this before around open standards. Take the Web itself. It went mainstream in about 1994 to 1995. If you trace it back, the Web was starting in the late 1980s. It takes most technology standards between 5 to 10 years to become established. They start in committees, come into their own, and then commercial interests come in. Web services kicked off in 2000, and we saw SOAÂ in 2004 to 2005. Now, no one doubts that SOA is big business. In the same way, if you look back at ODF, you can go back to 2003 or 2005. It's still very, very early. We wouldn't have thought it possible in 2005 that in 2007 there would even be any legislative considering of ODF. It's great that people are even talking about this in the first place. It's extremely early. Legislative committee talks take time. One year, a member proposes something, they meet that year on it, and the next meeting isn't until the next year. In some states like Texas they only meet every other year. I certainly expect the legislation to come back with a vengeance in the next sessions. Also, government IT policy makers aren't waiting for legislation, they're making active decisions. Changes are under way. Minnesota's bill will give a strong lead to other states. IDGNS: Where do you think ODF is at in terms of your prediction of five to 10 years for a standard to establish itself? Sutor: We're at about year three or four. IDGNS: It seems as though IBM and Microsoft are pitted against each other with ODF versus Microsoft's OpenXML. Sutor: The only one talking about a feud between Microsoft and IBM is Microsoft. On the ODF side, it's not just us, but we're a such a big company, we're going to say something. There's nothing whatsoever about ODF that particularly enables IBM. OpenOffice [an open-source office rival to Microsoft's Office] benefits; that's not our baby, we don't control it. We've put ourselves in a position where [with ODF] there are all the potential benefits of open source. It's interchangeability along with interoperability so if someone doesn't want to use someone's software, they can choose to use something else. I absolutely don't see this as a feud for Microsoft and IBM. We provide chips for the Xbox, we have a large, if not the biggest, services business around .Net. There's no feud. ODF is in the Oasis [standards body]. Microsoft is on the board of directors of Oasis and has steadfastly refused to participate in ODF. We're happy for them to join and would welcome them with open arms. IDGNS: Some potential users would like to see one single standard, a combination of ODF and OpenXML. Could that ever be a possibility? Sutor: It's more a difference in technology. Microsoft XML technology is simply not good XML. Look at the English language. It's a bunch of letters, words, and grammar, and you can use the rules to form sentences. That's similar to XML. You can sit down to write a novel, and so can I. I might write the worst novel, and you write the best. Just using XML doesn't guarantee quality in the same way that using English doesn't guarantee great novels. Microsoft's XML doesn't take into account modern design and steadfastly ignores other XML standards. I have a sneaking suspicion that OpenXML isn't the last format we'll hear from Microsoft. It's totally a personal thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a new XML from Microsoft in a few years and one with an architecture a lot like ODF. I could then see a natural convergence which could bring the two together.


Schools in England have been sent advice on how to teach children good spoken English.


Taliban growing stronger in Afghanistan: UK report

The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain's parliament has found.


City Officials Overcounted Unpaid Fees: Dispute With Developer

By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 6--Atascadero officials made a six-figure mistake at homebuilder Kelly Gearhart's expense when they calculated how much the prominent businessman owes the city in unpaid development fees.


Thai junta proposes lifting martial law across half country

Thailand's junta leader has said that he has asked the government to lift martial law across more than half the country in what would be the first easing of military rule since the September coup.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 3 -- Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim vowed to push for democratic reforms in Malaysia, including freer news media, fair elections and an independent judiciary, as he


Kristin Chenoweth may be Broadway's biggest and busiest voice.


MONTREALâBombardier Inc. common stock jumped 10 per cent yesterday as the market reacted to news the transportation giant has been selected to share in a major railway project in China.


Attivita' proseguono con mezzi aerei e squadre a terra


The Cayman Islands government leader has sued a newspaper, alleging libel following the publication of an anonymous letter insinuating the government had awarded him a lucrative contract, the publisher said Monday.


White House efforts to keep congressional Republicans united over the Iraq war suffered another major defection yesterday as Sen. Pete V. Domenici (N.M.) broke with President Bush and called for an immediate change in U.S. strategy that could end combat operations by spring.


THE internet was to be a boon, a worldwide information superhighway, a universal means of communication that would transcend national and cultural borders and make the world as one.


President Bush on Thursday mourned the recent death of Mario Chanes de Armas, who was at Fidel Castro's side in the Cuban revolution and later spent decades as a political prisoner in the leader's jails.


Brazil and Venezuela pledge closer ties on trade and energy, including the building of a new refinery together.


Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, regained her freedom early on Tuesday after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunken-driving case.


Roma, 21:43 - CALCIO, LAZIO; MAURI: PER ME PERIODO NERO

La diagnosi per Mauri è negativa: stiramento. Questo l'esito dei controlli di oggi che eviden...


John Kerry is giving $250,000 to support Democrats in disputed elections in Washington state and Louisiana and forming a new fund that could help his future political ambitions.


Reports: Thorny antipiracy treaty is dead for now

Blog: The international proposal backed by major broadcasters had drawn opposition from digital rights groups and librarians who said it would imperil the public's home and fair use rights.


David Beckham is an injury concern for England's World Cup qualifier with Poland.


Russian Painter Turns to Fiction To Create Panorama of Homeland

MOSCOW -- Maxim Kantor is a big man who thinks big thoughts. For almost 30 years, his apocalyptic paintings, grim despite their primary colors, have depicted Russia as a yawning void, devouring its citizens. Discovered as an underground artist during the period of openness in the 1980s known as glasnost, Kantor experienced quick and heady success in Western Europe....


Lecce-Inter finisce 2-2, l'ennesima occasione mancata dai nerazzurri, in doppio vantaggio con Adriano e Martins, ma raggiunti da una doppietta dello scatenato Bojinov. Il bomber dell'Inter nella ripresa ha fallito in modo clamoroso il gol del 3-2.


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


You might not be able to morph your wallpaper just yet, but digital ink is already threatening to make big changes in the way we experience advertising. By Rachel Metz.


Social scientists say that linking emotional breakdowns to ballots cannot be dismissed easily.


U.S. law enforcement officials Friday blasted Yemen's release of one of the leaders of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. soldiers.


Friend Describes Peterson As a Caring Man

Laci Peterson was a bubbly woman who changed her husband's life from the moment the couple met, witnesses testified Tuesday during the penalty phase of Scott Peterson's murder trial. The testimony brought the slain schoolteacher's mother to tears.


A Festival With Plenty of This, That and the Other

Boundaries of geography, genre and taste are tested and occasionally trampled in the ninth edition of Film Comment Selects.


Candidate Bloomberg may face anti-New York bias

He's from New York, an independent and Jewish. If New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for the White House, he will face those three issues, any one of which could sink a presidential campaign, experts say.


Wall Street stocks were set for a slightly lower start on Monday as a burst of merger and acquisition activity offset concerns about the possible collapse of a big subprime lender.


SWITZERLAND HAS managed to stage what it thinks is the first legally binding internet vote in a national referendum. More than 2720 people in four Geneva suburbs, about one in five voters in the region who


The anti-virus software makers are going to have a very busy year ahead, it appears. The number of attacks on smartphones is increasing at an alarming pace.


Knock on the Terrapins Is a Lack of Knockouts

In its last six games, Maryland has gone to double overtime twice, overtime once and needed late-game free throws to pull out a win, surprising for the team's No. 4 ranking.


Al Senato si sfilaccia la maggioranza che vota con Cdl


Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers

The suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004.


The Russian military successfully test-fired a mobile version of its top-of-the line Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, officials said.


Samsung fields Flash cache fitted hybrid hard drive

Load-time lowerer Samsung has begun sending out hybrid hard drives to computer manufacturers, according to a variety of reports coming out of Asia today.â¦


Shares in computer firm Dell rise 5% on the news that founder Michael Dell has returned to lead the firm.


Study: College students more narcissistic

Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.


Chronic cough? Iron deficiency could be to blame

Instead of cough drops, some women may need to reach for an iron supplement to treat that pesky cough, Italian researchers said on Tuesday.


World champions Australia are champing at the bit to take on USA in the ICC Champions Trophy in what could be one of the most one-sided matches ever.


A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cybercriminals a new way to sneak their malicious software onto a victim's PC.The flaw, which was reported Thursday by security researcher Aviv Raff, has to do with the way that Skype makes use of a Windows Internet Explorer component to render HTML. Because Skype does not apply strict security controls to the software, an attacker could run scripting code on the victim's system in a dangerous fashion and ultimately install malicious software.The problem is that Skype runs the IE component with the less locked-down "Local Zone" security setting. Because of this attackers are able to do "all sorts of things... [such as] reading/writing files from the local disc and launching executables," wrote security researcher Petko Petkov, in a Thursday blog post about the issue.For an attack to work, the bad guys would first need to find a trustworthy Web site that contained a common programming flaw called a cross-zone scripting error. This bug would give them a way to trick Skype into running their malicious script as if it came from a trusted Web site.In a video posted to his blog, Raff showed how a cross-zone scripting flaw on the Dailymotion.com Web site could be exploited to launch the calculator program in Windows, using Skype's "Add video to chat" feature."The user simply needs to visit DailyMotion via Skype’s 'Add video to chat' button and stumble upon a move which contains the cross-site scripting vector," Petkov wrote.Worse, attackers could flood the site with maliciously encoded advertisements in order to boost their likelihood of infecting a victim, he said. "This type of attack is very easy to pull and it requires almost zero preparation."The flaw affects the latest version of Skype -- version 3.6.0.244 -- Raff said. Older versions of the software may also be at risk. "Until the Skype guys fix this vulnerability, I recommend that you stop searching for videos in Skype," he wrote.Skype representatives could not be reached immediately for comment.


Averse to risk? Check out these nontraditional drug companies.


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Oktoberfest offers ultimate R&R for troops who've served in Iraq

For a soldier who's been serving in Iraq, going to Oktoberfest is one way to find out what he's been missing.


In so many ways, Tiger Woods closed his season Sunday looking like the man who dominated golf in 1999 and 2000 with 17 wins on the PGA Tour.


Cheney Criticizes Kerry's Terror War Plan

Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday questioned Sen. John Kerry's call for a "more sensitive" war on terror, saying it won't impress the Sept. 11 terrorists or the Islamic militants who have beheaded U.S. citizens — criticism Kerry dismissed as negative politics.


Studies Stoke Fitness vs. Thinness Debate

Being fit appears to be far more important than being thin for decreasing the risk of heart disease, while the opposite seems to be the case for diabetes, according to two new studies.


One dead, 25 missing in Japan shipping accidents

One Indian sailor died and 25 people were missing off Japan's Pacific coast after two ships ran aground in high winds and heavy seas, a Coast Guard official said on Saturday.


Gene Called Link Between Life Span and Cancers

Biologists have uncovered a gene that switches off stem cells as a person ages.


Customizing general OpenOffice.org settings

OpenOffice.org includes dozens of options for how it behaves. Available from Tools > Options, they are divided into general settings for the entire office suite and settings particular to each application. General settings are available under the general headings of OpenOffice.org, Load/Save, and Language Settings.


A video of a "friendly fire" incident which killed a UK soldier will be shown at an inquest which resumes on Monday.


Hollywood saddles up as Old West returns

Bandit Russell Crowe and posse volunteer Christian Bale wage a war of wills on the trail in "3:10 to Yuma." Outlaw Brad Pitt is done in by starry-eyed admirer Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."


Dato in contrazione rispetto al disavanzo di 17,6 mld


An angry 72-year-old forced a young couple off the road and left them for dead in the wreckage, a court hears.


Period oil drama There Will Be Blood is named movie of the year by the US National Society of Film Critics.


Evening Shift Ups Risk of Gastrointestinal Ills

People who work from mid-afternoon into the wee hours of the night are liable to develop problems such as heartburn, stomach ulcers and constipation, new research shows.


More than a third of primary schools in England and Wales failed to appoint a headteacher after a first advertisement last year, reveals report.


VOIP presents major security risk, expert warns

(InfoWorld) - Banks and other companies switching their phone systems to VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) are making themselves vulnerable to phishing attacks for which there are currently no effective detection or prevention tools, a security researcher warned Wednesday. "People will be able to penetrate bank networks and hijack their phone lines," said an independent security researcher, known by his pseudonym The Grugq, in an interview. VOIP is becoming increasingly common as companies and operators look to the technology to help cut costs, which makes them moreÂ vulnerable to attack, he said. The Groqg, who spoke this week at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, saidÂ VOIP phishing attacksÂ will emerge by the end of this year. The attacks will allow hackers to steal personal data, including credit card numbers and bank account information, and there is little security managers can do to stop them. "Theoretically, you phone up your bank and the customer service line has been taken over by hackers," The Grugq said. In this scenario, the customer would be asked by the hacker to enter personal banking information before being passed on to an actual bank customer-service representative. "There's no security technology out there that companies can deploy to fix this," The Grugq said, noting that existing intrusion-detection systems are not capable of detecting when a VOIP attack takes place. During his presentation at HITB, The Groqg announced the release of alpha code for SIPhallis, a tool he wrote that allows security managers to manage SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) VOIP packets on their networks. "It gives you an interface to create and send VOIP packets; it also allows monitoring of VOIP packets," he said, adding the application can also be used to inject packets into a VOIP stream. Existing softphone or PBX software is all that is required for hackers to launch a VOIP attack, The Grugq said. HITB runs through Thursday, Sept. 21.


Stronger Rules on Produce Likely After Outbreaks of E.Coli

Outbreaks have caused the produce industry, long wary of regulation, to ask for more government oversight.


As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military.


Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has condemned a decision by Burma's military government to extend the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.


Justin Gatlin won the fastest Olympic race in history by a face. His face. The very face that might finally change track for the better.


Pakistani security forces battled militants at the seminary of a powerful extremist cleric, according to police officials.


Amazon.com Inc announced its support  for Sony Corp's Blu-ray format on Wednesday, days after Toshiba  Corp pulled the plug on the rival HD DVD format, as key studios  and retailers also took Blu-ray's side.


ADC Telecommunications Inc. posted a smaller loss for the third-quarter ended July 31, helped by sharply higher sales from its acquisition of Krone Group in May.


Whooping Crane May Have Survived in Fla.

MILWAUKEE - A whooping crane believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms may be alive, because a signal transmitting from the bird indicates it survived, an official said Sunday.


Leaders map out concept for peace in N. Ireland

LONDON -- After three months of intense talks aimed at breaking the deadlock in Northern Ireland's peace process, Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday laid out the framework for an agreement between the two sides that he said was ''remarkable but not yet complete."


Despite a strong pull desire to finish hisdegree, Partick Nyarko decided to turn pro and enter the MLS after a head-turning junior year at Virginia Tech.


South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson issued his first public statement Tuesday since suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage three months ago, and his office released the first photos of the Democratic senator since he became ill.


GINEVRA - L'Organizzazione mondiale della sanitÃ  lancia un allarme planetario: le malattie potrebbero fare altrettanti morti di quanti ne ha fatti il disastroso maremoto che ha colpito domenica l'Asia meridionale.


Renault-Nissan signs deal to sell electric cars in Israel

French automaker Renault-Nissan signed a preliminary agreement Monday to supply electrically powered vehicles to the Israeli market starting in 2011, the parties to the deal said Monday.


Matt Leinart threw two touchdown passes to Dominique Byrd and top-ranked Southern California shook off the fog and an early Oregon State threat to beat the Beavers 28-20 Saturday night.


Inside linebacker Junior Seau was awarded a game ball following the Patriots' season-opening victory last Sunday , in which he recorded eight tackles. But Seau's greatest contribution didn't necessarily come in the tackle department.


CfH report confirms confidentiality risk

Keeping mum on care records Plans to upload medical records onto a central database - the so-called spine - will put patient confidentiality at risk, Connecting for Health (CfH) has been told by its own consultants.â¦


Security-to-pest-control firm Rentokil Initial has ruled out a break-up as it reports back from a strategic review amid rumours the embattled company is in the sights of buyout firms.


The technogadgetry retailer is a nutty professor.


Sharon and Abbas Say They Ready to Meet - Newsweek

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published on Sunday that he was ready to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and try to coordinate a Gaza pullout with a new Palestinian government.


N.C. STATE (1-1) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (2-1) When/where: Tomorrow, noon, at Blacksburg, Va. TV: ESPN. AP rankings: Neither team is ranked. Last season: Did not play. Comments: Virginia Tech will be looking for its second straight conference victory in its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while North Carolina State will be trying to bounce back from last week's ...


The Washington women's basketball team left Edmundson Pavilion bloodied last night -- but, for one of the rare times recently, not beaten.


Skulls Trojan attacks Symbian mobile phones

Users of Nokia's 7610 smart phone and possibly other phones running Symbian's Series 60 software should be aware of a new Trojan program on the Internet.


Spain is launching a charm offensive on Gibraltar by saying it is setting aside its demand for sovereignty and concentrating instead on improving relations with the population.


Movie Review | 'Memories of Tomorrow': The Breakdown of a Breakdown

âMemories of Tomorrowâ understands that the real victim of Alzheimerâs disease is the partner left behind.


The film rights to the children's fantasy Wolf Brother are snapped up by Hollywood for a seven-figure sum.


Cingular to Offer Faster Wireless Service

Cingular Wireless LLC will begin deploying a speedier wireless Internet service next year, a move made possible by the network capacity gained with the recent acquisition of AT&T Wireless as Cingular tries to catch up with to catch up with rivals led by Verizon Wireless.


German drugs firm Bayer announces 6,100 job cuts worldwide as part of a major cost-cutting drive.


Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster will have hip surgery Wednesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks, further depleting the team's front court.


American lawmakers are close to outlawing the making of spyware that smuggles its way on to your PC.


FOXBOROUGH -- Few items on the stat sheet suggest that the Miami Dolphins are a dangerous foe to the Patriots today.


Hotel operator Wyndham International Inc.  has sold six hotels and partial ownership of its Summerfield Suites by Wyndham chain to Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners, the companies said on Thursday.


Auburn focused on clinching spot in SEC championship

Tommy Tuberville returns to Mississippi with a trip to Atlanta on the line, and he's bringing his best Auburn team yet. The third-ranked Tigers need one win to lock up a spot in the Southeastern Conference


The well-known own apartments in the Edelweiss in Sun Valley, Idaho, maybe more for the trailside parking than the real estate.


Roma, 20:25 - TENNIS, SCOMMESSE; STARACE: SQUALIFICA E' UNA PAGLIACCIATA

"Credo che un'ammonizione, un warning sarebbe stato giusto, hanno esagerato e sono deluso". Potito ...


Lib Dem conference delegates in Bournemouth debate the party's policies for the next General Election.


Sen. Specter's post-election warning could cost him on Judiciary ...

On Day One after Republican Sen. Arlen Specter won his fifth term, the presumptive Senate Judiciary Committee chairman warned President Bush against nominating to US Supreme Court anyone who wants to overturn


An intense lobbying battle has erupted over a new air route to China that could provide the winning airline with a boost in revenue as the industry slowly emerges from its sharpest downturn in history.


BRUSSELS, Belgium Former top-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne (EH'-nah ar-DEHN') has ended her competitive tennis season because of an energy-draining virus.


Football film filled with bright 'Lights'

"Friday Night Lights" is set in the town of Odessa, Texas, located on the flat, windswept plains of the state. Odessa is a hard-scrabble oil industry hub best known for one thing: a championship high school football team, the Permian Panthers.


By the time the Blue Jays arrive home following the longest road trip of the year, next weekend's season-ending three games against the Yankees will likely amount to nothing more important than exhibitions in late March.


Committee of MPs warns of increasing Taliban threat, seeks more NATO troops

The US-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan is struggling to cope with insufficient troops and a resurgent Taliban insurgency, claims a parliamentary report published Wednesday.


More than 800,000 hit by Pakistan floods

Helicopters dropped urgently needed supplies Thursday in coastal areas where some 800,000 people were stranded by monsoon-spawned flooding, officials said.


Public Theater Alum O'Hare, Hoffman, Leibman, Portman, Wolfe Fill Braff Film "Garden State"

Playbill - The Public Theater stars Denis O'Hare, Jackie Hoffman, Ron Leibman, Natalie Portman and even George C. Wolfe are featured in the film "Garden State," written and directed by fellow Public grad and "Scrubs" star Zach Braff.


Acupuncture for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis

Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine.


A supermarket challenges a ban on advertising its whole-fat milk during children's television shows.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the No. 1 US retailer, on Tuesday signaled it will cut prices in the weeks before Christmas after a strategy against deep discounts backfired on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season.


Two Italian soldiers missing in Afghanistan

Two Italian soldiers have gone missing in Afghanistan, Italian authorities said on Sunday.


Saudi Wins Backing for Terror Center But Role Unclear

Security officials from some 50  countries endorsed a Saudi proposal for an international  counter-terrorism center Tuesday but its exact role, location  and funding remained unclear.


Blog: The two tech titans will share a stage next week at a tech conference.


=== Davenport, Serena ready for Day-1 action in LA ===

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Current world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport and former top-ranked superstar Serena Williams will be among those seeing action Wednesday night at the season-ending $3 million WTA Tour Championships.


Pressure Rebuilding at Mount St. Helens -- Scientists

Small earthquakes were detected at Mount St. Helens on Saturday, a warning sign that pressure was building up again in the volcano after it spewed steam and ash on Friday, scientists said.


Israel take steps to aid Palestinian moderates: report :

New York, Nov 15 : Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinians moderates and agreed to consider others after the death of Yasser Arafat, according to a media report.


Australia's Telstra CEO Search May Favor Outsiders

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Even with solid internal candidates, the board of Australia's Telstra Corp. (TLS) could easily favor an outsider to replace Ziggy Switkowski.


iPhone security chatter is only a distraction

The last few days have seen an amazing amount of security chatter concerning the iPhone considering that the thing just launched. Jon Espenschied would like to hear a little less hysteria and a little more clarity about the difference between standards and "what's usual."


Zecco's promise of free trades brings back memories of Freetrade.


65 pro-Thaksin poll winners face probe in Thailand

Thailand's election commission said Thursday it was investigating 65 poll winners from the party backing ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra for alleged irregularities -- potentially hitting its seat tally.


US and Iraqi forces seal off insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad ...

US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads to an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad on Wednesday and militants bombed two bridges in an


The secret messages hidden in scientist J. Craig Venterâs synthetic bacterial genome have now been revealed.


Former US diplomats scold colleagues who attacked Bush policies

A group of former US diplomats scolded some colleagues for violating the US foreign service's traditional political neutrality by condemning President George W. Bush's foreign policy.


Here's a look back at the first strike in the comedy world back when David Letterman and Jay Leno weren't yet household names


For a moment last week, President Bush escaped the White House spin chamber and was the plainspoken man much of the nation came to like four years ago.


Dials up Linux support Nokia is to acquire Trolltech, makers of the popular cross-platform Qt GUI API and widget set. Qt (Cute Toolkit) is used by KDE, one of the two most widely used Linux desktops. It is also used in many cross-platform applications.â¦


Pixarâs new animation The Incredibles is all about a family that must come together and find the extraordinary in their ordinary lives...and save the world, of course. CHRIS CHONG flew to


Flooding Spawned by Storm Kills More Than 550 in Haiti

More than 550 people died in Haiti last weekend from flooding and mudslides set off by Tropical Storm Jeanne.


MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...


President Bush says violence in Iraq and Afghanistan may increase ahead of elections there, but vows to persevere.


The threat of a strike by bellmen, housekeepers, and other Southern California hotel employees loomed larger yesterday, as an overwhelming majority of the workers gave their leaders a green light to call a walkout.


Debutto borsa: 25 luglio, prezzo tra 2,35 e 3,15 euro


The maturation of Jamal Crawford is occurring right before the eyes of fans at Madison Square Garden. Crawford took a heavy dose of criticism after taking a bad shot in the


La finanziaria bresciana in cerca di una svolta post-Olimpia


A series of small bombs explode near commercial banks in south Thailand, killing at least one person.


The commission has rejected requests to open a formal antitrust investigation against Intel, officials say.


Germany's jobless figure rises above five million, with unemployment now at its highest level since the 1930s.


SAN DIEGO - A tiger named Awang Relak could help keep his species from becoming extinct, zoo officials say, but first he needs to do something about his teeth.    The 240-pound Indochinese tiger was anesthetized and strapped to a medical table at the San Diego Zoo on Friday so a dentist could clean out pockets of infection and pry smaller teeth away from larger ones...


Gambling companies urge EU probe U.S. prosecutions

European online gambling companies  on Thursday accused the U.S. Justice Department of violating  World Trade Organization rules by singling out foreign online  gambling companies for prosecution.


The US Federal Trade Commission last week filed a legal complaint against two companies that allegedly infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising, then tried to sell their owners spyware-blocking software.


Bush warns Iran of consequences of any new naval crisis

President George W. Bush warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious consequences" if it attacked U.S. ships in the Gulf and said all options were on the table.


Elvis Presley's three appearances on  "The Ed Sullivan Show" will be chronicled on the 3-disc DVD set  "Elvis Presley: The Sullivan Shows," which will be released  November 21.


S.Africa sacks health workers over strike-report

South Africa's health department began firing health workers on Saturday over a week-old strike by public servants which has crippled government hospitals and schools, state media reported.


Holidays Looking Merry for Web Retailers

It's shaping up to be a very  merry holiday season for online retailers.


Wall Street stocks opened lower on Wednesday as the market responded to worse- than-expected data on US worker productivity and lingering fears about inflation.


Magnate studia offerta per la divisione italiana di Tele 2


Data shows the pill may reduce heart disease

PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 22, 2004 â-omen who take birth control pills have a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and no increased risk of breast cancer according to a new study based on data from the Women's Health Initiative.


British comic steals American dream in "The Riches"

Cross-dressing British comic Eddie Izzard plays it straight, at least in terms of his wardrobe, as head of a family of con artists out to steal the American dream in a new TV drama, "The Riches."


Il comunicato Ã¨ firmato dall'Organizzazione della Jihad. "Il governo italiano non ha ascoltato le nostre richieste". Jihad, annuncio su internet. "Uccise volontarie italiane". La Farnesina: "Nessuna conferma". Palazzo Chigi: "Massima cautela".


An "ambitious and unachievable" policy of removing failed asylum seekers led to a major fire and riots at a key detention centre, says a report.


Accord to open Nazi-era archive ratified

The Netherlands said Thursday it has ratified an accord to open to a long-secret archive of Nazi death camp records in Germany, another step toward giving scholars access to a vast collection of historically invaluable Holocaust documents.


Jon Stewart Talks TV News on '60 Minutes'

After his outburst on CNN's "Crossfire," "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart will have a few words for "60 Minutes." The comedian will be profiled on this Sunday's broadcast of the CBS news program. Though taped before Stewart's harsh comments of "Crossfire" and one its hosts, Tucker Carlson, he did have the subject of TV news on his mind.


Amy cries `I love you' to jailed husband

Amy Winehouse's husband appeared in court Friday to face charges of assault and conspiracy, and the troubled singer blew him kisses and whispered, "I love you," as he was led away.


Politicians slam Berlin opera for canceling Idomeneo

German politicians condemned on Tuesday   a decision by a Berlin opera house to cancel performances of   Mozart's "Idomeneo" over concerns they could enrage Muslims and   pose a security risk.


Playlist: Some Offbeat and on Beat Frequencies

Releases from Troupe Majidi, Mikado Lab, Vinicius Cantuaria, Mia Doi Todd and Ocrilim.


Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr

NAJAF, Iraq  - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.


Crude oil prices decline marginally after a 4.5% gain yesterday

NEW YORK, December 30  - Crude oil prices declined marginally today, after rising 4.5% yesterday on news of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest exporter of oil.


Darfur tale "Devil" gets feature treatment

"The Devil Came on  Horseback," a harrowing Darfur memoir that served as the basis  for a 2007 documentary, will hit the big screen again as a  narrative feature.


U.S. denies reports Bush's watch stolen in Albania

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush had his wristwatch stolen while shaking hands with Albanians on his weekend visit are false, Albanian police and the U.S. embassy said on Tuesday.


By AnnMarie Cornejo, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 5--The City of Pismo Beach will formally commend two Bakersfield teenagers who helped rescue two Shell Beach residents from a house fire on Aug. 18 at tonight's Pismo Beach City Council meeting.


Livorno, 15:39 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DANILEVICIUS GIOCATORE LITUANO DELL'ANNO

Tomas Danilevicius è stato nominato miglior calciatore della Lituania per l'anno 2006. La Fed...


The U.N. climate panel agreed in its starkest warning yet on Thursday that human activities are causing global warming that may bring more droughts, heatwaves and rising seas, delegates said.


On foot or by phone, fans chase few tickets

Fans flocked to Fenway Park and tied the Boston phone system in knots yesterday trying to snare the few World Series tickets remaining after Major League Baseball, its corporate sponsors, and season ticket holders received their allotments.


David K. Shipler: Let's Manage Our Immigrants

Rather than cut them off at the border, America needs the work only they will  perform.


Gunmen open fire on students protesting against planned reforms by the Venezuelan president.


Ukraine president presses for free trade zone with Hungary

Ukraine's president called for the creation Wednesday of a free trade zone between his country and Hungary, a European Union member.


North Korea denies defection of generals

December 14, 2004 ã¡ A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman has denied an International Herald Tribune report that hundreds of the country's generals defected to China.


Tsunami is reminder that some forces are greater than man can ...

The movement of tectonic plates takes no account of the puny plans of homo sapiens. So it was that tsunamis, the monstrously potent wave movements created by underwater earthquakes, this time off Indonesia, killed well over 20,000 people this weekend.


Nothing Like a Pretty Girl to Energize the Quiet Life

A pleasant, colorful travelogue directed by the Bhutanese lama Khyentse Norbu.


What happens when you make music out of kids' toys subjected to Borg-like modifications in front of an audience of preschoolers and parents? You'll have to attend one of Dan Evans Farkas' concerts to find out. Audio and video samples included. Alexander Gelfand reports from New York.


STAR- The reason why Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go to Brussels one day earlier than expected is a communiquÃ© recently sent to Ankara from Brussels.


Fluid displacement may contribute to sleep apnea

NEW YORK  - When fluid in tissues is displaced from the lower body into the upper body, the circumference of the neck grows, which may hinder the flow of air, Canadian researchers report. These findings may help explain why the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is increased in patients with diseases characterized by "fluid overload," like heart failure and kidney failure, for example.


âIt was my mother who instilled in me a sense that you should understand an individualâs situation,â said Catherine J. Douglass, executive director of inMotion.


Wall St. seen rebounding, Bernanke in focus

Stock futures soared on Wednesday, suggesting Wall Street was poised to rebound from its worst slide since 2001 as investors looked for opportunities to snap up attractively priced stocks.


Rather to leave CBS anchor chair in March

Saying it's simply "an appropriate time" to go, the beleaguered "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather announced on Tuesday that he's leaving his post in March.


Costco November same-store sales rise 5 percent

Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday said November sales rose 5 percent at stores open at  least a year, shy of Wall Street expectations, held back by  falling prices for gasoline sold at its filling stations.


What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.


In a futuristic New York, a daredevil pilot and an intrepid reporter set out to find and destroy the villainous Dr. Totenkopf before he succeeds in his dastardly plot of world


A LEAKED Cabinet document showed Prime Minister John Howard was originally against the $600 child payment, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.


Bangladesh starts trial of ex-PM for extortion

A Bangladesh court started prosecution on Wednesday against detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for alleged extortion.


Movie Review | 'Trade': Paying the Price

An eagerly prurient dip into the sex-trafficking trough, âTradeâ teeters between earnest exposÃ© and salacious melodrama.


EU experts fear U.S. move could spark Somalia war

European Union experts say the United  States is pushing to get a regional peacekeeping force deployed  in Somalia and this could trigger a wider war in the Horn of  Africa, European Commission sources said on Tuesday.


Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, on the verge of seeing his team win a playoff spot in his first year, reached back to his roots as a Red Sox fan to describe how his team has played this season.


Web generation preserves memories online

John Shin refuses to buy a copy of his high school yearbook. Instead, he's turning to the Internet to preserve and share memories of his sophomore year. The 15-year-old has posted a collection of school-related photos and videos, as do many of his classmates. They're able to exchange virtual notes, vote for the most likely to succeed and take part in other yearbook traditions.


BOLOGNA - Rudi Voeller non Ã¨ piÃ¹ lâallenatore della Roma: il tecnico tedesco si Ã¨ infatti dimesso. Lo ha annunciato il direttore sportivo dei giallorossi Franco Baldini nella sala-stampa dello stadio di Bologna.


Naturally Low Cholesterol Promotes Long Life

Middle-aged men who are naturally blessed with low total cholesterol levels or those who achieve them through a healthy diet and exercise may reap the benefits for decades to come.


Study: Obesity raises risk of abnormal heartbeat

Add another cardiovascular problem to the list of life-threatening conditions associated with obesity: atrial fibrillation. The risk of this irregular heartbeat, which can lead to stroke and heart failure, is


Top seed Justine Henin battled past American Venus Williams 7-6 6-4 in a match of the highest quality on Friday to reach the U.S Open final for the third time.


Amid gold, diamonds and millions of fairy lights the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei yesterday celebrated the marriage of its crown prince to a 17-year-old schoolgirl.


Two interesting stories this week. One - Manchester United's signing of Wayne Rooney - exciting if rather predictable; another - Southampton's apparent intent to hire England rugby union coach Sir Clive Woodward - surprising and, to many, baffling.


Real Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon felt Samuel Etoâoâs 29th minute opener was the key to his sideâs 3-0 defeat to Barcelona.


Iran said on Friday that a nuclear   standoff with the West could only be settled through   negotiation while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on   Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead end.


Korea court rejects plan for capital relocation

SEOUL Dealing a major blow to the South Korean president, Roh Moo Hyun, Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that his government's controversial plan to relocate the nation's administrative capital out of Seoul was unconstitutional.


Texas Governor Has Funding Idea: Sell the Lottery

AUSTIN, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Rick Perry (R) proposed Tuesday that Texas sell its state lottery for at least $14 billion, with the money dedicated to an endowment for residents without health insurance and a trust fund for cancer research.


Taiwan's Chunghwa Picture to appeal US ruling on LG Philips patent infringement

Taiwan's Chunghwa Picture Tubes has said it will appeal a federal jury ruling in the United States that it had allegedly infringed two of LG Philips LCD Co's (LPL) patents.


The United Nations' highest court ruled yesterday that Serbia failed to prevent the massacre of Muslims during the Bosnian war, but was not directly responsible for the atrocities, ending a landmark case in ...Comment


Jon Kitna is still just the best backup quarterback in the National Football League - and nothing more. Kitna had a great season in 2003 as the only quarterback in the league to play every down, but when


Sailing's America's Cup challenge unites South Africans

VALENCIA, Spain  - Deep in the days of apartheid, Italian yacht captain Salvatore Sarno started teaching a small group of black children to sail off the coast of South Africa and was laughed at for trying to cross the race barrier.


NEW DELHI - India has the world's largest number of HIV-infected people, the head of a top international AIDS-fighting fund said Wednesday, dismissing official figures.   "I don't believe in the official statistics...


Shipbuilder ordered to stop using Woods' name

A judge has ordered a shipbuilder to stop using Tiger Woods' name and a photograph of his luxury yacht "Privacy" for financial gain.


NSCN (IM) condemns blasts, conducts own probe :

India News > Dimapur, Oct 3 : The NSCN (IM) today said the outfit would conduct its own probe to hunt down the perpetrators of the twin blasts which claimed 26 lives in this commercial hub of Nagaland.


Spending: For the Autistic, a Gift of Common Ground

As the holidays approach, some tips on finding gifts that accommodate the special needs of children with autism.


Premier annuncia si' di Assad a osservatori Ue a frontiera


Clinton and Obama battle for females, Latinos and African Americans


Campaign 2006: Politics are a Family Matter in Tennessee

Harold Ford Jr., the Democrat hopeful in a pivotal Senate race, has just one problem: his brother Jake, who wants to fill his old seat in Congress


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.


Leader Udc conferma posizione diversa da Berlusconi


A Step Up to Division I Has Pitfalls for N.J.I.T.

With 25 games left on the schedule, the New Jersey Institute of Technology has much more to learn about playing on college basketball's biggest stage.


Olympic Games 2012 great stake for France's sports, says French ...

The success of Paris' bid for Olympic Games 2012 would bring an exceptional development for France for at least 6 years, said Jean-Francois Lamour, French minister for Youth and Sports on Tuesday.


You don't need to consult a star chart to find winning stocks.


Drug doesn't help prevent migraine after all: study

NEW YORK  - Contrary to some reports, the anti-epilepsy drug oxcarbazepine does not appear to prevent migraine headaches, new research suggests.


Veteran rock band The Rolling Stones are named the top earning  musicians of the past year.


Lebanese Vent Anger on Syria After Hariri Killing

Lebanese opposition leaders on Tuesday  bluntly implicated Syria in the assassination of former Prime  Minister Rafik al-Hariri, with mourners taking out their anger  on Syrian workers in the former prime minister's hometown.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the Pope's remarks about Islam have been misunderstood.


EGG HARBOR, Wis.  - Plans to re-enact the egg battle that led to the naming of this town in 1825 were simply too true to be good, state officials have decided...


AFRICAN leaders have backed an arms embargo and other immediate UN sanctions against Ivory Coast, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo's hardline Government even further in its deadly confrontation with its former colonial ruler, France.


Australia defends tough anti-terror stance over medic

Senior ministers defended Australia's  tough anti-terrorism stance on Sunday, saying laws by which a  man linked to the failed UK bombings was held for 12 days  before being charged were essential to protect its citizens.


Ispat to create world's largest steelmaker

Ispat International, the steel producer controlled by the Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, today announced it had agreed to buy LNM Holdings and International Steel Group in


Read the annual report by the Canadian Institute for Health ...

The annual report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on health spending shows that health spending in the country is expected to reach $130.3 billion in 2004, a 5.9% increase over last year and the lowest annual increase in the last seven


India's Supreme Court suspends sentence on four journalists in contempt case.


Shaheen, Isinbayeva Shatter World Records

Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar shattered the world steeplechase record at the Golden League meeting on Friday to ease the disappointment of being banned from the Olympics by his former federation Kenya.


Arjen Robben's goal gives Chelsea victory against Everton.


Serbia's deputy state prosecutor is arrested in connection with a corruption scandal, police say.


Zend Developer Zone: The ZendCon Sessions Episode 6: Project Management Methods to Maintain IT Stand

The Zend Developer Zone has published their latest episode of the ZendCon Sessions series (as recorded at last year's ZendCon) - Eric David's talk on project management and standards.   Welcome to The ZendCon Sessions. This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2007 in Burlingame, CA. We hope you enjoy today's session as we listen to Eric David present "Project Management Methods to Maintain IT standards ".    You can either grab the mp3 to listen, use the in-page player or point your favorite aggregator at the feed for the series to get this and the other great episodes.


Japan's Toshiba files patent suit against Hynix of South Korea

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said it is taking legal action against major South Korean microchip maker Hynix in Tokyo and Texas for alleged infringement of Toshiba's semiconductor memory patents.


Peterhansel Retains Dakar Lead After Second Stage Win

Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel claimed  his second successive stage victory to open a comfortable lead  in the 2005 Dakar Rally Thursday.


Decisione del Parlamento Europeo, nuove norme dal 2011


With Pieces in Place, the Yankees Slip Up

Tom Gordon surrendered the tying and winning runs in the eighth, spoiling the night for Orlando HernÃ¡ndez and the Yankees.


ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps won another gold medal, this time wearing khaki shorts and flip-flops. From a front-row seat at the Olympic pool, Phelps watched his teammates do all the work in the 400-meter medley relay Saturday night...


MOSCOW, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, currently in Rabat, held political consultations with Morocco's Minister-Delegate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and met with


Japan Cheers as Ichiro Chases US Baseball Record

Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges


Reviews of releases by Cat Power, SSM, Prosumer and Murat Tepeli, Rhonda Vincent, Blind Boys of Alabama and Black Mountain.


The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, is due to arrive in Khartoum today to add to the diplomatic pressure on the Sudanese government to stop the suffering of its people in the Darfur region.


India beat Australia by 15 runs in Durban to book a place against Pakistan in the final of the World Twenty20.


Screenshots: Lair, Project Sylpheed and More

Get a peek at a pack of new flying games that will send your spirit soaring or make you sick to your stomach.


When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog.


Aetna Earnings Surge as Membership Rises

Health insurer Aetna Inc. (AET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a five-fold increase in third-quarter profit as it boosted membership and benefited from a big tax refund from discontinued operations.


Two Iraqi children killed in Baghdad clash: U.S.

Two Iraqi children were killed and another was wounded in a firefight between American soldiers and gunmen in southern Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.


A shipment of 140 kg (308 lb) of US weapons-grade plutonium has arrived in the French port of Cherbourg, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.


Change needed for election win, Tories told

The Tory party have opened their annual congress here with a call for radical change to prevent a fourth straight general election defeat to Tony Blair's Labour Party.


Pakistani investigators hunt bombers as toll rises

Pakistani investigators were hunting on Monday for links between a surge of violence in the northwest and an assault on a mosque in the capital as the death toll from two suicide-bomb attacks on Sunday rose to 45.


Dudley Hart was best at conquering a treacherous wind at the FBR Open through a slow, difficult first round that was suspended by darkness Thursday with 45 players still on the course.


Philip Morris Hid Data On Smoking Dangers: Report

One of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, Philip Morris, hid data on research into the dangers of passive smoking, alleges a paper published in the British medical journal The Lancet.


US aircraft have begun a fresh assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf after talks on transferring control of the mosque at the centre of a two-week siege stalled.


Pop group the Scissor Sisters have the UK's number one single and album for the second week in a row.


African Union military observers in Darfur probe attack on ...

ABUJA  - The African Union observer force in the war-torn western Sudanese province of Darfur has launched an investigation into an attack on one of its helicopters, AU spokesman Assane Ba said.


Page-turners turn into award-worthy pics

David Benioff was sitting on a plane, having a perfectly pleasant conversation with an elderly passenger about his job as a screenwriter, when he mentioned that he was working on an adaptation of "The Kite Runner."


Babies absorb phthalates from baby products

NEW YORK  - A new study suggests that baby lotion, baby powder, and baby shampoo may be exposing babies to potentially harmful chemicals called phthalates.


Builder.com (AU): LAMP Installation with XAMPP

In a new article on Builder.com, Brendon Chase shows you how to get a LAMP development environment fired up without the hassles of configuring everything from scratch -- using XAMPP. XAMPP is a single packaged download from Apache Friends which provides all of the pieces of software needed, plus more you probably don't need, to make Apache installations with server-side scripting and a few database options ready to go in a testing or development environment. The article focuses on getting XAMPP running on Linux (it will also work on Windows and a version for Sun's Solaris is also available). The example in the article uses a Debian-based Linux distribution, but just about any flavour of Linux will work.


A public inquiry into controversial plans to upgrade a Flintshire bypass into a seven-lane highway is to begin.


Iran charges West abuses U.N. nuclear role

Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad accused the West on Tuesday of abusing the United   Nations to try to deny Iran the right to peaceful nuclear   technology which Western states enjoyed.


Movie Industry Preparing Suits on File Sharing

Hollywood's major movie studios said that they would begin filing lawsuits against people who make copyrighted films available for downloading over the Internet.


Exercise: Better Than the Couch, but Not Equal to the Court

The active video games played on the Nintendo Wii console are not a substitute for the real thing, a small study suggests.


Ukrainian CEC announces electionâs results: Yushchenko overtakes ...

Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich has received 40.03% of the vote (10,807,068 votes), and Viktor Yushchenko has 39.16% (10,572,530) in the Ukrainian presidential election.


UK consumers took out fewer loans, credit cards and mortgages in July than in June, the Bank of England says.


South Korea admits nuclear experiment in early 1980s

South Korea admitted that its scientists extracted a small amount of plutonium, a key ingredient for making nuclear bombs, in secret research in the early 1980s.


Justice Deptartment Clears Cingular Acquisition of AT&T Wireless

Justice Department antitrust regulators cleared the way for Cingular Wireless's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless.


Europe's fossil fuel use is rising, but it's not making citizens any happier, an economic report concludes.


China's Hu tells Sudan it must solve Darfur issue

Chinese President Hu Jintao told Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday Khartoum had to resolve the four-year-old conflict in Darfur, a source said after talks between the two leaders.


Roma, 21:15 - VOLLEY, A1 MASCHILE: CUNEO OK, TRENTINO VINCE AL TIE BREAK

Risultati della settima giornata di andata del campionato di serie A1 maschile di pallavolo.


For Sheryl Crow, a Broad Menu of Product Endorsements

Between her touring schedule and the newborn son she adopted, musician Sheryl Crow still manages to fit in a good deal of reading, if her product endorsements are to be believed.


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Per garante minori spagnolo e' richiamo a turismo sessuale


Bluetooth group releases three-year road map

Bluetooth products will have triple the bandwidth and be able to multicast to seven devices in future releases, according to Bluetooth backers, who defend the technology against Ultrawideband and other approaches to short-range wireless.


Older Epilepsy Drugs Have Birth Defect Risk -Study

Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from treatments used to control their seizures, researchers said on Tuesday.


For Palestinian women soccer players, a field is a dream

The national team holds practices on concrete in preparation for a January tournament.


New questions about Jim Morrison's death

PARIS  — The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27. But rumors have always swirled around the death of The Doors frontman and, 36 years later, a former Paris nightclub manager is telling a different story.


England manager Sven Goran Eriksson is planning talks with captain David Beckham, following the Real Madrid playerâs recent loss of form.


Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and Dow Jones & Co. today have agreed in principle to editorial protections for the latter's Wall Street Journal, taking Murdoch one step closer to owning the company and its marquee newspaper.


NY bans most trans fats from restaurants

New York City banned most artificial trans fats from restaurants on Tuesday, forcing national fast-food chains and mom-and-pop diners alike to phase out artery-clogging oils from their cooking.


Two teenage girls are forced to walk naked through the streets after a gang of older girls steal their clothes.


Institute Focuses on Manufacturing Technology

By Darst, Paul  HUNTINGTON -Keeping pace in the modern manufacturing world means having up-to-date technology working for you.  But modern technology is ever changing and isn't cheap.  For the past 17 years, that is where the Robert C.


U.S. Seeking Any Sign of Success in Iraq Poll

The United States is likely to latch  on to any sign of success in Sunday's Iraqi national election  amid increasing momentum for the earliest possible withdrawal  of American troops.


Bill Cosby's prized Dandie Dinmont terrier will be in the ring, as will a top-winning English springer spaniel. So will a 13-year-old schipperke, along with a vizsla that survived a rattlesnake bite.


The number of people treated for exposure to toxic smoke from a phosphorus fire more than tripled to 69 Wednesday, officials said a day after a train carrying the chemical derailed and caught fire.


Sprint Nextel revamps ads to focus on speed, data

Sprint Nextel Corp , said on Wednesday it would kick off a new advertising campaign as the third biggest U.S. wireless service looks to improve the weak growth of recent quarters.


For the average person, gaining entry to a Manhattan nightclub can be an exquisite form of cruelty. PartyBuddys whisks clients past the velvet ropes.


Blacks don't share in breast cancer progress

Black women with advanced breast cancer  are faring no better now than they were two decades ago despite  improved survival by white women -- and the gap appears to be  widening, U.S. researchers said Sunday.


Israeli tanks shelled a town in the in the northern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, killing three Palestinians and wounding 10 children in their houses, witnesses and medics said.


Toxins in tobacco smoke can poison passive smokers

A new research has revealed that smokers pump out clouds of poisonous toxins, which can be a serious health hazard for those around them.


US to haul China to WTO over industry subsidies

The United States will haul China into the WTO for a formal hearing on industrial subsidies that US officials said violated global trading rules, officials said Thursday.


Tycho:  I don't know whose fault it is exactly, mine or theirs, but I won't be installing Vista anytime soon.  I would like some crazy shit to happen when I minimize something don't get me wrong.  I want my windows to go Waja-wajow(!) is possible.  But if there's a great reason to "trade horses midstream" or whatever the going metaphor is I haven't discovered it.


Apple Unveils Near Final Mac OS X Leopard

The near-final version of Mac OS X Leopard, unveiled today at the World Wide Developers Conference, introduces over 300 new features. They include a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks; an updated Finder featuring Cover Flow and a new way to easily browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to rapidly preview most files without opening an application; Time Machine, a new way to easily and automatically back up and restore lost files or a complete Mac; Spaces, a powerful new feature to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and enhanced iChat and Mail applications, which easily allow users to communicate even more creatively. Mac OS X Leopard, the sixth major release of the worldâs most advanced operating system, is scheduled to ship in October.


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US senator says mother urged him to hide Jewish ancestry

US Senator George Allen, a potential Republican presidential candidate, defended his decision to hide his Jewish roots, saying his mother had urged him to keep his family history a secret.


Authorities ID Victims of Homicide, Search for Suspect

By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 24--ASHEBORO -- Investigators have identifi ed the bodies of two Hispanic males discovered Friday in a car in the parking lot of Hilltop Baptist Church, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Offi ce.


STONELEIGH, Warwickshire -- McDonald's Corp. said yesterday it is to convert its British delivery fleet to run on biodiesel made largely from its own recycled cooking oil.


United Parcel Service Inc.  said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose but missed expectations as shortfalls in its U.S. package business and rising fuel prices offset strength internationally.


Truck bomb kills at least 20 north of Baghdad

BAIJI, Iraq  - A suicide truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 80 in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji on Tuesday, the U.S. military and police said, in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in two weeks.


US soldier challenges enlistment extensions

The US military's policy of extending the enlistments of tens of thousands of troops to cover needs in Iraq violates federal law and the Constitution, an Iraq war veteran is alleging in a lawsuit.


Quelli sul Dow Jones +22 punti, quelli sul Nasdaq +2,75


Camp Zama - An American soldier who vanished from his army unit in 1965 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to deserting the military and fleeing to North Korea to avoid dangerous duty on the Korean peninsula and Vietnam.


Will Howard Stern deal turn satellite into a star?

com October 7, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. Potty talk could be just what the fledgling satellite radio industry needs to become a viable, mainstream business, industry analysts said Wednesday


The Whole Truth About Grains: Bulgur Can Trim Your Bulges and Spelt Can Make You Svelte

There are familiar, but often overlooked, foods lurking in your pantry that can assist with weight control and help combat abdominal fat: whole-grain products, from oatmeal to whole wheat bread.


Berezovsky urges Litvinenko suspect to come to Britain: report

Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky urged the man British authorities want to charge over the death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko to talk to police here, a report said Thursday.


Fears are raised over the handling of the NHS as figures show emergency readmission rates to hospital are rising.


Decollo da Tolosa con 200 giornalisti a bordo


Investors bet on rising costs for scarce water

Investors who have seen energy prices   rocket due to scarce supplies are starting to wager that   forecasted shortages will cause the value of water to   skyrocket, offering big gains to companies active in the   sector.


Hollinger International faces the risk of suspension from the New York Stock Exchange as it delays filing its 2003 annual report. Hollinger had until 30 December to file the report but it has asked the New


Icelanders Take Anti Iraq War Campaign to U.S.

A group of nationals from tiny  Iceland slammed their government's support of the U.S.-led war  in Iraq, apologizing to Iraqis in a full-page advertisement in  The New York Times on Friday.


Skins Game notebook: Adam Scott recalls past players

REMEBER WHEN: Adam Scott, making his debut in the Skins Game this week, was 3 when the Skins Game debuted in 1983. Scott naturally doesnât remember the first few Skins Games, but he does


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suggested on Wednesday the U.S. embassy stop using American security firm Blackwater after a deadly shooting and said he would not allow Iraqis to be killed in "cold blood".


New York, 11:27 - BASEBALL, PLAY OFF MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

I Detroit Tigers hanno battuto 8-3 i New York Yankees e si sono aggiudicati per 3-1 le divisional se...


Karzai Inaugurates Rebuild Afghan Museum

President Hamid Karzai inaugurated Afghanistan's rebuilt national museum Wednesday, the latest effort to shed a positive light on the country's sluggish reconstruction 10 days before landmark elections.


Iran yielded to western pressure yesterday to freeze its uranium enrichment programme, but only after several days of confrontation with the EU and after Britain, Germany, and France came up with a verbal formula much more generous to Tehran than


PRESIDENT BUSH always believed he would be reelected. So in the weeks before November 2, he repeatedly discussed with White House aides who should replace the departing cabinet members in his second term.


The economyâs 6.2-percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter may have exceeded expectations, but the stock market nonetheless shrugged off the positive news.


Novartis Faults Weak U.S. Sales for Profit Decline

GENEVA  Â The Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis said on Thursday that its profit dropped 45 percent in the fourth quarter, citing revamping costs and a weak performance in the United States.


The New England Patriots broke a fourth-quarter tie and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles for their third championship in four seasons.


We made a mistake signing Villeneuve says Faure

Patrick Faure, President of the RenaultF1 team, has admitted that signing on 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve to help them win back second place in the constructor's battle from the British American Racing team, was the wrong decision.


The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.


Police says London bomb could have killed

Explosive experts defused a car bomb packed with petrol, gas and nails on Friday which could have caused huge loss of life in London's busy theatre district and raised fears of a terrorist attack, police said.


Ciena Posts a Loss, Forecasts Flat Sales

By Deborah Cohen CHICAGO  - Telecommunications equipment makerCiena Corp.  on Thursday reported a wider loss for thefiscal third quarter due to slack demand and forecast sales inthe current quarter would be little changed from the thirdquarter.


Alberta Tories decide to field Senate candidates in fall election after all

EDMONTON (CP) - After feeling the heat from their own members, Alberta's governing Conservatives have decided to field candidates in November's election for senators in waiting after all.


'Morning Edition' Returns: A Gold Medal Fit for Royalty

Description: Sheik Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai's royal family, wins the first Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates -- and it's gold. Al Maktoum won in the men's double trap shooting event.


Mexican Drug War Claims Lives of Six Victims

Six men have been found murdered in  Mexico in two incidents that appear to reflect a recent surge  in violence between rival drug gangs.


She electrified France last fall, but the Socialist presidential candidate has hurt her chances with a succession of foreign-policy gaffes. Can she get the wind back in her sails?


US tanks, planes strike Baghdad Shi'ite district

BAGHDAD: US tanks raided the Baghdad Shi'ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City this morning as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said.


Madonna al Muro del Pianto I rabbini: "Profanazione"

Gerusalemme, 19 settembre 2004 - Fans in visibilio e tradizionalisti religiosi scandalizzati in Israele per la visita di cinque giorni della cantante pop americana Madonna, di recente divenuta "studiosa" della Kabbalah ebraica.


Roma, 21:02 - CALCIO, ROMA; MANCINI: CHAMPIONS? MEGLIO LO SCUDETTO

Il centrocampista della Roma, Amantino Mancini, non ha dubbi sulla scelta tra vincere lo scudetto o ...


The firing of Jeff Bzdelik by the Nuggets, with assistant Michael Cooper taking the reins as interim head coach, reminds me of when I became coach of the SuperSonics.


Colombia ex-secret police chief arrested

A former director of the secret police under President Alvaro Uribe was arrested Thursday on charges of collaborating with Colombia's illegal far-right militias, his lawyer said.


Book Review: 'The Whole Equation: a History of Hollywood'

There is art, and there is money. The twain seldom meet. Or, to steal a line from David Thomson, author of the eminently useful reference work "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" (Knopf, 1,008 pages, $22.95), just out in paperback, there is "Chinatown," and then there are "umpteen possible future 'Mission: Impossibles."'


Apple snaps at Vaio Pocket with iPod Photo

Apple today peeled the wraps off its latest iPod, promising that the iPod Photo will allow customers to take their entire music and photo library with them wherever they go.


Police have until Monday afternoon to question a man arrested over the murder of schoolgirl Amy Williams.


REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson's (search) defense rested its case Tuesday, Judge Alfred A. Delucchi (search) told jurors.


Tyson Begins Training for Possible Fight

Mike Tyson wants everyone to know he's alive and well. The former heavyweight champion is beginning to train for a fight in March, his first since being knocked out by Danny Williams in July. Tyson issued a statement Tuesday in which he also denied published reports that he is depressed and using cocaine.


British Mediterranean Airways resumed commercial passenger flights to Beirut on Wednesday, becoming the first Western carrier to break Israel's air blockade of Lebanon.


President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized Myanmar's military junta for arresting dissidents who participated in recent protests and called for their immediate release.


An Iranian-American woman becomes the first paying female space tourist, following the successful liftoff of a Russian rocket bound for the international space station. She'll return to Earth at the end of the month.


Retail sales strong, producer prices jump

Retail sales rose a strong 1.2 percent in November in a bright sign for the holiday shopping season, but producer prices posted their biggest gain in 34 years, offering a reminder that rising costs are weighing on the economy.


Control of US senate in question as Democrat rushed to hospital

Democrats risked losing their control of the US senate to President George W. Bush's Republican Party after a senator was rushed to a hospital to undergo emergency surgery.


Bill Clinton campaigns for Kerry while recovering from heart surgery

Former president Bill Clinton is recovering well from heart surgery and advising the Democratic presidential campaign even as he recuperates, his wife said.


Senior British minister hints at shift in US relations

A close ally of new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted at a change to Britain's relationship with the United States, saying a nation's strength should no longer be measured by military might.


P&G stands by quarter view, sets new women's razor

Procter & Gamble Co.  stood by its sales and profit forecasts for the current quarter on Thursday and said it should return to double-digit earnings per share growth by the fiscal year beginning next July.


US academic wins court battle for access to FBI files on John ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 1  - An American judge has ordered the FBI to release its file on the late Beatle John Lennon who was targeted by US security services as a counterculture icon, a report said Friday.


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U.N. agency sees risks to privacy, security online

Computer users who type in the same  username and password for multiple sites -- such as online  banks, travel agencies and booksellers -- are at serious risk  from identity thieves, a United Nations agency said on Sunday.


The government will again try to push through powers to detain mentally ill people who have not committed crimes.


New laws from President Lukashenko take Belarus back to the Soviet Union era

The up-to-date life in Belarus looks like a parody for the "best time" that people used to lead during the era of the USSR.


Network Security Sales Hit $1.1bn in Second Quarter

Sales of network security equipment topped $2.2bn in the first half of the year in a quiet market where none of the big vendors showed any capacity for growth.


[Sports India]: Tokyo, Oct 10 : Michael Schumacher on his Ferrari breezed to a sixth victory of the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka Sunday.


Just when you start to think pro athletes have nothing in common anymore with the customers, along comes the brawl in Auburn Hills, Mich.


Device acts like support hose to help weak hearts pump blood

A study finds a polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.


Young Bronzed Aussies Vs Scales, Old Age

It is the enduring postcard image of  Australia -- young, fit, bronzed Aussies soaking up the endless  sun on one of the country's many unspoiled beaches.


Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says strikes on Hamas will continue, after a rocket from Gaza kills an Israeli in Sderot.


BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 28, 2004 - American forces bombed a suspected hide-out used by associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Fallujah on Tuesday, part of a campaign of airstrikes the US military said has taken


Intel Quits Effort to Get Computers to Children

Intel and the One Laptop Per Child group had a rocky relationship from the start in their short-lived effort to get inexpensive laptops into the hands of the worldâs poorest children.


North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has made his first public appearance since his country test-launched a barrage of missiles more than a month ago, official media reported Sunday.


The Nazi occupation of France was not particularly brutal, French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was quoted as saying.


BRUSSELS The European Commission on Thursday approved a joint venture involving Disney, Columbia Pictures and a British-Irish video-on-demand company called ON Demand Group, arguing that the new entity would spur competition in a market dominated by


Apple peels wraps off fastest ever iBook G4

Apple has unveiled what it claims is its fastest ever iBook G4 laptop, a $1,499 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 processor-based device sporting a 14in screen and a DVD burner drive.


Singer Beyonce named most desirable woman: survey

Singer-actress Beyonce, star of the  movie musical "Dreamgirls," was named this year's "most  desirable woman" in an annual reader survey released on  Wednesday by the popular lifestyles Web site AskMen.com.