Update 10: Putin Defends Purchase of Yukos Oil Unit

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday strongly defended the purchase of Yukos oil company assets by a state-owned firm, saying the state was just getting its due in moving to get control of the second largest oil production facility in Russia.


Madrid, 15:15 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID; CALDERON: VIA EMERSON E CASSANO

"Pare proprio che Emerson e Cassano non continueranno a giocare nel nostro club." Il presidente del ...


A Canepina, ancora ignote le cause del decesso


Cairn Energy delays start of Indian oil output

Oil explorer Cairn Energy has said that it had again delayed the expected date for starting production at its largest Indian oil field to 2009.


Washington: The United States on Friday declined to join a row over the potential burial of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, adding that his death would not change US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Lawmakers seek to mandate Dutch-trained Muslim clerics

The Dutch parliament asked the government yesterday to draft legislation compelling mosques to employ only imams who have studied Islamic religion in the Netherlands.


'Iraq's Black Gold Lured Bush into Quagmire' - Bin Laden Tape

President George W Bush led the United States into a quagmire in Iraq as he was dazzled by the countryâs âblack gold,â Osama bin Laden said in the full 18 minutes of his most recent video, of which only excerpts have been broadcast on TV.


"It is nice," said Miami coach Frank Haith after the Hurricanes beat Appalachian State 80-63 Thursday for their seventh consecutive win.


SOUTH BEND, Ind.  -- It's easy to understand why Notre Dame is 0-3 for the second time in school history. The Fighting Irish are last in the nation in rushing offense and total offense, are among the worst teams at stopping the run and have nearly twice as many punts as they do points.


FEC: Group Can't Use Exemption to Run Ads

A conservative group isn't entitled to a media exemption that would have let it run election-time ads promoting a book that criticizes Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, election officials ruled Thursday.


A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes


Musharraf defends memoirs as "whole truth"

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf  defended his decision to publish memoirs and said on Thursday  everything in his book "In the Line of Fire" was true.


Russia delivers its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr plant, Russia's foreign ministry says.


U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday   as Chevron Corp. CVX.N gained after news the company   successfully drilled for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, offsetting   a drop in Viacom Inc. VIAb.N after its chief executive quit.


The San Antonio Symphony named Ken Masur, the son of longtime New York Philharmonic music director Kurt Masur, its new resident conductor.


Dow Plunges More Than 300 Points on Grim Outlook

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 306.95 points Thursday as investors confronted new chapters of a well-worn story: the economy is in trouble.


Vital Signs: Regimens: An Herbal Extract Eases Symptoms of Heart Failure

The herbal supplement hawthorn extract is effective in treating symptoms of chronic heart failure, new research suggests.


Roma, 21:57 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, FIGC: UFFICIO INDAGINI ASCOLTERA' MATARRESE

L'ufficio indagini della Figc ascolterà il presidente della Lega Antonio Matarrese in merito ...


NORTEL Networks plans to slash its workforce by 3500, or ten per cent, as it struggles to recover from an accounting scandal that toppled three top executives and led to a criminal investigation and lawsuits.


US Jets Hit Suspected Terrorist Safe House in Fallujah

US military officials in Iraq say US warplanes carried an air strike early Friday against a suspected insurgent hideout in Fallujah, an insurgent stonghold west of Baghdad.


Now showing: 'Hillary: The Movie' and election-law gripes

The film's creators dispute a finding that election rules apply to their promotional ads. Next stop: the Supreme Court.


A peek at companies that overpromised and underdelivered.


Canon to inspect 1.87M copiers worldwide

Canon Inc. said Tuesday it will inspect and provide free part replacements for 1.87 million personal copiers worldwide because of a risk some may catch fire.


talks to reporters as Aleta St. James, 56, holds her twin babies Francesca (L) and Gian, during a news conference at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, November 10, 2004.


McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  posted a 42 percent rise in quarterly net income on the  strength of its U.S. turnaround, but the company said sales in  Europe are weak and laid out plans to revitalize that market.


App support could be the party pooper that spoils the virtualization bash

One of the factors that could put a damper on the server virtualization market is the lack of formal commitments by software vendors to support their applications on virtual systems.


Police raid three professional football clubs as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.


Storm chasers revel in Mexico hurricane threat

LOS CABOS, Mexico  - While Mexican residents and   foreign tourists rushed to take shelter from Hurricane John   roaring toward this beach resort on Friday, two American   extreme weather enthusiasts were loving it.


North Korea fully ready to end nuclear work: envoy

North Korea is fully prepared to shut down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties.


With the game on the line, all Big Papi could manage was a soft popup. Jim Thome came through, though, reaching 500 homers in style.


Indexes erase losses on Bernanke comments

The Dow Jones industrials rose while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded off its lows on Thursday after comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke raised expectations that Fed policy-makers will make further interest rate cuts.


Traditional toy industry faces bleak Christmas

With their products cast aside by children in favour of video games or television, the makers of traditional toys are facing a miserable Christmas.


Basic Instincts: Buying Online With a Brain That’s Offline

Shopping online after a libation or two is far less dangerous than drinking and driving but there is the potential for reckless spending.


Executives of US-based miner Newmont to be freed in Indonesia ...

JAKARTA : Five executives of US-based mining firm Newmont who have been detained for a month as suspects in a pollution case will be released from custody, their lawyer said.


Western Digital has boosted the capacity of its My Book line of external drives.


The Caucus Blog: Debate Offers Fall Preview

In Hanover, the candidates begin the fall march toward the primary elections in the winter.


Exclusive A CD lock-in tech that only annoys P2P traders?


And The Associated Press reports police in Helsinki, Finland, confirmed this week that hundreds of pieces offered for sale at a purported exhibition of works by Salvador Dali were forgeries, as were other ...


Environmentalists see some of their worst fears playing out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agenda that includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands and relying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution.


Orioles Close Season With Win Over BoSox

Miguel Tejada lifted his major league-leading RBIs total to 150, and the Baltimore Orioles closed their most successful season since 1999 by beating the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox 3-2 Sunday.


Nagano, 12:13 - VOLLEY, MONDIALI MASCHILI: ITALIA-VENEZUELA 3-1

L'Italia ha battuto il Venezuela 3-1 (25-13, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15) in un incontro valido per la quint...


Federer returns from injury, advances at Masters Cup

HOUSTON Back from three weeks on the sidelines, Roger Federer beat Gaston Gaudio (GAS'-tawn GOW'-dee-oh) in the first round of the ATP Masters Cup tennis championships.


The Astros have counted Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott and Randy Johnson among their postseason starting pitchers. Though Backe didn't get the victory in the Astros' 3-0 win over St.


China weighs image damage from food safety scares

China risks damaging its global credibility if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official newspaper said on Monday in a rare admission amid a series of health scares over tainted products.


Nokia lancia lo smartphone Communicator 9300

Nokia ha annunciato l'uscita del nuovo Communicator 9300, fratello del 9500. Uno smartphone con sistema operativo Symbian e interfaccia utente Serie 80. Nokia annuncia l'arrivo sul mercato del nuovo smartphone


Germany warns Bosnia not to undermine Dayton accord

Germany warned politicians in Bosnia on Monday not to undermine the Dayton Peace Accords by resisting an international peace envoy's efforts to streamline government decision-making.


Poland Promises 1,000 Troops for Afghanistan

WARSAW, Sept. 14 -- Poland announced Thursday that it would send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the first positive response to an urgent NATO appeal. But it said the soldiers would not reach the country until February.


More than 100,000 people are expected in central Moscow at an "anti-terror" rally amid mounting rage across the country over the bloody hostage siege in southern Russia.


Military Sodomy Ban Upheld in Narrow Ruling-NYT

In a limited ruling, the highest U.S.  military court said that under certain circumstances, the  military's ban on sodomy was constitutional, the New York Times  said on Tuesday.


West Virginia Edges Maryland 19-16 in OT

Rasheed Marshall threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Chris Henry in overtime to lift No. 7 West Virginia to a 19-16 victory over No. 21 Maryland on Saturday.


Rogue Nodes Turn Tor Anonymizer Into Eavesdropper's Paradise

A security researcher establishes his own exit nodes on The Onion Router network and sniffs e-mail of foreign embassy workers around the world.


The New York Police Department has identified 23 suspects since January through a trial expansion of DNA testing to crimes other than rape and homicide.


HRT may prevent heart symptoms in younger women

Younger women who start taking estrogen as soon as they enter menopause may be protected from heart disease, researchers said on Wednesday.


President George W. Bush said on Wednesday "I don't feel abandoned" by fellow Republicans in Congress who are working with Democrats to protest his Iraq policy with a congressional resolution.


The family of a young girl who disappeared during a vacation in Portugal called Tuesday for an end to the rampant speculation surrounding the case and said the focus should return to the search for her.


Technip: Filing of the 2006 US Form 20-F

Regulatory News:  Technip (Paris:TEC) (NYSE:TKP) (ISIN:FR0000131708) announces the filing  of its 2006 Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission  (SEC) on June 20th, 2007.


IMF tells Brown to cut spending and raise rates

Gordon Brown's reputation suffered a blow yesterday as the International Monetary Fund urged him to cut spending or raise taxes, just days after his


UCRAINA: KUCHMA, NESSUN ACCORDO SUI PUNTI PRINCIPALI

KIEV - Nessun accordo concluso a Kiev tra l'opposizione e le forze attualmente al potere in Ucraina sulla riforma costituzionale. Lo ha riferito il presidente Kuchma, secondo il quale lo scioglimento della


'Ma ha torto', aggiunge il presidente del partito


Big Brother's Nicky Maxwell is the fifth housemate to be evicted from the reality TV show.


Nintendo rolls out Wii fitness game product

Games maker Nintendo Co Ltd   on Wednesday said it will launch a new physical fitness game  product called Wii Fit for U.S. shipping in May.


The breakdowns Yankees-Twins Division Series

Twins strengths: The best defensive team in baseball, they give you nothing. Their outfielders, Shannon Stewart, Torii Hunter and Jacque Jones are a show unto themselves.


Chretien not legally responsible for sponsorship spending, says top official

OTTAWA (CP) - The country's top civil servant says former prime minister Jean Chretien wasn't legally accountable for the way federal sponsorship money was spent.


American forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul say they are restoring calm in the city, despite fresh violence.


Three days after Benazir Bhutto's killing, driving through her home province is a perilous experience. Charred vehicles, felled trees and rocks litter the highway, and nervous travelers paste her portrait to their cars to appease prowling mobs.


The board of the country's largest flight attendants union authorized a national strike Tuesday after its president said the airline industry is using the bankruptcy process to threaten workers' livelihoods.


Londra, 17:37 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON: LA IVANOVIC AI QUARTI

La serba Ana Ivanovic, testa di serie numero 6, si è qualificata per i quarti di finale di Wi...


Chiarimenti sulla leadership e le liste unitarie

Prodi minimizza: Â«Polemiche amplificate dai media, bene la discussione internaÂ». Rutelli: Â«Siamo con lui compattamenteÂ». ROMA - Â«Polemiche amplificateÂ», sintetizza Romano Prodi che torna sul tema che


At Celebrity Nuptials to Die for, Vendors Give Themselves Away

For lovebirds nesting in the upper branches of the socioeconomic tree, weddings have become a way to trade your marquee appeal for free or discounted favors.


Ecology Puts 3 Benton County Sites on Cleanup List

By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Mar. 5--Three Benton County sites that long have been known to be contaminated are now on a state Department of Ecology list of hazardous sites planned for cleanup.   The Benton City Maintenance Yard, Chevron Chemical Co.


Prognosis: Large Social Networks May Help Surgical Patients

Having a large network of friends and family may help surgical patients experience less anxiety and pain before their operations and a quicker recovery afterward.


New French law aimed at `happy slapping'

A new law in France makes it a crime for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet.


Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger introduces the Katine project.


Saturday Interview: HeÂs Hoping for a Brown Christmas

Michael L. Eskew, chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Service, discussed friction with some of his franchisees, advancing technology and the Christmas season.


Israel flattens Hamas ministry in Gaza Strip

Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the strip on Friday, sharply escalating what it called a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks.


If you want to spot offbeat and unique innovations in snow sports, don't bother searching at an industry trade show or in the pages of some glossy ski magazine. Anything deemed worthy of being slickly marketed is already too close to mainstream to be considered cutting edge.


Batting practice barely had started Tuesday evening, but the Astros already had killed one bird. Although it was an accident when Chris Burke's hard grounder killed a pigeon


Cambodians prepare for the coronation of King Sihamoni, amid an array of official festivities.


Britain's grass season claimed its first ATP tour victims on Monday when seeds Julien Benneteau, Lee Hyung-Taik and Fernando Verdasco fell at Queen's.


Clemson top seed in NCAA baseball tourney

Clemson's players and coaches showed little emotion when the Tigers were picked Monday as the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. No cheers, no wild celebrations &#151; not yet.


Wireless Tower Operator Sues Chief of Rival

The American Tower Corporation sued the head of a rival claiming he had impersonated its chief by sending a negative article about it via e-mail to two large investors.


According to a relative, one of the three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan by Taliban splinter group Jaish-e Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) has telephoned a friend in her home town and said she is well and not being badly treated.


Sir Paul McCartney is one of three celebrities vying to be named the nation's greatest living icon.


10 Afghan police, 3 NATO soldiers killed

A suicide bomber blew up a room full of policemen eating lunch at a southern Afghan checkpoint Thursday, killing 10 officers and wounding 11, while three NATO soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan, authorities said.


EDITORIAL: Enterprise Takes Many Paths Toward Finding Success

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 18--Our opinion:: Enterprise involves imagination, risk and courage.   Entrepreneurship is a wonderful thing, and Sunday's Herald presents three wonderful examples.   One is familiar. A town hopes to attract additional residents.


Legal challenge adds to Pakistani president's woes

Pakistan's Supreme Court began hearing legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's rule on Wednesday, adding to the woes the embattled U.S. ally faces as he prepares to secure another term.


Update: EU slams Microsoft interoperability efforts again

The European Commission has again criticized Microsoft's response to a 2004 antitrust ruling, opening up the possibility of further fines for the company. The regulator said that the software giant proposes overcharging for vital interoperability information needed by rival software makers to allow their products work properly with the Windows operating system.


Public indifferent to green overtures at IFA fair

Manufacturers at Europe's biggest  consumer electronics touted their green credentials in vain to  customers more interested in bigger and brighter screens.


Sterling gets fillip from strong retail sales

The pound has received a boost from higher-than-expected retail sales figures for November.


European shares surge after Wall St rally

European equity markets surged on Wednesday following the US Federal Reserve's move to cut its main interest rate by half a percentage point to 4.75 per cent.


Roma, 17:55 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: RISULTATI

Risultati e classifiche della 5/a giornata del campionato di serie C2.


Probiotic supplements reduce the  infections suffered by long-distance runners, research finds.


John Travolta thought hard before taking on âHairspray.â Now heâs the man playing Edna, and heâs playing it straight.


Unions at Volkswagen have rejected an offer to freeze management pay as a "distraction tactic" to lure them into an austerity drive.


Study: CDs Still Overshadow Digital-Music Downloads

The CD will remain the dominant format for music distribution in Europe at least until the end of the decade, according to a new study.


A teenager jailed over the death of sixth-former Ben Bellamy wins his appeal against a manslaughter conviction.


Portions of Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma are most at risk of being hit with tornados late this evening, the National Weather Service reported.


La sua societÃ  Magiste International ha versato la somma la scorsa settimanaResta tuttora aperto il contenzioso su un'altra sua impresa, la Magiste Real Estate                                          Ricucci restituisce al fisco 25,6 milioni di euro


Bo Diddley showing promising signs after stroke

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley is still struggling to communicate after a stroke earlier this month. But he has been humming and listening to country music on the radio in hopeful signs of a recovery, his longtime manager and friend said on Tuesday.


Car bomb reported at Iraqi military camp northwest of Baghdad, 10 ...

A suicide car bomber struck Wednesday at an Iraqi military camp northwest of Baghdad, killing 10 Iraqis and wounding more than 20, Iraqi officials said.


SBC details plans for fiber network, IP-based TV

SBC Communications Inc. plans to offer IP (Internet Protocol) TV over a fiber-based network by the end of next year, the carrier announced Thursday.


A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced four men to prison terms of between seven and 14 years for the racially motivated killing of a Congolese student.


'Per liberare 19 missionari, soldi per armi e attacchi'


Stressed mole-rats hold clues to human infertility

A bizarre hairless rodent living underground in Africa may offer clues about the links between stress and human infertility, scientists said on Monday.


An Eritrean Christian singer, held without charge for two years before fleeing into exile, takes asylum in Denmark.


Iraqi PM Says Elections Must Go Ahead -UK Papers

Iraq's interim Prime Minister told British media in an interview published on Monday he wanted elections to go ahead as planned in January even if violence prevented some Iraqis from voting.


Italy To Allow Stranded Asylum-Seekers To Land

The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the Italian Government's decision to allow 13 Turkish asylum-seekers - who had been stranded for almost two weeks aboard a commercial freighter in the ...


Musharraf Denies Role in Bhutto's Assassination

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 3 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Thursday vehemently denied that he or his government played any role in the death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and instead he blamed her for not heeding warnings to take extra precautions.


In her first interview since being released from jail, Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King on Wednesday that she has never used drugs, isn't a big drinker, and although she feels her incarceration was unwarranted, God had a reason for putting her there. "Don't serve the time; let the time serve you," Hilton said. She said she has emerged from jail determined to eliminate bad friends from her life.


The San Antonio Spurs have signed French  power forward Ian Mahinmi, the team said on Thursday.


Oracle Corp. said on Wednesday it has  taken control of PeopleSoft Inc., now that about 75 percent of  shareholders of the rival software maker have tendered their  shares.


Label withdraws Deep Purple album after complaint

Sony BMG has withdrawn a Deep Purple  album after complaints from lead singer Ian Gillan that it had  been released without his knowledge, a spokesman for the label  said on Tuesday.


It was clear that rock was on a Grammy roll when the award for best country album went to a disc produced by a long-haired punk from Detroit. Jack White produced and played on Loretta Lynn's winning "Van Lear Rose, but the White Stripes lead singer was far from the only rocker to put a stamp on Sunday night's show.


Good morning, and welcome to "Name That Apple!" Fingers on buzzers? All right, let's begin. For 100 points: It's a compact rectangular slab that plays great-sounding music from a built-in hard drive.


North Korea ups the ante by pledging a nuclear test

TOKYO -- A pledge by North Korea yesterday to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States dramatically raised tensions in the region and marked the communist government's first unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.


Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped

Big banks have pulled the plug on a Treasury Department-backed plan to rescue troubled investment vehicles leveled by the subprime mortgage crisis.


Israeli air strike kills two militants in Nablus

Two Palestinian militants were killed on Monday as Israeli Apache helicopters hit their car, Palestinian witnesses and medical sources said.


DENVER -- Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Tyler Hamilton says he will clear his name during a January hearing in Colorado, asking critics and supporters for patience after he tested positive for blood transfusions last month.


US Retail Gasoline Prices Rise; Diesel Sets Record

The average US retail price for regular-grade gasoline rose 4.2 cents the past week to $2.035 a gallon and diesel reached a record as crude oil rallied to an all- time high.


The Cornell University junior was in his dorm between classes when the text message came in from a friend. Check out JuicyCampus.com, it said.


Frances' eye comes ashore, begins soggy plod across Florida

JUPITER -- Hurricane Frances' eye moved slowly inland over parts of Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties this morning as storm-weary Florida residents braced for more hours of strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and damage.


A padre Luigi Ferlauto, Fondatore dellÂOasi CittÃ  Aperta di Troina, presto la laurea "Honoris Causa" in Scienze politiche Roma (Agenzia Fides) - La FacoltÃ  di Scienze Politiche dellÂUniversitÃ  di Catania ha avviato la procedura per il conferimento della laurea Honoris Causa  al Fondatore dellÂOasi CittÃ  Aperta di Troina, padre Luigi Ferlauto,  per la realizzazione  di u...


It just so happened that Lisa Merton and Alan Dater were working on a documentary about Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai when she won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize last week.


Gore urges Silicon Valley to promote environmental efforts.


When introducing former vice presidential candidate John Edwards at a book signing this week, a family friend mentioned a bumper sticker she'd seen around town: "Edwards-Obama." The giddy audience roared with approval.


Nanotechnology Comes Home for the Holidays

TechWeb - The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology updated its online catalog of products incorporating nanotech, ranging from the Apple iPod Nano to Zellens Fullerene C60 Night Cream.


US rocket team halfway to winning $10-million prize

MOJAVE, CALIF. - A privately built and operated spacecraft roared out of the atmosphere on Wednesday with a historic flight that brings the team one step closer to winning a $10-million US prize.


Tom Arnold has "Power" for indie thriller

In a continuing effort  to shed the broad comedy side of his persona, Tom Arnold will  play a low-rent private investigator in the indie comedic  thriller "Remarkable Power."


Cisco gives weak outlook; tech shares down

Cisco Systems Inc  gave a  weaker-than-expected revenue growth forecast and said its U.S.  and European customers were being increasingly cautious,  sending its shares down 7 percent on Wednesday.


Mosca, 17:26 - TENNIS, FINALE COPPA DAVIS: RUSSIA-ARGENTINA 1-1

Termina in parità la prima giornata della finale di Coppa Davis tra Russia e Argentina. Dopo ...


Apple, Beatles settle trademark squabble

iPod maker Apple Inc.  said on Monday it has settled a disagreement with The Beatles' company Apple Corps Ltd. over the use of the brand, in a new deal that now gives the computer maker control of the name.


CEREMONY: Gathering at Carnegie Hall to Find Solace and Catharsis in the Music of Mozart

Carnegie Hall played host to a communal sing arranged by the Juilliard School to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks.


Explosives Found in Russian Jet Wreckage

MOSCOW Aug. 27, 2004 - Traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of one of two Russian airliners that crashed nearly simultaneously earlier this week, the Federal Security Service said Friday, a


Paris Hilton's jail time countdown is on

Paris Hilton's mandatory makeover — from designer duds to jail-issued jumpsuits — is fast approaching.


Genova, 20:04 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: BUONA PROVA, VITTORIA MERITATA

Con l avittoria col Catania a Marassi per 2-1, il Genoa conferma il suo ottimo momento. I rossoblÃ¹ s...


UK Considers Request to Shift Some Forces in Iraq

Britain is considering a request to shift some of its forces in Iraq to allow an attack on rebels in Fallujah, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said, denying the move was related to the US presidential election.


US consumer spending is on the rise again, a sign the economy may be emerging from an early summer decline.


Two Polish soldiers dead, five injured in Iraq

¡¡WARSAW, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A road accident in the central Iraqi city of Hilla killed two Polish soldiers and injured five others in the wake of an ambush near their Babylon base in southern Iraq, Polish news agency PAP said Thursday.


Turkish troops conduct exercises near Iraqi border

CIZRE, Turkey  - The rocky hills of Sirnak province echoed with the boom of tank shells fired by Turkish troops on Thursday in military exercises near the Iraqi border.


Cosi' ad di Intesa-S. Paolo su ricerca Bankitalia


Heche Enters Into Therapy for 'Everwood'

"Everwood's" Dr. Andrew Brown may be about to find love. Tony-winner Anne Heche has joined the cast of the WB Network's acclaimed family drama as a regular, playing a love interest for star Treat Williams.


Livorno, 19:57 - CALCIO: RAZZO IN BUS TIFOSI LAZIO, AUTISTA INTOSSICATO

Un razzo da segnalazione nautica lanciato dai tifosi del Livorno ha sfondato un vetro di uno dei pul...


Torino, 20:17 - CALCIO, TORINO: STELLONE NON RECUPERA, ABBIATI RESTA IN PORTA

Il Torino ha ripreso gli allenamenti in vista della trasferta di Reggio Calabria. Restano da verific...


Explosion Rattles Kabul Ahead of Elections

A loud explosion rattled the Afghan capital early Friday, the day before historic elections, and an international peacekeeper said the blast occurred several hundred yards from peacekeeping headquarters.


Are we starting to find that our prosperous economy was built on a shaky foundation?


TBS has renewed its  freshman sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" for a second season,  giving the comedy series a 10-episode order.


MP Charged With Abuse Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

Staff Sgt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick, the highest-ranking of eight soldiers charged with abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison last year, was sentenced to eight years in


Dollens: Report Says Guidant CEO May Gain Handsomely From JNJ Deal

Win-win? That could be the case for Ronald W. Dollens if Johnson & Johnson (nyse: JNJ - news - people ) has its way. Dollens is president and chief executive of Guidant (nyse: GDT - news - people ), J&J's takeover target.


Thousands of website bulletin boards have been defaced by a virus that used Google to spread across the net. The Santy worm first appeared on 20 December and within 24 hours had successfully hit more than 40,000 websites.


Italiani pazzi per il cibo, sesso solo al terzo posto

In un suo esilarante monologo il comico toscano Roberto Benigni diceva: Â«Ci sono due cose che mi piace fare nella vita: la seconda Ã¨ viaggiareÂ», con una inequivocabile allusione, per il primo posto, all'attivitÃ  sessuale.


Sen. John McCain led the Republican delegate race over Mitt Romney in early results on Super Tuesday, while Sen. Barack Obama was ahead of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Honda Motor Co., Japanâs third-biggest car maker, reported a 9.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit thanks to improved domestic and Asian sales and raised its full-year forecast by 7 percent.


Calif. cable-TV market opened to phone companies

California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Friday creating a single  statewide market for cable television by eliminating  city-by-city franchises, opening the market to competition from  telephone companies.


Manchester United manager wants to get to the bottom of 'Soupgate'

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants to get the bottom of the "Soupgate" affair. Ferguson was forced to change clothes after United's 2-0 victory Sunday over Arsenal.


Until Deception Do Us Part: Scenes From 3 Chilly Marriages

The emotional climate of Bjorn Runge's harrowing drama, which eviscerates the rot of three middle-class marriages, is harsh enough to produce frostbite.


Special Report: Twenty-First Century Cities

Our urban future, from Third World slums to the virtual Panopticon.


NEW YORK, December 31  - Analysts at Wachovia Securities maintain their "market perform" rating on Hormel Foods Corp (HRL.


Car bomb, ambush kill Iraqi police officers

A car bomb attack in central Baghdad and an ambush in southern Iraq killed at least a dozen Iraqi police officers yesterday as insurgents continued their violent campaign against the country's security forces.


Allan Houston was the last player left on the practice court as the hours ticked close to Christmas Day. Almost 7 pm, with his children already wondering whether Santa might beat him home, Houston was still working.


The two top officials running the CIA's clandestine service resigned this morning, following a series of clashes with director Porter J. Goss's chief of staff.


WASHINGTON, June 11 (Dow Jones) â The Justice Department said on Monday that the proposed merger between Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings and Chicago Board of Trade Holdings would not pose a threat to competition.


A NATO aircraft crashed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties, a spokesman said.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton made one thing very clear to Iowa voters Friday: She's serious about campaigning in their state. "I'm going to be in Iowa so often I'm going to be able to caucus for myself," Clinton told attendees at town meetings here.


Some police officers are taking unnecessary risks in high speed chases, a watchdog has warned.


Qantas hikes international fuel surcharges

Qantas Airways Ltd , Australia's  largest airline, said on Monday it would raise its fuel  surcharges on international routes, the second increase in less  than a year.


Vittima un italiano su tre, nel Meridione il 70% delle frodi


The new 3D concert film uses 3Ality's technology to showcase Bono and the boys.


Valerie Bertinelli, whose life spans the different worlds of television and rock 'n' roll, is working on a memoir.


NAJAF, Iraq - Guns were largely silent in Najaf for the first time in weeks and thousands of Iraqis thronged the revered Imam Ali shrine Friday after Iraq's top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this holy city and won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end the fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces.    The renegade Muqtada al-Sadr accepted the proposal in a face-to-face meeting Thursday night with the 75-year-old Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani...


Chirac calls for "mobilization of all means" to help Asian tsunami victims

French President Jacques Chirac on Monday urged his government to "mobilize all means" to help millions of stricken people in tsunami-hit Asian countries.


The government rules that BSkyB must reduce its share holding in ITV from 17.9% to below 7.5%.


MEDIA:  Journalists Suspended over Some Old Quotes

BELGRADE, Dec. 12 (IPS) - A new debate has broken out in Croatia over freedom  of expression after two editors with the  state television were  suspended for airing a clip from an old speech by President Stipe  Mesic.


Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug. "For people who have a desire to stop using, the vaccine should be very useful," said Dr.


The bird flu virus has killed a nine-year-old girl in Thailand, raising the country's death toll from the disease to 11. Health officials say the girl had touched dead chickens at her home.


School Janitor Is Convicted In British Letter-Bomb Case

LONDON, Sept. 27 -- An elementary school janitor was found guilty Thursday of a series of letter-bomb attacks this year, which he testified he carried out to protest Britain's being "an overbearing and over-intrusive surveillance society."


Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce hits out at Manchester City over a cash wrangle delaying Joey Barton's move to St James' Park.


England left to rue disallowed Mark Cueto try as their reign as world champions ends in France


O.J. questioned in Las Vegas hotel incident

O.J. Simpson was questioned by Las Vegas police after a sports memorabilia dealer accused the former star athlete and murder defendant of robbing him at gunpoint, police and others said on Friday.


"27 Dresses" a bad fit for Katherine Heigl

LOS ANGELES  - Having nicely established her big-screen credibility with the summer hit "Knocked Up," Katherine Heigl tries a little further "Grey's Anatomy" moonlighting on for size with "27 Dresses."


Attention Caribou: It's time for your closeup

The hardest part about making a film  with animals is waiting for them to show up.


Novel drugs help solve Gleevec resistance

SAN DIEGO - Two different novel targeted therapies can produce strong responses in patients who have become resistant to Gleevec(tm), the standard therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


New contract expands partnership to include Microsoft's Windows Live products for Verizon's DSL, Fios customers.


Top Seed Spadea Struggles to Overcome Gabashvili

RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Vince Spadea needed  three sets to end young Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili's run in  the second round of the Millennium International Tennis  Championships at Delray Beach, Florida Wednesday.


Security Council deplores violence in Somalia

The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned attacks against African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia and urged all Somali parties to foster an "inclusive political process."


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The company on Tuesday announced that it's acquiring privately held security equipment maker Net6 for $50 million in cash. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2004, will thrust


Crude Oil May Rise on Concern Hurricane Could Cut Gulf Output

Crude oil futures may rise in New York on speculation Hurricane Ivan could disrupt output from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as the storm nears the US mainland this week.


The US warns Afghanistan could become a failed state unless Nato countries remain actively involved.


Shares of SuperGen Inc. SUPG.O  jumped more than 24 percent in trading before the market opened  on Wednesday after MGI Pharma Inc. MOGN.O said it would take  a $40 million stake in the company as part of a cancer drug  license deal.


Why China's about to give India a run for its money.


Restoring Life to Burial Ground ; A New Group is Working to Improve the Landscaping at  Eastern Cemetery.

By KELLEY BOUCHARD Staff Writer  Portland's historic Eastern Cemetery isn't the first place you'd think to go read a book, take a stroll or have a picnic under a flowering crab apple tree.  With good reason.


WASHINGTON Oct. 7, 2004 - Democrats sought election-year gain Thursday from Majority Leader Tom DeLay's latest brush with the House ethics committee, while the powerful Texas lawmaker drew widespread expressions of support from fellow Republicans.


New wonders of the world named after online poll

The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan  and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern  day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million  online voters, organizers said on Saturday.


Louisville's Petrino not considering other coaching offers

University of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino appears ready to stop speculation about his candidacy for coaching jobs at other schools.


Pat O'Brien Suit Dropped by NBC Universal

NBC Universal has dropped its breach of contract lawsuit against former "Access Hollywood" anchor Pat O'Brien, which it filed July 13 after he quit to join a rival showbiz gossip show.


Credit Suisse will on Monday announce a wide restructuring that will integrate its volatile Credit Suisse First Boston investment banking operation much more closely into the parent


Israel pushes Gaza offensive amid rocket attacks

Israel pressed ahead with an air offensive in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Hamas militants, and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister in the West Bank as Gaza militants fired more rockets into Israel.


Ricky Williams ordered to repay Dolphins

MIAMI (Sept. 24, 2004) -- Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered to repay the team more than $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he suddenly quit before training camp.


DENVER -- The Denver Nuggets sent forward Reggie Evans and the draft rights to forward Ricky Sanchez to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday in exchange for swingman Steven Hunter and forward Bobby Jones. The trade is the second between the teams since December, when Allen Iverson joined the Nuggets in...


Mobile services to include customizable MyAOL, redesigned AOL.com portal, new search technology for mobile phones.


Poll: Fla. Voters Had No Voting Problems

Most Florida voters had no problem casting a ballot on Election Day and many say they are confident their vote was counted correctly, a poll shows.


Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda

Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome and elevated blood pressure.


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United unions seek up to $1 billion in skipped pension payments

The trustee firm representing employee pension funds at United Airlines sought a court order today that the carrier be required to make up hundreds of millions of dollars


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


The U.S. Copyright Office says it should be legal for you to crack lockout codes that keep you from porting your cell-phone to another carrier. And retro-gamers will be able to crack copy protection on abandoned titles -- for "archival" purposes. In Gear Factor.


Sheehan supports U.S. deserters in Canada

A group of American military deserters publicly embraced their new lives in Canada on Saturday with the support of "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan, who said she wished the son she lost in Iraq was among them.


[Sports India, Cricket]: New Delhi, Oct.31 : The Centre has decided that it will not hike oil prices inspite of the spiralling international cost of crude.


Crude Oil Tumbles on Report of Larger-Than-Expected Supply Rise

Crude oil futures plunged almost 5 percent in New York, the biggest decline in five months, after an Energy Department report showed that US inventories rose more than expected.


Readers have been angrily calling newspapers with complaints almost since the first telephones were installed. Now, the San Francisco Chronicle is turning some of those calls into podcasts and posting them on its Web site for all to hear.


A hospital building programme in South Africa is put back to help pay for the 2010 football World Cup.


Kenya's opposition is due to begin three days of mass rallies against the disputed election result.


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"Christine" gets full pickup for Season 2

CBS has given a  full-season order to its Emmy-winning comedy "The New  Adventures of Old Christine."


Shares of Clearwire Corp., a wireless Internet services provider founded by cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw, edged up about 2 percent Thursday after the company raised $600 million in its initial public stock offering. The IPO had valued the entire company at more than $4 billion.


Google Aims To Revitalize Advertising On Radio

Last week, listeners in Boston and Sacramento heard a commercial for Floorone.com, a small Internet company that aired its first radio ad with the help of Google Inc.


Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Chelsea remained perfect and became the first team to clinch a spot in the knockout phase of the Champions League competition Tuesday with a 1-0 win at CSKA Moscow.


Nuclear sub commander sunk by conduct probe

The commander of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hampton has been relieved of his command amid an inquiry into misconduct by crew members, the U.S. Navy said Friday.


Beckham claims he trusts on the capability of Owen

David Beckham, the English midfielder of Real Madrid, recognized the important role played byhis compatriot and teammate, Michael Owen, and acknowledged he hasnever had doubts about his performance.


Consumers shelled out for electronics, especially TVs, but growth over the previous year slowed.


IBM Corp. has agreed to acquire content integration software maker Venetica Corp., a move that continues IBM's pattern of snapping up its business partners to augment its software portfolio.


Germany, France Eye Citigroup Bond Trades

The German and French financial watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent trading by U.S. financial services group Citigroup (C.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) in European government bond and ...


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Yahoo! has announced the debut of a new suite of search services for mobile users at the CTIA conference. This new search offering enables mobile consumers to search for local information, images and Web resources on mobile devices.


Four Canadians, 200 rebels killed Afghanistan offensive

Four Canadian soldiers were killed in a major anti-Taliban operation in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said, as NATO said the rebel death toll over two days was around 200.


One in 14 adults cannot answer a maths question aimed at eight-year-old children, a survey suggests.


MPs urge business tax update MPs are urging Revenue and Customs to update its multiple helplines and complex paper registration systems for new business taxpayers.â¦


The Pentagon backs a pause in the drawdown of troops next summer to assess its impact on Iraqi security


Others were spotted heading from Libya to Lampedusa in a rubber dinghy, according to an Italian coastguard quoted by the Associated Press news agency.


A Palestinian militant was sentenced life in prison Tuesday for his role in the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister in 2001, and for planting car bombs and explosive devices in a Jerusalem neighborhood.


Coppa Uefa: i precedenti aggiornati di Parma-Steaua Bucarest

Il Parma Ã¨ stato inserito nel gruppo B della fase a gironi della Coppa Uefa. Dopo la pesante sconfitta rimediata nella gara d`esordio contro il Bilbao, la sfida contro la Steaua Bucarest ha rappresentato il suo secondo impegno nella manifestazione.


Software giant releases just which programs are having issues with its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP.


FA to investigate Chelsea-West Ham violence after League Cup match

The Football Association will investigate the crowd violence that marred Chelsea's 1-0 win over West Ham in the League Cup. Mateja Kezman, who scored the only goal Wednesday night at Stamford


NORTH ANDOVER -- Middlesex overcame a late charge from Rhode Island/Southeastern Mass. to post a 7-5 win in yesterday's Hockey Night in Boston quarterfinals.


A tendency to over-protect children is preventing them from enjoying their childhood, it is claimed.


FDA says food recall is urgent health threat

A recall of canned meat products and dog food made at a Georgia plant due to botulism fears could involve tens of millions of cans that pose an urgent public health threat, U.S. officials said on Monday.


Marijuana charges against Nuggets' Anthony dropped

Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Denver forward Carmelo Anthony had marijuana charges dropped by the city district attorney Wednesday.


The US cancels all the debt owed to it by Iraq and calls on other countries to do the same.


First lady the favorite as Argentines vote

Argentines appeared certain to choose their first elected female president on Sunday, with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner favored to win by a wide margin over her closest rival, another woman.


Bush links terror war to independence war

MOUNT VERNON, Virginia  - President George W. Bush linked the U.S.-led war on terrorism on Monday to the country's struggle for independence led by George Washington more than 200 hundred years ago.


Vivendi to Sell 15% Stake in Veolia to Cut Debt

Vivendi Universal SA, owner of the world's largest music company, said it will sell a 15 percent stake in Veolia Environnement SA to cut debt and focus on its media business.


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Indexes gain amid optimism about earnings

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


Blog: The term mind share gets thrown around quite a bit these days. The essence of the term may be confusing, but whatever it means, Sony somehow seems to have it.


London - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is refusing to panic but admits his side are going through a dip after witnessing their English Premiership and Champions League campaigns stutter.


BJP flays Musharraf's comment on bilateralism

New Delhi, Sept. 23 (PTI): The BJP today appreciated Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's emphasis on resolving all issues with India peacefully but objected to his contention that bilateralism was being given the last chance.


So-so match for "Beckham" Fox's "Kitchen" hottest Monday show

Despite its critical  drubbing, Victoria Beckham's NBC special pulled in OK numbers  Monday night.


New York homicide rate on pace for record low

New York City is on course to mark the fewest homicides since records have been kept, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced Wednesday.


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California files a lawsuit against the US government, in a dispute over greenhouse gas regulations.


Iraq Delegates Urge Al-Sadr to End Fight

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The deadly showdown between U.S. troops and Iraqi militants in Najaf dominated Iraq's national conference Monday, with tribal and religious leaders deciding to send 60 delegates to the holy city to persuade a radical Shiite cleric to call off his fighters...


National Geographic Photo Camps Give Kids New Views

In New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., National Geographic's Photo Camps this summer paired underprivileged students with seasoned photogropaphers. With photo gallery.


Lock-up issues Problems in updating Kaspersky anti-virus software have led to widespread reports of machines locking up.â¦


No other buyer will be willing to pay more for Yahoo. Since Yahooâs management will not be able to justify turning down that sort of premium, Microsoft is likely to win the prize.


Strage di Bologna, Ciavardini condannato a 30 anni in appello

Bologna, 13 dic. (Adnkronos) - L'ex militante dei Nar Luigi Ciavardini, all'epoca dei fatti 17enne, Ã¨ stato condannato a 30 anni di carcere per la strage del 2 agosto '80 alla stazione di Bologna. E' quanto


Russian cabinet approves Kyoto climate treaty

As promised months ago, the Russian cabinet has approved the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, opening the way for the climate treaty to finally come into force.


Unlike his boss, Bill Parcells didn't need to go to Costa Rica. He stayed right at home and decided Cam Cameron had to go, along with just about everyone else on the Miami Dolphins.


Spy murder suspect accuses UK of poor detective work

The main suspect in the London murder of  ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko said on Wednesday that Britain  was trying to cover up for its poor detective work in the case  by complaining about Moscow's refusal to extradite him.


The US reaches agreement with Iceland on how to end its military presence in the country.


Tom Sizemore's 16-month prison sentence for violating probation in a drug case was dramatically reduced Tuesday.


It's the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special offer for a facial at a local spa.


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Kerviel says SocGen must have known of his trades

The man at the center of a trading scandal at Societe Generale said that his activities could not have gone undetected by the French bank.


President Thabo Mbeki should publicly clear his name amidst claims that he had allowed deposed Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide to incite violence from South Africa, says the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP).


European stock markets have powered ahead following strong gains by US and Japanese shares, with London's FTSE 100 leading the charge as heavyweight miners soared over 3.0 percent.


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Invesco Funds Group will become part of a sister mutual-fund family, ending a 74-year-old Denver institution and opening a door to changing the name of the city's football stadium.


CA's latest acquisition target rolls out a new version of its identity and access management software.


Pollutants may curb efficacy of childhood vaccines

NEW YORK  - Exposure to polychlorinated   biphenyls (PCBs) -- chemicals widely used in industry --   apparently reduces children's immune response to vaccinations,   according to a report.


Champions League: il delegato Uefa "Frisk non si sentiva piÃ¹ ...

L`arbitro Anders Frisk avrebbe deciso di non continuare la partita perchÃ© non si sentiva protetto nel proseguimento della gara. Lo ha confermato nell`immediato dopopartita di Roma-Dynamo Kiev, gara valida


North Korea warns South against joining U.S. sanctions

North Korea warned the South on Friday   against joining international moves to apply sanctions against   Pyongyang and said ties would suffer and a war could break out   if Seoul cooperated with the United States against it.


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BA flight makes emergency landing in London

A British Airways plane on a flight from China made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday, officials said, and the ambulance service said three people were slightly injured.


Bid to Stockpile Bioterror Drugs Stymied by Setbacks

Project BioShield, a $5.6 billion effort to expand the nationÂs medical stockpile, has largely failed to deliver, critics say.


IT'S HARD TO SEE how the country's drug safety agency will emerge unscathed from a string of failures -- nor should it. Devastating scandals, touching millions of lives, demand a tough appraisal of a fumbling agency that has lost its way.


Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired for the first time in Friday's opening match of the Ryder Cup, a dynamic twosome that hoped to get the United States rolling toward bringing the chalice back to this side of the Atlantic.


Feticide means 7,000 fewer girls a day in India

Seven thousand fewer girls are born in India each day than the global average would suggest, largely because female fetuses are aborted after sex determination tests, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.


On Thursday, the former Dolphins running back rejected a proposal that would have allowed him to serve a four-game drug suspension this season, re-enter the league's drug program and return to the NFL next year.


U.S. cancer death rate down but 565,650 seen in 2008

The U.S. death rate from cancer has  continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it  will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the  American Cancer Society said on Wednesday.


DAKAR, Senegal, Nov. 25 -- UN Security Council diplomats appealed to Rwanda for restraint Thursday after Rwandan President Paul Kagame threatened to renew Central Africa's deadliest conflict, claiming his


Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs

The parents of a 4-year-old girl have been charged with deliberately poisoning their daughter by giving her overdoses of prescription drugs to sedate her.


Spacewalking astronauts to install new station unit

Astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis prepared for a walk in space on Monday to add a giant new piece to the International Space Station, and NASA engineers pondered whether a bump in the ship's heat protection system needs repair.


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White Sox Playing Catch-Up in A.L. Central

Only two seasons after they won the World Series for the first time since 1917, the White Sox incurred the largest dropoff in victories in the major leagues last season.


Palestinian Politicians Try to Head Off a Power Struggle

With Yasir Arafat apparently near death, Palestinian politicians have moved rapidly to prevent a visible vacuum of power.


Indiaâs benchmark stock index dropped 4 percent in the first 10 minutes of trading and Hong Kongâs market slid 4.7 percent by midday.


Sub was shipshape when it left, says Hoon

A CANADIAN submarine, in which a crewman died during a fire in the Atlantic, was towed into Faslane Royal Navy base near Helensburgh, yesterday.


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A dishonorable diversion from important issues

Having George W. Bush question your military record must feel not unlike having Anna Nicole Smith question your intelligence. Surely, there is a weightless moment of disbelief, a struggle with a level of gall that just does not compute.


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Microsoft will issue six security patches next Tuesday, of which at least two will have a rating of critical. Missing from this list is a patch for a recently discovered zero-day flaw in Word: no updates are scheduled for the Office suite.


Fed mulling ban on some mortgage lending: Kroszner

The Federal Reserve Board is weighing whether it should ban some mortgage lending practices that fueled the recent housing market boom, Fed governor Randall Kroszner told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.


Kurdish Candidate Vows to Include Sunnis

The Kurdish leader who hopes to become Iraq's next president pledged to try to bring the country's disaffected Sunni Arabs into the political process even though many of them stayed away from the polls in landmark elections.


Israel Labour Party Votes to Join Sharon's Coalition

Israelâs Labour Party voted today to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs ruling coalition, a move that makes it easier for the Israeli leader to implement his Gaza withdrawal plan.


Gates: Bombs tie Iran to Iraq extremists

Serial numbers and other markings on bombs suggest that Iranians are linked to deadly explosives used by Iraqi militants, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in some of the administration's first public assertions on evidence the military has collected.


Palestinian PM assails Israel over West Bank raids

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad criticized Israel on Friday for mounting a major military sweep in the West Bank, saying such intervention was ruining a Western-backed internal Palestinian security plan.


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EU-Iranian nuclear talks hit snag - diplomats

EU-Iranian talks to get Iran to suspend uranium enrichment in order to avoid possible UN sanctions have hit a snag, even as deadlines are beginning to fall towards resolving the crisis, diplomats told AFP Wednesday.


1,100 Laptops  Missing From Commerce Dept.

More than 1,100 laptop computers have vanished from the Department of Commerce since 2001, including nearly 250  from the Census Bureau containing  such personal information  as names, incomes and Social Security numbers, federal officials said yesterday.


Safin eases into fourth Paris Masters final

Marat Safin eased into his fourth Paris Masters final by beating Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-3 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed powered past his 13th-seeded opponent in 95 minutes.


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Sun to donate Cluster code to OpenSolaris community

(InfoWorld) - Sun MicrosystemsÂ on Wednesday will begin donating its Solaris clustering code to the open-source community, the latest move in the company'sÂ ongoing strategyÂ to eventually make all of its software freely available. It has been more than two years since SunÂ released OpenSolaris, an open-source version of its Solaris 10 Unix operating system. Since June 2005, the vendor has made other pieces of its software freely available, notably itsÂ core Java platformÂ starting in November of last year. Sun hopes opening up its software will enable its products to enter new markets and lead to more customers for its servers, storage, and paid support services. Known as Open High Availability Cluster, Sun will release its Solaris Cluster source code over the next 18 months through the High Availability (HA) Clusters community on the OpenSolaris Web site. Developers can use the code to help them build clustered and high-availability applications and services. Sun will make the clustering source code available under its own open-source license, CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License), said Paul Steeves, director of Solaris marketing at Sun. There are no plans to also provide the code under the GNU general public license (GPL)Â as Sun did with Java. That situation might change, if, as rumored, Sun decides to also provideÂ OpenSolaris under GPLv3. The third version of the GPL is due to be finalized later this week. OpenSolaris is currently offered under CDDL. Sun will make three major contributions to the clustering code, according to Steeves. The first donation, due out this week, is focused on application modules or agents that allow open-source or commercial applications to become highly available in a clustered environment. Sun will make the code available for 24 of the high-availability agents it offers with its commercially available Solaris Cluster software. Among the agents are modules for Sun's Solaris Containers virtualization technology, BEA Systems' WebLogic application server and the open-source PostgreSQL database. "There are a couple of agents we need to work through, that have encumbrances," Steeves said, where Sun doesn't hold enough rights to release the code under CDDL. These modules include agents for Oracle's Real Application Clusters (RAC) technology, Sybase's database and IBM's WebSphere middleware. "We intend to release them once we've worked through the licensing," he added. Sun will also provide documentation for the agents along with the source code for the Solaris Cluster Automated Test Environment (SCATE) so that developers can test new agents they develop, Steeves said. Agents written using Open HA Cluster will run on Cluster Express, a binary version of Solaris Cluster, which Sun plans to release in a few weeks, Steeves said. The agents will also run on the latest version of Sun's commercial clustering product, Solaris Cluster 3.2, which debuted in January, and runs on the Solaris 9 and 10 operating systems. The second donation will likely appear in December, Steeves said, and will include code for the Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition, software that enables multisite disaster recovery. At the end of the 18-month period, Sun will release the code for the core Solaris Cluster infrastructure along with more documentation and additional SCATE infrastructure tests. In total, Sun will make around 2 million lines of clustering source code available, Steeves said. By comparison, Sun's donation of Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software to the open-source community represents over 6 million lines of code. Â


(InfoWorld) - Sun MicrosystemsÂ has released a new version of its Java Enterprise System (Java ES) set of subscription-based enterprise middleware with the emphasis on making the offering more modular. The vendor unveiled Java ES 5.0 Thursday, the first major release of the bundleÂ since October 2005. The offering brings Sun's infrastructure software, support and training together into a single product and is aimed at companies looking to purchase the vendor's middleware at a gradual, predictable rate. Java ES is also available in the form of individual software suites known collectively as Java System Suites. "Java ES 5.0 continues a lot of what we started four years ago," said Jim McHugh, vice president of software infrastructure at Sun. In 2003, the vendor introduced what became Java ES as Project Orion as a way for customers to buy an integrated middleware stack made available on a regular quarterly release cycle. Users can begin by buying the Java ES 5.0 Base for $100 per employee per year, which includes Sun's application, portal, and Web servers, and then choose to add on subscriptions for Sun's Java System Identity Manager or its Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS). Adding in identity management brings the annual cost per user to $140, which then increases to $200 when Java CAPS is also included. Sun sees its prime middleware competitor as IBM with its WebSphere offering. "They have the same breadth of software we offer, but we did our [product] integration three years ago," McHugh said. As Oracle continuesÂ integrating its Fusion middleware, it'll also be more of a significant Sun rival, he added. Major enhancements in Java ES 5.0 include work on a monitoring console and monitoring framework and a common installer for the software components, McHugh said. The vendor is also keen to incorporate more of its own and third-party open-source components in its middleware. Java ES already includes Java DB, Sun's supported distribution of the open-source Apache Derby database. The middleware also supports the PostgreSQL open-source database. Sun now lays claim to more than 1.3 million subscribers for Java ES compared to the nearly 1 million it declared in October 2005. When Sun released Java ES 4.0 in 2005, the major focus for the new version was the additional support of operating systems from Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. As well as Windows and HP-UX, Java ES supports Sun's Solaris and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux. Sun is continuing to debate whether Java ES should also support the other leading Linux distribution, Suse from Novell, McHugh said, and is seeing demand from some European users. Although Sun doesn't support IBM's AIX across the entire breadth of its middleware stack, many elements of Java ES do support the IBM operating system, he added. Java ES users include credit reporting company Equifax, auto manufacturer General Motors, health-care insurance company Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Australian telecom carrier Telstra Corp., McHugh said.


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Russian Police Charged with Negligence Over Beslan

Three Russian policemen were charged Wednesday with criminal negligence leading to the deaths of more than 350 hostages seized at a school in Beslan.


Anti-terror funding to New York and Washington was cut in favor of protecting suburban areas, Congressional investigators say


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Awards Season, and the Swag Goes to ... Few

The Hollywood writersâ strike is threatening a beloved Tinseltown institution: the swag bag of free luxury items.


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AP: Israel Cave Linked to John the Baptist

KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher.    Only a few artifacts linked to New Testament figures have ever been found in the Holy Land, and the cave is potentially a major discovery in biblical archaeology...


Raw image editing and cataloging software gets support for Windows Vista and Adobe file formats.


A statue of the notorious colonial king Leopold II is removed hours after being re-erected in DR Congo's capital.


Bush ends peace mission without breakthrough

U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.


SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Computer Inc is suing anonymous people who leaked details about new products by posting information on the Internet, court documents showed last Friday.


Friends and colleagues pay tributes to jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, who has died aged 82.


Wyeth  said on Monday it will  sue Teva Pharmaceuticals USA  for alleged patent  infringement and said it received an approvable letter from U.S  regulators for bazedoxifene, a drug that helps prevent  post-menopausal osteoporosis.


A Turkish man kidnapped in Iraq and held for 50 days was freed Wednesday by his captors, a Turkish official said. Meanwhile, the bodies of three beheaded Iraqi civilians were discovered


ASX says no basis to speculation on LSE stake

ASX Ltd , Asia-Pacific's second-biggest listed stock exchange, said on Tuesday there was no basis to support market speculation that it was intending to buy Nasdaq Inc's  31 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Plc  at this stage.


For Sprint and Nextel, the Struggle Is Ahead

When Sprint and Nextel Communications merge, they will be competing against their much larger rivals, Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless.


Kenyan opposition accuses police of killing seven

Kenya's opposition accused police of killing seven people on Thursday during a second day of clashes with demonstrators protesting against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.


Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.


Udine, 19:51 - CALCIO, UDINESE: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTE OBODO

L'Udinese ha ripreso la preparazione dopo due giorni di sosta: lavoro atletico iniziale, seguito da ...


Deutsche Telekom lands iPhone licence for Germany

T-Mobile, the mobile arm of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, has beaten rival Vodafone in the battle to win the marketing rights for Apple's iPhone in Germany, the regional daily Rheinische Post reported on Wednesday.


President Bush Delivers Remarks In Prague

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: President Ilves, Foreign Minister Swarzenberg, and distinguished guests: Laura and I are pleased to be back in Prague, and we appreciate the gracious welcome to this historic hall. Tomorrow I will attend the G-8 Summit, where I will meet with the leaders of the world's m...


EILAT, ISRAEL - Six Egyptian students were freed by Israel on Sunday in exchange for the release of an Arab-Israeli spy. The students had sneaked into Israel in August and were arrested on suspicion that they


FCC seen easing media ownership rules Tuesday

U.S. communications regulators are  expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership  restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a  threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.


Palermo, 21:19 - CALCIO, UEFA; PALERMO: CON IL WEST HAM ASSENTI AMUARI E CORINI

La partita di giovedÃ¬ in coppa Uefa contro il West Ham si annuncia molto difficile per il Palermo. L...


Homebuilder Lennar Corp. beat third-quarter Wall Street estimates by 2 cents per share Monday, helped by strong quarterly profit and a stable economy, leading it to raise guidance for fiscal 2004 and 2005.


Near 100 whales, dolphins commit mysterious "mass beaching suicide ...

Near 100 whales and dolphines have commited mysterious "mass beaching suicide" from last week on Australia's south coast.


(InfoWorld) - What if there were a giant database that contained your hidden insecurities, embarrassing medical questions, and the fact that you still think from time to time about your high-school girlfriend? Well, such a data store does exist -- if you've ever plugged such private topics into a search engine. The fact is, search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Live Search all record and retain in their vast data banks any term that you query in addition to the date and time your query was processed, the IP address of your computer, and a cookie-based unique ID that -- unless you delete it -- enables the search engine to continue to know if requests are coming from that particular computer, even if the connection changes. Microsoft Live Search also records the type of search you conducted (image, Web, local, etc.), while Google additionally stores your browser type and language. And when you click on a link displayed on Google, that may also be recorded and associated with your computer's IP address. While Google recently announced that it would make its search logs anonymous after 18 months' time by deleting part of the IP address and obfuscating cookies associated with search queries, Microsoft and Yahoo haven't yet made their retention policies public. AOL stores this data for just one month. The upshot: If someone were to ask one of these search engine companies to produce a list of IP addresses or cookie values that searched on a particular search term, they conceivably could. Or, conversely, given an IP address or cookie value, the search engine firm could produce a list of terms searched by the user of that address or cookie value. Don't worry; be happy Some people say there's not much to worry about because the server logs don't associate these search terms with personally identifiable information, such as your name or e-mail address. However, if you have an account with or have registered for any of the additional services on a search engine site -- e-mail, social networks, calendars, shopping lists -- it's feasible that that connection could be made, says Brad Templeton, chairman of the board at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group that protects liberties and privacy in cyberspace. In the case of Microsoft and Yahoo, that information can be extensive because of how much personal information these search engine firms ask for on their account registration forms, including your occupation, job title and marital status, and the number of children in your household. According to Whitney Burk, public relations manager at Microsoft, "There is no systematic way of identifying, isolating, or cross-referencing search data with personally identifiable information." Google also says it stores the two types of information separately. However, according to Templeton, "it would be very difficult to make it impossible for someone to make that correlation." Templeton emphasizes that he doesn't know exactly how any of the search engine systems are designed, but -- given typical designs -- there are many different ways that someone with the right access and knowledge could make a retroactive correlation between search terms and personally identifiable information. Considering that search terms can reveal personal information that ranges from medical prescriptions to religious beliefs and political preferences, that's not an association many of us would be happy to see. Even if you didn't provide any personal information, an IP address alone could be traced back through a reverse DNS lookup to the Internet service provider and city of the IP address, according to Danny Sullivan, editor in chief of Search Engine Land, a blog dedicated to search news. Contacting the ISP could result in a positive identification of the account holder by finding out which account accessed the search engine at the time recorded in the search log. Last year, reporters at The New York Times didn't even need an IP address to track down the identity of an AOL user when AOL published anonymous search logs of 500,000 users over a three-month period. The identification was made possible simply based on the specificity of the search terms the user queried, such as real estate searches in the small town where she lived. (If you have any question as to what collected search terms reveal about an individual -- accurate or not -- check out those AOL search logs.) Hello, George Orwell? If all this sounds Big Brother-ish to you, you're not alone. Individual users, consumer interest groups, government regulatory committees around the world, and privacy groups are growing increasingly worried about how much personal data search engine firms retain and what they could do -- or be forced to do -- with this information. In recent months, Google seemingly hasn't been able to make a move without drawing speculation and suspicion about its ability to construct personal portraits of user behavior. Several consumer interest groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. The groups claim it would give Google unprecedented insight into consumer behavior because it could track both people's Internet searches and their Web site visits. And when Google released its History feature, which associates individuals' search and page visitation histories with their account information, some observers, such as veteran blogger Anil Dash, called it both "brilliant" and "scary." "With the release of Web History, especially in the context of its recent acquisitions and announcements, Google may have crossed the line where regular users start to react with skepticism and caution instead of unabashed enthusiasm," Dash says in his blog (see "Google hostile to privacy, group says"). The creepiness factor surrounding online search data was also upped by the revelation in early 2006 that the U.S. Justice Department had subpoenaed Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL to turn over a random list of Web queries conducted over the course of a week, divorced from the names of those submitting them. AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo turned over some of the requested information, but Google resisted. Although Google set a good precedent by doing so, "Governments can and will do things that companies have to comply with," says Chris Sherman, executive editor of Search Engine Land, referring to the Chinese government pressuring Yahoo to turn over the name of a user who posted to an online forum. "The [U.S.] government is a growing concern because over the last several, years it's been expanding its power to ask for such information, especially as the political climate has changed," Templeton says. For instance, he points out, warrants have been easier to get since the USA Patriot Act was enacted. "It's something we should worry about more than in the past," he says. Of course, some in the government are trying for more, not less, protection for online data. Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bill in early 2006 (H.R. 4731) to require owners of Internet Web sites -- not just search engine firms --- to destroy obsolete data containing personal consumer information. Putting aside the government, there are other ways for private data to be revealed, Templeton says, in the form of internal employees. "Everyone knows the history of most large database [breaches] comes down to a story of corrupt employees who sell access to private records," he says. "In the private investigation world, they can use bribes to get people's tax returns." Brass tacks All of this raises the question: Why do search firms store all this data? Google offers three reasons: It can help the company improve its services, maintain security and prevent abuse by looking for patterns indicating fraudulent activity, and comply with legal obligations to retain data. The company asserts that it can use this information to determine how often users are satisfied with the first result of a query and how often they proceed to later results. Or it can determine how many times an advertisement is clicked in order to calculate how much the advertiser should be charged. In his blog, Sullivan is more direct. "Google is big on personalization," he writes. "Big, big, big. For Google, getting up close and personal with individuals is seen as a big leap forward on many fronts -- and 2007 is the year Google is going all out after it." The more Google can know about you, Sullivan explains, the more it believes it can deliver you a better experience, not to mention more targeted ads. "But in particular," he says, "personalization is seen as the next generational step in delivering better search results." But Templeton questions whether the search firms need to store as much information as they do and for as long as they do. "We regularly advise [Google] that they're keeping too much information," he says. While some people, such as Sullivan, applaud Google's move to limit the amount of time it retains search logs, saying that will make it nearly impossible to trace any query back to a particular computer, Templeton thinks total destruction of the data would be far better. "History is full of [incidents] where people thought they could anonymize or destroy data, but people find a way to recover it," he says. "You have to be more thorough in their destruction -- you have to eventually destroy the connection between the IP address and the searches." Plus, Google's move may or may not address backup data, which Sullivan notes is not as easily accessible or altered. And the 18-month window also doesn't address data stored via its Web History feature. That information, Sullivan says, is not being destroyed or anonymized over time. "If you want it wiped out," he says on his blog, "Google says you have to do that separately." On the positive side, Web History lets users know exactly what data pertaining to them is stored, and they can take it into their own hands to delete those histories at any time. The same is true of Yahoo's MyWeb feature, which stores user searches if it's been switched on. With all the focus on user privacy, the search engine firms say they are taking measures to increase the anonymity of users. Google has said it will build privacy protections into its nonsearch products, including Google Talk's "off the record" feature, as well as Google Desktop's "pause" and "lock search" controls. It has also said it will provide easy-to-understand privacy policies for users on its Web site. For its part, Microsoft says it's actively engaged with data protection authorities around the world on what user information is collected and for what purposes as well as policies around notice and consent. "There is no universal consensus on the 'right' policies," Burk says. "However, we will continue to be active with privacy advocates and authorities as these decisions are made." In the end, Sherman says, it's up to individual users to decide whether they trust search engine firms with their personal information. "It's something everyone has to decide -- at what level am I comfortable with the reality of improving my search results vs. my identity being connected with the types of queries I do?" he says. And he's careful to note that the question extends way beyond Google, which in his eyes takes strong measures to secure user data. "When you go to Google, you can't get anywhere near their data centers," he says. "There are levels of security in the company where few people are cleared to get into areas where people can see personally identifiable information." But to Templeton, that's not enough. "Even when people try to do a good job, things happen, and data still gets out," he says. "If it's collected and in a place that can be accessed, it can get out." Furthermore, Sherman points out, it's not just search engines that store personal data. "Your ISP knows more about you than any search engine -- not just what you're searching on but every Web site you've visited," he says. On his blog Sullivan adds, "Google may be anonymizing its records, but your ISP might not be."


U.S. threatens tough measures against Sudan

The United States and others will consider imposing a range of punitive measures against Sudan for its refusal to accept an international force into Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.


Roma, 17:41 - CALCIO, LAZIO: SCIOPERO DEL TIFO NELLA GARA CON IL CAGLIARI

Contestazione in vista per il presidente della Lazio Claudio Lotito. La porranno in essere gli 'Irri...


French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Friday to press ahead with plans to overhaul ties with NATO and launch a Mediterranean Union in 2008, shrugging off criticism of his foreign policy since he took office.


UN Concerned by Lack of Darfur Progress on Ground

KHARTOUM, Sudan  - The United Nations said on  Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in  bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people  have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.


World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Teacher Makes a Playful Offer for Alitalia

A high school aviation teacher earning $1,500 a month became a celebrity by making a fake bid to buy Alitalia as a protest against years of mismanagement.


Outgoing Blair hope for moves on climate change, Africa at G8

Tony Blair heads to Germany this week for his last G8 summit as prime minister, hoping to secure greater commitments on aid to Africa and movement on a new deal to tackle climate change.


BUCHAREST: Romanians voted for a new president on Sunday with fighting corruption and joining the EU the main themes in a run-off round pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.


Fresh Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 26

Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 26 people in the northern Philippines, disaster officials said Tuesday, a week after storms left about 160 dead or missing.


Historian Who Founded Oxford College Dies

Sir William Deakin, a historian who founded St. Antony's College at Oxford University, helped Winston Churchill write about World War II, and led the first British mission to Marshal Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia, has died at the age of 91, his family said.


NASA said on Tuesday it would extend the space shuttle Discovery's mission by one day to allow for a closer inspection of a flawed rotary joint that turns the solar arrays aboard the International Space Station.


Chelsea's Dutch winger Arjen Robben is set to sign a new deal with the Premiership side that will keep him at the club for another five years, his father and agent said Friday.


MS to bundle 'broken' random number tool in Vista SP1

Developers urged to avoid built-in backdoor Microsoft plans to bundle a cryptographically flawed pseudo random number generator in its upcoming service pack for Windows Vista.â¦


Scientists harness mysteries of the brain

A young woman, confined to a wheelchair, is told to think about moving another wheelchair in front of her, first to the left and then forward.


Thousands of anti-war campaigners have taken to the streets of London calling for an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.


"Ratatouille" cooks up lukewarm box office win

The rodent cartoon "Ratatouille" raced to the top at the North American box office on Sunday but its weekend haul of $47.2 million was the lowest opening for a Pixar-produced release in nine years, according to estimates issued by distributor Walt Disney Co.


Astana hit by crashes in fifth Tour stage

AUTUN, France  - Race favorite Alexander Vinokourov lost ground in his bid to win the Tour de France when he failed to recover fully from a crash towards the end of the fifth stage on Thursday.


Lebanon prepares for the funeral of leading anti-Syrian politician Pierre Gemayel who was killed on Tuesday.


Per impostare campagna elettorale delle regionali


Blast in Baghdad Kills Three U.S. Soldiers

Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a  roadside bomb attack on their convoy in eastern Baghdad on  Tuesday night, the U.S. military said Wednesday.


The state is providing $200,000 in grants to help eight communities and nonprofit organizations restore damaged wetlands, Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles announced this week.  Plymouth and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research are among the recipients.


Launches in-depth investigation The European Commission (EC) has launched an in-depth investigation into the merger of Sony and Bertelsman AG, despite having given the deal its blessing back in July of 2004.â¦


Avoidance, education, awareness, and preparedness are the four keys in the management of a peanut allergy. Avoidance is the main key in managing a peanut allergy.


Chinese fans packed out Beijing's 17,903-seat Capital Stadium for the capital's first taste of live NBA action Sunday night.


The winners of the Golden Globe awards are being revealed at a press conference in Los Angeles.


Three men guilty of botched 2005 London bomb plot

Three men were convicted on Monday of plotting to bomb London's transport system on July 21, 2005 in a botched attempt to replicate Islamist suicide bombings that had killed 52 people two weeks earlier.


Sara' l'ultima edizione nel vecchio teatro di Torre del Lago


Jeff DaVanon became the fourth player in Anaheim Angels history â-nd first in more than 13 years â -hit for the cycle, accomplishing the feat Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals.


Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing

Four Infineon (Quote, Chart) executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday.


By ERIN McCLAM This is a story about love. About inscrutable complexity and remarkable simplicity, about the promise of forever. It is about obsession and devotion, and grand gestures and 4,000-word love letters.


Gore Touts Promise of Stem-Cell Research

Former Vice President Al Gore touted the promise of stem-cell research for curing debilitating and deadly diseases on Friday — using his pitch to stump for fellow Democrats Christine Gregoire and Dave Ross.


Sir Mark Thatcher is to be interviewed about his alleged role in a coup plot by Equatorial Guinea authorities. He was arrested earlier this month by South African police for breaching South African laws and was released after posting bail.


Un giorno col supercommissario De Gennaro: tre mesi per la normalitÃ I colloqui infiniti con i sindaci fra gli stucchi rosa degli uffici di palazzo Salerno                                          "La mia vita nella trincea dei rifiuti ma da solo non posso vincere"                                                                                I summit con l'unitÃ  di crisi, poi una pizza prima di rientrare in albergoIl saluto ai camerieri: mi raccomando, la raccolta differenziatadi CARLO BONINI


Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - Working steadily ever since she was just 14, Kate Bosworth has already starred in ten movies, but as the star of "Superman Returns" (she plays Lois Lane to newcomer Brandon Routh's Superman), the 23-year-old actress insists that she suffered from terrible insecurity while making the blockbuster comic-book flick.


Japanese Women Show Longest Life Expectancy

GENEVA, May 18 -- A boy born in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world's longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan and 30 other countries have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday.


Lobbyists and members of Congress have managed to hold off the enforcement of a five-year-old law that required country-of-origin labeling on meat, fish and produce.


Official Allegedly Hinted At Saudi Torture of Man

A federal prosecutor made a comment suggesting that a Virginia man held in a Saudi Arabian prison had been tortured.


Karzai Rival Refuses to Concede Election

Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai's closest rival in Afghanistan's landmark election refused to concede defeat


Merrill Lynch Expected to Quit Downtown for Midtown

The brokerageâs move would be a blow to downtown and its supporters in Albany, including Gov. Eliot Spitzer, and it would hobble efforts to re-establish ground zero as a financial center.


It isn't just COBOL you know... What is "legacy"? It's worth remembering that a lot of systems were written in RAD (Rapid Application Development) tools such as PowerBuilder and Visual Basic in the nineties and this is now often undocumented legacy in small companies (and some not-so-small ones) - just as COBOL systems are in large enterprises.â¦


Rinvio al 18 aveva suscitato critiche nel partito


"Long Tail" on short list for business book prize

"The Long Tail," a best seller about   the growing importance of the niche market in today's economy,   was among five books on the short list on Tuesday for the   Business Book of the Year award.


De Villepin, il tasso di disoccupazione e' all'8%


ConocoPhillips says  that a decision not to accept a minority stake  in Venezuelan oilfields may cost it $4.5bn.


The government will seek a 60% cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 in its plan to tackle global warming.


BR: BIAGI, PER GUP COMPETENZA PROCESSO RESTA A BOLOGNA

(AGI) - Bologna, 5 ott. - Il giudice per l'udienza preliminare, Rita Zaccariello, nel corso della prima udienza preliminare sull'omicidio Biagi iniziata stamane, ha respinto l'eccezione del difensore di uno


Jackson in 1st appearance since acquittal

Michael Jackson made his first public appearance since being acquitted on child molestation charges, choking up as he thanked Japanese fans at an award ceremony Saturday.


Economist: Don't count on Social Security

The day is coming when the Social Security system won't be able to pay retired Americans, a nationally known economist warned Wednesday while visiting Decatur.


The dollar clung to small gains on  Thursday as traders adjusted their positions and held tightly  to whatever profits they have made this year.


Here is a comparison of Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and upcoming products from Symantec and McAfee.


More than 40 miners who were trapped underground Wednesday by a fire in an Australian gold mine have been rescued, local media reported.


Race may be factor in doctor-patient communication style

Race appears to be a factor in how doctors communicate with their patients, according to a new study of primary care visits conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.


Double murderer Ian Huntley is to receive legal aid to fight a civil case alleging sexual assault on a girl of 11.


The US oil giant got a good price, Russia's No. 1 oil company acquired a savvy partner, and Putin polished Russia's image.


HP's Hurd: Whatever you do, don't mention her

Blog: At iMeme conference, CEO sidesteps questions about how much his predecessor had to do with company's success.


Bush gave terrorists more weapons than Saddam ever would have...

(OfficialWire) -- 10/30/04 -- New evidence emerged in the United States on Friday that appears to contradict claims by George W. Bush and his administration that


An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for cover amid a towering geyser of steam and flying rubble. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the explosion was not terrorism.


Q&A: Red Hat's CEO on his company's latest acquisition

OCTOBER 01, 2004  - After his company announced that it's acquiring security and authentication tools from Netscape Security Solutions to bolster its software arsenal (see story), Red Hat Inc.


By Emma Johnson  1.1 Found You - Axwell   2. Sweet Freedom - Bob Sinclair   3. Sunset to Sunrise - Whelan and DiScala   4. Do It Again - The Chemical Brothers   5. Let Me Think About It-Ida Com   6. Real Love - Alex Gaudinio mix of Doc Da Funk   7.


While hardly a no-risk environment, New Orleans presented the N.B.A. with the chance to literally build up its image, with an I-Had-a-Hammer photo-op weekend.


Singer Liza Minnelli passes out on stage during a performance in Sweden, according to concert organisers.


Indonesia declares 3 days of mourning for quake victims

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday declared three days of national


Rust Found in Big Soybean-Producing State

Soybean rust has spread to   Arkansas, the first major U.S. soybean-producing state infected  with the contagious fungus that slashes crop production,  Arkansas officials said on Monday.


Medical tests show that the actress has lost weight


Clinton Gets Hearty Campaign 'Welcome Back'

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, just seven weeks after heart surgery, received a rousing welcome back to the campaign trail on Monday at a rally to rev up core Democratic support before next week's election.


For âYouth without Youth,â his first film in ten years, Francis Ford Coppola returned to self-funded, low-budget filmmaking and to longtime collaborator and Oscar-winning film editor Walter Murch. It took six months for Murch and crew to edit the film, and they depended on Final Cut Studio throughout the six-month editing process. âIn the final stages of editing the film, we were working with the ultimate resolution of the film,â says Murch. âSo really, the final film, other than the color correction, came out of our editing rooms on Final Cut Proâin this case Final Cut literally was the final cut.â


BetaNews is reporting from the Blu-ray press conference, which is especially important following the cancelation of HD DVD's.


âLars and the Real Girlâ is a breakthrough script for the âfiercely unsentimentalâ writer Nancy Oliver.


US threats over EU lifting China arms ban

The US is ready to hold back military technology from European allies over EU steps to revoke its arms embargo on China, the Financial Times reported.


The mayor of Britain's farthest flung Pacific colony, Pitcairn, pleaded innocent to 10 charges of rape and sexual assault Wednesday, the BBC reported.