Yen seen dodging G7 rebuke as talks enter last day

ESSEN, Germany  - Japan's Finance Minister Koji Omi said on Saturday a slide in the value of the yen would not be singled out for criticism by the Group of Seven club of wealthy economic powers.


Campaigners rally against plans to extend the M6 Toll by 50 miles in Cheshire and Staffordshire.


Lilly schizophrenia drug shows promise in trial

Eli Lilly and Co. on Thursday said one of its experimental drugs was comparably effective in a mid-stage trial as the company's widely used Zyprexa treatment, but without weight gains seen with Zyprexa.


Cyrus sidesteps Clarkson to lead albums chart

In a battle between two top-selling  female acts, Miley Cyrus triumphed over Kelly Clarkson to score  the No. 1 position on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday.


Attrice e Brad Pitt vogliono Spiceboy per bimbo adottato


Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong took a swipe at the French, Kid Rock strummed "Sweet Home Alabama," comedian Lewis Black grumbled about the falling snow, and Miss USA told the troops to keep "kicking butt."


In an attempt to keep pace with surging Chinese and Russian sports schools for prospective Olympians, the USOC is focusing on small details to keep the U.S.'s edge.


Two Iraqi Ministers Targeted in Separate Attacks

Iraqi officials say assailants targeted the convoys of two Iraqi government ministers in separate attacks in Baghdad Tuesday. Neither official was hurt, but five other people were killed in the attacks.


Sen. John McCain, trying to build momentum toward a reprise of his 2000 New Hampshire primary victory, is piling up high-profile endorsements, including one from another political maverick, Sen. Joseph Lieberman.


Citigroup and NASD Settle BellSouth Case

Citigroup will pay $15.2 million to settle claims that its brokers had coaxed BellSouth employees into retiring early on exaggerated projections for investment returns.


Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, researchers in the US confirm.


Google has received the green light for its initial stock offering -- but not without ruffling a few feathers at the Securities & Exchange Commission, which oversees share offerings. The SEC's job is to make sure that companies disclose all the ...


Online sales of illegal ivory are booming in the United States despite a longtime global trade ban, conservationists charge.


InPhonic finally made its public debut amid insatiable investor demand for IPOs.


Head banker leaves job over Muslim gaffe

Ill-advised quip A senior banking industry figure has left his job after making a joke about Muslims which reportedly stunned colleagues and was the subject of complaints. Marc Howells of Barclaycard Europe has left his post.â¦


Ballmer again: AT&T and Verizon should rule the airwaves

Phooey to Apple and Google CTIA In a none-too-subtle jab at two of his biggest competitors - Apple and Google - Steve Ballmer has said that Microsoft will not bid for a prime portion of the US wireless spectrum.â¦


Greek judoka Eleni Ioannou has died after 17 days of hospitalisation in critical condition following a fall from the third storey of her boyfriend's apartment.


Kerry comment about Cheney daughter may have backfired

John Kerry has come under renewed criticism for raising the case of Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, during a presidential debate.


Forecasters predicted rain in the Southeast and southern Plains, falling temperatures in New England and sizzling heat in the Southwest on Sunday.


The year in medicine can be summed up best as the year Americans increasingly were forced to peer into their medicine cabinets with a wary eye.


Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he still might run for president if supporters will pledge $30 million by November.


Astros thump Cubs 10-3 to end testy series

With tensions running high at Wrigley Field, the Houston Astros kept their cool and climbed back into playoff contention. Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league


Bush Stops in Colombia, Pledges Aid for Drug War

CARTAGENA, Colombia--President Bush pledged more funding to support Colombia's fight against drugs and violence during a visit Monday to the world's cocaine capital, telling


Stolen Monet, Van Gogh paintings found in Zurich: police

Swiss police said on Tuesday they had found two stolen paintings -- one Monet and a van Gogh -- of the four that were stolen last week from a gallery in Zurich.


All deaths are sad, but the news that Christopher Reeve, the actor best known for playing SUPERMAN, died on Sunday of heart failure, just made me really, really sad.


China's food and drug watchdog announced it had shut down five drug makers over the last year, including one that made a substance implicated in 11 deaths, state media reported Saturday.


Olmert and Abbas to meet to try to salvage talks

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged down by a row over Jewish settlements, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.


Penguins to open NHL season with 3 teens

Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang made the Pittsburgh Penguins' opening day roster Monday, joining with Sidney Crosby to give the rebuilding team a franchise-first three teens on the roster.


E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

Once seen as the tacky, last-minute substitute for pen and paper, e-cards have become more acceptable this holiday season.


Mattel Inc., the worldâs largest toy maker, said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit unexpectedly rose 2.6 percent on holiday sales of Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price toys.


Dutch Prince Bernhard, Former War Hero, Dies at 93

Dutch Prince Bernhard, whose popularity as an allied war hero waned after a Lockheed aircraft scandal in the 1970s, died on Wednesday aged 93.


The top US computer security watchdog issues a warning about a flaw in Apple's OS X software.


Briton finds ethical jewellery good as gold

"Customers don't realize that one wedding ring weighs 10 grammes and causes three tonnes of toxic waste," says Greg Valerio, whose company aims to follow fair trade coffee with ethical gold jewellery.


Bulgaria backs a gas pipeline deal with Russia that is set to strengthen Moscow's grip on energy to Europe.


Vitamin Supplements May Slow Middle-Age Weight Gain

Four common ones tied to healthier weights over 10-year period    HealthDayNews -- Four common supplements -- chromium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and multivitamins -- may help slow weight gain in middle-age adults, claims a study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.    Researchers reviewed questionnaire responses from about 15,000 people, average age 55, in Washington state...


Jim Courier says Andy Roddick must play to his strengths if the United States are to overcome Spain in the Davis Cup final on Seville's clay.


Nike to eliminate excess overtime for workers by 2011

Nike Inc.  said on Thursday it  would improve conditions for its 800,000 workers in factories  that make its products by eliminating excess overtime by 2011.


Music Made to Order for Venturesome Virtuosos

With her upcoming series of concerts, Midori is one of many top-tier classical soloists who are entering the contemporary-music arena with a vengeance.


Films of Robert Altman as director, producer or writer include:


Prosecutors say Libby lied as trial ends

A former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney lied to the FBI because he was worried he might face criminal charges for blowing a CIA employee's cover, prosecutors said on Tuesday as his perjury trial drew to a close.


Consumers can be excused if the Cox 2 painkiller debacle has left them scratching their heads. First, Merck (MRK ) pulled its Vioxx off the market after a study confirmed suspicions that it was linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.


Reservoir Purchase Beset By Questions ; Franklin Lakes Debates Cost, Audit

By MATTHEW VAN DUSEN, STAFF WRITER  FRANKLIN LAKES  A series of setbacks with the Haledon Reservoir purchase is threatening to push the already distant opening of the public space even further into the future, according to borough officials.


PM Gonzi claims merit for positive indicators

The positive economic indicators constitute the motivating drive behind Government's commitment for tangible results.


Palmâs Quarterly Profit Falls, While Rival Posts an Increase

The maker of Treo smartphones reported a 43 percent decline profit, while Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, posted a 73 percent increase in profit.


They call Bernard Hopkins paranoid, but you can't be paranoid when you're right. Bernard Hopkins has always been right about what's wrong with boxing, and his career has suffered for it.


If you're a regular user of Twitter you're probably quite familiar with this image.  They've tried lots of variants, making it funny, or cute, with pictures of LOL Cats, doing cute things with screw drivers, but the pictures aren't funny for long, the more you see them, the more tiresome they get. Then I had an idea they could be used for a good cause.  Yeah that does it!


US President George W Bush  holds talks with the Kazakh president, boosting ties with the oil-producing nation.


The head of United said today the airline's restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not clear how many.


California has conceded defeat in its quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees and is returning to its traditional June primary election for all statewide races.


The Supreme Court ruled against the oil and gas industry Monday in a dispute over how many years into the past the government can reach to collect money for leases on federal land.


Il ministro sul ddl liberalizzazioni a giorni in Senato


Two rockets slam into a hotel complex in central Baghdad as gunfire breaks out nearby.


Teen was in Saskatoon police custody right before he froze to death: inquiry

SASKATOON (CP) - An aboriginal teenager who froze to death in a snowy field on Saskatoon's outskirts almost 14 years ago was in police custody the night he died, a public inquiry has found.


U.S. Guards Shoot Dead 4 Inmates in Iraq Prison Riot

U.S. troops shot dead four inmates  during a riot at a military prison in southern Iraq and six  other detainees were injured on Monday, the U.S. military said.


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school diversity plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race in limited circumstances.


Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol yesterday in a crucial step toward putting the long-delayed climate-change treaty into effect, although without participation by the United States.


Baseball: Anaheim's Guerrero named American League MVP

NEW YORK : Anaheim Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero was named baseball's American League Most Valuable Player in his first year after jumping from the National League.


High-Tech City to Go Up in Southern India

Southern India's Kerala state plans to create a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) zone called "Smart City," where technology companies from around the world will be invited to set up operations, an official said Friday.


Roddick, Fish to Lead U.S. Davis Cup Squad

Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish will play singles for the United States in next month's Davis Cup final at Spain, with twins Bob and Mike Bryan in doubles.


Molecule May Be Key to Nicotine Addiction

New animal research indicates that a single molecule may be linked to nicotine dependence, the Associated Press reported Nov. 4. For the study, researchers in California worked with a single gene to genetically


Republican lawmakers plan to reintroduce a bill to suspend the sale of RU-486, the abortion pill, and probe the process surrounding its approval now that three US deaths have been linked to the drug.


Oscar winner reveals secret of pro-Nazi traitor

A new play suggests John Amery rebelled against his father's concealment of his Jewishness


Spanish coach criticizes Brown's late TO

ATHENS, Greece -- Top-seeded and previously unbeaten Spain is out of the medal round in men's basketball, and the Spaniards aren't happy about it.


Movie Review | 'Invincible': An Unlikely Rookie With a Gridiron Dream

Disney's latest sports-underdog movie is the true story of a part-time bartender (Mark Wahlberg) who realizes his dream of playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.


Intel backs project to give laptops to poor kids

Intel Corp.  said on Friday it  will support a Massachusetts Institute of Technology  researcher's project to put computers in the hands of poor  children around the world, reversing its long-standing  opposition to the proposal.


NATO Fails to Finalize Agreement on Iraq

NATO envoys again failed Monday to finalize an agreement to expand the alliance's military training mission in Iraq, but officials said they expected a deal in the next two days.


Bomb blast in Pakistani garrison town kills 5

At least five people were killed in a bomb blast in the Pakistani garrison town of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, adjoining the capital Islamabad, police and witnesses said.


Europe go on charm offensive as Mickelson takes a day off

As Europe went on a charm offensive to win over the American fans, US captain Hal Sutton was coming to terms with Phil Mickelson's decision not to practice.


Authors shortlisted for a Richard and Judy book award are hoping publicity will boost their sales.


Flames engulfed a mosque in southeastern Netherlands early Saturday, the latest in a string of fires at Muslim institutions since the killing of a Dutch filmmaker who was critical of Islam.


Prince William's number's up as he's spotted at bingo

Prince William surprised locals when he was spotted at a bingo hall near Sandhurst, the elite military academy where he is currently training, a report has said.


Judge Delays Criminal Trial For Former Enron Executives

A federal judge in Houston Wednesday agreed to postpone for five months the criminal trial of several former executives in Enron Corp.'s Internet division, just one day after a leader of the unit pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.


Kerry Remarks Over Cheney's Gay Daughter Draw Fire

Vice President Dick Cheney called Democrat John Kerry "out of line" for citing Cheney's lesbian daughter in a presidential debate, but Kerry said he was just praising "strong families," in a flare-up on Thursday rooted in an election-year battle over gay marriage.


Next time you go out for that big burger, bucket of fries and super-sized soda, bring along your calculator.


Mobile phone infrastructure firm Ericsson sees worse than expected quarterly results and lowers its forecasts for 2007.


Italy calls for calm after execution claim

The purported execution of the two women, both aid workers abducted more than two weeks ago in Baghdad along with two Iraqi colleagues, caused consternation in Italy, with Italian TV and radio running special bulletins through the night.


IRAQ:  Italian Sympathy for Resistance Dwindles

ROME, Sep 8  (IPS) - Without being exactly encouraging, the Italian  peace movement had been sympathetic  towards the resistance in  Iraq. Not any more.


U.S. senators oppose Russia nuclear deal at G8

Top lawmakers on the U.S. Senate  Energy Committee told President George W. Bush on Wednesday  they would oppose a deal allowing Russia to sell more highly  enriched uranium as fuel to U.S. nuclear power plants.


Over 40 African illegal immigrants enter the fourth week of a hunger strike in Limoges, central France.


The Dow Jones industrial average and   the S&P 500 stock indexes pared earlier gains and the Nasdaq   fell into negative territory by midday on Tuesday as investors   worried the market's strong climb through September may have   made stocks too pricey.


Annuncio di Brian Tierney sul gruppo nel mirino di Murdoch


Middle East ; Violence flares in Gaza City, at least two killed

Middle East News, Israeli military fired two missiles in Gaza City, killing at least two Palestinians and injuring many others, Palestinian medical and security sources said.


The deputy chief constable of Warwickshire Police steps down after admitting harassment of a colleague.


ATLANTA -- UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Friday it signed an agreement with Airbus changing delivery dates on the company's order for the delay-plagued A380 super-jumbo jet and allowing either party to terminate the purchase order later this year.


Mysterious Substance Closes Indiana Airport For 10 Hours

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The airport in Fort Wayne has reopened, hours after passenger service was halted when a mysterious liquid spilled from an unclaimed bag being unloaded early Wednesday morning.


Clinton, McCain head to next campaign fights

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Led by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, candidates fanned out across the country on Wednesday in a U.S. presidential race dramatically reshaped by their comeback wins in New Hampshire.


A different perspective on the war in Iraq: behind the scenes at a hospital.


Sulle strade, invece, le vittime sono state 60.000


San Francisco Giants slugger  Barry Bonds, 40, underwent knee surgery Tuesday and is expected  to recover fully by spring training next year.


Celtic taste defeat at hands of Aberdeen

Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Aberdeen's John Stewart scored the game- winner in injury time as Celtic suffered its first loss in the Scottish Premiership this season, 3-2.


Huddling near a gas heater in the mayor's office of this small town near Bethlehem, Fatah campaign manager Atef Rabaya is still reeling.


Nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census data


A Chechen journalist abducted two weeks ago was married to Shamil Basayev, the late rebel warlord who was responsible for some of the deadliest terror attacks in Russia, a human rights activist said Monday.


India ; Manmohan prescribes 'social vaccine' against AIDS

"We will have to put an end to three 'Ss' - Silence, Stigma and Shame. Young people can protect themselves only if they have proper information about HIV/AIDS," he noted.


Pitt, Clooney, Cheadle move spotlight to Darfur

CANNES, France  - Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Don Cheadle have more than just acting in common -- they share a passion for trying to help people from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.


Confusion still surrounds reports hostage Ken Bigley tried to flee his captors shortly before he was beheaded.


Uniform foul-up delays start of bronze medal game between US ...

The start of the men's basketball bronze medal game was delayed more than a half-hour Saturday night after both the United States and Lithuania arrived wearing white uniforms.


Robust Tech Earnings Can't Shake Tough Outlook

A slew of third-quarter earnings reports dominated technology and telecommunications stocks last week. Much of the news was positive, with key players posting impressive earnings growth, but the December quarter outlook remained unclear for some.


W. Nile reports jump 32 percent in Calif.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The number of reported cases of West Nile virus in California has jumped 32 percent since Tuesday to 249, state health officials said Friday.


A Canadian couple fights the state for custody of their premature babies, whom they refuse transfusions.


LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - LenDale White carried the  ball 14 times for 123 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead  top-ranked Southern California to a dominating 49-0 shutout of  Colorado State at the Coliseum.


Palestinians open second day of crisis talks

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions began a second day of crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, focusing on the platform of a unity government that would honor past agreements with Israel.


Filip de Waard's weblog: SQLite In-Memory Database

A new submission was sent in from Filip de Waard today about an article on his site that talks about creating SQLite in-memory databases.


Feeling the Absence of a Rapper With Presence

They gathered to celebrate the short, clamorous life of one of rap's most eccentric talents, here at a church in Harlem. Russell Jones, better known to hip-hop lovers as


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No. 7 oil exporter turns to court to stop 3-day-old general strike that threatens crude shipments. ABUJA, Nigeria  - The Nigerian government sought a court injunction Wednesday to stop a three-day


BBC gagged over item on alleged corruption in party funding

The BBC on Friday said it had been prevented from broadcasting a news item about allegations of corruption in party political funding after losing an emergency hearing at London's High Court.


Star Jones's post-View television effort, The Star Jones Show, is going off the air by "mutual agreement" between her and TruTV, the network announced Thursday.  The live, 3 p.m. talk show, airing since September on the former Court TV, had been aime...


Chris Mason earned his 10th NHL shutout with 28 saves, left wing Darcy Hordichuk snapped a 64-game goal-scoring drought, and the Nashville Predators breezed to a 7-0 rout of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.


(InfoWorld) - Azul Systems Inc. is doubling the capacity of its "computing appliance," a device that uses multiple multicore processors and is a departure from the typical server-based approach to large scale computing. Azul Thursday is scheduled to launch two new models of its Vega 2 computing appliances that feature up to 16 chips with a total 768 cores for running Java software applications. Rather than add more servers with dual- or quad-core chips as computing needs grow, Azul describes its product as a pool of processing power that applications can dip into as needed. The company calls it "network-attached processing," because of its similarity to network-attached storage. Besides the Vega 2 7280, Azul is also launching the model 7240 with eight chips and a total 384 cores. This follows the December 2006 launch of the Vega 2 3210 with two chips and 96 cores and the 3220 with 4 chips and 192 cores. Network-attached processing is more energy-efficient than the multiple servers that would be needed to deliver the same performance, said Stephen DeWitt, CEO of the 5-year-old firm. He compares the concept to that of an electric utility. "Imagine, if you will, in New York City trying to power every light, toaster or refrigerator with a battery. It's incredibly inefficient. Instead, what everyone does is tap into a big [electrical] grid," De Witt said. In an Azul system, one server could be loaded with multiple Java applications and would connect to the appliance to do the processing. Azul is taking a contrarian approach to delivering processing power, said Cal Braunstein, CEO of the research firm Robert Frances Group. Azul processors act as attached processors to the server and only handle the Java code, Braunstein explained, which allows the server processors to perform more work by shifting the Java execution to the Azul appliance. Although Azul's approach shares similarities with IBM Corp. mainframe computers, there are also important differences. "Azul's model is unique," Braunstein said in an e-mail interview. "I am not aware of any other companies pursuing this particular model." But since Azul is new and small, big companies that could use it may be reluctant to buy technology they're not familiar with, he said. An Azul Vega 2 is running part of the network at Pegasus Solutions Inc., a company that provides the back-end technology for making hotel reservations through online travel sites, hotels and travel agencies. The Azul system easily handles the workload of nine servers, said Steve Lapekas, chief technology officer for Pegasus. "I can't get the box to sweat," Lapekas said. Pegasus limits its use of Azul to a portion of its data center, though he said it may expand its use elsewhere. DeWitt and the founders of Azul started the company after leaving Sun Microsystems Inc. The two companies are embroiled in a patent dispute dating back to March 2006 in which Sun accuses Azul executives of taking Sun's patented technology with them to start Azul. A lawsuit is still pending in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, DeWitt said. Â


Indonesia indicts Ba'asyir with Bali, Marriott bombings

Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Thursday was accused of having incited others to carry out last year's Jakarta Marriott Hotel bombing that killed 12 people.


Although fewer teens are drinking alcohol, those who do drink are consuming more than ever, a national survey reveals.


Wall Street is growing increasingly skeptical about PNC Financial's (PNC:NYSE - news - research) proposed purchase of scandal-tainted Riggs National (RIGS:Nasdaq - news - research), which is the subject of a federal money-laundering probe.


E' la rappresentante degli Usa nel Cda dell'istituto


Turkish Firm Freezes Iraq Operations to Save Kidnapped Employees

A Turkish construction company announced today that it was halting operations in neighbouring Iraq in a bid to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.


Blair Puts Security at Heart of Pre-Election Plans

Britain's Tony Blair will spell out this week his legislative plans for the next session of parliament -- tantamount to an election manifesto, with the prime minister expected to go to the polls in May next year.


Stars take red carpet ahead of Oscar ceremony

Hollywood's elite braved cold dreary skies with barely a shiver on Sunday as they crossed the red carpet in off-the-shoulder gowns and designer tuxedos for the 79th annual Oscars.


Wales' largest shopping centre is evacuated as 18 fire crews tackle a blaze in one of the stores.


Delta Democrat Times. It is estimated by the American Cancer Society that more than 45 percent of Americans are smokers, which should make for an interesting public hearing tonight - and


Only half of work-based apprenticeships in England are completed, the chief inspector for adult learning says.


British prosecutors rule Russian oligarch did not try to foment armed ouster of Vladimir Putin.


Expansion Costs at Toyota Limit Its Earnings Growth

Toyota posted a 3.5 percent rise in quarterly profits as spending on its ambitious global expansion plans curtailed growth in its earnings.


after doctors rebuilt his jaw by growing another one on his back. Four weeks after the pioneering operation, the man was able to tuck in to a sausage sandwich .


India has test fired its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile for the first time, but it failed to hit its target, defence officials and sources said.


Yahoo may glow in the halo effect of the popular Adobe Acrobat Reader, installed on more than 500 million computers. At 274 million users, Yahoo will leverage the partnership to try to oust


A string of car bombs killed 35 children and seven other Iraqis and wounded scores as US troops handed out candy yesterday at a government-sponsored


Amburgo, 13:06 - CALCIO, DAUM ASSICURA: SUPERATO PROBLEMI DI DROGA

Cristoph Daum giura di aver superato i problemi di droga: ''PuÃ² essere che io debba tornare ad affro...


Greg Rusedski loses three match points before going down to Nikolai Davydenko in the Kremlin Cup final.


Roma, 22:11 - CALCIO, ROMA: CURCI PROLUNGA CONTRATTO

La Roma ha comunicato di avere rinnovato fino al 2011 il contratto del portiere Gianluca Curci. Il p...


Triptych by Francis Bacon Is Sold for $46.1 Million

A mysterious three-part painting that is viewed as a Francis Bacon masterpiece sold for $46.1 million Wednesday at a Christieâs auction in London.


Spoon and Suzanne Vega return with new records.


Finding a dog owner nursing daydreams of becoming a trainer has become about as difficult as finding a waiter with a headshot.


The mortgage lender posted a fourth-quarter loss of $509.1 million as it raised its loan-loss provisions to account for growing defaults and foreclosures.


In life and in football, all good things come to an end. For Wayland, yesterday's visit to Leary Field resulted in a 17-0 loss to Acton-Boxboro and the conclusion of its 18-game winning streak that began after a 23-7 loss here nearly 23 months ago.


WASHINGTON - John Kerry launched a surprising, forceful attack today on George W. Bush, accusing the president of hiding behind supporters who have been trying to discredit the senator's decorated Vietnam War service.


Five years after she was kidnapped by leftist rebels while campaigning for the presidency, anti-corruption crusader Ingrid Betancourt remains Colombia's best-known hostage.Comment


Stars turn out as St Mark's Square in Venice is transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of the animated film Shark Tale.


Prison authorities in New York put rapper Foxy Brown into an isolation wing following a fight with another inmate.


Bush, Kerry in get out the vote mission in Florida

George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry will duel for votes in Florida, where early polling opens in a deadlocked race soured by memories of the 2000 election debacle.


Two million Asians face falling into poverty as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Asian Development Bank says.


AUSTRALIA PRESS: Malone Snaps Up Bigger News Corp Stake

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--US cable television mogul John Malone has swooped on a large parcel of News Corp.'s (NCP) voting stock, upsetting the balance of power inside the global media company on the eve of its long-awaited incorporation in the US, the Sydney


The remaining members of rock band Queen are to go on tour with a new frontman in Freddie Mercury's place.


World Business Briefing: Britain: Trade Deficit Was Down in May

Britainâs trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in May to the narrowest in more than one and a half years as buoyant economic growth in Europe and Asia raised exports. The goods trade deficit was Â£6.3 billion ($12.7 billion), the least since October 2005, down from a revised Â£6.9 billion a month earlier, the Office for National Statistics said. The report suggests British manufacturers are coping with the level of the pound, which reached the highest in a quarter-century last week on speculation of higher interest rates. British factories are benefiting from an economic pickup in the euro region, which buys half of their exports. Exports to non-European Union countries rose in May, by 2.3 percent, and imports fell by 1.9 percent, narrowing the gap in the goods trade to Â£3.5 billion. Exports to European Union nations rose 4.2 percent.


Milano, 19:54 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: ARRIVANO BELLERI E PELLEGRINO

L'Atalanta ha chiuso il mercato acquistando in prestito dalla Lazio il difensore della Lazio Manuel ...


Terrell Owens was back on the stationary bicycle Monday during the first of two practices at Dallas Cowboys training camp, and was joined on the sideline by fellow starting receiver Terry Glenn.


For the Mets, the final month of this season is relatively meaningless. For their manager, it could mean his job.


Nuclear disarmament deal reached with N. Korea

North Korea has agreed to a deal to begin to close down its nuclear program in exchange for $300 million in energy and financial aid, a Chinese diplomat said in a statement at the close of six-party talks.


Obama retreats from call for China toy-import ban

Democratic presidential candidate  Barack Obama on Sunday stepped back from a pledge to halt U.S.  imports of Chinese-made toys because of safety concerns.


Pakistan Parliament Passes Musharraf Dual-Role Bill

Pakistan's lower house of parliament  passed a bill on Thursday to allow President Pervez Musharraf  to stay on as army chief despite his pledge to give up the job  by the end of the year.


Oil falls after striking record $90 a barrel

Oil prices receded on Friday as dealers took profits from a record rally over $90 a barrel that was spurred on by winter supply worries and the weakening U.S. dollar.


Verizon Wireless, the second-biggest  U.S. mobile phone provider, said it launched the country's  first commercial mobile television service in 20 states with  full-length programs and picture quality similar to regular TV.


Zimbra's valuation...a hint of things to come

Hefty valuations = a bet on the future.  That future is clearly open source + SaaS, based on the multiples people are willing to pay.


The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday he is sending a representative to Baghdad to help millions of displaced Iraqis return home, showing a strengthened U.N. commitment to deal with the crisis and confidence in recent security gains.


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Russia sets date for auction of oil giant Yukos

The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase yesterday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company's richest energy fields and demanded another $6 billion in back taxes from a business already facing a crippling $14 billion bill for outstanding taxes and fines.


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To pixelate or let it all hang out? UK health portal NHS Choices has got itself into a bit of a tiz over whether or not to show unexpurgated genitalia in a forthcoming update of its interactive Body Map - an issue apparently so sensitive it has decided to put the matter to a public vote.â¦


Probe launched after rape claim at Man Utd party hotel: police

Greater Manchester Police have launched an investigation into claims that a woman was raped at a hotel where the Manchester United football team was having a pre-Christmas party, a police spokesman said Tuesday.


Shares in Chinese PC maker Lenovo rise as reports suggest regulatory and security worries could thwart its takeover of IBM's PC unit.


Lycos Europe halts anti-spam counterattacks

NEW YORK Just four days after it began, a spam-fighting campaign by Web portal Lycos Europe has been ended on the grounds the cure might be worse than the disease.


Travellers are expected to brave road and rail delays and head for the coast this Bank Holiday weekend.


Torino, 16:10 - SCI, CDM DONNE; PER LA HOLAUS TRAUMA CRANICO, MA NON E' GRAVE

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Nigerian gunmen attack oil hub, kidnap 3 Italians

YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian gunmen in about seven speedboats attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta early on Thursday and kidnapped three Italian workers, authorities said.


Shares in troubled medical software firm iSoft rise 9% after it emerges an Australian firm is in talks to buy it.


Loss of market share could have implications for Microsoft's future in Web services, says Mozilla Europe's president.


Ultrasound May Help Dissolve Deadly Blood Clots

Just like a spoon is used to stir sugar  into a cup of tea, high-frequency sound waves may help doctors  get rid of deadly blood clots in the brain, according to a  study released on Wednesday.


British retailer opens inquiry into abuses at Bangladeshi factories: report

Low-cost British clothing retailer Asda, owned by US giant Wal-Mart, has launched an investigation into allegations that its production facilities in Bangladesh were abusing the rights of their workers, The Guardian reported on Monday.


US panel recommends stronger warnings on antidepressants

WASHINGTON - Antidepressants should carry the strongest type of warning about the higher risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens who take the pills, a US advisory panel said Tuesday.


Barclays, RBS line up Fed for $30 bln credit: report

Barclays  and Royal Bank of  Scotland  have lined up emergency funds of up to $30  billion from the U.S. Federal Reserve to bail out American  clients caught up in the global credit crunch, a paper said.


In the sensitive post-wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince's Super Bowl halftime show.


Woods on birdie hunt to cut Garcia's lead

Tiger Woods went stalking birdies as he attempted to cut British Open leader Sergio Garcia's seven-shot advantage over him in the third round on Saturday.


MAINLAND-HONG KONG-MACAU CEPA HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON TAIWAN ...

Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Chiu Tai-san said Friday the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between mainland China and Hong Kong and Macau has had little impact on Taiwan's businesses so far.


Strange leads 3M Championship by 3 shots

Curtis Strange moved into position for his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over David Edwards in the Champions Tour's 3M Championship.


Fraud is costing the UK at least Â£20bn a year, or Â£330 for each person in the UK, a police study warns.


Giants kicker Tynes aims to win it all in Super Bowl

Kicker Lawrence Tynes, who will become  the first Briton to play in the Super Bowl when he takes the  field against the unbeaten New England Patriots on Sunday,  relishes an opportunity to win it all for his New York Giants.


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In stunt, `GMA' host jumps from building

To conquer his fear of heights, "Good Morning America" host Chris Cuomo jumped from the roof of an Atlantic City casino Tuesday morning.


Update 1: OPEC May Consider Further Production Cuts

OPEC might make deeper cuts in production if prices continue to slide, Gulf oil ministers said Saturday, a day after crude prices tumbled to their lowest levels in five months when producers decided to limit supply by 1 million barrels a day.


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A federal appeals court will consider Tuesday whether a "wardrobe malfunction" that bared Janet Jackson's breast during a televised 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was indecent, or merely a fleeting and accidental glitch that shouldn't be punished.


Police are given more time to quiz five people being held over the suspected UK car bombing attempts.


Once banned Taiwan singer eyes Beijing Games

Taiwan pop star Chang Hui-mei, once banned from performing in China, is hoping she will be chosen to sing at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, her past political problems forgiven and forgotten.


Neve Campbell Turns Vixenish in New Movie

Neve Campbell has gone from prey to predator. The damsel who fought back in the "Scream" horror-spoof trilogy, Campbell now steps up with a racy femme-fatale turn in "When Will I Be Loved," which played Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival one day before its U.S. debut.


This is what renewal means: turning geese into swans

Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: Labour's bold shake-up of the exam system could be a country-changing shift.


Chavez says Russia to help Venezuela make rifles

Russia will help Venezuela  build plants to make Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition after  the United States restricted arms sales to the South American  nation, President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.


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The Free Flow of (Digital) Information: The Apple Computer Case

By Graves, Scott E  Justice Potter Stewart's resonant opinion in Branzburg v. Hayes asserts that "the reporter's constitutional relationship with his source stems from the broad societal interest in a full and free flow of information to the public." 408 U.S. 665, 725 ( 1972).


The ending of Million Dollar Baby has conservatives and some advocacy groups campaigning against CLINT EASTWOOD'S film, which is up for seven trophies. Will the dustup hurt it? Oscars' past may tell us.


Buffer overflow risk neutered In all the hoopla surrounding Apple's announcement of its revamped line of iPods on Wednesday, many users might have missed the company's update to iTunes, which includes a fix for a serious security flaw.â¦


More homes evacuated due to threat of fire in central Washington state

Residents of two canyons were evacuated because of the threat from a wind-blown wildfire in central Washington that already had forced hundreds to flee their homes.


By American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Feb. 9--Captive Free will perform Saturday night at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in a performance that's described as an event for the whole community.


Reithofer: 'sara' l'anno migliore in termini operativi'


It's official: Jessica Simpson can lay claim to Daisy Duke's short shorts in the upcoming Dukes of Hazzard movie. The star power she's attained through her hit MTV reality show Newlyweds couldn


TNS Media Research Appoints Jeff Sohinki Director, Business Development

TNS Media Research, a world leader in video audience measurement, today  announced the appointment of Jeff Sohinki as Director of Business  Development.


Nel quarto trimestre netta crescita nella raccolta


U.S. Readies Revised UN Resolution on Sudan's Darfur

The United States is expected to distribute on Tuesday a revised version of its U.N. resolution on Sudan, but retain a threat of sanctions if Khartoum does not stop atrocities in its Darfur region, diplomats said.


Blast in Afghanistan kills two Canadians

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber killed two Canadian soldiers in an attack on an alliance convoy in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Monday.


The Bush administration's tactics for disarming North Korea are not working, two key U.S. supporters of talks with Pyongyang told Secretary of State Colin Powell this week. But the administration is downplaying a rift with its partners on the sensitive issue — which has been a subject of repeated sparring by President Bush and Democratic opponent John Kerry.


Signs of Discord Emerge as Indo-Pak Ministers Meet

Signs of discord emerged between India and Pakistan as foreign ministers from the nuclear armed rivals prepared to meet on Sunday to review and advance a peace process that has faltered recently over Kashmir.


Minister reported to watchdog in donations row

A senior minister on Friday faced a potentially damaging probe and possible sanction over claims he failed to declare donations for the governing Labour Party's deputy leadership campaign.


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Three men appear in court in Armagh charged over two separate security van robberies and kidnappings.


Masked militants trying to keep students away from school during a politically charged Palestinian teachers' strike on Sunday shot and wounded a 12-year-old boy.


Astronauts to Open Space Station's Newest Lab

HOUSTON - Astronauts will open the International Space Station's (ISS) newest laboratory for business Tuesday when they christen the European-built Columbus module.


Petraeus to argue against big Iraq troop cuts

In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.


Temasek posts S$7.4b net profit in first-ever report card

SINGAPORE : Investment firm Temasek Holdings has made public its report card for the first time in its 30-year history. Its performance in financial year 2003 sparkled, with


Tehran Mosque Blaze Kills 35, Injures 200

Thirty-five people died and 200 were  injured Monday when a faulty electrical heater started a blaze  in a Tehran mosque crowded with worshippers for a major Shi'ite  Muslim festival, Iranian state television reported.


Paul Raven, bassist with post-punk band Killing Joke, dies of a suspected heart attack aged 46.


Teachers are urged to take pupils on more school trips as a new safety guidelines are unveiled.


Stars Re-Record 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'

The Band Aid hit Do They Know It's Christmas? is set to be re-recorded by Coldplay, Travis and The Darkness. This comes at the song's 20th anniversary.


Vodaf One Hails Broadband Package Tie-Up With BT

By HUGO DUNCAN Daily Post Correspondent  MOBILE phone giant Vodafone said yesterday that it will offer its millions of UK customers high-speed internet connections in the home.


Chemicals cache in N.Y. was for resale, police say

A man who allegedly stored nearly 1,500 pounds of potassium nitrate and other chemicals in his Staten Island home and a nearby storage facility was charged with reckless endangerment Friday, according to the New York City Police Department.


The government intends to press ahead with changes to the way any future Stormont Assembly is run.


Near the end of his 40 years in power, Enver Hoxha prepared his tiny country for an invasion he warned was sure to come.


Colin Farrell has declared his love for Oliver Stone who directed his latest movie Alexander. Farrell, 28, was thrilled to spend eight months working with Stone on the epic biopic of the Macedonian leader


AIDS hits blacks harder than other groups: CDC

African American men are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white men, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday.


A U.S. Army soldier died from injuries sustained after a roadside bomb exploded next to his patrol north of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday.


Quandary: Is Windows Desktop Search Installing Itself?

At least two independent, private network administrators have reported on their blogs since yesterday that their Windows Server Update Service has downloaded and deployed to their network clients the most recent update to Microsoft's Windows Desktop Search engine, even though those services are set up not to deploy updated software automatically.


Gabe: I've gotten some mail about the Sony Defense Force site we mentioned in the strip today. Most people seem to want to know if it's a joke or not. I am of the opinion that it is. I'm not sure about Tycho but I think it's 100% fake. Stuff like the Lair review and their spin on the video of Halo 3 running on a PS3 demo station just can't be real. I think the guy running the site and making the articles is a genius. He's pulling in all kinds of traffic with an incredible parody and best of all, he even has people in his forums who think the whole thing is real. My guess is, in a couple weeks or maybe a month he'll drop the charade and reveal the whole thing was a gag. Maybe he can keep it going longer than that but I doubt it. I hope he can though because honestly it's fucking hilarious.   128016001920  Also Kiko made you this cool wallpaper based on one of his PAX photos. He has also posted two more sets including the final round of the Omegathon and general PAX culture.  -Gabe out


Latham sells idea of Aussie role in SE Asia terror war

SYDNEY - Australia's opposition Labor leader, Mr Mark Latham, has spoken about the need for the government to shift attention away from Iraq to South-east Asia and to put much greater effort into supporting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in combating


Former England captain Martin Johnson says Jonny Wilkinson has what it takes to be a successful England leader. "Jonny has to be himself.


Arafat's funeral is to be held Friday in Cairo. He will be buried at his West Bank headquarters on Saturday. By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.


Killer's Ex-Lawyers Try to Block Execution

HARTFORD, Conn.  - Former lawyers for a serial  killer submitted documents on Monday to Connecticut's highest  court in an attempt to keep Michael Ross from being executed  later this month.


UK music fans to enjoy cheaper iTunes downloads

Britain's music fans will pay 10  percent less for downloads from Apple's  iTunes stores  within six months, the European Commission said on Wednesday.


For Artist, Online is His Gallery: Painter, Teacher Finds a Way to Offer Affordable Works to a Wide Audience

By Jennifer K. Morita, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--Orangevale artist Craig Stephens paints ordinary, everyday objects -- every day.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair will go to the hospital Friday for an operation to cure an irregular heart beat. Mr. Blair also has announced he intends to seek a full third consecutive term in office next


Britain's public finances worsened in August compared with the same month last year, official data showed on Monday.


ConocoPhillips boosts LUKoil stake to 10 percent

US oil major ConocoPhillips has boosted its stake in Russia's second-largest oil producer LUKoil to 10 percent, giving Conoco at least one representative on LUkoil's board.


Thousands Clash with Police in Southern China

Up to 50,000 workers upset over mistreatment by local security guards clashed with police in a town in China's Guangdong province, throwing rocks and bricks and torching four police cars, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Sunday.


AP Exclusive: Woman Died During AIDS Study

By JOHN SOLOMON and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers. Joyce Ann Hafford died without ever holding the son she had tried to save from AIDS (news - web sites) by taking an experimental drug regimen administered


The Motley Fool - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS - News) MySpace, the wildly popular social networking site, is reportedly lining up yet another big deal. The deal is expected to put MySpace on Cingular's mobile phones, thus allowing the millions of MySpace users to access the site wirelessly. While users can currently access MySpace via Helios, a joint venture of Earthlink (Nasdaq: ELNK - News) and SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM - News), this deal has the potential to be a game-changer.


A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable -- if his  political foes can unite


Harry Potterâs Final Act Is Set for July 21

Millions of fans around the world are fiercely anticipating âHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.â


La paura degli italiani: Â«Onde di dieci metri, poi il buioÂ»

Venti feriti, alcuni dispersi, nessuno sa se ci sono morti. Sono da poco passate le 16 quando Gianfranco Fini, che dalla Farnesina coordina le operazioni di soccorso, annuncia che non câÃ¨ da stare troppo tranquilli.


Heart attack patients to receive stem cell test treatment

Â· Surgeon to inject tissue during bypass operation  Â· Charity grant funds trial to combat UK's biggest killer


Initial post-mortem results on Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili are due.


News.com Extra: Annoying automated chat bots

Also: Arthur C. Clarke's three wishes. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for urgent action to bring Iraq back from the brink of "full-scale civil war".


Social Security Underestimates Future Life Spans, Critics Say

Many population experts say that Americans' life expectancy will increase rapidly in the 21st century, making the program's financial problems even worse.


High-Tech City to Go Up in Southern India

Southern India's Kerala state plans to create a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) zone called "Smart City," where technology companies from around the world will be invited to set up operations, an official said Friday.


Pancreatic stem cell breakthrough could offer treatment for Type 1 diabetes

An international team of scientists has isolated pancreatic stem cells in adult mice, a breakthrough that could lead to treatment for juvenile or Type 1 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Thursday.


Samsung Electronics Agrees With Sony To Share Most Patent ...

Samsung Electronics sealed a comprehensive cross license contract with Sony of Japan to share most of their patent technologies. Samsung Electronics and Sony announced on December 14 in Seoul


I quit because of recruitment problems: Santini

Tottenham manager Jacques Santini said he left the north London club because he was not in control of recruitment, he said on French television on Saturday.


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Hidayat gets sweet revenge over arch rival Lin in badminton final

Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has scored sweet revenge over arch rival Lin Dan, beating the world No.1 to lift the Asian Games badminton singles title.


Households to get coupons for digital TV switch

WASHINGTON  - Brushing aside  congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for  the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of  Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the  switchover from analog.


By Stefan Wagstyl and Tom Warner in Kiev and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow. Ukraineâs president Leonid Kuchma said on Thursday he was willing to dismiss prime minister Viktor Yanukovichâs government if parliament


Mother, child rescued from Japan quake rubble

NAGAOKA, JAPAN - An earthquake shook Japan on Wednesday as rescuers dug out members of a family buried alive during a weekend earthquake.


If your identity is being used by someone else, then his overdose is not your business.


Qualcomm, Broadcom drop some patent claims

(InfoWorld) - Qualcomm and Broadcom have settled some of their patent claims against each other, avoiding a jury trial scheduled to begin next month, Qualcomm said on Friday. They remainÂ deadlocked over other patents, however, and still face several potential trials this year. The chip makers have been battling in court since 2005, whenÂ Broadcom accusedÂ Qualcomm of infringing 10 of its technology patents.Â Qualcomm respondedÂ with its own infringement suit and the companies have been at loggerheads ever since. They have now agreed to dismiss all claims against each other relating to two of Broadcom's patents and two of Qualcomm's patents, Qualcomm said. The agreement means that one of their infringement lawsuits in San Diego Federal Court will be dropped, and a trial scheduled there for March 5 has been dismissed, Qualcomm said. Other cases in San Diego and in Orange County, California, remain unresolved, and the companies still have at least four other jury trials scheduled this year, Qualcomm said. Broadcom could not immediately be reached for comment on the matter. Separately, Qualcomm said an antitrust suit brought against it and several other technology companies by Golden Bridge Technology had been dismissed on Feb. 16. The suit, which also named Motorola, Nokia, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, and the former Lucent Technologies, accused the companies of conspiring to exclude Golden Bridge's technology from a wireless industry standard. The court determined that there was no evidence that the defendants had acted improperly, according to Qualcomm. Golden Bridge Technology could not immediately be reached.


Long before Warhol's soup cans, Jasper Johns revolutionized painting with works that were right on target.


Bush Turns Attention to Daunting 2nd Term

President Bush turned from inaugural pageantry to a daunting second-term agenda Friday while his administration scrambled to explain his newly declared goal of ending tyranny around the world.


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The government will Tuesday unveil plans to cut the time non-EU tourists can remain in Britain -- from six months to three -- as part of a tougher visa regime aimed at curbing illegal immigration.


Ten U.S. senators introduced a  bipartisan resolution on Thursday that aims to stop a Bush  administration plan to resume on March 7 cattle trade with  Canada that was cut off in mid-2003 over mad cow concerns.


Marigolds make way for marijuana in suburbia

Police say 'grow houses' have proliferated because they offer privacy and move growers closer to their markets.


Manifestazione dedicata alle concerie e alla pelletteria


Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed an outside prosecutor Wednesday to lead a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes


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Sprint sees Nextel write-off of up to $31 billion

Sprint Nextel Corp  said on  Thursday that it might have to write off all of the $30.7  billion goodwill value from its purchase of Nextel  Communications and smaller deals as it struggles with customer  losses.


Self-assessment may lower HIV patients' risk-taking

NEW YORK  - Self-assessments may offer the push some HIV patients need to make lifestyle changes for the better, a new study suggests.


Hurricane Felix upgraded to Category 2 storm

Hurricane Felix, the second hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, was upgraded early on Sunday to a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported.


Brazil Crocodile Rock Sheds Light on Old Continent

A unique, nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a prehistoric crocodile found in Brazil backs up theories that there were land links between South America and Madagascar about 70 million years ago.


Girls could get cervical cancer jab by late 2008

Â· Vaccine will be available to 12-year-oldsÂ· Benefits will be felt for generations, says minister


The transport minister says if road pricing is introduced in Wales it will not be on existing highways.


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Gophers Kick 4 Football Players Off Team

Minnesota coach Tim Brewster kicked four accomplished players off the football team Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the rape of an 18-year-old woman.


President Halonen responds to critics of Finland's foreign policy line

President Tarja Halonen says that debate over Finlands line on foreign policy revolves around the fact that the policy line differs from that which its critics would like it to be.


Snow Patrol's Tom Simpson must appear in court on a drugs charge, following his arrest at the weekend.


Toshiba says 51GB HD DVD still under development

(InfoWorld) - A three-layer HD DVD disc with enough room for about 7 hours of high-definition video is still under development and hasn't been submitted for approval to the DVD Forum, the standard's governing body, despite reports to the contrary, Toshiba said Thursday. The disc, which has a capacity of 51GB, wasÂ first unveiledÂ at theÂ International Consumer Electronics ShowÂ (CES) in Las Vegas in January this year. It attracted much attention not just because it substantially raises the maximum capacity of an HD DVD disc but also because it beats that of the rival Blu-ray Disc format, albeit by just 1GB. In the last few days a number of Web sites and blogs have reported the format has been submitted for approval to the DVD Forum and some have said that approval has been received, but Toshiba says nothing of the sort has happened. "We're puzzled ourself by where these reports came from," said Junko Furuta, a spokeswoman for the company in Tokyo. She said Toshiba hasn't made any further announcements about the disc since CES, and it wasn't submitted to any steering committees during this week's DVD Forum meetings in Tokyo. When Toshiba first announced the disc in January, it said it hoped to get approval for the disc some time in 2007. HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc areÂ competing to become the de facto replacementÂ for DVD for storing high-definition movies and other content. HD DVD is primarily backed by Toshiba, while Sony is the main backer of Blu-ray Disc. HD DVD can hold 15GB on a single disc, or 30GB on a dual layer disc, while Blu-ray Disc manages 25GB or 50GB on single or dual-layer discs, respectively. To fit 51GB on its prototype disc Toshiba added a third recording layer and increased the maximum storage capacity of each layer to 17GB.


Home-entertainment PCs, now dominant in Japan, to reach 30 percent of worldwide market by 2008.


The second round of Lithuania's general elections begins, with a Russian tycoon hoping for power.


Swedish Lawmakers Demand New Inquiry Into the Sinking

Ten years after the Estonia ferry sank, passengers crossing the Baltic may still be at risk, say Swedish lawmakers who want a new inquiry.


By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 18--DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert Gates has upped the ante for demilitarizing chemical weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot and Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.   Last week Sen. Wayne Allard said Mr.


Big Unit could ask for big bucks from Yankees

The Post's George King reports that Randy Johnson could ask the Yankees for a two-year, $32 million contract extension. The Daily News' Peter Botte reports that Carlos Beltran's agent plans to meet with the Yankees tomorrow.


Former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton, known for his charitable work in his native Louisiana, won the Payne Stewart Award on Wednesday.


Black Pastors Urged to Condemn Gangsta Rap

African-American churches must speak against gangsta rap and its negative influence, pastors from around the country were told at a Los Angeles gathering.  The Rev.


Proprietary MSN Search Beta launches tomorrow

Tomorrow, Microsoft finally releases the beta version of its proprietary search engine. For over a year, webmasters and SEOs have seen evidence of MSNbot spidering their sites as MSN-Search gathered information and compiled its database.


Dole Food takes new steps to head off more E.coli

Dole Food Company, a top U.S. food and fruit producer, has stepped up testing and tracking of produce to prevent outbreaks of E.coli like the one that sickened hundreds last fall, the firm said on Thursday.


Court to Review Taking Property for Development

The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday that it would decide whether the government can take an  individual's private property for business development intended  to boost tax revenues and revitalize a local economy.


Tributes poured in Monday for Christopher Reeve, who starred in four "Superman" movies and made a more lasting mark fighting for the disabled after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed.


Madonna in Malawi to adopt child, help orphans

Pop diva Madonna arrived in Malawi on  Wednesday to adopt an African child and fund an orphan center  for 1,000 children, many of whom lost parents to AIDS.


Theater Review | 'The Coast of Utopia: Part One - Voyage': Young, Restless and Russian, Devouring Big Ideas

Lincoln Center Theater's exhilarating production of Tom Stoppard's play is performed with freshness and vigor by a starry cast, led by Ethan Hawke and Billy Crudup.


Voluntary C-Sections Result in More Baby Deaths

The risk of death to newborns delivered by voluntary Caesarean section is much higher than previously believed, a new study indicates.


US-Iraqi troops sweep Al Qaeda village haven

Soldiers find major weapons caches, a bunker, and an insurgent expense report in Diyala Province.


Nothing Opec can do to bring oil down, says Purnomo

JAKARTA - Opec is powerless to stop the rise in oil prices at the moment although it has about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of spare capacity to add to supplies, president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Tuesday.


Taiwan police arrest five over president's shooting

TAIPEI : Taiwan police said Monday they have arrested five people for allegedly manufacturing the bullets used in the shooting of President Chen Shui-bian in March.


Tissue banks must meet new federal safety standards aimed at preventing infection and disease, under regulations issued on Thursday.


APPLE VALLEY, Calif. - The Sunset Hills Memorial Park cemetery is giving up grass in favor of artificial turf...


Building El NiÃ±o cancels Hurricane havoc

Pacific system nixes Atlantic storms Not a single Atlantic hurricane made landfall in the US this season, marking something of a contrast with last year's rather busier and windier experience.â¦


Islamic militants are still holding two Chinese engineers they kidnapped in Pakistan and have threatened to kill them if attacked by security forces, a member of a team seeking the captives' release said on Sunday.


Blockbuster Late-Fee Policy Raises Questions

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Blockbuster's new "no late fees"  policy is billed as a way to satisfy those customers who rent  movies or games but forget to return them on time.


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BAGHDAD: As hopes for the release of two French journalists held by a radical Islamic group in Iraq fluctuated yesterday, a suicide car bomber killed at least 17 people outside a police academy in the northern city of Kirkuk.


Seattle, the defending NFC champion, has lost two straight and has San Diego coming to town Sunday. The Seahawks could finish 8-8 and still win the NFC West.


Huckabee sailing against Republican elite tide

The spectacular rise of Baptist preacher and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, now a lead contender for the Republican presidential nomination, runs counter to the wishes of the party's conservative elite.


New Scientist Gives New Microsoft Search Thumbs Up

Popular British scientific magazine New Scientist has given Microsoftâs new MSN search engine, still in very early beta, good grades.


France signs deal to open Louvre in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi signed a deal with France on Tuesday to build a spinoff of its most famous museum, the Louvre, in the Gulf emirate better known for oil than art.


French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy says there is no indication Yasser Arafat was poisoned, although he has not had access to medical files on the death of the Palestinian leader.


Rispetto allo scorso anno si registra un aumento dell'1,6%


Most kids celebrate their birthdays in the usual way - no planes to catch, no bills to pay. But not Andy Roddick.


Group touts new policy to save waterways

Leon Panetta remembers when his grandfather fished off California's coast hauling in catches that once made Monterey the sardine capital of the world and the backdrop for the 1945 John Steinbeck novel "Cannery Row."


Armed militia raises concern for refugees returning to Darfur

GENEINA, Sudan (CP) - Armed militiamen surged into a western border area where some Darfur refugees attempted to return to their raided village, United Nations security officials said Sunday, raising further concern about how quickly 1.4 million displaced Sudanese could return home safely.


Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago. The figure is telling — and expected to rise in coming months.


Il bomber: Â«Qui sto bene, ma voglio vincereÂ»

MILANO - Con ventiquattro ore di ritardo, Adriano oggi rientrerÃ  a Milano. Il suo Ã¨ un ritardo concordato con Mancini (che lo ha confermato) e la societÃ . Il giocatore ha chiesto una giornata in piÃ¹ di permesso: domenica doveva ricevere il battesimo.


Pope Benedict makes pilgrimage to Assisi

Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to this hill town Sunday to mark the 800th anniversary of the conversion of St. Francis from the life of a medieval playboy into a man who stripped away his worldly wealth to serve God.


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Aviva to cut 11 percent of British workforce

Aviva, the biggest insurer in Britain, says it plans to slash 4,000 jobs in the country, or 11 percent of its British workforce by 2008, and transfer 1,000 positions to India.


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Domenico Morfeo non è stato convocato per la gara di domani con la Fiorentina per scelta tecn...


Tuesday, November 9, 2004 will likely go down in the history books as the day the browser wars officially started. Obviously things happened before today to get us to the point where there was a real, legitimate


Venture capital financing climbed 7 percent nationally last year, as investors shook off three years worth of jitters and funneled capital to new technology companies in nontraditional fields and niche markets, according to a projection by PricewaterhouseCoopers.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says captain Patrick Vieira is "50-50" to be fit for tomorrow's blockbuster against Manchester United.


Paris Hilton sues Web site displaying her property

Paris Hilton has sued to shut down a Web site that displays her diaries, photos and other personal property in what lawyers for the celebrity heiress call "one of the most reprehensible invasions of privacy ever committed."


Reader's Digest Children's Publishing Announces Agreement With Warner Bros. Consumer Products to Create Scooby-Doo Interactive Storybooks

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 26  /PRNewswire/ -- Reader's Digest Children's Publishing today announced an agreement to publish and distribute Scooby-Doo interactive storybooks in the U.S. and Canada, based on the popular Hanna- Barbera characters beginning Summer 2007.


US single-family starts down 8.2%; permits higher

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- US homebuilders slowed their pace of new construction in September, with housing starts coming in 6 percent lower to put the seasonally adjusted, annual rate at 1.898 million units, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.


Haiti studies creation of security force

Haiti is considering the creation of a security force to one day replace U.N. peacekeepers sent three years ago to stabilize the troubled country.


Two men are killed after their car plunges down a 100ft embankment on a mountain road in south Wales.


When Clint Eastwood calls, legends oblige

CARMEL, California  - When Clint Eastwood calls, even the biggest celebrities are happy to oblige, giving the actor an especially strong pull in putting together high-profile projects.


Roma, 14:00 - CALCIO, ROMA; AQUILANI: VOGLIONO RIMANERE TUTTI A ROMA

Alberto Aquilani, centrocampista della Roma, sicuro che le mille voci di mercato (in uscita) dei gia...


Child heart surgeon Drummond-Webb commits suicide

Chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at Arkansas Children's Hospital Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb commited suicide on Sunday.


Second Man Charged in Death: House Fire is Murder Case

By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 22--GULFPORT -- Police arrested a second suspect Thursday in the capital murder of fire victim Lisa Newton, who died in her home Sept. 14 on Pineland Drive.


Two aircraft are flying out from the UK on Sunday to deliver vital aid and supplies to Haiti, which has been devastated by tropical storm Jeanne.


Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia that showed signs he was eating into the core voters of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.


US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart begins a five-month prison term for lying about her investments.


Intel's cache gigantism results in 2bn transistor Tukwila

Only twice as fast? Come on, guys What with being the keeper of Moore's Law and all that, Intel found its rightful place as the first revealer of a 2bn transistor chip this week at the sausage fest that is the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.â¦


Security Council again urges Syria to withdraw troops from Lebanon

The UN Security Council urged Syria on Tuesday to withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon and called for reports from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan every six months on its compliance.


Idaho Senator Pleaded Guilty After Arrest In Restroom

Sen. Larry E. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and the senator's office said yesterday.


S.Africa's Mbeki Vows AIDS Action, Critics Persist

CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki vowed Friday to step up the battle against  HIV/AIDS, saying his government's program was among the world's  best.


Vicepremier su coppie di fatto: non si distruggera' famiglia


New York police are trying to identify a man, clad in black, who plunged to his death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building.


Eisner defends $140 million pay for fired Ovitz

ORLANDO, Fla. - Michael Eisner's fighting back. The embattled Disney boss is gearing up to defend his hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz as Disney's No.


Â· Browne refuses to say if secret payments continueÂ· Lib Dem leader calls for investigation


Domenico Foti, 76 anni, ritrovato dopo mesi in uno sgabuzzino Ora si indaga sul figlio, accusato di occultamento di cadavere.                                          Messina, giallo sulla morte di un pensionato Il figlio teneva il corpo nascosto in casa


Firenze, 20:48 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: RISCATTATO PAZIANZA DALL'UDINESE

La Fiorentina ha riscattato il centrocampista Michele Pazienza dall'Udinese. Lo ha annunciato la soc...


Apple has unveiled a slick touch-screen version of the iconic iPod as part of a product line overhaul.


Cyberfamilias: If You Canât Let Go, Twitter

The group-messaging application Twitter still hasnât broken into the mainstream or become a to-die-for tool for the youngest early adopters.


Modano closes in on U.S. scoring records

Mike Modano didn't make much of an initial impression on his junior hockey coaches. They weren't even sure the lanky teenager from Minnesota would make it at that level.


Czech jobless rate down to 8.9 pct in October --ministry

PRAGUE- Unemployment in the Czech Republic fell to 8.9 pct in October from September's 9.1 pct, and the number of jobless decreased by over 12,000 to 517,812, the Labour Ministry said.


Palermo, 17:53 - CALCIO, PALERMO: DI MICHELE PRONTO PER PARMA

Il Palermo recupera David Di Michele per la trasferta di domenica al "Tardini" contro il Parma. L'at...


L'ordigno e' stato fatto scoppiare a S. Cesario di Lecce


This weekend should  feature a new crew of boxoffice pirates -- the cool, nattily  attired cats of "Ocean's Thirteen."


House defies Bush, backs kids' health bill

Defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to expand a health care program for children in low-income families and raise tobacco taxes to pay for it.


Sony snaps Grouper shut, gives Crackle a pop

Drops video sharing biz model, goes in search of 'emerging talent' Sony Pictures is challenging YouTube's dominance of the user-generated content market by turning its online acquisition Grouper into a mini studio.â¦


Quota 12% mercato, ha obiettivo produzione 1.400 megawatt


Napoli, 14:14 - CALCIO, PAOLO CANNAVARO: IL NAPOLI SORPRENDE ANCHE NOI

Paolo Cannavaro, difensore del Napoli, elogia la sua squadra dopo l'ottimo avvio di campionato. "Sti...


Ronaldinho crowned FIFA World Footballer of the Year

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. ZURICH, Switzerland -- Brazil's newly crowned FIFA World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho said he was committed in the fight against racism in the sport.


San Marino, 18:28 - BASEBALL, EUROPEAN CUP: GROSSETO BATTE PUERTO CRUZ

La Montepaschi Grosseto  ha battuto gli spagnoli del Marlin Puerto Cruz: 18-5 al settimo inning. Con...


Long-standing Math Puzzle May Have Been Solved

ONE of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been solved by an eccentric Russian. Grigori 'Grisha' Perelman is an expert on Ricci flow.


A fire in County Tyrone which led to the evacuation of properties is being treated as arson.


(InfoWorld) - Critics ofÂ last week's agreementÂ allowing European passengers' personal data to be shared with U.S. authorities have just under a month to reshape the accord before it comes into force, said Stavros Lambrinidis, vice president of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee Monday. "There is aÂ battleÂ to make this agreement respectful of European citizens' civil liberties, and it's not over," he said in a telephone interview. The European Parliament has no direct say in the shaping of an agreement that will give U.S. customs, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies including the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency free access to airlines' passenger databases to help them prevent potential terrorist attacks. However, some national parliaments will get the chance. "There are about six or seven countries that have to debate this agreement. There is still a chance to change it," Lambrinidis said. The U.S. government demanded access to information about everyone flying to the U.S. from the E.U. in the wake of the terrorist attacks in September 2001. However, by complying with the demand, airlines would have been breaching strict European data protection laws, so the U.S. and E.U. drafted an exemption clause from the laws, which they claim was respectful of European citizens' data. The European Court of JusticeÂ annulled that agreementÂ last year and gave the two sides until the end of this month to come up with an alternative. Failure to do so would leave European airlinesÂ exposed to massive finesÂ and the possible loss of landing slots in the U.S if they don't continue to hand over the data, or legal action on data protection grounds in the E.U. if they do. "It's clear that there has to be an agreement but not one like this," Lambrinidis said. The agreement that was reached during a phone call between German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, E.U. justice and home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini and U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff last Wednesday reduces the fields of data to be shared from 34 at present to 19. These fields include information such as name, credit-card details and travel itinerary. They won't include dietary requirements, which could be used to identify someone's religion. However, it extends the length of time the U.S. authorities can hold the data from three years to 15 years, and it allows U.S. agencies to dip into the databases at their will. In an interview last week, Europe's data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx, said his main concern was that the E.U. would grant American agencies the right to pull up information about Europeans whenever they want. He called for a push mechanism, meaning that database managers for the airlines would have to pass over the data, instead. Like the temporary accord it replaces, the new agreement promises an eventual switch to a push mechanism. Under the new agreement, U.S. agencies can pull up the data they want until early next year, when airlines will start pushing it instead. However, the DHS maintains the right to pull the information if airlines don't offer up the data promptly. The main concern, however, is that the agreement omits any binding undertakings for U.S. authorities to safeguard European citizens' data. The details of this arrangement aren't in the agreement itself but in an exchange of letters that haven't been made public, Lambrinidis said. Reacting to the agreement last week, Hustinx said he fears the measure could violate European citizens' rights to privacy. In addition to allowing U.S. authorities to keep the data for 15 years, there would be "no limitation to what U.S. authorities are allowed to do with the data," Hustinx wrote in a letter to Schaeuble on Wednesday after the German minister clinched the deal.


YCCD Argues Cost of Lawsuit: Lawyer for Winners in Firing Range Case Presents $600,000 Bill

By Susan Herendeen, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Sep. 14--A decision to close a firing range on Modesto Junior College's West Campus and hold classes at a new police facility in Patterson was a done deal when activists filed a legal challenge.


Ukraine joined the World Trade Organization on Tuesday after 14 years of negotiations, a milestone for the former Soviet republic.


Three Iraqis have been killed in clashes in Ramadi while six Iraqi civilians and two US soldiers were wounded after a bomb targeting a US convoy exploded in southern Baghdad.


A POTENTIAL flight attendants' strike and record crowds at the nation's airports could combine to make travel the most cheerless aspect of this holiday season.


Urgent: Japan Launches Spy Satellite With H-2A Rocket

Urgent: Japan launches spy satellite with H-2A rocket    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.


Italia tra i Paesi piu' virtuosi, scarto non supera 6%


SPAINâs Banco Santander Central Hispano is conducting a beauty parade of investment banks to sell the life businesses it will acquire as part of its Â£8 billion takeover of Abbey.


Republican presidential hopeful prepares to learn his fate in the make-or-break Michigan primary


More than 90 percent of British children have a cell phone

Some 51 percent of all 10-year-olds in Britain own a mobile phone, but that figure rises to 91 percent by the time children hit the age of 12, according to a survey.


A heavy, wet winter snowstorm made travel treacherous on Friday in the Midwest and Northeast and was blamed for at least 10 traffic deaths.


Vogts Did Right Thing by Quitting - Mccall

Former Scotland international Stuart McCall believes Berti Vogts will finally earn the respect of the Scottish nation following his decision to walk away from the job.


Case Study: A manufacturing SMB Gets Improved IT capabilities as well as savings

A venerable manufacturer of home plumbing fixtures gains greater visibility into product orders to cut costs from shop-floor operations.


2 shot to death at Florida's South Beach

Gunfire erupted outside a popular South Beach restaurant early Memorial Day, leaving two men dead on one of the city's busiest weekends, police said.


Chief Justice Refuses to Stop Inaugural Prayers

Chief Justice William Rehnquist  rejected Wednesday an emergency request from a California  atheist who sought to stop the recital of prayers at President  Bush's inauguration.


Car bomb destroys building in Baghdad, kills one

A big car bomb killed at least one person and reduced an apartment building to rubble in a Shi'ite district of southern Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi police said.


Venezia, 14:17 - F1, SCHUMACHER: DOPO 10 ANNI FERRARI MI SENTO QUASI ITALIANO

Michael Schumacher, intervenuto oggi all'inaugurazione del Ferrari Store di Venezia, parla del suo r...


Square Feet: Expecting the Unexpected as Part of the Job

In Iran, Richard Bassuk developed condos, then helped evacuate Americans.


Per i semestrali, maggior rendimento degli ultimi 4 anni


House Leadership Blocks Vote on Intelligence Bill

A core of highly conservative Republicans aligned with the Pentagon moved to block a vote on a bill that would have enacted the recommendations of the 9/11 panel.


Vilsack wants smaller U.S. force in Iraq

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Tuesday he favors removing most American troops from Baghdad and southern Iraq while maintaining smaller a security force in northern Iraq for a limited period.


Bank of England to sit tight after rate hike: analysts

Bank of England policymakers are widely expected to freeze British interest rates on Thursday after hiking borrowing costs to a five-year high of 5.0 percent in November, analysts said.


German Conjoined Twin Dies at US Hospital

A 13-month-old German girl died at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, early on Thursday, shortly after an operation to separate her from her conjoined twin sister.


Ottimismo su quadro economico grazie a revisioni su crescita


Chelseaâs lack of firepower is beginning to worry manager Jose Mourinho - and that could spell bad news for Aston Villa during Januaryâs transfer window.


German economy minister sees sunnier growth outlook for 2006

The German economy, the biggest in the 12-country eurozone, will grow by 2.0 to 2.5 percent this year -- a faster rate than originally forecast, Economy Minister Michael Glos has said.


Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was photographed Monday with what appears to be walking cast on his right foot.


Spanish police have arrested a Canadian man suspected of helping finance Islamist terrorist activities, authorities said Monday.


Sandra Bullock is  attached to star in and produce the comedy "One of the Guys."


AOL to Sell Cheap PCs to Minorities and Seniors

America Online on Thursday said it plans to sell a low-priced PC targeting low-income and minority households who agree to sign up for a year of dialup Internet service.


The Gift to Be Simple With a Pumpkin-Patch Profundity

This installment of the âAmerican Mastersâ series on PBS perfectly captures the genius of the man behind Linus and the other âPeanutsâ characters.


Ceridian agrees to be bought for $5.3 bln

Ceridian Corp. , under pressure from an activist hedge fund, agreed to be bought by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners  and insurance company Fidelity National Financial Inc.  for $5.3 billion, the business services company said on Wednesday.


Diana thought Queen would abdicate and that Charles would not become king, inquest hears


FDA examines safety of cough, cold drugs for kids

Health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.


The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says it is doing everything it can to stabilize oil prices. The reality, however, is that


Much to the anger of the athletes involved, President Bush is using the Iraqi Olympic team's success in his re-election campaign, essentially saying if it hadn't been for him


China's economy to grow 10.9 percent in 2007

Growth in China's roaring economy is expected to continue apace this year, rising 10.9 percent, a government think tank report said Wednesday, urging further economic cooling measures.


Conrad Black trial delves into real estate deal

Testimony at Conrad Black's trial revisited his New York City real estate dealings on Thursday with defense lawyers trying to shoot holes in charges that the former media chief got a sweetheart deal that cheated investors out of a profit.


Accordo per separazione funzionale ma bisogna fare presto


ARAFAT: PORTAVOCE, HA MOSTRATO DEI CHIARI MIGLIORAMENTI

(ASCA-AFP) - Parigi, 1 nov - Il leader palestinese Yasser Arafat e' attualmente in condizioni stabili ma ha gia' mostrato dei ''chiari miglioramenti''. Lo ha detto il portavoce Nabil Abu Rudeina ai giornalisti


Kapono matches record to defend NBA 3-point crown

Toronto Raptors forward Jason Kapono made 10 shots in a row and five of his last six for a record-matching 25 points to defend his title Saturday in the NBA Three-point Shootout.


Wall Street was expected to rebound from  recent losses when U.S. stocks resume trading on Thursday,  helped by lower oil prices, renewed signs of corporate activity  and news of a hefty contract for Boeing BA.N.


Portavoce di Almunia, non ci sono cambiamenti significativi


Missile Defense System Intercepts Rocket in Test

Pentagon officials said that the success showed that the system would have a good chance of stopping a ballistic missile.


Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall blown up by militants and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply due to an Israeli blockade.


Taiwan Votes for Parliament, Focus on China Ties

Taiwan voters went to the polls to pick a new parliament on Saturday in an election viewed as a referendum on pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian's policy toward arch-rival China.


Lou Angelo, a 69-year-old retired auto mechanic in Brooksville, doesn't consider himself a political activist.


A row erupts in France after a senior conservative party is recorded calling a female opponent a "bitch".


Republican Mitt Romney, the wealthiest candidate in the presidential field, won't have to reveal details of his financial holdings until mid-August, under an extension obtained from the Office of Government Ethics.


Courtney Love Has Money Troubles, Legal Woes

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30  - Courtney Love's trial on  drug possession charges was postponed on Thursday, but her  financial woes mounted as creditors on both coasts pressed  court claims that the singer-actress was dodging unpaid bills.


Londra, 12:47 - CALCIO, NEWCASTLE: VISITE MEDICHE PER VIDUKA

Visite mediche al Newcastle per Mark Viduka. L'attaccante australiano, dal 2004 al Middlesbrough, ha...


Crescita Pil +2% quest'anno, a +1,9% nel 2008


I DOCUMENTI / 2                                          "Giuristi militanti e circo mediatico delegittimano il premier"                                                                                (VAI ALLA PRIMA PARTE)


Weather postpones sealift of crippled Canadian navy submarine

HALIFAX (CP) - The sealift of the Canadian navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has been postponed because of poor weather, the Defence Department has confirmed.


WisPolitics: Brewers Reportedly Sold; Admirals Might be Close

While no official announcement has been made, Mark Attanasio, a Los Angeles investor, looks to be the new owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.


Gasol-led Grizzlies hold Bryant down, top Lakers

MEMPHIS - Pau Gasol scored 22 points and Shane Battier added 18 as the Memphis Grizzlies won for the first time this season, a 110-87 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.


Day after nuclear deal, Koreas say to resume talks

North and South Korea said on Wednesday they had agreed to resume ministerial talks, a day after a breakthrough energy-for-arms deal at six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs in Beijing.


No. 1 wholesale club sued for keeping women out of top posts by same lawyers suing Wal-Mart. SAN FRANCISCO  - Costco Wholesale Corp. was sued Tuesday for keeping women out of top management posts in a case filed by the same lawyers leading a ...


We are looking at Bheja Fry sequel: Vinay Pathak

Vinay Pathak, the affable actor from Bihar, has become a star after Bheja Fry


Bin Laden's trail has gone cold: Musharraf

Washington: Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden's trail has gone cold, and US and Pakistani officials have no active leads on where he might be hiding, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in a spate of interviews released on Sunday.


Female Iranian students form a human chain around the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization's headquarters in Tehran, Monday Nov. 1, 2004, in defense of the right of Iran to possess nuclear technology.


Sen. Arlen Specter is working the phones and embarking on a media blitz in an attempt to cement his standing as future chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the face of demands from conservatives that he be passed over.


Prima uscita pubblica per Bossi 'Sto cominciando a tornare'

MILANO, 8 DICEMBRE 2004 - "Sto cominciando a tornare", cosÃ¬ Umberto Bossi risponde al direttore de 'La Padania' che lo intervista nella redazione del quotidiano, dove in serata a sorpresa il leader leghista ha fatto la sua prima apparizione pubblica dopo


Haitian Death Toll From Storm Nears 2,000

GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose sharply to nearly 2,000 people, with many still missing, as officials said they found hundreds more bodies in Haiti's devastated northwestern region.    Officials, who had previously put the toll at 1,550 dead and about 900 missing, could not immediately provide specifics on the higher toll announced Sunday night, but said hundreds more bodies were found in recent days in areas outside the hard-hit town of Gonaives...


Pressure builds on Republicans in sex scandal

House Republican leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down amid Republican fears about the potential fallout in November's fight for control of Congress.


David Ortiz always lights up the room. You never know which retro jersey from which sport he'll be wearing, and once he arrives you know the laughing and joking will soon begin. The man is a superb locker room presence.


A divided Senate approved an $800 billion increase in the federal debt limit Wednesday, a major boost in borrowing that Sen. John Kerry and other Democrats blamed on the fiscal policies of President Bush.


Fire in Sierra Closes Highway, 2 Schools

COLEVILLE, Calif. - A wildfire fanned by high wind on the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada led to the evacuation of homes and two schools Tuesday and closed a 40-mile section of highway spanning the California state line.


Japan Woos SE Asia to Counter Growing China Clout

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi wooed southeast Asia on Tuesday a day after regional  giant China signed a landmark deal with ASEAN to create an open  Asian market of 1.8 billion people by 2015.


Threatened Bird Species Nesting Site Found

Cambodian conservationists have found Southeast Asia's only known breeding colony of slender-billed vultures -- one of the world's most threatened birds.


Danish players suspend strike against FIFA transfer rules

COPENHAGEN: Danish footballers on Wednesday temporarily suspended their week-long strike action in protest at a rule by the gameâs ruling body FIFA concerning the transfer of players under 23 years old.


Will the enterprise go for Google's apps?

Also: Sneaky DNA analysis to be outlawed. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Senior clergy of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church are gathering in Athens to elect the new leader following the death last month of Archbishop Christodoulos.


Everything over http There are some forces that just cannot be stopped. Block the path, and they'll just go round some other way. Fortunately, here in Devon, where Dartmoor has had no difficulty absorbing the recent rain, that's not a topical observation about the state of my living room. But it is certainly topical on the net.â¦


Americans and Iraqis Press Effort to Secure Samarra

SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct. 2 - The American military and Iraqi soldiers continued Saturday to try to secure the heart of Samarra, a city rife with insurgents that may be the first battleground in a concerted effort to retake rebel territory.


World is impatient for reform, Paulson tells China

China must step up the pace of economic reforms because the rest of the world is growing impatient for it to do so, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.


President Refuses to Acknowledge Election Defeat

Indonesiaâs president Megawati Sukarnoputri has refused to acknowledge defeat in this weekâs national elections. With 104 million of the estimated 120 million votes cast in Mondayâs elections counted


Anger as air passengers face air tax hike

A controversial air travel tax increase has sparked confusion and anger, as travellers faced paying extra when they checked in and airlines threatened legal action.


Why teens have a tough time finding summer work

Many are enrolling in summer classes or doing community service while others are squeezed out by adults competing for the same entry-level jobs.


Completeremo riforme, l'informazione in mano alla sinistra


Roma, 11:57 - CALCIO, LAZIO-JUVE: TIFOSI BIANCONERI SENZA RESTRIZIONI

Lazio e Juventus precisano che i tifosi bianconeri potranno tranquillamente seguire la loro squadra ...


British tug making slow progress towing Canadian sub to shore

HALIFAX (CP) - A British tug battled heavy swells and the dead weight of HMCS Chicoutimi as it continued the slow task of towing the disabled Canadian submarine to safety Friday.


Two days after dismissing allegations that romance writer Cassie Edwards lifted material from other sources, publisher Signet Books has decided "the situation deserves further review."


Report Says That Cats Can Spread Bird Flu

Cats not only can catch the deadly bird flu but can spread it to other felines, Dutch researchers reported Thursday — raising important questions about the pets' role in outbreaks.


The makers of a bone marrow-cancer drug should refund the NHS if it does not work, a watchdog says.


Katahdin Lake, which Gov. Percival Baxter long wanted to include in the park he created, is now part of Baxter State Park. This is great news, but as important as the addition to the park, is the discussion about land use and access that the deal fostered.


Rafsanjani Warns U.S. Against 'Adventures' in Iran

An influential Iranian cleric, in a new  blast against Tehran's arch-enemy, told Washington on Friday it  cannot stop Iran pursuing nuclear technology and should not  attempt a military "adventure" in the country.


Royals remember Diana 10 years after her death

A decade after Princess Diana's sudden death, Britain's royal family gathers on Friday to remember a woman mourned by millions worldwide.


Second Life's CTO Resigns, Apparently to Get Another Life

Cory Ondrejka, one of the founders and guiding lights behind the virtual world, leaves the company. CEO Phil Rosedale says the two had "strategic differences."


Airline to charge $10 for buying tickets

NEW YORK To the long list of things that used to be free but that airlines now want you to pay for, add walking up to the counter to buy a ticket.


Secret bidder delivers 'open access' to US airwaves

And Eric Schmidt will die in 2039 As the US Federal Communications Commission auctions off the coveted 700-MHz "C Block" - a prime portion of the American airwaves - bidding has topped $4.6bn. And that's a key number.â¦


In arrivo violenta perturbazione atlantica,con vento e neve


"The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800" (Harper Collins, 659 pages, $29.95), by Jay Winik: A revolt in an undeveloped colony on the fringe of civilization, led by a big landowner and slaveholder with little education or military experience, brought to success by help from France in its feud with the British colonizers.