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Materia and Peakdale Collaborate to Commercialize Metathesis-Based Privileged Scaffolds

Materia, Inc. and Peakdale Molecular Ltd. announced today their  collaboration to offer metathesis-based scaffolds for the pharmaceutical  industry.


China tells Japan it cares about food safety: official

Chinese food experts promised Japan Monday they were serious about consumer safety, an official said, amid a nationwide scare over Chinese-made dumplings that left hundreds complaining of illness.


Low-dose "Pill" reduces ovarian cancer risk

Oral contraceptives with low  levels of estrogen and progestin reduce the risk of ovarian  cancer even more than older versions of the "Pill," according  to investigators at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.


First suspect in court over Britain car bomb plot

An Iraqi-trained doctor appeared in a London court on Saturday in connection with failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.


Sadr Militia Still Controls Iraq Shrine -- Witnesses

NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters appeared to be in  control of a holy shrine in Najaf Friday hours after Iraq's  interim government said it had overcome a bloody uprising by  seizing the Imam Ali mosque without a shot being fired.


Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu arrested again

JERUSALEM Seven months after completing an 18-year prison term for treason Mordechai Vanunu has once again been arrested by Israeli police.


The Government's own advisory group says urgent action is needed to help vulnerable households


O'Neal Headed to Los Angeles for Hip Treatment

MINNEAPOLIS -- Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal flew Monday to Los Angeles to seek medical treatment for a hip injury that has sidelined him the past five games.


Paleontologists Put Ancient Long-Necked Monster in Its Place

Paleontologists have discovered a species of protorosaur, and they think the fossils hold the solution to the mystery of long-necked dinosaurs.


Ricercatori giapponesi hanno accertato che i sistemi stellarihanno iniziato a formarsi giÃ  780 milioni di anni dopo il Big Bang                                                  L'inizio della formazione delle galassie anticipato di 60 milioni di anni                                                                                di CRISTINA NADOTTI


Experts in Turkey are checking whether a bird flu outbreak in the south east of the country is the H5N1 virus strain.


While costumed comic-book fans fill their tote bags with freebies at Comic-Con, Clive Owen, in a slim-fitting suit, sits coolly in a corner — his brown hair mussed, his green eyes piercing.


Arts, Briefly : China Censors a Film, Then Bans It Entirely

China has pulled Li Yuâs âLost in Beijing,â a movie whose sexually explicit scenes were already censored, from theaters and banned its producer from the film business for two years, The Associated Press reported. The ruling against âLost in Beijingâ accused the filmmakers of publishing unapproved pornographic scenes from the movie on the Internet and on DVDs, the official China News Service Web site reported. The filmâs producer, Fang Li, said he believed that Chinese officials faced political pressure to act amid the rapid spread of uncensored versions of âLost in Beijingâ and another sexually explicit film, Ang Leeâs âLust, Caution,â on the Internet and in pirated DVDs.


"Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World's End" topped the DVD sales chart during  its first week in stores, while "Superbad" debuted at No. 2,  according to Nielsen VideoScan sales data issued Wednesday.


Geoff McArthur has been up to the challenge

As a measure of how far Cal has come, wide receiver Geoff McArthur recalls his reaction to some trash talk aimed his way during a game against Washington when he was a true freshman.


SANTOS, Brazil  - Kidnappers freed on Friday the  mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazil's most talented  young players, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint while she  was attending a barbecue.


Saudi Arabia's state news agency says the kingdom is to buy 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from the UK for Â£4.43bn.


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Ordinamento non prevede un governo solo per gestire urne


After a slow start out of the station, "The Polar Express" just keeps chugging along. Taking in nearly $10 million over the weekend, the holiday tale lifted its domestic total to $110 million with plenty of steam left for Christmas and New Year's.


The Bank of England is widely tipped to keep interest rates on hold at 5.25% on Thursday.


Prime Minister Tony Blair hopes to use a summit in Ethiopia this week to force an international community obsessed with Iraq and terrorism to also focus on the "scar" of Africa.


PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- President Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of backsliding on democratic reforms but promised President Vladmir Putin he has nothing to fear from a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe. "The Cold War is over," Bush insisted.


100 days on, Beirut tent city has air of normality

Central Beirut has acquired an eerie air of normality in the midst of the abnormal.


Talk of 9/11 Report Centers on Importance of People, Rather Than ...

Chapter 13 of the 9/11 Commission Report is being cited almost every day in some part of Washington. Yesterday, Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) opened a Senate subcommittee hearing by reading


Hurricane Charley Death Toll Rises to 22 in Florida

The death toll from Hurricane Charley's  destructive rampage in Florida has risen to 22, and about  388,000 people remain without power in the state, government  officials said on Thursday.


PENSACOLA, Florida _ In the wake of Hurricane Ivan's destructive path, residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Alabama and Florida returned to their neighborhoods Saturday to find their roofs blown off, appliances missing and clothing littering in the


Centrist Sen. Bayh Lays Groundwork for Presidential Bid

Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan BayhÃ¢ÂÂs statement Sunday that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible 2008 presidential bid represented more of an affirmation than an announcement.


World's Longest Accelerator Probes Universe's Tiniest Particles

Tech-hungry photographer and reporter Dave Bullock tours the particle-physics labs at the Stanford Linear Accelerator.


IRVING - They never trailed and had no turnovers. They had five sacks and strong play from a rookie cornerback forced into action when a starter was hurt.


Study raises hope for Rett syndrome cure

Scientists are raising the first hope of recovery from an autism-like disease that leaves thousands of girls unable to talk or walk — with an experiment that erased symptoms of the disorder in genetically engineered mice.


Germany Set to Hand Hamburg Qaeda Suspect to Spain

Germany has cleared the way for the extradition to Spain of an Arab businessman long accused by the United States of financing al Qaeda and investigated by German authorities for links to the Sept.


Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Secret Service has cracked down on an international ID theft ring that is responsible for more than $14 million in fraud losses, the agency said Monday. On June 12, French National Police arrested four on online fraud charges, acting on information provided by the Secret Service, the agency said in a statement. The arrests were part of an undercover investigation into the activities of an online criminal known by the alias, "Lord Kaisersose," who is "associated with Internet sites known for identity theft and financial fraud activities," the Secret Service said. Investigators found more than 28,000 stolen credit- and bank-card numbers as a result of this operation, the Secret Service said. "Fraud losses associated with this investigation have exceeded $14 million," the Secret Service said. At the same time the Secret Service, working with local authorities, closed down an illegal credit card-selling activity based out of Canada and France. This action, called Operation Hard Drive, led to the arrest of two suspects, who are allegedly behind more than $1 million in credit card fraud. French police arrested an unnamed man, who went by the alias THEEEEL on credit card-selling Web sites, on charges relating to ID theft. The second man, Nicholas Joehle, of Calgary, Alberta is alleged to have sold fake credit card readers, known as "skimmers" over the Internet. These devices are often illegally used by employees at legitimate businesses that accept credit cards and are becoming a growing problem in the U.S. Calgary Police recovered 100 such skimmers, a skimmer-making lab, and $30,000 in U.S. and Canadian currency, the Secret Service said.


WASHINGTON - The saga of the possibly faked documents about President Bush's National Guard service began with a phone call last winter, according to an attorney for the man who provided them to CBS News.


Top Athletes May Be Running Into a Tall Hurdle: Themselves

In some of the most basic ways imaginable — how fast people can run, how high they can jump, how far they can throw — the march of progress has stopped.


US CREDIT-Time Warner may outperform the market

Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it agreed to pay $510 million to the US government to resolve criminal and civil charges linked to its America Online unit.


Asus reschedules 8GB Eee PC to Q2, moles claim

Pesky Flash disks... Waiting for the 8GB Eee PC? Then you're going to have to wait a little longer - until April at least, it has been alleged, thanks to problems Asus is having getting the machine out of the door.â¦


New Drug Shows Promise in Cutting Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.


British airports operator BAA faces referral to competition watchdog

BAA, the company that owns most of London's busy airports, is delivering expensive but poor quality service to passengers and its dominant position should be investigated, officials have said.


MS to launch final Windows Media Player 10 today

Microsoft will announce the final version of its Windows Media 10 software today when it launches Windows XP Media Center 2005. Central to the announcement is Windows Media Player 10, which integrates MS' latest


"Phantom" unveils a new beauty, but it doesn't do beast any good

Where's "Extreme Makeover" when you need it? After all, the mask the Phantom of the Opera wears covers only a quarter of what is an otherwise fetching mug.


Vagit Alekperov, president of Lukoil, gained a new American partner Wednesday, in a deal with ConocoPhilips that was sealed by the Kremlin.


You can't spell censor without with O&A: Satellite radio takes off

When shock jocks Opie and Anthony considered their next career move after two firings in four years, the twisted twosome was ready to feign rehabilitation.


Armadillo Aerospace, the space company founded by "Doom" creator John Carmack, was the lone competitor in NASA's contest, but flamed out in the end.


Real Madrid are fined 9,780 euros for the racist behaviour of their fans in the game against Bayer Leverkusen.


Eddie Murphy and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown may have dated earlier this year, but the actor-comedian is making it clear that he's not sure if he's the father of her unborn child.


Clarke, new British interior minister, a strong Blair ally

Charles Clarke, who replaced David Blunkett as Britain's home secretary, resembles his outgoing colleague in his brash rhetoric and unflappable loyalty to Prime Minister Tony Blair.


November retail sales rise, but growth slows

Steep discounts, combined with warm and wet weather, led to a less-than-stellar November sales for many chains, despite heavy shopper turnout for the kick-off of the holiday season, retailers said on Thursday.


Craig McMillan's century eclipses Matthew Hayden's record 181 as New Zealand win again.


Police investigating the shooting of 16-year-old Jonathan Matondo arrest a man on suspicion of murder.


Corus Reports First-Ever Profit as Steel Prices Soar

Corus Group Plc, the UK's biggest steelmaker, reported its first profit and said earnings will rise in the second half because of higher steel prices and cost cutting by Chief Executive Officer Philippe Varin.


The US president, George Bush, is expected to name a retired New York federal judge to replace the controversial Alberto Gonzales as the attorney general today.


French Journalists Held In Iraq Return Home

PARIS -- After four months of captivity in Iraq, two French journalists have arrived safely home. French journalists Christian Chesnot (left) and Georges Malbrunot returned to France after being held captive in Iraq.


A Cycling Medalist Denies Evidence of Doping

Tyler Hamilton, who won a gold medal in the time trial in Athens, is suspected of receiving illegal performance-enhancing blood transfusions.


Falcons Sign Crumpler to Contract Extension

The Atlanta Falcons Monday signed Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler to a six-year contract extension.


Detectives investigating an alleged terrorist kidnap plot finish searching 18 addresses.


Judge Lets Jackson Respond to Transcripts

The judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case has allowed the singer to break a gag order so that he can respond to grand jury transcripts leaked to ABC News.


Repeated ultrasound scans safe for foetus

HAVING a series of ultrasound scans during pregnancy does not harm an unborn baby or restrict growth or development early in life, Australian scientists have concluded.


A vital bridge linking Sierra Leone with Liberia - both recovering from civil wars - is officially re-opening.


Feds launch border air patrols from northern New York

Beefed-up air patrols designed to intercept terrorists, drug smugglers and illegal aliens along the nation's northeastern border will be launched from a base commissioned Friday.


The bane of farmers and ranchers, crickets are under scrutiny at Brigham Young University, where researchers are mapping the bug's gene sequence. The research could lead to gene-swapping to make a less offensive bug, curb reproduction or identify a new cricket-specific insecticide.


Like eager holiday shoppers trying to lock up deals, corporations are making the biggest year-end merger and acquisition push since the heady days of 1999.


Nba Roundup : Shaq-Kobe As Main Event ; Pacers-Pistons the Co ...

ABC and ESPN have increased the price of commercials and sold a sponsorship to American Express Co. for their NBA Christmas doubleheader, which will highlight the league's most prominent feud and biggest brawl.


La sua intenzione era stata gia' anticipata da Cossiga


CIAMPI CONCEDE GRAZIA A 3 ERGASTOLANI - Fra loro anche Graziano ...

Il ministro della Giustizia Roberto Castelli ha firmato i decreti di concessione della grazia in favore di Graziano Mesina (62 anni, ex primula rossa del banditismo sardo, in carcere da 40 anni), di Aldo Orru e di Luigi PellÃ¨.


A football fan is fatally stabbed near Athens after a game between Greece's two biggest clubs.


At first, said Syed Rehman Mir, the policemen treated him with the deference he had come to expect as a senior government doctor in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.


Japan's JBIC to sign $3 bln loan to ADNOC: source

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is set to sign a deal to co-finance up to $3 billion in loans to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) of the United Arab Emirates, an industry source said on Monday.


MILAN, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has quit as president of AC Milan to comply with recently-introduced conflict of interest laws.


Nepal army claims gunning down 80 Maoists

The Nepal army Thursday claimed that 80 Maoists had been killed in a fresh round of violence in the Himalayan kingdom. The guerrillas, however, said they had killed 15 security personnel.


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Chile's Pinochet fights for life after heart attack

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet fought to survive on Monday after a heart attack put him in a Santiago military hospital, while teary-eyed supporters of all ages held vigil outside.


Storm recovery begins as hurricane dissipates

Sunday dawned bright and cloudless across the eastern United States as communities up and down the seaboard struggled to recover from Hurricane Ivan.


More effort should be put into simple falls-prevention measures to stop fractures among the elderly, experts say.


Fidel Castro led tens of thousands of Communist Party faithful Wednesday in a celebration of the nearly suicidal barracks assault that launched the Cuban Revolution 53 years ago.


Ford Motor Co. F.N announced plans on  Monday to notify about 740,000 owners of 2004 model-year  Explorers and Mercury Mountaineers of a potential transmission  problem in the popular sport utility vehicles.


Wis. Town Says Goodbye to 3 Slain Hunters

Robert Crotteau and his son Joseph, who worked together and spent much of their free time enjoying the outdoors together, were mourned together Saturday, days after both were killed in a confrontation with a hunter trespassing on their land.


Marine to be questioned in prisoner's shooting

The Marine who shot and apparently killed a wounded Iraqi prisoner in a mosque in Fallujah on Saturday has been removed from the battlefield for questioning, and US commanders


Readers report their experiences of the earthquakes and huge waves that have devastated parts of Asia.


New rules to protect viewers who take part in phone votes and contests are introduced after a string of scandals.


An autistic 18-year-old lost in the wilderness for four days was found alive Thursday, weak but apparently fine, and reunited with his family, searchers said.


Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace negotiations beyond a vague promise to meet again.


Sources inside NASA told CNN Sunday that O'Keefe will accept an offer from Louisiana State University to be its chancellor. O'Keefe's decision, the sources said, was made for personal and financial reasons


IT WAS John Kerry, not the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who picked this fight. He was the one who made his long-ago stint in Vietnam the centerpiece of his campaign for president.


Oil falls below $90 as falling stock markets weigh

Oil dropped more than a dollar towards $89 a barrel on Monday as falling global stock markets spurred profit taking.


Man who brought Americans the Yugo now plans on importing Chinese cars to U.S.

DETROIT  - The man who brought the Yugo and Subaru to the United States and built a gull-wing sports car in Canada bearing his name now has a new project - selling Chinese-made cars in the United States.


Security industry analysts and other market watchers are still working to understand the long-term viability of NAC (network access control) as a standalone technology, but some end-users contend that they are already seeing major benefits using best-of-breed tools.


Fanatic reaction: Cops: Heavy metal killer irate at band breakup

The gunman who killed four people in a nightclub massacre Wednesday night may have blamed the heavy metal guitarist he gunned down for the breakup of a favorite band, police said last night.


Chat show star Jonathan Ross is to host this year's Royal Variety Performance, the BBC announces.


Summit Addresses Greenhouses Gases' Impact

A new report on ecological damage from greenhouse gases dominated the sidelines of a U.N. conference on global warming Saturday as delegates from nearly 200 nations assembled to prepare for the launch next year of the Kyoto Protocol.


The CEO of Driftwood Estate in Margaret River, Tom Galopoulos, wants to plant a vineyard in Greece but is frustrated by the lack of sizeable land available.


Ono's driver held on extortion suspicion

A chauffeur for Yoko Ono has been arrested for trying to extort $2 million from her by threatening to circulate embarrassing photos, and he also spoke of killing her and son Sean Lennon, police said.


TAMPA, Fla. -- Police say two Montreal Canadiens players have been arrested outside a Tampa nightclub.


More Cuts at Bear Stearns as UBS Issues Warning

As UBS warned investors that it was vulnerable to further weakness in mortgages, Bear Stearns cut 300 more jobs, also in response to the credit turmoil that has swept Wall Street.


Europeans face mob anger over child 'abductions' in Chad

Sixteen Europeans charged over the alleged abduction of 103 children faced abuse from angry protesters in eastern Chad Tuesday, as a row escalated in France over the government's failure to prevent their operation.


For a conference rooted in offensive muscle, the Big Ten seems a little frail in the running department this season. Ohio State and Michigan, which built their reputations on power football, rank


1,000 women hospitalised in Portugal after backstreet abortions

More than 1,000 women in Portugal had to be hospitalised last year due to complications following backstreet abortions in a country whose laws forbid legal abortion, health statistics showed.


A retired postman who burned or attempted to destroy 40,000 letters is jailed for four months.


NASA Folds Solar Array On Station to Make Room

CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec. 13 -- In fits and starts, NASA began retracting via remote control a 115-foot solar array on the international space station Wednesday, likening the tricky task to refolding a road map and stuffing it into  a glove compartment.


ICANN, the body responsible for the internetâs domain naming system, has convinced a court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by domain registry VeriSign over its interference with the launch of VeriSign's Site Finder service.


Our position is: State must find a way to provide better support for families of the mentally ill. Pamela Wohlhieter says being the mother of a son with paranoid schizophrenia often feels like crawling out of a "bottomless pit.


HealthSouth, the Alabama-based chain of rehabilitation hospitals, got a $440 million tax refund based on taxes it paid on profits that were not real.


Hungarian Loses Discus Gold on Sample-Tampering

Hungary's Robert Fazekas will be stripped of his discus gold medal and thrown out of the Olympic Games after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.


Microsoft details conflicts in new XP update

Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 applications -- including developer and backup tools, antivirus software and an FTP client -- that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.


GM teams with a startup aiming to produce low-cost biofuels.


Video website YouTube should proactively check if videos infringe copyright, a rights group says.


Prima soap che ricomincia con un balzo temporale di un anno


Belarus' authoritarian president dismissed his chief of staff Monday and replaced him with a longtime associate who was implicated by a European rights group in disappearances of opposition figures five years ago.


A man accused of stealing two impressionist paintings in the US is jailed for three years.


ANOTHER desperate, late bid by New Zealand for a most unlikely victory to snatch the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy just failed in Sydney last night, levelling the series at one-all and setting up a decider in Brisbane tomorrow.


Stocks rallied Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut by a half-percentage point a key short-term rate which impacts how much interest consumers pay on debts. The Fed's move reassured investors that it was taking aggressive action amid the credit and mortgage market meltdown.


T-Mobile tries start-up's wireless technology

European cell phone giant T-Mobile International said Wednesday that it's conducting a trial of super-fast wireless broadband gear from Flarion Technologies, giving the New Jersey start-up its first step into the European broadband market.


US President George W. Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of derailing democratic reforms, in a speech likely to widen a bitter rift with Moscow on the eve of the G8 leaders summit in Germany.


The undead of "Resident Evil" still have plenty of life in them.


Just a few hours after youngsters at a children's home in western Kenya finished the soccer game, their fellow players turned on them.


Pakistan seeks to allay loose nuke fears

An official in charge of Pakistan's strategic weapons gave an unprecedented presentation to foreign media in Islamabad on Saturday to allay fears that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists.


West complains to IAEA chief over Iran atom remarks

U.S. and allied envoys met the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief on Friday to voice concern about remarks he made suggesting it was too late to get Iran to shut down its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said.


Pinochet Placed Under House Arrest in Rights Case

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after the country's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping charges against him can move forward.


A giorni l'appuntamento al quale ci sara' anche Trenitalia


InfoWorld - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has turned to IBM Corp. to introduce a new video search system and provide support in other technology areas such as content distribution and rights management.


Whales near ocean after tour of California waterways

Two humpback whales that swam from the Pacific Ocean far up into central California's inland waterways are approximately 20 miles from open ocean, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said on Tuesday.


UN says Janjaweed crimes in Darfur continuing, urges government to crack down

The United Nations charged that pro-government Arab militias were continuing to commit crimes in Sudan's crisis-hit western Darfur region and urged Khartoum to crack down on them.


A 1988 letter revealing Iranian commanders were eyeing acquiring a nuclear bomb is uncovered in Tehran.


A quarter of adults believe disruptive children are beyond help by the time they turn 13, a survey indicates.


Research suggests that companies bought by private equity firms are not the massive destroyers of jobs they have been accused of.


BASEBALL ROUNDUP On Busy Day, Angels Sign Cabrera and Astros Drop ...

By The Associated Press The Anaheim Angels gave shortstop Orlando Cabrera a four-year, $32 million deal last night, and the Houston Astros cut Wade Miller, their injured pitcher, when


Judge knocks back NYT wiretap documents suit

Details of Bush-ordered NSA eavesdropping stay secret A US federal judge has ruled in favour of government agencies' refusal to release classified information related to a controversial surveillance programme.â¦


London have joined favourites to host 2012 Olympics claims Coe

Britain's middle distance great Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 bid committee, insisted that the English capital have closed ground on leading rivals Paris and Madrid in their bid to host the Olympic Games.


Kerry vows to fight on with 'passion' in US Congress

Defeated Democrat John Kerry vowed to continue to fight for the issues he campaigned on as his party's failed presidential candidate.


'Troppo presto per esprimersi,notifica ricevuta 8 giorni fa'


Campaigning Furiously, With Social Security in Tow

Accusing President Bush of plotting a "January surprise" to cut Social Security benefits, Senator John Kerry told voters here and in Ohio on Sunday that


Pzifer investigated for internal data breach

Blog: 17,000 of the pharmaceutical company's employees may have had their personal data exposed on a Web site.


Photobucket CEO sounds off on Fox acquisition

Blog: Alex Welch tells CNET News.com that there had never really been any plan to become a MySpace division--Fox Interactive was the prospective buyer the whole time.


Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid

Whatever the outcome of Microsoftâs bid for Yahoo, the move and Googleâs countermoves mark  an escalation in the confrontation between the two companies.


Berlusconi proved to have bribed judge but avoids prison

Silvio Berlusconi, the Houdini of European politics, escaped jail last night on charges of bribing Roman judges. At the end of the Prime Minister's trial in Milan, judges cleared him


MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users

com December 14, 2004, 11:46 AM PT. The Motion Picture Association of America launched a new legal campaign Tuesday targeting the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-swapping networks, two technologies widely used to trade movies online.


Celebrity Big Brother makes the shortlist for the only Bafta TV award to be decided by the public.


AL notebook: Union hopes to get Guillen ruling reversed

The players' association filed a grievance yesterday seeking to overturn the Anaheim Angels' suspension of left fielder Jose Guillen.


Israel Arrests Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu for 'Leak'

Israeli police arrested nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu on Thursday on suspicion of spilling more state secrets seven months after he completed an 18-year prison term for treason.


German town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents

A town council in Germany has decided the best way of improving road safety is to remove all traffic lights and stop signs downtown.


Iraq Insurgents' Failure Raises Questions

They sent nine suicide bombers, killed more than 40 people, claimed to have shot down a British military plane and threatened to wash the streets with blood.


A 200-pound mako shark attacked a fisherman on his boat deck, biting him on the leg after the man reeled it in while fishing off Australia's east coast Sunday, an official said.


The decline of the original mobile device

The wristwatch was the original high-status mobile device, but it's time to say goodbye to that clock on your wrist and say hello to the new world of wrist gadgets.


Blair to Press Sudan Government on Darfur

LONDON Oct. 5, 2004 - Prime Minister Tony Blair will pressure Sudan to end the conflict in Darfur when he visits the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, the first leg of a three-day trip to Africa.


Britain to pay women for ova to research

The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it — an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.


Deutsche Telekom says has sold 70,000 iPhones

COLOGNE, Germany  - German telecoms operator  Deutsche Telekom  said on Saturday it had signed up  70,000 iPhone customers in the 11 weeks since November 9, 2007.


Sega in video game deal for "The Golden Compass"

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. 6460.T   has struck a deal to make video games based on films from   Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, starting with   "The Golden Compass" movie opening in November, Sega of America   President Simon Jeffery said on Thursday.


Six people were killed in Bay County, Florida, and officials know that more people have died. Janice Gilley, a county commissioner in Escambia Countyâwhich includes Pensacolaâsaid an elderly couple refused


Netflix Sticks to Guns in Online DVD Rental Fight

Online DVD renter Netflix Inc. (NFLX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday pledged to stick to a costly plan to double its subscriber base by next year despite a price


French Polynesia elects veteran pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru as president.


New York, 09:33 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte. In mai...


Labour wins the Hartlepool by-election with a reduced majority, as the Conservatives are beaten into fourth place.


Open source is changing the game by making software free.  About time.


Dumplings, fake vaccines latest China health scare

Dumpling delicacies stuffed with cardboard shreds and bogus rabies vaccines are the focus of the latest health scares in China, where an industrial solvent used in toothpaste was banned after a spate of global recalls.


Tony Blair has arrived in Israel to launch a new push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The Prime Minister is to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.


Miami, FL -- Donnie Abraham returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown to help the New York Jets to a 17-9 victory over the Miami Dolphins at Pro Player Stadium.


House may vote on phone data privacy bill soon

Legislation that would make it   illegal to obtain and sell consumers' telephone records could   come to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday,   said Rep. Joe Barton, one of the measure's authors.


Il greggio con consegna a marzo scambiato a 58,93 dollari


Belichick denies taping St. Louis' walkthrough before Super Bowl, apologizes for controversy

Patriots Coach Bill Belichick has denied suggestions by a former employee that his club taped St. Louis's walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl.


Harley-Davidson Profit Down 15.3 Percent

Net income for the third quarter was $265 million on continued sluggishness in U.S. sales. But the earnings decline still beat Wall Street projections.


The railway minister will appear in Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav.


With smartphones gaining in popularity, Nokia has committed to beef up the capabilities of its Series 60 platform to embrace more multimedia features.


Partenza in rosso in Borsa per titoli compagnia di bandiera


Bank of England keeps interest rate at 4.75 percent

The Bank of England has held its key interest rate at 4.75 percent, opting against a further rise after last month's surprise quarter-point increase.


Fla. school board asks to pull Cuba book

Civil-liberties lawyers Wednesday defended a book about Cuba that omits references to Fidel Castro's communist government, as a judge asked them to compare the work to a hypothetical book about Adolf Hitler that didn't mention the Holocaust.


Goodbye Skate Park, Dog Park: Council Slashes 2007 Budget

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 13--Cutting spending projects from Destin's budget can hurt Destin residents even if it saves them money, City Councilor Sam Seevers says.


The Oracle Corporation fired PeopleSoft's co-president and chief financial officer, Kevin Parker, and three other top executives.


A wide-eyed boy in a cozy blue robe and proper yellow pajamas has his hope and faith tested in the book The Polar Express. But Chris Van Allsburg, who wrote the childrenâs classic, insists he did not base it on himself.


Madrid, 14:04 - CALCIO, SPAGNA; PORTILLO NON GIOCA COL REAL 'PER CONTRATTO'

Portillo, ex promessa del Real Madrid, ora al Nastic di Tarragona, non potrà affrontare i suo...


Tokyo Stocks Open Higher on Jump in U.S.

Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday following Wall Street's jump. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen.


Ginevra, 15:21 - TENNIS, DAVIS: SVIZZERA CONTRO SPAGNA SENZA FEDERER

Roger Federer salterà la sfida di Coppa Davis che la Svizzera giocherà dal 9 all'11 fe...


Plunkett takes England to brink of victory

England were on the verge of victory at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston here and going 1-0 up in the three-match series.


A simple five-item checklist can prevent hospital infections.


Chicago to Hold EBay Auction to Raise Money for Cultural Programs

City officials hope there are people willing to pay plenty of money to own a vintage Playboy Bunny costume, toss green dye into the Chicago River or throw a dinner party prepared by Oprah Winfrey's chef.


Microsoft's Media Launch Won't Lift Earnings Yet

Goldman Sachs said new media offerings from Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) "are not likely to be material to earnings this fiscal year and possibly longer.


Chakvetadze reaches first major semi-final

Russian Anna Chakvetadze beat Israeli 18th seed Shahar Peer 6-4 6-1 at the U.S. Open to reach her first grand slam semi-final on Wednesday.


Electronic Data Systems Corp. named Ronald A. Rittenmeyer, president and chief operating officer, to succeed Michael H. Jordan as chief executive of the company.


Police tell boozy women to wear nice knickers

Police in eastern England are telling local women to wear nice knickers and have a wax before getting fuelled up on booze, newspapers reported.


AlgemesÃ¬, 17:40 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: PETACCHI VINCE LA UNDICESIMA TAPPA

L'italiano della Milram Alessandro Petacchi ha vinto la undecima tappa della Vuelta di Spagna, 191.3...


Schroeder's SPD Loses in East German Elections Amid Protests

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic Party lost support in two state elections in the east of the country as voters facing benefit cuts turned to groups with socialist and nationalist agendas.


Somalia area to resist Islamic militants

The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia vowed Tuesday to resist the expansion of Islamic militants as more fighting was reported in the chaotic East African nation.


Tom Daschle bade his fellow Senate Democrats farewell Tuesday with a plea that they seek common ground with Republicans yet continue to fight for the less fortunate.


Estimated 18.6M Watch 'Joey' Debut on NBC

Based on its series premiere, Joey Tribbiani is missing a few viewers along with his "Friends." An estimated 18.6 million people watched the first episode of "Joey" Thursday, the spinoff of "Friends" that NBC was counting on to keep its Thursday night lineup strong, according to Nielsen Media Research.


Data recovery firm sounds Mac hard drive damage alert

'Critical' flaw with China-made HDDs? Data recovery company Retrodata has challenged Apple to come clean about what it claims is a "critical manufacturing flaw" affecting some hard drives used in MacBook laptops and desktops like the Mac Mini - an issue that could result in data loss.â¦


Australian fires kill thousands of native animals

Hundreds of thousands of native  Australian animals such as koalas and kangaroos have been  killed in bushfires that have burned across southeast Australia  in the past two weeks, wildlife officials said on Monday.


DealBook Blog: Shareholders Reject Cablevision Deal

The defeat of the Dolan familyâs $10.6 billion bid leaves Cablevision to continue as a stand-alone public company.


Celtic go four points clear with narrow win

Celtic stretched their lead in the Scottish Premier League to four points after Chris Sutton's goal gave them a 1-0 home win over Dundee United on Saturday.


Francis Mayer, chairman and chief executive officer of French state-owned bank CDC, has died at age 56 in Paris.Comment


Travel: Is Damascus the new Marrakesh? We've asked top travel insiders to pick their destinations to watch


Government forces in Ivory Coast clash with former rebels for the first time in months, following air strikes.


Spending by banks and financial institutions on defending themselves against money laundering is soaring, a survey finds.


Olympics: Bruised and battered Americans suffer new Olympic setback

ATHENS : America's hopes of salvaging its badly bruised Olympics pride suffered a major setback when for the first time in history their men failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle swimming final.


Bush "deeply troubled" by unending Darfur crisis

US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he was "deeply troubled" by the unending crisis in Darfur and called for rapid deployment of an effective peacekeeping force and dialogue to end the turmoil.


Burger King Turns to Trump for Latest Ads

When Burger King decided to try a new promotion to cash in on the reality TV craze, the No. 2 fast-food chain turned to the master of the pitch — Donald Trump.


Harrington still cannot believe he is Open champion

New British Open champion Padraig Harrington was still in a state of disbelief on Monday after securing his first major victory by beating Spain's Sergio Garcia in a four-hole playoff.


Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has accused German referee Herbert Fandel, who sent off two Arsenal players in Eindhoven, of being "very arrogant".


The government is to launch a review into whether there should be British astronauts to take part in space exploration.


Netherlands Hands EU Presidency to Luxembourg ... read

Politics: 31 December 2004, Friday. The Netherlands six-month presidency of the European Union ends Friday, giving way to Luxembourg.


Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is charged with involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings.


Archeologists discovered the mummified remains of a doctor they believe lived more than 4,000 years ago and who was buried along with metal surgical tools.


Japan's Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. struck a deal to jointly make displays for flat-screen televisions, starting as early as July 2006, the companies said Tuesday.


Bucarest, 16:54 - TENNIS, ROMANIA: NASTASE LASCIA PRESIDENZA FEDERAZIONE

Ilie Nastase si è dimesso da presidente della federtennis romena. Nastase, 61 anni, era in ca...


Bush nominates 5 as appeals court judges

In a move to satisfy the GOP's most conservative supporters, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people as appeals court judges, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors adjourned an emergency phone conference yesterday without announcing a decision on the fate of embattled chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who is facing calls to resign or be fired for ordering an investigation that may have used illegal means to spy on colleagues and journalists.


The VP acknowledges Chinese help with North Korea, but criticizes its anti-satellite missile test. He neglects to mention a U.S. $290 million plan for a space weapons platform. In 27B Stroke 6.


50 Iraqi soldiers die in ambush, US diplomat killed

A total of 49 new Iraqi army soldiers have been killed in an ambush near the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, which dealt a blow to the interim government's efforts to build Iraqi security forces.


TAMPA -- The current center of the political universe is Iowa, as presidential candidates from both parties are spending millions and braving the winter weather in the struggle to win its first-in-the-nation caucuses.


Nell'area di Marun al-Ras, epicentro degli scontri di ieri


Miscarriage ups risk of trouble in next pregnancy

Pregnant women who suffer a  miscarriage in the second-trimester are at high risk during a  subsequent pregnancy of a spontaneous preterm birth and repeat  second-trimester miscarriage, a study indicates.


Small explosion at News Corp. NY building

A small chemical explosion at News Corp headquarters in midtown Manhattan on Monday injured one person, a New York Fire Department spokesman said.


Known for its explosive offense, Maryland showcases a tenacious defense as it stifles Coppin State in a dominant 83-51 win on Monday.


In a country of 300 million, every vote counts

With eight days left in the campaign, Democrats and Republicans are mounting a desperate drive to persuade their voters to go to the polls in a Presidential election increasingly overshadowed


Flames scorched Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's country mansion on Thursday morning, the result of a faulty lamp, the fire service said.


The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is taking the middle ground in the net neutrality debate.


Following their first official talks in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian and Saudi leaders on Saturday pledged to fight the spread of sectarian strife in the Middle East, which they said was the biggest danger facing the region.


Parole di fiducia nell'articolo che il Times dedica al Paese


Parmalat to claim big damages from ex-executives in October 5 hearing

Parmalat's administrator Enrico Bondi will claim "very substantial" damages from the failed company's former executives and others in a Milan court hearing on October 5, the lawyer representing Bondi in the hearings said.


Google Shares Soar, Now Bigger Than eBay

Google Inc. GOOG.O stock jumped more  than 12 percent on Wednesday to new highs, pushing the Web  search leader past eBay Inc. EBAY.O as the biggest Internet  company in terms of stock market value, after trouncing  quarterly earnings forecasts.


Microsoft profit up on Office, swallows Xbox charge

Microsoft Corp  posted a 7  percent gain in net profit as demand for its Office software  and improved results from its online arm more than compensated  for a $1.1 billion charge to repair Xbox video game consoles.


Hyperion offers employees $5,000 if they buy hybrid car

Business software maker Hyperion Solutions Corp., of Sunnyvale, says it will give $5,000 to every employee who buys a car that gets at least 45 miles per gallon.


"Debaters" scores four NAACP Image awards

LOS ANGELES  - "The Great Debaters" took center stage at the 39th annual NAACP Image Awards Thursday, winning four prizes including best motion picture.


The Swiss pharmaceuticals company said that it would pay $3.1 billion for Ventana Medical Systems.


France warns officials on BlackBerry use

BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful — and now, a threat to French state secrets.


Soccer: Another defeat could see England coach Pole-axed

VIENNA - England head into Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Poland knowing a repeat of their mistakes in a 2-2 draw with Austria could leave them looking for a new manager.


Air China delays Pyongyang route for three months

Air China has postponed Wednesday's opening of a new route to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, until March, citing operational reasons, but denied the decision was linked to politics.


The Burleigh County Water Board is Questioning The... [Derived Headline]

By GORDON WEIXEL  The Burleigh County Water Board is questioning the tactics of the Bismarck Park Board  regarding management of the McDowell Dam Recreation area.


SI.com's BJ Schecter breaks down a key SEC showdown

Senior quarterback David Greene is quietly having an outstanding season. In last Saturday's rout of Kentucky, Greene earned his 40th career victory, passing Peyton Manning for the most in Division IA history.


A late equalizer from Pape Bouba Diop  gave Fulham a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Monday  and prevented Alex Ferguson's team from moving back into to the  thick of the Premier League title race.


Johnny Depp, and his girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, at the United Kingdom premiere of his new movie, Finding Neverland, in Leicester Square, London, Sunday Oct. 17, 2004.


President George W Bush delivered an unapologetic defence of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations yesterday that it "helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator".


Holders Europe strengthened their   early grip at the 36th Ryder Cup by going ahead in three of the   afternoon's foursome matches at the K Club on Friday.


Howard Stern, the ribald radio host  who has become a poster boy for bad behavior on U.S. airwaves,  will jump to Sirius Satellite Radio SIRI.O in January 2006,  freeing him from the grips of regulators and giving the nascent  satellite radio sector a big boost.


Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a 43 percent jump in in full-year net profit to a record 7.44 billion US dollars and forecast continued strong demand for commodities.


The worldÂs No. 1 maker of sport shoes said profit fell as stock-based compensation weighed on results.


Martin Scorsese honoured as Best Director

Martin Scorsese won the Academy Award for best director on Sunday.


Mohammed Kallon and Javier Saviola scored a goal each as Monaco beat Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 in Group A of the Champions League. Kallon and Saviola scored inside the first 10 minutes, but there was not to


RABAT, Morocco - Two Moroccan men have been sentenced to prison terms for helping write the Zotob computer virus that attacked major U.S. networks last year, a court official said Wednesday.


LONDON: Oil prices fell to seven-week lows below $47 a barrel on Wednesday as traders braced for another increase in US oil and natural gas inventories.


Opener Justin Langer was last out after a glorious innings of 191 as Australia totaled 381 on the second morning of the first test against Pakistan in Perth on Friday.


A new study that estimates how much digital information the world is generating (hint: a lot) finds that for the first time, there's not enough storage space to hold it all. Good thing we delete some stuff.


AT&T said yesterday it has agreed to a $100 million settlement of a shareholder lawsuit that accused the telecommunications giant and its former chairman, C. Michael Armstrong, of misleading


Keira Knightley acknowledges she was a bit skeptical at first about appearing in a movie that shared a name with a Disney ride.


'Michael Schumacher's recent absence from top spot on the formula one rostrum may have lulled some of his opposition into believing the Ferrari driver was just a little too comfortable with life after clinching his all-time record seventh world


Megawati tells Indonesians to accept poll result

Megawati Sukarnoputri appeared to accept defeat today in Indonesia's historic presidential election, telling an audience at a military ceremony that "whoever is chosen in a democratic election has to be accepted, because that is a victory for all of us".


E' la reazione all'attacco di ieri a Karni, nella Striscia di Gazaquando un commando palestinese ha ucciso sei civili israeliani                                                  "Stop ai contatti con l'Anp" Sharon duro con Abu Mazen                                                                                Al neopresidente palestinese: devi neutralizzare i gruppi armati


Finance minister appears to tip his hand on Reserve Bank rate hike

New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen seemed to suffer a slip of the tongue in Parliament on Wednesday, announcing an interest rate hike by the country's Reserve Bank a day early.


Help can't arrive quickly enough for millions affected by Asian ...

BANGKOK - With the staggering numbers of dead and injured from the tsunami that struck South and Southeast Asia last weekend continuing to rise, the tragedy is quickly turning into one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.


Firmato accordo con governo per 10 opere infrastrutturali


IAEA Executive Committee Meets in Vienna

The Iranian administration, which promised to suspend its uranium enrichment activities at negotiations with Germany, France and Great Britain from the EuropeanUnion (EU)sent a last-minute letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "asking


Canada, whose exports of beef products are effected by a single case of mad cow disease since may 2003, has exceeded its mad cow testing target for 2004, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Sunday.


Spanish dad loses visitation rights after taking son to bull run

A Spanish judge has taken away visiting rights from a man who took his 10-year-old son to a running of the bulls during the annual Pamplona festival last week, Spanish media reported Tuesday.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA said on Monday it plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most likely at the lunar south pole.


Zurigo, 20:09 - CALCIO, DONADONI: CONTRATTO? ASCOLTERO' SERENO PROPOSTA FIGC

Dopo che il presidente federale Abete ha annunciato un imminente incontro circa il rinnovo del contr...


Nel settore utilities, verra' costituita nuova societa'


Secondo indiscrezioni gruppo starebbe acquistando Pipex


Movie critics have shouted "no, no" as a top prize was announced at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain.


An initial 200,000 of the consoles went on sale in Tokyo on Sunday as thousands of shoppers lined up overnight to buy the first devices.


Declaring that Somalia is at "a critical crossroads," Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Thursday urged U.N. peacekeepers to take over from a small African Union force in the country's capital to help restore security and deal with terrorism.


Alitalia shares rise on the back of news that 11 potential bidders have expressed interest in the Italian airline.


La Spezia, 22:57 - CALCIO, SERIE B; POSTICIPO: SPEZIA-CESENA 1-1

Spezia e Cesena hanno pareggiato 1-1 nel posticipo della prima giornata del campionato di serie B. H...


After many flops, Arsenal eyes domination in Europe

Captain Patrick Vieira has challenged his Arsenal teammates to prove their Champions League credentials in tonight's opening group game against PSV Eindhoven.


Stocks weakened early Wednesday afternoon, as investors took in fluctuating oil prices, some weak corporate news, and mostly upbeat testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.


Buy Craig Venter's Ultra-Luxurious Lab Yacht Today!

The genetics pioneer sails the Sorcerer II, a 95-foot, 10-year-old sloop loaded with luxuries and scientific equipment. It's valued at over $5 million.


Experts weigh giving up on killing polio

Nearly 20 years ago, the World Health Organization and its partners launched an ambitious program to eradicate polio by the end of the millennium. That deadline passed and another was missed in 2005 — and polio still strikes about 2,000 people a year, mostly children.


Thomas Gets a Head Start on the All-Star Break

Isiah Thomas was ejected for reasons he could not surmise from a defeat that he could not explain, and the Knicks trudged into the All-Star break as dizzy and disoriented as they have ever been.


Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder.


Pakistani lawyers clash with riot police

Baton-wielding riot police clashed with thousands of lawyers during a nationwide day of action in Pakistan against the sacking of the country's top judge, witnesses said Monday.


In due episodi in alta Valle Seriana e Val di Scalve


Reggie Merriweather's two-yard score in overtime seals Clemson's 24-17 comeback victory over No. 11 Miami in the Orange Bowl Saturday night.


Wage Cut Prompts Online Protest at I.B.M.

In comments accompanying an online petition, workers are airing disappointment, anger and bitterness with I.B.M. over a salary cut affecting 6% of the companyâs U.S. workforce.


Until two weeks ago, Smith Thammasaroj was a prophet without honor. As chief of Thailand's meteorological department in 1998, he was accused of scare-mongering when he warned that the country's southwest coast could face a deadly tsunami.


The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the nation's economy was conducted Feb. 4-6, 2008, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,006 adults from all states.


Ilim Pulp denies Russian businessman's plans to buy British ...

ST.PETERSBURG. Aug 24 (Interfax-West) - The Ilim Pulp Enterprise, Russia's major pulp and paper producer, has denied reports that one of its shareholders Boris Zingarevich is planning to invest in British football club Everton.


Siena, 17:32 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; COLANTUONO: BUONA GARA, PARI VA BENE

Questo il commento di Stefano Colantuono dopo il pari (1-1) tra Siena e Atalanta: ''L'errore di Vent...


L'accordo di licenza dovrebbe essere firmato a giorni


EU envoy to discuss Darfur crisis in Khartoum next month

Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot whose country currently presides the European Union will discuss the disarmament of Arab militias in Darfur with the Sudanese government during a trip to the country September 9, his ministry announced.


Young women athletes who suffer tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -- the ligament in the knee that provides stability -- face a serious risk of potentially


Merchants who spent the past few weeks hoping shoppers would splurge on gifts opened their doors Sunday with high hopes people would now spend on themselves.


Roma, 23:21 - VOLLEY, COPPA ITALIA: TARANTO E LATINA IN SEMIFINALE

La Prisma Taranto è la prima semifinalista di coppa Italia di volley, dopo aver battuto per 3...


Iraq executes 13 men convicted of crimes

Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging Tuesday after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.


London commuters faced the threat of major disruption from Monday due to a planned three-day strike on the city's Underground train network.


OSAKA, Japan  - American Allyson Felix defended her 200 meters title in style on Friday, surging down the home straight to win gold in the best time of the year.


The Philadelphia Flyers trade Peter Forsberg to the Nashville Predators on Thursday for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent and two draft picks.


Vermont regulators rejected a $2.7 billion plan by FairPoint Communications to buy Verizonâs landlines in northern New England.


Even Trucks Hit the Wall in an Erratic 2007

Sales of pickup trucks, long a steady supplier of hefty profits to automakers, were slowed in 2007 by gas prices and housing ills.


China college for Internet game industry

A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. Xinhua, China's main government-run news agency, reported Saturday that China's Ministry


Members of a radical, right-wing political party briefly seized a Kremlin-controlled building Tuesday in downtown Moscow to demonstrate against President Vladimir Putin, a security official said.


When the Talk Is Terse, a Twitch Speaks Volumes

Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through "Fear X" like a toxic mist.


Blast in Baghdad as US Defence Scretary winds up visit

Witnesses and hospital officials say they fear more casualties from the explosion as emergency crews sift through the wreckage. The US military says a fuel truck exploded, but can't say whether it caused by a suicide bomber or not.


Scientists in Aberdeen say a breakthrough could help improve the vision of thousands of stroke victims.


A schizophrenia drug from Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval as the first medicine to treat symptoms of autism in children and adolescents, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.


Prosecutors In Colorado Defend Karr Arrest

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 29 -- Prosecutors said Tuesday that they pursued the now-collapsed case against John Mark Karr in the JonBenet Ramsey murder mystery because of his graphic e-mails about the 1996 killing and because Karr was targeting a 5-year-old girl at the elementary school where he taught...


Traditional Flamenco Made Deeply Personal

Enrique Morente gave an astonishingly good performance of a flamenco style called cante jondo at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.


Lender Tells Judge It âRecreatedâ Letters

Records raise new questions about the business practices of the giant mortgage lender at the center of the subprime mess.


EU, U.S. agree tentative "open skies" deal

The European Union and United States agreed on Friday to the outlines of a new pact to open transatlantic aviation markets, smoothing over a rift on airline ownership in the hope of boosting traffic and creating jobs.


A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the âflesh-eatingâ MRSA bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported on Monday.


The river otter, that wily and playful critter adored by the public, is overrunning Ohio.


Napoli, 16:15 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; MARINO: CON SAMP CI VORRA' GRANDE PROVA

Pierpaolo Marino invita i tifosi del Napoli a restare con i piedi per terra. ''C'è grande att...


Vick Agrees to $100 Million, 10-Year Deal

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick smiles as he watches his teammates from the sideline during a training camp practice in this Aug. 8, 2003 photo, in Greenville, SC Vick agreed to a 10-year contract


It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton.


N.F.L. Roundup: Moss and Samuel Practice, but Their Status Is Uncertain

Coach Bill Belichick said he was not sure if Randy Moss would play Sunday in the Patriotsâ opener on the road against the Jets.


Treasuries Benefit on Spike in Crude Oil

Treasury debt prices climbed on Monday  as investors bet oil prices near record highs might dent U.S.  consumption and force the Federal Reserve to slow the pace of  interest rate hikes.


E-Loan Inc. EELN.O, an online  lender, on Monday said it entered into an agreement with eBay  Inc. EBAY.O to provide financing to consumers who buy cars  and motorcycles through the online auctioneer.


Some prominent advertisers have pulled their sponsorships for NBCâs strike-subdued Golden Globes coverage, media buyers said.


Convinced the US economy is prospering, President Bush in his second term will put even greater emphasis on tax reform, economic experts said Wednesday.


Iraq Group Takes Japanese Hostage; Troops to Stay

A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese hostage in Iraq if  Tokyo did not withdraw its troops, but Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi said Japan's contingent would stay put.


Wayne Shorter: 'Happening,' and Meandering, a Burst at a Time

The jazz great talks about composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, and about "Footprints," a new two-disc retrospective of Mr. Shorter's music.


Diageo, the world's biggest spirits company, is selling most of its 20% stake in US food company General Mills to ease its Â£4.5bn ($8bn) debt burden.


Pakistan Military Plays Down 'Terror Summit' Report

Pakistan's military Monday played  down a report in the latest edition of Time magazine describing  what it called a "summit of terrorists" held in March in  lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.


US Democrats compromise to get support for energy bill

Senate Democrats stripped Thursday two key provisions from a sweeping energy bill aimed at reducing US reliance on foreign oil in order to gain support from the Republican minority.


Claudio Ranieri resigns as manager of Italian Serie A side Parma and is expected to take over at Manchester City.


AMD's share price catches up with Intel's

AFTER THE FEVERED speculation earlier this week about Dell using AMD microprocessors, the unthinkable nearly happened yesterday. The price of a share in AMD finished on the NYSE exchange yesterday at $21.


Though all involved do good work, Phantom isn't really a great filmâWeber's show is all spectacle, no substance, a pop opera for the massesâbut it's great entertainment.


Beware hazardous counterfeit cigarettes, smokers warned

Smokers were issued a stark government warning to beware of smuggled cigarettes, which while cheap are often faked and made with highly dangerous contaminated tobacco.


Historic Pearl Brewery to become solar gem

Blog: It doesn't produce beer anymore, but the facility will accommodate a 200-kilowatt array of solar panels.


TORONTO -- Canada will extend its military mission in Afghanistan only if another NATO country puts more soldiers in the dangerous south, the prime minister said Monday, echoing the recommendation of an independent panel to withdraw without additional forces.


Mitsubishi Chemical to Take Full Control of Vinyl Chloride JV

Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Wednesday that it will effectively take full control of vinyl chloride resin maker Advanced Plastics Compound Co., a joint venture between a Mitsubishi Chemical unit and Sumitomo Bakelite Co. , possibly on Oct. 1.


BlackRock Paying $375 Million for State Street Research

MetLife expects the transaction to have a positive impact to net income of between $145 million and $165 million. Shares of New York-based BlackRock, an investment management firm, rose $1.


Attacks disrupt some credit card transactions

Flood of data interrupts Authorize.net's credit card processing for Internet merchants, leaving the company scrambling.


Imperial Tobacco says agrees deal to buy Altadis

Britain's Imperial Tobacco  has agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis  for 16.2 billion euros ($22.4 billion) cash, including debt, to strengthen its position as the world's No.4 cigarette maker.


There are echoes of Jesse Jacksonâs candidacy as the battle for the Democratic nomination once again roars across the South, focused squarely on African Americans.


The Detroit Lions went three full seasons without winning an away game, setting an NFL record for road futility. They ended that ignominious streak Sunday in their first opportunity of the season, beating the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field...


WASHINGTON -- Mall developer The Mills Corp. said Tuesday that it now plans to accept a $1.6 billion takeover bid by Simon Property Group Inc. and the hedge fund Farallon Capital Management LLC, spurning a lower offer from Canadian company Brookfield Asset Management that Mills agreed to last month.


Millionaire president expected to win Madagascar election

The giant Indian Ocean island of Madagascar began voting on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Marc Ravalomanana, a self-made dairy tycoon.


Yankees manager Torre gets 2,000th career win

New York Yankees manager Joe Torre became the 10th manager in Major League history to reach 2,000 career wins on Thursday.


Iraq Militants Issue Hostage Death Threat to Japan

Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's  militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said  worked with Japan's forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw  its troops from the country within 48 hours.


Piracy costs 100 billion dlrs plus a year: WIPO

Counterfeiting and piracy costs the global economy at least 100 billion dollars (77 billion euros) each year, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation warned.


The health insurer Aetna posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit yesterday as membership increased, and it projected that next yearâs earnings would grow faster than Wall Street expected.


Exquisite colour images of the Martian surface give a tantalising glimpse into the Red Planet's watery past.


Microsoft offers governments sharing tools

As part of its ongoing efforts to woo public sector customers, Microsoft Corp. has begun giving governments tools for collaborating and sharing technology information with other organizations so that they can learn from each other's experiences and cut development costs.


Alice Keller is reusing the materials from an old house on her property to build a new one.


U.S.-led air raid kills 11 in Afghanistan: doctor

GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Nine police and two civilians were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, a provincial doctor said on Thursday, but the coalition said Taliban fighters had been killed.


NEW YORK  - People with peanut allergy and   their partners should not kiss, or share utensils, if the   partner has recently eaten peanut-containing food, an allergist   from New York advises in a report published this month.


Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy

Google will spend up to $175 million in its first round of grants and investments over the next three years, officials said.


US Open Blog: Kuznetsova Survives to Reach Final

Fourth-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open winner, found her forehand and her nerves in the second set to dispatch fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze in three sets.


Per la 15/a edizione coinvolte 900 aziende


Jerusalem - Political leaders in Israel and the West Bank steeled themselves for the end of the Yasser Arafat era as the vanguard of the Palestinian nationalist struggle lay brain dead in a Paris hospital.


Emergency crews in the US state of Florida begin assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne.


Advertising: Super Bowl Glory for Amateurs With Video Cameras

Frito-Lay and Chevrolet are holding ad-making contests, with winners getting their spots used as part of Super Bowl XLI campaigns.


State Street takes big charge, top fund exec leaves

State Street Corp  said on Thursday it will take a $279 million fourth-quarter charge for legal and other costs after making bad bets on subprime mortgages and other debt, and said its investment management chief has resigned.


Time Warner Inc. has been trying to figure out what to do with its struggling AOL unit for a few years now. A potential combination of Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. could put even more pressure on the media conglomerate to take action.


Survey says sales of PDAs shot up 18.4% last year

Global shipments of hand-held computers rose 18.4 percent to 17.7 million in 2006, with Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry showing strong growth, but Palm Inc. suffering a steep decline in sales and market share, Gartner Inc. reported yesterday.


WILMINGTON, Del. Oct. 5, 2004 - PeopleSoft Inc., which has resisted hostile takeover advances from Oracle Corp. for 16 months, is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft's board said Tuesday.


Coldplay, The Darkness Rumoured To Be Considering Band Aid III

Everything's coming up Bob Geldof these days. Not only is Sir Bob in the news with the long-awaited DVD release of Live Aid this season, but now rumours are flying about a potential Band Aid III.


New Vaccine Protects Women from Cervical Cancer for Four Years

According to a study by the University of Washington, a new vaccine can prevent cervical cancer for at least four years. The vaccine works by blocking the most common strain of the human papilloma virus (HPV


Aspirin reduces death rate in heart patients

NEW YORK  - In people with stable heart disease, low-dose aspirin reduces the occurrence of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from all causes, according to a new analysis.


District Intensifies Lake McConaughy Fight

By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Jun. 2--The owner of Lake McConaughy turned up the heat Friday on upstream irrigation regulators to protect flows into the state's largest reservoir.  "Nebraska is on the verge of the worst natural resource disaster in the state's history.


Even today, people around football have opinions about Robert Irsay, and not many are favorable. Few imagined that the Colts would ever leave Baltimore, but Irsay did the unimaginable, packing the team's belongings into a fleet of Mayflower vans in the dark of night in 1984 and sending them rolling toward Indianapolis. "India-naaa-plis, you gotta be kiddin'!" cried Rosie the Balimer waitress. Irsay was immortalized in Johnny Unitas's Golden Arm restaurant: The sign on the men's room door read, "The Irsay Room."


U.S. agents smashed a Mexican drug trafficking network by arresting more than 400 people and seizing over 18 tonnes of narcotics, authorities said on Wednesday.


Forum: Should India bat first or bowl first?

A barren, grassless wicket in the middle of rain-soaked Bangalore promises a riot of spin. Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble will lead India's slow bowling attack.


CMA wants governments to sustain doctor levels

The Canadian Medical Association is calling on all levels of government to adopt a policy of self-sufficiency so that by 2015, the vast majority of doctors will have received their undergraduate education in Canada.


Incontro decisivo martedi' per firmare protocollo d'intesa


Fortnightly church attendance could be required for children to get into popular faith schools, a Church figure suggests.


The Miami Herald South Florida, U.S.A. Column: Miss May's Play Date

By Nicholas Spangler, The Miami Herald  Feb. 2--Miss May 1998 was in town, courtesy of Playboy. She'd taken a lounge in the South Seas Hotel on Collins Avenue. Sony had filled the lounge with PlayStations and big-screen televisions.


GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan  - Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest next to her father in the family mausoleum on Friday after the opposition leader's assassination plunged Pakistan into crisis and triggered violent protests.


Did Tatiana, the tiger that killed a zoo-goer on Christmas Day, attack for no reason? Did she have a bone to pick with men who taunted her? Or could it have been stress?


Miller wins opening downhill of World Cup season

American Bode Miller stormed to victory in the opening downhill of the 2004-05 World Cup season, clocking 1min 42.75sec to finish nearly a second ahead of France's Antoine Deneriaz.


The Oracle community, says David Litchfield, shouldn't be so smug when it comes to database security.


The Jacksonville Jaguars are parting ways with quarterback Byron Leftwich after four injury-filled seasons. Coach Jack Del Rio said yesterday the team plans to trade or release the former first-round draft pick.


Yahoo seen in News Corp talks but analysts dubious

Yahoo Inc  is  reportedly in talks with News Corp (NWSa.N) to combine their  Web properties, but Wall Street analysts rained scorn on the  likelihood of a deal that can fend off Microsoft Corp's   $42.1 billion bid for Yahoo.


Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe falls to its lowest level yet, a new poll shows.


Intesa tra azienda e sindacati per aumento medio di 55 euro


Wall Street rallied on Thursday, led by technology stocks, as IBM, a bellwether for the sector set a bullish earnings tone.


Temasek, the investment arm of the Singapore government, has been granted an option to take a 4.99 per cent indirect stake in Bharti Airtel, India's leading mobile phone operator, that could be worth about $2bn based on current market prices.


UK horse racing industry disrupted by race-fixing scandal

TONY EASTLEY: The sport of kings is looking a little common in Britain today, where a race-fixing scandal has engulfed the horse racing industry.


Astronauts Discover Damage to Space Station

The discovery suggested problems for the orbiting space station that could affect ambitious plans to add two power-hungry laboratories.


Police appeal for help in tracing a man who assaulted a woman after she left a city centre pub.


East Rutherford, 08:31 - CALCIO, IRLANDA-ECUADOR 1-1 IN AMICHEVOLE

Irlanda e Ecuador hanno pareggiato 1-1 (1-1) in un incontro amichevole giocato a East Rutherford (Ne...


Heat Loses to Rockets but Shaq Dominates

New uniform, same Shaq. It took Shaquille O'Neal a mere 22 minutes to show how several NBA norms remain the same despite his recent change of address. Specifically, he can still dominate Yao Ming and Dikembe Mutombo, and his touch around the basket is as good as his foul shooting is poor.


Golf, four other sports in running for Olympic inclusion

Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it notified those five sports' governing bodies


Litvinenko case now murder investigation: police

British police said on Wednesday that  they were now treating the case of poisoned former Russian spy  Alexander Litvinenko as murder.


GMTV given record two million pound fine for misconduct over its phone-ins

GMTV was fined a record two million pounds on Wednesday for failings in the way the breakfast broadcaster ran its phone-in quizzes between 2003 and 2007.


Owners of the Nokia 7610 are being warned to look out for a malicious program that renders their phone almost useless.


There is a multibillion-dollar gap between what public companies book as expenses for their executives' stock options and what they report to the IRS under two different sets of rules, according to Senate investigators and a key senator who is seeking to change the reporting system.


Palestinians battle on in Gaza, toll now 55 dead

Palestinians battled on across the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday and eight more factional fighters were killed, raising the death toll to 55 in four days of the fiercest internal fighting in months, hospital officials said.


Preferita a Northrop e Boeing per fare la navicella Orion


Return of late night, or train-wreck TV?

Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart all plan returns to late-night television the next two weeks, but aside from their familiar faces, viewers may not recognize much.


DUP warned over indefinite procrastination

Inflexible demands from the Democratic Unionist party for verifiable photographic evidence of IRA arms decommissioning may scupper any deal to win a final agreement on power sharing, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has warned.


A writers strike in Hollywood could be a factor in the dramatic rise in popularity of video sharing sites.


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


Islam harmed by hostage taking in Iraq: Erdogan

Adding his voice to those calling for the release of two French journalists abducted in Iraq last week, and who militants have threatened to execute unless France reverses its policy of banning the wearing of headscarves by Muslim students in schools


Il Wsj ospita il confronto tra i patron di Microsoft e Applele incomprensioni del passato, il buon rapporto del presente                                            Gates e Jobs, faccia a faccia "Ma il teletrasporto no..."                                                                                SemplicitÃ , 3D, multitouch e la rete: il computernon morirÃ . "Siamo qui a preoccuparci del futuro"


Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests

Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


Liechtenstein is on a roll. Andorra finally has won a game. And make no mistake, Albania looks like a threat.


Canadian Networks Consider End to Broadcast TV

Will Canada be able to keep up with the transition to digital television? Faced with the impending obsolescence of US-based analog television, Canada's broadcasters must decide how -- or whether -- to continue expensive transmitter upgrades to meet the requirements of the digital era.


U.S. Wins 800-Meter Freestyle and Breaks World Record

ATHENS, Aug. 18 Â It was a scourge from the cold war era, standing for exactly 17 years like a stubborn sliver of the Berlin Wall. It was the longest-standing record in swimming, sobering proof that the sport had not quite escaped the specter of performance-enhancing drugs.


Roma, 10:53 - CALCIO, LIPPI: FERMO PER TROPPO TEMPO, PALLONE MI MANCA

Intervista a la Repubblica per il ct campione del mondo Marcello Lippi. "A me il calcio manca tantis...


After two rounds, Roddick's still the pick

Andy Roddick is my pick to successfully defend his US Open title. But before his mission is finished he could face some difficult opponents along the way, including former world No.


Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson wants to return to coaching with a top English club.


A man who punched a 97-year-old war veteran on a packed tram in south London has been given a supervision order.


Venezuela announced a dramatic increase in royalties for foreign oil companies operating in the petroleum-rich country, El Nacional reported Monday.


Struggling French carmakers Peugeot-Citroen and Renault post lower sales for the first of the year.


Milano, 17:32 - CALCIO, KAKA': UN SOGNO VINCERE CHAMPIONS DA CAPOCANNONIERE

Soddisfazione doppia per Kakà. La Champions e il titolo di capocannoniere. ''E' fantastico po...


Tens of thousands of anti-globalization activists converged on southern Brazil Wednesday for what has become an annual ritual of opposition to corporate-sponsored capitalism and the divide between the rich and poor nations.


Acclaimed TV gangster saga "The Sopranos" won the Emmy Award as best drama on Sunday for its final season on HBO, becoming the first American series to clinch that prize after ending its prime-time run.


Tim Vine is the latest celebrity to be evicted from the BBC's Fame Academy charity contest.


Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.


The media firm founded by US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart reports strong quarterly profits.


British forces shot and killed a leading al-Qaida terrorist Monday more than a year after he embarrassed the U.S. military by making an unprecedented escape from a maximum security military prison in Afghanistan, officials said.


France is pressing on with plans for a French-language rival to 24-hour global news stations such as CNN, a minister says, adding that such a station would help France explain its foreign policy.


LEBANON, Mo. - Two brothers and a woman were charged with murder Tuesday in the death of a teenager whose skull was fractured by a baseball bat during a nighttime beating in a city park.  Police said the fight was over text messages sent to the girlfriend of one of the defendants.


Admirals Clinch No. 1 Seed for Division Tourney: They Handily Avoid Upset By Hancock

By Mike Woten, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--GULFPORT -- The Gulfport Admirals kept sailing along with a convincing 82-38 victory over Hancock at the Bert Jenkins Gymnasium.


Breaking News: SCO Tries To Squeeze Discovery Out of IBM

The SCO Group has asked the Utah district court overseeing its $5 billion suit against IBM to postpone any decision on any IBM dispositive motions - like the one the court is supposed to hear on Wednesday seeking a partial summary judgment in IBM's favor


Air Is Knocked From Titans' McNair Once Again

Quarterback Steve McNair left Tennessee's 20-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings yesterday after aggravating the bruised chest that kept him in the hospital for two nights last month.


At Your Command: Ford, Microsoft Team to Bring Technology into Vehicles This Fall

By Ja'Rena Lunsford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 7--Ford Motor Co. is teaming up with Microsoft hoping to capitalize on an area they have yet to corner: technology.


The Times of London has published its final edition as a broadsheet newspaper. Today, it relaunches as a tabloid. The Times is the second British newspaper to move to a smaller, more commuter-friendly format in a bid to reverse slumping sales.


4 ASEAN nations vow to further sub-regional cooperation

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), four less-developed countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on Sunday vowed tofurther their sub-regional


Treasury Rekindles Social Security Debate

The Bush administration stepped up its attempt to build support for restructuring Social Security yesterday, saying in a Treasury Department report what it has said elsewhere: that the popular program will require either tax increases or cuts in benefits to remain viable in its current form.


Google unveiled a new search tool yesterday that's capable of scanning both the Internet and the files on a personal computer, beating Microsoft out of the gates and significantly raising the stakes in the search-engine wars. -washingtonpost.com


A last-gasp goal has helped Chelsea win their lead again and propelled the Blues to the League Cup final four. Jose Mourinho's men took a 55th minute lead with a deflected shot


University of Toledo junior quarterback Bruce Gradkowski didnât get his act together until after he broke his right hand, until after he separated his left shoulder, until after


UNITED NATIONS - Russia introduced a draft resolution Monday calling for a new list of suspects who would be subject to extradition in a stepped-up global campaign against terrorism. China welcomed it but Pakistan and other Security Council members eyed the proposal with caution...


Downloads to jeopardise trade talks, says White House Russian download store Allofmp3.com today responded with defiance to fresh US claims its activities are stalling Russia's attempts to join the World Trade Organisation.â¦


TV torture scenes trouble human rights activists

Desperate to get answers from a terrorism suspect who is refusing to talk, steely eyed U.S. intelligence agent Jack Bauer bursts into an interrogation room and shoots the prisoner in the leg.


MANILA - L'italiano Andrea Cianferoni, che era stato sequestrato nell'isola di Mindanao (sud delle Filippine), e' stato liberato oggi (mercoledi'). Lo ha annunciato un portavoce dell'esercito. ''Una buona


Anne Heche heats up Alaska with "Men in Trees"

What might happen if  prissy barmaid Diane from "Cheers" wandered into the town of  eccentrics depicted in "Northern Exposure?" It could look a lot  like the premiere episode of "Men in Trees," a surprisingly  refreshing romantic comedy drama full of appealing characters.


Lilly profit rises as sales eclipse forecasts

Eli Lilly and Co  on Tuesday  said fourth-quarter profit rose on higher-than-expected sales  of its medicines, including strong demand for its newer  treatments for depression, diabetes and cancer.


Top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain a cushion of spare supplies of up to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) to meet future demand growth.


IBM CORP. announced Wednesday that it has created the most powerful computer ever, besting a Japanese machine that has held the world record for computing power for three years.


JAKARTA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he has no idea if the detention of Myanmar Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt will affect the democratic process in the country.


Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Justin Strzelczyk probably suffered a mental breakdown before he led New York state troopers on a highway chase that ended in the fiery head-on crash that killed him, according to a newspaper.


GE to Buy Water Treatment Co for $1.1 Bln

BOSTON  - General Electric Co.  will buy Ionics Inc.  for $1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business, one of its major growth initiatives, the companies said on Wednesday.


Serbia lines up wholesale rejection of Kosovo plan

Serbia will reject every element of a  U.N. plan for Kosovo that points to the creation of "another  Albanian state" during final talks beginning on Wednesday in  Vienna, a senior Serbian official said.


Cancer centers founder Benjamin dies at 80

LOS ANGELES -- Harold Benjamin, who established a national network of support centers for cancer patients after his wife developed breast cancer, has died.


Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) and Nvidia have announced that the companies have been collaborating on bringing advanced graphics and computer entertainment technology to SCEI's next-generation computer entertainment system.


VMware bugs highlight virtualization security risks

(InfoWorld) - A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware's virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system. VMware has updated its products to fix the security bugs, disclosed Wednesday, but users who have not updated their software could face serious security risks thanks to a trio of flaws in the DHCPÂ server that ships with VMware. The DHCP software is used to assign IP addresses to the different virtual machines running within VMware, but IBM researchers discovered that it can be exploited to gain control of the computer. That could be very bad news for someone running a lot of applications on the same VMware box, said Tom Cross, a researcher with IBM's Internet Security Systems group. "By exploiting this vulnerability, you get complete control of any of the machines that are running on that virtual environment," he said. IBM's researchers have developed exploit code for three separate flaws in the DHCP software, all of which are now patched, Cross said. In order to attack a system, however, an attacker would first need to gain access to software running within the virtual machine. Typically VMware's DHCP server is not configured to be accessible to systems on other machines. Virtualization software is one of the hottest areas in enterprise IT these days. Enterprises are increasingly looking at this type of product as a way to cut down on datacenter costs. VMware lets a single computer act as if it is a kind of mini datacenter, running a number of separate virtual machines on the same box. These virtual machines act as if they are truly separate from one another. They can run different operating systems, and if one virtual machine crashes, it does not affect the others on the server. VMware is also extremely popular with security researchers, who set up virtual machines on their PCs to test potentially malicious code without putting their computers at risk. Unfortunately, this architecture also gives attackers a single point of failure: the VMware software itself. "This is important because servers often run a vulnerable machine in one VM and have supersecret information in another VM, isolated by VMWare," said Dave Aitel, CTO with security vendor Immunity, in an e-mail interview. "VMWare ESX has been getting massively popular among hosting environments, so this sort of bug becomes a force multiplier if you can find a remote vulnerability in a [virtual machine]." The DCHP flaws affect VMware's ACE, Player, Server, and Workstation products running on Linux and the Windows operating system, IBM said. VMware, a division of EMC, has also patched a fourth serious flaw in its software, discovered by McAfee. This one could also be used to run unauthorized code on a VMware machine, but it would be difficult for an attacker to exploit, said David Marcus, security research and communications manager with McAfee's Avert Labs. "The attacker has to pass a whole bunch of parameters to the vulnerable service," he said. "You have to be engaging in some behavior inside that VMware machine to get the [exploit code] to work. So it's certainly not easy to exploit." Still, Marcus agreed with Cross that virtual machines will get more attention from security researchers in the near future. "If you have the ability to attack that virtual machine and get outside that virtual machine shell to the host OS, then you can gain control of every virtual machine that's on the box."


It's 20 degrees outside in southern Idaho's dairy country, but 100,000 angelfish swim contentedly in steaming water pumped from hot springs into Ken Ashley's geothermal greenhouse.


In a move that IAC/InterActive Corporation (Nasdaq: IACI) says will improve the company's outlook by investors, it plans to spin off its travel websites.


Judge wants speed on Abu Ghraib evidence

A military judge today warned the US government that the slowness of its investigations into alleged abuse at an Iraqi prison could derail the cases against the accused soldiers.


In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers

A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl.


Up to three million Muslims gather in Bangladesh for one of the world's biggest group prayer events.


Bishops chide Spain over same-sex marriage

The Spanish government's plans to legalize same-sex marriage was lambasted by the Roman Catholic Church, the BBC reported Tuesday.


UK technology agency Becta lodges an official complaint over Microsoft's school licensing agreements.


Rebels Strike Iraqi Forces After Bin Laden Call

Guerrillas killed 17 Iraqi policemen  and tried to assassinate a National Guard general with a car  bomb on Tuesday, hours after Osama bin Laden called on Iraqis  to boycott next month's election.


Doctors use gene therapy to treat two boys with the rare nervous disorder made famous through the film "Lorenzo's Oil".


Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies

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


Aircraft crashes with up to 18 people off Venezuela

A plane carrying up to 18 people, including a group of eight Italians, crashed into the sea close to a group of Venezuelan islands on Friday after reporting engine trouble, officials said.


Docente avrebbe schiaffeggiato e offeso piu' volte 5 alunni


Seagate Ushers In the Terabyte Era with Barracuda ES.2

It's one of those inevitable events that still sounds incredible when you finally hear it for real: Seagate announced yesterday it's preparing to deliver 1 terabyte (TB) consumer-grade internal hard drives during the third quarter of this year.


: Plagued by violence and fearing reprisals, many of Iraq's Sunnis said today they had resolved to stay at home on election day long before Osama bin Laden said anyone who voted was a infidel.


Jonny Wilkinson's predictable elevation to the England captaincy is generally being greeted with the trusty old quote: "It's a dream come true".


Allawi threatens military force in Fallujah if residents don't ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq's prime minister says his forces "will not be lenient" in a crackdown on Fallujah if the city doesn't turn over a notorious Jordanian militant.


SocGen under pressure as rogue trader released

Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about rogue trader Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain why his trades were not discovered sooner.


Suspicious Powder Found at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia

Suspicious white powder has been  found in an envelope that arrived at the U.S. embassy in  Malaysia and three staff members quarantined, an embassy  official and police said on Monday.  "A letter was delivered that had a suspicious powder in it,"  said an embassy spokesman in Kuala Lumpur. "The powder is being  sent for testing."


Sony May Miss Target for PSP Europe Launch -- Source

Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. could miss its end-March target for the European launch of its new handheld game machine PlayStation Portable (PSP), a company source told Reuters on Friday.


Mercato attende nuovi dati congiunturali, previsti in calo


PeopleSoft's board ousted Craig Conway as chief executive last week after learning why he misled Wall Street analysts about the impact on his company's business of Oracle's hostile takeover bid.


San Francisco police probe fatal zoo attack

San Francisco police on Wednesday investigated whether a Siberian tiger had help in escaping its zoo habitat before it killed a teenager and injured two other people on Christmas Day.


ConnectR communications robot lets you see who's talking and follow them around the room.


Champions: per la Roma un ritorno da incubo

Gara sospesa alla fine del primo tempo: un oggetto colpisce al volto l'arbitro Frisk. In arrivo sconfitta a tavolino e maxi-squalifica del campo. La Dinamo Kiev era andata meritatamente in vantaggio. Giallorossi nervosi.


Barack Obama accuses Hillary Rodham Clinton of making an "unfortunate" remark about Martin Luther King Jr. She retorts that King's a hero to her Â and no one should be thinking Obama is a new MLK.


CHARLESTON, S.C. - Residents steeled themselves for a battering early Sunday as Tropical Storm Gaston, just under hurricane strength, picked up speed as it spun toward the South Carolina coast...


Koren Robinson returned to Seattle's practice Thursday after a one-day absence to rest a sore right hip.


Report: Latinos more exposed to health risks

ged with smog, Latinos are disproportionately exposed to health threats, according to a report released Wednesday by an environmental group.


U.S. security scares foreign visitors away

GRAND CANYON, Arizona  - Maryellen Fleming-Hoffman manages a gift store on the plunging rim of the Grand Canyon, where visitors come to marvel at one of the world's greatest attractions.


Analysis: Business is booming between the two Asian juggernauts, but decades of geopolitical hostility remain unresolved


Facebook's New Faces Anger College Students: Facebook.Com's Plans to Expand Beyond the College Crowd Angers Some Users

By Bridget Carey, The Miami Herald  Sep. 19--David Ladolcetta does not want his parents poking him. And thousands other college students feel the same way.


Iraq, ong italiane rapite: qualche segnale di speranza

La diffusione del video con le immpagini di Simona Pari e Simona Torretta, le due volontarie italiane rapite in Iraq, sulle principali tv arabe ha riacceso flebili speranze all'interno dell'associazione cui appartengono le due donne, 'Un ponte per..'.


Actress Rodriguez released early from L.A. jail

Actress Michelle Rodriguez has been released from jail after serving 17 days of a six-month sentence for probation violation, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. said on Thursday.


Police have praised the actions of Ozzy Osbourne who "very courageously" tackled a burglar in his Buckinghamshire home. Rock Star Ozzy grabbed the intruder, who then broke free and jumped from a first floor


DENVER Dec 28, 2004 - The Denver Nuggets fired coach Jeff Bzdelik on Tuesday on the heels of a six-game losing streak and a lackluster start to the season.


Inaugurazione anno scolastico 2006-2007 il 18/9 al Quirinale


Roma, 11:22 - Tennis, Australian Open: Clijsters non ci sarÃ

Kim Clijsters ha ufficializzato che non sarÃ  presente agli Australian Open, primo torneo del Grande ...


A satellite-alert system launches in quake-prone Japan that will instantly trigger tsunami and volcanic activity warnings by siren and radio to help speed evacuations. By the Associated Press.


Dosanjh slams doctors over on-line prescriptions

VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says doctors and pharmacists who give prescriptions to Americans without meeting them first are being unethical.


Six climbers were killed on Thursday in the Swiss Alps, rescuers in the village of Lauterbrunnen in central Switzerland said.


Pedophile Behind Web Site Moves to California: He Visited and Rated Whatcom County Events

By Zoe Fraley, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 1--UPDATED AT 5 P.M.   The self-proclaimed pedophile behind the "Seattle-Tacoma-Everett Girl Love" Web site has left Washington -- and its child-friendly events -- for the warmer climes of California.


Russia's president denounces calls for him to talk to Chechen separatists after the siege that killed hundreds.


The deposed chief justice of Pakistan says President Musharraf is an "extremist general" for sacking him.


Firenze, 17:49 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; LIVERANI: GRANDE RISPETTO PER IL MILAN

Il centrocampista della Fiorentina Fabio Liverani analizza il Milan, prossimo avversario dei viola n...


_ Consumer confidence declined in November for a fourth consecutive month, a private research group reported Tuesday, reflecting doubts about the economy once the holidays are past.