Gov't pledges to 'seriously' study report of 100,000 Iraqi deaths

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the government would study "in a very serious way" a report that around 100,000 civilians in Iraq had died as a result of the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.


Bush Calls for Simplifying Military Disability System

The proposals would pull apart a convoluted system that gave both the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs authority over determining benefits and care provided to injured soldiers.


Developers are cashing in on demand for luxury housing in such spots as Russia, Bulgaria and Poland.


New Jersey asks Taco Bells to throw out their food

New Jersey health officials addressing an E.coli outbreak on Wednesday asked Taco Bell restaurants in the state to throw out all their food and better train workers in hygiene and food handling.


Web beautification for mobile Mobile World Congress Cross-platform tools specialist Trolltech has updated its popular Qt framework by integrating the WebKit browser engine.â¦


Rather than scrap the ailing Saturn brand, General Motors is drawing Saturn back into its corporate hive to cut costs and bolster a limited product lineup.


Fassino richiama a senso responsabilita', quello ci sara'


French newspaper says Sarkozy might have wed Bruni

A French newspaper reported on Monday  that President Nicolas Sarkozy might have married his new  girlfriend Carla Bruni last week, but the mother of the former  Italian supermodel said she was unaware of any secret nuptials.


Outcome of an Ad Contest Starts an Uproar on YouTube

Some YouTube users cried foul when they saw the winning video in a Malibu Caribbean Rum user-generated advertising contest.


FA hierarchy squander their moral duties

Such are the warped judgment values presently infecting Soho Square that the main surprise at Adrian Mutu's drug hearing yesterday was that the Football Association didn't offer the cocaine


Tycho:  Turbulence surrounding the compulsory installation of the PS3's Devil May Cry 4, a procedure which is epic in length, was eventually answered by the scuttling drones of the official Capcom Blog.  Their response, only loosely interpreted, is that complaining about it is dumb - and if you complain about it, then you are dumb.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democrat John Kerry said Monday that President Bush sent troops into war without necessary equipment and accused the commander in chief of "arrogant boasting that he's done everything right in Iraq."  "Mr...


Napoli, 21:42 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: REJA NON PENSA A DIMISSIONI

Il calcio Napoli, attraverso il suo ufficio stampa, smentisce le voci secondo cui Edy Reja si sarebb...


US Trsy "glad to see" UK idea on poor country debt

A US Treasury Department spokesman on Monday gave a positive, though muted, reception to a British proposal to ease the debt of heavily indebted poor countries, which was unveiled over the weekend.


US President George W Bush says he is evaluating the implications of a damning report on US policy in Iraq.


RICHMOND, Va. -- The man who provided prosecutors most of the information that led to Michael Vick's downfall was sentenced to two months in prison Friday for his role in the NFL star's dogfighting ring.


Israeli troops killed three Palestinians yesterday, the second day of an Israeli raid in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza, witnesses and hospital officials said.


The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Tuesday said it has identified the kidnappers of a BBC journalist abducted in Gaza by four masked gunmen, and hopes to free him soon


French president Nicolas Sarkozy leads the tributes to mime artist Marcel Marceau, who has died aged 84.


UN warns of child malnutrition in Myanmar

A third of children aged under five in Myanmar are suffering from malnutrition because of the failure of the military regime to reform the country, the World Food Program (WFP) said.


China man dies after three-day Internet session

A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday as China seeks to wean Internet addicts offline.


Harry Sinden, president of the Boston Bruins for the last 17 of his more than 40 years with the team, resigned Wednesday to become an adviser to club owner Jeremy Jacobs.


Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema e Warner Bros, quattro tra le piÃ¹ importanti major di Holliwood, hanno scelto di adottare il formato HD DVD. In ottobre la 20th Century Fox, la Columbia


A powerful earthquake is felt across Greece, shaking buildings in the capital, Athens.


France ends evacuation flights from Ivory Coast as anti-foreigner ...

France on Monday ended one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa -- an airlift that flew more than 5,000 Westerners and others from violence pitting France against its former West African colony.


Bids topped $10,000 Thursday on an Internet auction site for what an animal rights group says are notes from football star Michael Vick's speech apologizing for a dogfighting scandal.


"Bella," a romantic drama by Mexican   director Alejandro Monteverde, was the surprise winner of the   top award at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday, while the   contentious "Death of a President" took home a critics' prize.


The rate of sudden unexplained cardiac death  is around eight times higher than thought, warn experts.


36 U.S. Troops Die in Iraq in Their Bloodiest Day

Thirty-one U.S. troops were reported  killed in a helicopter crash and five more died in insurgent  attacks Wednesday in the deadliest day for American forces  since they invaded Iraq 22 months ago.


According to a report in the Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks have signed third baseman Troy Glaus to a four-year contract worth $45 million.


Report: Ga. Sheriff Illegally Used Labor

A sheriff in eastern Georgia illegally used inmate labor for private purposes, including making repairs at his home and working on his re-election campaign, a newspaper reported Sunday.


A breakdown in an international undersea cable network disrupted Internet links to Egypt, India and Gulf Arab countries on Wednesday, and Egypt said it could take days  to return to normal.


U.S. employers probably increased their hiring slightly in September, economists said in advance of jobs figures being released Friday, the last politically charged employment report before Election Day.


Fed Hints Will Stick to Small Rate Hikes

More U.S. interest rate increases lie ahead, but they would likely not need to be at a faster pace because inflation is contained, Federal Reserve officials said on Friday.


President Bush today plans to name Robert B. Zoellick, a career diplomat and trade negotiator, to head the World Bank, seeking to dispatch the leadership crisis that has gripped the institution under Paul D. Wolfowitz, senior administration officials said last night.


The Yusuf Islam incident earlier this week, in which the former Cat Stevens was denied entry into the US when federal officials determined he was on the government's "no-fly" antiterror list, started with a simple spelling error.


Nepal Clashes Kill 24 as Rebels Block Kathmandu Highways

Clashes between Maoist militants and government forces in western Nepal have killed at least 24 people, as a rebel-blockade shut down major highways in the capital city.


England clinched the Dubai Sevens title with a 26-21 win against Fiji to get the new world sevens series season off to a winning start.


Honeywell to Buy Novar to Expand in Building Products

Honeywell International Inc., the world's largest maker of cockpit electronics, agreed to buy Novar Plc of the UK for 798 million pounds ($1.53 billion) to expand in building products such as security, fire and ventilation systems.


Irwin pulled barb out of chest before death

Fatally injured "Crocodile Hunter" Steve   Irwin pulled a stingray's serrated barb from his chest before   he lost consciousness and died, his manager said on Tuesday as   fans worldwide mourned the exuberant naturalist.


Protesters in London and Glasgow are to urge the return of all troops from Iraq and an end to the Trident nuclear missile system.


India's News Calligraphers Do It on Deadline

The last of a vanishing breed, four katibs write stories in Urdu by hand for The Musalman, a daily paper in Chennai.


Sanguinetti, Rolleri, Tiscornia, Airola, Fagnani, Bellotti names heard throughout the sunny villages of Italy? No, these are the names heard around the hills of the Mother Lode.


U.S. terrorism trial ponders meaning of "eggplant"

Since the start of accused American "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla's trial in May, onlookers have heard about conspiracies to maim and kill, but also picnics, eggplants and lazy Miami postal workers.


Washington Cold-Shoulders Europe on Currencies

European complaints over a strengthening euro are falling on deaf ears in Washington, where officials see a weaker dollar as a key to unwinding global economic imbalances, analysts say.


CHARLTON gave their fans an early Christmas present as they saw off the challenge of London rivals Fulham to record a 2-1 win at The Valley early this morning.


OPEC Raises Output Ceiling in Bid to Bring Down Oil Prices

The move will not add any oil to the market as most of OPEC's members are already producing well above their quotas and near their maximum capacity.


Business groups on Friday urged Congress not to adjourn before addressing key trade issues, including normalizing trade relations with Vietnam and renewing several expiring acts that make it easier for developing countries to sell goods in the United States.


Bergamo, 18:56 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: RUGGERI IN CONDIZIONI CRITICHE MA STABILI

Restano critiche ma stabili le condizioni del presidente dell'Atalanta, Ivan Ruggeri, ricoverato da ...


Despite Iraq war, Arab-American Republicans stand behind Bush

Many Arab-Americans in the Republican Party say they are sticking by President George W. Bush despite the Iraq war that has stirred up anger worldwide, and their votes could prove to be crucial.


Delta CEO tells senator no merger deal yet

The chief executive of Delta Air  Lines  told a U.S. senator on Tuesday there is no merger  agreement yet with Northwest Airlines , but the two  sides continue to work toward a deal.


Strangers in Life Join Hands in Death as the Web Becomes a Tool for Suicide in Japan

About once a month since January 2002, Japan has recorded a group suicide, successful or attempted, where participants met on the Internet.


The recording industry is beginning to respond to a proposal made this week by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs calling for an open music system that would allow songs to be played on any device.


Environment officials assess the damage after 300 gallons of heating oil leaks from a tanker in a coastal town.


Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.


Proposal Would Sell National Forest Land

By Tim Thornton tim.thornton@roanoke.com 381-1669  The proposed sale of national forest land, which died amid a national storm of criticism last year, has been resurrected in President Bush's 2008 budget proposal.


ATHENS  Gary Hall Jr. resurfaced for the first time since being left off the medal race in the 4x100-meter sprint relay last weekend, and as expected, he had an opinion.


Hosenball: The Trinidad Terror Connection

The suspects in the alleged New York airport terror plot have ties to the leader of a violent militant Islamist group


A man is attacked and kicked to death  by a gang carrying pizza boxes in a street in Henley-on-Thames.


Retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc.  on Friday posted a quarterly profit, as lower advertising and payroll expenses and other cost savings offset decreased sales.


Windows Vista SP1 Will Uninstall Group Policy Management

Probably in response to a few users' bewilderment over the seemingly unrestricted accessibility of what had actually been one of Windows Vista's most requested new security tools, Group Policy Management Console, Microsoft announced today that the act of installing Vista Service Pack 1 will simply delete the tool altogether.


What will you give up, just to get some work?

What rights will you give up in order to get some work?      We are guaranteed certain protections against the tyranny of the State, but what's to stop private companies from ignoring those protections, so long as they can require us to agree to forego them in order to receive employment?


Dance Review | Merce Cunningham Company: Alternate Worlds Moving on Two Stages, Performing for One Audience

To watch Mr. Cunninghamâs company at Dia:Beacon was to see a poetically compelling exposition of parallel-universe theory.


OK, so maybe Alan Trammell did manage this game like it was the seventh game of the World Series. You know what, he's not going to apologize for it.


At least four Palestinian militants are killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.


CINEMA, IL NUOVO FILM DI MOORE FORSE SU BERLUSCONI E BLAIR

Roma, 20 ago. (Adnkronos) - Si intitola 'Twin B.', 'I gemelli B', ed e' il nuovo film cui starebbe lavorando Michael Moore, regista Palma d'oro a Cannes con la pellicola anti-Bush 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. A dare


Some investors appeared to be betting that more rate cuts would be needed after reports provided fresh evidence that consumer spending is slowing and confidence is ebbing.


UK defence firm lobbied minister to drop corruption probe: report

The British defence company at the centre of an abandoned corruption probe into a UK-Saudi Arabia weapons deals directly lobbied a key minister to drop the investigation, the Financial Times has reported.


Players hope to connect their separate domains to form a 3-D Internet.


Microsoft's research labs offer freebies

Many projects at TechFest are simply research concepts that will never come to market, but some are being made publicly available.Images: From pets to panoramas at TechFest


Iraqi troops condemned, threatened for fighting; at least 200 ...

US military officials said Monday that at least 200 Iraqi troops had deserted their posts in the American-led offensive on Fallujah, illustrating the


Gates: Longhorn changed to make deadlines

Microsoft on Friday set late 2006 as the deadline when it will ship Longhorn, the next major version of Windows. But to make that date, it had to delay the full implementation WinFS, an ambitious file system


Florida women's basketball coach Carolyn Peck was fired Monday, one day after the Gators lost their 13th consecutive game.


N.J. shutdown ends as lawmakers OK budget

Gov. Jon S. Corzine issued an executive order early Saturday that ended a weeklong state government shutdown, bringing slot machine bells noisily to life as Atlantic City casinos reopened.


House fails to overturn Bush on kids' health

The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to override President George W. Bush's veto of a plan to expand a popular children's health care program and pay for it by raising tobacco taxes.


Bush aiming new criticism at Kerry positions

President Bush is unveiling sharp new criticism aimed at Sen. John Kerry's positions on national security and domestic concerns, including taxes and Social Security, as he


What has IT got to do with the price of lettuce in China? I'll give you a hint.


Fire aboard Russian nuclear sub kills two

A fire on board a Russian nuclear   submarine in the Barents Sea killed two crew members but there   was no threat of a radiation leak, the navy said on Thursday.


The social news site tries to curb fraud by changing the way community members promote its stories. The move sparks protest among the site's top users. In Monkey Bites


A woman stabbed to death and set on fire on Eastbourne seafront had also been sexually assaulted, police say.


Bush declares 'beginning of the end for extremists'

President George W. Bush predicted in an interview broadcast that the fight against terrorism, which has been a centerpiece of his presidency, will be won within the next generation if the United States stays the course he has charted.


Jaguars' Taylor Gets First Pro Bowl Trip

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor will replace injured Pittsburgh running back Willie Parker to make his first Pro Bowl team.


John Szarkowski, Curator of Photography, Dies at 81

John Szarkowski was a curator who almost single-handedly elevated photographyâs status in the last half-century to that of a fine art.


NBA Hawks impose one-game ban on Georgian center

Georgian center Zaza Pachulia has been suspended for one game by the Atlanta Hawks for conduct detrimental to the team, the National Basketball Association club announced here Tuesday.


Record priest-abuse settlement in California

An agreement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to pay $100 million to settle 87 sex-abuse claims against priests probably will set a standard that


Clemens Saga Is Upstaging Santana Trade Talks

In this space two weeks ago, I wrote that the most popular baseball game of the winter was the Minnesota Twinsâ attempt to trade Johan Santana. Iâm not so sure I was right.


When IBM started talking about its next generation version of WebSphere Appli-cation Server (code named Vela) late last year, company officials were all hopped up about how the upcoming product was to be the first componentized version of the server.


DreamWorks Animation IPO Set at 29M Shares

Underwriters for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., producer of the blockbuster "Shrek" movies, Tuesday set the terms of the company's pending initial public offering at 29 million common shares, with an estimated price range of $23 to $25 a share.


The simplest thing you can do to pay less and earn more.


Explosive Found in Wreckage of Second Russian Jet

Explosives have been found in the wreckage of the second of two jets which crashed almost simultaneously this week, Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday.


AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Oltre al generale Randrianafidisoa anche 7 ufficiali ricercati per il pronunciamento militare della settimana scorsa. Timori per il rispetto della libertÃ  di stampa Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- Dopo la sparatoria di sabato mattina, 18 novembre, la calma Ã¨ ritornata nella Base Aeronavale di Ivato, secondo quanto riferiscono allÂAgenzia Fides fonti locali. Il Generale Randrianafidisoa Ã¨ riuscito a prendere la fug...


When the former coach of the Oakland Raiders traveled to Miami Monday to spend nearly five hours being interviewed for an opening that was, for all intents and purposes, already closed, Shell understood the situation.


Register to win a $2,400 scholarship for you or a family member. Simply fill out the 3-step form for additional information from any of our colleges and you will automatically be entered.


India 'confident' of resolving wine, spirits market row with EU

India's trade minister said he was "confident" a row with the European Union over access to the Indian spirits market will be resolved without invoking World Trade Organisation rules.


A Navy student pilot ejected safely just before his T-45 Goshawk jet trainer crashed Thursday on the King Ranch in South Texas.


Personal Finance Updates for Clinton, McCain Available at CQ Site

An updated list of personal financial reports submitted by members of Congress Ã¢ÂÂ including the long-awaited filings from  top-tier 2008 presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain Ã¢ÂÂ are posted online by Political MoneyLine, Congressional QuarterlyÃ¢ÂÂs Web-based publication on money and politics.


Death toll mounts: Quake, tsunami kill more than 22,500

GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Bodies stacked up in hospitals and on beaches Monday, raising fears of disease in an arc of destruction left by a monster earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 22,500 people.


Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian Elena Dementieva to win the US Open.


Roma, 21:05 - CALCIO, CATTANEO: RAI TERRA' DIRITTI RADIO

''La Rai terrÃ  per sÃ¨ questi diritti'': il direttore generale della tv pubblica Flavio Cattaneo Ã¨ in...


ADV: $175,000 Mortgage for Under $730/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


EU should forget differences on Iraq â Dutch FM

BRUSSELS, November 5 (Itar-Tass) - The European Union âshould forgetâ its internal differences on Iraq and give a âsignalâ about readiness to participate in the countryâs restoration, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said at the EU summit in


Dutch Cell Linked to Filmmaker's Murder Slipped Net

European countries were on the trail of  militants linked to the slaying of Dutch filmmaker Theo van  Gogh for months before the murder, but lacked evidence to break  up the cell until too late, security sources say.


PC World, Orange, and Pipex sneeze out broadband offers

Hardly Christmas come early, though... In a flurry of broadband selling activity, several firms are gunning for your brand loyalty.â¦


Fujitsu fetes world's slimmest waterproof mobile

No Japanese bathroom should be without one, apparently Sometimes you suddenly come to your senses and ask yourself what in the world you are doing. This happened to me today, as I was taking pictures of a bikini-clad beauty who was brandishing a mobile phone while standing up to her knees in a swimming pool on the roof of a nine-storey building in central Tokyo.â¦


Disney's "Cars," "Pirates" lead foreign box office

"Pirates of the Caribbean:  Dead Man's Chest," Hollywood's newest billion-dollar baby,  ended its nine-week run atop the foreign box office Sunday,  replaced by another Disney smash, "Cars."


Gunmen kill police escorting gas firm's boat in Nigeria

Gunmen on Monday afternoon shot dead two policemen escorting a boat belonging to Nigeria's main gas company in the oil-rich south of the country, police said.


Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. reported Friday that its Rogers Wireless Inc. unit is offering about $2.35 billion in fixed and floating rate senior secured notes.


Britain Charges 8 in Terror Plot Tied to US Alert

Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday and said one had plans which could be used in terror attacks on US financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington.


While Curt Schilling had a performance befitting a King on Friday night, Mark Buehrle and the White Sox were all shook up. The 38,720 fans who attended "Elvis Night" at US Cellular Field


Tim Henman gets under way again against Feliciano Lopez in the second round at Wimbledon.


Fabiola DePaula's quest for beauty took her to a condominium basement, where authorities say she paid an unlicensed doctor $3,300 for a nose job and liposuction performed on a massage table.


Go Ahead and Widen Flu Shots, CDC Tells States

Fearing that a flu vaccine shortage may turn into a glut, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday more people should get shots so the vaccines don't go to waste.


Palestinian presidential candidate detained by Israeli police

A spokeswoman for Mustafa Barghouti said police detained him in the Old City of Jerusalem. She said police told Barghouti he was in the area illegally.


TOKYO/DETROIT  - General Motors Corp.  on Tuesday posted a steeper-than-expected 24 percent drop in U.S. sales in June as local automakers lost share to Toyota Motor Corp.  and other Japanese brands, and demand sputtered overall in the face of high gas prices and a weak housing market.


Cuba holds municipal polls starting a process that will lead to the election of a new National Assembly.


Boeing says to ink Vietnam Air 7E7 deal in Q1 2005

Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to finalise a contract with Vietnam Airlines in the first quarter of 2005 for four 7E7 planes, which are worth around $500 million at list price.


Slovenia stun Italy as Cesar cuts down Lippi

Slovenia pulled off a famous result yesterday, defeating Italy to go top of Group Five. A solitary goal by Bostjan Cesar after 82 minutes gave the hosts victory in Celje to inflict a first World Cup qualifying group defeat on Marcello Lippi's side.


Birth Control Allowed for Maine Middle Schoolers

The Portland, Me., school board voted to allow middle-school students to gain access to prescription birth control medications without notifying parents.


Tommy Docherty believes the future looks grim for the Scotland national team - no matter who succeeds Berti Vogts. Former Manchester United manager Docherty was not the least bit surprised when Vogts resigned from his post on Monday.


Two former Mitsubishi Truck workers are sentenced over the death of a woman caused by truck faults.


Five weightlifters are suspended Thursday for flunking drug tests they took before the Olympics, including two who were pulled out just before walking to the lifting stand.


La scorsa settimana l'indice ha segnato -0,2%


Sharon rejects settler demands over Gaza withdrawal

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a nationwide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, escalating an increasingly bitter dispute between the one-time allies.


No a risoluzione politica estera:158 si' ne servivano 160


Google opens up Print Ads to more advertisers

Blog: Google opens Print Ads to all its AdWords customers, allowing them to buy ad space in more than 225 newspapers around the U.S.


Don't forget about financial strength and competitive forces.


The last 14 seasons have not exactly been kind to the Redskins, so one can't be blamed for wallowing in a healthy dose of irrational exuberance in the wake of Monday night's victory


A suicide bomber drives a vehicle laden with explosives into a police station near Tikrit, killing at least 12.


At least seven oil workers are reportedly seized by gunmen as they lay pipelines off Nigeria's southern coast.


Rumsfeld Sees Retaking of Samarra as Model

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday portrayed the retaking of the Iraqi city of Samarra over the weekend by US and Iraqi forces as a model for the military


Major chains refuse to play Bush death film

Newmarket Films set  itself an unusual challenge when it decided to release the  controversial faux investigative documentary "Death of a  President" just six weeks after acquiring the movie at the  Toronto International Film Festival last month.


Tokyo's Nikkei closed up 0.45 percent on  Wednesday as a number of exporters, including Toyota Motor  Corp., extended gains after a higher finish on Wall Street  eased concerns about surging oil prices.


Slog through the gunk of Darling the grease processor, and you'll find a gem of an investment.


Lebanon Bans Da Vinci Code After Catholics Object

Lebanon has banned Dan Brown's bestselling novel "The Da Vinci Code" after Catholic leaders complained it was offensive to Christianity.


English clubs sabotage Wallabies' tour opener

THE opening Test of the Wallabies' tour of Europe has been sabotaged by the refusal of English clubs to release players to Scotland's cause in Edinburgh on November 6. Scotland coach Matt Williams is irate


Japan's Nikkei share average rose half a percent to its highest close in five months on Tuesday after the release of economic data that supported views that Japan's economic slowdown would be temporary.


An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude rattled Taiwan's capital Taipei early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said.


Manchester United's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy claims he is innocent after being charged with serious foul play by the Football Association.


Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson was in critical condition on Thursday after brain surgery, the U.S. Capitol physician said, an illness that could deprive Democrats of their precarious hold on the incoming Senate.


Islam: Borghezio, no al burqa ormai simbolo di morte

Il parlamentare europeo della Lega Mario Borghezio si schiera con Cristian Tolettini, sindaco di Drezzo, in provincia di Como, che ha multato Sabrina Varroni, l'italiana convertita all'Islam per aver indossato il burqa.


Washington, 11:52 - CALCIO, USA: ADU RESTA IN PATRIA

La giovane stella del calcio americano, il 17enne Freddy Adu, resta negli Usa. Il giocatore infatti,...


Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings because Britain failed to guarantee the art would be returned.


Tension was high in Ukraine Saturday as the nation prepared to vote for a new president in an election that pits West against East.


The creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded a bank out of $20 million dollars.


Iraqi leader tells Fallujah: Give up al-Zarqawi, or else

As anxiety mounted over a feared wave of insurgent violence during the sacred Muslim month of Ramadan, which begins tomorrow, two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed


Il crocefisso resta a scuola: lo stabilisce la Corte ...

Il Crocifisso non sarÃ  tolto dalle aule scolastiche. La Corte Costituzionale ha giudicato infatti "inammissibile" il ricorso del Tar del Veneto. Il Tribunale amministrativo del Veneto aveva impugnato le norme


U.S. Cocaine Seizures Hit Record, But Prices Steady

The U.S. Coast Guard seized a record  240,518 pounds of cocaine worth $7.7 billion over the past  year, thanks partly to faster ships that are no longer outrun  by drug smugglers.


Dossier - Verso lÂAgorÃ  di Loreto Intervista con monsignor Paolo Giulietti, responsabile del Servizio nazionale per la pastorale giovanile della Cei.  Verso lÂAgorÃ  di Loreto: intervista con monsignor Mauro Parmeggiani, Prelato Segretario del Vicariato di Roma e Direttore del Servi...


Il presidente della Camera ricoverato in una clinica privata romanaE' stato sottoposto all'asportazione della ghiandola per ipertrofia benigna                                          Bertinotti operato alla prostata Il bollettino: "Condizioni soddisfacenti"                                                                                Auguri dal premier Prodi e da Fassino. Lungo applauso a Montecitorio


UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Wednesday, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.


O'Neal's suspension cut 10 games; Artest ban stays

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Jermaine O'Neal is eligible to rejoin his teammates on Saturday after winning a reduction on his suspension, but it's not known if the league will recognize the ruling.


There's a mystery in "Benji: Off the Leash!" and I'm not entirely sure it's intentional. It is this: Which of the two starring balls of adorable tan fluff is the primo poochy? The closing scene literally spells it out, but the film could ...


It's a shadow war reminiscent of cold-war conflicts in Third World countries. Russia and the United States are going head to head in Ukraine, the former Soviet republic that holds a pivotal presidential election on Oct. 31.


LONDON/NEW YORK  - Wireless telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc  said it is not planning to bid for Verizon Communications Inc , responding to a report it was considering a $160 billion offer.


La percentuale di silenti (9%) puo' fare la differenza


UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a referendum on the EU constitution will take place in 2006 if Labour wins a third term. What impact will the constitution have?


Qwest to Settle with SEC for $250 Million

Qwest Communications International  Inc. Q.N has agreed to pay $250 million to settle financial  and disclosure fraud charges, a source familiar with the matter  said on Friday.


A panel of judges approved the use of high-intensity sonar during military exercises in the Pacific, despite worries about its potentially lethal effect on whales and other marine mammals.


France's foreign minister offers to apologise to Iraq for seeming to meddle in its internal affairs.


A Federal Communications Commission proposal would relax decades-old rules, including one that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same city.


Judge terminates rocker Courtney Love's probation

A Los Angeles judge brought an early end to Courtney Love's probation on drug and assault charges on Monday, telling the tearful singer she had earned it by completing a substance abuse program.


Afghan Kidnap Group's Claims True, Say Diplomats

A militant Islamic group claiming responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners working for the United Nations in Afghanistan has provided proof it has the hostages, diplomatic and security sources said on Saturday.


Calgary - Ralph Klein offered a grudging apology Friday for remarks about disabled people receiving government assistance, after first saying "sorry" wasn't necessary.


Componente del board vede in aumento rischio inflazione


Lawyers bid to block Noriega extradition to France

Lawyers for former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega moved on Wednesday to block his extradition to face money laundering charges in France when his long Florida prison sentence ends on Sunday.


Congress Poised to Pass Intelligence Reforms

The US House of Representatives cleared the way on Tuesday for passage of a sweeping overhaul of US intelligence agencies after a long wrangle and mounting pressure from families of Sept.


Scientists in Britain claim breakthrough in stem cell research

Scientists in Britain said they have produced the world's first colonies of embryonic stem cells containing the genetic defect behind cystic fibrosis, in an apparent breakthrough in the fight against the disease.


With Hit After Big Hit, Harrison Sends Message

In a span of five plays in the fourth quarter, the Patriotsâ Rodney Harrison showed the Jacksonville Jaguars why he is still one of the most feared defensive backs in the league.


Iraq Open to UN Inspectors Amid Nuclear Alarm

U.N. nuclear inspectors are welcome to  return, an Iraqi minister said on Tuesday in response to  concerns of an "apparent systematic dismantlement" of Saddam  Hussein's once-vigorous nuclear program.


A Boston exhibition of Greek art reflects both ancient athletic games, and modern moments of Olympic spirit.


Algiers bomber's family blames "ignorance": paper

The family of a suicide bomber who killed 17 U.N. staff in Algiers this week said he joined Islamist rebels after failing to get a taxi license and was motivated by "ignorance, not poverty", a newspaper reported.


Nuclear watchdog demands Iran halt all uranium refining

A 35-nation meeting of the UN atomic watchdog agency yesterday demanded that Iran suspend all aspects of a key process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, and set an


Car Bomb Near Beirut Kills Christian Lawmaker

A powerful car bomb that killed a Christian lawmaker was the latest in a deadly string of bombings that have rocked Lebanon as the country prepares to select a new president.


Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of criminal copyright infringement for selling counterfeit software with a retail value of nearly US$6 million on eBay Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced.


A ceremony is to be held in Istanbul one year after the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.


The Caucus: Giulianiâs Lead Shrinks in Florida

A new poll indicates that the state on which Rudolph W. Giuliani has staked his campaign is now very much up for grabs.


Si accentua la tensione con i separatisti curdi del Pkk


A report on the Boscastle flood says many damaged buildings can be rebuilt and a one-in-400 chance of a similar flood.


Adobe Systems Inc. reported record fourth-quarter revenue and an increase in profit of 16 percent, thanks in part to strong sales of the newest version of digital document software Acrobat.


BT develops a new search system for Tate's galleries that will help art lovers track down works they like.


Actor Burt Reynolds sues ex-girlfriend, alleges blackmail

WEST PALM BEACH - Actor Burt Reynolds on Monday filed suit against his longtime girlfriend, claiming she is trying to blackmail him.


Bob Dylan plugs latest set with "Homesick" message

Bob Dylan is back "on the pavement, thinkin' about the government," and he has a special message for you.


For the decades she has played in his band, Bobbie Nelson has been more than content to stay out of the spotlight that engulfs her younger brother Willie.


Millions of migrants are helping to build China's economic success but not seeing any benefits, Amnesty says.


Friday night came as close to an old-time local battle for viewers among Channels 4, 5, and 7 as we're likely to see. It was a throwback to pre-cable, pre-dish, and even pre-UHF days as the three local "originals" served up a special night of sports programming. Although Red Sox-White Sox was on Channel 4's "sister" station, Channel 38, it ...


Asymptote (http://asymptote.sourceforge.net) is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.    A new picture size routine, which maps specified user coordinates to a given final size, provides a convenient way of forcing the plotted  subregion of a graph to have a fixed size. The correct surface normal is chosen when calculating lighting. The comment character can now be escaped when reading strings from data files (but is disabled when reading raw characters with getc). The new word file mode is useful for reading  white space-delimited strings. PostScript output files are now explicitly designated as EPSF in the header line. The minimum width and height of flowchart blocks may now be controlled separately. Interpolation and knot theory modules were added. The usage of path vs. guide in the base files was  standardized.   https://sourceforge.net/projects/asymptote


By JAKE COYLE A number of celebrities have taken up the keyboard to blog to their fans and loyal readers. This digital skip over the velvet rope - a leap into public discourse rather than shrouded publicist-released statements - has offered a new perspective of the famous.


Supreme Court judges in Ecuador lock themselves inside their offices in protest at a decision to sack them.


Solid growth across the computer and printer maker's businesses spur rise, HP says.


G.O.P. Vows to Offer Detailed Agenda at Its Convention

Republicans also said they would seek to turn any disruptions at the convention to their advantage, by portraying protests as Democratic-sanctioned displays of disrespect for a sitting president.


Space Probe Fails to Deploy Its Parachute and Crashes

NASA's $264 million Genesis mission came to a sudden and violent end on Wednesday morning, when a capsule returning with samples of the Sun slammed into


Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was jailed for spying in mainland China, is released early.


The Red Sox are one of seven teams that have an offer on the table to righthander Matt Clement , who came up in the Padres' system with Theo Epstein and remains one of the most attractive pitching options left on the market despite a career record under .500.


Google adopts universal search in SKorea

Google Inc. said Wednesday it has overhauled its Korean-language search engine to broaden its appeal in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries and one of the few where Google isn't dominant.


Branson wants to have Virgin in Space by 2007

Sir Richard Branson has announced that the Virgin Group have set up a special company to offer commercial space flights by the year 2007.


Tim Henman, cloaked in the security of having qualified for the end-of-season Tennis Masters Cup in Houston later this month, opened his defence of the BNP Paribas Masters in Bercy with a 6-3, 6-4 second-round victory over Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan


ECB Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast to 1.9%, Person Says

The European Central Bank lowered its 2005 growth forecast and raised its inflation estimate for the 12 nations sharing the euro, after oil prices rose to records this year, said a person familiar with the matter.


Ex-Tory London mayoral candidate Steve Norris says Michael Howard's policies are not catching voters' imagination.


Paris' newly renovated Decorative Arts Museum is a dollhouse on a grand scale, where each room offers up treasures: Napoleon's golden throne, fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin's purple boudoir, the velvet-draped bed of a 19th-century courtesan.


Output and order growth at UK manufacturers at their highest level in more than a decades, a report says.


India tells citizens to stop spitting on monuments

India hopes to shame its citizens out of spitting and littering at tourist sites with an advertising campaign showing schoolchildren looking dismayed and disapproving of the dirty habit.


AOL co-founder launches site for students' mental health

As college students leave  home and head off to school, Internet entrepreneur Steve Case  has launched a new Web site to help them deal with being apart  from their families and handle depression.


NY police shooting of unarmed groom sparks outrage

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying he was "deeply disturbed," sought to contain community outrage on Monday after New York police killed a black man on his wedding day by firing 50 bullets at three unarmed men.


Peaceful Olympics closes with 102 US medals

ATHENS, Greece - Under a well-timed full moon to conclude a near-cloudless three weeks, the 2004 Summer Olympics came to an end Sunday night with music, dancing and the last of nearly 1,000 medals.


Every Other Year May Be Enough for Mammogram -Study

Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


EU may be without executive over Buttiglione row

The incoming head of the European Commission has been trying to end a dispute which threatens to leave the EU without an executive.


Western powers vow to end embargo on Abbas govt

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Western powers said on Monday they would end a 15-month-old embargo on the Palestinians in a boost to President Mahmoud Abbas's government after he sacked Hamas Islamists who seized the Gaza Strip.


20 people, including two leaders, were arrested near Pau in southwestern France in a vast French-Spanish police operation. Explosives, grenades, machine guns, grenade launchers, detonators, bullets and other weapons have been excluded during operation.


Iraqis warn of civil war if U.S. troops withdraw

Iraqi leaders warned on Monday that an early U.S. troop withdrawal could tip the country into all-out civil war after The New York Times said debate was growing in the White House over a gradual draw-down of forces.


There is a season, turn, turn, turn for Rolly.


Teva launches generic Protonix, ups '07 EPS forecast

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd   raised its 2007 earnings outlook following the launch of its generic version of Wyeth's  ulcer drug Protonix.


Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications named Hideki Komiyama as its new top executive Tuesday as it announced that Miles Flint will step down for personal reasons.


EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.


TD Ameritrade CEO says industry talks ongoing

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.  has been "talking to people in the industry all along and will continue to do that," its chief executive said in an interview with CNBC television on Wednesday.


Il ministro della Giustizia Castelli accorso nella notte nel complesso penitenziario romano, dove un centinaio di reclusi ha fatto esplodere alcune bombolette di gas e rotto le tubature dell'acqua. La protesta contro il sovraffollamento ...


Bush and Iraqi: Frequent Talks, Limited Results

In recent months, White House officials say, President Bush has spoken more frequently with the prime minister of Iraq than with just about any other foreign leader.


A youth admits dangerous driving after filming himself at speeds of up to 130mph and posting the video on the internet.


Japan PM under fire over suicide, pension mess

Fallout from a scandal-tainted minister's suicide and mismanaged pensions swirled on Tuesday, threatening the chances that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling camp can win a July upper house election.


A Turkish court has decided to broaden the investigation into the killing of an ethnic Armenian journalist to consider allegations of official negligence in the slaying, a lawyer said Tuesday.


Frankfurt piles on charm to woo London Stock Exchange

Deutsche Boerse is upping the stakes in the battle for the London Stock Exchange, with media reports suggesting that the German stock market operator is ready to raise its offer and might sell its Clearstream ...


Roma, 19:55 - CALCIO, PALERMO; ZAMPARINI: CORTESIA SE MI BUTTANO FUORI

"Mi diano delle risposte invece di deferirmi. Se mi buttano fuori dal calcio mi fanno una grande cor...


Back home in the Dominican Republic, Pedro MartÃnez, the Mets' newest star, is the "Angel" of Manoguayabo.


Yahoo's new Mobile Internet service lets users obtain localized search results on specific businesses, access maps, and make calls from the results page.


U.S. agent gets 5 years for immigrant smuggling

A former U.S. border agent who allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to cross from Mexico in return for $120,000 in cash was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison.


Conflict could resume between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the UN says, as it prepares to pull out its peacekeepers.


Two top- five teams known for their different styles of defense were even for 34 minutes. Then Oklahoma State took over and the fifth-ranked Cowboys beat No.


Report: Bryant Accuser Told NBA Star 'No'

EAGLE, Colo. - The woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape told investigators the NBA star ignored her entreaties to stop and said there was no doubt he heard her "because every time I said `No' he tightened his hold around me," according to documents released Friday...


Hollywood Writer Sues Microsoft Over Yoga Game

Academy Award-winning screenwriter  Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California for  purportedly stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio after  the software giant sought his advice for winning over women to  videogames, his attorney said on Tuesday.


Eurotunnel creditors vote on financial rescue proposals

Creditors of the debt-ridden Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel were meeting to vote on proposals to restructure the company's finances to avert a threat of bankruptcy.


Column: Tardy deductions not on tax form

In recent years, thousands of the nation's teachers have claimed a deduction of up to $250 on their federal income tax returns for out-of-pocket costs for crayons, construction paper and other classroom supplies.


Talking Trojan Says 'Bye Bye' to Victims' Data

A newly identified malicious program not only messes up its victims' computers, it taunts them too.


"Ratatouille" No. 1 on foreign menu again

"Ratatouille" was easily  the most popular film at the foreign box office for a third  weekend in a row, with weekend sales of $30.2 million from 31  countries, according to final data issued Monday.


HP is announcing on Monday SOA governance software and services aimed at helping companies accelerate SOA adoption while reducing risks.Also on Monday, HP is expanding its GIF (Governance Interoperability Framework), which features specifications for governance interoperability and deepens the company's support for heterogeneous environments.Monday's announcements include a new release of HP SOA Systinet software for design and runtime governance of SOA services and services lifecycle management via an enhanced integration with HP SOA Manager."The key thing here is we've enhanced these two products so you have integrated design time and runtime governance," said Ian Bruce, HP SOA marketing manager. Design time governance covers issues around developing and deploying services as well as discovery; runtime governance entails dynamic invocation and discovery and factors like policy management and enforcement.HP SOA Systinet enables developers to check services against policies through an Eclipse-based policy validation plug-in to ensure that services conform to requirements before being published. The software also supports significantly enhanced graphical navigation, advanced reporting, searching, and expanded lifecycle support.HP's new HP SOA Registry Foundation software, meanwhile, is designed for ISVs as a standards-based way to publish and discover SOA services and artifacts. It can be embedded in packages applications.Through the new HP Validation and Implementation Service for SOA Governance, HP consultants can help customers validate SOA services by implementing a governance model using HP Systinet software. The service is intended to help predict and optimize performance of SOA applications and infrastructure. An HP Validation Service for SOA Quality, meanwhile, establishes processes for managing the business risk of SOA-enabled services, HP said.Additionally, HP is introducing services to install and configure HP SOA Systinet and HP SOA Manager to help customers get a quicker return on investment. Also being offered are new SOA education and SOA training courses.The company is also announcing an expansion of its HP Governance GIF, designed to simplify the exchange of information between HP SOA Systinet software, acting as a system of record, and third-party technologies. Ten additional partners are joining, including Active Endpoints, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, JackBe, Layer 7 Technologies, LogicLibrary, Nexaweb, Oracle, Sonoa Systems, and Vordel.HP also will make GIF specifications available at hp.com and Wikipedia. GIF partner support is being expanded as well.


Bryn Terfel decided to pull out of his highly anticipated appearance in the Royal Opera's production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle because his 6-year-old son needs to have surgery on his finger, which would interfere with Terfel's rehearsals, a newspaper reported Tuesday.


Wall Street Opens Higher, Extending Rally

U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday,  with Wall Street extending its year-end rally in what is  expected to be a light, post-holiday trading day.


Adusbef, +0,25% comporta aumento 12,25 euro su rata mensile


Il metallo perzioso scambiato a 659,05 dollari l'oncia


The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease.


European states urged to come clean on CIA jails

European lawmakers demanded  on Thursday that their governments reveal the location of  secret CIA prisons after U.S. President George Bush admitted  Washington held terrorist suspects in jails abroad.


The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James  Financial Inc. RJF.N with fraud over the misconduct of a  former broker in 1999 and 2000.


WASHINGTON - The government said Tuesday that flu vaccine manufactured in Germany was safe enough to be used in the United States and that as many as 4 million doses would be available to alleviate the US shortage.


Beaver Creek, 11:01 - SCI, PROVA DISCESA MASCHILE: WALCHHOFER IL PIU' VELOCE

L'austriaco Michael Walchhofer è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nella prova cronometrata della discesa l...


Britain must probe 'tragic' death of Russian ex-spy: Kremlin

British authorities should investigate the "tragic" death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a Kremlin spokesman has said in Helsinki.


Tony Blair, former prime minister and now special envoy of the international Middle East Quartet, will visit Jordan briefly on Monday to meet Foreign Minister Abdel Ilah Khatib, officials said.


Microsoft vows fight on patent rejection

In a preliminary ruling, the government rejected Microsoft Corp.'s 1996 patent on technology for saving files on computers using easy-to-remember names.


Most US areas saw their economy continue to expand in December and early January, the Federal Reserve says.


The issue people worry about most as they age is health rather than money, a BBC News website poll suggests.


One of the suicide bombers who struck London's transit system a year ago said in a video broadcast Thursday that the attacks were "only the beginning."


Putin Says He Could Work With Yushchenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who openly backed Viktor Yushchenko's rival for president of the Ukraine, said Tuesday he could work with an administration headed by the pro-Western candidate.


Supreme Court Declines to Hear Gay Marriage Appeal

The US Supreme Court on Monday chose not to hear a challenge on same-sex marriage from Massachusetts, the only state where it's legal.


BRITISH pop veteran Elton John took a foul-mouthed swipe at Madonna yesterday, saying she cheated her fans by miming on stage. But the American pop superstar was swift to rubbish his accusation, saying she does not lip-synch or criticise other artists.


Tlc: Arriva l'attesa fusione tra Telecom Italia e TIM

Dopo molte voci Ã¨ ora certo: Telecom Italia (IT0003497168) lancerÃ  un'Opa su TIM (IT0001052049). Per questo motivo sono stati sospesi per oggi e domani, alla Borsa di Milano, in attesa del comunicato ufficiale


Ministers knew of the botched handling of a C. Difficile outbreak at an NHS trust five months ago and should have acted then, the Conservatives say.


Bologna, 20:39 - BASKET, COPPA ITALIA: BIELLA IN SEMIFINALE

L'Angelico Biella è la terza semifinalista della Tim Cup di basket in corso di svolgimento a ...


Stocks to Weather Earnings, Oil Politics

Stock investors may want to fasten  their seatbelts for the week ahead, when a flurry of  earnings  and economic data will once again be in focus.


Bush's Big Economic Pick Is Next Fed Chief

While President Bush is busy putting together his Cabinet for a second term, the financial world's attention is on a job vacancy 14 months away: Who will succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan?


The public reaction to claims of racist behaviour in the Celebrity Big Brother house had shown the British public wanted the country to be known for "tolerance and fairness and decency", he told those taking ...Comment


The boards of directors of SBC Communications Inc.  and AT&T Corp.  met on Sunday afternoon to vote on a more than $15 billion stock deal in which SBC will acquire AT&T, according to a source familiar with the situation.


European shares slip amid Danone takeover news

Europe's main stock markets retreated Tuesday on profit-taking as dealers contemplated to Danone's takeover bid for Dutch baby food group Numico.


Via Develops Business Card-Sized Motherboard

New Mobile ITX board measures just 7.5 centimeters by 4.5 cm and uses Via's C7 processor.


The guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards ends this week with the announcement of the 2004 Nobel Prize winners.


Rangers team officials did not think it was necessary to assign extra security for the Oakland bullpen to keep hecklers away from Athletics relievers during Tuesday night's game.


Turkey arrests five for al Qaeda links: report

Turkey has detained five people for links with al Qaeda after police operations in four cities including the capital Ankara, Turkish TV reported on Sunday.


BRITNEY, 600MILA DLR PER NUOVO LOOK PRIMA DELLE NOZZE

(AGI) - Roma, 10 set. - Drastico re-styling per Britney Spears. Anche se non si Ã¨ messa ancora la fede al dito, il matrimonio sembra giÃ  aver sortito effetti catastrofici sul look della reginetta del pop.


The founder and former chairman of UMC was found not guilty of illicit investing in a Chinese chip maker.


Roma, 10:46 - CALCIO, PALERMO; ZAMPARINI: INUTILE SOGNARE TROPPO

Il Palermo vola in testa alla classifica, Maurizio Zamparini resta perÃ² con i piedi per terra.  ''E'...


Jarno on pole and Fernando third on the grid for tomorrow's race, after a wet qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps.


Brisbane - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh on Wednesday played down concerns over the advancing average age of Australia's Test team after Simon Katich was dumped for 34-year-old Darren Lehmann.


Israel's security cabinet approves a plan for a major operation in the Gaza Strip amid escalating violence.


SU Faces Mississippi State In Coaches Vs. Cancer Semifinal

SYRACUSE, NY -- Two national player of the year candidates, Syracuse's Hakim Warrick and Mississippi State's Lawrence Roberts, will lead their respective clubs into the semifinals of the Coaches vs.


Officials Cite Long-term Need for U.S. in Iraq

The two top American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq were unable to argue that the heightened troop levels had made more than fragile and transitory progress.


NEW YORK - Continental Airlines joined a growing number of airlines that plan to charge service fees when tickets are sold through traditional outlets.


Jackson Boots McGraw from No. 1 on U.S. Pop Charts

Country star Alan Jackson scored his third chart-topper on the Billboard 200 albums chart Wednesday with his latest release, "What I Do."


A man jailed for 10 years in Bulgaria for attempted murder, spends his first day behind bars in Britain.


A Ballistic Missile Base to Call Your Own

Are you looking for that special gift for someone who has everything?


Video with tidbits about plans for Google Reader and social features is taken offline.


No-nonsense Souness gets to grips with with sulking Bellamy

FOR the first time since his appointment as Newcastle United manager, Graeme Souness has been required to display the strong-arm disciplinary qualities that, to Newcastle directors, made


By Tim Rausch, The Lima News, Ohio  Sep. 21--LIMA -- Negotiations are ongoing between WLIO and Time Warner Cable to get the CW network on the basic cable lineup.


Kashmir is the rub for India and Pakistan

NEW DELHI The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan concluded two days of talks here with modest progress on a host of issues and an unusually blunt acknowledgment that their dispute over Kashmir continues to loom between them.


Wildfires whip across California for third day

Wildfires stoked by fierce winds burned unchecked across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday with 300,000 people in San Diego alone evacuated as flames destroyed or threatened homes from humble forest cabins to luxury villas.


A balancing act deciding what auctions get pulled An eBay auction for a clay tablet was pulled just minutes before it was scheduled to close after authorities flagged it as a 4,000-year-old an endangered cultural object that was illegally smuggled out of Iraq.â¦


Dopo l'Opa fallita del Nasdaq, negoziati con i giapponesi


Si torna in classe racconta il tuo primo giorno

Scuole aperte da ieri in Lombardia, Veneto e Piemonte e nelle altre regioni entro la prossima settimana. Fioroni blocca la riforma Moratti e annuncia novità. Tu cosa hai trovato in classe?


Many underage boys have little trouble buying M-rated games

The Minneapolis-based National Institute on Media and the Family has just released its annual video game report card in Washington.


Chelsea's Joe Cole faces at least three weeks out after being diagnosed with a minor stress fracture in his foot.


Germany's chancellor warns off the far right as the country marks 60 years since the bombing of Dresden.


Researchers are working out the rules for a future code of social behaviour in human-robot interaction.


After Red Herring sank into the dot-com morass last year, Tony Perkins considered resurrecting the magazine that helped establish him as a Silicon Valley sage. He changed his mind when his college-age daughter scoffed and told him "Red Herring is so 1990s."


ROME, Italy -- An EU committee's rejection of an Italian nominee with conservative views on homosexuality has drawn a sharp condemnation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.


Beane Gets Seven-Year Extension From A's

Oakland GM Billy Beane, the architect behind the A's four division titles since 2000, is rewarded with a seven-year contract extension.


Microsoft Moves Closer to Wiping Its Antitrust Slate Clean

By reaching antitrust settlements with two additional litigantsâNovell Inc. and the Computer & Communications Industry AssociationâMicrosoft Corp.


Bush pledges safer world; Kerry accuses him of being unfit

President Bush pledged "a safer world and a more hopeful America" as he accepted his party's nomination for a second term and plunged into the final two months of his re-election campaign.


Apple MacBook Fire Poses New Safety Questions

Apple finds itself in a peculiar situation after a MacBook in Australia catches fire, apparently from a malfunctioning battery. However, the battery was not on the list of recalled units.


Southwest says tighter security hurt August revenue

Discount carrier Southwest Airlines   Co. LUV.N on Wednesday said increased security at airports   after British police uncovered a suspected plot to blow up   transatlantic flights hurt revenue in August.


Emergenza carceri. Castelli: "Rivolte fomentate dall'opposizione"

Parla il ministro della Giustizia Castelli: "A Regina Coeli ci sono state visite sabato 14 agosto. Ho in mano gli elenchi". Il 14 agosto, va ricordato, i radicali si erano recati nel carcere di Regina Coeli per raccogliere le firme tra i detenuti per un ...


Scientist-Inventor Harnesses the Power of Composting in the Fight Against Global Warming

Scientist-inventor Russ Cohn is a man on a mission: to help reduce global warming by rerouting half the world's trash from the landfill to the garden.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Skorich died late Saturday night with an apparent infection after undergoing recent heart-valve surgery.


Sweden's Fredrik Ljungberg is Arsenal's main injury doubt for their opening Champions League group match against PSV Eindhoven at home on Tuesday.


Xstrata offers $2.8 billion for Australia's Jubilee Mines

Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata  offered A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) on Monday for Australia's fifth-largest nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL , the latest outback miner to catch the eye of a big international firm as metal prices soar.


U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari plans to   tell the major powers next week that talks between Serbs and   ethnic Albanians on the fate of Kosovo are nearing the end of   the line.


News Analysis: When Presidential Pardons Turn Political

A pardon for I. Lewis Libby Jr. would attract more attention to a case from which President Bush has tried to keep his distance.


THE GIZMO: Hot stuff from Sony.  While most manufacturers unfurl their best and brightest new items at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony holds back some of its niftiest inventions for its dealer line show. Here's what the insiders discovered last week in Las Vegas.


While the federal government attempts to unravel reasons for the flu vaccine shortage, the American Lung Association of Arizona is encouraging citizens and lawmakers to focus on what we can all do together to improve our public health and make it a top


IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson set his sights on Antonio Tarver's WBC and WBA belts after his ninth-round knockout of Roy Jones Jr.


Pressure mounted yesterday on the losing Ukrainian presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, to accept defeat and allow his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, to accede power after clearly winning Sunday's run-off election.


ST. LOUIS -- May Department Stores Co. said Tuesday that the president of its newly acquired Marshall Field's chain of department stores will retire at the end of this year.


TV on cellphone screens? No thanks, say Europeans

Europeans' interest in watching mobile  television is as tiny as cellphone screens, a new study showed  on Monday, even though the industry has been buzzing about  offering TV on handsets for years.


In a step towards landmark elections in Iraq, registering of voters and potential candidates has begun despite the latest violence, which claimed the life of Baghdad's deputy governor.


Iraq violence lowest since '06 mosque attack: U.S.

Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a 2006 mosque attack which unleashed reprisal sectarian killings, the number two commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.


Report: Nursing home care improving with consumer access to ...

WASHINGTON A new government report shows that shedding a light on nursing home practices may help improve patient care. The Bush administration findings show improvement in key measurements of nursing home


Joe Kinnear hands in his resignation as manager of struggling Nottingham Forest.


Australia detains Indian terror suspect freed on bail

The Australian government Monday ordered an Indian doctor locked up in immigration detention just hours after a court granted him bail on a charge connected to the failed British car-bomb attacks.


The U.S. Forest Service committed safety violations that contributed to the deaths of five of its firefighters in a Southern California blaze last year, workplace safety regulators said Thursday.


American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep his  Olympic all-round gold medal after the Lausanne-based Court of  Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal from South  Korea's Yang Tae-young.


China Mobile (Hong Kong), the world's largest cellphone operator ranked by customers, said Wednesday that profit rose 7.8 percent in the first half of this year after the company enrolled more new subscribers by offering less-expensive services. Net ...


Herbert J.C. Kouts, Nuclear Power Safety Expert, Is Dead at 88

Dr. Kouts was a pioneer in nuclear power safety research and an expert in weapons proliferation.


Itâs showtime for Apple with iTV, iPod-iTunes movie push

(InfoWorld) - Steve Jobs opened Tuesday's "It's Showtime!" special event in San Francisco, noting that Apple shipped more than 60 million iPods in total by the end of the last quarter, and joking showed an iPod toilet paper holder to demonstrate the widespread adoption of iPod accessories. Jobs praised advances like iPod connectivity options in automobiles -- 70 percent of 2007 model year cars sold in the United States will have some kind of connectivity, he said. And Apple and Nike have sold 450,000 Nike+iPod Sport Kits in less than 90 days since their introduction. The kits provide connectivity between the iPod nano and Nike running shoes. Later Jobs remarked that iTunes has a market share of 88 percent of legal US downloads. The next big thing: iTV But the big news of the day came at the end. "But there is one last thing," said Jobs, stunning long-time Apple event attendees. "This next thing's a little unusual for us. It's a sneak peek for a product that will be introduced in Q1 2007." "We usually keep things corralled until we ship them, but we thing this completes the story, so we decided to go ahead and show it to you today," Jobs said. Jobs previewed iTV, which he described as "a product code name. We've got to come up with a final name when we introduce it." "You can take a movie, download it to a computer, put it on your iPod. But what about that big flat screen TV you just bought?" asked Jobs. "You need a box to drive that big screen TV. How's the box going to talk to the computer? Do I want to string cables throughout my house? So I'm going to talk to it using wireless network, to get the content from the computer to the box, from the box to the TV." The iTV resembles a short Mac mini. The power supply is built right in to the unit,a nd it features integrated wireless networking, a power plug, USB 2.0, Ethernet, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) plug, component video, analgo audio and optical audio interfaces. The box is driven by software that carries a distant resembance to Front Row, the multimedia control application Apple bundles with newer Macs. The software features 3D animated graphics with a menu on the right and graphics on the left. Jobs demonstrated it, going into the Movies menu and scrolling through floating artwork on the left-hand side. "Pretty cool, huh? These are the same files, same exact files, paying on my iPod, my computer and my flat screen TV," said Jobs. The iPod video And also top of the product hopper from Apple is its new and improved video-capable iPod, with a screen that's 60 percent brighter. Battery life has been increased from 2 hours while playing video to 3.5 hours, Jobs says. A new earphone design that took Apple 18 months to develop was also announced. Superficially, they look similar to the old design -- they're still white. The new iPod provides gapless playback, according to Jobs, which works with MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless and uncompressed music files. New software features have been added such as instant searching that uses the wheel to input letters and does a live search of iPod content. As rumors has speculated in recent months, Apple's been hard at work on new games for the iPod -- while it still may not be a substitute for a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP, the new iPod can play versions of popular casual games including Bejeweled, Mahjong, mini-golf, Pac-Man, Tetris, Cubis, Texas Hold 'Em, Vortex and Zuma -- all designed to work with the click wheel interface which has been retained. These games aren't included with the new iPod -- they're for sale, for $4.99 each, from the iTunes Music Store. Apple is offering two iPod video models: a 30GB and 80GB version, both in white and black. The 30GB model is available for $249, the 80GB model for $349 -- less expensive that previous versions. iPodnano, take 2 Jobs also unveiled the second generation of the slim iPod nano, Apple's color screen-equipped flash-based iPod that made its debut a year ago. "The iPod nano is the most popular MP3 player in the world," Jobs said. Critics of the first iPod nano complained that the glossy front of the unit could be scratched too easily -- Apple has addressed that problem by making it out of aluminum, much as it does its MacBook Pro laptops. "And we're bringing back colors," said Jobs -- harkening back to the iPod nano's predecessor, the venerable iPod mini. The iPod nano will be available in anodized blue, pink, green, silver and black. The second-generation iPod nano also features a battery with better charge capacity than the first -- up to 24 hours of play, versus 14 for the first-generation nano. The iPod nano debuts in three different models -- 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions, priced at $149, $199 and $249. What's more, the iPod nano ships in a smaller box than before -- it's barely bigger than the nano itself. Apple has similarly shrunk accessories like the battery charger. And accessories will be available including an armband and lanyard headphones with the new earbud design. And it works with the much vaunted Nike+iPod Sport Kit. iPodshuffle Rev 2 Also on stage today is the new iPod shuffle, a diminuitve flash-based digital music player that's even smaller than before. While the first-generation shuffle resembled a pack of stick gum, the new iPod shuffle takes it styling cues from the Apple Remote. "Wearability" was of key importance to first-generation iPod shuffle owners, said Jobs. So Apple designed the new iPod shuffle in an aluminum case with a built-in clip. The headphone jack is also where the device charges and connects to the computer. Apple bills the new shuffle as the world's smalled MP3 player. Available for pre-order and shipping in October, the 1GB iPod shuffle will cost $79. iTunes7 Apple on Tuesday released iTunes 7, a new version of its popular music jukebox and online music download store. The new software has been organized into sections -- separate libraries for music, movies, TV shows, podcast and radio. A three-position switch alternates between different views, and a new view has been added called Album View, which puts album art and all tracks from the album so you can scroll by album now, if you wish. What's more, iTunes will now populate your music collection with album cover art if the cover art is missing, and if you have an iTunes Store account. "We may not have everything, but we have 3.5 million songs of album artwork," Jobs remarked. "If you've got an iTunes account, iTunes will automatically download it for free." A third view is called Cover Flow View. It enables you to find songs more quickly by album cover -- it's a window that shows a 3D representation of album covers above your music list. Improvements to video "We announced TV shows less than a year ago," Jobs said. "Since then over 45 million TV shows have been downloaded." The redubbed iTunes Store (Apple has dropped "Music" from the title to signify the service's growing library of video content and games) has expanded from five shows to more than 220 and from one network to more than 40, including ever major network, said Jobs. Shows downloaded from the iTunes Store are encoded at 320 x 240 pixel resolution. "Today we are taking [resolution] up a notch," said Jobs. "We are going to increase that resolution four times, and all video will be at 640 x 480." iTunes 7 features gapless playback, of course, and also lets users manage the iPod from right inside of iTunes -- no more having to fiddle with iTunes' preferences to get your iPod configured. iTunes can search for music library for albums that are meant to be played in gapless fashion, and sets them to work that way. A frequent complaint of iPod users is that the iPod only synchronizes content on one computer at a time, even if both computers are authorized with the iTunes Store. Now you can take your iPod, sync it with a computer, move it to a different authoried computer, and content will "flow back" to the new computer, so you can transfer purchased music between authorized computers using an iPod. iTunes 7 also shows the games you've downloaded from the iTunes Store in your library, so you can see instructions and other information. iTunes 7 is available today One more thing ... movies "But there is one more thing," said Jobs. "And that is movies. Today I want to talk about adding movies to the iTunes Store and the whole iTunes-iPod experience. Today we're starting out with films from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone and Miramax -- four studios owned by Walt Disney Co." The service launches with more than 75 films online, starting today. Apple is adding more, including Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Cars. New releases are priced at $12.99 for pre-orders and during their first week of release, the same time they're available for purchase on DVD. After that they increase to $14.99, though older "library titles" will be priced at $9.99 every day. Movies available for download from the iTunes Store are shown at 640 x 480 resolution in "near-DVD quality," according to Jobs. Jobs said that if you have 5 Megabit per second broadband service -- not uncommon for cable modem users -- you can expect to download a full-length movie in roughly a half an hour. What's more, you can start watching the movie in as little as a minute, while it's still downloading. To ease that process, iTunes now has a Download Manager that lets you watch items you're downloading from the store, and you can switch priorities if you're downloading multiple files. Jobs described the audio quality as "Dolby Surround." Usage rights for movies purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store are the same as the TV shows -- so you can't burn them to disc, though you can share them among multiple authorized computers and video iPods. And parental controls have been updated with MPAA ratings. Of course, there's more to Disney than just kids' movies. The back catalog of movie titles the iTunes Store will sell include Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, Enemy of the State, The insider, National Treasure and O Brother Where Art Thou. "We hope to take this international in 2007," added Jobs. Jobs then introduced Disney President and CEO Bob Iger. He called Disney and Apple's first partnership to bring TV shows to the iTunes Store last year "a breakthrough," and added that "the marriage of great content and great technology -- and of great user interface -- is truly a killer application." "We knew we were in business with a great partner, and we know the consumer has spoken because the success of TV shows has been enormous on this platform," Iger continued. "We're confident that movies are going to work as well. We're very thankful to work with Apple and Steve, and we congratulate you on this next step."


Germany's Walter Bau files for insolvency

Walter Bau, Germany's third-biggest construction company, is filing for insolvency after failing to agree with its creditors on future financing.


Jeff Raikes was working at Apple Computer in the early 1980s when a guy named Steve Ballmer called and asked him to interview for a product-management job at a small software outfit in the Seattle area.


Lyon beat Real Madrid and AC Milan start well, plus a round-up of the rest of Wednesday's ties.


Dollar Holds Gain on Concern Group of 20 Will Object to Decline

The dollar held a one-day gain in Asia on speculation policy makers will express concern at its recent decline during a meeting of officials from the Group of 20 largest economies this weekend.


73-year-old Swede scares off bear with fistful of stones

A 73-year-old Swede fended off an attacking bear by pelting it with stones during a quiet Sunday stroll in the forest, local media reported.


Citigroup expects to fill CFO job within 45 days

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Way back on September 11 we reported on rumors that Sony would be releasing a $400 40GB PS3/'Spider-Man 3' Blu-ray bundle for the holidays and the not-so-secret new system has now been officially announced by Sony, with a November 2nd launch date in the N


Obese patients wait longer for kidney transplants

Extremely obese adults in need  of a kidney transplant appear to wait longer for a donor organ  than their thinner counterparts do, a study has found.


Ofcom puts digital dividend on the auction block

Will stage small beauty parade for luvvies Communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed it will auction off all the spectrum freed up by the switchover to digital services.â¦


Pakistan Makes More Arrests After Slaying Militant

Pakistani security forces arrested more  suspected Islamic militants a day after they shot dead a key  suspect wanted in a failed attempt on President Pervez  Musharraf's life and the killing of U.S. journalist Daniel  Pearl.


Expanding on his anti-Washington theme, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would take back tax breaks from monied interests to provide $80 billion annually in relief for workers, seniors and homeowners.


Fix sought for critical space station computers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The International Space Station's main computers remained shut down on Friday following a critical systems crash, while visiting astronauts prepared to fix insulation damage on the space shuttle Atlantis.


A court in England is told that an east Belfast man claimed he killed his 10-year-old brother in 1973.


Militants Hold Najaf Shrine; Bombing Heard

NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.    An unofficial mediator pleaded with al-Sadr to disarm his militants, pull them out of the shrine and disband his militia immediately...


A convoy of supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday moved deeper into the hostile eastern strongholds of his rival, who has ignored their requests for safe passage.


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The government moved in federal court yesterday to take over the pension fund for United Airlines' pilots, an unusual step that it said was needed to prevent the airline and the pilots


Pharmacare not a necessity, some premiers say

TORONTO - Some provincial premiers are backing away from their demand that Ottawa pay for a national pharmacare program. "It appears that it's not on for the federal government so we have to go back to the


EU summit draft backs binding renewables target

German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed a breakthrough in the fight against climate change on Friday after proposing a European Union summit compromise to set a binding target for renewable fuels.Comment


Texas power company TXU Corp.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for $31.8 billion in the largest leveraged buyout in history.


The number of drug related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.


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2 Republican Senators Press to Change U.S. Role in Iraq

Senators John W. Warner and Richard G. Lugar proposed requiring the president to present a strategy by October that begins limiting the involvement of U.S. forces.


For âEcoMoms,â Saving Earth Begins at Home

Move over Tupperware. A new wave of parties is about waste-free school lunches and energy-efficient laundry.


Seven children are killed in a US-led coalition air strike against a suspected al-Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan.


Giuliani says Kerry not up to job of commander in chief

Leading a night of attack, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Democrat John Kerry owns a "record of inconsistent positions" on war, terror and others issues where President Bush has led, warning that this is no time to change course.


Supposed Grant Jail Outfit Draws Bids on eBay

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - For perhaps the first time in the four-decade history of presidential debates, last night's clash between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry soared far above politics and the campaign of the moment.


Saudi police on alert as pilgrims rush to finish rite

MINA, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi police went on high alert on Friday as millions of Muslims rushed to complete one of the last rituals of the annual haj pilgrimage, testing to the limits the new crowd control arrangements at an accident spot on the haj itinerary.


Analysis: Obama has edge in duel with McCain

Sen. John McCain became the likely Republican nominee after Mitt Romney decided to suspend his campaign Thursday. Now, the Democrats are debating who would do better against the Arizona Republican.


The "Lemony Snicket" film may be scary, but it has important life lessons on danger and achieving adulthood.


U.S. Court Dismisses Saudi Arabia from 9/11 Suits

Saudi Arabia, its defense minister and its ambassador to Britain won a ruling in a U.S. court on Tuesday dismissing them as defendants in massive litigation growing out of the September 11th attacks on America.


Shares in restructured Channel tunnel rail operator Groupe Eurotunnel fall 13% on their second day of trading.


China welcomes Iran's decision to suspend nuclear enrichment :

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Prince Harry's Nazi gaffe draws fury, calls for public apology

Britain's Prince Harry sparked fury after being photographed in a Nazi military outfit, drawing calls at home and abroad for a public apology from the young royal with a track record of embarrassing public gaffes.


Tigers to resume ''freedom struggle'' if talks not resumed

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The High Court has acquitted Rashid Saleh Hemed who, together with five others, were charged with conspiracy to murder, following a bomb blast at the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam, in 1998.


An autistic Millis teen who wandered away from home last week was found sleeping in the woods off Lake Street in Norfolk yesterday, curled up in a ball covered in dirt and mosquito bites.


More Troops See Their Tours of Duty Extended

Stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military delays the scheduled departure of another brigade


Simpson Puts Up Her 'Dukes' for First Feature Role

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New Obama Book Probes Political Problems

Americans spend a lot of time in their politics talking about the issues that divide them even though they have many common interests, says Sen. Barack Obama, whose new book explores the problems he sees as inherent to national politics.


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General Motors to cut 12,000 European jobs

General Motors today announced that it is to axe up to 12,000 jobs in Europe over the next two years in a bid to reduce its annual costs by â¬500m (Â£340m).


A third large crack has formed on Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, park officials said Wednesday. A forest area that is home to rare plants and species could be in danger.


Heathrow airport ready to welcome Airbus "superjumbo"

London's Heathrow airport is spending 450 million pounds (643 million euros, 842 million dollars) to accommodate new Airbus A380 planes, the first of which was set to roll out of its hangar.


Palestinians react angrily to reports the US is willing to accept Jewish settlement construction.


Goodyear sees amended 10-K '03 accounting delay

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Pakistan-born man guilty in Australian "jihad" plot

A Pakistan-born architect accused of plotting a &quot;jihad&quot; bombing campaign in Australia was convicted on three terrorism-related charges and could face life in jail.


Kenya heads for one of Africa's closest votes

MANDERA, Kenya  - Election time, and a bus ambles across the sand, dodging potholes and rattling plastic milk-containers on its roof as it slowly comes into view. The capital letters on its side spell out a single name: Lampard.


Pig's head dumped outside mosque at start of Ramadan

Police have revealed they were investigating the dumping of a pig's head outside a mosque on the first full day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.


China SARS Vaccine Passes First Hurdle - State Media

Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media reported on Monday, raising hopes for prevention of a virus that killed some 800 people since it emerged in 2002.


New Study Shows Importance Of Vaccine For Elderly

Many seniors have stood in long lines at private clinics to get their flu shot. Now a new study tells us just how important it is for elderly people to get the vaccine.


The world's poorest nations are at a technological disadvantage, says a United Nations trade body.


A New York Stock Exchange membership was sold at the lowest price in nine years and a one-year lease on a seat dropped to a 13-year low, reflecting the decline in income on the floor.


British scientists plan mission to Mars, again

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When players and coaches enter Gillette Stadium, they are greeted by a sign on the door. It reads, "Manage Expectations."


PeopleSoft's Craig Conway had hits, losses

From a changed attitude at PeopleSoft Inc. to the company's acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co. last year, Craig Conway clearly made a difference during his five years as CEO.


SEVILLE, Spain (Ticker) - Amid cheers from his home crowd throughout, Sergio Garcia went into overdrive at the World Cup as England's Luke Donald and Paul Casey sputtered.


Craigslister offers to scare people out of iPhone line

Blog: A San Francisco Craigslist posting offers to divert peoples' attention so others can cut in front of them in line.


HDL Cholesterol Inversely Related to Stroke Risk

Levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the "good" cholesterol, are inversely associated with stroke risk in elderly men, according to a new study.


Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson  followed in the footsteps of French actress Brigitte Bardot on  Thursday by campaigning in Paris for the protection of baby  seals.


GRISoft targets SMEs' security sweet spot

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Russian-Canadian Businessman to Start New F1 Team in 2006

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Behind Every Successful Man, There's a Stronger One

Paul Weitz's engagingly lightweight drama is a gently revisionist fairy tale about good versus evil set on the battlefield of contemporary corporate culture.


Back problems have forced Nathan Lane to quit the London West End run of "The Producers" almost two weeks earlier than planned.


US-led forces in the east of Afghanistan have begun a major offensive against the Taleban, military officials say.


Kosovo pushes independence after UN action fails

The United States and Europeans  discarded a U.N. resolution on the future status of Kosovo on  Friday because of Russian opposition, prompting Pristina to  propose independence from Serbia for November 28.


Canadian valley aims to keep cell phone-free quiet

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Officials in a  rural valley in British Columbia hope that keeping out cell  phones will help attract residents and tourists who want to  escape to the quiet of nature.


Milosevic lawyers ask to be removed from case

The defence lawyers imposed on former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic asked to be removed from his war crimes trial, a move observers said would inevitably lead to more delays in the mammoth case.


Tech workers stay put as economy perks up

Tech workers are holding on to their jobs tighter than they have in more than 20 years.


A man shot and wounded five people, including his girlfriend's 2-year-old grandson, and then turned himself in less than an hour later and confessed, police said.


Back Bay, one day, may be a little fresher body of water, thanks to the efforts of Susan Wenzel and many volunteers,  On a recent Saturday, 800 or so flowers, shrubs and trees were planted in a 1,200-foot-long buffer along a lake in South Shore Estates in the Red Mill area.


700 Acres of Prime Suffolk Land May Be Developed

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Schlumberger, the world's No. 2 oil services firm, said Friday it removed equipment from Yukos because of concern the embattled oil giant may cease to operate.


The penalty phase of Eastman Kodak's Java patent lawsuit against Sun Microsystems starts this morning, and the outcome could cast a shadow over the future of the Java programming language.


Building Suspense Along the Trail of an Invisible Man

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ROY KEANE MAY BE HAVING NINE toilets installed in his new Â£3 million mansion, but only a one-eyed optimist could pretend that anyone else at Manchester United is likely to be flushed with success this season.


Belgian bank Fortis warns that its losses connected to the sub-prime sector could be as much as 1bn euros.


Contrasts Highlight Cheney-Edwards Debate

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Daly-Donofrio bolts ahead at Tournament of Champions

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Symantec: Gov't needs to take new cybersecurity steps

U.S. government agencies need to take additional steps to protect against cybersecurity problems after a series of congressional hearings and reports exposed several weaknesses in 2007, representatives of Symantec said.The government sector, including state and local governments, accounted for 26 percent of data breaches that could lead to identity theft in the first half of 2007, according to Symantec's latest Government Internet Security Threat Report, published in September. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) also issued about a dozen reports in the last six months criticizing federal agencies for not fully implementing GAO's cybersecurity recommendations, noted Jim Russell, Symantec's vice president for the public sector.In addition, the House of Representatives Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber Security and Science and Technology hosted a series of hearings in 2007 focused on cybersecurity lapses at several government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department."You look at that, and you say, 'Why does that happen?'" Russell said.While U.S. agencies have a set of cybersecurity rules set out in the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), agencies aren't held accountable when they have breaches, Russell said. Agencies don't lose funding from Congress after cybersecurity incidents, he said.The federal cybersecurity rules don't have "a whole lot of teeth," he added.The good news is that agencies can take more steps to fix problems, Russell said. The first step is to inventory their IT assets, a job several agencies haven't accomplished. That's not always easy, Russell said."Let's say I'm an agency CIO," he added. "My challenge is that my environment is so dynamic with the home workforce and telecommuting. I can see why it's a challenge to see what all the assets out there are."Russell also called on agencies to develop comprehensive cybersecurity plans, to do systematic vulnerability testing, and to have a data backup plan and back up frequently.Symantec expects that cybersecurity issues will come before Congress in 2008, particularly federal agency cybersecurity practices, said Kevin Richards, Symantec's federal government relations manager. This could be "the year for information security for our federal agencies," he said.In December, Representative William Lacy Clay, a Missouri Democrat, introduced the Federal Agency Data Protection Act, which would require U.S. agencies to implement wireless data security measures. The bill would also require each U.S. agency to draft a plan to protect itself against the dangers of peer-to-peer file-trading networks, and it would give the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget new authority to establish information security policies.Clay's bill would write into law many OMB recommendations, Richards said. "I always make the point that these are recommendations, and it's important to codify them," he said. "It seems like our federal government IT security strategy is very reactionary and not proactive."That bill comes in addition to Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act, which would require that federal agencies notify constituents whose data is lost or stolen. That bill, introduced last May, is sponsored by Representative Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican, in the House, and Senator Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican.Bills that would require private companies to notify customers when their personal information is stolen or lost seem to have stalled in Congress. But there still seems to be interest from lawmakers in agency cybersecurity and breach notification, Richards said. The hearings and information requests from Davis and other lawmakers are bringing to light multiple attacks and breaches at agencies, he said."There's no real mechanism requiring agencies to report breaches," Richards added. "Now, [lawmakers] are dedicating more resources and giving better direction."


Better Than Botox? New York Women Try Acupuncture

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.  - Sticking needles in your  ankles might not seem like an obvious way to rid your face of  wrinkles, but for Barbara Leivent, it's better than plastic  surgery or cosmetic injections.


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World Business Briefing: China: Automaker Acquires Two Ventures

The Shanghai Automotive Company, Chinaâs largest carmaker, agreed to buy out its partners in a truck maker and an auto-parts venture for 1.48 billion yuan ($194 million) to combine and expand its commercial-vehicle operations. The operations being taken over, the Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing Company and the Shanghai Wanzhong Automotive Components Company, will become part of a Shanghai Automotive unit, the SAIC Motor Corporation, Shanghai Automotive said. The automaker already owns half of both ventures. The move is in line with a government plan to combine the countryâs automakers.


Never mind a Cosmopolitan, how about some Horlicks?

In fact, it is greeted with equanimity. "Good idea,'' says the other footballer.