Panel sees young adult antidepressant risk

SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Members of a U.S. advisory panel agreed with a Food and Drug Administration analysis that found antidepressant use raises the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in adults up to age 25, the panel's chairman said on Wednesday.


Where Have All the Chief Financial Officers Gone?

The push for better ethics and transparent accounting in corporate America has had an unexpected side effect: more finance chiefs are calling it quits.


Be smart when you use your credit card globally.


'Wonderful Life' tops inspiring film list

George Bailey's brother proclaimed him the richest man in Bedford Falls. Now the story of the despondent businessman, who got a chance to see how ugly the world would be without him, has been proclaimed the most inspiring American movie.


As is true with much about executive pay, details about exactly how peer groups are compiled have been kept under wraps.


Microsoft pledges cash for IT in developing world

InfoWorld - Microsoft will spend $235.5 million in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of students and teachers trained in its software programs to up to 270 million by 2013.


WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy said yesterday that President Bush's Iraq policy is ''ridiculous" and disputed Bush's statement that the 2004 reelection validated the war. Iraq is ''Bush's Vietnam," Kennedy said.


Kiev, 17:23 - CALCIO, EURO 2012: A RISCHIO ORGANIZZAZIONE UCRAINA

A 5 mesi dalla festa per l'assegnazione dell'organizzazione degli Europei 2012 insieme alla Polonia,...


Intel planning Centrino-like brand for desktops

Intel is preparing a marketing strategy that will brand desktop PCs with a similar label that made its Centrino notebook technology a household name, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.


UPDATE 3-Pinpoint McGrath puts Australia in command

Glenn McGrath celebrated his 100th test by grabbing two key wickets and putting Australia on course for a rare series victory in India on the second day of the third test on Wednesday.


Pakistan media urges calm after judge's victory

Hailing the Supreme Court's reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, newspapers warned democratic forces on Saturday that destabilizing President Pervez Musharraf further could play into militant and extremist hands.


Pirate Bay hits ten million peers, one million torrents

Swedish prosecutor hopes to crash party The Pirate Bay thumbed its nose at the authorities again this weekend, claiming it now has more peers worldwide than there are people in its home turf of Sweden.â¦


Carrefour posts 5.3 per cent profit rise, maintains 2004 goals

Carrefour, the world's No. 2 food retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 per cent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped


Blackstone unit to buy DJO for $1.3 billion

A unit of private equity giant  Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO  Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.


Computer giant Microsoft has fully rolled out its crucial security update to computers running its Windows XP. Last week, it "soft launched" Service Pack 2 (SP2) security update, making it available for some


UPDATE 1-Alcoa, BHP to sell Integris for $410 mln cash

Alcoa Inc. (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest aluminum producer, and BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) are selling a metal distribution joint


Manchester City stand firm to deny United in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford.


A leading member of the LVF is found guilty of the murder of Portadown grandmother Elizabeth O'Neill.


In the List of Top-Selling Games, Clear Evidence of a Sea Change

As video games become more popular than ever, hard-core gamers and the old-school critics who represent them are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience.


HIGH ISLAND, Texas - Making an encore appearance in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, Ivan swirled toward the Texas coast Thursday with a potential for up to 10 inches of rain over the weekend.    Florida residents also had that oh-no-not-again feeling as 105-mph Hurricane Jeanne appeared to be zeroing in this weekend for what would be the state's fourth thrashing this season...


In an Oval Office ceremony, Porter Goss was sworn in Friday to head the Central Intelligence Agency and lead an intelligence community that has faced intense criticism for failures and faulty information prior to the Sept.


As the case of Amazon.com reveals, maybe taking care of customers is something worth doing when you are trying to create a lasting company.


Chinese "trucking" live rats to southern restaurants

Live rats are being trucked from central China, suffering a plague of a reported 2 billion rodents displaced by a flooded lake, to the south to end up in restaurant dishes, Chinese media reported.


ORLANDO -- The cavernous convention center, the site of this week's International Builders Show, is lined row after row with slick display booths and polished sales reps peddling retro-style ovens, state-of-the-art foam insulation and a vegetable-oil-based product that plugs leaky ponds.


Bush, Kerry on final blitz to break poll deadlock

MILWAUKEE US President George Bush and Senator John Kerry ended their presidential campaigns yesterday with a frenzied multistate push for decisive votes and with the outcome locked in a breathless dead heat.


Reuters photographer and driver killed in Iraq

An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, the international news and information company said.


A ottobre a quota 80,9 da 83,4 del mese precedente


Prima intervista dopo emorragia che lo colpi' 10 mesi fa


The chances of a child developing asthma or other allergies may largely be fixed by the time they are born, research suggests.


Brockton reached the postseason by controlling the line of scrimmage and it wasn't about to change its game plan.


Top lenders compete for your mortgage, refinance, home equity loan and home equity line of credit. Complete one simple form and within minutes receive up to four offers to choose from.


In the timeline of American  punk rock, hardcore came between the punk of the 1970s and  1990s grunge.


Lo rivela un sondaggio realizzato il 22 novembre dall'Ekma


Hundreds gathered Friday on a beach in a remote jungle region of Nicaragua to mourn the victims of Hurricane Felix and condemn the government for doing too little to search for anyone who might have survived.


Patrick Vieira believes Arsenal are better placed than ever before to achieve Champions League success - and insisted they would not be muscled out of their stride at home or abroad.


Regolamento dell'operazione fissato per il 15 gennaio


Study Raises Questions About Bioengineered Grass

new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through


Loins Of Punjab has great performances and characters, and tries to show the politics of reality shows.


Interception for major ices Bears victory

his knee hit the ground -- because he was bobbling the ball, the rookie's touchdown return with 3:52 left stood, and


'Titanic' Tops Cheesy Film Moments Survey

Although "Titanic" soared at the box office in 1997, according to a recent United Kingdom survey, it's most memorable line — "I'm the king of the world!" — sunk.


European stocks lower as financials weigh

European equity markets were lower on Monday, but off their worst levels as heavyweight oil and pharma stocks partially offset losses for financial and mining stocks.


Another small, eco-friendly business is scooped up by a corporation.


Top races in Tuesday's primary elections

Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:


Nader denounces other presidential candidates across from New York ...

_ Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader denounced the Democratic and Republican parties at a rally near Wall Street on Monday and assured the crowd that a vote for him was not a wasted vote.


Bombs kill 14 in Iraq, U.S. blames al Qaeda

Two suicide bombers struck in a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people including the leader of a U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrol, police said.


Organic Valley's George Siemon Receives Prestigious Sustie Award for Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture

LA FARGE, Wis., Feb. 2  /PRNewswire/ -- George Siemon, CEO and a founding farmer of Organic Valley Family of Farms, recently received the prestigious Sustie Award from the Ecological Farming Association at the organization's annual Eco-Farm Conference in Pacific Grove, Calif.


Franklin Templeton Investments agreed to pay $18 million to settle complaints that the mutual fund distributor failed to tell investors it paid brokers who recommended its funds, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said yesterday.


Motorola Inc. said Tuesday it has signed an agreement to acquire MeshNetworks Inc., a privately held developer of wireless networks.


Hawkins, Inc. Notifies SEC of Late Third Quarter Form 10-Q Filing Due to New Enterprise Resource Planning System

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hawkins, Inc.  today announced that it has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that it will not file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006 (the "10-Q Report") on a timely basis.


Libya says ball in EU court over medics' fate

Libya said on Wednesday the ball is in Europe's court over the fate of six foreign medics reprieved from a death sentence for infecting children with the AIDS virus but who are still anxiously waiting to return home after eight years behind bars.


(HealthDay News) -- It's important to apply sunscreen year-round, whenever you're out in the sun. Sunscreen helps protect your skin from harmful UV rays, which can damage the skin and lead to skin cancer.


Internet Giants File 7 Suits Aimed at Stopping Spam

The suits include the first filed by America Online against spammers who use instant messaging, a practice the online industry calls spimming.


Paula Radcliffe has been included in the list of athletes to start tomorrow's 10,000m women's Olympic final. The runner, who agonisingly failed to complete the marathon last Sunday, has remained tight-lipped


Sondheim routs Spamalot at top UK theater awards

Broadway veteran Stephen Sondheim swept the board at one of Britain's top theater awards on Sunday, sending the big-budget Monty Python musical "Spamalot" away empty-handed.


Alitalia pilots reach deal, other talks continue as deadline looms

Management and union leaders at Alitalia reached agreement on a new contract for pilots, though talks continued for other job categories ahead of a Wednesday deadline the company has set to work out a rescue package for the ailing carrier, union leaders said.


Nine firefighters killed in furniture store blaze

CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Nine firefighters died battling a blaze that raced through a furniture store and warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday night, triggering a rolling ball of smoke and flames that destroyed the roof and pelted onlookers with hot ash.


Halliburton Says Army to Withhold Some Payments

Halliburton Co. on Tuesday said the  U.S. Army will withhold payments of 15 percent of future bills,  apparently backtracking on an earlier deal.


Roma, 23:25 - CALCIO, ROMA; MANCINI: GIUSTA MIA AMMONIZIONE

''L'ammonizione che mi son preso è giusta''. Amantino Mancini ha rivisto alla moviola a Contr...


In the cities and villages of southern Russia, the first day of school is a civic holiday. So it was last Wednesday in Beslan, when 1,200 parents and their children packed into Middle School No.


A jury Friday found former media tycoon Conrad Black guilty of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He and three co-defendants defrauded shareholders of Hollinger International and skimmed $60 million from the newspaper conglomerate.


Per telefonini 3/a generazione, ha pagato 211 mln euro circa


By Aimie Pardas  IN one of many advertisements where Apple shows the difference between Macs and PCs, Apple pokes fun at how PCs are more vulnerable to malicious software or malware attacks such as viruses.


As the evil Sylar on "Heroes," Zachary Quinto has an arsenal of superpowers at his disposal. Now Quinto is moving even further into the sci-fi world with his selection to play a young Spock in the next "Star Trek" movie.


Il Fondo monetario: "Destinare tutte le ulteriori maggiori entrate per il calo del debito e del deficit"L'istituto chiede il risanamento dei conti pubblici in un momento delicato per l'economia mondiale                                            Nuovo monito del Fmi all'Italia "Utilizzare i 4 miliardi per il debito"


The Justice Department is investigating possible accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, bringing greater government scrutiny to bear on the mortgage finance company, already facing a parallel inquiry by the SEC, a source close to the matter said on Thursday.


Bill and Hillary are returning to Washington this fall and will be sharing their digs with Beyonce, Duke Ellington and Brangelina.


Why consumer-facing dividend-payers can keep you out of the poorhouse.


Ministro Esteri, giornalista e' un'amica del popolo iracheno


Lawsuit causes big losses for Intertainment

Germany's Intertainment on Monday reported major losses for the 2003 financial year, having been battered by its long-standing lawsuit against Elie Samaha's Franchise Pictures.


Wales will seek to ease the pressure on coach Gareth Jenkins with a win over a buoyant Italy side in Rome on Saturday.


Sovereign Bancorp board battle could oust CEO: WSJ

A boardroom battle is looming at Sovereign Bancorp Inc.  that could cost company chief Jay Sidhu his job and pose a problem for shareholder Banco Santander Central Hispano , The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.


Global Crossing founder, others likely to be fined under SEC pact

Global Crossing Ltd. founder Gary Winnick and at least two other executives are likely to be fined under an agreement that will end a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the company's accounting, people familiar with the matter said.


Fans of the King from around the world are in Memphis, Tenn., honoring the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.


'Incredibles' Soars at International Box Office

SYDNEY  - "The Incredibles" has  delivered Disney's biggest single weekend ever at the  international box office, taking in $45.5 million, according to  data issued Sunday.


Un giudizio definitivo solo dopo consultazione lavoratori


Games giant Electronic Arts is  joining forces with a Scottish mobile entertainment firm to make more mobile games.


Scorsese Hasn't Spoken to Dylan About Film

Martin Scorsese has been working on a film about Bob Dylan for two years and there's one important person he hasn't spoken to about it: Bob Dylan.


UPDATE: China Mobile 1H Net Up 7.8% On Subscriber Growth

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHL), the listed unit of China's biggest cellular phone operator, posted Wednesday a 7.8% rise in first-half net profit on a 23% increase in its subscriber base.


US embassies issue terror warnings in Nordic, Baltic region

HELSINKI, Finland - US embassies in Finland and Latvia issued a rare warning to Americans in the Nordic and Baltic region to be wary of shopping centers and public transport amid a threat of a possible terror attack Monday.


Peace talks between Pakistan and India are set to begin this week at the highest level. It will be the first meeting between Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Premier Manmohan Singh since India's change of government.


Bollywood star seeks bail in deadly bombings case

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed  for six years for getting guns from gangsters involved in  India's worst bombing, challenged his conviction in the Supreme  Court on Thursday and sought bail.


Bush Tells Democrats U.S. Commitment in Iraq Not 'Open Ended'

On the deadliest day of the Iraq war this year, President Bush told newly empowered House Democrats there are limits to how long the United States will stay committed to the bloody conflict.


Oil prices slide as Gulf of Mexico supply fears ease

TORONTO - World crude prices eased Thursday after hurricane Ivan passed over the US Gulf Coast's oil refineries and drilling platforms without causing serious damage.


U.S. Mission Flouts Cuba Christmas Warning

U.S. diplomats on Wednesday ignored a warning from the Cuban government to immediately take down Christmas decorations outside its offices or face unspecified consequences.


TiVo unveils its 1st high-definition DVR

Playing a bit of catch-up to rival offerings, TiVo Inc. will unveil Tuesday a new high-end digital video recorder that will be the company's first to support high-definition programming.


The insurance industry planned to propose a series of steps the companies say would let more individuals obtain coverage.


US R&B singer D'Angelo is charged with drink driving and possession of drugs by police in Virginia.


Pakistanis launch attack after mosque talks fail

Pakistani forces launched an operation on Tuesday to clear militants from a mosque compound after talks to end a week-long standoff broke down, the military said.


Insurers in probe halt use of incentive fees

Two major insurance companies named in the New York attorney general's investigation into questionable sales practices have discontinued the use of incentive fees, which are at the center of the probe.


L'accusa ipotizzata dai pm milanesi Ã¨ di concorso in diffamazione aggravataTutte le persone ascoltate hanno affermato di non avere la possibilitÃ  di controllare                                            Video disabile picchiato in classe Indagati 2 legali di Google Italia                                                                                L'associazione Vividown: "Passo in avanti, decisione corretta"


Ralph Baze admits he shot a sheriff and a deputy 15 years ago in eastern Kentucky. But he doesn't want his death sentence carried out with the three-drug formula commonly used in lethal injections across the nation.


Russia's state owned oil firm Rosneft has bought the mystery winner of Yukos' prize production unit in a move that nationalises 11% of the country's oil output even as a legal battle rages in America over the sale.


Senate Republicans are facing off against the White House in an effort to block a controversial immigration bill


Sport: An extraordinary World Cup is reaching its climax with thousands of England fans descending on Paris.


Air France to begin study of in-flight cell phone use

Six-month study will allow passengers to send messages and make calls.


Duff strike preserves Chelsea's five-point lead

Damien Duff showed why Jose Mourinho's decision to cancel Christmas might prove worthwhile after the Premiership leaders' 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.


Willy Taveras' hitting streak reached 29 games when the Houston Astros outfielder doubled to center field on the third pitch of the game by the Pirates' Zach Duke on Saturday night.


In flessione il Sud per il calo della forza lavoro femminile


One Chinese Hostage Killed, One Rescued in Pakistani Raid

Pakistani security forces raided a house in the South Waziristan tribal region, where al-Qaida-linked militants had been holding two Chinese engineers hostage since Saturday.


Game consoles help keep students in the classroom

Video-game machines, long seen by parents as a formidable enemy in the battle to get their children to study, are advancing into the Japanese classroom.


The pound suffered after worse-than-expected third-quarter GDP data.


In diciannove lettere ritratto del partito che va oggi a congressoLa B di Bertinotti, la D di D'alema, la I di Iraq, la V di Veltroni                                          L'alfabeto della Quercia Per l'incognita, vedi alla P                                                                                di VALERIO GUALERZI


CDC says delay of Chiron flu vaccine not a problem

Aug 27, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Close to half of the nation's influenza vaccine doses will be shipped later than expected this fall, but everyone who wants a flu shot should ultimately be able to get it, federal health officials said today.


The province of Darfur in western Sudan is the newest global hot spot. All of a sudden our corporate media are full of reports by US and UK-based human rights organizations alleging mass murder, rape and ethnic cleansing.


170,000 runners, walkers and joggers attend breast cancer run ...

(CP) - More than 170,000 Canadians, many of them survivors, ran, walked, cheered or volunteered Sunday as part of the largest single-day fundraising event for breast cancer in Canada.


Think you can trade your way to becoming the trillionaire next door?


The DR Congo army and rebels agree a ceasefire in a town at the centre of recent fighting, UN says.


Nell'archivio di via Nazionale fascicoli sui militari considerati "nemici" di Palazzo Chigi"Pericoloso network" di delegittimazione tra Quirinale, Ds, magistrati e servizi segreti francesi                                            Ecco i dossier del Sismi sui generali "di sinistra"                                                                                Schedati Tricarico, Mosca Moschini e Cucchidi CARLO BONINI


In Ghana, a different kind of 'casual Friday'

Ghanaians swap Western attire for local garb to help the country's textile industry.


Like any normal consumer, Tom Gruss was leery about the idea of a company sending promotional text messages straight to his cell phone. Who needs a bombardment of sales pitches in yet another format?


Israel presses Gaza operation, kills 2 Palestinians

Israeli forces backed by tanks and aircraft killed two Palestinians in raids in northern Gaza on Thursday, trying to curb an upsurge in militant rocket attacks on the Jewish state.


A 35-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Martin Joseph Martin in Antrim last July.


After years of price hikes, premiums for Medicare HMOs are leveling off

With the exception of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, most of the state's large health insurers will not raise premiums in 2005 for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare HMOs. Even so, seniors are not rushing to rejoin the plans, which are struggling to regain their trust after years of dramatic price increases.


Ellis leads surging A's over Rangers 7-4

Mark Ellis drove in four runs with a homer and a bases-loaded double, leading the surging Oakland Athletics to a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.


Chad court sentences French to 8 years hard labor

N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor each after a court in Chad found them guilty on Wednesday of trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country.


Brian May has stunned Queen fans by announcing the rock group will reform, with ex-Free and Bad Company star Paul Rodgers taking over vocal duties from the late Freddie Mercury.


Who Watches The Watchers In Surveillance Society?

TechWeb - Combining motion detection technology with the learning features of game software, new systems can detect people loitering or leaving a package.


A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt — more than a century ago.


Sven-Goran Eriksson has refused to publicly criticise David Beckham for his reckless lunge at Ben Thatcher and subsequent booking.


An inquiry is under way after a  train collided with a car at a level crossing  in Carmarthenshire.


Netgear Gets Aggressive on 11n Wireless Pricing

Netgear this week will unveil a two-radio 5GHz 802.11n router with a new internal antenna system and a price tag under $130.


Passengers can take more than one piece of hand luggage on flights at 22 UK airports from Monday.


NEW DELHI, Jan. 26 -- More than 200 Hindu pilgrims, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede and fire while visiting a temple in western India on Tuesday, authorities said.


More television viewers are turning to  the Internet to watch videos, films and TV episodes, according  to a new survey.


A lawsuit filed against musician Lenny Kravitz alleges one of the toilets in his New York City penthouse became clogged causing water damage.


Russian School Siege Town Buries First of Its Dead

BESLAN, Russia  - The sound of weeping mothers who  lost their sons and daughters in Russia's school siege drifted  out of the homes of Beslan on Sunday as the first burials were  held for some of the 338 people killed.


Students Take Veggie-Fueled "BioBus" on Eco Road Trip

Thirteen college students are traveling the U.S. by school bus to promote the use of "biodiesel," fuel made from vegetable oil such as that used in fast food restaurants.


Two former Croat prisoners of war who narrowly escaped a 1991...

Two former Croat prisoners of war who narrowly escaped a 1991 massacre of more than 200 fellow POWs at a pig farm in eastern Croatia testified yesterday at a landmark trial of 17 Serb paramilitaries charged in ...


Ibrahim Jaaber scores 18 points to lead five players in double figures as Pennsylvania leads from start to finish in defeating Navy, 79-58.


Williams Cos. announced Thursday that it is abandoning efforts to sell its energy trading business, the once high-flying unit whose collapse nearly led to the company's insolvency.


Jailed terror student 'hid' files in the wrong Windows folder

And 'provided terror instructions' via web links Careless use of Windows folders cost a Scottish student a lengthy prison stretch today, as an Edinburgh High Court Judge sentenced Mohammed Atif Siddique to eight years for possession of terrorism-related items. During his trial the jury had been told by Michael Dickson, a forensics analyst for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, that Siddique's laptop computer had contained material placed in a Windows folder where it would be difficult for an inexperienced to find.â¦


It's a bad idea to burglarize a place marked "K-9 training facility."


Bacterial outbreak sweeps Baguio City; 6 dead

BAGUIO - An airborne bacterial outbreak has killed a total of six people and ravaged tourism in Baguio City, officials said yesterday.


Samaranch taken to hospital after collapse

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has been taken to hospital in Madrid after collapsing at a promotional event in the Spanish capital on Wednesday.


Amateur sailors will be subject to the same alcohol limits as drivers, the government announces.


Federal Communications Commission  Chairman Michael Powell said on Friday he plans to resign after  four years of mixed success in pushing a deregulatory approach  to the telecommunications and media industries.


Roma, 12:03 - CALCIO, UFFICIO INDAGINI: NOMINATI VICE-CAPO DI BORRELLI

Luca Pancalli, commissario straordinario della Figc, ha nominato Gianmichele Corona e Giorgio Riccia...


Ortiz quickly becoming Boston's Mr. Overtime

BOSTON - If there is to be a statue, it should be shaped like David Ortiz. It should be massive and menacing and brightly lit as darkness descends.


Irish firm seeks Trainee Assistant Banana Ripener

'A good knowledge of Excel' a must, naturally The Irish readers among you pondering a radical change of career could do worse than consider this vacancy down at Dublin-based Global Fruit Co. Ltd, which is currently a bit short-handed in its banana-ripening department:â¦


SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Boingo Wireless and Vonage Holdings Corp., the leading broadband telephony provider in North America, today announced a relationship that teams two industry innovators in an effort


USTR Schwab: WTO poised for Doha breakthrough

Trade negotiators may be on the  brink of a long-awaited breakthrough that could push the  embattled Doha round on a course to completion, the Bush  administration's top trade official said on Wednesday.


THE WRITERS of the MyDoom viruses are encoding job applications into the latest variants of the bug. According to Sophos the plea for work was found when its boffins were stripping the code of the MyDoom-U and MyDoom-V variants.


Verona, 17:10 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: PER IL BRAGA PILLON FA TURN OVER

Allenamento mattutino di rifinitura per il Chievo prima della partenza per il Portogallo dove domani...


Iran Says it has Converted Some 'Yellowcake' Uranium

Iran says it has converted several tons of raw uranium - also known as "yellowcake" - into a gas that can be used in making enriched uranium.


Europe go into the singles needing three-and-a-half points to win the Ryder Cup.


Olympics: Unknown Nesterenko makes world headlines

ATHENS - Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of doping woes to win the 100m.


Correll Buckhalter's injury overshadowed Terrell Owens' spectacular debut with the Philadelphia Eagles. Owens caught an 81-yard TD pass from Donovan McNabb on Philadelphia's first play, and rookie J.R. Reed returned a kickoff 88 yards for a score, leading the Eagles over the Baltimore Ravens 26-17 in a preseason game Friday night.


Roma, 17:05 - CALCIO, ROMA: NIENTE AMICHEVOLE PER MEXES

Philippe Mexes, difensore della Roma, ha lasciato oggi il ritiro della Francia a causa di un infortu...


Un'altra carneficina, quasi 150 le vittime di oggiDue attentati suicida tra i fedeli in cammino verso la cittÃ  santa                                            Iraq, due kamikaze tra i pellegrini muoiono novanta sciiti


Packers dedicate division clincher to injured teammate

The Green Bay Packers dedicated their division-clinching victory over Minnesota on Christmas Eve to wide receiver Robert Ferguson, who is still experiencing numbness on his left side a week after a clothesline hit by Donovin Darius that drew a $75,000


Indications emerged Wednesday that an impasse had developed among members of the Shiite Muslim coalition that won the most votes in last month's National Assembly election, as party functionaries and representatives of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani tried for another day to apportion leadership positions in the next government.


Parigi, 15:16 - TENNIS, ROLAND GARROS: LA SANTANGELO AL TERZO TURNO

Battendo la thailandese Tamarine Tanasugarn con il punteggio di 6-3, 6-2, Mara Santangelo si &egrave...


A panda gave birth to twins in southwest China, surprising researchers who were only expecting a single cub.


The success of films like Borat and The Devil Wears Prada boosts News Corp quarterly sales, but TV profits fall.


Intel has added a high-end model to its range mobile processors. The Pentium M 765 is based on Intel's market-leading 90nm manufacturing process technology and features 2MB of integrated, power-managed Level 2 cache.


China hails rejection of Taiwan's latest U.N. bid

China hailed the United Nations' standard rejection of Taiwan's membership bid on Thursday, saying the self-ruled island was an inseparable part of "one China".


Palestinians Pledge Vote to Replace Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised a swift election to replace him on Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  ex-guerrilla who symbolized their hopes of a state.


Chaos cuts it short as cops fire over huge throng to prevent riot

Yasser Arafat was buried yesterday in the courtyard of his West Bank headquarters in a chaotic funeral riddled with the sounds of gunshots, screams and tears of mourning.


Cagliari, 15:41 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: BIZERA PER LOPEZ, BIONDINI DAL PRIMO MINUTO

Le anticipazioni di metà settimana sono state confermate dallo stesso Colomba che questa matt...


Yukos, the Russian oil group, might file for bankruptcy in the next few days unless the Russian authorities reduce the pressure they have been applying, its chief financial officer Bruce Misamore said in an interview with the Financial Times.


UPDATE 2-Marsh & McLennan to cut 3,000 jobs as profit sinks

Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , at the center of a bid-rigging scandal rocking the insurance industry, on Tuesday said it will cut 3,000 jobs and said


Beijing mulls response to Spielberg move

Rights groups on Wednesday praised Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to shun involvement with the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies because China was not doing enough to help end the crisis in Darfur.


Who needs an Oscar? Amy Ryan already is a winner

She may be one of this year's most  unlikely Oscar nominees, and because of that, Amy Ryan believes  she already is a winner even if she fails to take home the  coveted award as best supporting actress in "Gone Baby Gone."


Spanish anthem to get words so sportsmen can sing

Spain might at last get words for its national anthem following complaints by athletes who want something to sing at big competitions.


San Diego Padres pitcher David Wells might be making the final start of his 20-year major league career today, though it's possible he could be talked into another season in his home town.


Napoli, 19:45 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: I CONVOCATI PER LA LAZIO

per la gara d'andata degli ottavi di finale di Coppa Italia contro la Lazio, in programma domani, il...


Dozens more Israeli tanks have entered northern Gaza as the army intensifies its operation against Palestinian militants in the area.


Next Space Station Crew Looks to Spring Launch

WASHINGTON - Two Russian cosmonauts and South Korea's first astronaut are gearing up for a planned April launch to the International Space Station (ISS).


MICHAEL Kelleher from Dundee (May 25) reckons that if we look in almost any river at this time of year we are likely to see a dried- up riverbed.


Pakistan Says Militants on the Run, Despite Blast

Pakistani forces are driving al Qaeda-linked militants out of mountains near the Afghan border but attacks such as a bomb that wounded soldiers on Saturday could not be ruled out, a commander said.


Columbine High School evacuated on bomb threat

Columbine High School in Colorado, scene of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat.


Commerce Department counts 1,100 missing laptops

U.S. government agency adds up past five years' lost or stolen notebooks containing personal Census Bureau data.


Year starts sour on weak factory data, $100 oil

U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow getting off to its worst-ever start to a year, after data showed a surprise contraction in manufacturing and oil surged to $100 a barrel, raising the specter of stagflation.


It depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops


It will take 10 years before government reforms will have an effect on secondary schools, says ex-minister David Blunkett.


Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at avoiding collapse, news reports and an industry source said Monday.


American duo wins 2006 Nobel physics prize

Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics for work that helped shed light on the infancy of the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday.


Shaquille O'Neal goes over the 25,000-point mark midway through the first quarter in the Heat's 99-93 loss to the Knicks on Monday.


INDEPENDENT grocery wholesaler Metcash Trading has made a bold bid to become the third force in our supermarket scene behind Woolworths and Coles with a $846 million offer for Foodland yesterday.


Tishman Speyer and Lehman to buy Archstone-Smith

Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.


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Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell will target Tony Blair and Alex Salmond at the party's conference.


Reinvents self to be more competitive Online address book provider Plaxo has introduced a major overhaul in an effort to catch up with networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook.â¦


At this rate, it won't be long before the Minnesota Twins take over the AL Central lead.


U.S. reviews security after Algeria bombing

The United States embassy urged Americans in Algeria to check their personal security on Monday after a bus carrying foreign oil workers was bombed in the first attack on Western expatriates in many years.


In calo all'apertura dei mercati valutari


16/a giornata: Rocchi in Toro-Roma, Gava per Samp-Fiorentina


World Aids Day was marked around the globe by somber religious services, boisterous demonstrations and warnings that far more needs to be done to treat and prevent the disease in order to avert millions of additional deaths.


More flu vaccine coming to state, but it's not enough

A federal plan announced yesterday to distribute the nation's 10.3 million remaining flu shots will direct about 380,000 doses to Pennsylvania.


World's first lung transplant on HIV patient performed

Doctors in Italy have performed the world's first lung transplant on an HIV patient, a medical institute in the southern city of Palermo said on Friday.


The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday


Defense Lawyers Say Rapport with Milosevic Ruined

The lawyers appointed to defend  Slobodan Milosevic in his war crimes trial said on Tuesday  their relationship with the defendant had been irreparably  damaged and renewed their plea to be allowed to withdraw from  the case.


Near-blizzard, tornadoes sock central U.S.

The second big winter storm to hit the central United States in less than a week slammed parts of Nebraska and Iowa with near-blizzard conditions on Thursday and spun off tornadoes that killed a child in Missouri.


U.S. prepared to forfeit Panam baseball gold as final postponed

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - The United States is prepared to forfeit the Panamerican Games baseball gold medal to Cuba after Thursday's championship game was rescheduled for Friday due to a waterlogged field.


WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said yesterday.


A 6,3 milioni unita', economisti attendevano flessione a 6,2


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Brown-Forman may sell Hartmann luggage unit

Brown-Forman Corp. BFa.N   BFb.N, a consumer products company best known for its wines   and spirits, said on Wednesday it may sell its Hartmann Inc.   unit, one of the oldest U.S. luggage makers.


PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- Mother Nature might be slowing you down on the roads, but you won`t lose any time paying tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.


Convicted sex offenders in Sweden are free to read pornography in their cells following a court ruling that has angered the prison service.


EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes and iPod: report

European Union consumer chief Meglena  Kuneva has hit out at Apple Inc.'s bundling of its popular iPod  music players and its iTunes online music store, according to  German weekly magazine Focus.


Cisco High Performance Computing Products Support World's Largest Supercomputing Sites

Cisco(R) (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today its continued leadership as the open system interconnect vendor of choice for the top 50 High Performance Computing (HPC) server clusters based on the latest Top500(R) list.


McCaw's Clearwire Goes WiMAX, Intel Makes 'Significant Investment'

Here's one way to jumpstart WiMAX deployment: make a "significant investment" in a wireless broadband company that promises to use your technology and products.


UPDATE 1-Slick Spain seal 1-0 win over uninspired England

A slick Spain side claimed a deserved 1-0 victory over England in a ill-tempered friendly marred by racist chanting at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.


Judge orders made-for-TV band to change name

A federal judge has barred a new   made-for-TV rock band that includes Motley Crue drummer Tommy   Lee from calling itself Supernova because that name already has   been claimed by a lesser-known band.


Hudson Man Charged In Interstate Illegal Medicine Scheme

MIAMI, FL -- A Hudson, NH, man and former Alvirne High School football coach is under arrest in Florida, charged with being part of an interstate prescription drug scheme.


Saudi Al Qaeda Urges Attacks on Oil Facilities-Web

An Internet statement purportedly from  the Saudi wing of al Qaeda has urged guerrillas to attack oil  facilities in the world's biggest crude exporter.


Fox claimed all of the top  five shows in the key adults 18-49 demographic last week and  got a solid premiere from David E. Kelley's drama "Wedding  Bells."


Sumitomo, Credit Lyonnais Rouse Settle Copper Suit

Sumitomo Corp. and Credit Lyonnais Rouse Ltd. settled the Japanese company's $1.1 billion claim the metals brokerage dishonestly aided Yasuo Hamanaka, who tried to corner the copper market in the 1990s.


Wal-Mart to launch prepaid cards: report

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  will launch a prepaid card aimed at customers who do not have access to a bank account, the Financial Times reported in its online edition on Wednesday.


Business Booms for Makers of Dirty Bomb Detectors, Spy Cameras and...

Beneath an ornate chandelier, Rob Clarey lifts up his anti-mine boot and proudly shows it to a visitor.


Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.


Tony Blair is expected to step down as a Labour MP if he gets the role of a Mid-East envoy, the BBC learns.


Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told MPs the deployment would last "weeks rather than months", and that the troops would stay under British command.


Winds wane as 18 wildfires burn in California

Dying winds gave California firefighters their first big break on Wednesday after four days battling wildfires, but San Diego faced more calamity as blazes there burned out of control and kept more than half a million evacuees from returning home.


Governo lo conferma e annuncia accordo per discarica campana


Recent galactic births surprise astronomers

Several dozen baby galaxies have turned up in galactic retirement communities near the Milky Way, new observations reveal. The objects resemble primitive galaxies from the early universe and may shed light on what triggers galaxies to form.


A retaliatory 10% tax on exchange operations involving US dollars comes into force in Cuba on Monday.


Darfur Peace Talks Suspended, Aid Agency Quits

Sudan's government and Darfur rebels  suspended faltering peace talks on Tuesday and the African  Union urged both sides to stop fighting to allow negotiations  to resume in January.


U.S. presidential hopefuls flock to YouTube

Top White House candidates unveiled their own YouTube video channels on Thursday, pushing the 18-month-old Web video-sharing site even farther into the U.S. political mainstream.


Design work trumps new technologies at Beijing Olympics

(InfoWorld) - When Beijing won the right to host theÂ 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officials promised to use it as a showcase for new technology and China's economic development. But the reality is that while the games will display the world's top athletic talent, it will be using old, mature technologies. A lot of new technologies, and even some mature ones, have already beenÂ cut from the roster. Microsoft Windows Vista, for example, won't be the OS used on any of the PCs responsible for vital functions at the Olympics; its predecessor Windows XP will. WLAN (wireless LAN) didn't make the grade either. All networking for the games will be done by wireline. Officials have even prepared a mobile Web site for the Olympics based on WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), instead of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) or 3G (third generation). The site is designed to provide up-to-the-minute scoring information, and it's already online. "We're only using proven technologies at the games," said Hou Xinyi, deputy director of the technology department at the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, which has taken the acronym, BOCOG. If China's 3G system is up and running by the end of this year, the official Web site for mobile users will be more useful to people, he added. So far,Â China hasn't said when it will start issuing 3G licenses. The nice thing about WAP is its reliability and usability. Most wireless networks can be used with it, including CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), and most OSes allow people to read information from WAP sites. It's just not as fast as 3G, not by a long shot. But while the technology may be lacking, attendees to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be treated to some spectacular design work. Not only are some of the stadiums being built for the games unique -- and unusual for Beijing -- the torch to be used in the round-the-world relay is also easy on the eyes. And it was developed by a PC vendor, China's own Lenovo Group. Lenovo won the design contest for the 2008 Olympic torch. The company's PC designers came up with a 72 centimeter tall, 985 gram aluminum torch in the shape of an ancient Chinese scroll. The torch is two colors, split in half in the same manner as the Yin-Yang symbol, said Y.J. Yao, a vice president at Lenovo and head of the design teams. The upper half of the torch is silver with cloud designs outlined in red, while the lower half is red, covered by a special paint with a rubbery feel, a no-slip safeguard so runners won't drop it if they're sweating during their 400-meter portion of the global torch run. Originally, the company thought about using a dragon design on the top of the torch, but "the dragon is a symbol for the emperor, not for everyone, so we can't accept the dragon," Yao said. The cloud is for everyone, and represents the coming together of heaven and earth, he added. The name of the torch is the Cloud of Promise. The form of the torch -- the scroll design -- denotes paper, a useful item and a Chinese invention, Yao said. The color was chosen via a survey. "We asked, what color is China? Over 99 percent of respondents said red," Yao said. The color represents fire and warmth, friendliness and luck. People who like pictures of the torch might be interested in buying one of the laptop PCs Lenovo designed using the torch colors and styles. The company plans to auction off 2008 of them online and donate the proceeds to charity. EbayÂ is helping with the auction, but it won't be an eBay URL (uniform resource locator), said Yao. "We have a passion for the Olympic Games," Yao said. "You know, when it's happening in your city, you have a passion for this." The other top Olympic-related design work has gone into the new National Stadium, referred to by many as the Bird's Nest due to its unorthodox construction. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games will take place in the stadium. The exterior of the 91,000 seat stadium resembles a bird's nest, a steel exoskeleton wrapped around the outside of the site. The design is bold, and striking. It's hard to tell how it's going over with local Beijing residents, though. Many complain that there's nothing Chinese about it and one of the best comments this reporter heard on a recent trip to the city was "I guess it will take some getting used to." Beside the Bird's Nest is the National Aquatics Center, where all swimming and water sports events will take place. Based on the geometry of water bubbles and crystals, the center was nicknamed the Water Cube because of the design of its light blue and white outer membrane. The Cloud of Promise, Bird's Nest and Water Cube are all attempts at innovative design. Unfortunately, the technology used at the games won't be quite so bold. Â


In what could prove to be one the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes center stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.


UPDATE 1-Struggling Lazio appoint Papadopulo new coach

Giuseppe Papadopulo, who was banned for five months earlier this year after an investigation into gambling related match-fixing, has been appointed as coach of struggling Serie A side Lazio.


La Regione replica definendo il ricorso paradossale


Dodgers must put champagne on ice; Giants still alive for NL West

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - JT Snow homered to lead San Francisco over Los Angeles, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.


Modificare Dl in sede di convalida o non sara' credibile


The popularity of Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has more than doubled since President Vladimir Putin named him his preferred successor two weeks ago, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.


Post-Talladega expletive costs Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 for cursing during a postrace TV interview, NASCAR announced Tuesday. The loss of points drops Earnhardt out of first place in the Nextel Cup standings.


Cisco Systems Inc. warned of another security vulnerability to its products last week, one that could allow an attacker to disable remote administration access to a Cisco device running IOS.


HP plunks 16GB SSD drive into slim business PCs

Small drive for fat wallets Hewlett-Packard is henceforth packing flash solid-state drives into upcoming models of its ultra-slim business desktops.â¦


Several Soldiers From Abu Ghraib Go on Trial in Germany

A key suspect in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison voiced fear he was being made a scapegoat when he was asked to turn over a laptop computer and other


At Least on Wall Street, Wages of Sin Beat Those of Virtue

Funds that invest in âsin stocksâ â companies involved with drinking and gambling, for example â have earned better returns this year than funds striving to be socially responsible.


Viacom Inc. VIAb.N on  Thursday posted a third-quarter loss as a result of charges  from discontinued operations and a writedown of its assets, but  revenue rose on advertising sales growth at MTV and Nickelodeon  cable networks and the CBS television network.


Rangers 2, Islanders 1: Rangers Take a Big Hit, Then Deliver a Bigger Blow

Forward Petr Prucha scored a power-play goal with 5 minutes 14 seconds left to put the Rangers in a tie for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.


Lincoln-Sudbury grad achieves her goals at MIT

Sudbury's Betty Zheng, a senior assistant captain on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology women's ice hockey team, will always remember MIT's Dec. 3 game against Chatham (Pa.) College.


Shuttleworth Denies Ubuntu-Microsoft Deal

Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has made it clear that Ubuntu isn't interested in forming a deal with Microsoft along the lines of those recently reached by Linspire, Xandros and Novell.


Antimicrobial May Harm Developing Nervous System

Prolonged exposure to a germ killer widely used in industry and in household and personal care products, stunts the growth of developing nerves in the brains of rats, according to new research.


Marijuana top U.S. cash crop, analyst says

U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.


Sun to ship Microsoft Windows Server on its hardware

Sun Microsystems will become a distributor of Windows Server on its entire line of compatible servers.


KUTZTOWN (Pennsylvania): Lim Siew Ai failed to make the cut for the US$1mil Wachovia Classic when she shot a one-over 73 on the second day of competition at the Berkleigh Country Club on Friday.


'Gumball' driver gets suspended sentence over deadly crash

A Briton who took part in an unauthorised road rally for the wealthy was on Friday handed a two-year suspended sentence in Macedonia for a crash that claimed the lives of two locals.


Security group sets baseline standard for firewalls

InfoWorld - Four security software rivals are have teamed up to set a baseline standard for application security firewalls, challenging others in the industry to join them.


Iraq's prime minister was misunderstood when he said the Americans could leave "any time they want" an aide said Sunday, as politicians moved to end a pair of boycotts that are holding up work on crucial political reforms sought by Washington.


Democrats criticise a US Supreme Court ruling against racial quotas in schools, but advocacy groups are split.


Woman takes hostages at Caterpillar factory

Clayton, NC -- A woman apparently upset about the firing of a friend took five people hostage at a Caterpillar heavy-equipment factory Tuesday, police said.


The body of a 23-year-old charity worker is found partially covered by stones in a gully in northern India.


ESG Lab Validation Report: SEPATON S2100 Virtual Tape Library and Data De-duplication Solutions

(Source: SEPATON) ESG Lab reviews SEPATON's enterprise-class virtual tape library systems to validate backup/restore performance of over 17TB per hour, dramatically accelerating data protection.  In addition, SEPATON's DeltaStor de-duplication software exceeded company claims of 50:1 de-dupe ratios to help companies mitigate growing disk storage costs. Uncover more "outstanding" results in the full report.


Second historical flight of a private spaceship successful

Tehachapi resident Michael Melvill, pilot of SpaceShipOne, made a second successful flight into space on the morning of Sept. 29 to vie for the $10 million prize in the Ansari XPrize competition.


High valuations can sink a chieftain's reign.


U.S. to remove plutonium from 1,000 old atom bombs

The United States will remove from military stockpiles nine tonnes of plutonium, enough for more than 1,000 atom bombs, to demonstrate its commitment to non-proliferation, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday.


British director Mike Leigh's &quotVera Drake", a movie portraying a back-street abortionist in 1950s London, won the top prize on Saturday for the best film at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.


Dalat Nuclear Research Institute stands on a mountaintop in Vietnam's southern highlands. The nuclear reactor is not what most Vietnamese think of when they think of Dalat. The town, nestled in pine woods, is Vietnam's favorite honeymoon spot.


The Phoenix Coyotes signed free-agent center Petr Nedved and traded center Daymond Langkow to the Calgary Flames for two players on Thursday.


Nearly 350 tons of explosives are missing from a former military complex in Iraq, the UN nuclear watchdog says.


Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his stance on Chechnya during talks with Germany's Gerhard SchrÃ¶der and France's Jacques Chirac on Tuesday after both questioned him on the matter.


Lumeta expands solar roof tile production with Suntech

Building-integrated photovoltaics gets a boost with power-producing terracotta roof tiles.


Werder Bremen's Ismael claims unwanted record

MILAN September 15 (SW) - Werder Bremenâs Valerian Ismael earned himself an unenviable place in Championâs League record books after only five minutes of his teamâs 2-0 defeat at Inter when the French defender became the recipient of the fastest


President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry accused each other on Wednesday of fundamental failures of leadership and vision in Iraq and the war on terror, and claimed the world would be more dangerous with their opponent in the White House.


Suicide Findings Question Link to Antidepressants

Two studies suggest that treatment of depression, either with psychotherapy or drugs, reduces the risk of suicide attempts in all age groups, especially during the first months of treatment.


Inhaled cannabis smoke has significantly more toxins than tobacco, a study suggests.


Studios taking sides in fight for successor to the DVD

LOS ANGELES Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of high-definition DV-Ds, citing in part the need to stem rampant piracy.


Pakistan Supreme Court reinstates chief justice

Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday reinstated the country's chief justice and quashed misconduct charges filed against him by President Pervez Musharraf, in a major blow for the military ruler.


Martin Brodeur posts his NHL-best 10th shutout of the season on Thursday night, stopping 25 shots to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders.


Stressed borrowers use plastic to delay default

This may be Johari Reeves' last chance to catch up on her mortgage payments. The credit cards, she'll worry about later.


An inquiry into allegations Tony Blair's government traded political honors for cash intensified Tuesday as British media reported a senior Blair aide had expressed concerns the leader's chief fundraiser had attempted to influence her evidence to police.


Democrat John Edwards said Thursday that President Bush has done too little to make the nation safer, reaching out to women voters who have said in surveys they believe Bush would do a better job than the Democrats of protecting the country.


After months of fretting about getting older, President Bush turned 60 on Thursday.


France warns nuclear Iran could mean war

France's foreign minister warned Sunday that the world should prepare for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and said European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against the Islamic country.


Regulator Loosens Limits on Fannie and Freddie

The mortgage finance companies can buy $20 billion more in subprime mortgages under rules unveiled today to help a market crippled by tighter lending standards.


U.S. Halts Use of Celebrex in Cancer Trial

FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The U.S. government announced Friday that it was halting the use of the painkiller Celebrex in a clinical trial on colorectal cancer patients after a study found an apparent increase in the risk of heart attack among those taking the drug.


Jordan's king says Italians kidnapped in Iraq still alive

ROME The king of Jordan says two Italian women being held hostage in Iraq are still alive. The aid workers were kidnapped on September seventh.


- Auto accessories maker Directed Electronics Inc.  cut its 2006 outlook citing lower-than-anticipated sales of satellite radio receivers.


Together at Last: 2 Paintings in a Frame

Separated since the late 1700s,  two pieces were reunited on Friday in one frame for the first time for âPoussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions,â an exhibition that opens on Tuesday at the Met.


News Analysis: A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer

New calculations by the World Bank suggest China may not be so rich after all, and could deflate arguments for a need to revalue the yuan.


Zagabria, 22:39 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: CROAZIA-RUSSIA 0-0

Croazia e Russia hanno pareggiato 0-0 in una partita valida per il gruppo E delle qualificazioni a E...


Childhood Cancer Ups Later Breast Cancer Risk

NEW YORK  - Women who survived childhood cancer have an increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with other women their age, the results of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study reveal.


Two scientists say 14 sightings and extensive sound recordings suggest the ivory-billed woodpeckers may live in the Florida Panhandle.


Formigoni: vediamo i piani, temo sia una svendita


Following the pet food scare this year, and a spate of childrenâs toy recalls, pet owners have been stepping forward to ask: How safe are pet toys?


Seventeen-Year Death-Row Inmate to Go Free

Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday against a Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he may not have committed.


Criticism grows as House e-vote debate delayed

As proposed legislation adding safeguards to electronic voting languishes, criticism of the bill is mounting among legislators and experts.


Green tech financiers share tips for spotting sustainable start-ups.


Ministro Interno, chiara volonta' societa' di eludere norme


Men's urinal is 20th century's most influential artwork: artists' poll

In a result that probably confirms many sceptics' prejudices about modern art, a 1917 men's urinal has been voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century in a poll of the great and good of Britain's art world.


ACC picks Jacksonville for first two title games

The ACC chose Jacksonville and mammoth Alltel Stadium over six communities, including Tampa, as the site for the inaugural title game next season.


Police question singer Amy Winehouse in connection with a video apparently showing her smoking crack.


Iran's new nuclear negotiator says his appointment will not change policy and talks will be pursued "with strength".


Guyana's ruling party surged ahead of its nearest rival in Guyana's presidential and parliamentary elections, authorities said late Tuesday as they gathered ballots from the South American country's jungle interior.


Accord on a Key Issue Reported in G.M. Talks

Negotiators for the U.A.W. and General Motors have agreed on the framework for a health care trust, G.M.âs key demand in talks on a new contract, people close to the negotiations said.


Agassi Handles Friend; Now Faces Tougher Foe

efore facing an opponent, particularly a top-flight one, Sargis Sargsian sometimes receives advice from Andre Agassi. In a telephone conversation the night before the match, Agassi will


After Finalizing Contract, Rivera Supports Pettitte

After completing his three-year, $45 million contract with the Yankees, Mariano Rivera says he is impressed with Andy Pettitte for admitting that he used HGH.


More vigorous Fidel Castro shown on Cuban TV

Fidel Castro appeared more vigorous on Sunday in the first television images of the Cuban leader to be broadcast in Cuba in four months, adding weight to reports that he has put his health crisis behind him.


Oil Lifted 4 Percent by Ivan Supply Crimp

World oil prices surged nearly 4  percent on Friday on worries the U.S. hurricane season would  continue to hamper energy production and imports in the Gulf of  Mexico, delaying vital stock-building ahead of winter.


Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown more quickly than expected, say scientists.


Yushchenko Was Poisoned; Ukraine Assesses Turmoil

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine's presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll.


The nation's best basketball programs all courted Greg Monroe but the Georgetown-bound senior said he felt at ease with Coach Thompson.


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


Advice for parents of kids on antidepressants:

The fatal shooting last month of a Galveston doctor by his 10-year-old son, who was taking Prozac, is fueling ongoing concerns about the use of antidepressants by pediatric patients.


Vettori pushes Bangladesh towards defeat agence france presse

Daniel Vettori spun New Zealand to the threshold of a crushing victory over Bangladesh in the second and final Test today. The left-arm spinner took his second 10-wicket haul in Tests as Bangladesh reached


OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Gli studenti salesiani si preparano a vivere da protagonisti la Giornata Mondiale della GioventÃ¹ Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Vivere il grande evento della Giornata Mondiale della GioventÃ¹ 2008 in pienezza, da protagonisti, facendosi annunciatori dellÂamore di Dio presso altri giovani: con questo spirito gli studenti salesiani hanno partecipato d...


China is closing fast on Japan and is likely to overtake it this year as the world's No. 3 trading nation behind the United States and Germany, new figures show.


China Communists Meet as Succession Rumors Swirl

China's Communist Party opened a four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday that will decide whether military chief Jiang Zemin completes a leadership succession by passing on his last post to party chief Hu Jintao.


The absence of a bloody crime scene led investigators looking into Laci Peterson's disappearance to consider the possibility the pregnant schoolteacher was poisoned to death by her husband, Scott Peterson's lawyer said in an attempt to discredit the investigation.


Europe ; EU will not lift China arms ban

The United States, which sees China as a long-term strategic rival, has lobbied the EU against lifting the ban, citing a potential threat to Taiwan and to US interests in Asia.


World Business Briefing: France: LVMH Profit Surges

The luxury goods maker LVMH MoÃ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton posted a sharp increase in its first-half earnings, helped by more stable international currency markets and strong sales from its wines and spirits, fashion and leather goods, and perfumes and cosmetic divisions. The company reported a first-half net profit of 817 million euros ($1.05 billion), up 46 percent from 559 million euros in the period last year. Operating profit jumped to 1.26 billion euros ($1.61 billion), up 35 percent from 935 million euros ($1.19 billion), the company said. LVMH, which is based in Paris, also reported a 13 percent jump in its first-half revenue to 6.97 billion euros ($8.92 billion), up from 6.17 billion euros a year earlier.


Death toll rises to 66 from Chinese coal mine explosion as ...

Rescue workers pulled more bodies out of a mine shaft choked with toxic fumes Friday as the death toll in China's worst mining accident this year rose to 66, with 82 workers missing and feared dead.


Examine the Chinese Dairy Market and It's Growth Potential

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58581)  has announced the addition of 2005-2006 Annual Report on China Dairy  Market Review & Outlook to their offering.


Santana passes medical, joins Mets: report

Venezuelan-born pitcher Johan Santana has completed his move to the New York Mets from the Minnesota Twins, after passing a medical on Saturday, MLB.com (http://www.mlb.com) reported.


Future Bleak for Suu Kyi after Burmese Premier Sacked

Burmaâs secretive military regime has sacked its prime minister, seen as a relative pragmatist, and replaced him with a general who has taken a hard line in dealing with the countryâs pro-democracy movement.


Music Review | 'Margaret Garner ': A Runaway Who Paid a High Price for Freedom

On Tuesday night the New York City Opera opened its season with a new production of âMargaret Garner,â an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.


Saturn's rings older than first thought?

Saturn's shimmering rings may be as old as the solar system, scientists said Wednesday, debunking earlier theories that the rings were formed during the dinosaur age.


Sequestrate droga e refurtiva, anche diciotto denunce


An American was attacked in western Germany by a man who shouted "Heil Hitler," police said Thursday.


Asian Shares Mixed as Oil Steady Near $47

High oil prices kept Asian stock markets in check on Wednesday as investors fretted over the impact of energy costs on corporate earnings, but an upbeat outlook from Applied Materials lifted some tech issues.


Not enough people are aware of a government fund to help the UK's poorest citizens, a report says.


Marines update core logistics technology

The U.S. Marine Corps is replacing aging supply chain systems with Oracle software to better serve combat troops.


India 'encouraged' by Musharraf's speech:

[World News] New York, Sep 23 : India has welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's speech at the UN General Assembly that was devoid of the usual rancour and attempt to rake up the Kashmir issue.


âKite Runnerâ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.


Gentiloni: accertera' condizioni per servizi di telefonia


The death toll from heavy rain and flooding caused by Typhoon Megi climbed to nine in Japan and three in South Korea yesterday, while 134 Japanese children on a cram-school camp were stranded in a mountain village, police said.


Colts Self-Destruct in Game With Patriots

The Indianapolis Colts had an entire offseason to fix their mistakes against New England. They still haven't gotten it right.


Plans for 'Desert Louvre' Provoke Outrage in France

PARIS -- The most visited museum in the world -- the Louvre -- is set to open its first international outpost on a currently uninhabited island off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.


Join the army, get your ID pinched - MoD laptop goes AWOL

Ten years supply of applicants swiped from car Personal details of the 600,000 people who have applied to join the armed forces over the last ten years were stolen with an MoD laptop earlier this month, it was admitted late on Friday. The computer was stolen from the car of a junior naval officer, which was parked outside his house overnight in Edgbaston, Birmingham.â¦


New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody

Getting details about immigrants who have died in administrative custody is a difficult undertaking.


UPDATE: When It Comes to a Balanced Lunch, Arlington Schools Say Spuds Don't Suffice

Sorry kids, no more big cups of fries. Next fall, students in Arlington Public Schools will find their cafeterias' culinary scales tipped in a healthier direction, with more trail mix and baked foods and fewer fried and sugary foods.


La Spezia, 16:19 - CALCIO, SPEZIA: ARRIVATO TRANSFERT PER FERNANDEZ PARENTINI

Lo Spezia potrà utilizzare fin da domani Gabriel Fernandez Parentini. E' arrivato in sede, in...


Carrying a scoreless streak deep into October isn't one of the easier tasks to carry out on a gridiron.


A US judge delays the extradition to France of ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to allow an appeal.


Zimbabwe camp offers AIDS orphans desperately-needed support

During every school vacation, the Sikhethimpilo Centre in remote southwestern Zimbabwe gathers dozens of children for week-long camps to help them deal with the trauma of losing their parents to HIV/AIDS.


News Corp. Profits Rise, Fox's Profit Drops

At the US-based Fox Entertainment Group, first-quarter profits fell 20 percent to US$320 million, or 33 cents per share, from $401 million, or 45 cents per share, last year.


Burger King tests oils free of trans-fats

Burger King Corp. said on Wednesday it has begun testing cooking oils free of trans-fats in its restaurants, with an eye toward a national roll-out by late 2008.


By Angus MacSwan SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Worker'sParty (PT) was looking to strengthen its hand in its fight totransform this huge Latin American country with a goodperformance in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday.


Peterson defense suggests fabricated recollections

Scott Peterson's attorneys on Monday suggested witness accounts of what police deemed as odd behavior by the former fertilizer salesman only surfaced after they learned Peterson was having an affair.


This week, it's unanimous for No. 1 Memphis. The only unbeaten team in Division I received all 72 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday and became the first unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press college basketball poll since Florida did it for two weeks last February on the way to a second straight national championship.


Waving white flags, Iraqis fled the city of Samarra on river boats on Sunday as US forces claimed victory over insurgents in the first step of an offensive aimed at taking control of rebel-held cities and that left 125 people dead.


A man admits stabbing a former Manchester United player who had begun seeing his ex-girlfriend.


By Li Weitao  China Mobile Communications Corp (CMCC), parent of Hong Kong- listed China Mobile Ltd, is expected to soon invite bids for a new round of network trials on the Chinese standard for third generation (3G) mobile communication, according to industry sources.


BAGHDAD, 30 August 2004 - Muslim leaders in Iraq and France yesterday appealed for the release of two kidnapped French journalists facing death.


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(letrozole) is the first therapy approved by theU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the extended adjuvant treatmentof postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have received adjuvant(post-surgery) tamoxifen therapy for five years


Aid workers warned Saturday of a humanitarian catastrophe if the United Nations and Red Cross pull out of Sri Lanka, where agency staff are facing mounting restrictions and threats to their safety amid a worsening civil conflict.


At Toronto film fest, even Reese's film is political

Amid the glamor of the Toronto Film Festival, our critic finds directors and actors focused on activism.


Penguins reach deal to replace aging Mellon Arena

The Pittsburgh Penguins will remain in the city after reaching a deal with local and state officials for a new arena, Gov. Edward Rendell announced on Tuesday.


Dismissed Govt officer seeks Suhakam's help

Kota Kinabalu: Microbiologist Pan Fui Lin, 55, whose service with the Sabah Medical Services Department was terminated within 24 hours in June 1995, is seeking justice through the Human Rights Commission of ...


Laura Hatch's car is seen at the bottom of an embankment where she was found alive, in Redmond, Wash., Sunday Oct. 10, 2004, after being missing since Oct. 2. Hatch, 17, was listed in serious condition at


By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7417 or wilsonm@courierpress.com  The quiet "thank you" of a shy bicyclist went unnoticed Tuesday afternoon, but only because the volunteers cleaning up part of the Pigeon Creek Greenway trail were hard at work.


Kroger Co. , the largest US grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit, hurt by debt costs even as sales rebounded in Southern California where it was hit by a strike.


Water For People Wins $200,000 Development Marketplace Award From World Bank

WASHINGTON, June 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Water For People was awarded the maximum grant of $200,000 for an innovative sanitation project in Malawi designed to reduce the incidence of diarrhea through hygiene education, the use of children's latrines, and the production of compost for sale.


Ilan Moscovsky was heading out of his apartment to buy vegetables in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market Monday at the moment a 16-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself.


Sony has announced a slimmed-down PlayStation 2 in an attempt to boost sales of the console.


Canadian Real Estate Concern Makes Bid for Australian Developer

Brookfield Asset Management made a cash offer worth 4.2 billion Australian dollars ($3.55 billion) for Multiplex, a troubled developer and contractor.


Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.


One dead, one wounded in Michigan school shooting

A 17-year-old boy shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend at a central Michigan high school on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself in the head, police said.


James E. Cayne, the embattled chief executive of Bear Stearns, will step down after the deepest losses in the firmâs history, according to people who have been briefed on the situation.


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BoJ to raise interest rates 'as much as possible': Fukui

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) aims to raise interest rates gradually and as much as possible, even though inflation may turn negative again due to falling oil prices, BoJ governor Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday.


World oil prices rose on Friday,  building on gains of almost $2 in the previous session when the  U.S. government said crude stocks sank for the sixth straight  week last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of  winter.


No More Loan Solicitations in Free Tax-Filing Program

The I.R.S. and private tax preparers have agreed that the free tax-filing program will be offered for 2006 tax returns without solicitations for refund loans.


Manufacturing Speeds Up as Consumers Spend Away

The outlook for US manufacturing improved in November as factories hired more workers in response to a jump in new orders, a national survey published on Wednesday showed.


DrinkorDie warez leader jailed for 51 months

'Whether committed with a gun or a keyboard - theft is theft' It took a while, but US Customs today got their man: Hew Raymond Griffiths, a ringleader of the infamous warez group DrinkorDie, was sentenced today to 51 months in a US prison.â¦


Diarrhea bacteria lurk quietly in some: report

Bacteria that cause a troublesome and sometimes fatal type of diarrhea in hospital patients can be found in and on the bodies of people who have no symptoms at all, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.


Nov. 11, 2004 -- A private research team claims to have identified a unique action of the painkiller Vioxx, which is independent of its anti-inflammatory action, that might explain why it's linked to heart


Toyota Sees '05 Group Global Sales Rising

Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it  expects its group-wide auto sales to rise 7 percent next year  to a record 8.03 million vehicles globally as it boosts its  production capabilities in almost every corner of the world.


Labour and the Conservatives owe more than Â£62m in loans, new figures from the Electoral Commission reveal.


Firenze, 14:33 - CALCIO, CANNAVARO: MEGLIO NON PARLARE DELLO SCUDETTO ALL'INTER

Fabio Cannavaro riparla dello Scudetto assegnato all'Inter. ''E' stato deciso cosÃ¬, perfetto - ha di...


U.S. Stocks Climb on Higher Oil Inventory

U.S. stocks held solid gains on  Wednesday afternoon as investors welcomed a sharp drop in oil  prices after an unexpected rise in crude inventories last week,  helping to ease worries about lower corporate profits.


DENVER - Quentin Griffin might make the Denver Broncos forget Clinton Portis after all. Griffin ran for 156 yards and scored three touchdowns in his first game as Portis' replacement, lifting the Broncos to a 34-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night...


Microsoft to Learn Whether It Can Delay EU Antitrust Measures

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will learn today whether it must immediately comply with a European Union antitrust order or can delay implementing the measures for two years or more.


The party of Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says hundreds of its members have been held ahead of a mass rally.


Google acquires Web-calling service GrandCentral

Google Inc. has acquired GrandCentral Communications, a start-up that lets users manage their existing phones and voice mailboxes over the Web as if they were a single account, the company said on Monday.


A fire at an Iraqi sulphur plant has caused the largest man-made release of sulphur ever recorded, scientists say.


Japan's foreign reserves hit record high in August

Japan's foreign exchange reserves at the end of August rose 8.75 billion dollars from July to a record 827.95 billion dollars for the fourth consecutive monthly rise, the finance ministry said.


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Spammers stay a click ahead of US cyberlaw

Such unwanted pitches will continue to clog your e-mail inbox, computer and legal experts say, despite a Virginia jury's decision this week that a Raleigh man who anonymously sent bulk e-mail messages committed a felony.


The favourite for today's race at Flemington is attempting to become the first mare to win two Melbourne Cups and just the fifth horse in the race's 143-year history to win it


Real estate consultancy Colliers International have published their Warsaw industrial market 2004 third quarter update last month.


Mayweather mocks De La Hoya before title clash

Floyd Mayweather pushed, prodded and provoked Oscar De La Hoya on Tuesday, setting the tone for what promises to be a bad-tempered title showdown in Las Vegas on May 5.


After Years of Battle, Some '.md' Web Sites Are Going Online

A New Jersey company, MaxMd, recently acquired near-exclusive rights to market the ".md" domain, which technically belongs to Moldova.


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Viacom asks YouTube to remove 100K clips

Media company Viacom Inc., which owns the cable networks MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and the Paramount Pictures movie studio, asked YouTube on Friday to remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips from its hugely popular video-sharing site.


Styris and McCullum face disciplinary hearings

Scott Styris and Brendon McCullum attended disciplinary hearings in Brisbane today following separate incidents in the 17-run Chappell-Hadlee Series loss to Australia at Sydney last night.


ROME The survival of Italy's flag carrier will be at stake on Monday when Alitalia meets its unions to reveal how many jobs it intends to cut in a restructuring aimed at averting collapse.


Rex Grossman reportedly will be benched by the Chicago Bears for Sunday's game at Detroit, with Brian Griese starting at quarterback.


DARFUR is on the brink of chaos as violence increases, order collapses and the number of desperate people in need of humanitarian aid reaches nearly 2.3 million, Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, has warned in his darkest assessment yet of


Federal communications panel takes on oversight of internet phone ...

WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission seized regulatory control over Internet-based telephone services on Tuesday by issuing an order that sharply limited the role of state regulators.


Time Warner: The More You Download, the More You'll Pay

In a departure from the current flat fee, the company will experiment with a new pricing structure that charges customers based on how much data they download.


OTTAWA -- A scheduled three-day first ministers conference next month designed to reform the health system should continue "as long as it takes" to get a deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday, even as one of the key premiers said he will limit


Parigi, 18:53 - IPPICA, GALOPPO : RAIL LINK VINCE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE

Rail Link, montato da Stephane Pasquier, ha vinto a sorpresa l'Arc de Triomphe a Longchamp. Il caval...


Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.


Bank of America Curbs Investment Banking

After suffering heavy trading losses from bad mortgage investments, Bank of America said it was scaling back its investment banking operations and shedding 650 more jobs.


AIG Is Target of Grand Jury Investigation

American International Group Inc., the  world's largest insurer by market value, said on Thursday it  was the target of a federal grand jury investigation into  products that prosecutors say were concocted to help companies  manage their earnings.


Pakistani police arrest former PMâs husband

Pakistani police today arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the killing of a former judge and his son in 1996, taking him back into custody just a month after heâd been freed on bail, lawyers and


There was stellar revenue growth, but margins and stock compensations pulled the bottom line down.


Greenspan Not Too Worried by the Rise in Energy Prices

Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that the long-term outlook for global oil supplies is reassuring even though anxiety about dwindling


Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile

Pakistan test-fired a medium range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead despite a continuing peace dialogue with India, but insisted it was not sending a signal to its regional rival.


Businessman Lee elected as South Korean president: TV

South Koreans on Wednesday elected Lee Myung-bak, a conservative former CEO vowing to back business and stand up to the North, as president of the world's 13th largest economy, TV exit polls showed.


Australia pared its economic growth forecast yesterday because of sluggish exports, as expected, but said rising tax receipts would boost the country's budget surplus.


Brett Quigley did enough at Pebble Beach to stay put at No. 64 in the world ranking Monday and grab the last spot in the field for the Accenture Match Play Championship. That's the good news.


Several players outplayed Vijay Singh on Sunday, but nobody outlasted him at the 86th P.G.A. Championship.


LOS ANGELES: A group headed by Sony Corp of America on Monday agreed to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about US$2.


Holocaust survivors, US settle claims Army stole Jewish riches

The US government and Hungarian Holocaust survivors announced Monday they have settled claims that the Army wasted and pillaged family treasures that were seized by Nazis and loaded onto a train in the waning days of World War II.


Golden goal for NBA stars as they face formidable challengers

Winning a gold medal would ease the sting of two Olympic qualifying defeats for the United States team of National Basketball Association stars.


GM talks grind on, health care trust in focus

Negotiations between General Motors  Corp  and its major union ran through a fifth day of  overtime on Wednesday with the automaker suggesting a trust  fund that would take over nearly $5 billion in annual health  care costs, according to a person familiar with the proposal.


Male fish that are growing eggs have been found in the Potomac River near Sharpsburg, a sign that a little-understood type of pollution is spreading downstream from West Virginia, a federal scientist says.


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Operazione nel Foggiano, nel Lazio e in Abruzzo


By GARY GENTILE  LOS ANGELES - NBC is about to join CBS, ABC and Fox in offering free, advertising-supported shows online. The network, starting Oct. 1, will begin streaming on the Internet episodes of all six of its new prime-time series one day after their network airing.


Confusion Surrounds Seizure of Iraqi Mosque

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's interim government said it  had defused a Shi'ite rebellion in Najaf Friday without a shot  being fired, but rebel militiamen denied police had seized the  city's sacred Imam Ali Mosque from their control.


Black Friday Turns Servers Dark at Wal-Mart, Macy's

PC Magazine - The two key e-commerce leaders found themselves shut out of the holiday sales rush for much of Friday, as their sites slowed to a crawl starting at about 4 a.m. in the East.


Palestinian PM urges Abbas to resume unity talks

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday urged President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks on forming a national unity coalition after Abbas threatened to dissolve the Hamas-led government.


China Aims to Reduce Water Usage By 69bn Cu.M. By 2010

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["China Aims To Save 69 Bln Cubic Meters of Water by 2010" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.


Sudan appears to be balking at granting a visa to the new U.S. special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and is restricting the movement of all U.S. officials to Khartoum, the State Department said on Friday.


Sonics Open Road Swing with Win Over Hawks

Ray Allen scored 20 points to lead five Seattle players in double figures, as the SuperSonics kicked off a five-game road trip with a 94-79 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena.


The NFL has offered one free week of its network programming to two cable TV operators who don't carry the channel, and one will show the Texas Bowl between Rutgers and Kansas State.


Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras lead tributes to opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who has died aged 71.


HP's Hurd can't dance, but he can preach BT

That's Business Technology to you Technology Forum To see HP CEO Mark Hurd speak in Las Vegas is to witness a contradiction.â¦


Turkeyâs Parliament Lifts Head Scarf Ban

The lifting of a ban on Islamic head scarves at universities faced fierce opposition from the secular establishment.


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A Haircut, With an Affair and Highlights of Support

In the Beirut beauty salon where most of âCaramelâ takes place, women of various shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds gather to bond and gossip.


Ad giant WPP cautious on outlook for 2005

WPP, the British advertising and marketing group, reported a four percent rise in third-quarter revenues but gave a cautious outlook for 2005 amid concerns about the US economy.


J.C. Penney posts higher quarterly results

Department store operator J.C. Penney  Co. Inc.  on Thursday reported higher quarterly profit,  as fine jewelry, children's and women's accessories sold well.


com. When a film puts "Apocalypse" in the title, you expect more than what you get with "Resident Evil: Apocalypse.


Tim Henman's journey to the semi-final of the US Open has seen him rise from sixth to fourth in the world rankings, matching his previous highest position.


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With two of Boston's best-known mutual fund companies put up for sale last month , the city may seem like it's losing its edge in a sector it helped build.


Lays off half the staff Motorola is pruning its Cambridgeshire presence by laying off 155 people at TTPCom, the technology firm snapped up by the American phone manufacturer in March 2006.â¦


A handful of employees at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit are being treated for tuberculosis and will receive further tests to determine whether their exposure to the disease has turned to infection.


Ignorato bilancio positivo Accordo revisione del Concordato


Believe it or not, the Alabama-Tennessee football rivalry used to be about football. It was the kind of rivalry people wrote books about.


Conflicting reports have emerged over the situation in the Iraqi city of Najaf. How can peace be forged in the city?


China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Wednesday it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for $1.25


Shred Your Data to Stay Ahead of the Pack

IBM's chief scientist has developed a data sharing system that hides what that data contains--by shredding it.


G-7 finance ministers meet in Washington; China agrees to work on ...

The US administration, facing huge and politically sensitive trade deficits, secured China's pledge Friday to work harder to move its currency toward a flexible exchange rate, which would make US goods more competitive abroad.


After shutting down the city, shouldn't Boston officials just swallow hard and hope the embarrassment fades away? James Poniewozik on the Aqua Team brouhaha


London - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has shrugged off a High Court ruling that challenged the businessman's control of the firm behind Grand Prix racing.


The Patriots have earned a first-round bye and will play their first playoff game at 4:30 p.m. on either Saturday, Jan. 15 or Sunday, Jan. 16. Here's a look at their possible opponents and how each could earn a trip to Foxborough to face the defending Super Bowl champions that weekend.


Where: at Fenway Park. Records: Toronto is 69-64 (third in the American League East, 10 games behind); Boston is 71-62 (second in the AL East, 8 games behind).


UK Government tried to stop EU roaming cap

Just looking after their mates Documents exposed by The Times show that the UK's Labour government worked tirelessly to try and prevent the EU capping mobile phone roaming rates, a move which cost the industry millions.â¦


Iran to resume uranium enrichment: top diplomat

Iran's top diplomat to the United Nations nuclear watchdog meeting said on Monday in Vienna that Tehran would resume uranium enrichment despite the European Union's urge to


Veteran Bollywood film producer GP Sippy dies in the western Indian city of Mumbai at the age of 93.


One element of Barack Obama's varied heritage has remained obscure - until now.


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MICHELLE COLLINS, of the United States, the former world indoor 200 metres champion, was suspended for eight years yesterday for drug abuse in a landmark ruling in the fight against doping.


By Garretson, Cara  Security vendor Internet Security Systems this week plans to announce its foray into the packed e-mail security market with an appliance that does double duty: blocking spam and viruses while also preventing intrusion.


Build Super Links and Traffic With StumbleUpon

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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, who has headed President Bush's efforts to build up domestic security following the Sept.


U.S. says 30 militants killed in big Iraq offensive

U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least 30 al Qaeda militants and found numerous weapons during the first full day of a big offensive against the Sunni Islamist group north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.


Militants holding UN workers say talks have been postponed

Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said yesterday that talks with Afghan and UN officials had been postponed for another day.


Pieces of Rakesh: The Economics of XHTML

Rakesh Pai has posted an interesting piece on The Economics of XHTML, which explains why websites would benefit from following the new standards-based school of web design.


Snowplow driver finds couple missing 12 days

A husband and wife who were stranded in heavy snow for 12 days were rescued in Utah when a snowplow driver happened upon them on a little-traveled canyon road. After writing their wills and recording messages for their daughter, the pair had abandoned their snowbound truck and hiked with their dog for three days.


Expos OK Deals With 3B Castilla, SS Guzman

The Expos made their first big splash since the announcement they plan to move to Washington, agreeing Tuesday to a $6.2 million, two-year contract with third baseman Vinny Castilla and a $16.8 million, four-year deal with shortstop Cristian Guzman.


Update 1: Cingular Sees Merger Savings Above Plan

Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier following the company's merger with AT&T Wireless, said Wednesday that it has completed integration activities ahead of schedule and now expects merger-related cost savings to exceed prior estimates


There are many manuals for using the Mac, but few that come with two hours of video tutorials. Jim Heid's Macintosh iLife is like watching a presentation at the local Apple Store, without having to lift your posterior off the sofa. By Leander Kahney.


Scientists discover yet another reason why red wine is so healthy

Spanish scientists find that drinking red wine could protect against lung cancer, but white wine may increase the risk. Researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela found that the tannins and


Japan to Raise Missile Issue at Talks With N. Korea

Japan plans to raise the missile issue during talks with North Korea in Beijing, China this weekend. While the main agenda of the contact surrounds Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens back in the 1970s


Weather Stalls Attempts to Contain Alaska Spill

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and stated officials said on  Saturday.


Thai Police Say Missing Swedish Boy Not Kidnapped

KHAO LAK, Thailand  - A case of mistaken identity  has heaped mystery on the disappearance of a 12-year-old  Swedish boy in Asia's tsunami, police said on Wednesday.


Women's volleyball player Lauren McNally of Ashland, a two-year letter-winner and starter at Stonehill College in Easton, has consistently ranked among the team's leaders, both in kills and blocks.


BASEBALL ROUNDUP Wigginton's Homer Helps the Pirates Win

Ty Wigginton, a former Met, hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez pitched six and two-thirds strong innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with


After Death, Tests for Mideast and World

Yasir Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians' hope for a viable, independent state and the prime obstacle to its realization.


McCain basks in ex-Dem Lieberman support

Republican John McCain is having quite a moment. He's rising in the polls. He's got major newspaper endorsements in Iowa and New Hampshire. And now he's getting help with this state's legions of independent voters from Joe Lieberman, the contrarian who was Democrat Al Gore's running mate in 2000.


Roma, 18:48 - MORTE REGAZZONI, PANCALLI: E' COME AVER PERSO UN FRATELLO

Luca Pancalli conosceva molto bene Clay Regazzoni, e non solo per lo stesso tipo di handicap: ''E' c...


Organic label call over air freight food

Life & style: Ban move prompted by carbon footprint concern  'would mean lost jobs in developing countries'.