Germany Expands Same-Sex Couples' Rights

German lawmakers expanded the rights of same-sex couples Friday, allowing registered domestic partners to adopt each other's children and making rules on splitting up and alimony similar to those for heterosexual marriages.


Indonesia orders huge security clampdown after terror warnings ...

Indonesian authorities on Thursday ordered a countrywide security crackdown after several foreign governments warned that terrorists were preparing to launch attacks against Western targets ahead of Christmas.


Aztek Networks Secures $6.6 Million in Series A Venture Financing

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 18  /PRNewswire/ -- Aztek Networks (formerly Aztek Engineering), a leading provider of Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) switching and IP gateway products, today announced the closing of $6.6 million in Series A funding.


While some advocates of the Senate immigration plan back it, those who remember an earlier government guest worker plan are skeptical


Mexico Congress to probe ex-president Fox's wealth

Mexico's lower house of Congress said on Monday it would open a probe into the finances of former president Vicente Fox after a magazine spread on his swanky country home sparked questions about his new wealth.


Quota mercato a 30,66%, un anno fa era al 28,02%


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week -- at the top of the leaderboard.


Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. , the largest bottler of Pepsi drinks, on Tuesday said quarterly net profit rose about 1 percent, helped by strong sales in Europe, and raised the bottom end of its full-year earnings forecast.


The wedding of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles will deeply divide opinion, says a royal writer.


Duke's Michael Schachner breaks the NCAA tournament record with a 10-under 60 on Friday, and Stanford takes a two-stroke lead over Coastal Carolina with one round left.


Stocks Up on Conflicting Economic Reports

NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher in quiet trading Wednesday as a pair of government reports offered conflicting signals about the economy and oil prices declined.    Despite the modest rise in share prices, investors have been in no hurry to commit new money to stocks...


Udine, 18:45 - CALCIO, UDINESE: 8-1 NEL TEST CON IL TAMAI

Amichevole infrasettimanale per l'Udinese, che in vista della gara di domenica con la Reggina, ha af...


Procter & Gamble Co. is suing its former partner, soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co., charging the Atlanta-based company infringed on P&G's patents for beverages.


The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration plans to update antidepressant labels to reflect  studies that suggest a link between the drugs and suicide in  youths, but remains cautious about the strength of such ties,   according to documents released on Friday.


Common houseplants may trigger allergies

NEW YORK  - Houseplants could be the source   of many an allergy sufferer's misery, a study from Belgium   suggests.


Asian food hub Malaysia takes on health eating

With ingredients such as high cholesterol coconut milk, clarified butter and sugar cane, the traditional Malaysian diet may be among the most unhealthy cuisines in the world.


"300" director inks for Bradbury tattoo tales

LOS ANGELES  - "300" director Zack Snyder is sharpening his pencil for "The Illustrated Man," a project based on the Ray Bradbury collection of short stories.


A fourth man arrested in Germany for alleged plot against Allawi

A fourth man was detained Saturday in connection with an attack plot against visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi while the three Iraqi suspects arrested on Friday were brought before a federal magistrate.


Israeli troops thrust into a crowded Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, as fresh violence claimed at least 27 Palestinians and three Israelis - one


Eight arrested in Dutch filmmaker's murder

AMSTERDAM Prosecutors in the Netherlands say police have arrested eight suspected Islamic radicals in connection with the murder of an outspoken filmmaker.


Reading and Southampton are among the fastest-growing cities in England, a new report claims.


Iraq's top Shiite cleric tells followers to end fighting

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called today for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces, an al-Sadr aide said.


Two cars crashed outside Glascow's international airport Saturday, with one of them bursting into flames, police said.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Anyone who tried to sell Thursday's Heat-Detroit Pistons game as an Eastern Conference finals preview quickly found out one thing â-either team was buying.


The site, which allows New Yorkers to compare prices for drugs at various pharmacies, shows a huge range in costs.


US consumer prices in October rose by their biggest amount in five months as households were faced with higher energy and fresh food costs.


Immigrazione: Maroni, "Esclusa possibilita' di sanatoria per ...

MONTECCHIO MAGGIORE (Vicenza) - Nessuna sanatoria per consentire agli immigrati clandestini ancora presenti in Italia di regolarizzare la propria posizione. Lo ha ribadito questa mattina il ministro del Welfare


Shiite militants turning in weapons in Iraq

The first day of a disarmament program in the Sadr City slum of Baghdad yielded a rich harvest of weapons from Shiite fighters. Cars full of machine guns, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and landmines were turned in Monday.


Top envoys for Iran and the European Union ended talks Thursday with little indication they were closer to resolving a deadlock over Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.


Tangerine peel could help in the fight against certain cancers, researchers said on Wednesday.


Three people arrested over the murder of a 17-year-old girl shot in a north London club are released on bail.


US President George W. Bush was chosen as Time's 2004 Person of the Year for "reframing reality to match his design," the magazine said Sunday.


Movie Review | 'Employee of the Month': Minimum-Wage Slackers in Love

Directed by Greg Coolidge with the flair of a training video, ÂEmployee of the MonthÂ turns work into a game and love into a sporting event.


BAGHDAD -- Four US Marines died when a Sea Knight helicopter plunged into a lake in volatile Anbar Province, the military said yesterday, raising to 13 the number of American troops killed during a bloody weekend in Iraq.


Bush Tackles Health Care on Campaign Trail

President Bush says Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry would have to raise taxes to pay for health care reforms that Mr. Bush says would lower the quality of care.


Visits with Ahmadinejad and an expensive seaport project are just a few signs of a growing alliance between the Central American nation and Washington's nemesis


The winner, Werner Franz of Austria, was second out of the starting gate, and did not suffer from the biting cold and harsh wind faced by the later runners.


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Key GOP senators criticize handling of war, while leaked memos put British PM on defensive. Senior coalition partners US President George W. Bush, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair found themselves facing


Torino, 18:36 - CALCIO, TORINO: ABBRUSCATO PER L'ATTACCO

Per il difficile impegno di Bergamo contro l'Atalanta, il Torino dovrà fare a meno dello squa...


"Oh, gosh. You know, I'm tempted to answer that question rather fliply."


Patriots Overcome Poor Start, Beat Bills

New England shows poise after an ugly start, going ahead on a fourth-quarter safety to beat the Buffalo Bills, 19-17, on Sunday.


News, Reviews, and Help for the MPX200, iPAQ h6315, and SmartPhone ...

Global mobile phone sales grew by 35% in the second quarter of 2004 compared with the same period last year, according to market monitors Gartner.


Andy Sutton scored his first goal of the season with 8:17 left in the third period to give New York the lead Saturday night to help the Islanders to a 5-2 victory, their fourth of the season against the New Jersey Devils.


Iranian lawmakers stand up to show their "yes" vote to approve the outline of a bill that requires the government to resume uranium enrichment - an issue of national pride that provides a rare point of agreement between conservatives and reformers in


American Who Lost Mom in 9-11 Presses FBI

An American who lost his mother in the first plane to hit the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks pressed an FBI investigator in a German court Tuesday for more details on the hijacking, wondering if her last minutes were "torture."


Romanians Storm to Gymnastics Victory, U.S. Takes Silver

Romania underlined their superiority  over the rest of the field by storming to the women's  gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.


Rispetto per la liberta' di confronto, ma niente eccessi


Nuclear Data Missing at US Energy Department Office, AP Says

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A nationwide inventory by the US Department of Energy has found that data involving nuclear weapons is missing from a regional office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Associated Press reported.


Dutch Snatch Last Minute Olympic Hockey Win

The Netherlands snatched another last  minute victory in the men's Olympic hockey tournament on  Thursday, finally squeezing past South Africa 3-2 in an  agonizingly long finale.


Rangers play host to Portuguese side Maritimo in the UEFA Cup and manager Alex McLeish knows failure to overturn the one goal deficit from the first leg is likely to signal the end of his Ibrox career.


Ottobre 2006: ÂPerchÃ© la celebrazione della Giornata Mondiale incrementi dappertutto lo spirito di animazione e  cooperazioneÂ - Commento allÂIntenzione Missionaria indicata dal Santo Padre a cura di Sua Eminenza il Card. Ivan Dias, Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - In questo mese di ottobre 2006 si celebra lÂ80Â° anniversario dellÂistituzione della Giornata Missionaria Mondiale. Il 14 aprile 1926 infatti il Santo Padre Pio XI dava la sua approvazione alla richiesta formulata ...


Ministers need a more coherent strategy on space or risk falling behind other countries, MPs warn.


It was a tough week for the Boston College hockey team. An upset loss to Harvard and a disappointing tie with Providence put an end to BC's reign as the No. 1-ranked team in the country.


Iraq to Probe if Army Massacre Was Inside Job

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Monday ordered an urgent investigation into whether the weekend massacre of 49 Iraqi soldiers was an inside job, sources close to Allawi told Reuters.


World ; IRAQ; Deadline Looms for US, British Captives in Iraq

World News, BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Militants who beheaded an American hostage in Iraq threatened to kill another US captive and a Briton on Tuesday, as relatives and diplomats pleaded for their release.


Capitol Hill divided over detainee policy

The White House's announcement Tuesday that it will apply Geneva Convention standards to suspected terrorists did little to quiet political arguments on Capitol Hill over the legal rights of detainees.


Crude oil prices fall slightly on better crude supplies

Crude oil prices fell slightly Friday, ending lower this week as worries about low winter fuel inventories dissipated amid rising oil stockpiles.


A controversial prison ship could soon be heading for the Thames, Scotland Yard has confirmed.


Surgeon's knife may offer hope in African AIDS fight

With almost 25 million Africans infected, 2.8 million new infections last year and 2.1 million deaths, the statistics are as grim as ever as Africa readies for World AIDS Day on December 1.


London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is expected to sign a contract extension sometime this week. The Frenchman's current contract runs out at the end of this season, but the new deal


Pakistan's soldiers 'huddling in their bases'

Â· Army paralysed by Taliban threat, says ex-CIA agentÂ· Retired officers accused of helping militants


Iran official warns of nuclear pact pullout if pressurised

TEHERAN - Iran will pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and develop its atomic programme in secret if Western countries threaten or put pressure on Tehran, a senior Iran diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday.


Gold mining company Newmont Mining Corporation announced that operations at one of its mining projects were being scaled back due to safety concerns after a blockade of road access to the mine.


InfoWorld - Web content delivery company Akamai Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Netli, which provides services to help accelerate content and services online, the companies announced Monday.


BALTIMORE - Brian Roberts and Larry Bigbie had two hits apiece in an eight-run third inning, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the New York Yankees' five-game winning streak with a 14-8 victory Friday night.    Miguel Tejada and Melvin Mora homered, and B.J...


Mibtel a +0,86%, SP/Mib a + 0,88, All Stars a +0,92


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Now, Ben Roethlisberger has done it all, at least in the confines of the regular season. Staring at a 16-14 deficit with 1:50 left in the game, Roethlisberger led the Steelers to the


'They play like they're going for a beer'

On Saturday night Hal Sutton, his United States Ryder Cup team 11-5 behind after the four-ball and foursomes series and facing the possibility of demolition, was asked a simple question and gave a simple answer.


Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema was rewarded Friday for his highly successful first season with a new five-year, $7.5 million contract. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved an amended contract on Friday that will increase Bielema's salary from $750,000 to $1.3 million this year.


Singh a good poet, Mush good at mathematics

NEW YORK: Urdu couplets and nostalgic nuggets marked the first meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and General Pervez Musharraf, according to inside accounts of their tete-e-tete.


Daniel Dae Kim, one of the stars on ABC's "Lost," has apologized for his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Kim said he was deeply ashamed and embarrassed and will fully cooperate with police, in a statement issued Friday by his publicist, Cindy Guagenti.


Pakistan Bombing Prompts Ban on Gatherings

MULTAN, Pakistan Oct. 7, 2004 - Pakistan announced a ban on religious and political gatherings nationwide after a bomb attack against Sunni Muslim radicals in a central city early Thursday killed at least 39 people and wounded about 100 others.


Fred Thompson thinks there isn't enough "star" power in the GOP presidential field, so the professional actor and former Tennessee senator is considering getting into the 2008 race.


Edwards Blasts Bush on Iraq War, Economy

Sen. John Edwards, answering President Bush's blistering criticism of Democrat John Kerry, contended Wednesday that the Republican was "completely out of touch with reality" about the Iraq war and the economy.


Michael Bush sat up on the stretcher and waved to the Papa John's Stadium crowd. He didn't anticipate having to say goodbye so soon.


U.S. officials are monitoring violence in Lebanon hour-by-hour to decide whether to evacuate the estimated 25,000 Americans there, possibly to the neighboring Mediterranean island of Cyprus where they could board commercial planes.


They love using their iPods, laptops and cell phones for political information, yet many young adults say they aren't quite sure how to get a ballot in the first place.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Wednesday said September sales growth was even smaller than it originally estimated, sending its shares lower and dragging down stock futures.


Civitavecchia, 17:33 - CALCIO, SERIE D/G: SCAFATESE VINCE RECUPERO

Nel recupero della 12/a giornata del campionato di serie D7G, la Scafatese ha vinto 2-0 sul campo de...


NYC tries again to get calories on menus

Burger joints beware: New York's calorie crusaders are at it again. City health officials announced Wednesday that they hope to revive their stalled plan to force fast-food chains to add calorie counts to the big menu boards that hang above their counters.


Hamas man killed in Gaza as settlers warn of 'civil war' over ...

GAZA CITY : A Hamas leader was killed as Israel pressed a major offensive in the northern Gaza Strip and imposed a watertight closure on the Palestinian territories ahead of the Jewish New Year.


Sony Ericsson lets slip the phones of war, with high-end high-res camera phones. In Gadget Lab.


Attesi risultati analisi, nuovo sopralluogo nella villa


In Sri Lanka, peace talks ride on a highway

The A-9 connects government and rebel territory. The government closed it Aug. 12 due to fighting.


Dubai pays $100m to buy the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner which it will turn into a floating hotel.


Peter Lonard has become just the fifth player in half-a-century to win back-to-back Hillcross Australian Open titles after storming home in the final round at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney.


On Baseball: Mets Are Happy to Play in the Forgiving League

Every team seems to have a chance to win a division championship in the National League, but no team appears to want to take advantage of the opportunity.


Euronext expects shareholders will support NYSE deal

European stock exchange operator Euronext  expects that shareholders will vote in support of its merger plan with NYSE Group , board member Olivier Lefebvre said on Thursday.


A cleric's order to freeze a Shia militia's operations may free US forces to tackle al-Qaeda in Iraq, the US says.


More than 50 people killed in Sudanese flooding

More than 50 people were killed and 20 injured in Sudan's worst floods in living memory which have partially or completely destroyed 18,000 homes, the head of civil defense said on Thursday.


ST. LOUIS - In an effort to revive flattening sales and attract new drinkers, Anheuser-Busch is unveiling a new concoction - a fruity-smelling beer, spiked with caffeine, guarana and ginseng...


Microsoft's Passport authentication technology lost a prominent partner this week when eBay announced that it would stop supporting customer logins through Microsoft's Passport and .


U.S. Report Finds Fault in Training of Afghan Police

Five years after the fall of the Taliban, the police force in Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine tasks, a report said.


Early results from Indonesia's first direct presidential poll put ex-general Susilo Yudhoyono on course to win easily.


Capital Radio, GWR May Create Bigger Competitor for Chrysalis

Capital Radio Plc and GWR Group Plc's merger discussions may enlarge the UK's largest commercial radio broadcaster and create a bigger competitor for Chrysalis Group Plc and Emap Plc.


Palestinian aspirants honor Arafat rhetoric

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Anyone who didn't know better might have thought that Yasser Arafat was alive and well and running for Palestinian Authority president.


Toshiba Cuts Prices and Increases Marketing for HD DVD

Like a boxer trying to regain the momentum after a volley of body blows, Toshiba is making efforts to rally the HD high-definition DVD alliance. In the past few days, it has dropped the regular price on several HD players, continued a promotion of free movies, and reportedly will increase its marketing campaign.


Books of The Times: A Translator Searching for Words of His Own

The hero of John le CarrÃ©Âs clunky new novel is a go-between with double loyalties, to Africa and the West.


Dutch radical Islamic group planned Euro 2004 attack in Portugal: police

Three members of an extremist Dutch Islamic group were arrested and deported from Portugal just before the Euro 2004 football championship in June on suspicion of planning an attack, the former head of Portugal's police force said in comments published.


Per concorso in associazione mafiosa, altri 6 arrestati


ICO recommends court action Seek compensation if someone breaches your privacy, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) urged today.â¦


Inter cruises to easy win over Andrelecht in Champions League

Brazil's Adriano scored a goal and set up another, leading Inter Milan to an easy 3-1 win over Anderlecht in Champions League Group G on Wednesday (early Thursday, Malaysian time).


Juvenile louts face on the spot fines for anti social behaviour in a Home Office pilot scheme.


It's Christmas in the Gulf, and Santa Claus is coming to town

DUBAI: Save for Saudi Arabia, where he is persona non grata, Santa Claus is making inroads in the Muslim oil-rich Gulf - nowhere more so than in this emirate where he greets shoppers at malls and supermarkets.


At least 64 killed in India-Pakistan train blasts

Two homemade bombs exploded aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan burning to death at least 64 passengers on Monday, with India's government labeling the attack "an act of terror".


Red Robin ex-CEO settles SEC fraud charges over pay

Former Red Robin Gourmet Burgers  Inc.  Chief Executive Michael Snyder agreed to pay a  $250,000 civil penalty and to be barred as an officer and  director to settle charges he misrepresented personal travel  costs as business expenses, the U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission said on Monday.


Between six and eight devices are defused at Stormont after loyalist Michael Stone storms the building, police say.


Roma, 13:08 - CALCIO, ROMA: TOTTI SALTA IL MILAN, NON E' CONVOCATO

Totti non giocherà domani a San Siro contro il Milan. Il capitano della Roma non è sta...


China has promised to pursue product pirates identified by American authorities in a new effort to stamp out its thriving counterfeit industry, the head of the U.S. customs agency said Friday.


Spain hails French capture of Basques as major victory

MADRID  - Spain hailed the weekend arrest in France of 17 suspected Basque extremists, the worst blow the underground separatist ETA group has suffered for more than a decade.


The Bush administration said Tuesday it had filed a trade case against India in a dispute over tariffs India imposes on American wine and distilled spirits.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Wednesday said September sales growth was even smaller than it originally estimated, sending its shares lower and dragging down stock futures.


Samsung expects to see '05 chip growth halved

Annual global semiconductor sales growth will probably fall by half in 2005 and memory chip sales could collapse as a supply glut saps prices, world-leading memory chip maker Samsung Electronics said on Monday.


Kenya [press release]: Transparency International Awards Goldenberg Inquiry 'Integrity Award'

Dr Milica Bisic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who took on entrenched interests to stamp out tax evasion in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of the winners of the Transparency International ...


Retailers enjoy a late surge in holiday sales

Last-minute shoppers may have helped retailers save a holiday shopping season that got off to a sluggish start, pouring into stores the week before Christmas and continuing their buying frenzy the day after the holiday.


Congress passes tax bill, ending dispute with EU

WASHINGTON The US Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that would resolve a long-running trade dispute between the United States and Europe, as well as hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks.


Singer Liza Minnelli's ex-bodyguard accuses her of forcing him to have sex with her to keep his job.


Dean Macey is down to seventh in the decathlon after the 110m hurdles.


Hungarian poet Gyorgy Faludy dies aged 95

Hungarian poet Gyorgy Faludy, a legend   of resistance to the rise of Nazism and Communism, died at the   age of 95 at his home in Budapest, national news agency MTI   said on Saturday.


What Benchmark's investment in Ruby on Rails support should tell us

Benchmark just invested in a support vendor.  Another one.  Is there a lesson in this?


Environmental guru Al Gore takes message to Live Earth

Eco-crusader Al Gore took center stage among the rock stars Saturday to promote the Live Earth concerts aimed at raising awareness about global warming.


Pontefice a Mausoleo Ataturk, pace nel mondo


Image: NASA's Swift spacecraft lifts off from Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in sunny Florida, on Nov. 20 at 12:16:00.611 pm EST aboard a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle.


Business & money: Ailing car giants push union to agree pay cuts.


Republican presidential candidate who once criticized YouTube debate format launches new contest through Yahoo's Jumpcut.com. The winner gets his or her ditty on air.


Saudi oil reserves could top 461 billion barrels, says minister

The kingdom's oil reserves, the world's largest, could increase by almost 77 per cent to top 461 billion barrels in a few years, the country's oil minister said Sunday.


The campaign by Neoconservatives and other hardliners to oust UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan went full-blown public last week when Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.


Polls reveal cracks in democratic bastion Senegal

Senegal has long been a bastion of stability in turbulent West Africa but with less than three months to go before presidential elections, cracks are showing in the region's model democracy.


Brokaw Steps Down After 21 Years as NBC Anchor

Veteran TV journalist Tom Brokaw steps down as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" on Wednesday, the first of the big three stars of US network news for the last 20 years to retire.


Giuliani's son says he won't campaign for dad

When Rudy Giuliani was first inaugurated as New York City's mayor in January 1994, his son, Andrew, then a rambunctious, chubby-cheeked 7-year-old, stole the show by imitating his father as he was sworn in and joining him, quite uninvited, at the podium.


Shaquille O'Neal making his home debut for Miami before a record crowd, scored 17 points and created plenty of chances for his teammates as the Heat defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-86 in a National Basketball Association Game.


Red Sox crush Indians to reach World Series

The Boston Red Sox advanced to the World Series with a crushing 11-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on Sunday, taking the American League Championship Series by a 4-3 margin with the Game Seven victory.


US pounds Fallujah in ground and air assault

A thousand US troops moved against the rebel town of Fallujah yesterday, following a night of relentless air and ground strikes, in response to suicide bombings in the American-controlled Green Zone in Baghdad.


Abstinence Programs Stretch the Facts -- Post

Youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only sex-education courses frequently receive inaccurate or misleading information, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.


Digital Memories, Piling Up, May Prove Fleeting

The problem of preserving digital photos and other electronic records for future decades confounds even the experts.


A gang member took part in a revenge shooting in which his teenage half sister was killed, a court is told.


Florida to replace missing absentee ballots

Election officials in Florida said Thursday they will send new absentee ballots to voters in one of the state's most populous counties amid outcry over disappearance of thousands of ballots.


Halo 3's Special Packaging Scratches Disks

Microsoft is scrambling to replace damaged copies through a hastily established disk-exchange program.


Resistono i medici di Italia 1, Dr.House e Grey's Anatomy


FCC's Spectrum Auction Approaches $20 Billion in Bids

Since its 700-MHz auction began on Jan. 24, the FCC has raised more than $18.8 billion. That well surpasses the agency's own early estimates of attracting between $10-15 billion.


A British soldier has been charged with the murder of a civilian in Iraq, police said. Trooper Kevin Lee Williams, 21, from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, is due to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court.


Synchrotron boffins sign collaboration deal with Brazilians

Order and progress in Oxfordshire Researchers at Oxfordshire's Diamond Light Source Synchrotron have signed on to collaborate on research with colleagues at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory.â¦


The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla is by far the biggest ever for U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, and she is drawing praise for how she has handled the pressure and the complexity of the case.


Sinora clima non e' stato favorevole a gip milanese


Govt. fights morning-after pill subpoena

A reproductive rights group is on a "fishing expedition" and should be denied access to White House e-mails and other documents it seek as part of a lawsuit promoting unfettered access to the morning-after pill, the Justice Department said Thursday.


U.S.: Serbia Already Paying for Not Catching Mladic

Serbia is sliding back into international isolation because it has failed to hand over indicted war criminals to the U.N. court in The Hague, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.


The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction Tuesday for $807,000.


Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards — but for all the wrong reasons.


The Commonwealth suspends Fiji's membership in protest over this week's military coup.


France says it will ask the Chadian authorities to allow six French aid workers home to serve a jail sentence.


Fifteen foreigners said missing in north-east Ethiopia

Fifteen foreigners including 10 French nationals have gone missing during a visit to a remote region of north-east Ethiopia, sources in the local expatriate community said on Friday.


Web Sites Agree to Be Accessible to Blind

In one of the first enforcement actions of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Internet, two major travel services have agreed to make sites more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he is prepared to sign Adrian Mutu after he has served his drugs ban. Chelsea recently sacked Mutu after the striker tested positive to cocaine in September.


Portuguese investigating magistrate studies Maddie case

A Portuguese investigating magistrate was considering Wednesday what further lines of inquiry to pursue after receiving the file on Madeleine McCann.


Turkey backs new Cyprus talks on basis of UN peace plan

Turkey said Monday it favored reviving talks to reunite the long-divided island of Cyprus on the basis of a UN settlement plan by the time it starts membership negotiations with the European Union in October next year.


Monaco di Baviera, 22:33 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BAYERN MONACO-INTER 1-1

Bayern Monaco e Inter hanno pareggiato 1-1 (0-0) in un incontro valido per la sesta e ultima


Stones' magic gets Berlin film festival rolling

Martin Scorsese brings the magic of the Rolling Stones to the big screen with "Shine a Light", a two-hour film of the veteran British rockers strutting their stuff at a packed New York venue.


Two of Southeast Asiaâs newest leaders called for faster economic integration at an annual meeting Sunday, saying the region risked being trampled by China and India if it did not act.


Tributes are paid to a Northern Ireland man killed in plane crash at a Thai tourist resort.


Radio Industry, Songwriters Agree on Plan

The radio industry has agreed to pay $1.7 billion over six years to a group that doles out royalties to songwriters under an agreement in which stations will now pay a set fee for music, rather than a percentage of yearly revenue.


College Basketball: North Carolina Rolls Over Maryland

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., (Sports Network) - Rashad McCants paced  seven players in double figures with 19 points, as third-ranked  North Carolina rolled to a 109-75 victory over No. 22 Maryland  at the Dean Smith Center.


Dow Jones says News Corp. deal not yet reached

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  has not yet reached a deal to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  and discussions continue, representatives for Dow Jones and its controlling Bancroft family said on Friday.


Prisons' Star Eyes Top Cash Prize of Sh8m

Margaret Okayo, who has dominated the news in the New York Marathon countdown, still remains hot favourite to retain her title later today in a field bringing together at least half a dozen world's best despite a busy schedule.


Cord blood helped in type 1 diabetes: study

Giving children with type 1 diabetes an infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Current Media hopes to strike while the apathy is hot.


Hurriyat hails Patil's thaw on visit to Pak before talks

SRINAGAR: The moderate Hurriyat Conference has welcomed home minister Shivraj Patilâs statement here yesterday that the Hurriyatâs demand for visiting Pakistan before holding talks with the Indian Government would be considered.


Rose, Allenby share lead as Woods falters

NORTON, Massachusetts  - Australian Robert Allenby   drained a hole-in-one on his way to a share of the lead at the   halfway point of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.


Packers headed to playoffs, Manning still chasing Marino

GREEN BAY, United States  - Brett Favre and Green Bay are headed to the National Football League playoffs again, but the three-time Most Valuable Player lost his mantle of invinciblity in the cold at Lambeau Field.


Pop goes your waistline: Soda ups risk of diabetes, weight gain

Things don't go better with Coke. Or Pepsi. Or any sugar-sweetened soft drink. That's according to a new study that links significant weight gain and higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women who drink soda daily.


Livorno, 14:45 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; AMELIA: C'E' UN PROGETTO, VOGLIO RESTARE

Il portiere del Livorno Marco Amelia spiega perchÃ© è rimasto in Toscana. ''Sinceramente mi as...


The amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has broken records again, official figures are due to reveal.


Pfizer profit lower but beats expectations

Pfizer Inc , the world's  biggest drugmaker, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results  that beat expectations.


Doctors, providers must request allotment of flu vaccine

State health officials are asking physicians and other licensed vaccine providers to submit requests for about 200,000 doses of influenza vaccine allotted to Arizona by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


UBS Names New Chief of Investment Banking Unit

Jerker Johansson of Morgan Stanley was selected to run the troubled unit, which is being revamped following the bankâs problems with U.S. subprime investments.


-- Wal-Mart will start selling prepaid Visa debit cards that don't require a credit check or bank account, the company said Wednesday.


Connecticut Death Row Prisoners on Hunger Strike

HARTFORD, Conn.  - Five prisoners sentenced to be  executed in Connecticut began a hunger strike on Thursday to  protest their solitary living conditions which they called  "inhumane and tantamount to psychological torture."


Squat, homely, dwarfed by the stately oaks and poplars nearby and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love.


At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl music store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.


Democrat Barack Obama said he is better positioned to change Washington and to end the Iraq war if elected president in an unusually spirited critique of rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain on Saturday


Pink Floyd founder's house attracts big interest

The former home of Pink Floyd founder  Syd Barrett, who died in July, has attracted huge interest from  potential buyers undeterred by the reclusive singer's patchy  home improvement efforts.


Euro 3 want Iran to allay by November suspicions about its nuclear ...

Britain, France and Germany are ready to set a November deadline for Iran to ally suspicions it is secretly making nuclear weapons, in a UN draft resolution that brings the Euro 3 closer to the US hard line, diplomats said Saturday.


Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have long been synonymous with home ownership. Now those names are also disconcertingly associated with corporate wrongdoing.


Patrick plans conservation to meet rising energy needs

Hoping to make Massachusetts a national showcase for energy conservation, Governor Deval Patrick will announce plans today to offset the state's annual increases in electricity demand with equivalent energy-efficiency and conservation measures by 2010.


Bank of Scotland blames human error in data screw-up

Unencrypted disc lost in post Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is telling 62,000 customers they could be at risk of identity theft after it stuck an unencrypted disc in the ordinary post, which was subsequently lost.â¦


Microsoft pushes search technology to market

SEATTLE Microsoft launches Web search technology today that it hopes will give it a share of the market dominated by Google. The new search engine will initially be available only on a special test site.


Firenze, 17:43 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; CORVINO: FUTURO E' PAZZINI E MONTOLIVO

Nel giorno in cui Fiorentina e Bayern Monaco annunciano che la trattativa per il trasferimento di Lu...


Mark Teixeira needed only a single to hit for the cycle, and his Texas Rangers teammates wanted to see him make some baseball history.   "They were kidding me, telling me to trip over first base if I hit one into the gap," Teixeira said...


Ecuador leftist Correa leads vote in official tally

QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean leftist Rafael Correa, a friend of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, appeared close to securing the presidency of the politically unstable country, partial official results showed on Monday.


G8 leaders strike deal on Africa pledge: diplomat

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat.


At least 28 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a naval barracks in eastern Algeria, officials say.


South Africa bowled India out for 411 by lunch-time on day four of the second Test, conceding a lead of 106. Wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, in his third Test, hit a patient 46 from 147 balls, with six fours.


Antioxidants more likely to raise cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Taking antioxidant supplements won't reduce cancer risk, according to a new analysis of a dozen studies including more than 100,000 patients. In fact, the researchers found, smokers who take beta carotene supplements could be increasing their risk of smoking-related cancer and death.


Apple to give $100 credit to early iPhone buyers

Apple Inc , faced with an  outcry from iPhone customers who bought the device before a  sharp price cut, will offer them a $100 store credit, Chief  Executive Steve Jobs said on Thursday.


John LeClair has probably played his final game with the Penguins. The 17-year veteran cleared waivers and was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on the AHL, the Penguins' top farm club on Saturday.


Presidential Polls, Surveys From 5 States

Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether they were adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.


Another Loss, but at Least There's a Goal

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Andy Hilbert each have a goal and assist, and the Islanders get back on the winning track with a 5-2 victory over the slumping Capitals on Saturday night.


Kaz Matsui didn't get the ball out of the infield his first four at-bats, including striking out with two runners on in the seventh. He changed his whole night his fifth time up.


Obese British boy, eight, could be taken into care

A British eight-year-old who weighs some 14 stone (90 kilograms) could be taken into care by social services Tuesday because of his weight.


Chicoutimi crew was testing electrical system fault before fire: documents

HALIFAX (CP) - HMCS Chicoutimi left Scotland on its ill-fated maiden voyage to Canada with an unresolved glitch in its main electrical system, The Canadian Press has learned.


Release of French Iraq Hostages Delayed -- French MP

The release of two French journalists held in Iraq since August was delayed Friday when a group of Iraqis transporting them was bombarded by US forces, an aide to a French MP aiming to help free them said.


Woman held in UK bomb plot released without charge

British police said on Thursday they had  released without charge the only woman among the eight suspects  held in the case of failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow  last month.


Sex and Porn to Be Featured at Berlin Film Festival

Sex and the pornography industry takes center stage at next week's Berlin Film Festival after the leading actress in last year's Golden Bear winning film was publicly hounded over her earlier work as a German porn actress.


Cuba has erected several huge billboards near the US mission with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners and American soldiers pointing a rifle at children.


Madrid, 23:15 - BASKET, EUROPEI: LITUANIA-CROAZIA 74-72

Battendo nei quarti di finale la Croazia 74-72 la Lituania si e' qualificata per le semifinali degli...


AT&T and a Maryland state agency have reported unrelated laptop thefts that may have exposed sensitive data about individuals.


Slow recovery goes on in crime-weary New Orleans

The recovery of New Orleans slowly drags on two years after Hurricane Katrina but one thing back in full swing since the killer storm is crime, particularly murders.


POLICE last night released the names and mugshots of the bombers and terror masterminds believed responsible for the Australian Embassy attack in Jakarta.


U.S. intelligence sees elements of Iraq "civil war"

U.S. intelligence has concluded key elements of Iraq's violence could be described as "civil war," a term Bush administration officials have been reluctant to use, a new report said on Friday.


Toledo wins MAC title, will face UConn in bowl

A broken hand and separated shoulder were not enough to stop Bruce Gradkowski from lifting Toledo to the Mid-American Conference championship.


Hamas gunmen attack Fatah HQ in Gaza City

Hamas gunmen stormed a Fatah security headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday, moving Palestinians closer to civil war, minutes after the Islamist group's deadline for its rival to quit key strongholds expired.


Britain suspended on Tuesday the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., a major supplier of flu vaccine to the United Kingdom and the United States, for three months.


Piero Chiambretti scherza con Baudo su caduta governo Prodi


The Rally Australia should have been the grand finale of Carlos Sainz's career, a respectful send-off to one of the sport's greatest drivers.


The European Commission calls for cuts in quotas of cod, herring and anchovy to conserve stocks.


Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq and is in Iran, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, after the cleric's aides denied earlier reports he had departed to avoid an offensive against militants.


A young girl is the 12th victim of bird flu in Vietnam this month, as fears are raised about human transmission.


Security firm looks to hire alleged Sasser author

German company Securepoint says teenager Sven Jaschan deserves a chance to prove himself on the up-and-up.


The former chairman of Derby County, businessman and journalist Lionel Pickering dies aged 74.


Athens Olympics Draw Record TV Audiences

The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.


As the wildfires that ravaged Southern California for five days lost momentum yesterday, representatives of the insurance industry said the estimated $1 billion in fire damage would have little if any impact on homeowners' rates in California or the rest of the nation.


Israeli air strike near Palestinian PM's home

Israel carried out an air strike near the Gaza residence of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Friday, but insisted he was not the target.


Scontava sei anni ai domiciliari per processo Fondi neri Eni


Europe 2004 Survey Ranks Financial Times Number One

For the fifth year running, the Financial Times has taken the number one position as Europe's leading business title, as revealed in the Europe 2004 Survey.


Rest with the Fab Four at new Beatles hotel

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Looking for some rest after a hard day's night? Fans of the Fab Four can now book in to the newly opened Beatles Hotel in Liverpool, England.


Featured posts from the CNET Blog Network--July 13

Blog: From iPhone crashes to streaming music deals, check out what's new on the CNET Blog Network.


Remaking Paramount by the Seat of His Pants

Brad Grey, an outsider from the world of television, steers a fabled studio through tough times.


Giornalista rapita, primo segnale                                                                                Primo segnale dai rapitori di Giuliana Sgrena, la giornalista del Manifesto rapita ieri a Bagdad. E' arrivata infatti una telefonata muta dal cellulare della giornalista italiana, con un sottofondo di musica araba. La telefonata era diretta al cellulare di Barbara Schiavulli, la freelance che divideva la camera d'albergo con Giuliana Sgrena. Intanto il governo Ã¨ giÃ  all'opera: "La macchina della trattativa", ha detto il premier Berlusconi, "Ã¨ avviata". "E - ha detto il ministro degli Esteri Fini - bisogna 'mettere in conto la possibilita' di tempi non brevissimi". Circa gli autori del rapimento della giornalista del Manifesto, si pensa a una pista sunnita. L'Intelligence ha attivato contatti in ambienti sunniti, a cominciare dal Consiglio degli Ulema giÃ  mobilitato nei precedenti rapimenti.


Roma, 15:57 - CALCIO, ROMA; TONETTO: ANCHE IL PALERMO PER LO SCUDETTO

Max Tonetto non ha dubbi: "Per lo scudetto in corsa c'è anche il Palermo, squadra creata per ...


Abbas wins Western pledges, vows to control Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


Napoli, 17:11 - CALCIO, NOCERINO: IL NAPOLI? SAREBBE UN SOGNO

Il Napoli segue Antonio Nocerino: ''Per me è stata una stagione straordinaria - ha detto il c...


AMERICA/BRASILE - Inaugurato il sito web per la visita del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI in Brasile Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Dal 1Âº febbraio Ã¨ possibile seguire tutti i preparativi e le notizie sulla prossima visita del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI in Brasile per l'inaugurazione della V Conferenza Generale dell'Episcopato Latinoamericano e dei Cara...


Parma, 18:04 - Calcio, Parma-Juve: incidenti in campo tra tifosi

Scene di violenza in mezzo al campo pochi minuti dopo la fine di Parma-Juve. I tifosi di casa, in un...


Milanello, 17:39 - CALCIO, MILAN; BROCCHI: LA SOSTA PENALIZZA LE GRANDI

Il Milan si è riunito oggi a Milanello per il primo allenamento dopo la partita casalinga col...


Torino, 12:05 - CALCIO, JUVE: TARDELLI LASCIA IL CDA

Marco Tardelli ha asciato il Consiglio di Amministrazione della Juventus. Interpellato dall'AGI sull...


Tom Sizemore was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug case.


Mike Weir, who takes a three-shot lead into today's final round of the Canadian Open, seeks to become the first Canadian in 50 years to win his national championship.


Un immigrato ammette: contattato per partecipare a sequestro


France Said to Lose Touch With Kidnappers

France believes that two journalists held hostage in Iraq are still alive, but authorities have lost direct contact with their kidnappers, the foreign minister said Saturday.


Motorola Inc. will cut 1,000 jobs worldwide and take a charge of $50 million for severance benefits, officials said Tuesday.


Indian tech firms eye 40-billion-dollar opportunity in engineering services

India's premier software body has said outsourcing of engineering services by global firms presented the country with a 40-billion-dollar opportunity.


Europe foothold on deep space exploration as lab installed on space station

Astronauts on Monday installed the European space laboratory Columbus on the orbiting International Space Station, giving Europe an important foothold for the deeper exploration of space.


U.S. consumer prices inched up just  0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the  government said on Thursday in a report that suggested the  Federal Reserve need not hurry to push interest rates higher.


Approvata senza ricorrere al voto di fiduciaQuesta sera a Palazzo Chigi la nomina dei nuovi sottosegretari                                          Finanziaria, dal Senato il via libera definitivo                                                                                Berlusconi: "E' una manovra epocale"


Kodak Knows a Little About Dying Business Models

Printing several versions of a newspaper in the same city, each with ads aimed at a specific neighborhood promises to yield increased sales of Kodakâs high-speed production printers.


Dora Maar and Picasso : passionate power of gazes

"Dora Maar and Picasso: gazes", an exhibition which has its world premiere in the Croatian capital, reveals a story of passion between two artists who were intensely aware of the power of gazes.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent his final off weekend at Will Ferrell's movie premiere, judged a Miss Hooters pageant in Las Vegas, then returned home to host a get-together for his online racing league.


"American Idol" Taylor Hicks is ranked as the No. 1 "hottest bachelor" by People magazine &#151; and he's looking for love.


The US announces a huge boost to funds pledged to aid survivors of tsunamis that claimed over 124,000 lives.


Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has withdrawn the two remaining legal challenges to an EU antitrust order that it now says it will obey.


Her Body: Why Pap Tests Are Still Necessary

Confusion about this essential procedure is growing among women of all ages. Despite the new HPV vaccine, regular screenings are still critical.


EBay Drops Passport in Blow to Microsoft

Previously, job site giant Monster.com quietly dropped Passport support after three years, leaving mainly Microsoft-controlled sites that use the service.


BAGHDAD (Iraq): US troops arrested the deputy head of Iraq's interim parliament Nassir Ayef in a dawn operation at his Baghdad home on Tuesday, a spokesman from his party said.


Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux

SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Addressing a gathering of software industry leaders in Boston today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer touted his company's vision for a bright future and cast doubt


Per Naomi modelle sottopeso soffrono di problemi psicologici


The son of hip-hop legend KRS-One is found dead in his apartment in the US in an apparent suicide.


Britain to impose smoking ban in England, Wales

LONDON - The British government announced plans Tuesday to impose a smoking ban across England and Wales. As part of the government's wide-ranging "White Paper on Public Health," which also aims to tackle


Argentina's economy minister admits storing thousands of dollars in her office bathroom, amid a judicial inquiry.


'They play like they're going for a beer'

On Saturday night Hal Sutton, his United States Ryder Cup team 11-5 behind after the four-ball and foursomes series and facing the possibility of demolition, was asked a simple question and gave a simple answer.


Honeywell International said yesterday that it had reached a $189 million settlement with the agency overseeing the Central Artery Tunnel Project in Boston, stemming from several disputes over the scope of the company's duties.


Voting is due to start in the referendum on congestion charging proposals for Edinburgh.


Mantova, 18:28 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: DIFFERENZIATO PER NOSELLI E SACCHETTI

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Mantova in vista della gara con il Piacenza, Introduzione atletica, p...


Sharon Says Gaza Settlers to Leave Homes

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon late Thursday ordered a troop pullout from a refugee camp, defense officials said, signaling that a two-week offensive in northern Gaza that has left more than 100 Palestinians dead could be easing.    The move came hours after Sharon announced that all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer and the operation will last 12 weeks...


Biggest School Rivalry in Rok Sako To Rok Lo!

Have you ever felt and experienced the intense competition and rivalry between Delhi Public School and Modern School, or between St.


The Science Museum cancels a talk by American DNA pioneer Dr James Watson who claims black people are less intelligent than white people.


British broadband usage jumps 150 per cent in a year

The number of British DSL subscribers jumped by 154 per cent in the last year to 2.7 million according to the latest report by the DSL Forum.


Turk forces attacked rebels in N.Iraq: army sources

Turkish warplanes and ground troops attacked Kurdish rebel positions just inside northern Iraq between Sunday and Tuesday evening, military sources told Reuters on Wednesday.


LABOUR have called for a review of access laws after a landmark ruling let Scotland's richest woman ban ramblers from the grounds of her home.  They want the Lord Advocate to tell sheriffs the "right to roam" is an integral part of the land reforms passed by parliament.


Gonzales likely to be confirmed as AG, but faces sharp questions

Some retired military officers criticize his role in drafting a torture memo, but key Hispanic groups are supporting him.


Shareholders of Chicago Mercantile  Exchange Holdings Inc.  and CBOT Holdings Inc.   on Monday voted convincingly to merge the two giant futures  exchanges under one roof.


Calcio, Riva: Zeman faccia nomi giocatori dopati

"Siamo tutti in attesa che Zeman abbia il coraggio di fare i nomi ei cognomi dei calciatori dopati: gliene saremmo grati". Controreplica dura di Gigi Riva al tecnico del Lecce. Domenica, nel corso di un'intervista


Labour's Scottish leader is reported to the procurator fiscal for failing to publicly declare campaign donations.


Somali officials escape assassination but two die

Somalia's trade minister and former defense minister escaped assassination attempts, but two others were killed in the latest Iraq-style guerrilla attacks on government targets, witnesses said on Wednesday.


The annual Grey Cup news conference will pit Pinball Clemons against a coach who dared to publicly criticize him. It was about three weeks ago that BC Lions coach Wally Buono spoke openly about the Argos' decision


European governments and the EU are urged to hasten introduction of housing that contributes nothing to global warming.


CBO Projects $442 Billion Federal Deficit

WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that this election-year's federal deficit will reach $422 billion, congressional aides said Tuesday, the highest ever, yet a smaller shortfall than analysts predicted earlier this year.    The figure, provided by aides who spoke on condition of anonymity, is sure to provide political fodder for both parties during the remaining two months of the presidential and congressional campaigns...


Annuncia secondo addio, 'ho 35 anni ed e' ora di fermarsi'


Mark Hughes says the Blackburn job was too good to turn down.


Plenty of 'Turning Points' Along the Way

Skeptics of President Bush's strategy in Iraq highlight his frequent optimistic assessment of conditions there. Bush has emphasized a series of "turning points" over the years that he said signaled more progress to come:


NBC in talks to remove program chief Reilly: paper

NBC Universal is in talks to sever  ties with Kevin Reilly, president of its entertainment division  and the network's chief programmer, according to an article on  the New York Times Web site on Monday.


Microsoft Corp. MSFT.Oon Thursday  said its quarterly profit climbed as revenue rose 12 percent,  driven by demand for the company's core software products from  businesses and higher sales of personal computers and servers.


Continua la protesta contro la discarica di Difesa Grande


Sinclair Axes Journalist Critical of Film

Sinclair Broadcast fired its Washington bureau chief, saying he revealed company business when he discussed its upcoming program on a documentary critical of John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities.


Court won't block McClatchy newspaper sale

A federal judge late on Friday  rejected a request for an injunction against the McClatchy Co.   sale of three San Francisco Bay-area papers it acquired  when it bought Knight Ridder Inc. this year.


Multiplex, Westfield Lodge $1 Billion Joint Bid for Chelsfield

Multiplex Group, Westfield Group and the billionaire brothers Simon and David Reuben lodged their 585 million- pound ($1.05 billion) bid for Chelsfield Plc, saying they expect the transaction to close in November.


Rudy Giuliani raised $15 million for his Republican presidential primary bid from April through June, boosting his New York fundraising base and more than doubling his donations from Florida.


Celtic's injury crisis claimed another victim when it was revealed striker Chris Sutton would be ruled out of action for the forseeable future because of a chest problem.


Microsoft plans smaller deals, 'independent' path

Microsoft Corp  Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company aims to pursue an independent path, focusing on up to 20 smaller acquisitions of $50 million to $1 billion each annually rather than mega-deals.


Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for 'gene silencing'

Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of how to switch off genes, a potential road to new treatments for diseases from AIDS to blindness and cancer.


Hornets get first win against unsound Jazz

All night on the JumboTron, John Stockton never missed a game-winning shot, never bricked the critical free throws, never failed to get back on defense.


The latest Eminem album tops the US album chart after just three days on sale, following its UK success.


British rower James Cracknell decides to take a year out, but may return for Beijing.


North Korea May Be Preparing Missile Launch -Sources

The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese  government sources said on Thursday.


Empoli, 17:32 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: RIPRESI GLI ALLENAMENTI IN VISTA DEL CHIEVO

Dopo il giorno di riposo concesso da Gigi Cagni, l'Empoli ha ripreso la preparazione in vista dell'e...


Stock Fund Inflow Slows To $9.46 Bil (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Despite a sagging stock market, investors put $9.46 billion into stock mutual funds in July.


British police arrest eight in anti-terror raids

British police arrested eight people on  Wednesday in a major anti-terror operation involving 500  officers across the country.


Beslan mourns as Putin vows tough response to 'all-out war' by ...

Funeral processions snaked through this grief-racked town as relatives buried victims of the school siege in southern Russia in rows of freshly dug graves Sunday.


(OfficialWire) -- 12/07/04 -- Vice President Dick Cheney, the highest-ranking American official to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, was


A global economy was thought to be more stable â but not if everyone is speculating.


Many enterprise IT managers are delaying for months any rollout of Microsoft Corp.'s long-awaited and often-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2, saying it is breaking too many of their applications.


A US military intelligence soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for taking part in torturing detainees in Abu Ghraib prison.


APEC shows power as primary regional forum

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has shown again its power as the primary economic forum in the Pacific Rim, as 21 top leaders from its member economies


Campbell's fourth-quarter income cools -- should you sell?


SPEEDY Sete Gibernau might be on pole for today's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island but the fans have turned out for Italian hotshot Valentino Rossi.


In testa contribuenti del Lazio seguiti da quelli lombardi


The government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh considers plans to send farmers to East Africa.


Violence against troops in Iraq takes toll

By key measures of the level of insurgent violence against American forces in Iraq - numbers of dead, wounded and insurgent attacks - the situation has grown worse since summer.


Mibtel +0,42%, All Stars +0,48%.Fiat schizza dopo mobilita'


These low-rated picks show that a stock doesn't have to be loved to outperform.


Disney's Cheetah Girls keep girl power alive

LOS ANGELES  - Girl power is proving to   have an incredibly long shelf life. That was made clear at   Thursday's Cheetah Girls show at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los   Angeles.


US Defends Security Plan, Planes Still a Target

The Bush administration defended its  plan for more massive spending on aviation security before a  skeptical U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday and said a Sept.  11-style hijacking or a bombing remain top threats.


DETROIT - Chrysler is recalling 240,000 minivans because the radios may short circuit and cause a fire, the automaker said Monday.


The authorities in Nepal say that several opposition protesters angered by fuel price rises have been injured in clashes with the police.


San Paolo, 17:21 - CALCIO, ADRIANO: 2 GOL ALL'ESORDIO, QUI SONO ALTRA PERSONA

Splendido esordio di Adriano con il San Paolo nella prima partita del campionato paulista. I campion...


Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx and Jamiroquai are added to the BBC's Electric Proms line-up.


Stock futures pointed to a flat to  slightly higher market open on Tuesday, with news of a buyout  offer for electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N  and healthy retail sales data lifting the mood in the retail  sector.


Aid Agencies Go to Work as Tasks Continue to Mount

Relief organizations from around the globe struggled Monday to deploy emergency supplies and personnel to south Asia, even as the list of communities scarred by the disaster continued to balloon.


Cooling Brain Helps Oxygen-Deprived Babies -Study

Cooling the brains of newborns who have  been deprived of oxygen during birth could help cut the risk of  brain damage.


Il responsabile europeo Ã¨ invece critico sulle previsioni per il ...

BRUXELLES (BELGIO) - L'Unione europea promuove il Documento di programmazione economica e finanziaria (Dpef). Â«Ã un documento che stabilisce una chiara volontÃ  di riduzione del deficit pubblicoÂ», ha sottolineato


Representative Tim Mahoney has emphasized his outrage over the financial cost of the war in Iraq.


Google late Wednesday rolled out a beta search tool designed for academics and other researchers digging through peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, and theses.


"Lives of Others" director supports Cruise

COLOGNE, Germany  - The Oscar-winning director of the German film "The Lives of Others" has supported Tom Cruise's bid to play a would-be Hitler assassin in the movie "Valkyrie."


Roma, 19:18 - CALCIO, ROMA: TOTTI INDAGATO PER DIFFAMAZIONE

Denunciato a quanto si è appreso da un giornalista sportivo milanese, Francesco


Cocaine trade scents higher profit in Europe

Saturday night and thrill-seekers  from around the world crowd the streets of Amsterdam's  red-light district ready to binge on sex, drugs and alcohol.


By Claudia Mel, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 4--Someone thinks Salinas needs a shop to sell marijuana for medical uses, and that person has asked city officials how to go about opening one.


Il regista Greg Zglinski (al centro) con i protagonisti del suo ...

âVera Drakeâ, un film di Mike Leigh ambientato nellâInghilterra degli anni â50, Ã¨ stato il trionfatore dellâedizione 2004 della Mostra del cinema di Venezia. âIn un mondo cinico, Ã¨ incoraggiante


Elpida CEO visits Taiwan seeking chip plant incentives

(InfoWorld) - The head of Japanese memory chip maker Elpida Memory held talks with Taiwanese officials last week about incentives for building a chip factory on the island. Yukio Sakamoto, Elpida's chief executive officer met with the company's foundry partner in Taiwan, Powerchip Semiconductor, as part of his visit to the island, but Elpida says it has made no decisions yet, a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday. Elpida is considering an investment in either China, Japan, Singapore, or Taiwan, and could work with a partner in a joint venture or go it alone, said Tomoko Kobayashi a spokeswoman at Elpida. Powerchip declined to comment. Such a deal would be huge for the winning location, because modern DRAM (dynamic RAM) factories cost around $3 billion and employ thousands of workers. China and Taiwan both have advantages because Elpida already works with partners in both places, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. of Shanghai and Powerchip. Singapore would also rate highly since it's been labeled one of the best locations in the world for a chip plant investment due to its tax breaks and other incentives. Japan would have home field advantage. The DRAM industry is also ripe for new factories. Most companies in the business have invested in non-DRAM production lines in recent years, mainly NAND flash memory, popular in digital cameras, mobile phones, and iPods. But DRAM prices have surged recently due to strong PC sales, and prices are expected to remain strong over the next several months onÂ anticipated PC demandÂ from the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista. In fact, the spot price of the most popular chips, DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) chips, hasÂ surged 15 percentÂ over the past three days, according to DRAMeXchange Technology Inc., an online clearinghouse for the chips.


Newest Darfur peacekeepers delayed a week-Rwanda

A battalion of Rwandan peacekeeping troops scheduled to arrive in Sudan's Darfur region this weekend will be delayed by a week because of logistical problems, Rwanda said on Sunday.


As a class project, producing a documentary about Vermonters killed in Iraq and Afghanistan seemed fitting: the videographers attend a military school and Vermont has lost more citizens per capita than most states.


AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers

America Online will begin offering to sell members a security device and service that has been used to safeguard business computer networks, the world's largest Internet service provider said on Monday.


SPORTS AND DRUGS Baseball's big concern: integrity

The baseball community expressed concern for the sport after The Chronicle reported that Barry Bonds' weight trainer claimed in a secretly recorded conversation that the superstar used an "undetectable" performance- enhancing drug during the 2003 season.


Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, Straightens Out Corps Confusion

By CityBusiness, New Orleans  Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, today reaffirmed his position on Mississippi River Gulf Outlet with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After the conference call, Vitter made the following statement: "I really think we've gotten the Corps back on track.


Under Attack, Director Says Hollinger's Black Misled Him

Last fall, as the board of Hollinger International prepared to oust its founding executive, Conrad M. Black, the director most protective and supportive of him turned to a friend and balked.


Il prefetto di Roma lascera' l'incarico il 3 settembre


Calling video voyeurism the new frontier of stalking, the House on Tuesday approved legislation to make it a crime to secretly photograph or videotape people, often for lascivious purposes.


Suzuki Near One of Baseball's Oldest Marks

A few years ago, Ichiro Suzuki spent three days on his own wandering around the Hall of Fame, hoping to learn about the history of baseball in America.


Today's review discusses US secretary of state's tour of Europe and the Middle East, Germany and rise of the far right,  Turkey and the Armenian massacre and the IRA.


[Health India] London, Sept 30 : Unable to get rid of obesity? Blame it on your genes as researchers from the University of Marberg in Germany have found that mutations in a body gene have a "major" impact


Thousands trapped by China floods as death toll hits 105 with 83 missing

Rescuers were battling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods and mudslides in southwest China as the death toll from some of the worst storms in years rose to 105 with another 83 missing.


Sposato, padre di due figli si difende: "Solo sms innocui".Smentito da tre settimane di intercettazioni: si sono frequentati                                            Palermo, maresciallo corteggia una dodicenne In cella militare della Guardia costiera                                                                                di SALVO PALAZZOLO


When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies."


Rubber puts a spring in Ivorian cocoa farmers' step

ABENGOUROU, Ivory Coast  - Angry at graft and disorder in Ivory Coast's cocoa sector, farmer Anini Kouakou spoke out on national television earlier this year against corrupt officials he says are siphoning off farmers' cash.


Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar quits the Spanish Film Acamedy in a row over voting procedures.


Ex-XenSource CEO tries another virtualization start-up

Blog: Pano Logic combines VMware virtualization software on the server with a device to remotely connect users' keyboards, mice and other peripherals.


North Dakota will receive $929,180 under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act to compensate county governments whose jurisdictions contain tax-exempt federal lands.


A Somali warlord, whose advance had raised fears of renewed violence, agrees to rejoin peace talks in Kenya.


Democrats want timeout on special-interest money

Democrats taking control of Congress next month say they will try to ban for the remainder of fiscal 2007 the special-interest "pork" projects that got Republicans in so much trouble with voters in the November elections.


A string of storms, typhoons and earthquakes makes 2004 the most expensive year on record for property insurers, according to Swiss Re.


WASHINGTON - While Celtics guard Rajon Rondo slept well, his bruised back didn't feel well when he woke up yesterday morning.


Iraqis feel weight of high prices, few jobs

Iraq's economy is weaker than at any point since the US invasion in 2003.


A novelty item just four or five years ago, the digital camera is shaping up as the most popular electronics gift in 2004, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. It was runner-up last year to the DVD player, the No. 1 gift since 2000.


Palestinians Launch Campaign to Register Voters

Palestinians began registering voters for an as yet unscheduled general election on Saturday, in the first concrete step to meet long-standing international and domestic demands for reforms.


Manchester United: The richest and possibly most famous football ...

Manchester United, which said on Monday it had received a takeover approach, stands as the richest and one of the most famous football club's in the world, 126 years after being formed by railway workers.


Treating localized prostate cancer boosts survival

Survival rates for men with  localized prostate cancer are better with either surgery or  radioactive seed implantation, a treatment called  brachytherapy, compared with no "definitive" treatment,  investigators at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City  report. This is true even among older men.


Democrats Say Will Hold Bush 'Accountable'

The top two Democrats in the U.S. Congress vowed on Wednesday to work with President Bush when possible, but ripped into him on two central issues -- Iraq and his bid to revamp the Social Security retirement program.


PARIS, Feb. 8 -- A French judge has charged two police officers in connection with the electrocution of two teenagers whose deaths in 2005 set off three weeks of suburban violence across the country and have influenced much of the debate in this year's presidential elections.


Iran jails three Bahai followers for engaging in propaganda against the Islamic revolutionary system.


Adam "Pacman" Jones' lawyer urged authorities Thursday to file criminal charges or stop trying to link the Tennessee Titans cornerback to a strip club melee and triple shooting.


The Celtics yesterday signed undrafted free agent Brandon Wallace to a partially-guaranteed two-year contract.


Darren Clarke had his first tournament victory of 2004 in his sights today as he topped the leaderboard after the opening round of the $6million Tour Championship in Atlanta.


Clinton and Royal - Sharing ambitions not handshakes?

One is French. One is American. Both may become the first female presidents of their country. But will Segolene Royal and Hillary Rodham Clinton support or snub each other in their battle?


Princess Diana's "Mr. Wonderful" breaks silence

Princess Diana's former lover, heart  specialist Hasnat Khan, has broken his silence a decade after  they broke up and confessed that her death still haunts him.


Because Sen. John Kerry is the challenger and lags President Bush in most national polls, he seems to have the most to gain from a strong performance in the upcoming fall debates. Some Democrats see the face-offs as the last chance for a Kerry breakout. But presidential debates present pitfalls as well as opportunities.


ABC Calls Criticism of Miniseries "Premature"

Despite former Clinton Administration complaints, the network defends the film based on 9/11


Feisty Birds of a Feather, No Chickens in Sight

This six-part documentary portrays the world of the brothel in terms of its hierarchies and feuds and both its inclinations and aversions toward sorority.


Pacino at Venice Festival with Fiery 'Merchant'

Al Pacino, who has already made purists squirm with his American accent in one Shakespearean role, has taken another risk, playing Jewish moneylender Shylock in the new film version of "The Merchant of Venice."


1920 — Shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head with pitch in the fifth inning by New York's Carl Mays. Chapman suffered a fractured skull and died the next day. It is the only field fatality in major league history.


AWOL satnav system leads to ambulance joyride

12 mile transfer turns into 240 mile debacle Two ambulance drivers' unswerving obedience to their satnav system ended up turning a 30 minute hospital transfer into an eight hour, 430 mile wild goose chase.â¦


UPDATE w COMMENT: Finnish bishop tenders resignation after adultery allegations

Bishop Ilkka Kantola of Turku, Finland, has tendered his resignation, saying he no longer had the credibility to take care of his duties, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland announced on Tuesday.


Sulla panchina dei granata torna Gianni De Biasi


Croatia starts building disputed Adriatic bridge

Croatia started building a coastal  bridge in the southern Adriatic on Wednesday despite protests  from neighboring Bosnia, which has threatened to launch a  lawsuit to stop it.


If you've seen a John Hughes movie — or been to high school, for that matter — you already know the characters in "The Awesome 80s Prom."


Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is unlikely to contest her defeat in last month's presidential election race at the constitutional court.


Microsoft fixes 15 flaws with six patches; four considered critical

Blog: Critical patches include those for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail,  Win 32 API, and the Schannel Security Package.


Environmental activists protest outside an EU building, saying planned cuts in fishing quotas do not go far enough.


Democrat Edwards Reports $12 Million on Hand for Primary Race

Bloomberg - July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards entered July with $12 million available for his bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign said.


Top Concert Promoter Sets Up a Challenge to Ticketmaster

Concert giant Live Nation is aiming to ramp up its ticket-selling operation, potentially positioning itself to compete with its longtime contractor, Ticketmaster.


Europe's main stock markets performed mixed Friday at the end of a tough week for global equities owing to record-high oil prices that risk fuelling inflation and slowing economic growth.


Soap opera fans, known for their rabid support of daytime television's liars and lovers, are getting into the action Friday.


ATHENS, Greece - Jeremy Wariner picked up where Michael Johnson left off as he became the sixth straight American to win an Olympic 400-meter title and led a U.S. sweep of the medals...


Finance chiefs concerned over euro's record surge

BRUSSELS: Euro zone finance ministers yesterday voiced concern about the euro's surge to record highs against the dollar, with some pressing for international co-operation to tackle such exchange rate swings.


CHAMONIX, France  - Marco Sullivan won his first World Cup race with victory in a downhill on Saturday.


(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices has released further details of its Torrenza project, which will one day allow server manufacturers to optimize servers for specific tasks by placing accelerator chips right on the motherboard. SinceÂ unveiling TorrenzaÂ in June, AMD has been working on the specifications of a new physical interface that chip manufacturers can use to develop custom accelerator chips that will plug into a server motherboard, alongside or in place of an AMD processor, said Doug O'Flaherty, AMD's divisional manager for acceleration strategy. That interface, the Torrenza Innovation Socket, will use the same 1207-pin Revision F socket that AMD is using for its latest generation of Opteron chips, and will communicate with the main processor using a HyperTransport connection, O'Flaherty said. HyperTransport is a specification for high-speed communications between chips or circuit boards, proposed by AMD and now managed by the HyperTransport Consortium. AMD also announced that the project had won the support of six server manufacturers: Cray, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. "We have exposed our road map in great detail to [equipment manufacturers]," O'Flaherty said. "We are expecting some of the first pieces of the platform in the latter half of 2007." Server manufacturers could use the interface to add chips to speed up the processing of XML (Extensible Markup Language) or floating-point calculations, or even to improve gaming performance with a physics accelerator, said Giuseppe Amato, AMD's technical director sales and marketing for Europe. Such accelerators are already available for some applications as add-in PCI Express cards, he said. Manufacturers of accelerator chips will be able to improve their performance further by moving them closer to the main processor and connecting them via the Torrenza Innovation Socket. "It's close to PCI Express. The physical layer changes, but the protocol is PCI Express," he said.


Looking for ways to feather your nest egg? We have some ideas.


The Dominican Republic is smaller, by square miles, than West Virginia. It is smaller, by population, than Michigan. It is larger, by baseball talent, than almost anywhere else on the planet.


It is my good fortune to inform you that "Lemony SnicketâsA Series of Unfortunate Events" is a wonderfully droll fantasy adventure that is certain to delight adults as well as children - who


Brown orders prosecution of knife carriers

Gordon Brown last night moved to tackle growing public fears over knife crime by ordering police to prosecute, rather than caution, anyone caught carrying knives


Korean FTC acts The Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has told Google to rewrite sections of its AdSense contracts which empower Google to unilaterally cancel any deal, and are considered unfair under Korean law.â¦


Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart.


Maldonado has marked himself out as a driver to watch since switching from the international karting scene to single-seater competition in 2002, winning the Italian Formula Renault 2000 title in 2003 with eight victories and scoring a further two wins in


A man found with serious injuries at Holywood in County Down may have been beaten, say residents.


Researchers sell butterfly naming rights

Researchers who helped discover a new species of Mexican butterfly are offering to sell the naming rights to raise money to fund more research.


Il tasso di sviluppo nel 2008 al di sotto delle previsioni


A crippled Canadian submarine was late Thursday being towed toward Scotland after two days spent adrift near Ireland without power following a fatal fire, an Irish captain participating in the rescue said.


The chief justice of the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove himself from a case challenging the results of the presidential election.


Pride, parties and now World Cup babies for Germany

BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters Life!) - German hospitals are braced for a surge in births nine months after the host country of soccer's World Cup 2006 enjoyed an uncharacteristic wave of feel-good patriotism and parties, doctors say.


Bimba scomparsa: la Procura di Marsala apre un'inchiesta

TRAPANI - Il pm della Procura di Marsala, Luigi Boccia, ha aperto un'inchiesta sulla scomparsa di Denise, la bimba di quattro anni scomparsa da ieri a Mazara del Vallo, nel trapanese. L'ipotesi di reato e' sequestro di persona.


Fed slashes interest rates to buffer economy

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed benchmark interest rates by a half-percentage point in  a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and  related financial market turbulence.


Bush says U.S. seeing religious reawakening

President George W. Bush believes   the United States has embarked on the latest great religious   awakening of its history.


Oil Prices Fall Nearly $1 as Stock Build Expected

Crude oil futures fell nearly a dollar today in New York, as the focus shifted to expectations of across-the-board builds in US petroleum-inventory data due out tomorrow.


The Finnish of love or What a lovely Finnish Nokia has launched a collection of three mobile phones as an update to its LâAmour collection. The three models are: Nokia 7390 WCDMA (3G) offering high speed streaming and video calling, 3 Megapixel camera with autofocus and integrated flash, Music player with one-button access. Nokia 7373 with a 2 Megapixel camera, music and video player, twin stereo speakers, complementary fashion headset, pouch and phone jewellery. Finally there's the Nokia 7360 wtih Stereo FM radio, integrated camera, MMS, MP3 ring tones and Nokia Xpress Audio Messagingâ¦


Court Votes to Strip Pinochet of Immunity

An appeals court ruled Thursday to strip former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for a 1974 car bombing that killed an exiled Chilean general and the man's wife.


Top Shi'ite clerics begin to press for an Islamic constitution

NAJAF, Iraq -- Top Shi'ite clerics, emboldened by what they perceive as a massive turnout by their followers for the coalition of Shi'ite religious parties, have already directed their attention to advocating for an Islamic constitution, several of them said in the aftermath of Sunday's election.


The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales urge the government not to replace Trident nuclear weapons.


Report: News Corp. to trade MySpace for a stake in Yahoo?

Blog: British newspaper suggests that the media company may be willing to give MySpace to Yahoo for a 25 percent stake in the struggling dot-com.


New Orleans still awaiting hurricane aid

Louisiana has distributed less than $2 billion in federal aid to communities hit by Hurricane Katrina, drawing complaints from some New Orleans officials that the state is slowing their recovery.


An Interior Ministry official, Colonel Adnan Abdul Rahman, says Hatim Kamil was assassinated and two of his bodyguards were wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday.


Miami Beach residents among 1 million told to flee Frances

MIAMI - Florida and Georgia declared states of emergency and evacuation orders were extended to more than a million people Thursday as a massive hurricane worked its way toward the US mainland.


ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal

Walt Disney Co.'s DIS.N ESPN  sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile  phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. FON.N intended to  lure new users with sports news sent over a next-generation  network, the companies said on Wednesday.


Ethiopian soldiers enter 2nd Somali town

Ethiopian troops trying to protect Somalia's weak government moved into a second Somali town before dawn Saturday, seizing control of an airport, witnesses and aid workers said.


WASHINGTON - Standing beside Iraq's interim leader, President Bush contended Thursday that insurgents could "plot and plan attacks elsewhere, in America and other free nations," if the United States pulled out. He said his top commander there has not asked for more troops but if he did, "I'd listen to him."   After meeting with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Bush said he expects violence in Iraq to escalate as the country moves toward elections scheduled for January...


Urged on by Democratic lawmakers, the Government Accountability Office plans to investigate the way votes were counted in the presidential election. The office cautions, however, that it is powerless to act if irregularities are found.


The U.S. unit of Volkswagen will  offer a year of free car insurance to customers in two states  as a way of attracting business, Europe's biggest automaker  said on Monday.


Nextel and Verizon Settle Legal Disputes

Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless are settling all legal disputes between them, removing a key challenge to a federal decision to clear up interference between cell phones and emergency response


Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports

SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush on Saturday  warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that  Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment  process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.


Moneta unica scambiata a 1,4679 dlr e 155,98 yen


BALTIMORE -- Not long after Paul Shuey allowed the final nine runs in a 30-3 loss to the Texas Rangers, his cellphone started ringing.


In the two decades since AIDS began sweeping the globe, it has often been labeled as the biggest threat to international health.


Richard Avedon, the revolutionary photographer who redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and celebrated, died Friday. He was 81.


EDS:US Airways Bankruptcy to Cut Earnings

Electronic Data Systems Corp.  EDS.N on Thursday said the bankruptcy of US Airways Group  Inc. UAIRQ.OQ could sharply reduce its third-quarter earnings  because of a long-term information technology contract between  the companies.


Pope, Anglican leader discuss obstacles to unity

Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury committed their Churches to the quest for unity on Thursday but acknowledged that issues such as women priests and gay bishops in the Anglican Church were obstacles.


Five record companies are suing Sharman Networks, creator of the file-swapping technology Kazaa, for music piracy in Australia's Federal Court.


Ancora cannonate nella notte a nord della Striscia

Il primo a essere ucciso Ã¨ un quindicenne: la sua casa Ã¨ stata centrata dal fuoco. GAZA - Tre morti e dieci bambini feriti. E' il bilancio del nuovo raid israeliano sferrato nella notte tra martedÃ¬ e mercoledÃ¬.


China confirms 166 killed in mine explosion

The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in north China has risen to 166, making it the worst mining disaster in the country's recent history.


What's the fun in almost a half-century of losing? That's the question Navy asks each and every year that it plays Notre Dame and contained within it is the more abstract question: What's


Connecticut Governor Having Breast Cancer Surgery

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, who became governor in July when former chief executive John Rowland resigned, will have all or part of her breast removed today because of cancer doctors discovered last week.


Londra, 17:57 - CALCIO, QPR: BRIATORE E ECCLESTONE NUOVI AZIONISTI DI MAGGIORANZA

Flavio Briatore e Bernie Ecclestone sono i due nuovi proprietari del Queens Park Rangers, club ingle...


Progress has been slipping lately, but its transition to a new product line is likely a big factor.


US soldier sentenced for murdering Iraqi:

[World News] Baghdad, Sep 26 : An American soldier has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a soldier of the Iraqi National Guard, Xinhua reported Sunday quoting US military sources.


Kieran Cooke finds that bribes are part of daily life in the breakaway republic of Trans-Dniester.


Oracle (ORCL) on Tuesday posted a 16% jump in quarterly earnings, surpassing analyst estimates, despite listless sales in an area it hopes to buttress by buying rival PeopleSoft (PSFT).


British PM Rebuilds Cabinet After Key Ally Resigns

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to reshuffle his government ahead of a looming general election after the resignation of senior minister David Blunkett, who headed Britain's anti-terrorism campaign.


Sports Briefing | Golf: Tie at Johnnie Walker

Simon Wakefield chipped in for birdie at the last hole to finish with a 73 and tie Fredrik Andersson for the third-round lead in the Johnnie Walker Championship yesterday in Gleneagles, Scotland.Andersson shot a seven-under 66 in a difficult wind on the Centenary Course to total nine-under 210 three hours before Wakefield finished his round.Mark Warren (73) was a stroke back. Lee Westwood (69), Alastair Forsyth (72) and Phillip Archer (73) were next at 212.Thomas Levet, who shared the second-round lead with Wakefield, was in the hunt until a double-bogey 7 at the 16th.Colin Montgomerie shot a 71 and was four strokes off the lead. Paul Casey, the defending champion, was another stroke back after a 73.


Help for immigrants divides congregations

He doesn't speak Spanish and has no idea what America should do about illegal immigration, but Rev. Larry Kreps knows he's now on a list somewhere of people willing to help illegal immigrants in a time of crisis.


"Waitress" a bittersweet success for composer

LOS ANGELES  - The success of the indie comedy "Waitress" is bittersweet for the film's composer, Andrew Hollander.


Bush transfers power to Cheney during colon test

President George W. Bush temporarily  handed his powers to Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday  morning while he was sedated for a routine colon cancer test at  the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., the White House  said.


GM, Shanghai Automotive Partner on Hybrids and Fuel Cells

GM and Shanghai Automotive are jointly to develop and to commercialize hybrid and fuel-cell vehiclesâand the infrastructure required to support themâin China.


NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- A high-dose regimen of Merck & Co.'s cholesterol drug Zocor offered no conclusive benefits over a low-cholesterol diet and a lower dose of zocor in preventing a recurrence of cardiac events in patients who'd already had heart


David Beckham has only 48 hours to recover from a rib injury that threatens to rule him out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Poland.


Oil takes a seesaw ride in volatile trading

Crude oil futures briefly surpassed $50 a barrel Tuesday before closing lower amid concerns about low US heating oil inventories ahead of winter.


Nearly 8,000 sex offenders have been given cautions across England in the past five years, the BBC discovers.


An unmanned cargo ship docked at the international space station early Sunday, carrying badly needed food for a crew that had been forced to ration dwindling supplies.


'India, Pakistan PMs may meet in Dhaka':

[World News]: Islamabad, Dec 23 : The prime ministers of Pakistan and India are likely to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the SAARC summit to be held in Dhaka next month, Pakistan's foreign office said Thursday.


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.


Dow Jones +0,01, SP cresce dello 0,05, Nasdaq +0,29


Samsung Electronics Co. will make a special 18-carat gold-plated mobile phone in China to mark next year's Olympics in Beijing.


Dopo crisi mutui subprime, Fed potrebbe tagliare tassi


Manhattan Skyscraper to Be Sold for $1.8 Billion

Tishman Speyer Properties has agreed to sell the 41-story skyscraper at 666 Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street for $1.8 billion to a New Jersey real estate family, the Kushners.


Intel CEO dishes discrete graphics return

Whoops IDF Intel CEO Paul Otellini has finally confirmed the company's plan to return to the discrete graphics chip market, although the confirmation did not come easy.â¦


Belarus President Lukashenko Calls U.S. Congress "Stupid, Dumbasses"

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko has called the Belarus Democracy Act passed by U.S. Congress stupid pressure on the CIS state.


Torino, 14:31 - CALCIO, JUVE; BLANC: DA ARBITRATO ASPETTIAMO RIDUZIONE PENALITA'

''Una sensibile riduzione della penalità''. E' quanto si aspetta la Juve dall'arbitrato. Lo h...


Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has extended a deadline for hospitals to be certified as outstanding providers of weight-loss surgery so they can qualify for reimbursement from the state's largest health insurer.


A senior U.S. military commander urged Pakistan yesterday to crack down on an entrenched network of senior Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders, training camps and recruiting grounds -- a sanctuary from which fighters have tripled cross-border attacks since September and are preparing an anticipated major spring offensive in southern and eastern Afghanistan....


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Getting divorced isn't anyone's idea of a good time. But doing it right can set the stage for a happier life for you, your ex and your kids. Here are tips from five divorce experts -- three men, two women, four of them divorced themselves (two of them twice) -- for getting through it.


Today proved to be the toughest fought presidential campaigns in the history of the United States. However, Bush still needs to wait for the final resolution of voting dispute before being reelected.


Europeans Rally to Boost Kerry to Victory

Europe is Kerry country, and folks like Heike Warmuth reckon they have a chance to spoil President Bush's bid for a second term.


The endless details were numbing, but Eva Longoria says she kept her cool at her wedding to Tony Parker last week.


England's brightest Olympic athlete from the past Games at Athens, Kelly Holmes, easily wins her first event since taking home two gold medals last August.


Condoleezza Rice is set to start senate hearings, to be confirmed as President Bush's next Secretary of State.


Israel's Peres Urges Election, Pressures Sharon

Israel's opposition Labour Party  leader pushed an already embattled prime minister to the wall  by advocating early elections a day after Ariel Sharon's Likud  party barred him from coalition negotiations.


It might not have been a classic in straight footballing terms, but as a spectacle it certainly lived up to the hype, and the fallout from that match at Old Trafford last Sunday has kept the inmates here at Soccernet Towers thoroughly entertained.


Intel Suggests Overlay To Boost Internet Performance

In a speech at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel senior vice president Pat Gelsinger said that by outfitting the Internet with an overlay network of computational services made up of computing


A planned strike by British Airways staff that threatened to disrupt the travel plans of half a million people was halted yesterday after management and workers reached an agreement.


Sulle coppie di fatto discuta il parlamento non il governo


Veteran DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, whose "Not 'arf" catchphrase made him famous, dies aged 79.


The US dollar fell to a record low Monday, and gold soared to a 16-year high as both commodities reflected growing anxiety over the United States' policies.


World takes stock as Bush victory sinks in

After a flood of congratulations to US President George W. Bush on winning a second term in office, world leaders were taking stock of what four more years of "Dubya" in the White House would bring.


Broad Study Suggests a Lower Tolerance for Exposure to Benzene

The first study of a large group of workers breathing air with very low levels of benzene suggests that the chemical may harm the bone marrow.


Un patto di stabilitÃ  che deve mettere Â«l'accento sulla crescitaÂ», un sÃ¬ convinto all'apertura dei negoziati di adesione con la Turchia, e una piena soddisfazione per la nomina di Rocco Buttiglione a vicepresidente della Commissione con il portafoglio


Madrid, 16:01 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: 5 VALENCIANI IN NAZIONALE

Il ct della Spagna, Luis Aragones, ha convocato ben cinque giocatori del Valencia in vista dell'amic...