Prince Harry Involved in Scuffle Outside Club, Standard Says

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, was involved in a scuffle with photographers while leaving a London nightclub, the Evening Standard said, citing onlookers and an unidentified spokesman for the prince.


Pakistani Forces Kill Key al-Qaida Suspect

Pakistan says security forces have killed a top al-Qaida militant who was allegedly involved in two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf, a close US ally in the war on terrorism.


The Orioles are on the verge of trading lefty Erik Bedard to the Mariners for a package of five players, headed by blue chip center field prospect Adam Jones.


Bomber 'Asked Wife's Permission to Die A Martyr'

Indonesian police have identified the suspected suicide bomber who attacked the Australian Embassy, and said the 30-year-old had written a letter to his wife asking permission to die a martyr.


A lesbian couple who entered into the nation's first same-sex civil union officially split up Wednesday.


Israeli Military Kills 4 Palestinian Militants in Gaza Operation

The Israeli military killed four Palestinian militants on Wednesday as troops in tanks and armored vehicles pushed into another town in the northern Gaza Strip, extending


Oil Rises After Kerry Concedes US Presidential Race to Bush

Crude oil rose, erasing a 2 percent loss, after Senator John Kerry conceded the US presidential race to George W. Bush. The re-election of Bush means the US is likely to keep adding oil to its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


I dati riportati dal supplemento 'Finanza Pubblica'


Digital World Insider: Tech Takes a Summer Break

The best vacation advice: Leave your work at the office. But you can still enjoy some of these tech toys at the beach.


Treasury Chief Urges Debt Relief for Poor Nations

Global lenders need to offer more grants and debt relief to poor countries and tailor lending toward the private sector, Treasury Secretary John Snow said today.


Palestinian civilians flee Lebanon refugee camp

Move comes in anticipation of final assault by Lebanese army after almost two months of fighting.


25.600 euro per governatore Bolzano, 19.300 per Cancelliere


French President Jacques Chirac said on   Monday talks with Iran on its nuclear aspirations should be   pursued since U.N. sanctions had never worked well, a fresh   hint of EU misgivings over U.S. calls for punishing Tehran.


Manny RamÃrez had a strained left oblique muscle, so he did not play for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, and he will probably miss several games.


Afghanistan Says Criminals, Not Militants, Are Holding UN Hostages

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says the militant group claiming to have kidnapped three UN workers is not, in fact, the group holding the captives.


Islamic Charities Found Liable For Israel Shooting

CHICAGO -- A federal jury Wednesday found an Islamic charity liable in the death of a 17-year-old boy and ordered it and several other defendants to pay $52 million to the victim's family.


New York Giants safety Shaun Williams was placed on injured reserve Wednesday due to a left knee injury.


NovitÃ  mediatica per i cittadini del Lazio. Alle poste, infatti, troveranno un internet point per collegarsi al sito della Regione. Lâaccordo eâ stato firmato dal governatore Francesco Storace e dall'amministratore


Congo soldiers arrested for U.N. journalist's murder

Police in Democratic Republic of Congo  have arrested two soldiers suspected of killing a journalist  working for United Nations-sponsored radio in the violent  eastern Congo, a senior police officer said on Friday.


US warns of more sanctions against Sudan

The U.S. warned Thursday that the Sudanese government could face further sanctions if it does not move quickly to approve a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur.


Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily September 21, 2004 - LONDON - How does Brit model of the moment Lily Cole do it? So far she has appeared at every single London Fashion Week show on the schedule. Sir Paul Smith knew how to make her look startlingly beautiful. She opened his catwalk show at the Royal Horticultural Hall in Chelsea wearing a strikingly pretty blue floral trench, her luminously pale face emboldened by fierce red lips. That’s the thing about Smith, he knows how to bring the best out of British women, and he does it season after season without hitting a dud note.


Sara' riservato alle aziende italiane, area di 500mila mq


A senior officer's suggestion of mitigating circumstances for drink driving are described as "absolutely obscene".


Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Ministry Building

News agencies said several people were killed and a number of others injured by the explosion outside the Education Ministry, but the exact number of casualties remained unclear.


The Hooters Casino Hotel will show that there is room for niche players to be successful on the Strip as well.


First came the sickening crack of splitting earth, then a sudden roar as dirt and vegetation swallowed home after home. Alerted to the landslide by screams and honking horns, some in this sliver of a town found themselves literally racing the fast-moving flow downhill as it tore through cars and telephone poles.


Giuliani hospitalized with flu symptoms: reports

Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani interrupted his campaign and checked into a Missouri hospital with flu-like symptoms, according to media reports on Thursday.


The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista

From screens that mysteriously black out to search that's limited by default, here are the things that really bug us about Microsoft's new operating system.


Supporters of al Sadr stand firm in the shrine

US jets have launched a new assault on Shi'ite militia positions in the Iraqi city of Najaf. The attack follows a stall in talks on the transfer of control of the mosque in the southern holy city.


The European economy slowed significantly in the second quarter as spending lagged, official reports showed on Tuesday, and economists expected growth in the region to be soft into early next year as consumers ...


'Idol' Barrino in TV movie about own life

"American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino had to be persuaded to play herself in a television movie about her hardscrabble life.


Counsell was a member of Arizona's 2001 World Series championship team as well as the 1997 world champion Florida Marlins. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2001 National


Ivanovic holds nerve and arrives in style

THE age eligibility rules on the womenâs tennis tour have made world-beating 16-year-olds less plentiful than they were a decade ago, but another announced her presence at the Swisscom Challenge yesterday.


La svolta dopo 14 anni Trovati i vestiti di Simonetta

ROMA 25 OTTOBRE 2004 â Ora piÃ¹ che mai il lavoro dei carabinieri del Ris di Parma puÃ² contribuire a fare luce su un giallo che dura da 14 anni: quello dellâuccisione di Simonetta Cesaroni, avvenuta il 7 agosto 1990 in via Carlo Poma 2, nella capitale


Strength in European equity markets Thursday was underpinned by steadying bond yields, prompting a banking sector rally and lifting capital goods groups that had retreated over recent sessions.


Patriots take Brady protection seriously

They're big, brawny and bearded Â and they're the guys whose duty is to keep Tom Brady safe from bloodthirsty opponents looking to pound him into the turf.


Sei ore di esibizioni a Pratica di Mare vicino Roma


Ford Motor will show the Explorer America concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This week, Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, was at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas talking about driverless cars and the Cadillac Provoq, a concept vehicle powered by a fuel cell. But bigger news came half a [...].


Toys R Us posts operating loss, sales decline

NEW YORK: Toys R Us, which is considering getting out of the toy business, yesterday posted a second-quarter operating loss on poor sales of video games and markdowns on older merchandise.


Olympic champ Massu loses in quarterfinals

Olympic champion Nicolas Massu of Chile was ousted in the quarterfinals of the CA Trophy, losing to Italian Davide Sanguinetti 6-4, 6-3, Friday.


Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cell phone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said in a statement Sunday.


Equatorial Guinea Seeks Thatcher Warrant

Equatorial Guinea has requested international arrest warrants for Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, and other British financiers accused in an alleged coup plot in this tiny oil-rich nation, the deputy premier said Saturday.


Two Chinese companies and an American importer were indicted  on charges of intentionally defrauding American manufacturers about poisonous ingredients used in pet food.


New York, 14:09 - ATLETICA; JONES: LEGALI CHIEDONO LIBERTA' CONDIZIONATA

I legali di Marion Jones hanno chiesto al tribunale di New York la libertà condizionata per l...


Appare difficile il cammino delle nuove norme sulla flessibilitÃ Gli imprenditori: "Regole che funzionano, no a interventi restrittivi"                                            Legge Biagi, la riforma a ostacoli I sindacati: "No all'abuso della flessibilitÃ "                                                                                "Il suo utilizzo deve passare attraverso la contrattazione"di ROSARIA AMATO


Judge Orders a Web Site Selling Tax-Evasion Advice to Close

A federal judged ruled that the Web site was not protected by the First Amendment because it incited criminal conduct.


Howard Government Wins Historic Fourth Term

The Liberal-National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister John Howard, has been re-elected for an historic fourth term in the Australian general election held on October 9. The Coalition was returned with an increased majority in the House of


Max Baer Jr., who as Jethro in the 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" lived off his uncle Jed's oil riches, is hoping to strike it rich in the gambling market.


Alcohol Reduces Occurrence of 'Metabolic Syndrome'

Metabolic syndrome -- the cluster of symptoms such as obesity and high blood pressure that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- seems to be less frequent among people who consume moderate amounts of alcohol, a new study suggests.


Bush Dubs Energy Pick a 'Problem Solver'

President Bush picked a new energy secretary Friday and dubbed him "a problem solver" — a talent Samuel W. Bodman will need as he deals with high oil prices, nuclear waste and a Congress unwilling to pass the president's long-term energy plan.


Riscontro e' ancora inadeguato, ma non demordo


Jurors at the British inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed heard extracts Thursday from affectionate correspondence between the princess and her father-in-law, Prince Philip.


Hamas makes strong showing in local elections

Hamas - regarded as a terror group by Israel and the West â-ade a strong showing in West Bank local elections â - first time the Islamic militant group competed at the polls.


Niners Bring in Martz to Fix Anemic Offense

The San Francisco 49ers hired Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator Tuesday, landing one of the N.F.L.âs top offensive minds to fix a unit that floundered last season.


Raggiunto livello piu' basso degli ultimi 60 anni


How the Bancrofts Decided to Talk With Murdoch

The shift from rejecting Rupert Murdochâs bid for Dow Jones to agreeing to meet with him occurred in many small steps.


People and Politics / How to win the Jewish vote

When Yitzhak Rabin coined the phrase "political settlements" (the opposite of "security settlements"), he was referring to settlements outside the settlement blocs that more or less abut the Green Line.


SEATTLE, Sept. 27 (Ticker) -- With their floor leader sidelined early in the game, the Seattle Storm rallied to win their first playoff series.


Eight US Marines dead as Baghdad car blast kills at least seven

Eight US Marines were killed and nine others injured Saturday west of Baghdad, the US military stated. Meanwhile, a car bomb went off outside the offices of the Al-Arabiya television station in central Baghdad


US Congress set to battle over gas-price 'gouging'

The Senate and House make a controversial move to control alleged profiteering.


Trey Hillman has a daunting task. It's his turn to try leading the Kansas City Royals back to respectability.


Arielle Newman was a high school track star who suffered from the typical aches and pains that result from a grueling training regimen. For relief, she covered her legs with large amounts of muscle cream.


SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Crude-oil futures climbed back toward $54 a barrel, with traders eagerly awaiting weekly petroleum data to find out how the recovery in the Gulf of Mexico has affected US oil and natural-gas inventories.


Two US astronauts begin a six-and-a-half hour space walk outside the International Space Station to fit vital equipment.


Employees' savings are on average Â£51,000 short of the sum needed to fund a comfortable retirement, a report says.


L.A. Times Gets in the Ring with TV Boxing Shows

As Fox's "The Next Great Champ" prepared to debut Tuesday, the boxing reality show and rival NBC series "The Contender" faced the prospect of having their entire premise compromised through a public records request to disclose the winners before the bouts are televised.


President Bush asked the Senate to swiftly approve an agreement ratified by more than 70 nations to fight the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in sports.


What a nightmare: US men fall to Argentina

Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Argentina snapped a 58-game winning streak by the United States two years ago at the World Championships.


Star Trek XI teaser trailer beams onto web

Enterprise: The Early Years A teaser trailer for much-anticipated new Star Trek film has finally found its way onto the web.â¦


Nepali activists hold anti-king protest despite ban

Nepali political activists staged a protest for a second straight day on Friday, demanding King Gyanendra restore democracy and civil rights in the troubled Himalayan kingdom.


TV Review | 'Tak and the Power of Juju': Trouble in Paradise? Call a Shaman, Hold the PlayStation

Animation in the âSimpsonsâ era demands a breathless pace, varied characters and whirlwind visual invention. Nickelodeonâs âTakâ falls short in all three categories.


Bush 'Assassination' Film Makes Waves Across the Pond

LONDON, Sept. 1 -- Nearly every British newspaper on Friday carried photos of the 'assassination' of President Bush -- or, rather, the eerily realistic depiction of it from a new documentary-style television ...


Russian government sets auction for Yukos's crown jewel

Russia set a date for the auction of Yukos's main unit in a move that will pluck the embattled firm's crown jewel and effectively destroy what last year was considered the nation's best-run oil company.


French President Jacques Chirac says talks, not UN sanctions, are the way to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis.


Gunman takes hostages at Colorado school

Students were evacuated from a Colorado   high school on Wednesday after shots were fired and a gunman   who said he had explosives took at least four hostages, police   said.


From the Tokyo auto show another member of the German automaker's 'new small family' line of concept cars debuts.


A city panel recommended Tuesday that officials fire Bonnie Bleskachek, the nation's first openly lesbian big-city fire chief, in the wake of firefighter lawsuits accusing her of harassment and discrimination.


FLY fisherman Brian Lillie is celebrating a hap


News.com Extra: Global space congress looks to the future

Plus: '$100 laptop' for sale in North America. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Garcia replaces Favre on Pro Bowl roster

Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia is headed to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time, replacing Green Bay's Brett Favre on the NFC roster.


Vendite +12%, gruppo alza stime consegne aerei nel 2007


Authorities late Friday said a Kansas woman who had a miscarriage earlier this year confessed to strangling a pregnant Missouri woman in her home and then cutting the baby from her womb -- a crime the local sheriff described as the most gruesome


Distiller Glenmorangie in takeover talks

Scotch malt whisky distiller Glenmorangie GMGa.L is seeking offers for the company and is in preliminary talks with a number of potentially interested parties, the company says.


Intel Forecast Raises Concern Chip Demand Faltering

Intel Corp.'s forecast of faltering demand for electronics such as personal computers and mobile phones heightened concern that consumer spending is declining.


Elton John gives advice to Whitney, Clay

How wonderful celeb news is when Elton John's in the world. The ever-opinionated popster weighs in on a variety of subjects in a two-part "Access Hollywood" interview, including Whitney Houston and Clay Aiken.


Palestinians Shell Gaza Settlement; 1 Dead

Palestinian militants shelled the Gaza Strip settlement of Neve Dekalim Friday, killing a woman and wounding another, the army said.


Turkey Backs Off Plan to Outlaw Adultery

Turkey's leaders distanced themselves from a proposal to outlaw adultery after the opposition came out against it and western governments made clear enacting the law would


European agency backs Glaxo pandemic flu shot

A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators.


Ryland's Presentation at the Bank of America 2007 Homebuilders Conference To Be Broadcast Live

CALABASAS, Calif., June 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ryland Group, Inc. , one of the nation's largest homebuilders, will broadcast its presentation at the Bank of America 2007 Homebuilders Conference live on its Web site at http://www.ryland.com/.


Spitzer Probe Looks At Professional Liability

NU Online News Service, Dec. 7, 9:53 am EDTâTwo insurance carriers have announced that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed them for information about professional liability insurance for law firms.


Toronto, 11:08 - BASEBALL, MLB: TORONTO OFFRE CONTRATTO RECORD A WELLS

Vernon Wells, esterno centro dei Toronto Blue Jays, firmerà nelle prossime ore un contratto d...


Uccisi in agguati altri 13 autisti. Un video con lâesecuzione di ...

BAGHDAD. Un gruppo armato iracheno ha rivendicato con un video trasmesso da Al Jazeera il sequestro di 18 soldati della Guardia Nazionale irachena. I miliziani dellâorganizzazione che si fa chiamare Â«Le


Oil cut some of its losses to trade around $89 a barrel on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve took emergency action to help prevent the world's biggest fuel consumer from tipping into recession.


AstraZeneca Gets New Indication for Nexium in U.S.

AstraZeneca Plc has won U.S. approval to  market its Nexium ulcer pill as a treatment that reduces the  risk of ulcers developing in patients on non-steroidal  anti-inflammatory drugs, it said on Monday.


Fascinating look at CEOs' paths to the top

Who gets to the top of the corporate greasy pole -- and how that has changed over the past century -- is the subject of a fascinating book, "Paths to Power."


Catania, 10:18 - MORTO POLIZIOTTO, PERQUISITE SEDI ULTRAS: FERMATO MINORENNE

Nuovo blitz della polizia nelle sedi ultras di Catania nell'ambito delle indagini sugli incidenti av...


Motorists warned to "show caution" over rogue fuel

Motorists were warned to "exercise caution" when refuelling their cars after thousands were apparently sold contaminated fuel, leading to hundreds of breakdowns.


Riforme strutturali fondamentali per resistere agli shock


Il suocero, 'mio genero non c'entra nulla, era qui'


Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled today after a widespread Internet failure that brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope.


U.S. stock investors face a  mind-numbing pile of information this week as corporate  earnings and economic data pour in, Alan Greenspan speaks and  the presidential election heads toward the homestretch.


Large databases are not safe enough, says stats boffin

'Identity reconstruction' still possible Large databases do not adequately protect sensitive personal information, according to a statistics professor in the US, who says that individuals can still be identified despite attempts to anonymise them.â¦


CATANIA - Â«La fase effusiva testimonia un primo assestamento dell' attivitÃ  dell' Etna, ma attendiamo ancora qualche giorno per la sua stabilizzazioneÂ». CosÃ¬ il direttore dell' Istituto nazionale di geofisica


Ryan Van De Giesen was at the controls in Curry College's 11-1 run a year ago, tossing 21 touchdown passes in 12 games as a first-year starter at quarterback.


UK takes lead role in stem cell research

POTTERS BAR, England At the end of a winding country road lined with hedgerows and tidy brick homes sits a new prefabricated building chock-full of monitors and filters.


Freed US journalist says hopes to stay in Iraq

Hours after being freed by kidnappers who threatened to kill him, US journalist Micah Garen said he hoped to stay in Iraq to continue working


Patients are not 'boxes of bandages': NO2ID The NHS has proposed making patients wear bar code bracelets or RFID tags as a way of saving hospital time and money, but identity card opponents have said that the measure means treating patients "like boxes of bandages".â¦


Celebrities were doing last minute primping as they prepared to walk the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. Jamie Foxx led the contenders with an unprecedented three acting nominations, including best musical or comedy actor for his uncanny portrayal of singer Ray Charles in "Ray."


How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly

The magnitude of the tsunami that killed tens of thousands and remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.


Are common cockroaches carriers of disease?


Ieri le dimissioni, oggi la riconferma da parte di palazzo ChigiMesso a punto piano discarica per i problemi del periodo estivo                                            Emergenza rifiuti in Campania il governo conferma Bertolaso


Game consoles doing so well, company needed to revise 2007 financial forecasts.


Referee Graham Poll says he applied the laws of the game in allowing Thierry Henry's free-kick against Chelsea.


A devastating suicide car bombing in   Kabul on Friday, the worst for months, killed 16 people   including seven foreigners, rescuers and police said.


Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years

Fiji's military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over running the country, plunging the South Pacific island nation into its fourth coup in 20 years.


Researchers examining ancient tree-ring records have linked prolonged periods of epic drought in the West with warmer temperatures, suggesting that global warming could promote long-term drought in the interior West.


Oil prices vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.


WASHINGTON - After the Pentagon's national missile defense system failed a key test this week, the Bush administration has dropped its plans to activate the system by the end of the year.


Judge blocks record libel claim against Financial Times

A judge at the London High Court struck out the bulk of a record libel damages claim of 240 million pounds (345 million euros, 434 million dollars) against the Financial Times by stockbroker Collins Stewart Tullet.


Noguchi wins marathon as Radcliffe pulls up

World record holder Paula Radcliffe pulled up in tears before the end of the women's marathon today as Mizuki Noguchi ensured the gold medal would be returning to Japan.


By Christopher Boyce, St. Louis Post-Dispatch  Feb. 3--MEMC Electronic Materials is defending itself in lawsuits filed  by two companies, each alleging that the St. Peters-based silicon wafer  producer breached supply contracts.


Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far as Web strategy

Microsoft is abandoning one of its most controversial attempts to dominate the Internet after rival companies banded together to oppose it and consumers failed to embrace it.


Vodafone says some UK users have been temporarily cut off after a text message service upgrade went wrong.


UPN is adding "Cuts" to its midseason schedule.


German government miffed by Bundesbank's scepticism on growth

The German government expressed annoyance at the Bundesbank following a press report which suggested the German central bank was sceptical about Berlin's growth forecast for next year.


Payouts have flattened out for dividend-paying stocks

NEW YORK -- Income-oriented investors may have noticed that dividend-paying stocks have gotten stingy about raising payouts in recent months -- a trend that could carry over into this earnings season.


As Praise Flows, Travolta Awaits His 3rd Comeback

By the most conservative estimate, we are now waiting for the third coming of John Travolta, who has been alternately admired and turned into a joke for nearly three decades.


AOL launches local language India portal

AOL plans to launch on Wednesday Hindi  and Tamil language versions of its Internet portal in India as  part of an aggressive global expansion that will see it in 30  regions by the end of 2008.


Many U.S. high school students bored in class: survey

A majority of U.S. high school students say they get bored in class every day, and more than one out of five has considered dropping out, according to a survey released on Wednesday.


Senators want Libby prosecutor to testify

The Senate Judiciary Committee may  seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald  about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential  aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, two senators said on Sunday.


The head of Care International appeared on Arabic television to plead for the release of the aid agency's Iraqi director. Secretary General Denis Cailloux called Margaret Hassan


Beware of pros slacking off with their stock picks.


Hundreds of Pakistani opposition supporters hold rallies against Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  - Hundreds of opposition supporters protested across Pakistan on Saturday, denouncing President Pervez Musharraf's decision to retain the powerful post of army chief.


Bot spreads through anti-virus, Windows flaws

Universities and schools worst hit University security experts warned administrators on Monday that a bot program has started to spread by exploiting five patched Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-month-old flaw in Symantec's anti-virus software.â¦


The Commission on Presidential Debates may have violated federal election laws when it refused to allow any third-party presidential candidates into the debate halls to watch the 2000 presidential debates, a federal judge has ruled.


British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi Tuesday amid uncertainty over the fate of a British hostage held by gunmen in Iraq.


Cardiff presents its bid to win the licence for the UK's first 24-hour super-casino to a panel of judges.


Insurgencies Cast Shadow Over Tsunami Relief

GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Long-running armed rebellions  in Indonesia and Sri Lanka cast a shadow on Sunday over massive  relief efforts in two nations devastated by a deadly tsunami  two weeks ago.


Blog: NBA increases its online presence.


Grazia a Sofri: il giudice di sorveglianza dice no

Il giudice di sorveglianza di Pisa ha dato parere negativo alla concessione della grazia ad Adriano Sofri. Il parere, tecnico e non vincolante, arriva dopo quello, anch'esso negativo, emesso il mese scorso dalla procura generale di Milano.


E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

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


SSL-encrypted Gmail not safe to "sidejacking" attacks, says researcher

Researcher who demonstrated the "sidejack" attack at Black Hat USA now says even encrypted Gmail can be compromised.


FIVE BEST HOTELS FOR WILDLIFE LOVERS ; Unleash Your Inner Animal in These Beautiful, Back-to-Nature Retreats. By Kitty Melrose

By Kitty Melrose  Samboja Eco Lodge Borneo   Samboja opened last year as part of a conservation project operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.


Oil prices rebound above 50 dollars, close in on record highs

LONDON : Oil prices rallied back above 50 dollars a barrel, closing in on record high points on technical factors and persistent worries about tight global supplies, traders said.


Pennsylvania, Sep 27 - World number one Vijay Singh recorded his eighth victory of the season, winning the 84 Lumber Classic in Farmington, Pennsylvania, USA on Sunday by one stroke from Stewart Cink.


A judge refused to dismiss a defamation suit Tuesday against CBS and television psychologist "Dr. Phil" McGraw brought by two brothers who were questioned in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway.


AL Wrap: Blue Jays Blitzed by 6 Homers from Yankees

Tony Clark whacked three consecutive home runs as the New York Yankees reeled off six homers and nine ninth-inning runs to bulldoze their way past the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 in the American League Saturday.


Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with Jack Harris and Tedd Webb, WFLA ...

Q: On with us right now is the man who takes all the heat. He is the man at the top, as far as the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan are concerned.


Si svolgerebbe dopo dati 2004 del colosso Usa


WALTER SMITH is waiting for a call from the SFA to succeed the axed Berti Vogts as Scotland manager. Vogts, 57, finally decided to go âby mutual consentâ after thrashing out a compensation package worth an estimated Â£500,000.


Description: Major League Baseball has reportedly chosen the nation's capital as the new home of the Montreal Expos. An official announcement is expected today.


Il gip di Venezia ha firmato otto ordinanze di custodia cautelareTra le accuse bancarotta fraudolenta, riciclaggio, truffa ai danni dello Stato                                           Crac Finmek, arresti e perquisizioni indagato Roberto Tronchetti Provera


Spyware a Hot Topic at Security Conference

Unwanted programs that spy on PC users, deliver pop-up ads and track Web surfing habits will be a hot topic at a security conference that's usually more focused on viruses, hackers and the encryption of sensitive information.


Five Alabama players, including the starting offensive linemen Antoine Caldwell and Marlon Davis and tailback Glen Coffee, were suspended for yesterdayâs game against No. 20 Tennessee for a violation of university policy involving the receipt of textbooks.The university discovered the infractions Thursday but did not elaborate on what happened. Also suspended were the reserve defensive backs Marquis Johnson and Chris Rogers. Coffee is Alabamaâs second-leading rusher with 413 yards.


New tone but same work for U.S. and S.Korea after vote

South Koreans will elect a new president on Wednesday who is expected to reposition Seoul closer to Washington, ending a decade in which left-leaning leaders sparred with their U.S. ally over North Korea policy.


Britons who reported people missing in Asia, but have since heard they are alive are urged to contact the authorities.


Chad Hutchinson's linemen were like hotel doormen. "Right this way, sirs," they repeatedly said, welcoming Jacksonville defenders into the Bears' backfield.


Washington state teen found alive in wrecked car, eight days after ...

REDMOND, Wash. Eight days later, Laura Hatch has been found alive -- and figured she "might be late for curfew.". The Washington state teen had been missing for more than a week before searchers found her in her wrecked car yesterday.


Can the European Stability Pact survive?

The European Commission is giving up on its attempts to hold France and Germany to account for repeatedly breaching the financial rules governing the 12 countries that use the euro, effectively


Udine, 13:42 - ATLETICA, MARATONINA DI UDINE: SUCCESSO DEL KENIANO CHERIUOT

Il keniano Evans Cheriuot, 26 anni, ha vinto la 'Maratonina di Udine'. In 1h00'18'' ha battuto in vo...


Insurgents Kill at Least 23 Iraqi Security Officers

Insurgents continued their relentless assault on Iraq's fledgling security forces today, killing at least 23 police and national guard officers in multiple attacks


Eden Prairie, MN (Sports Network) - Mike Tice will continue to coach the Minnesota Vikings as the team picked up his option for next season on Monday.


Crude futures fell by nearly $ 3 a barrel as traders anticipated warmer weather in the US Northeast later in the week and responded to weekend snowstorms.


Oil prices jumped early yesterday on news reports that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which supplies about 40 percent of the world's oil, was preparing to cut output to bolster sagging prices. But prices closed virtually unchanged at $60.03 a barrel because it remained...


Tony Blair admits he created "uncertainty" for the Government by revealing he would quit later this year.


India and China are due begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the two armies.


Padraig Harrington clinches the Open title after a four-hole play-off with long-time leader Sergio Garcia.


"Sopranos" creator defends uncertain ending: report

Many "Sopranos" fans were furious at  Sunday's unresolved ending, but show creator David Chase said  he didn't mean to annoy anybody, and for those left wanting  more he didn't rule out a movie based on the series.


Ziff Davis - Egenera expands the capabilities of its blade servers with greater virtualization and management functionality.


The resolution cites Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, and Joshua B. Bolten, the presidentâs chief of staff, for refusing to testify about the firing of federal officials.


Asteroid has no chance of hitting Earth in 2029

London - The Astronomers were doubtful that the asteroid could hit the Earth in 2029 and the people felt panicky. They felt that 2004 MN4 had a 1-in-40 chance of a collision on Friday, April 13, 2029.


Apple Promises New 'Living Room' Product

California's Apple Computer Co. will unveil a product that streams video and music from a Macintosh computer or the Internet to a television.


A step-by-step summary of one brave soul's project to take apart the iPhone, and an attempt at putting it back together.


TORONTO -- Former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman is recovering from a heart attack, his family announced yesterday. The 71-year-old Lastman, the first mayor of the Toronto mega-city, suffered the attack at home, his son Blayne said.


UPDATE 1-Davenport takes over top spot from Mauresmo

Lindsay Davenport will take over the number one spot from Amelie Mauresmo when the rankings are released next week after reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals


A verdict of accidental death is recorded on a walker with an allergy to bee stings who was stung on his elbow.


Yushchenko claims victory in Ukraine's election

Exit polls and some official results released Sunday indicate an easy win over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. "We have been independent for 14 years but we were not free," Yushchenko told elated supporters


Yanukovych pledges to fight attempts to split Ukraine

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


Nagesh Kukunoor disappoints in Bombay To Bangkok

Shreyas Talpade's new film is boring, with low production values, and an uninteresting view of Thailand.


Will Oscars also be hit by writers' strike?

Hollywood is fearing that the writers' strike, supported by many actors, may prove disastrous for the   Oscars, just as it has forced a big paring down of the Golden Globes Awards ceremony scheduled Jan   13.


Il giallo dell'omicidio-suicidio nel campeggio vicino Udine

UDINE - Sono stati riconosciuti ufficialmentre i tre cadaveri trovati in avanzato stato di decomposizione, in una roulotte nel campeggio «Girasole» di Bevazzana di Latisana (Udine). Lo ha fatto, attraverso alcuni oggetti personali, l' ex moglie di ...


Sharapova wins in Wimbledon final encore

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. - With just two games away from ending the season in defeat, Maria Sharapova focused on holding her own serve against an injury-ridden Serena Williams and overcame the early third-set


ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and India ended two days of talks Tuesday, with a senior Pakistani government official saying the two sides have not reached the stage of discussing a solution to the Kashmir issue and only dealt with the modalities of how to


A man jailed for raping and murdering his niece had rape charges against him  dropped in 2003, it emerges.


Readers riled at Microsoft Vista anitpiracy features

Computerworld readers across the country have written in angered and frustrated by anitpiracy features that are included in the new Vista operating system.


Lawmakers in agreement on kids' health bill

U.S. congressional leaders on Friday said they reached agreement on legislation to expand a health-care program for children in low-income families, setting up a potential showdown with President George W. Bush who has vowed to veto it.


Parents hoping to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana movie may be in for a tough time.


LINCOLN, R.I. - One-hit wonder Tommy Tutone made the phone number 867-5309 famous in the band's 1982 hit single, which uses the digits over and over in its catchy refrain.


Heart of barkingness A team of cryptozoologists is headed for the South American jungle to track down a legendary apeman said to terrorise villages and tear out cattle tongues.â¦


Musharraf, Manmohan NY parley to facilitate peace process talks ...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri on Friday said the proposed meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Dr.


Astros' victory renders rout of LA non-factor in chase

LOS ANGELES - Now that the preliminaries are out of the way, Odalis Perez and the Los Angeles Dodgers are ready for the main event.


After keeping him under wraps for the season's first two games, No. 1 Southern California turned quarterback John David Booty loose Saturday night.


Edwards: Bush Leads by 'Fear and Failure'

Sen. John Edwards scolded President Bush on Wednesday for invoking the names of Democratic presidents and accused Bush of leading by "fear and failure."


When scientists wanted to explore what kind of life might exist on Mars, public television's "NOVA" recorded the building and launch of the rovers sent to the planet.


The success of last week's primary election using touch-screen voting machines heartens officials in other states, where e-voting has been problematic. Still, the Silver State may be in a unique situation.


Google Stock Falls as Share Lockups Expire

Shares of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell more than 3 percent on Tuesday, as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors in the newly public Web search company.


'Prada' movie spotlights nasty boss phenom

A famous designer throws a fit and hurls a pair of scissors at his assistant. The ladies room at a top fashion glossy is routinely filled with weeping underlings who've been dressed down. One boss enforces a starvation regime: You can't go out for lunch, but you can't eat at your desk, either.


Egypt announces arrest of terror plotters, says mastermind killed ...

A Palestinian refugee plotted the coordinated bombings targeting Israeli tourists at resorts in the Sinai and accidentally killed himself while carrying out the deadliest blast, Egyptian authorities said Monday.


Stocks declined on Wednesday after a report showing weaker-than-expected U.S. economic growth underscored worries about a recession and Yahoo Inc  forecast 2008 revenue below expectations.


AOL has held talks with Yahoo about a possible deal to fend off an approach from Microsoft, a report says.


WASHINGTON -- Five Americans, including three US Army Reserve officers, were indicted yesterday, accused of taking part in a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars for Iraq reconstruction to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, and jewelry.


Here are the latest nationwide election returns in the race for president with 99 percent of the nation's precincts reporting. The winner is marked with an 'x'.


Online advertising jumped 25 percent this year, raking in a cool $20 billion, but Internet executives say that figure could have been even higher if advertisers had reliable and consistent ways to measure online audiences.


A report seen by BBC News suggests violent criminals are less likely to re-offend if they meet their victims.


Dartington Arts College in Totnes is to merge with University College Falmouth governors agree.


Swisscom offers to takeover Italian broadband internet provider Fastweb in a deal worth about 3.7bn euros.


El-Bashir, Mbeki due to Kenya to oversee signing of peace deal

Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki will fly Friday to Kenyan capital Nairobi to witness the initial signing of the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and Sudan


Will Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns mention subprime troubles when they report earnings?


O.J. Simpson book for sale online, bids rise fast

O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about the hypothetical murder of his ex-wife appeared for sale on the Internet on Wednesday, attracting bids of $1,500 within the first two hours.


Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary.


The football was in his hands again, and it felt fine. It wasn't as though he were reaching for a foreign object. Paul Peterson knows his way around a football and knows how to fling it. He whipped one all over his home state of Utah, where he was a one-man blizzard who threw for 5,500 yards and 55 touchdowns ...


McCain 'sick and tired of re-fighting' Vietnam War

Sen. John McCain argued Wednesday that Americans need to get past Vietnam, spreading blame for the bitter political debate among both presidential candidates, a federal agency and a veterans group attacking Sen.


Capacity Crowds at Beach Volleyball Rock the Joint

At the beach volleyball, the 2004  Olympics is a sell-out, foot-stomping success.


NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan shot to death an Afghan civilian mistaken for a suicide bomber because of twine and straps protruding from his jacket, the alliance said Sunday.


Australia Beats NZ for Sweep of Test Cricket Wins

Australia beat New Zealand by 213 runs in the second cricket Test in Adelaide to clinch a 2-0 series victory and complete a winning record against all nine nations at the sport's elite level.


The world's biggest confectionary group, Cadbury Schweppes, says profits will be lower than expected as wet weather hits cold drinks.


Oz watchdog accuses Google of misleading public

Organic The Australian competition watchdog has accused Google of "misleading and deceptive conduct".â¦


Annan: Syria Has Not Pulled Troops Out of Lebanon

Syria has not withdrawn its  troops from Lebanon, as required by a resolution of the U.N.  Security Council adopted earlier this month, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday.


Players to watch: Steve McNair has completed 67.3 percent of his passes with five TD passes and zero interceptions in four starts vs.


Mets 4, Dodgers 1: Mets Absorb Another Injury, but Grab Victory

JosÃ© ValentÃn fractured his right tibia when he fouled a Brett Tomko pitch off his shin, but Oliver PÃ©rez pitching seven and one-third splendid innings to lead the Mets.


Canada No Quick Fix to US Flu Vaccine Shortage

Canada cannot provide a quick fix to the flu vaccine shortage in the United States, even if has its own surplus of the medicine, top Canadian health officials said on Monday.


Popular Artists in Vegas for Music Awards

Usher didn't need any "Confessions" to prove he's the world's best male artist. The singer earned three 2004 World Music Awards on Wednesday, while Outkast — the big winner at this year's Grammys — also took home three awards.


Hitachi to recall 16,000 Sony-made batteries

Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) said on Friday it  will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T) for  laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling  Sony batteries.


ISLAMABAD, December 22 (Online): Reacting over re-arrest of PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal deputy secretary general Liaqat Baloch has said that his arrest has revealed that government is not serious to uphold political harmony in the


Nokia has launched a program to help consumers spot counterfeit mobile phone batteries. The company has begun labeling batteries with holographic labels containing a series of symbols and a 20-digit authentication code hidden under a scratch-off area.


A company representative confirmed that Palm is getting ready to cut jobs, after a report earlier Wednesday that perhaps "hundreds" could be out of work.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The New England Patriots became the first team in NFL history to win 19 straight regular and postseason games, defeating the beleaguered Miami Dolphins 24-10 on Sunday.


Premier e sindaco con le mogli, presenti Melandri e Bonino


London (IANS) A reported ban by India on the export of human skeletons may soon deprive medical students in Britain of the bony structure for detailed study.


Sudan welcomes U.N. support for AU Darfur force

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir welcomes U.N. support for an African Union force monitoring a widely ignored truce in Sudan's violent Darfur region, state media reported on Thursday.


NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp. has raised ATM fees to $3 for noncustomers to boost profit from its network of 17,000 cash machines, the largest in the United States.


Roma, 18:44 - CALCIO, LAZIO: ANCHE BEHRAMI TRA CONVOCATI PER DERBY

Sono 23 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico della Lazio, Delio Rossi, per la gara di domani contro la ...


Profits at Dell, the world's number two computer maker, soar 46% helped by lower component costs.


The top anti-spyware products are reviewed at Adware Report. In-depth, side-by-side comparisons of popular spyware removal applications help you find the software that's right for you.


A cancer specialist who sabotaged companies linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences gets three years.


Gia' in volo alla volta dell'Arabia Saudita


BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct. 7, 2004 - Rockets struck a Baghdad hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists late Thursday, drawing return fire and underscoring the precarious security in the heart of the Iraqi capital.


US President George Bush, fresh from his triumph in the US presidential election, is set to return to work with a routine day at the White House.


PATNA, India  - Flood victims in eastern India were eating raw wheat flour to survive as devastating monsoon flooding in South Asia continued to spread misery among millions.


Baseball Facing Crisis as Steroids Scandal Deepens

Major League Baseball (MLB) was facing  one of the biggest crises in its long history on Friday, after  the name of Barry Bonds was added to a growing list of Most  Valuable Players (MVP) linked with steroid use.


Conservatives call for statement on British Grand Prix

The Conservatives have called for the Sports Minister Richard Caborn to make an urgent statement to the Commons on the future of the British Grand Prix.


Cartoon Network head resigns after scare

The head of the Cartoon Network resigned Friday following a marketing stunt that caused a terrorism scare in Boston and led police to shut down bridges and send in the bomb squad. The announcement of Jim Samples' resignation came in an internal memo to Cartoon Network staff members.


Womenâs Basketball Roundup: No. 13 West Virginia Rolls in Rout of Presbyterian

Meg Bulger scored 19 points and No. 13 West Virginia rolled to a 93-26 victory Saturday against Presbyterian, which is in its first year as a Division I program.


Put away the stack-heeled shoes and the Slade records. Higher oil prices may have rekindled memories of glam rock and loon pants, but the west is not about to return to the days of sky-high inflation that marked the 1970s.


Consensus eludes key issues at IMF-WB meet

Save for the promise of a new plan by the year-end to resolve the long-pending issue of debt relief to poor countries, the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings have ended without any consensus on critical issues.


Yahoo Photos closure bumps Flickr market share

Blog: Flickr took Yahoo Photos' second-place ranking, but Photobucket remains No. 1.


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It seems R. Kelly is not a happy person at present, and, as a result, Jay-Z has some problems on his hands. After their joint Best of Both Worlds tour came to a crashing halt on Friday, Kelly


Army investigating why 19 failed to report for fueling convoy in ...

LSA ANACONDA, Iraq - Army investigators are trying to determine why 19 soldiers from a fuel platoon failed to appear for a convoy mission Wednesday at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq.


Ohio State center Greg Oden scores 17 points, pulls down 19 rebounds and swats four shots to lead the Buckeyes past Purdue, 63-52, in the conference semifinals.


Powell reaches out to Europe over Iraq amid new prisoner abuse scandal

US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed Europe to overcome its differences on the 2003 US-led invasion and rebuild Iraq, as the Pentagon revealed that elite US troops abused Iraqi prisoners with stun guns.


Seven of the world's leading tech companies collaborate on the development of next-gen chips.


Update 8: Dollar Hits All-Time Low Against Euro

The US dollar hit an all-time low against the euro Friday, shrugging off positive US employment data amid worries about oil prices and concern over the US budget deficit.


50 Cent Lamborghini ride leads to ticket

50 Cent is going to have to dig in for a lot more change than that after being pulled over by police Friday in midtown Manhattan while taking his silver Lamborghini for a spin.


Cairn Energy again puts back the start date for production at its main Indian oilfield, hurting its shares in London.


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Lazio (4-2-3-1): Sereni â Oddo, Talamonti, Couto, Lopez ...

La tattica: Mancini concede il tanto agognato riposo ad Adriano, schierando Martins e Cruz davanti, con rombo di centrocampo (si rivede Davids a sinistra) forte di Emre e Cambiasso come punti centrali. Dietro


Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday grabbed a key endorsement from a major transportation union, in a new boost to her front-running 2008 White House campaign.


Flooding affects several parts of Scotland after heavy overnight rain, with some roads closed.


Anti-Doping Agency Is Boosted By Ban of Sprinter in Balco Case

The United States Anti-Doping Agency received an important validation yesterday in its attempt to punish athletes who were suspected of doping in the Balco steroids scandal but who had not failed a drug test.


Stocks End Down on Dour Economic Outlook

NEW YORK - Stocks sagged Wednesday after Coca-Cola Co. and several other companies issued gloomy forecasts, and a lower-than-expected reading on industrial production for August threw the nation's broader economic outlook into question...


The destruction of New York City in action films may not be appealing to many American moviegoers, but it plays well overseas.


Mickey Styler, 22 anni, sfilera' per Frankie Morello


L'operazione il 6/2 secondo gli aggiornamenti Consob


Archaeologists unveil the latest finds at the Saqqara necropolis, or city of the dead, near Cairo.


USA: Low-carb bakery products set to stay - research

Low-carbohydrate bakery products have taken the US market by storm and are set to stay, according to a new report. Euromonitor Internationalâs latest research shows that growth in reduced carbohydrate or


Banned Basque Party Calls for Peace Talks

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain  - A Basque nationalist party  banned by Spain as ETA's political wing unveiled a plan to end  the long-running conflict in the region on Sunday, saying it  wanted to launch a peace process.


US President George W Bush nominates retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as his new attorney general.


Treasuries prices slipped on Wednesday after a survey of regional U.S. manufacturing showed a sharp recovery in early September, countering signs of softness elsewhere in the economy.


NEW YORK  — National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio broadcasters to appeal new music royalties that they say would put smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back their online music offerings.


Germany Intends To Criminalize Terrorist Preparation

Germany's justice minister plans to extend the country's anti-terror laws. In the future, preparing an attack or receiving explicit training for a violent act will be punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The worldwide threat of terrorist attacks includes Germany, according to the country's Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries. "We cannot exclude a terrorist attack in our country," Zypries told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 18. "As regrettable as this realization is, it is unfortunately by no means new."


Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, a Republican who voted in favor of the Iraq war in 2002 and has supported it ever since, now says the current U.S. war effort is "absurd" and "may even be criminal."


U.S. Forces Say Rebels Trapped in Southern Falluja

U.S.-led forces have trapped insurgents in southern Falluja, Marines said on Friday, the fourth day of an assault that has killed "hundreds" of rebels. Eighteen American and five Iraqi troops have also died.


Livorno, 17:46 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; TAVANO: SE SEGNO A EMPOLI NON ESULTO

Nel derby con l'Empoli il goleador del Livorno Ciccio Tavano domani sfida il suo passato e prover&ag...


What a strange weekend it has been for the most prolific CxO-cum-blogger in the high tech industry - Sun COO and presidentï¿½Jonathan Schwartz.


Microsoft has filed nine new lawsuits against those it says are responsible for spam, including a Web-hosting company that caters to people who send unsolicited e-mail, the software giant said Thursday.


Fidel Castro may have resigned as Cuba's president, but he remains a towering figure, loved and hated across continents. Long after he ditched his cigar and traded military fatigues for tracksuits, Castro remains both a Cold War icon and a model of resistance to the world's lone superpower.


Respinte richieste risparmiatori verso societa' revisione


Google, Salesforce offer hybrid marketing software

BERKELEY, California  - Web search leader Google  Inc.  and marketing software maker Salesforce.com Inc.   said on Tuesday they have jointly developed a new  product that lets Google advertising be resold using Salesforce  software, as part of a wide-ranging alliance.


British soldiers cleared of abusing Iraqis

Five British soldiers have been cleared of mistreating Iraqi civilian detainees a few months after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, after a judge ruled they had no case to answer at a court martial.


By questioning an apology over forced prostitution during World War II, the prime minister may pay a diplomatic price


(InfoWorld) - As Red Hat prepares to launch the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system on Wednesday, the question is again being asked whether a robust and feature-laden operating system is really needed for some computing situations. Makers of "software appliances" are using the launch as an opportunity to predict that the days of the monolithic OS are numbered. They say the future lies in a modular system in which software runs with only enough lines of OS code to make it work. Some see promise in the appliance alternative to the OS, while skeptics think large enterprises will still need a general-purpose OS. The same questions arose recently around the launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista. A trio of Gartner analysts published a report in 2006 that said the increasing complexity of Windows makes it "unsustainable." Gartner predicted Windows will be broken up into modular components. The same could be said for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5), said Billy Marshall, CEO and cofounder of rPath Inc., a software appliance platform vendor. As new features are added to it, RHEL 5 has become just as unwieldy as Windows, Marshall said. "It's bigger and more bloated." OS vendors add all sorts of functionality in the event some enterprise may want it, and the addition of these features is one of the reasons why both Microsoft and Red Hat have encountered delays bringing their products to market, he said. Installing an OS could use as much as 1.82G bytes of space on a hard drive, he said. A software appliance with only the code to run one application would use just 300M bytes, he said. "The general-purpose OS model is breaking," Marshall said. Another software appliance vendor, Ingres Corp., on Feb. 27 launched a database management software appliance it calls "Icebreaker" to compete against IBM Corp.'s DB2 and Oracle Corp.'s database software. Software appliances may have a place in some niche environments in which a customer needs to run just a few pieces of software, said Jay Lyman, an analyst with The 451 Group. But a larger business would probably still need the various programs that are bundled into an OS, he said. It might be possible to run an enterprise infrastructure without an OS, Lyman said. "But then again, you've already got people [in your IT department] running the OS, and it's a pretty critical part of the infrastructure." Rather than seeing OSes fading, "I think we're seeing the trends going the other way," said Adam Jollans, director of worldwide strategy for Linux and open source at IBM. At a time when IT administrators want to get more out of their existing hardware, isolating software applications and running them only with small pieces of code seems counterproductive, Jollans said. "Many more people want to run multiple applications and do many different things. ... so I think we need the generic operating system to support all the different things people want to do," he said.


Nearly two-thirds of GPs in England will turn down the government's plan for longer hours, a survey suggests.


Arafat's wife under fire, clashes with PA chiefs

PARIS, Nov 9  - Suha Arafat, the wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has held a covetous vigil in the military hospital where her husband may lie dying, protected by a French law that has let her shoulder her way into the Palestinian power


Lead in Presidential Fundraising Buoys Hope for Democrats in 2008

Energy on the political left is helping the Democratic PartyÃ¢ÂÂs presidential candidates significantly outraise their Republican counterparts at the midpoint of this year, according to reports that were filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).


Outcry in France over arson at Jewish center

PARIS The French government issued a sharp new condemnation of racism Monday as a previously unknown Islamic extremist group claimed responsibility for burning a Jewish center here.


JUST IN Time Warner is "looking hard" at selling off the internet access portion of its AOL division over the next year to year and a half, Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons said on Tuesday.


Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, two pillars of Appalachian music, will headline this year's Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion.


Arts, Briefly: Change at Westport Playhouse

Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe have returned as co-artistic directors of the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut.


An investigation finds people with mental health problems and learning disabilities often receive poor treatment.


La strategia dell'allarme                                                                                di GIUSEPPE D'AVANZO


The duel between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant stretched into a ninth straight season Saturday afternoon, though the stakes had changed considerably since they last saw each other at the Staples Center.


Marito e moglie inglesi erano in parte nord del circuito


Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Plentiful Water

"We have evidence that interaction with liquid water changed the composition of this rock," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, chief investigator for the science instruments on both rovers. "This is different from the rocks out on ...


Florence, Renaissance city of art and history, is trying to clean up its streets by cracking down on squeegee men, saying they were causing "great danger" to drivers and pedestrians alike.


20 treated in L.A. hazardous materials incident: report

An AT&T building was evacuated and   20 people were being treated following an incident involving   hazardous materials in Los Angeles, Fox News said on Monday.


NASA is on a collision course with a comet, and scientists say they can't wait to see what happens. The collision, which is to take place between a projectile fired from the space agency's Deep Impact spacecraft


Bomb Near Gathering of Women Kills at Least 35 Iraqis

Mostly women and children were killed in the Sadr City district of Baghdad when a bomb detonated next to a tanker truck.


Suspected al Qaeda suicide bombing kills 9 in Yemen

Yemen said seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis were killed in a suspected al Qaeda suicide car bomb attack on their convoy in the province of Marib on Monday.


The husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was released Monday after nearly eight years in jail. Police said Asif Ali Zardari, jailed in 1996 on corruption


Damien Duff grabs the winner as Chelsea beat Man Utd in their Carling Cup semi-final.


Yankees 10, Mariners 2: Big Inning for Yanks Is Bigger for Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguezâs second home run of the inning capped an eight-run seventh that carried the Yankees to a victory, the first of Joba Chamberlainâs career.


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


O.J. Simpson held without bail in Las Vegas robbery

Former football star O.J. Simpson was held without bail on Monday, accused of stealing back his own sports souvenirs in what was reported to be an expletive-laced face-off with memorabilia dealers.


Genova, 20:54 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CAMPAGNA ABBONAMENTI, VENDUTE 16 MILA TESSERE

Si è chiusa oggi la campagna abbonamenti della Sampdoria. Il club blucerchiato non ha comunic...


Shares in Hong Kong were mostly higher Thursday as gains by mainland stocks outweighed losses in property issues. The Hang Seng Index added 16.


Elizabeth Burnosky is a registered Democrat who voted for President Bush in 2000, opposes his policy on Iraq and calls Sen. John Kerry "a little wussy boy." There may be no greater commodity in presidential politics than a voter like Burnosky — an undecided woman with no firm party allegiance.


IRA Says Disarmament Photos Were Never Possible

IRA guerrillas said Thursday they would  never be "humiliated" by the photographing of their final acts  of disarmament -- the last sticking point in an Anglo-Irish  drive for a Northern Ireland political settlement.


An investigation is launched after one person is killed and 20 injured in crashes involving more than 40 vehicles.


But the songs will not ring in your head after the album is over.


Bill Gates world's most "spammed" person

When you get frustrated with an avalanche of spams sent to your email box, spare a thought for Bill Gates. The Microsoft Corp. chairman is the world's most spammed person with


Monta Ellis made his first 11 shots and scored 27 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies for the fifth straight time, 116-104 on Friday night.


S.Korean scientists find explanation of "cancer paradox"

A team of South Korean scientists have found a way to solve the cancer paradox of why aging cells with reduced ability to proliferate are susceptible to cancer, characterized


As Violence Grows, Bush Vows to 'Stay the Course' in Iraq

President (George W.) Bush said on  Thursday that he and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi would  "stay the course" in Iraq and insisted national elections will  be held in January despite a worsening insurgency.


Hizbollah Kills Israeli Officer in Border Attack

KFAR SHOUBA, Lebanon  - Lebanon's Hizbollah  guerrillas killed an Israeli officer in a border attack on  Sunday, drawing Israeli strikes the United Nations said  appeared to have killed a member of its observer force in south  Lebanon


Lahoud Eyes Three More Years After Cabinet Rubberstamps Syria's ...

BEIRUT, Aug 29  - Lebanese President Emile Lahoud seemed assured of three more years in office at powerbroker Syria's behest Sunday, after the cabinet opened the way in a session lasting only a few minutes.


Sul titolo pesano interrogativi su nuove mosse del Tesoro


Edwards strikes again as England struggle

Fidel Edwards took his fourth wicket of the innings as West Indies consolidated their advantage against England in the fourth and final Test at Riverside here.


Roche says hopes hostile Ventana bid turns friendly

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG  said on Tuesday it still hoped its $3 billion hostile bid for Ventana Medical Systems Inc.  could turn friendly but declined to say whether it would sweeten the deal.


Iraqi PM Says Elections Must Go Ahead -UK Papers

Iraq's interim Prime Minister told  British media in an interview published on Monday he wanted  elections to go ahead as planned in January even if violence  prevented some Iraqis from voting.


Polizia disperde palestinesi, massima allerta per lavori


SAN ANTONIO - Strippers in this city will soon have to put on something they can't take off - a business license.  The City Council on Friday approved a measure requiring exotic dancers to apply for permits and wear them while performing.


Governor Governor Vetoes Bill on Data Breach Costs

Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill requiring retailers affected by data breaches to reimburse banks for the costs involved in dealing with them.


Egypt jittery over Israeli Gaza proposal

The Gaza border crisis caused another sharp flap Thursday in Egyptian-Israeli relations, with Egypt angrily accusing Israel of trying to dump all responsibility for the troubled Gaza Strip in its lap.


Kansas City Royals: The Royals signed third baseman Chris Truby to a one-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. Truby, 30, spent last season with the Pirates' Triple-A affiliate at Nashville, where


The International Gymnastics Federation suspended three judges yesterday for a mistake they made in scoring the men's all-around final, but said results would not be changed and Paul Hamm of the United States would keep his gold medal.


Sudan Says No Darfur Self-Rule, Questions Rebel Talks

Sudan on Monday ruled out any notion of self-rule for Darfur and said rebels in the western region would not secure the same concessions agreed with southern rebels after two decades of war.


EU Plans to Help Iraq Hold Elections, Train Police

VALKENBURG, Netherlands  - The European Union  discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and  organize elections there despite lingering differences among  member states over the U.S-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.


A California consulting company steered group life and disability policies to insurers in exchange for secret payoffs that drove up the cost of employee-paid premiums


At funeral and grave sites, Arabs mourn Arafat

Yasser Arafat's funeral began Friday with prayers for the Palestinian leader after his wooden coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, was carried into an Egyptian military mosque.


Long before the advent of cable TV, when the superstations in Chicago and Atlanta turned an inordinate number of locals into followers of the Cubs and Braves, the fledgling Houston Colt .


Monroe County to Pay $13.1 Million to Settle Attempted Suicide Lawsuit

By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman left with permanent brain damage after she tried to hang herself in the Monroe County Jail in 2002 has been settled for $13.1 million, her attorney said Wednesday.


For First Time After Resurfacing, Sampras Is on Clay

Pete Sampras faces Mikael Pernfors on Wednesday to open The Championships at The Palisades, the third and final event of the year for Sampras in the Outback Champions Series.


Sony's 80GB PS3 pic points to rumble-ready controller

Shaking SixAxis Sony's announcement that it is to release an 80GB PS3 in the US next month has sparked fresh rumours that it intends to incorporate a rumble feature into its SixAxis wireless game controller.â¦


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Speedy Claxton scored 21 points, including five free throws in the final 15 seconds of the third overtime, to help the Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets 115-109 Tuesday night.


Sondaggio dell'Observer premia la pellicola dei Monty Python


Business & money: After a gloomy Christmas, retailers are pessimistic as debt-laden customers face reality


Feds hope to boost business role in slowing cyberattacks

The Department of Homeland Security plans to collocate private-sector and government security experts at a US-CERT facility in an effort to better predict and prepare for cyberattacks.


Keith Brooking made it to the Super Bowl in his very first season — playing for the Atlanta Falcons, no less.


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Ben Affleck is to replace Edward Norton in the film version of BBC TV drama State of Play.


Courtney Love must stand trial for assault for assault after a court hears testimony from her alleged victim.


Disaster brings Indian, US navies together in Indian Ocean for first time

Indian and American navies will cooperate in the Indian Ocean for the first time when they join forces to coordinate relief for the victims of tidal waves, a report said.


U.S. disappointed with Iraqi political steps

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday Washington was disappointed with the Iraqi government's efforts to pass laws aimed at reconciling the country's warring factions.


Violenti temporali colpiscono pianura friulana


Sciopero scuola, ''guerra'' sulle adesioni

06.16: Ieri sciopero nazionale della scuola contro la riforma Moratti ei tagli previsti in Finanziaria. Guerra di cifre sull'adesione: i sindacati confederali parlano del 70%, il 40 secondo il ministero della pubblica iatruzione.


Jake Peavy might need to stub a toe more often down the stretch. Pitching yet again with a freak injury, San Diego's ace was brilliant in throwing a two-hitter, matching his career-best, and striking out 14 Saturday night in a 7-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds that kept the Padres in the lead in the NL wild-card race.


Seminole Tribe of Florida Buys Hard Rock

LONDON -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida is buying the Hard Rock business, including its massive collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia, in a $965 million deal with British casino and hotel company Rank Group PLC, the tribe announced Thursday.


Harvick Dominates in New Hampshire, Takes Points Lead

Kevin Harvick leadsÃÂ 196 of 300 laps on Sunday to run away with the first round of the 10-race Chase for the championship and take the points lead.


Top U.S. defence official plans visit to Uzbekistan

U.S. Admiral William Fallon plans to visit Uzbekistan soon, he said on Tuesday, in what would be the first high-level attempt to mend ties since relations broke off in 2005.


Il programma della De Filippi ha ottenuto il 37,9% di share


Nasdaq composite +0,8%, Dow Jones +0,29%, SP 500 +0,25%


Sudan aid funding must double - charities

Resources essential to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's remote western Darfur region will run dry unless international funding doubles, British-based charities say.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 18 -- So far this year, Haiti has endured an armed insurrection that killed 300 people and toppled a president, and floods that wiped out entire villages, with no relief from the grinding misery that comes ...


US suspends helicopter flights after Japan crash

The United States suspended flights of CH-53D military helicopters in Japan, bowing to protests over a crash in an Okinawa university campus.


Romanian Gov't green-lights Electrica Moldova, Electrica Oltenia privatization

Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) said that Traian Basescu, the centrist opposition leader, has won the presidential run-off held on Sunday.


Fox-hunting and the Iraq war threaten to overshadow Labour's conference in Brighton on Sunday.


Two car bombings in the Chechen capital, including one outside a hospital, killed one person and injured 12 others on Sunday, emergency officials said.


A tre ore apertura, quelli su Dow Jones a +34 punti


US soldiers investigated in rape, murders in Iraq

The U.S. military is investigating   whether U.S. soldiers raped an Iraqi woman and then killed her   and three members of her family, including a child, south of   Baghdad in March, officials said on Friday.


Alierta, da Portugal Telecom una risposta entro agosto


Per la costruzione del ramo serbo del gasdotto


Iraq Qaeda groups posts video of U.S. copter downing

An al-Qaeda-backed group on Friday released an Internet video of what it said was the shooting down of a U.S. helicopter in Iraq this week, which killed seven military personnel.


Mr Lepper has said he is the victim of a smear campaign Polish prosecutors are investigating claims that Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper employed a woman on condition that she had sex with him.Comment


Napoli, 19:11 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: PREZZI RIDOTTI PER MATCH CONTRO EMPOLI

Il Napoli ha deciso di dimezzare i prezzi dei biglietti della partita con l'Empoli in programma dome...


The United States boosted the fledgling recovery of Liberia by announcing it was erasing the war-ravaged West African nation's bilateral debt.


Some in Writers Guild Would Edit One Strike Policy

Ahead of a possible strike, the Writers Guild has issued a controversial rule that would require members to submit copies of half-finished scripts to union headquarters.


The moment of truth has arrived for Andre Tippett. "I'm nervous, haven't had this feeling for a long time," he said fewer than 24 hours before he will learn if he has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "It's like getting ready for a game."


The DUP will say today that it cannot sign up to the proposed peace deal because the IRA still has not revealed its intentions on decommissioning.


Imagination licenses PowerVR, won't say who to

Large, fruit-monikered phone maker? Imagination Technologies, the UK technology company behind the PowerVR line of mobile-friendly graphics cores, last week announced its next-gen chip design has been licensed by... er... someone.â¦


Kathy Hilton thinks you might want to own a pair of Mel Gibson's jeans, Dean Martin's golf club or Tom Cruise's autographed Ray-Ban shades.


Britain awaits results of N.Korea blast fact-finding trip

Britain is awaiting the findings from a technical analysis of what a group of diplomats saw at the site of a huge explosion in North Korea last week, Britain's minister for East Asia said.


Though elderly Americans are the highest-risk population in the country for suicide, few suicide-prevention programs target them, advocates say


Court Convicts Former Bulgarian Counterintelligence Chief of Illegally Spying on Prosecutor General

A court on Thursday convicted Bulgaria's former counterintelligence chief Atanas Atanasov of illegally spying on Prosecutor General Nikola Filchev and handed him a one-year in prison suspended sentence with ...


Turkeys culled as H5N1 bird flu found at British poultry farm

Nearly 160,000 turkeys were being culled in Britain on Sunday after the country's first confirmed outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry.


NASA, Google aim for virtual space travel on Web

Web surfers may soon be able to  explore the canyons of Mars and experience a virtual flight  over the surface of the moon thanks to a deal announced on  Monday between Web search company Google Inc. and the  NASA Ames Research Center.


Luck, pluck helped 10-year-old survive attack in Russian school

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- In a terrifying videotape, 10-year-old Georgy Farniyev sat near a bomb, his hands behind his head and his face a mask of misery. He looked certain to die, but survived through luck, self-possession beyond his years, and enough grit to pull shrapnel out of his own arm.


Mantova, 20:14 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: 5-0 NEL TEST CON IL VIGASIO

Test infrasettimanale per il Mantova, che in vista della gara di lunedÃ¬ con la Triestina, ha affront...


PHIL PRICE charged into the halfway lead at The Heritage at Woburn yesterday and revealed he had already been asked to target a place in the next Ryder Cup team - by his wife, Sandra.


Staff Writer. 12/21/04 The trial of Michael Jackson will begin Jan. 31, a judge said Monday after rejecting a defense request to postpone the child-molestation case.


Communities devastated by last summer's flooding face prospect of more chaos after forecasters predicted week of severe weather


Le 15 regioni a statuto ordinario si divideranno 97 mld


More data now passes through the UK's key net hub in London than any other on the planet.


The long-term economic health of the United States is threatened by $53 trillion in government debts and liabilities that start to come due in four years when baby boomers begin to retire.


Dice-K was OK at Petco Park, again. Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped a first-inning jam to outpitch Greg Maddux, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of two of baseball's top teams Friday night.


MONTERREY, Mexico -- Mexican cement company Cemex SA said Monday it has signed a letter of intent to sell two UScement plants to Brazil's Grupo Votorantim for $400 million.


The woman who oversaw the documentation of voter disenfranchisement during the disputed 2000 presidential election has asked the Democratic Party to settle a fight with Florida and Michigan to avoid damage to the party.


Thai coup leaders prepare assault on corruption

Thailand's military coup leaders got   down to business on Friday, forming a panel to probe alleged   corruption under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra   and sacking a powerful police board he used to lead.


FORT HOOD, Texas -- An Iraqi civilian testified yesterday that he and his cousin were forced at gunpoint into the murky Tigris River and that US soldiers laughed while the two struggled against the current.


Not since 'Twin Peaks' have so many people been watching shows with so many convoluted plots.


Has the moment that TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) investors have been waiting for finally come to pass? Well, speculation has turned to rumor, which many obviously hope will turn to fact.


CNET COO steps down, no replacement seen

CNET Networks Inc., which operates Web  sites for technology news and gadget reviews, said on Monday  its president and chief operating officer Barry Briggs has  resigned.


Study says Atkins side effects cloud support for weight-loss results

LONDON -- Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road, according to a scientist who reviewed five dozen diet studies.


COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in an unpredictable White House race after scoring tough wins in the first major presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.


European Union nations said Monday they will send boats and fishing experts to tsunami-devastated areas to help relaunch a fishing industry hurt by the Dec. 26 Asian disaster.


DNA Test For Colorectal Cancer Yields Disappointing Results

Researchers hoping for an easy and accurate new screening method to detect colon cancer found disappointing results. A colonoscopy is a procedure of viewing the interior lining of the colon using a colonoscope, a flexible fiber-optic tube.


EU rewards Libya by easing weapons embargo

LUXEMBOURG - The European Union has agreed to ease an 18-year arms embargo against Libya, going one step farther than the US which dropped its trade embargo against the former pariah, but maintained a weapons ban.


Los Angeles Dodgers starter Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things can unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals.


Sadr Militia to Disarm Under Iraq Peace Deal

A Shi'ite militia led by Moqtada  al-Sadr will start to disarm in Baghdad from Monday following a  deal reached on Saturday with Iraq's interim government and  U.S. officials, the chief Shi'ite negotiator said.


KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 1 -- An insurgent attack killed one British soldier and seriously wounded another Friday in the latest fighting to rack southern Afghanistan, while suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed and shot dead a district chief, officials said.


No Canadian interest rate hike expected Tuesday

OTTAWA - Amid signs of a softening economy and a strengthening dollar, the Bank of Canada is expected to sit on the sidelines this week and wait to see what happens next.


Tom Wolfe is working on a new novel and will release it through a new publisher, ending a 40-year run with Farrar, Straus & Giroux and signing with Little, Brown and Co.


Trento, 19:40 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: 13 GOL NELLA PRIMA USCITA

Tredici reti nella prima uscita stagionale del Livorno contro il Dimaro Folgarida (1a Categoria). Mi...


Move over, terrorism. Attorney General John Ashcroft pledges to make fighting piracy a top priority for the Justice Department. By Katie Dean.


Official says Caminiti died of drug overdose

Former baseball National League MVP Ken Caminiti died of an accidental drug overdose, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner said Monday.


By Ramzy Baroud*  The launch of Aljazeera International on November 15, the English arm of Aljazeera Satellite Television was hardly an ordinary event.


Five years ago, Gillette Co. soundly rebuffed a buyout offer by the much larger Procter & Gamble Co. But this time around, it was James M. Kilts, the Boston shaving giant's chief executive, who proposed the acquisition.


Microsoft fights AT&T before US Supremes

Judges weigh IP liability A US court case that threatens to ramp-up damages against US technology companies which lose patent infringement suits has entered its final stages.â¦


Parla il ministro dell'Ambiente Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio"Dove si fa raccolta differenziata non c'Ã¨ spazzatura per strada"                                            "Un disastro puntare sugli inceneritori anche Bassolino ha sbagliato a fidarsi"                                                                                di ANTONIO CIANCIULLO


CBS to invest in virtual designer Electric Sheep

CBS Corp.  will invest in  virtual world content developer Electric Sheep Co., the U.S.  television broadcaster said on Monday. hoping to expand its  reach beyond the living room.


Between 2,000 and 3,000 rebel soldiers armed with rifles were moving around the capital of Chad today as Chadian troops used helicopters against them, a French Defense Department spokesman said. The French government said it expected to evacuate 400 foreign nationals today after taking the same number out of its former colony the day before.


The father of a British chess prodigy who fell to her death days before his trial was to begin was acquitted Thursday of raping her.


Ha dato mandato a Mediobanca per individuare un acquirente


Germany stands firm on refusal to send troops

BERLIN - The German government said yesterday it will not budge from its refusal to send troops to Iraq, reinforcing its position after its Defence Minister appeared to suggest that Berlin might one day consider a deployment.


Flu Costs Employers $9.45 Billion in Lost Wages

By Compiled by John MacIntyre  Estimated annual cost of influenza to U.S. employers in lost wages due to paid sick leave, according to a new study: $9.45 billion.


President Bush sought momentum on Saturday from his second debate with Democratic Sen. John Kerry by attacking Kerry for saying he has a consistent position on Iraq and would not raise middle-class taxes.


Thai soldiers apprehend hundreds of men after demonstrators clashed with police outside the Tak Bai police station in Thailand's Narathiwat Province, nearly 1150 km (715 miles) south of Bangkok in this picture taken October 25, 2004.


U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton announced on Monday he will give up his job in days after he was unable to satisfy Senate opponents concerned he would pursue a unilateral U.S. foreign policy.


Cats can get the avian influenza virus decimating bird flocks across Asia, which means pets are at risk of getting and spreading the disease -- and may serve as a mixing pot for dangerous new mutations, Dutch researchers reported on Thursday.


Goss Says He Will Be `Non-Partisan' as CIA Director

US Representative Porter Goss, President George W. Bush's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, said he wouldn't allow political considerations to guide his management of the agency.


Palestinians to Vote for Successor to Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians vote on Sunday  for a successor to Yasser Arafat widely expected to be Mahmoud  Abbas, a pragmatist they hope will revive a peace process with  Israel after years of bloodshed.


Airbus rescue delayed by new Franco-German tensions

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus delayed unveiling its long-awaited rescue plan, pointing to renewed strains between Germany and France about about where cuts will fall.


Taking wheat to its wild side boosts nutrients

Scientists have found a way to boost the protein, zinc and iron content in wheat, an achievement that could help bring more nutritious food to many millions of people worldwide.


Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired for the first time in Friday's opening match of the Ryder Cup, a dynamic twosome that hoped to get the United States rolling toward bringing the chalice back to this side of the Atlantic.


Pakistan vows to help Kabul crush Taliban

Pakistan, criticized by some Afghan   leaders over cross-border infiltration by the Taliban, vowed on   Wednesday to help its neighbor fight terrorism as Afghanistan   battles its worst violence in five years.


Comcast Reaches 2 Millionth Digital Voice(R) Customer Milestone in Michigan

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment and communications products and services today announced it has surpassed the two million-customer milestone for Comcast Digital Voice(R), the company's innovative home phone service.


U.S. lawmakers urge global search for World Bank head

Four key U.S. congressional leaders urged the Bush administration to consider non-American candidates to head the World Bank, saying the best nominee to heal rifts at the institution could come from anywhere.


Higher education staff are being urged to oppose government plans to tackle campus extremism.


Molestava i suoi alunni Arrestata maestra in Puglia

GRAVINA IN PUGLIA, 12 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Una maestra di scuola dell'infanzia di Gravina in Puglia, in provincia di Bari, Ã¨ stata arrestata dai carabinieri con l'accusa di "atti sessuali" nei confronti di alunni di 4 anni.


Symfony Blog: The Definitive Guide to Symfony and symfony 1.0 RC1 released

As announced in this new post to the Symfony blog today, "The Definitive Guide to Symfony" book from APress has officially been published. Along with that release comes another - the 1.0 RC1 release of the framework itself.   We are very proud to announce the official release of The Definitive Guide to Symfony, a book that myself and Fabien spent the last months writing. The 490 pages of this book explain all you need to know from starting up symfony to managing a symfony application, with a lot of practical examples and expert tips. It is available in bookstores right now.   The book is released under the GFDL license (it's a free download) and can be purchased at most book retailers.


An inquest into the death of nurse finds shortcomings in standards of care expected in a major teaching hospital.


Chinese officials put the country's unseasonably warm weather down to global warming.


Indonesian Shares Open +1.5% After Peaceful Elections -2-

JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesian shares are sharply higher early Tuesday, boosted by a peaceful election and as early results show an apparent landslide victory for challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, dealers said.


Microsoft sets 2006 release for "Longhorn" operating system

WASHINGTON : Microsoft said it plans to broadly release the long-awaited update to its flagship Windows operating system, dubbed "Longhorn," in 2006.


Milano, 20:05 - MORTE POLIZIOTTO: MERCOLEDI' COMITATO SICUREZZA A MILANO

Si riunirà mercoledÃ¬ a Milano il Comitato per l'Ordine e la Sicurezza sotto la presidenza del...


Yukos's share price plummets on news of bigger tax claims

Shares in Russia's No. 1 oil producer, Yukos, plummeted Tuesday on news that tax authorities had served the company with fresh back tax bills for nearly $10 billion US, bringing the company's total tax debt to some $17.


Writers negotiating with indie producers

The union for striking Hollywood writers said Wednesday it is pursuing agreements with several small independent producers that would allow at least some of its members to begin returning to work.


Saddam Hussein has his first meeting with a member of his family-appointed legal team in Baghdad.


The Cat Stevens incident has its origins in a spelling mistake


Milano, 14:12 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: KAKA' DEVE RITROVARE LUCIDITA'

Secondo l'allenatore del Milan, Carlo Ancelotti, "Kakà deve trovare lucidità nel gioco...


Anti-Terror Measures Delaying Green Cards

The number of foreigners who became permanent U.S. immigrants dropped sharply in 2003 as anti-terrorism measures delayed the processing of applications, according to a new government report.


SHANGHAI -- Chinese regulators said yesterday they had revoked the licenses of three companies that exported mislabeled drug ingredients and tainted pet food ingredients to the United States and other countries.


England go out of the European Under-21 Championship after a dramatic 13-12 penalty shoot-out semi-final defeat to Holland.


Legendary bandleader and jazz clarinettist Artie Shaw has died at the age of 94, after suffering from a lengthy illness. Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910, in Manhattan, New York, Shaw was made famous


GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents freed three female South Korean hostages on Wednesday, having agreed to start releasing 19 Christian volunteers they had kidnapped nearly six weeks ago.


Former news anchor Dan Rather sued CBS on Wednesday for $70 million, claiming the network violated his contract by not giving him enough air time and made him a scapegoat in a bid to "pacify the White House."


Much maligned quarterback Kyle Boller should have a pleasent week after playing one of the best games of his career in Sunday's 20-17 overtime win over the Jets.


Battered markets recover as value trumps fear

Asian markets staged a late day comeback from heavy losses on Friday, taking heart from a financial package mooted by President George W. Bush aimed at cushioning the economy from a downturn.


Arsene Wenger insists he does not know if the FA Cup win over Burnley was Jens Lehmann's last game for Arsenal.


Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race

Who would foreigners like to see at the helm of the world's superpower â a Republican or Democrat?


Negotiators from rival Northern Ireland parties began a final day of talks Saturday aimed at reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration for the British territory.


Greek comes from nowhere to win women's hurdles

To the roar of an adoring home crowd, Fani Halkia completed her unexpected romp through the Olympics on Wednesday with a victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles.


Living organ donors risk lives to save others

While other teenagers were celebrating their high-school graduation, 18-year-old James Chan was in hospital donating most of his liver to his father.


Ariane 5 Rocket Makes Record Sixth Launch in a Year

KOUROU, French Guiana -- Europe's Ariane 5 rocket on Friday successfully launched telecommunications satellites for a U.S.-Japanese joint venture and a startup company that will offer telephone and Internet service throughout Africa after a decade-long struggle for financing.


Ortiz's 10th-Inning Homer Earns Red Sox Sweep of Angels

David Ortiz's two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Boston Red Sox an 8-6 win over the Anaheim Angels and a 3-0 sweep of their American League Divisional Series Friday.


Jamaica's electoral authorities confirm that the opposition Labour Party has  won the general election.


The next time you dread a trip to the dentist, consider the plight of poor Tusko the elephant.


Back home in St. Petersburg (the cold version), her name is pronounced Kooz-NET-so-vuh. Tournament chairman Alan Schwartz didn't quite get all of


U.K., Irish Leaders Unveil Peace Package

The British and Irish prime ministers unveiled a sweeping new Northern Ireland peace plan Wednesday that offered solutions to issues — particularly Irish Republican Army disarmament — that have bedeviled negotiations for a decade.


Russian Duma to Launch New School Massacre Probe

Russia will launch a second  parliamentary inquiry into the Beslan school hostage massacre,  Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday, marking a further  climbdown by authorities who initially ruled out a probe.


Empoli, 18:35 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: 8-0 NEL TEST CON LA LAMPO

Amichevole infrasettimanale per l'Empoli, che in vista della gara con la Roma, ha affrontato i dilet...


Icap, the world's biggest money-broking firm, makes a bid to buy the bond trading arm of Borsa Italiana, reports say.


Se ne occupa sesta commissione Palazzo dei Marescialli


Police say a man repeatedly stabbed his teenage wife, then gave the knife to his toddler son and told him: "Now you stab Mommy."


Cink Takes Two-Shot Lead in Rainy First Round

AKRON, Ohio  - Ryder Cup captain's pick Stewart  Cink set the bar high in the weather-delayed first round of the  WGC-NEC Invitational with a seven-under-par 63 to take a  two-shot lead over rookie Zach Johnson Friday.


Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.


Per operatori 'investitori non piu' in preda al panico'


Update 1: Medical Device Approvals Keep Stocks Up

Medical device and drug company stocks closed up Wednesday after being in the spotlight after two device companies reported Food and Drug Administration approvals for products, but shares of Cyberonics Inc.


Before Christophe Echeverri decided to spin his postdoctoral project into a biotech company called Cenix BioScience in 1999, he hesitated, fearing the switch from lab coat to business suit was a "move over to ...


Esposto per violazione della liberta' di espressione


CD, DVD, and Game Trading Site Reports 500 Percent Growth in 30 Days

LOS GATOS, Calif., June 13  /PRNewswire/ -- BarterBee.com, the largest online site for trading CDs, DVDs and video games, has seen the number of trades increase by 500 percent since eliminating its $1 transaction fee one month ago.


Announcing an alliance that would create Japan's biggest retail grouping, Aeon supermarket chain said Friday it will take a 15 percent stake in troubled Daiei for 46.2 billion yen, or $393.5 million.


Disagi aeroporto, scuole domani chiuse a Mestre e Marghera


It's Not Exactly a Case Of Apples and Oranges

After hours of watching film of Oklahoma in preparation for Tuesday's national championship game at the Orange Bowl, University of Southern California Coach


A UK-wide civil servants' strike over job cuts is expected to hit public services across the country.


An anonymous essay criticizing video game publisher Electronic Arts is unleashing a torrent of complaints about work practices in the game world. [Missing Links]


Winter Weather Yields Midwest Traffic Pileups

Bitterly cold winter weather gripped the Midwest on Saturday, and whiteout conditions were blamed for traffic pileups in Michigan and Ohio.  Blizzard warnings were in effect for parts of Michigan, and temperatures reached as low as 17 below zero in the Upper Peninsula.


Bush and Kerry Locked in Dead Heat - Reuters Poll

Democratic Sen. John Kerry moved into a dead heat with President Bush four days before a cliffhanger White House election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Friday.


Obama Rejects Clinton Aide Allegation He Lifted Words

Bloomberg - Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended himself today against accusations by Hillary Clinton's campaign that he ``lifted rhetoric,'' arguing that the former first lady has borrowed words from him.


Marsiglia, 17:06 - TENNIS, ATP MARSIGLIA: RISULTATI

Risultati del primo turno del torneo Atp indoor di Marsiglia (cemento, montepremi 534.000