Ramadan Poses Problems With Prescription Drugs

FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan could lead to problems for Muslims taking oral prescription drugs, says an article in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal.


Utilities, telecommunications companies and government agencies are more popular as targets at attacks on them surged 55 per cent from July to August, a new report says.


A team of French doctors planned to slice a cyst off a man's arm Wednesday in the world's first zero-gravity surgery, operating aboard an airplane soaring and diving in and out of weightlessness.


According to a top official of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 'we will consider ourselves lucky if the final death toll remains confined to 5,000'.


Maternal hormone treatment safe for fetus

NEW YORK  - Treating high-risk pregnant women with a progesterone hormone during the second and third trimester to prevent preterm birth seems to be safe for the fetus, according to a report in Obstetrics & Gynecology.


His elegant, red-walled Capitol office is filled with boxes of memorabilia and photos and artwork in bubble wrap. At the end of this week, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., will close the doors for the last time and leave behind the view of the National Mall that he has enjoyed for a decade.


The presidential race isn't the only important election this year. At least 470 congressional seats will be up for grabs in November, with Democrats hoping to expand their narrow majorities and crack some of the impasses that have stymied action on many issues.


Report: US Sees Some Non-Iraqis as Geneva Exceptions

The Bush administration has decided that some non-Iraqi prisoners captured by American forces in Iraq are not entitled to the protection of the Geneva Conventions, the New York Times reported Tuesday.


Wi-Fi Alliance bows to market need for early 802.11n products

Standards can't keep up with market Analysis It is increasingly obvious that standards processes are falling hopelessly behind the real time to market needs of vendors. In WiMAX and, particularly, Wi-Fi, markets suppliers are pre-empting ratified standards by ever longer margins. Initially, as with the 54Mbps 802.11g Wi-Fi system and with 802.16d, 'pre-standard' products were built to the finalized IEEE specification, but had not yet achieved any independent certification of this.â¦


Cabinet member Peter Hain welcomes donations to the Labour Party from financiers, despite union anger.


Ryanair to open nine routes from Shannon

Ryanair has announced it is to open nine new routes from Shannon Airport to destinations in the UK and mainland Europe. The airline will also make Shannon one of its European bases, which will provide 200 new jobs.


The Houston Astros pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning their club-record 15th straight home game by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, last night.


Grosseto, 22:00 - CALCIO, GROSSETO: ACQUISTATO ABRUZZESE E LAZZARI

Il Grosseto ha acquisto il difensore Giuseppe Abruzzese, 26 anni, dalla Triestina e il centrocampist...


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - La Congregazione Benedettina di SantÂOttilia si prepara a festeggiare il centenario del suo arrivo nel paese asiatico Seul (Agenzia Fides) - Cento anni di preghiera e di missione in Corea: Ã¨ lÂevento che la Congregazione Benedettina di SantÂOttilia si prepara a festeggiare nel 2009. Le comunitÃ  dei monaci presenti in territorio coreano hanno istituito una Commission...


Chip Industry Moves Ahead with Worker Health Study

The semiconductor industry's first widespread study into the health hazards faced by chip factory workers has reached a milestone, with a U.S. industry group formally requesting proposals that would move the project forward.


Archeologists Fear for Petra, One of the New Wonders

Increased tourism and nearby development could irreparably harm Jordan's ancient sandstone city.


A woman appears in court charged with wounding in connection with the death of a man found dead in a garden.


Investigators Find Explosives in Russia Plane Wreck

Explosives of a kind used by Chechen  rebels have been found in one of two airliners that crashed  almost simultaneously, pointing to a terrorist attack, Russian  investigators said Friday.


927 employees laid off Seagate is closing one of two manufacturing plants in Northern Ireland, axing 768 permanent and 159 temporary employees.â¦


Briny Baird Seeking Elusive PGA Tour Win

Briny Baird has played 153 times on the PGA Tour without winning, and he gets another chance this weekend in the Funai Classic at Disney.


Parigi, 10:55 - CALCIO, INTER; VIEIRA: TORNO DOPO LA SOSTA

Il centrocampista dell'Inter, Patrick Vieira, fermo da tempo per infortunio, tornerà a dispos...


Frank Gore - the Miami Hurricanes junior running back who has had two college seasons torn apart by tearing apart two knees â-ent rambling 18 yards into an Orange Bowl end zone sometime near midnight Friday to complete a 16-10 overtime win against


Fear of New War as Clashes Erupt on Congoâs Edge

A major confrontation between the Congolese Army and a renegade Tutsi general is plunging the country back toward war.


Where Risk and Choice and Hope Converge, a Guiding Voice

Daniela Iacoboni, a genetic counselor, seeks to balance information about risk with caution about passing on serious diseases.


Madrid, 12:31 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: REAL PROTESTA PER GESTACCIO VAN BOMMEL

Il Real Madrid non ha affatto gradito il gesto dell'ombrello che Mark Van Bommel, centrocampista ola...


Pakistan's leader makes a bold call for new ways to end the conflict with India over Kashmir peacefully.


Horror, romance face off against Super Bowl

Sony Pictures and  Universal Pictures are taking a page out of their own playbooks  for Super Bowl weekend, revisiting genres that have scored at  the North American boxoffice on the weekend of the big game.


Turkey clears first hurdle in its bid to enter European Union

AFTER 40 years of trying, Turkey was told yesterday it had passed the first hurdle in its campaign to join the EU after the European Commission recommended that entry talks begin.


Top-ranked Roger Federer cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Benjamin Becker on Saturday to advance to his first Japan Open final.


PAULA RADCLIFFEâS husband and coach Gary Lough always believed she would bounce back in style from her Olympic nightmare. Radcliffe, 30, pipped Kenyan Susan Chepkemei to win the New York


Gap's new creative director, Patrick Robinson, presents his fall menâs and womenâs collections.


Congressmen question HP chief's stock sale

Two Michigan Democrats want Mark Hurd to explain why he sold stock just before HP's controversial spying operation became public.


Iran says Gulf shields its banks from U.S. pressure

U.S. allies such as Bahrain and the  United Arab Emirates are helping shield Iran's banking system  from Washington's "financial terrorism," the governor of Iran's  central bank said on Tuesday.


Paying Homage to Visions of Bowl Games Gone By

Bowl season kicks off this week, making this a good time to pay homage to a forgettable pocket of football history: the wasteland of departed college bowls.


ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he was concerned for former American President Bill Clinton and wished him good health.


Dollar Dips Against Most Major Currencies

The dollar dipped against most major  currencies on Wednesday after mixed data on U.S. durable goods  orders and weaker-than-expected new home sales did little to  brighten the U.S. economic outlook.


ANAHEIM, Calif. - In almost every game this year, Randy Winn has had a unique perspective on Ichiro. No one else watches the Mariners' hitting wonder, day after day for six months, from the on-deck circle.


Bush says U.S. Iraq troop cut possible with success

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush raised the prospect of troop cuts in Iraq after meeting top commanders at a desert air base on Monday but said any reduction would only be made from a position of strength.


Health Insurance Costs Rise Faster Than Wages

Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings for more than 14 million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.


15 Years of Wired - Proto Social Network 'The Well' Runneth Over

Way before social networking was all the rage, The Well started as a dialup BBS in 1985. Its founders look back, with audio interviews and transcripts.


BEIJING ANGERED:Taiwan's Lee to get visa to visit Japan

Drawing Beijing's ire, the government made clear Thursday it intends to issue a tourist visa for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui.


Latest results give Howard government lead in Australia's election

Australian Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal Party took a substantial lead over the opposition in nationwide elections Saturday, and both sides said the government, a steadfast US ally in the Iraq war, was all but certain to retain power.


"Atonement," "Sweeney Todd" win Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - Film romance "Atonement" and movie musical "Sweeney Todd" claimed the top honors at the strike-plagued Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in a bare-bones news conference that lacked the usual Hollywood glamour.


Venerdi' per verificare regole probabilita' statistica


Watch your step when you pull off the road: That's the warning from Iowa environmental officials to help people avoid a burning, blistering itch that could last for months.


Jason Alexander Plays a Sports Nut on TV

On "Listen Up," Jason Alexander plays a sitcom version of real-life TV sports talk host and newspaper columnist Tony Kornheiser. His character, Tony Kleinman, is a sports fanatic.


Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading liberal voice, endorsed Barack Obama on Monday for the party's presidential nomination and called the young lawmaker an inspirational uniter.


At Berra Museum, the Display of Clemensâs Jersey Is Over

The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center last week removed a Roger Clemens jersey from an exhibit about the Yankee renaissance that started in the mid-1990s.


First presidential debate crucial to Kerry candidacy

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry Thursday night will engage in the first, and possibly most crucial, of three debates that will dictate the tone of the remaining weeks of a closely fought presidential race.


Accordi in corso su gas, governo convoca i petrolieri


Analysis: Bombing is a reminder that calm is artificial

Exactly four years ago, a few days before Yom Kippur, then deputy chief of general staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon appeared before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.


Report: Jeb Bush Ignored Felon List Advice

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report Saturday.


U.S. Says Guantanamo Prisoners Cannot Contest Cases

A group of 10 Guantanamo Bay  prisoners who are waging a legal battle over their detention  have no constitutional right to do so, U.S. government lawyers  said on Wednesday and urged a judge to dismiss their cases.


The Jets announced on Wednesday that wide receiver/punt returner Santana Moss is questionable for Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers.


Bill Burkett of Baird, Texas, will have a prominent place in the annals of political trickery. He'll be remembered as the one who aimed at President Bush and felled the mighty Dan Rather and "60 Minutes.


Warner Bros. dumps HD DVD, goes solely Blu-ray

Warner Bros., the only major movie studio to release titles on both of the rival high-definition video disc formats, has decided to drop HD DVD and exclusively back Blu-ray Disc, it said Friday.The move could prove decisive in determining which of the two formats becomes the de facto DVD replacement for high-definition content. Currently, both formats are battling to secure a lead, but neither has managed to obtain a meaningful market share due to consumer indifference as a consequence of the battle. As a result, the market for high-definition movies has seen its growth stunted, and companies like Warner have lost potential sales.Warner said the decision was made in part as a response to this situation."A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry," said Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner's home entertainment group in a statement.The move comes on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off on Monday in Las Vegas, and is sure to light a fire under the HD DVD camp, which is chiefly backed by Toshiba and also includes Paramount, Universal, HBO Video, Microsoft, and Intel. The HD DVD Promotion Group has a previously scheduled news conference on Sunday, and the rival Blu-ray Disc group is scheduled to speak the following day.Companies from both sides of the format battle are expected to show their latest players and talk up their own formats during CES.Last year's CES saw the unveiling by Warner of a hybrid disc called Total HD. The disc attempted to break the format deadlock by offering one side compatible with HD DVD and the other side compatible with Blu-ray Disc. However, the disc never made it to market, and Warner gave up on the hybrid format later in 2007.


The Capital-Journal  The Topeka City Council's policy and finance committee put off a discussion Monday about possibly amending the city water rate structure.


Redmond unveils its much-hyped search engine. Does the world change?


Bugging device found at UN Geneva headquarters

GENEVA - The United Nations said Friday that it recently found a bugging device at its European headquarters here, but a UN source hinted that similar devices may have been discovered in the past.


Calcio: Lazio, decisione su Maifredi dopo Natale

ROMA - Dovra' attendere almeno fino a dopo Natale Gigi Maifredi per firmare il contratto che lo legherebbe alla Lazio fino al termine di questa stagione. Ieri il tecnico era a Roma, ma non ha incontrato il presidente Lotito ne' i suoi emissari.


Toni Collette has given birth to her first child, a baby girl, Australian media reported Friday.


Unlocking Apps Proliferate for Apple's iPhone

If you're fed up with using an iPhone on AT&T's network, you now can download software to unlock your Apple handset. One package, developed by iPhoneSimFree, is now available from resellers in the U.S., the Middle East, and Europe. It'll set you back $99. Once installed, though, the app allows you to use your iPhone with another carrier.


An Iraqi insurgency group says it has released two French journalists held hostage since August, delivering them to the French Embassy in Baghdad, the Arab-language television network Al-Jazeera reported.


William C. Reeves, the UC Berkeley scientist whose pioneering research into the links between insects and human disease played a major role in stemming the spread of West Nile virus and other far more deadly disease outbreaks around the world, died Sunday


One helluva week for Microsoft, Leopard notwithstanding

On the heels of beating out Google to buy a piece of Facebook, Redmond racks up its fastest-growing quarter in seven years.


Medication errors common in U.S. kids with cancer

Children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


Keeping track of records can get muddled when Tiger Woods travels around the world, so there was a debate Wednesday whether his winning streak was dead or alive. The answer was both.


Most Networks Scrambled to Get People to Pakistan After Killing

The significant time lag between Benazir Bhuttoâs death and the arrival of Western correspondents forced the networks to hustle and improvise.


Kerry Seeks to Close Democrats' 'Religion Gap'

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has begun speaking more openly about his faith, a move political experts say is crucial to chipping away at President Bush's advantage among churchgoers.


The U.S. Ryder Cup qualifying system has  been revamped for 2006 after heavy criticism following the  American team's thrashing by Europe in this year's event.


Senate panel sets hearing on student loans

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on student loans and college affordability on June 6, the panel said on Friday.


A new anti-corruption watchdog for Bangladesh has been welcomed by global anti-graft campaigners.


Top Hamas man says group may accept truce with Israel

By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press. A prominent Hamas leader in the West Bank announced an apparent change in the Islamic militant movement's policy regarding


Dot-Post Address May Be Restricted to Postal Agencies

Unlike dot-com and dot-net internet addresses, which are open to all comers, a proposed dot-post address might be restricted to entities that provide actual postal services. The point would be to instill trust, proponents of the plan say.


Russia Backs Kyoto, Treaty May Enter Force Next Year

The Russian government agreed to sign the Kyoto treaty, meaning the global climate accord probably will enter into force next year, irrespective of opposition from the US, the world's biggest polluter.


Oil Rises Above $49 a Barrel as Iraq Fighting Threatens Exports

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures rose to a record, surpassing $49 a barrel in New York, on concern that fighting between US forces and followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will cut shipments.


Brooklyn Haitians Rally Again for Flooded Homeland

s Haiti, battered by a tropical storm, struggles to recover, workers at the Flatbush Haitian Center are raising money to help pay for clean water.


George Bush's controversial plan for interceptor system in eastern Europe faces freeze on funding.


Burma tells the UK to stay out of its affairs as concerns continue over its participation in an EU-Asia meeting.


Comunicato dei giornalisti del Gruppo EspressoUna lettera aperta al premier sul contratto dei giornalisti                                          Il Cdr di Repubblica a Prodi "Un richiamo al rispetto delle regole"


Confiscated airline carry-on items become big sellers on eBay

What happens to those scissors, lighters and the occasional machete confiscated at US airports? Some land in an Ali Baba-style cave here, to be auctioned on eBay.


Merck Raises Vioxx Prescription Estimate

Merck & Co. on Friday raised its estimate of the number of prescriptions written in the United States for its recently recalled heart disease treatment Vioxx.


Chancellor Alistair Darling outlines details of a funding plan that could help a private sale of Northern Rock.


Thai activist against AIDS gets $1m prize

WASHINGTON -- In Thailand, he persuaded Santas and toll booth operators to hand out condoms. Traffic police gave them away, too, which he called "Cops and Rubbers." And Buddhist monks blessed packets of the latex sheaths in ceremonies.


To Web Fans, Peter Jackson Is the One True Director

When it comes to power games, some in Hollywood are beginning to learn a basic lesson of digital politics: the Internet plays rough.


Foes circle Pakistan's Musharraf after court defeat

Pakistani opposition leaders cranked up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, after doubts were cast over his re-election plans by the Supreme Court's reinstatement of a judge seen as a symbol of resistance.


'Because I Said So' turns the actor's flighty side into raving lunacy and ignores even the most rudimentary interpersonal dynamics.


Indian Court Grants Bail to EBay Local Unit Chief in Porn Case

An Indian court granted bail to Avnish Bajaj, the country manager of the Indian unit of EBay Inc., who was arrested after a customer posted the sale of a pornographic video on the company's Web site.


U.S. forward Clint Mathis entered as a substitute and scored late in the second half Saturday, leading Hannover 96 to a 1-0 upset of Schalke for its first victory this season in the German league.


This may be Lone Star Park, but more than a few stars big and bright will be deep in the heart of Texas on Oct. 30 for the 21st Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.


Combinazione 13 46 48 76 81 83 Jolly 35 Superstar 70


Nel Nord-Ovest del Paese, almeno tredici i morti


Income inequality has one shared benefit: it fills federal coffers with tax money


Wondering what a WiMax card looks like? Check out the one for Sprint's Xohm service.


Once-Joined Twins Leave New York Hospital Apart

The Philippine conjoined twins who were separated in a New York hospital on August 4 after months of operations left the hospital for rehabilitation Monday.


SKorea mobilises 50,000 riot police to thwart banned protests

Authorities in South Korea mobilised more than 50,000 riot police as protesters vowed to press ahead with a wave of demonstrations against a proposed free trade deal with the United States.


Intel breathless with Nehalem anticipation

At IDF, Intel's Pat Gelsinger barely restrains his excitement about the next-generation 'Nehalem' processors coming due in 2008.


Republican Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the presidential race a week ago, will endorse one-time rival Sen. John McCain, Republican officials said on Thursday.


Q. On the advice of a friend who was making lots of money several years ago, I bought some shares of Cisco Systems for $124 each. They've recently been trading in the high $20s. I will not sell them for such a loss.


The next version of the accounting and management business application won't ship until 2008.


Malaysia cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates

Malaysian cinemas have found a  powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates --  military-style night-vision goggles.


Japanese scientists grow teeth from single cells

Japanese researchers said on Sunday they had grown normal-looking teeth from single cells in lab dishes, and transplanted them into mice.


How something so elephantine can be so simultaneously light on its feet is a mystery. But maybe the New York City Marathon can be explained a bit by Paula Radcliffe's presence yesterday.


Mark Recchi scored and set up rookie Evgeni Malkin for the go-ahead goal, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 Tuesday night behind another strong game by goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.


Official: Local flights look OK back to normal

One Comair flight from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport was canceled and another one took off two hours late on Monday, Airport Director Barry Centini said.


The end of the year is nigh and parties are flexing our patience across the land. But Michael Herman warns the festive cheer and goodwill is not shared by online criminals.


Ben Wallace got the reaction he wanted, not the result. Chris Webber made a putback with 2.2 seconds left and matched a season high with 21 points to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 95-93 win over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday.


Controversy dogs 40th anniversary of Monterey Pop

Some bands that played Monterey Pop 40 years ago will return in July to the site of the first great rock festival, but the original promoter and others say the spirit of the Summer of Love is a long time gone.


This year, sales will be greater for speaker systems and clock radios designed to hook up to Apple iPods than standalone desktop stereos and home theater-in-a-box systems.


Livorno, 19:32 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: MISURE DI SICUREZZA ECCEZIONALI PER IL MACCABI

La squadra israeliana del Maccabi Haifa, che mercoledÃ¬ sera affronteranno il Livorno in Coppa Uefa, ...


What if women don't want to know the real reasons men won't call or suddenly vanish or marry someone else?


Officials in Haiti say two soldiers with the UN peacekeeping force in the Caribbean country have been shot and wounded in separate incidents.


Alta ex-alderwoman gets conditional sentence for fabricating stalking stories

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - Dar Heatherington, the former alderwoman who made headlines last year when she mysteriously disappeared in Montana, was given a 20-month conditional sentence Friday for fabricating tales of being stalked.


Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar's military government on Monday to hold substantive talks with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on a constitutional referendum.


A 21st century visionary? A failed adventurer abroad? Six scholars suggest how history will judge George W. Bush's first term in office -- and compare him with his predecessors


The most successful US pro sports franchise during the past decade, the Spurs have adhered to old-school humility and attention to detail.


Japan plans to start research on new networking technology that could one day replace the Internet amid its growing quality and security problems, according to the nation's communications ministry.


European credibility is at stake on Turkish accession talks

The moment of truth has come. The European Union must decide on December 17 whether to open accession talks with Turkey. Is today's EU prepared to reverse


Researchers in Mexico discover sculpture

Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, a monolithic sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture.


Telerobotic surgery performed in zero-gravity environment holds promise for  medicine in space and on the battlefield.


The world's leading finance officials and ministers appear to be failing to reach agreement on debt relief for the poorest nations.


Everton manager David Moyes believes his "small and committed" squad have every right to be considered serious title contenders after they won a highly significant Merseyside derby against Liverpool.


InterContinental Hotels Group passed another milestone in its wide-ranging asset disposal programme yesterday when it sold 13 of its North American properties for $425m (Â£220m).


Hollywood Investigator to Be His Own Lawyer

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, can represent himself at trial next month. Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court said she was bound by Supreme Court case law to let Mr. Pellicano do so, but urged him to reconsider. The ruling raises the prospect that Mr. Pellicano, who often grabbed the limelight in his career as an investigator to the stars, would again take center stage at his trial, set to begin Feb. 27. By acting as his own lawyer he will cross-examine prosecution witnesses like Anita Busch, the former journalist who the authorities say was wiretapped by Mr. Pellicano and was threatened in a scheme he orchestrated, as well as other cooperating witnesses who prosecutors say hired Mr. Pellicano to wiretap their adversaries.


Israeli and Palestinian officials have begun negotiations to end a week-long Israeli army operation in north Gaza, Israeli security sources say.


Governatore Banca d'Italia,Paese ha cambiato sistema credito


CORRECTED: Nobel Peace laureates add to Darfur clamor

The LONDON story headlined "Nobel Peace laureates add to Darfur peace clamor" wrongly listed International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge as a signatory of a letter calling on China to help bring peace to Darfur.


Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has said that 'major neglect' by US-led forces led to the killing of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents at the weekend.


Cause of shopping center fire in South Everett under investigation

EVERETT  Fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused a two-alarm that destroyed a portion of a South Everett shopping center this morning.


Flash floods and thunderstorms cause chaos across Britain

Torrential rain and thunderstorms struck Britain Friday, causing traffic chaos, forcing television stations off the air, trapping people in homes and offices and delaying the start of play in the cricket Test.


Army Has Eye on Three New Aircraft Programs

U.S. Army officials said on Monday  they were pressing ahead with three new aircraft programs and  stepping up pilot training to reflect lessons learned in Iraq.


Bin Laden deputy assails Bush via another audiotape

CAIRO -- Al Qaeda's second in command said President Bush is a lying gambler who wagered on Iraq and lost, according to a new audiotape released yesterday.


Islanders Give Home Fans Something to Cheer

Trent Hunter had a goal and two assists for the Islanders, who won at home Tuesday for the first time this year, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3.


Bank of America to deploy 180,000 IP phones

Bank of America this week announced plans for a corporate-wide IP telephony rollout that will eventually put an IP phone on every BoA employee's desktop -- about 180,000 phones total.


Rossi, 'prima riassetto con Autority poi nomina advisor'


Paisley Sincere About Deal with Republicans - Ahern

Irish premier Bertie Ahern said tonight he was confident the Rev Ian Paisley was sincere about striking a deal with republicans. He said he could understand the rationale behind the Democratic


On unofficial Be-kind-to-Canadians Day, Andy Robinson's revamped England charitably pulled up short of a century in what will be remembered as one of the most pointless internationals the old ground has seen.


Il calo in quasi tutta Europa, negli Usa e' in fase crescita


Microsoft Announces Two Wireless Desktop Mice

The pair mimic the design of the company's popular line of laptop optical mice.


Britain, India sigh UK-India Financial Dialogue

London, Feb 5 (UNI) Britain and India have signed the UK-India Financial Dialogue here.


South Korea's quiet 'harmonizer' Ban Ki-Moon leads the race to lead the U.N.


Only one thing was more dramatic than the looks on the couture runways in Paris last week: the battles raging behind the scenes


US soldier sentenced to 25 years for murder of Iraqi National ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq An American soldier has been given a 25-year sentence for killing a member of the Iraqi National Guard in May. The military says Specialist Federico Merida pleaded guilty to murder during the trial in Tikrit (tih-KREET'), north of Baghdad.


'Presto faremo proposta ai nostri soci di Delmi'


Two Blasts Rip Through Baghdad, Killing 10

fortified seat of the U.S. Embassy and key Iraqi government offices, killing at least 10 people and wounding 76, hospital and military officials said...


Shooting guard starter remains a big question

The Sixers coach knows Allen Iverson will log 40-plus minutes at point guard this season, but in his mind, he's got plenty of players who can ably play the shooting guard or small forward positions.


Medical device company says FDA not likely to greenlight a clinical trial of heart implant in 2004. CHICAGO  - Edwards Lifesciences Corp.


Williams Battles Past Sharapova in Semis

Former champion Serena Williams  clawed her way back from the brink to beat fourth seed Maria  Sharapova 2-6, 7-5, 8-6 on Thursday, avenging her Wimbledon  defeat and reaching the Australian Open final.


An Indonesian government delegation arrives in Finland for talks with the leaders of Aceh's separatist rebels.


MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The self-esteem of children who become overweight or obese is likely to fall, claims a new study that confirms what many heavy children and their parents already know.


Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits for a UK company, making Â£13.9bn.


ConocoPhillips sees lower Q3 output on Prudhoe Bay

ConocoPhillips said on Tuesday it expected that third-quarter oil and gas production fell about 5 percent from the second quarter, due in large part to problems at its Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska.


More of a sketch than a fully developed portrait, "Arakimentari" is an up-close and generally impersonal introduction to the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.


Kyoto Revitalizes US Climate Bill - Lieberman

A US Senate bill that would attempt to slow global climate change by limiting greenhouse gas emissions has a better chance of becoming law now that the Kyoto protocol has been ratified by Russia, one of bill's authors said on Monday.


Big valuation, leaky moat, and a large shareholder fleeing. Any takers?


Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday morning amid renewed optimism for Japan's economic recovery a day after strong business investment data.


Madrid, 18:17 - CALCIO, ATLETICO MADRID: CHIESTO RISARCIMENTO A REYES

L'Atletico Madrid ha chiesto un risarcimento di due milioni di euro a Josè Antonio Reyes. Il ...


Presidential Vote Under Way in Chechnya Amid Fears of Violence

Voting is under way in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.


ING takes Q4 impairment at low end of expectations

Dutch financial services group ING   took a lower than expected impairment charge of 194  million euros ($286 million) on its riskier investments in its  fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, while a stake sale helped  offset the loss.


Valencia, 13:26 - F1, TEST VALENCIA: LA NEBBIA FERMA RENAULT E WILLIAMS

La nebbia a Valencia condiziona il programma Di Renault e Williams, che oggi collaudano le monoposto...


Cards, Dolphins in store for long season

In his 14th year as an NFL head coach, Dick Vermeil has now started a season with two straight losses four times, the latest with the current edition of the Kansas City Chiefs.


Syria on Wednesday suspended diplomatic cooperation with France aimed at ending the political crisis in Lebanon -- a move that mirrored earlier similar action by Paris.


Astronaut Screening Process Sound, Former NASA Psychiatrist Says

NASA’s process for monitoring the physical and mental health of its Astronaut Corps is sound, despite the stunning arrest of spaceflyer and mission specialist Lisa Nowak this week, a former NASA psychiatrist said Wednesday.


Nuclear watchdog demands Iran freeze enrichment

The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution on Saturday demanding that Iran freeze all activities related to uranium enrichment, a diplomat present at closed-door meeting said.


Central America braces for Hurricane Felix

Tens of thousands of people  hunkered in storm shelters on Tuesday as Hurricane Felix roared  toward Central America, but transport shortages left many  facing the storm's whipping winds and rain in their homes.


Google Ad Network Grows in Brazil, Lands UOL & BuscapÃ©

Marcelo Sant’Iago posts on the Multilingual Search blog that Google has won accounts from UOL and Buscapé to dominate the Brazilian search advertising market.  According to Sant’Iago, UOL is the #1 ISP in Brazil and Buscapé is the largest comparison shopping search site in Latin America.  Google has, more or less, cornered the Brazilian search [...]


Having a former president on your side is a blessing that can cut both ways.


Scientists find a way to give mice a sunless tan which holds out hope of a new way to protect against skin cancer.


Computational biologists at IBM develop an anti-spam filter that works in the same way scientists analyse DNA.


When Tom Watson finished his opening round of the Bank of America Championship yesterday at Nashawtuc Country Club, he joked about how long it took.


Phil Spector's often-absent lead lawyer, Bruce Cutler, announced Monday that he is leaving the music producer's murder case because of "a difference of opinion between Mr. Spector and me on strategy."


Apple Beats Microsoft and Motorola in 4Q Phone Sales

Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys.


Vista Ultimate buyers fume over missing Extras

(InfoWorld) - Critics who blasted Microsoft three months ago for failing to deliver Windows Vista add-ons have again called the company on the carpet, this time for missing its self-imposed deadline to provide promised extras. In late June, bloggers and users were already panning Vista Ultimate Extras as a bust. Extras, available only to customers running the top-end Vista edition, was one of the features cited by Microsoft to distinguish the $399 operating system from its $239 cousin, Home Premium. Microsoft's online marketing, for instance, touted Extras as "cutting-edge programs, innovative services, and unique publications" that would be regularly offered to Ultimate users. But by June, Microsoft had not released any new Extras since it issued a beta of DreamScene, a video screensaver, in February. That infuriated some users; several days later, Microsoft tried to defuse the situation by promising to wrap up DreamScene and 20 unfinished language packs. "We apologize for taking so long to provide a status update to customers," said Barry Goffe, the director of Vista Ultimate, in a posting to a Microsoft blog on July 2. "We intend to ship Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs by the end of the summer." But summer has come and gone, and users now say there has been nothing new from Extras. "Even if the Windows Ultimate team has fled to the International Date Line, summer is officially over," said Windows enthusiast Long Zheng, who blogs at iStartedSomething. Zheng was one of those who turned up the heat on Microsoft earlier in the summer with several postings about the Extras' no-show. "Normally I wouldn't care what season it is in the northern hemisphere, but today it proves this team is incapable [of] delivering anything and should never be trusted again. "The truth is, customers are getting near to nothing [from Extras]," Zheng said Sunday. Most users who left comments on Zheng's blog said they too felt bamboozled. "While I didn't only purchase Ultimate so that I could get the extras, it certainly was a deciding factor," said a user identified as T-Man. "The thought of getting something more was certainly appealing. Especially given the price premium for Ultimate, this is certainly a very hard pill to swallow." A minority, however, was more forgiving about the failure to make the deadline. "Ultimate Extras are just that ... extras," said Brandon Live, a Microsoft employee who works in its search group, in a comment to Zheng's blog. "While I am disappointed with how they've been handled, I never considered them to be the reason anyone would buy Ultimate." "I'm pleased with Vista Ultimate as it is. Just relax, and they will deliver on their own time, not yours," added someone identified as Lipo Network. A few users had fun at Microsoft's expense on the company's own support newsgroups. "Did they mention what year the end of summer release was going to be in?" asked a user identified as "theclyde" on the Vista General Discussion newsgroup. Another user on the newsgroup, Andrew McLaren, said he was Australian, and wondered if Vista team had its hemispheres confused. "Hmmm, maybe the Ultimate Extras guys were thinking of the *Southern* summer? Maybe we'll see those updates by February 08?" Microsoft's Goffe did give Extras an out in his July 2 post, the most recent blog update. "We will not ship the last two Extras showcased in January (Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs) until they meet the high quality bar required by our enthusiastic customers," he said. "We believe that we can achieve that bar by the end of this summer." "That's a catch-all phrase," noted a user named Robert Firth on the Vista newsgroup. "Doesn't matter if it is the end of summer, they said if it isn't ready, it isn't ready. So they could still be telling the truth." That's not good enough, said some. "The only 'ultimate' thing about my copy of Vista is that it is the last copy I will buy of a Microsoft OS," said Bayleaf in a comment on Zheng's blog. Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate


Republicans who led chants of "flip-flop!" at the GOP convention in New York last week say they have new ammunition against presidential candidate John F. Kerry, who is on record as being both for and against a provision prohibiting Medicare from negotiating lower prices with drug companies.


Researcher May Have Found Remains of Atlantis

Nov. 15 - American researcher Robert Sarmast claims to have discovered the remains of the legendary city on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.


Woman Gives Birth At 66 To Become World's Oldest Mother

A 66-year-old Romanian woman has become the world's oldest recorded mother, giving birth to a baby girl yesterday in Bucharest.


A new free Web browser, slated for official release on Thursday, is designed to protect users' privacy by not retaining details of the Web sites they've searched.


Turnout low as Huckabee, Obama win in Louisiana

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana  - The U.S. primary elections have been called the most gripping in recent years but not in the Deep South state of Louisiana where parties struggled to motivate voters on Saturday.


Crude Oil Falls on Speculation US Supply Will Meet Demand

Crude oil futures fell, extending last week's 4 percent decline, on speculation rising US oil supplies will be sufficient to meet winter fuel demand.


Bombs kill 30 in Baghdad as gunmen storm ministry

A series of car bombs killed 30 people and wounded 95 in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in Baghdad on Thursday and gunmen mounted an audacious daylight raid on a Shi'ite-run government ministry.


Fresh ISS Crew Sees 'Pleasant' Trip Despite Glitch

The US-Russian space crew due to blast off Thursday say they expect six "pleasant" months in orbit, despite a technical glitch that has twice delayed the launch.


Heavy elderly not at risk of memory decline

Older adults who are overweight  do not seem to be at any extra risk of memory decline, a new  study suggests.


Two bombs exploded at a gathering of Sunni radicals early Thursday in Multan in central Pakistan, killing at least 33 people and injuring dozens of others, said a police officer.


IBM claims BlueGene/L now world's most powerful supercomputer

IBM announced today that an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer has surpassed NEC's Earth Simulator in Japan to become the world's most powerful supercomputer.


A scheme to compensate WWII victims who had their assets seized by Britain has paid out more Â£21m.


A new genetic blood test allowing a closer match between donors and recipients is being developed.


VA Straining to Keep Up With Claims, Study Says

The Department of Veterans Affairs' system for handling disability claims is strained to its limit, and the Bush administration's  efforts to relieve backlogs will not be enough to serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, investigators told a House committee yesterday.


US Government Takes on Big Tobacco in Massive Lawsuit

and continue to engage in and execute -- a massive 50-year scheme to defraud the public." Prosecutors are seeking


Bobby Mauch, Actor Who Played Opposite Twin, Dies at 86

Bobby Mauch played the pauper (or was it the prince?) in the rambunctious 1937 film of Mark Twainâs âPrince and the Pauperâ opposite his twin brother.


A plane owned by NASCAR's Hendrick  Motorsports organization crashed on Sunday near a small airport  in Virginia, killing all 10 people aboard, officials said.


Everyone seems to have a suggestion to get two wayward whales lingering in the Sacramento River to swim 70 miles back to the Pacific Ocean.


Rookie Eli Manning has replaced two-time most valuable player Kurt Warner as the New York Giants' starting quarterback. Coach Tom Coughlin made the move after Warner and the offense struggled for the second


Allianz sells British life insurance activities to Britannic

German banking and insurance giant Allianz said Wednesday it has sold its the life insurance activities of its British unit Allianz Cornhill to rival group Britannic for 110 million pounds (about 159 million ...


Australian-led troops are hunting for rebels thought to have carried out attacks on East Timor's top leaders.


Yahoo Maps gets drag-and-drop rerouting, enhanced business listings

Yahoo Maps gets a great new upgrade that helps users reroute their driving directions.


With the pace of corporate earnings reports slowing, Wall Street will have its eye on consumer prices and other economic indicators in this holiday-shortened week.


The Tories reveal plans for a series of green taxes on flights aimed at tackling climate change.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Swede Thomas Johansson shocked top seed Andre Agassi 3-6 6-3 7-6 in a thrilling final at the Stockholm Open, to pick up his first title since the 2002 Australian Open.


Britain Rules Out Talks as Bigley Pleads for Life

BAGHDAD, 24 September 2004 - The British government yesterday ruled out negotiations with the kidnappers of Kenneth Bigley in Iraq despite a personal appeal from the captive to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democrat John Kerry said today President Bush was guilty of "arrogant boasting" about Iraq amid reports that the top U.S...


Highly anticipated sophomore discs from KT Tunstall and James Blunt

A Blunt assessment of 'All the Lost Souls' and Tunstall's less-than-'Fantastic' follow-up.


The Steve Jobs Master Plan: iPhone hacking

Blog: When Steve Jobs and company first envisaged the iPhone, a few things surely came to mind.  First, Apple wanted a phone with an appealing design and advanced functionality.  In essence, the company wanted a device that was nothing like its predecessors.  A


Ryan Zimmerman was careful to touch home plate. Doug Mientkiewicz couldn't believe it happened. Carlos Lee made a special dedication. Zimmerman, Mientkiewicz and Lee all hit ninth-inning home runs Sunday to lift their teams to victory in interleague play.


Movie Review | 'Romance & Cigarettes': Blue Collar Guy Loses His Heart and Ruins His Lungs

There is more raw vitality pumping through âRomance & Cigarettesâ than in a dozen perky high school musicals.


Garment makers in poor countries have been dismayed over the upcoming abolition of trade quotas, but the outlook is not as bleak as many experts had thought.


SHANGHAI - China will impose duties on textile and clothing exports to ease international concerns that mainland producers could flood markets when a decades-old quota system is lifted next month, state press reported Monday.


By Anonymous  NASA has worked hard to promote its new mission of manned flights to the moon and eventually Mars.


CIA Paints Pessimistic Iraq Picture -- NY Times

The situation in Iraq is unlikely to  improve anytime soon, according to a classified cable and  briefings from the Central Intelligence Agency, the New York  Times reported on Tuesday.


Can a Black FDNY Firefighter, Hired As a Mississippi Town's Fire Chief, Overcome Racial Prejudice By His Skill and Expertise Alone?

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5  /PRNewswire/ -- Claddagh Publishing announced today the release of the new novel Smoke by R.G. Begora, on the eve of the 5th anniversary of 9-11. The book depicts the obstacles faced by a former FDNY Captain who is hired as the new Fire Chief in a small Mississippi town.


No Pause in Foreign Exodus from Ivory Coast

An exodus of foreigners from Ivory Coast showed no signs of easing on Saturday as African leaders prepared to met to seek ways to end the crisis in the West African country.


Brazilian striker dies during Indian club match

Brazilian striker Cristiano de Lima Jr died yesterday after collapsing on the field during a domestic club tournament in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.


TVâs Perfect Girl Is Pregnant; Real Families Talk

News of the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears brought the subject of teenage pregnancy and sex suddenly into the air for mothers and daughters and fathers, too.


Nvidia preps Q1 2007 debut for G84, G86?

Aimed at entry-level, mid-range, moles claim Nvidia will bring its DirectX 10-compliant unified shader graphics chip architecture to the mid-range and entry-level market segments in Q1 2007. That's the timeframe for the company's G86 and G84 GPUs, Taiwanese graphics card maker moles have alleged.â¦


Microsoft has issued a formal fix for a problem in Windows XP Service Pack 2 that appeared almost immediately after the update's release.


Lawmakers working to ban hacked RFID door cards

A effort by a Seattle company at Black Hat DC to demo a device that easily hacks data from a popular RFID-based ID card system has been met by a patent-infringement claim. Meanwhile, legislators attempt to wrap laws around the security issues.


Ecclestone dice NO al nuovo cappellino di Schumi

Il patron della Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone ha vietato al tedesco della Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, di indossare il nuovissimo cappellino con le sette stelle e le sette righe, rappresentanti gli altrettanti Titoli Mondiali finora conquistati.


'Entro settembre terzo pacchetto di liberalizzazioni'


Science & environment: Telescope reveals in unprecedented detail the interaction of two neighbouring galaxies 300m light years from Earth.


People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct are not entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.


Ericsson reports weak Q3 result, Q1 might touch bottom

Ericsson, the world's leading mobile networks maker, reported sharply lower results Thursday, in line with last week's profit warning that shocked investors, but said the market could touch bottom by early 2008.


Israel prepared to lift its sea blockade   of Lebanon on Friday after an Italian admiral assumed control   of an interim maritime task force to deploy off the Lebanese   coast.


Israel's economy is expected to have grown by 4.2% in 2004 as it continues to shake off a three-year recession.


His Cuba proposal shows that Obama's campaign knows its man stumbled on foreign policy and that he needs to start over


An Arizona man who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp finds he lived next door to an SS camp guard.


MICROSOFT faces another in-depth probe by the European Commission, this time into plans by the software giant and media group Time Warner to acquire joint control of US ContentGuard Holdings.


Country   music Entertainer of the Year Alan Jackson ended Tim McGraw's two-week   stint at number one, topping the charts with his 14th release, What I   Do, selling 178,000 copies for the week ended Sept. 12, according to   Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today.


Malaysian polls: anything possible, except new government

Malaysia's March 8 election is likely to shape the course of economic and social policy over the next five years, even if it doesn't deliver a new government.


A famous expatriate returns to the homeland only to find his dissident brethren refusing to welcome him and accusing him of being a quisling for the Communist regime


Winning the toss is probably a "bat first" proposition in the first cricket test between Australia and New Zealand starting at the 'Gabba on Thursday.


NASA's Return to Flight on Track, Shuttle Officials Say

NASA (news - web sites) is close to meeting all of the return-to-flight safety requirements set by Columbia accident investigators and should be able to launch a shuttle by May 2005, shuttle program officials said today.


Chicago-area factories shed jobs in  December for the first time in six months, a survey showed on  Thursday, and a separate report indicated a slowdown in  help-wanted ads across the nation last month, suggesting  weakness in next week's U.S. employment numbers.


San Francisco Grapples Again with Bridge Suicides

San Francisco officials are again  grappling with an issue as old as the Golden Gate Bridge: how  to stop people from killing themselves by jumping off the  city's most famous landmark.


One of the elite pitchers of this era -- and one of the best in the rich history of the Boston Red Sox -- is now a free agent. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez officially filed on Tuesday.


LG's new phone co-developed with fashion designer Prada aims at the same style-conscious audience that could be attracted to Apple's iPhone.


Ragione a madre che mandava figlia in chiesa e non dal padre


Venezuela gives initial approval to Chavez powers

Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution.


President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry, go into the final 48 hours of the 2004 presidential campaign within easy reach of an electoral majority, but neither has a clear advantage in the remaining handful of tossup states.


Can Stephen A. Schwarzman rise above his status as just another rich deal maker and achieve renown in the worlds of art and Washington politics?


Two Survive Plane Crash Thought to Kill 5

Two days after they were reported killed in a plane crash, two US Forest Service employees emerged from the wilderness, astonishing family members who had believed they were dead and


Moneta unica europea scambiata a 1,4653 dollari e 156,95 yen


Britain foils five attacks in past year: police

British police have thwarted five   attacks in the past year, London's top counter-terrorism   commander said Tuesday.


By Todd Davis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 24--JUSTIN -- Talk about incentive.   Soon-to-be eighth-graders attending the summer TechnoCamp in the Northwest school district did more than learn how to operate computers this year.


Roma, 19:23 - CALCIO, LAZIO: UN MESE DI STOP PER GRECO

Il giovane centrocampista della Lazio Daniele Greco sarà indisponibile per circa un mese: &eg...


Mallika Sherawat in another Hollywood film

Bollywood siren, Mallika Sherawat, who earlier acted in an international production, The Myth,   alongside Jackie Chan will now star in an American film called The Aquarian Gospel.


Museum of Flight Exhibit Chronicles History of Space Travel

As a girl, Bonnie Dunbar dreamed of building and flying her own space ships. She's done both, but the five-mission shuttle astronaut turned Museum of Flight president and CEO still gets excited about space.


South Africa's most-wanted criminal is recaptured after escaping from top security C-Max prison near Pretoria.


Myanmar 1988 democracy protest leader freed-source

Myanmar's second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing, leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, has been freed by the ruling generals, a source close to his family said early on Saturday.


Neighbourhood watch A global road map of the riskiest and safest places to surf online found Russian and Romanian sites among the top-level domains most commonly hosting malicious downloads, browser exploits, and scams.â¦


Customers of UK net provider Plusnet are changing their passwords after hackers steal a list of e-mail addresses.


Pirates end 13-game skid with magic in 9th

Finally, the Pittsburgh Pirates walked off with a win. Freddy Sanchez led off the ninth inning with a home run and the Pirates rallied to end a 13-game losing streak, their longest since 1900, by beating the Chicago White Sox 7-6 Thursday.


THROUGHOUT its first term, the Bush administration held that the road to Jerusalem passed through Baghdad. Even before the 9/11 attacks, but especially after them, it shunned the very term "peace


Thailand's king gives his backing to coup leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, state-run TV says.


Ex-Enron CFO Fastow sentenced to 6 years in jail

Andrew Fastow, who helped engineer the   financial trickery that sank Enron Corp. and then helped   convict his former bosses in the scandal, on Tuesday got four   years knocked off the plea deal he had made, receiving a   six-year sentence instead.


DreamWorks Animation Studios said Wednesday it would postpone the release of "Shrek 3" to May 2007 from November 2006. The announcement came a day after


Maker of 'Grand Theft Auto' under the gun

Take-Two Interactive, maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto series of video games, came under the gun itself Wednesday when several investors threatened to take on the company's management.


Ultimatum del mullah Dadullah ad Afp 'avete 7 giorni'


Nick Halstead's Blog: Solving Programming Problems

On his blog, Nick Halstead shares a few tips he's worked up to help developers that might be having a hard time with coding issues - a few steps towards solving programming problems.   Early on in most people's programming careers problem solving is a large part of your day to day job. As you become more experienced you find that many programming patterns that you have used before can be reapplied. You then start working on larger and larger projects and the problems tend to be more about solving architectural problems rather than logic related ones.   Included in his list are things like "Talking it through", "Brainstorming", "Breaking it down" and "Research". This last one can be one of the most important and can save tons of time in the long run. With tools like Google and other sites, there's no reason to check before you start a project to see if there's someone out there that might have already done it (and it might be more well developed).


Oliver Stone to make "fair" movie about George W. Bush

Director Oliver Stone, who has made  movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is  developing a project about the current occupant of the White  House, but promises it will not be a hatchet job, Daily Variety  reported on Sunday.


Long-necked sea monster resurfaces after 230 million years

Scientists on Thursday announced the fossil discovery of a very odd creature that swam the oceans 230 million years ago. It looked sort of like a dinosaur, but actually was another type of reptile.


A car bomb exploded near a police station in a town east of the Algerian capital Wednesday, killing at least four people and ripping off the building's facade, witnesses said.


November import prices rise 0.2%, more than expected

The price of goods imported into the United States in November rose 0.2%, slightly more than expected, a Labor Department report showed on Thursday, as increases in non-petroleum prices hit a 10-month high.


Firenze, 17:37 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: 12-0 NEL TEST CON LA RIGNANESE

Test infrasettimanale per la Fiorentina, che in vista della gara di domencia prossima con il Chievo ...


Nearly Half of Britons Unaware of Auschwitz -Poll

Nearly half of Britons in a poll said they had never heard of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in southern Poland that became a symbol of the Holocaust and the attempted genocide of the Jews.


And a 'hey look, that was fake' follow-up The Office of Fair Trading has sent out thousands of fake scam text messages to 18-24 year-old mobile phone users to raise awareness about scams.â¦


Holloway Case Suspect Held in Netherlands

Dutch police have detained a man on suspicion of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Natalee Holloway last year in Aruba, the suspect's lawyer said Sunday.


InfoWorld - For business users who want Microsoft Office on their cell phones, Windows Mobile 6, the upcoming version of Redmond's mobile operating system to be unveiled next week, will be a must-have upgrade.


Premiers rely on Martin's minority troubles to drive hard bargain ...

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin's tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week's high-stakes health-care summit.


NCAA to Bloggers: Too Many Posts and Youâre Out!

The NCAA issued new rules that limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs from a sporting event, depending on the sport they cover.


Russian TV lauds apparent ship discovery

Russia's broadcasters emitted a strong wave of Soviet-era nostalgia this week as state-run TV channels lauded the apparent discovery of a sunken ship explorers had failed to locate, despite repeated deep-sea diving expeditions.


Court's decision in favour of Newmont mine criticised

Environmentalists today said US mining giant Newmont must stand trial despite a court ruling that declared a police investigation into alleged pollution by the firm illegal.


November 20, 2004, Dublin - Ireland ran in seven tries and held their goal line clear as they defeated the USA 55-6 at a rainy Lansdowne Road Saturday.


Rap star Snoop Dogg scores the first chart-topping single of his recording career in the US.


Paterno Is Seeking Answers for an Age-Old Problem

As if to prove that his age is irrelevant, Penn State Coach Joe Paterno forgot for a moment yesterday exactly how old he is. "I don't feel 78 - or 77," said Paterno, who will not turn 78 until Dec. 21.


Rockies pound Perez to avoid Mets' sweep

The Colorado Rockies avoided a series sweep at the hands of the New York Mets by getting some unexpected pop from the top and bottom of their lineup.


The playwright David Henry Hwang and his Chinese cupboard and five-character poem.


Worldwide sales hit a new multibillion high; EMC passes Hewlett-Packard for first place.


Video-creation service Animoto has lit my fire

Animoto has turned this lazy late adopter into a video-creation evangelist.


Iraq ; US soldier sentenced to 3 years for killing Iraqi teen

Iraq News, A US soldier was sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a severely injured 16-year-old Iraqi boy, the US military said on Saturday.


Sports teams are putting high technology into stadiums to attract fans, generate cash and improve standings.


SAN JOSE, Calif. Nov 4, 2004 - A $100 million supercomputer being built to analyze the nation's nuclear stockpile has again set an unofficial performance record the second in just over a month.


An audit of touch-screen voting machines at the center of a dispute in a congressional election found no evidence of malfunction, the Florida secretary of state said Friday.


Perdite di biodiversita' e impoverimento paesaggistico


Troops' Queries Leave Rumsfeld on the Defensive

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld came here Wednesday to lead a morale-lifting town hall discussion with Iraq-bound troops. Instead, he found himself on the


1/2Pistons-Pacers fight on court leads to ugly brawl in stands

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Police are reviewing the tapes from last night's brawl during the Pistons-Pacers game to determine if criminal charges will be filed.


Canada Post strike deadline passes with no word on possible walkout

MONTREAL (CP) - The union representing 2,600 Canada Post administrative and clerical workers moved into the second day of their legal strike position on Thursday without saying if they would begin rotating walkouts across the country.


Libya nurses deal yet to be agreed: families

Efforts to free six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus have yet to result in a deal on compensation, a group representing the families of the children said on Sunday.


Oil prices held steady Thursday, with worries over the security of Nigerian supplies lending support despite an unexpected expansion in US crude inventories.


The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan


Security Council expresses shock at bombing

The U.N. Security Council approved a weak statement Thursday expressing shock and distress at Israel's bombing of a U.N. post in Lebanon that killed four unarmed military observers, but avoiding any condemnation.


c/o New Scotland Yard, Lagos, 419 Nigerian scammers have launched a fake London Metropolitan Police website, which includes a fake anti-terrorist hotline number.â¦


One of two 13-year-old girls accused of serving poisoned cake to classmates was allowed to go home Friday, but a judge ordered the other girl to remain in custody while she awaits trial.


The first game based on 'CSI Miami' comes to the small screen as TV season begins.


FDA asks for tough warning on asthma drug

Genentech Inc's asthma drug Xolair should carry the strongest warning possible about the drug's risk of a serious reaction known as anaphylaxis, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday.


Engineers hired to investigate the cause of September's massive Big Dig tunnel leak have discovered that the project is riddled with hundreds of leaks that are pouring millions of gallons of water into the $14.


Deadly Bird Flu Confirmed in British Turkeys

An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm was caused by a strain that has killed humans, the authorities said.


U.S. duo win physics Nobel for backing up Big Bang

Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for work on cosmic radiation that helped pinpoint the age of the universe and added weight to the Big Bang theory of its birth.


Coimbatore: Have you noticed a rise in the number of unsolicited junk e-mails or spam in recent days? Most Net users would have, particularly after a holiday or when the system had remained shut for a couple of days.


FRANKFURT : As the euro continued to rise against the dollar, speculation intensified over whether the European Central Bank, meeting this week to set interest rates, would feel compelled to act either by intervening directly on the forex markets or by


Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion

Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.


Rejected by voters and limping off stage, the Republican-led House on Friday passed a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks and preventing doctors from taking a big cut in Medicare payments.


FOXBOROUGH -- Given their success away from home this season, the Patriots have developed an unusual NFL calling card: road-field advantage.


Actress Vardalos's Acropolis dream comes true

Greece has granted American actress and  writer Nia Vardalos the rare privilege of shooting parts of her  new Tom Hanks-produced film in the classical ruins of Athens's  Acropolis.


Trasferito nel carcere militare di Santa Maria Capua Vetere


The first tree to have its full DNA code unravelled is a poplar, the black cottonwood.


Adam Gilchrist was standing by himself in one section of the indoor nets centre at Edgbaston on Monday. He contemplated the large area that had been cleared of any distractions, just the three stumps placed at one end.


A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition following a petrol bomb attack on his home in County Tyrone.


Scots DIY enthusiasts will now pay for plastic bags as a big chain tries to cut pollution.


Due ragazzi, uno di origine albanese, picchiati da dodici coetanei nel cortile della scuolaUna telecamera a circuito chiuso ha consentito di riconoscere gli aggressori                                            A Gela l'ultimo episodio di bullismo In ospedale due studenti aggrediti


Canada's DART departs for tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka

TRENTON, Ont. (CP) - The first flight of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team left Canada for tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka on Thursday morning.


There was little outpouring of grief at the funeral for Indonesia's longest-serving leader -- only respect and a sense that an era had ended


[TS] Sports of The Times: Street Sense Has a Future Canoodling, Mostly for Profit

The truth is that these great horses are worth more in the breeding shed, as soon as possible, than they are on the track.


Johanns Nominated For US Secretary of Agriculture

Agriculture. President Bush this morning nominated Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns to serve in that post. If the Senate confirms Johanns, he will replace Ann Veneman, who recently announced her resignation.


It's been a week since the Super Bowl. Have you recovered yet? Was this the worst loss ever? Was it the top of the bottom?


King of late-night TV decides to quit ... in 2009

The most important succession in American public life has been decided. So now we can get back to worrying about the comparatively trivial matter of Bush versus Kerry.


Hey, that's funny about Peter Moore leaving Microsoft...

Blog: Microsoft's game guru leaves the company for EA--interesting, since he made a big deal about EA Sports title Madden NFL 2008 at his E3 address.


Johannesburg - Public sector unions will on Monday start consulting with their members on whether to accept or reject the latest 6.2% wage increase offer by government.


A paedophile who took pictures of a boy being abused has been banned from owning anything capable of taking photographs.


Risks of Glaxo diabetes drug still unclear: FDA

The potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia are still not clear, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers who questioned the agency's oversight of the widely used pill on Wednesday.


UN chief  Kofi Annan asks the Security Council to adopt a US draft resolution on Sudan's Darfur region.


Global finance chiefs won't let oil dent optimism

WASHINGTON: Global finance chiefs may admit this week that soaring oil prices are a cloud on a generally sunny world economic horizon but they will likely dismiss any chance they could drown growth.


Per centenario nascita, un giaccone in canvas e pelle


Jews pray successor won't let egoism torpedo peace

Jewish law dictates, "Do not rejoice when your enemies fall." (Proverbs 24:17) There will be no dancing in the streets of Jerusalem celebrating the fall of Yasser Arafat.


The defendants are accused of helping push through Enron's year-end 1999 sale of interest of barges so the energy company could book a $12 million pretax profit the company needed to meet earnings targets.


Taxi driver Manuel Pircolos is fuming. At a dead-stop in traffic, he chain smokes, drums his fingers on the dashboard, and sums up life behind the wheel.


Interbrew, AmBev merger creates world's biggest beer company

Belgium-based brewer Interbrew and Brazilian drinks group AmBev merged to create the world's biggest beer company.


New releases from 50 Cent, Animal Collective, Simian Mobile Disco and Cupid.


Steve Ballmer talks Web 2.0, Jeff Hawkins unveils the Palm Foleo, and Bill Gates and Steve Jobs share the stage.


A leatherback turtle has chalked up a new migration record after covering more than 12,000 miles


Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down edition of Windows comes in for strong criticism.


Report: PA says Hezbollah trying to recruit Gaza militants

Senior Palestinian Authority officials in the Gaza Strip have confirmed that the Lebanese-based militant organization Hezbollah is trying to recruit activists from among local armed groups, Israel Radio reported Wednesday.


Palestinian Leader Orders Early Elections

Mahmoud Abbasâs declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire.


Hacker strikes university computer system

Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.


Summary - (Sep 17, 2004) After its crash landing, NASA scientists weren't too hopeful that they'd turn up much science in the wreckage of Genesis' sample capsule, but the results so far have been a pleasant surprise.


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PASADENA, CALIF. - Scientists are examining the first close-up pictures of the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon, Titan. The Cassini spacecraft has sent several high-resolution images of Titan's dark and


Fourteen pilgrims from India and Pakistan are ambushed and shot dead by insurgents, reports from Iraq say.


Washington, 10:51 - BASKET, NBA: WASHINGTON PERDE JAMISON PER UN MESE E MEZZO

Antawn Jamison, ala dei Washington Wizards, sarà assente dalle tre alle sei settimane a causa...


Lomana LuaLua's injury-time equaliser gives Portsmouth a point.


Newspapers and Yahoo cut online partnership

NEW YORK -- Yahoo Inc. disclosed a far-reaching partnership yesterday with 176 newspapers to sell ads, share content and deliver Internet search, graphical and classified advertising to consumers.


Mickelson Continues to Set Pace at Pebble Beach

Phil Mickelson continued to set a red  hot pace at the Pebble Beach National Pro Am on Saturday as he  stretched his lead to seven strokes after firing another three  birdies on the front nine in the third round.


When Kelly Perdew was listening to executives and former candidates from NBC's "The Apprentice" commend his work during the behemoth three-hour finale of the 15-week job interview, he wasn't imagining what his business cards would look like just yet.


Poor Jobs Figure a Sharp Blow to Bush - Analysts

Disappointing job creation figures issued Friday were a sharp blow to President Bush, making it much more difficult for him to argue on the campaign trail that the economy has turned the corner, analysts and pollsters said.


ConocoPhillips to make $2 billion equity investment in Lukoil

Houston-based oil company ConocoPhillips and Russia's largest oil producer, Lukoil, jointly announced Wednesday in Moscow that ConocoPhillips will become a strategic equity investor in Lukoil.


George Lucas Brings New "Star Wars" to Theaters

He said "Revenge of the Sith" would be his final "Star Wars" film, but creator George Lucas is taking another shot at silver screens with the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" in movie theaters in August.  Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Warner Bros. film ...


Bush chief of staff faces possible contempt charges

The White House chief of staff faced possible contempt charges after a congressional panel on Thursday rejected President George W. Bush's attempt to limit the probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.


Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.  OSIP.O jumped 13 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after  the company's experimental drug was shown to prolong the lives  of patients with cancer of the pancreas.


Canada Liberals choose Stephane Dion as leader

Canada's official opposition Liberals on Saturday unexpectedly chose former Environment Minister Stephane Dion as their new leader despite political shortcomings that could hinder his chances in an election expected next year.


Dallas, 16:10 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: OFFERTI 450 MILIONI DI DOLLARI PER CLUB

Dagli Usa arriva un'offerta per l'acquisizione del Liverpool: ben 450 milioni di dollari. 225 li met...


Anglicans Urge Ban on Gay Marriage, Gay Bishops

Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians on Monday to ban same-sex marriages and  the consecration of gay bishops.


Sun wants investors to recognize it as the Java company

(InfoWorld) - Apparently it's not enough that Sun peppers any and all discussions of its hardware and software products with liberal mentions of its Java programming language, now the vendor wants Wall Street to sit up and take more note of its homegrown technology too. As of Monday, Sun Microsystems Inc.'s ticker on the Nasdaq stock exchange will be Java, as the vendor turns its back on the SUNW ticker, which has served the company since it went public in 1986. Sun announced the upcoming change on Thursday. Sun had its origins on the Stanford campus where three of the California university's graduate students Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, and Scott McNealy, along with Berkeley graduate Bill Joy, came together to found the company in 1982. The name Sun originally stood for Stanford University Network, while the W indicated Sun's first products: workstations. In a Thursday posting on his blog, Sun president and CEO Jonathan Schwartz heralded the ticker change as recognizing that the Java brand is much better known than Sun, the company behind it. "The number of people who know Java swamps the number of people who know Sun," he wrote, pointing to the technology's ubiquity as it's present in most of today's PCs, mobile devices and embedded systems. While the SUNW symbol is well known in the financial community, it represents "nostalgic value" and "the past," according to Schwartz. By contrast, the Java brand is "inseparably a part of Sun (and our profitability)," he added. Schwartz was careful to state that the ticker name change wasn't indicative of any change in strategy for Sun, which will continue to offer a mix of products. "But we are no longer simply a workstation company, nor a company whose products can be limited by one category -- and Java does a better job of capturing exactly that sentiment than any other four letter symbol," he wrote. "Java means limitless opportunity -- for our software, systems, storage, service and microelectronics businesses." Initial reactions to Sun's ticker change were mostly unfavorable -- "a terrible idea," "a waste of money," "a stupid move," "a joke," and "worst idea ever," according to most of the comments appended to Schwartz's blog. Commentators saw the Java ticker as limiting, not expressive of Sun's overall product portfolio and also very much yesterday's technology. While Java has been widely adopted, its ubiquity and its 12 years in the market add up to a dated technology, they wrote. Sun began work on what later became Java in 1991 as a project code-named "Oak" initially for use in set-top boxes. The company then re-evaluated the work it had done and repurposed the effort as a new programming language with the mantra of "Write once, run anywhere." In other words, developers could create a program in Java and then have it run without alternation on a wide variety of hardware platforms. Sun unveiled Java in 1995, and, after some initial hiccups, the vendor saw widespread adoption of the language by developers working at all different sizes of companies from very large enterprises to small embedded systems startups. After committing to open-source Java in May 2006,Â Sun finally began making Java freely available in NovemberÂ under both its own open source license, CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License), and the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). The move is in line with Sun's promise to eventually make more of its software available as open source technologies.


Previous research has shown a  possible anti-cancer effect for aspirin. Now, new findings  suggest that the drug achieves this by cutting off the tumor's  blood supply, not just by blocking an enzyme called  cyclooxygenase.


Ten U.S. troops were killed on Wednesday in Iraq in four separate incidents, CNN reported, quoting the military.


Redemption too late for some caught in S. Korea's red scare

SEOUL -- In his final days, the Venerable Bogwang, a fisherman-turned-Buddhist monk, wrestled with a dilemma. The scriptures he revered exhorted him to leave behind the entanglements of the material world.


Japanese electronics conglomerate  Matsushita Electric Industrial introduced on Monday a 150-inch  plasma television, which it says is the world's biggest.


Mr. Smith Would Like to Come To Washington

Jason Smith, a 7-foot forward from Colorado State, is among several prospects the Wizards are considering picking in this year's draft.


The health insurance salesman who came to Gloria Young's house made a strong pitch. His company's private Medicare plan could meet her needs just as well as her current insurer, and much more cheaply.


Chris Douglas-Roberts scored with 2:31 left to break a 60-all tie, and top-ranked Memphis remained the country's only undefeated team Saturday by pulling out a 70-64 victory over Texas-El Paso.


Cagliari, 18:51 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: 6-1 NEL TEST CON L'ATLETICO

Amichevole infrasettimanale per il Cagliari, che in vista della sfida con l'Inter ha affrontato i di...


Rock band U2 is honoured at France's NRJ Music Awards, but is beaten to a prize by boy band Blue.


Your LIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - SOAPWATCH EASTENDERS BBC1, 8pm

By Jane Simon  THERE'S a lovely moment tonight when Dot turns to a trusted old friend for advice about baby Tomas.   Dr Legg's eyebrows practically disappear over the top of his head in surprise - not that Dot's got a baby in tow, but at the news she has given up smoking.


USOC rejects call for Hamm to return gold

US Olympic officials Friday rejected as âdeplorableâ a suggestion by the International Gymnastics Federation that menâs all-around individual champion Paul Hamm


By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 11--Nearly 40 percent of the land in San Luis Obispo County will be in agricultural preserve by the end of the year, with 5,600 acres contracted last week and more in coming weeks.


United Airlines formally raised the possibility of throwing out union contracts on Friday, asking a bankruptcy judge for permission to discuss the matter at an upcoming court hearing.


Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima film resonates in Japan

Hiromasa Murakami went to see Clint  Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" to find out if an American  could tell the Japanese side of a battle that became a symbol  of U.S. patriotism, but for Japan was a bitter memory of  defeat.


'Turf cams' to give Super Bowl view from ground up

Fox Sports' coverage of the Super Bowl on Feb. 6 will be able to include pictures from miniature cameras embedded in the field, network and NFL officials said Tuesday. This is the first time such images will be available during an NFL telecast. Fox unveiled the devices, which have a lens the size of a pencil eraser, during last summer's Major League Baseball All-Star Game and used them during the playoffs and World Series.


Former Surgeon General Says Politics Took Priority

Richard H. Carmona told a House hearing Tuesday that he believed his task as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006 was to improve "health literacy" using the best medical and scientific data he could collect. But top Bush administration officials, Carmona testified, had other ideas. The following are...


Does the taking of scalps over the Walter Reed Hospital scandal by Defense Secretary Gates signal a new era of accountability in the Pentagon? In Danger Room.


One Palestinian is killed in an Israeli missile strike on a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses say.


The NHS should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.


Deadly flu strikes as US eyes Cdn. vaccines

With signs pointing to an early start of the influenza season, it's looking less likely the US will turn to a Canadian vaccine manufacturer to help ease the shortage south of the border.


NASA says it plans a Friday morning launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral, Fla.  The shuttle had been expected to lift-off Wednesday, but a problem in one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells resulted in a postponement.


Water Voles Rescued By Their Old Friends From the Riverbank

By GRAHAM GRANT  AS Scotland's most endangered mammal, the water vole has come close to extinction while its predators thrived.   For 50 years, a growing population of mink has caused a catastrophic decline in the number of water voles on our riverbanks.


A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report.


Argentina's Supreme Court revokes a pardon granted to a former general accused of human rights abuses.


FDA panel to review antidepressant safety

The Food and Drug Administration expects to seek tougher measures regulating the use of antidepressants when it convenes an advisory panel meeting next month, according to agency documents released yesterday.


Microsoft to back customers in infringement cases

Nearly all its customers will be indemnified against claims that their use of Microsoft software infringed on any intellectual property claims.


Bryant scores 42, but Heat nip Lakers in overtime

It was improbable that a game less than one-third of the way into the NBA season could live up to the hype. But the first head-on collision between the Corvette and the Diesel, err, the brick wall, came pretty close.


Baghdad - British hostage Ken Bigley has renewed his plea to Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his kidnappers' demands. The plea was made in a video clip broadcast on Al-Jazeera TV on Wednesday.


Missing embassy staff in Ethiopia released: British FM

Five members of a British embassy group missing for two weeks in a remote part of Ethiopia have been released and are safe and well, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Tuesday.


The Yankees began the process of replacing Joe Torre yesterday by contacting three candidates for the job.


The owner of the World Trade Center site announces plans to sue Saudi Arabia three years to the day since 9/11.


New observations rule out asteroid Earth impact in 2029

PASADENA, Calif. NASA scientists have now ruled out the possibility that a recently discovered asteroid could hit Earth 25 years from now.


Al Qaeda had a planâand it is working. Osama bin Ladenâs survival may be the Bush administrationâs biggest political failing.


Bomb Kills Venezuela Prosecutor, Gov't Swipes at U.S.

CARACAS, Venezuela  - A Venezuelan prosecutor  probing a 2002 coup against President Hugo Chavez was killed by  a car bomb that the government blamed on Friday on radical  opponents it said were training in the United States.


Tatoosh Fire Threatens Manning Park; Continues to Grow After Crossing Border

VANCOUVER (CP) - The expanding Tatoosh fire licking at the fringes of British Columbia's Manning Park covers about 21 square kilometres and is burning out of control, a provincial forest service spokesman said Tuesday.


Jamaica Braces for Ferocious Hurricane Ivan

KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Jamaica braced for ferocious  Hurricane Ivan on Friday after its 150-mph winds devastated the  island of Grenada.


Women peace laureates appeal for Myanmar action

Six female Nobel Peace laureates called on the world to keep up pressure on Myanmar's military junta to restore liberty and democracy in the country.


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.


La. Justices Won't Hear Marriage Challenge

The La. Supreme Court yesterday declined legal challenges to keep a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriages and civil unions off the Sept. 18 ballot, leaving open the possibility of challenging the amendment if it passes.


European Union finance ministers meet on Thursday to discuss proposals, including a tax on jet fuel, to boost development aid for poorer nations.


Lebanese opposition puts on show of Muslim unity

A Lebanese Sunni preacher led thousands of anti-government Shi'ite demonstrators in prayers on Friday in a show of Muslim unity designed to dispel fears of sectarian strife.


Milanello, 14:48 - CALCIO, MILAN: RONALDO LAVORA A PARTE, VERIFICHE SPALLA DI DIDA

Dopo la sconfitta di ieri sera a Palermo, il Milan è tornato al lavoro già questa matt...


Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has flown to Khartoum on a mission to pile the pressure on the Sudanese government to tackle the humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur.


Knicks Stuck in a Loop of Defeat and Despair

Symbolically, the Knicksâ loss to the Kings on Wednesday was as crushing a defeat as the team has had, as it appeared too fragile or too psychologically damaged to make a stand.


Shadow Journey to the East on Rawhide Wings

An entertaining new exhibition at the China Institute explores the rich folk art tradition of Chinese shadow theater.


Il leader di Forza Italia boccia la legge sui diritti di convivenza e annuncia: "Da noi nessuna stampella al governo"Il ministro della Giustizia: "Non passerÃ . Mi auguro che finisca su un binario morto e la parentesi si chiuda"                                            Dico, Berlusconi: "Matrimonio di serie B" Mastella: "Al Senato mancano i numeri"


US Starts Inquiry Into Purchasing for Health Care, NYT Says

The US Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation of the medical-supply industry to determine whether hospitals are overcharging Medicare and other government health


L'esercito pachistano ha sgomberato il 75% dell'edificio


U.S. lawmakers told Castro not dying, no cancer

A delegation of U.S. Congress members said on Sunday they were told by senior Cuban government officials during a visit there that ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is not dying, and does not have cancer.


Labour's path to nowhere By Sarah Benton

Tuesday was one of those quaint ceremonial occasions that cling like barnacles to the slow-moving body of the British ship of state: The queen announced the next year's legislative program.


Matt Bonner didn't want to leave Toronto, where in two years he had become a fan favorite known for mixing with the people and taking public transportation. But if you had to go somewhere else, well, why not here? He's three wins away from getting a championship ring and is on a first-name basis with Eva Longoria ...


NFL: Williams considers rejoining Dolphins

MIAMI Maybe Ricky Williams is tired of traveling. Maybe he has run out of books to read. Or maybe he doesn't want to pay the $8.


Media reaction is fierce in the states dubbed "outposts of tyranny" by US secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice.


Monster thriller "Cloverfield" crushes box office

The low-budget monster movie "Cloverfield" destroyed the competition, including fellow rookie "27 Dresses," during its first day of release in North American theaters, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.


DoS attack prevents access to WordPress.com blogs

The WordPress.com blog-hosting service suffered a DoS (denial-of-service) attack that began Saturday and was still preventing users from logging in or posting to their blogs on Tuesday.Matt Mullenweg, spokesman for Automattic, confirmed that the service experienced a DoS attack with spikes of up to 6 gigabits of incoming traffic, which was making some blogs inaccessible for about five to 15 minutes on Tuesday. Though service had mostly been restored, Automattic, which maintains WordPress.com, was still working on returning service to normal levels on Tuesday afternoon, he said."Obviously that [is not good] and is pretty unusual for our service," he said. "All our people who can are working on the issue."However, an employee at a New York-based company that has blogs hosted by WordPress.com suggested that some users were experiencing outages for longer than 15 minutes. The source, who asked not to be identified, said on Tuesday afternoon that users there were unable to log in to their blogs and post comments for "most of the day." However, the blogs were still able to be viewed publicly."It's starting to come back to life now, slowly," said the source on Tuesday afternoon.WordPress.com users were notified via e-mail about the DoS attack. In the e-mail, the service provider said that the attack was affecting user log-in and causing some forums to be offline.Mullenweg said that the main Wordpress.com page was down longer than some blogs because "we sacrificed it in order to keep blogs and our users up." However, the site's home page and Web site were up and running on Tuesday.He also provided a link to a graph that shows the traffic spikes to WordPress.com on the graph, where the service's traffic is displayed in a brown line.A DoS attack is an attempt to make a Web site or service unavailable to intended users by flooding the service or site with incoming data requests, such as e-mails. Motives for DoS attacks vary, but perpetrators mostly target companies with high-profile, highly trafficked Web sites.Joris Evers, a spokesman for security research and software company McAfee, said DoS attacks are still fairly common, although they have tapered off in recent years because technology has been developed that can head off such attacks before they affect service.Though he had not heard specifically of the WordPress attack, Evers said that it's possible the attack was mounted by someone "who was upset about something that was written on a WordPress blog, and they decided to take action against that."


The UN refugee chief says US willingness to take up to 7,000 Iraq refugees is "a very good step".


Australia's former world number one Lleyton Hewitt hires compatriot Tony Roche as his new coach.


Sono giovani professionisti che pensano solo alla carrieraanziani rimasti soli, adulti separati                                           La cittÃ  delle persone che vivono da sole A Milano una famiglia su 2 Ã¨ un single                                                                                La sociologa: fenomeno svuotamento. Il demografo: effetti anche da sanatoria stranieri di TERESA MONESTIROLI


U.N. top court says Srebrenica massacre genocide

The highest U.N. court said on Monday the massacre of Bosnian Muslim men in Srebrenica in 1995 constituted genocide.


Blair Seeks New Global Climate Pact with Bush -Paper

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is trying to involve the United States in an new international treaty on global warming, The Times newspaper said on Thursday.


Delitto di via Poma, la firma del killer sul Videotel

ROMA - Potrebbe aprirsi una nuova pista nel delitto via Poma: c'Ã¨ un nickname, uno pseudonimo usato in rete, di una persona che era in contatto con Simonetta Cesaroni attraverso il Videotel, un sistema di comunicazione telefonica (antesignana di Internet


Parigi, la compagnia franco-olandese rende noti i contenuti dell'offerta non vincolante"Acquisto di tutte le obbligazioni convertibili e investimento immediato di 750 milioni"                                          Alitalia, Air France conferma "Presentata offerta sul 100%"                                                                                Air One insiste: "Lavoriamo a un'alleanza internazionale. Investiremo 4,3 miliardi" Con l'Ops francese Tesoro al 3,3% del nuovo gruppo. Domani il verdetto in cda


New York, 10:16 - BASEBALL, MLB: STOP PER GLI YANKEES

Questi i risultati delle partite della MLB Usa giocate nella notte:


Pescara, 16:11 - CALCIO, PESCARA: TERMINATO IL SILENZIO STAMPA

E' terminato il silenzio stampa del Pescara. Lo ha annunciato la società in una nota.


Google search would at first be added to selected phones and markets and later to some mass-market models in more than 100 countries, the companies said.


A superb second-half performance by Andriy Shevchenko saw champions AC Milan kickstart their season with a 2-1 win in Rome against Lazio tonight.


Radical cleric Abu Hamza sues for more British benefits

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is in a British jail on incitement to murder charges, is to sue welfare officials for thousands of pounds (dollars) in extra state benefits, a newspaper said.


Monks in Myanmar March in Protest for Third Day

Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through rain-washed streets on Thursday, taking the lead in monthlong protests that the military junta has so far been powerless to contain.


In the Fatosphere, Big Is in, or at Least Accepted

Rebels in a get-thin world are blogging away at the mainstream.


John McCain and Mitt Romney are trying to take command of the long and antagonistic Republican presidential race, and the sheer size of next Tuesday's delegate haul could finally make that possible.


A glimpse of what's in store from the fifth book of the Harry Potter series.


JABALYA, Gaza Strip: The Palestinian Authority last night urged the international community to intervene to end Israeli massacres after at least 28 Palestinians were killed in a deadly army raid in the northern Gaza Strip.


MORE GOOD STUFF - Environmental Fair at the Jewish Community Center

The new Rhode Island Jewish Environmental Alliance will present a free, family-oriented environmental fair at the Jewish Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence, on Sunday.   The program, which is free, is designed to promote appreciation of the importance of the environment.


Reportlinker Has Been Awarded 'Best Hope 2007' By the IE-Club

Reportlinker, the vertical search engine, dedicated to open access  market research reports, won the prize "Best  Hope 2007", in the Services category. 30  projects have been selected by the IE-Club jury, among 120 companies, to  become part of the "ITech-economy"  leaders.


The woes affecting European planemaker Airbus seeped beyond the troubled A380 superjumbo on Thursday as doubts surfaced over two other projects and the EADS


Bangladesh in turmoil as election divides deepen

Hopes for an end to pre-election turmoil in Bangladesh dimmed on Wednesday as rival political groups again took to the streets and the country's legal system was virtually paralyzed by feuding lawyers.


Prince William describes the excitement of his first solo flight just eight days into his RAF secondment.


Gli insegnanti protestano, ma studenti e genitori sono entusiasti: "Si potrÃ  saltare un anno"Il ministro Fioroni al momento non ne sa nulla, ma ha fatto sapere che "se ne occuperÃ "                                          Genova, una classe per soli bocciati La preside: "Nessun ghetto"                                                                                Piuttosto, spiega, cosÃ¬ "ai ripetenti si dÃ  la possibilitÃ  di recupero e di riscatto"di GIUSEPPE FILETTO


An Irish man is believed to have drowned his two daughters in a bath and hanged himself in the US.


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Leave it to Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta to give us a transaction that asks as many questions as it answers. The primary answer the Dodgers are getting in signing Jeff Kent to a two-year deal is this: They know


NanoSensors Initiate Testing of Carbon Nanotubes Devices

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NanoSensors, Inc.


Singer Marc Almond badly hurt in motorcycle crash

MARC Almond, the former leader singer of the 1980s pop band Soft Cell, was last night fighting for his life after a motorcycle crash.


Violence continues in Iraq with four private contractors killed in an explosion in Baghdad and more bodies discovered in Mosul. The dead men were Nepalese working for Global