Yahoo Buys Stake in Indian Online Ad Company

Yahoo Inc. has acquired a stake in Indian Internet advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd. to help it capture more of the country's fast-growing online ad market.


November 15, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Arizona Sen. John McCain yesterday slammed the CIA as a quasi "rogue agency" that bungled prewar intelligence and is in desperate need of the high-level purging believed to be under way.


Ferrovie Stato: 'circolazione mai interrotta,ritardi lievi'


Pescara, 19:30 - CALCIO, PESCARA: DOPPIO ALLENAMENTO SULLA TATTICA

Doppio allenamento per il Pescara in vista della gara di venerdÃ¬ sera a Crotone. Il nuovo tecnico Vi...


Website blackout 'nothing to do with credit card cull' Egg has returned its website to normal operation after a "serious network outage" forced it to temporarily suspend services on Tuesday.â¦


Nasa clears the space shuttle Discovery for a rare night launch after bad weather delays the event by a day.


Citigroup, Goldman Market $5.8 Bln Cemex Loan, Mexico's Biggest

Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will market a $5.8 billion loan for Cemex SA to other lenders over coming days, bankers involved in the deal said, in what's the largest-ever credit for a Mexican company.


The former interim leader has positioned himself as a replacement for Maliki, but he wasn't too popular the first time around


Merck Should Have Pulled Vioxx in 2000 -Study

US drugs giant Merck & Co Inc. should have pulled its Vioxx painkiller from the market four years ago, because data showing it raised the risk of heart attacks has existed since 2000, Swiss scientists said on Friday.


Relenting a Bit, Beijing Plans Funeral for an Ousted Leader

The Chinese authorities will hold a low-key funeral service for Zhao Ziyang, the purged Communist Party chief.


Venezuela Audit Results Support Vote Count

The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month's recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.


Iran told Western powers on Saturday that they would regret launching any attack over Tehran's nuclear activities and it rolled out a display of missiles and other hardware that underscored its warning.


The Cleveland Browns' offense was pretty awful last weekend, just not quite as awful as everyone thought.


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lower its 2005 French economic growth forecast from 2.5 percent to 2.3 percent, the financial daily Les Echos said, without quoting its sources.


Mattresses made and imported this summer must meet a new flammability standard starting July 1, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.


Tsunami stretches world's ability to respond

The humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami is stretching the world's ability to respond, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, urging a sustained relief effort.


Defending national champion Texas moves up to No. 2 in Tuesday's AP poll to set up a 1 vs. 2 showdown versus top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday.


OTTAWA  — Grammy Award-winning and Ottawa-born recording star Alanis Morissette was scheduled to sing both national anthems before Game 4. It's an encore of sorts after Morissette sang the anthem for the Senators' first home game when the expansion franchise brought the NHL back to Ottawa in 1992.


Italian dropped from EU team after anti-gay remarks

the EU's next justice and security chief after he aired traditional views on homosexuality and marriage. confirmation hearing last week that he considered homosexuality a sin and he spelt out traditional views on marriage.


Most iPhone owners gush but some have glitches

Proud owners of Apple Inc.'s iPhone raved about their first day with the device on Saturday, but a glitch took the shine off the year's most anticipated device for a few unlucky customers.


Art: This Art Is Your Art, This Art Is My Art

Stung by scandal, the Smithsonian needs to dust off Americaâs collection.


Q&A: Federal info security isn't just about FISMA compliance, auditor says

The GAO's Gregory Wilshusen says that government agencies aren't doing as good a job with security as they think they are -- particularly in areas such as access control and configuration management.


Iraqi Govt Steps Up Security to Tackle Fuel Crisis

Iraq's US-backed government is beefing up road security to protect fuel trucks heading to Baghdad after attacks by insurgents crippled the capital's oil supplies, the oil minister said on Saturday.


Crowe and LaPaglia want to build sports stadium

Actors Russell Crowe and Anthony LaPaglia want to build a sports stadium for their soccer and rugby teams.


SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium  - McLaren may ultimately have to pay substantially less than the record $100 million fine imposed on the team in a Formula One spying controversy, according to analysts.


A celebration marking Paris' 60th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany is planned next week. But nothing official was planned for a more somber anniversary Wednesday — the liberation of a Jewish detention camp outside Paris that ended one of the most shameful episodes in modern French history.


Champions League: Group C review - Juve and Bayern in cruise ...

And so to the terrifyingly dull event that was Matchday 6 in Group C. The only issue to be resolved here was whether it would be Ajax or Maccabi Tel Aviv who would secure the UEFA Cup spot.


Stars Get Serious At An Existential Comedy

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily September 23,2004- LOS ANGELES - Jude Law skipped both last night’s opening of Huckabees, the "everything" retail superstore, and the premiere of "I Heart Huckabees" at The Grove, LA’s exclusive mall.


Doctor for U.S. Lawmakers Donates Flu Vaccine

The attending physician for U.S.  lawmakers, their staffs and others who work at the U.S. Capitol  received additional doses of the flu vaccine and is donating  them to city medical officials, top U.S. Republican lawmakers  said on Friday.


U.N. Says Bugging Device Found at Its Geneva HQ

The United Nations said on Thursday a secret listening device had been found in a posh meeting room of its European headquarters in Geneva.


Two more men have joined Channel 4's Big Brother house, in the wake of Emily Parr's eviction by producers.


Data showing low US consumer confidence makes a US interest rat cut on Wednesday seem more likely.


H&R Block reopens Option One talks, posts big loss

H&R Block Inc  said on Thursday it is renegotiating the planned sale of its Option One Mortgage Corp subprime lending unit to Cerberus Capital Management LP, a move that casts doubt on the largest U.S. tax preparer's ability to complete the sale.


Google quashes talk of expansion into music sales

Don't look for Google to  get into digital music sales anytime soon.


Bocciati a luglio, potranno rifare l'esame di maturita'


Beijing court rules Yahoo China violates IPR

A Beijing court has upheld a ruling  that Yahoo China violates Chinese law by facilitating mass  copyright infringement through music downloads, the  International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)  said.


Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion

Bank of America Corp said on Friday it agreed to acquire battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp in a $4 billion transaction that could help avert one of the biggest collapses from the U.S. housing crisis.


Isle Filipinos are mobilizing to help the northern and eastern regions of the Philippines, where more than 1,000 people are dead or missing after four deadly storms in the last two weeks.


Dopo momento verita', ha il diritto e il dovere di governare


Adobe Ships Lightroom, Updates Camera Raw

As expected, Adobe on Monday began shipping Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, the company's image processing application for professional photographers. Until April 30, 2007 the software will cost $199 USD, after which the price will be raised to $299 USD.


The Thames has been lined with free wireless Internet coverage, while fee-based hot spots emerge across the U.K.


Readers put in their two cents on online voting and hoarding the music.


Leonardo DiCaprio Assault Lawsuit Tossed

A lawsuit targeting "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio and two other men for their alleged roles in a street fight over "Showgirls" actress Elizabeth Berkley was thrown out by a judge Wednesday.


Pump-and-dump spam designed to look like investment newsletter pushed German stock, trading volume grew by 20 percent.


Canadians and Germans are increasing their use of p-to-p technology, study says.


p2pnet.net OT News:- There's a 1-in-45 chance that Asteroid 2004 MN4, discovered in June and spotted again last week, will collide with the Earth on April 13, 2029.


Londra, 16:40 - CALCIO, MASCHERANO: NO A MANCHESTER GRAZIE A VERON

Il nazionale argentino Javier Mascherano, grande protagonista ai Mondiali tedeschi, si è tras...


British retailer opens inquiry into abuses at Bangladeshi factories: report

Low-cost British clothing retailer Asda, owned by US giant Wal-Mart, has launched an investigation into allegations that its production facilities in Bangladesh were abusing the rights of their workers, The Guardian reported on Monday.


Following a week of escalating tension during which thousands of Europeans have fled, the chief of the Ivory Coast military has been sacked by President Laurent Gbagbo.


Pesticides may promote Parkinson's; exercise may protect

New research into Parkinson's disease is helping scientists better understand some of the mechanisms of this serious and disabling brain disorder, which affects about 1 million people in the United States.


Republican John McCain called his victory in South Carolina's presidential primary on Saturday evidence that his campaign "can carry right through" Florida into the giant round of caucuses and primaries on Feb. 5. "I know it's not easy," he told The Associated Press, "and we've got a long way to go."


A veteran firefighter from the Southlake Department of Public Safety has been fired for supervising the hosing down of the Southlake Carroll band and color guard, injuring 13 students.


'Fahrenheit 9/11' Team Seeks Election-Eve Pay-TV

Filmmaker Michael Moore and the distributors behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" are in talks to bring his anti-Bush documentary to pay-per-view television on the eve of the U.S. presidential election, a source in Moore's camp said on Friday.


U.S., Syria, Iran officials to meet in Baghdad

U.S. officials will sit down with their Iranian and Syrian counterparts on Saturday at a conference in Baghdad aimed at stopping sectarian fighting in Iraq before the conflict spreads throughout the oil-rich region.


FOXBORO The trendy pick to win the next Super Bowl will this afternoon in Foxboro measure its hefty ambitions against the team that has actually won two of the last three Super Bowls.


Kapfenberg, 10:00 - CALCIO, LAZIO: L'AFFARE CARRIZZO PIU' DIFFICILE

Il River alza il prezzo e l'affare Carrizo-Lazio si complica. Diversi siti e quotidiani online sudam...


Presidential tickets make no difference in dialog

The General Election Commission (KPU)-sponsored dialog has failed to live up to expectations that it would be a forum for presidential candidates to convince the public of their platforms and programs, mass communication experts said on Wednesday.


By Venice Buhain, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 19--OLYMPIA -- No-panhandling zones and anti-loitering laws would make downtown less threatening, two Olympia City Councilmen told the council Monday night.


La societa' di software lo registra nel quarto semestre 2007


Iran says to respond if U.S. labels Guards "terrorist"

Iran would respond if the United States were to label the Islamic state's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist" force, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.


U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was arrested last month on charges she attempted to kidnap a romantic rival, has been terminated from the astronaut corps, NASA said on Wednesday.


Bush plays on isolationist sentiment in tight White House race with Kerry

To assure his reelection on November 2, President George W. Bush appears unhesitant about playing the isolationist card, belittling Democratic challenger John Kerry's commitment to greater cooperation with US allies.


W Rtsil Oyj Abp : Two Finnish companies develop their production by...

Wrtsil has today signed agreements with two Finnish companies for selling production machinery which will become available from Wrtsil s Turku factory.


Draw hands Wales early World Cup setback

Wales' hopes of getting their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a flying start suffered a major setback when they were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Azerbaijan.


The world's highest peak should put on a UN danger list to force action on global warming, campaigners say.


South Africa name an unchanged team to face champions England in the final of the World Cup on Saturday.


There will be many tributes that focus on the accomplishments of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died Wednesday, but he is responsible for the deaths of thousands


Second Ohio Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes

To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS  Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD +1-202- 514-1888   WASHINGTON, Feb.


Carlos Pena's breakout season also landed the American League comeback player of the year a hefty pay raise.


England start their defence of the World Cup with a laboured victory over a willing but limited USA side.


A global economic slow-down is looking more likely because of higher oil prices and a US housing dip, the IMF warns.


Iran insists no preconditions for atomic talks

Iran will not accept any preconditions   for talks on its nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry   spokesman said on Sunday, dismissing the idea Iran would accept   suspension of its atomic work.


Aftershocks rattle Nicobar islands, three more this morning

NEW DELHI: A series of strong earthquakes rocked Andaman and Nicobar Islands this morning as aftershocks continued to rattle the region three days after the devastating quake off Indonesian coast which triggered Tsunami waves killing over 50,000 people


Ahern faces pressure to explain payments

Prime Minister Bertie Ahern faced mounting pressure Friday to explain why he received money from Irish businessmen in England, a scandal threatening to torpedo his leadership after nine years in power.


Parents are often unaware when their children are overweight or obese, a study says.


Google is supposedly in serious talks with Verizon Wireless about using its upcoming Google-powered phones on its network, but a deal between the two companies is pretty unlikely.


La stilista supervisionera' anche la linea maschile


FORMER US tennis star Roscoe Tanner has been arrested for allegedly failing to pay child support, an Orange County sheriff's official said.


Pancake Event to Raise Funds for Habitat

By TORELL S. TAYLOR  West Market Street United Methodist Church will serve more than 200 Washington Elementary School students at its fifth a nnual Pancakes for Habitat Day on Feb. 20.


Microsoft's Internet Explorer has a serious rival in the long-awaited Firefox 1.0 web browser, which has just been released. Few people get excited when some new software is released, especially when the program is not a game or a music or movie player.


Bosnia refugee returns reach one million - UN

One million Bosnians, about 45 percent of those who fled during the 1992-5 war, have returned to their homes, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.


Solana says atom talks with Iran envoy constructive

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said his talks on Saturday with Iran's nuclear chief were constructive and he hoped for another round in three weeks.


"Star Trek" heads back to TV with digital makeover

Four decades after Capt. Kirk and   crew zoomed off at warp speed to "the final frontier," the   iconic sci-fi series "Star Trek" returns to broadcast   television this week with an extensive digital face-lift.


Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1 released to manufacturing

The party is on for February 27th, as Microsoft confirms its star attraction, Windows Server 2008, will be released on time. Admins everywhere may now be breathing a sigh of relief.


Ascoli, 19:07 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: 13 RETI ALLA TRUENTINA

Tredici gol per l'Ascoli di Sonetti nel test di oggi contro la Truentina. Il tecnico bianconero ha p...


Workers at the Millennium Hotel where Alexander Litvinenko held a meeting test positive for polonium-210.


NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Negotiators at climate talks in Bali on Friday struggled to break a deadlock over U.S. objections to goals for cutting emissions by dropping a reference to a non-binding 2020 target in draft text.


The investigation into the death of a Russian dissident in London heats up and sheds an ugly light on Vladimir Putin's rule


EMI, the world's third largest music group, admitted yesterday it was facing an investigation into how music companies influence the songs played on the radio.


Israel Faulted in Deaths Of Civilians in Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 -- Israel's "frequent failure" to distinguish between military and civilian targets during the war in Lebanon last summer was the primary reason so many Lebanese civilians were killed in the bombing campaign, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday.


Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to launch its highly publicized new server chip Monday, delivering the biggest jolt to its product lineup in four years.


U.S. appeals over diplomat missing in Cyprus

The U.S. embassy in Cyprus issued a public appeal on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of a senior U.S. diplomat who has been missing for three days.


The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a challenge Monday to the state's voter ID law, but sidestepped a decision on the law's validity by ruling that the plaintiff didn't have the legal standing to challenge the law.


Freddie Mac sees no further accounting probe : report

Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac   does not expect the U.S. Justice Department to take further   action in a criminal investigation into accounting   transgressions at the company, the Washington Post reported on   Tuesday.


Japanese electronics giants Matsushita, Hitachi and Canon are mulling an alliance to jointly produce next-generation flat panel displays, news reports said Wednesday.


China signs Web piracy deal with U.S. movie group

China on Friday agreed with the Motion  Picture Association of America and other groups to do more to  tackle copyright piracy on the Internet, the official Xinhua  news agency said. China's National Copyright Administration  said the country would investigate and punish those suspected  of online intellectual property abuses by the movie association  as well as other groups such as the Association of American  Publishers.


Tony Blair has failed to influence US policy, despite UK sacrifices, a report into foreign policy suggests.


The NASD on Wednesday submitted  recommendations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission  to limit the use of soft dollar deals and increase disclosure  about such practices.


Three times former champion Andy Roddick put the dark days of clay behind him on Tuesday to record a confident and comfortable 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Radek Stepanek on the grass at Queen's.


Lawmakers urge space vigilance after China blast

The United States must make clear to  China it intends to defend its space assets and enlist allies  to counter possible threats from China, which recently tested  an anti-satellite missile, U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday.


A prisoner accused of traveling to Afghanistan for military training and staying at an al-Qaida safehouse refused Friday to attend a military review tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


Whatâs Offline: Millionaires by the Millions

There are 9.3 million households in the U.S. with net worths of at least $1 million; bargain hunting on Wall Street; green investing and more.


Sunni residents in a volatile northwest Baghdad neighborhood claimed Friday that revenge-seeking Shiite militiamen had destroyed four Sunni mosques, burned homes and killed many people, while the Shiite-dominated police force stood by and did nothing.


Frazetta bio relied on Macs for DVD release

MacCentral - In 2003, Lance Laspina and Jeremy DiFiore directed and produced a documentary about famed fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, "Frazetta: Painting With Fire." The documentary's production was done entirely on Macs. Now the documentary is available on DVD, and Macs were once again instrumental in creating the two-disc set, according to the director.


Tamils in rebel-held Sri Lanka sick of civil war

KALMADUNAGAR, Sri Lanka  - Thamalin Thirvakumar and her baby son live in a camp for war-displaced in rebel-held north Sri Lanka. Her husband is stuck across an impassable frontier in territory held by the Sri Lankan army.


A Muslim scholar whose work visa was abruptly revoked after he was hired by the University of Notre Dame said Tuesday he has resigned his appointment.


Property bust? Lunar land prices are rocketing

Property investors smarting from this year's housing bust in the United States might do well to look farther afield -- even out of this world.


Traffic picks up again on I-95 after ice forces hundreds off road

RALEIGH, NC - Traffic on Interstate 95 in Wilson and Nash counties picked up again early Monday after stretches of ice from the winter storm prompted hundreds of motorists to spend the night in hotel lobbies and a shelter.


Genes place cancer patientsâ relatives at high risk: new study

A recent study initiated by drug manufacturing company DeCode Genetics of Reykjavik, has come up with startling results. The report was published in âPloS Medicineâ, the on-line journal.


Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances

Two powerlifters from Azerbaijan tested positive for steroids in initial drug tests and are banned for life from the Paralympics. Sara Abbazova, in the 165-pound class, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone


Belgrado, 16:23 - CALCIO, BELGRADO: UCCISO PRESIDENTE DEL BEZANIJA

Goran Mijatovic, trentacinquenne Presidente del club serbo Bezanija (prima divisione) è stato...


Sony, jockeying for better MP3 player market position, adds native ...

Sony has long been of the mindset that they can develop media formats (ie Betamax) which are superior to ones already in the marketplace.


Lebanese minister assassinated in attack on convoy

Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.


The flu vaccine shortage that's stirred worries here and abroad could look mild compared to another public health crisis that might be waiting in the wings.


Cambodian Assembly Ratifies Khmer Rouge Trial Pact

The Cambodian parliament ratified an agreement with the United Nations on Monday on setting up a tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people.


Shops and businesses were shut and traffic was light in many parts of Indian Kashmir on Wednesday as separatists called a strike to mark the 57th anniversary of the start of New Delhi's rule over the region.


Teenage terminations raise abortion rate

Number of abortions in England and Wales rose 3.9% to 193,700 in 2006.


Bin Laden tape may help both Bush and Kerry, at the margins

It focuses attention on the terror war, a Bush strength, but is also a reminder that the Al Qaeda leader remains at large. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


TBILISI -- Four Russian military officers were arrested on spying charges yesterday, and police surrounded a Russian military headquarters here demanding that a fifth Russian officer be handed over to authorities. The operation sparked a furious reaction from Russia, which demanded the officers' release, accusing its southern neighbor of ``a fresh outrage."


The BBC, the world's largest public broadcasting company, announced plans on Tuesday for some of the biggest budget cuts in its 82-year history, slashing at least 10 percent of its staff and more than $550 million.


Prices stabilized somewhat as trading progressed, but all three major American stock indexes remained well into negative territory. Asian markets also dipped amid concerns about the U.S. economy.


US Leading Economic Index Falls for a Fourth Month

The index of leading US economic indicators fell a fourth consecutive month in September, suggesting higher energy prices and slower job creation will limit growth, a private group said.


NEW YORK - When it comes to selecting a wireless phone for myself to use, I have in the past been a bit of a neo-Luddite. Sure, as part of this job I get to play with all the very latest and greatest that


Presidential politics and partisan resentments reached a boil in the Senate Wednesday night, as a heated exchange between Sens. Barack Obama and Lindsey Graham erupted on the chamber floor and continued in a nearby corridor.


Spurs boss Martin Jol leads the calls for video technology in football after their goal is not given at Old Trafford.


Munich set to approve Linux despite patent worries

SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 (REUTERS) - More than a year after Munich declared its intention to abandon Microsoft Windows in favor of open-source rival Linux, city councilors are finally ready to move ahead with the plan.


Renee Zellweger's privacy was disturbed by a truckload of firemen while she was all   cosied up for a night in her New York flat.


HIV can be passed to babies in pre-chewed food

The AIDS virus can be passed from an infected mother to her baby if she pre-chews the child's food as sometimes occurs in developing countries, U.S. government scientists said on Wednesday.


Europe faces tough task in Texas, warns Biancone

The European contingent for the Breeders' Cup flew into Texas last night to be greeted by increasingly stormy weather and a warning that things could be extremely tough


The U.S. trade deficit jumped 6.5 percent to a record $763.6 billion last year as high oil prices and Americans' appetite for foreign-made goods outpaced strong exports.


The bakery chain just doesn't have enough bread.


Penn epidemiological study shows difference in cardiovascular ...

In the first epidemiological study designed and executed specifically to determine the heart-attack risk associated with COX-2 inhibitors rofecoxib (Vioxx) and celecoxib (Celebrex), researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found a


Muslim Leaders Assail PopeÂs Tough Speech on Islam

Some of the strongest words came from Turkey, possibly putting in jeopardy Pope Benedict XVIÂs scheduled visit there in November.


Blog: EMI is now offering DRM-less downloads for iTunes and several Windows Media Audio-based stores. But for real portability, only MP3s will do.


She was taken handcuffed and crying from her home. She was escorted into court disheveled, without makeup, hair askew and face red with tears.


Governor Job Approvals: WV's Manchin Receives Top Marks, OH's Taft Lowest

Rasmussen Reports - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) leads his fellow governors in job approval scores in the most recent Rasmussen Reports survey of voters in 27 states.  Overall, 79% of West Virginia voters say they approve of Manchin and 20% disapprove.


Mourners gathered Tuesday for the cremation of a Dutch filmmaker allegedly slain by a Muslim extremist in an act that led to a string of retaliatory attacks against


THE Ministry of Health yesterday urged Jamaicans to immediately discontinue the use of the arthritis drug Vioxx (refecoxib), which was pulled off the market yesterday by its manufacturer Merck & Co.


In Afghanistan, Explosions Hit Voter Registration Office

A series of bombs went off at a U.N. voter registration office in western Afghanistan, injuring six policemen, setting vehicles ablaze and shattering windows, police and the United Nations said Friday. It was the latest in a string of attacks targeting election workers.


Btp 10 anni 4,29% e triennali al 3,93%, mai cosi' dal 2002


Malawi calls on all of its sexually active population to take an Aids test to help it fight the pandemic.


"Dances With Wolves" star Kevin Costner has married his girlfriend Christine Baumgartner in a ceremony set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado.


Billionaire George Soros intensifies his anti-Bush campaign

Billionaire financier George Soros announced that he was traveling to dozens of US cities and will be mailing two million brochures to voters, trying to convince them to vote against the re-election of President George W. Bush.


UPDATE 4-Whirlpool cuts outlook as oil, steel costs rise

Appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. (WHR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a 4 percent drop in third-quarter earnings and cut its profit forecast for the year, citing rising costs for steel and oil.


Indian shares touch record high, Reliance stocks end lower:

[Business India]: Mumbai, Dec 27 : India's benchmark share market index finished at a new all-time high Monday, crossing the 6,500-mark for the first time as stocks of blue-chip Reliance Industries ended lower in highly volatile trade.


Mandela saddened by rifts in S.Africa's ANC

POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC, torn by the worst rift in its history, on Sunday began a conference expected to put controversial politician Jacob Zuma on track to become the country's next president.


Oracle declined to comment on Conway's removal by PeopleSoft. But in a statement, chairman Jeff Henley said: "We are now looking forward to the trial in Delaware of our claims


Cheaters never win? In video games they do

Anyone who believes that cheaters  never win, obviously isn't a video game fan.


Ice Maker in Talks With Hedge Fund on New Buyout Terms

Reddy Ice Holdings, a producer of packaged ice, said it was in talks to revise a $1.1 billion deal to be bought by GSO Capital Partners.


Finanziaria, Siniscalco annuncia ddl su competitivita'

''Questo governo vuole fare un provvedimento sulla competitivita''. E' il ministro dell'Economia Domenico Siniscalco ad annunciare cosi' l'intenzione dell'esecutivo di varare un provvedimento per ridare impulso all'economia.


Jackson's Neverland bed being searched for DNA?

Santa Barbara police have once again raided Michael Jackson's 2,600 acre Neverland Ranch as a part of their investigation in a child molestation case in which the pop icon is the prime accused.


Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are to tell Labour members that Tory policies would cause economic failure.


Angelo Giuliani, who was behind the plate for Joe DiMaggio's first at-bat in the majors and went on to sign Kent Hrbek as a Minnesota Twins scout, died at 91.


Modena, 19:10 - CALCIO, MODENA: DOPPIA SEDUTA, DIFFERENZIATO PER QUATTRO

Doppio allenamento per il Modena: atletica in mattinata tra campo e palestra, tattica e partitella f...


If it's not tennis elbow, it may be "Wiiitis"

When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday  morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he  had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit  of a couch potato lately.


Apertura prelato alla proposta di legge sulle convivenze


SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Sports Network) - True freshman Darius  Walker ran for 115 yards and a pair of fourth-quarter  touchdowns, leading Notre Dame to a 28-20 victory over  eighth-ranked Michigan at Notre Dame Stadium.


Russian state oil firm Rosneft moved on  Friday to take control of stricken oil major YUKOS's key unit,  Yuganskneftegaz, bought at a controversial auction which YUKOS  is challenging in the U.S. courts.


Georgia shows off force in separatist S. Ossetia, sparks Russian ire

Georgia withdrew its troops from South Ossetia after pouring in tanks and soldiers in a show of force aimed at winning control over the separatist pro-Russia republic.


Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Thursday:


Dollar Tree posts higher quarterly profit

Dollar Tree Stores Inc.  reported a 4.5 percent increase in quarterly profit on Tuesday, meeting Wall Street expectations, helped by strong demand for Halloween merchandise.


âSnicketâ snooze lays its source material to waste

This holiday season is when we discover if the many, many fans of the Lemony Snicket series of books are as exacting in their critique of the novelsâ film adaptation as are fans of Harry Potter.


BHP may have to sweeten Rio bid: fund manager

BHP Billiton's  might have to  sweeten its $147.4 billion bid for rival miner Rio Tinto   to win over shareholders, one fund manager said on  Wednesday.


Study: Red Wine Slows Lung Cancer, White Raises Risk

Drinking red wine could protect against  lung cancer, but white wine may increase the risk, Spanish  scientists said on Thursday.


Gates' step-back pressures Microsoft execs

Bill Gates' decision to give up day-to-day duties at Microsoft Corp. puts more pressure on Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie and other executives to figure out the company's place in an industry increasingly focused on Internet-based services championed by Google Inc. and others.


Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the third quarter as deep discounts on flat-panel televisions and computer hardware and software cut into profit margins. It also lowered its full-year sales outlook and shares fell more than 16 percent.


More British Airways flights were canceled Wednesday after thousands were stranded by canceled flights at London's Heathrow Airport because of staff shortages at the airline.


Explosion wounds at least two people at an airport in Kenya

An explosion went off Sunday at an airport in Kenya's capital, wounding at least two people Sunday and prompting authorities to seal off the facility to air traffic, witnesses said.


Notary-Public Penalty for Legal Advice OK'D

A bill to create a criminal penalty for notary publics who advertise themselves as lawyers received unanimous support in the House Monday.  The bill, a subsitute version of SB166 sponsored by Sen.


Verizon Offers FiOS Customers 20Mbit Uploads

Further upping the ante in its effort to steal customers from cable providers, Verizon unveiled out a new high-speed symmetrical plan for its FiOS Internet service. Subscribers will have both 20Mbit/sec download and 20Mbit/sec upload speeds - something that is unheard of in the industry.


Zucchine 'innocenti', morta per emorragia l'anziana di S. Giovanni in Persiceto

Bologna, 18 agosto 2004 - Potrebbere essere stato uno choc ipovolemico, ossia un'emorragia interna dovuta a un rene lesionato, la causa della morte di Alma Bettoni l'anziana di 88 anni deceduta all'ospedale di San Giovanni in Perticeto (Bologna) il 15 ...


Pentagon releases new numbers on abuse cases

SAN DIEGO The Pentagon says it's punished a total of 130 troops for abusing prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay. Officials say the vast majority of the cases, about 100 of them, involve the Army.


Riding high after winning the season's first five Car of Tomorrow races, Hendrick Motorsports was laid low yesterday when NASCAR officials dropped the hammer on the team for rules violations last Friday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.


Isikoff: Gonzales Gone But Not Forgotten

Embattled attorney general Alberto Gonzales finally calls it quits. But Justice Department investigators and Democrats in Congress aren't nearly done with him yet.


MEPs Ponder Compromise over Anti-Gay Commissioner

A political compromise to save the job of the new European Commissioner who thinks homosexuality is a sin was put to Euro MPs in Brussels today.


Cambodia Approves Tribunal for Khmer Rouge Leaders

fter years of delays, the Cambodian Parliament ratified an agreement with the United Nations today to create an international tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for


David Prentice, a senior fellow with the Family Research Council, appeared before a Senate committee this fall to share some good news about stem cells.


Sell your personal data and receive tax cuts

Bracknell Forest head lobbies for data sharing incentive The leader of Bracknell Forest BC has suggested people who allow their data to be sold to marketing firms could receive council tax cuts.â¦


Giovanni van Bronckhorst tells BBC Sport he wants to avoid a Premiership side in the Champions League draw.


EU and U.S. trade charges of blocking Bali talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.


The Right Confronts Rice Over North Korea Policy

A dispute has erupted between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and conservative lawmakers over her pursuit of diplomacy with North Korea.


Suicide attack kills 13; 7 US Marines die in combat in Iraq

A suicide car bomber linked to al-Qaida killed 13 people just outside Baghdad's Green Zone today, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture.


Is the country better prepared to prevent a repeat of last August's deadly crisis?


Blood droplets around the body of a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death with a lawmaker's gun indicate the boy shot himself, an investigator said at a coroner's inquest Thursday.


New Fitness Instruction: Sing the Body Eclectic

The world of âHow to Look Good Nakedâ is a happy and optimistic place where no one is overweight, but everyone suffers from a curable form of body dysmorphia.


Britain's blackest day in Afghanistan: 14 troops die in plane crash

British troops in Afghanistan suffered their biggest loss of life in a single incident when an aeroplane flying on a NATO mission crashed, killing 14 people on board.


China's second manned space flight will be conducted by two astronauts over five days in 2005. "Shenzhou-VI will be blasted into space sometime next year," said Zuo Saichun, a


Microsoftâs proposed mega-bid for Yahoo is based on its own particular corporate needs and may not be a harbinger of rampant deal-making in Silicon Valley.


The trial is to begin shortly of three  Americans accused of torture and  hostage-taking in Afghanistan.


High Court Affirms Plan To Reduce Power to Gaza

JERUSALEM, Jan. 30 -- Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's decision to reduce fuel and electricity deliveries to the Gaza Strip as a form of "economic warfare" against the armed Hamas group in control there.


Apple Inc  is expected to  unveil new iPods this week, injecting fresh excitement into the  product line at a time when defections by partners have shown  cracks in its digital music dominance.


Square Feet | Spotlight: Midtownâs Biggest Fans May Be Foreign Buyers

Buoyed by the strong economies and currencies in their own countries, foreign investors now see an opportunity to scoop up coveted Manhattan real estate.


"Hey, everybody, there's a gunman on campus, we're on lockdown!" Those were the words I heard as I sat in my office a week ago Friday at The University of Kansas. My supervisor shouted the words as he came out of his office moments after we had finished our weekly staff meeting.


Christopher Reeve Appears in Stem Cell Advert

The paralysed actor stars in a new TV commercial in support of a California ballot measure that would devote 3 billion (Â£1.7 billion) to stem cell experiments.


Pakistan says 11 alleged militants have been arrested since security forces killed leading al-Qaeda suspect Amjad Farooqi on Sunday.


Repairs to the oxygen generator onboard the International Space Station seemed to work, but then failed the following day. Astronauts are again limited to backup oxygen supplies. By Amit Asaravala.


British opposition politicians are demanding the government clarify plans for the nation's troops in Iraq, Sky News reported Saturday.


Maricopa County's public health director reversed his decision Wednesday and plans to order 22,000 doses of flu vaccine, enough to cover almost all of the at-risk residents who had requested shots through a county lottery.


Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. HNZ.N on  Tuesday reported a 9 percent drop in quarterly profit after  spinning off some brands, but demand for new items like Ore-Ida  Extra Crispy fries helped to boost sales.


One might imagine, similarly, that teenage moviegoers would see less television than their more movie-averse peers.  But that is not so, according to data from IMMI.


Manifestazione si svolge all'esterno su scale Rettorato


A bomb tore through a moving train in India's remote northeast Thursday, killing five passengers and wounding four others, officials said. A little-known militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.


Death now pervades what was once a tourist idyll

The number of fatalities in Thailand almost doubled yesterday as the full extent of the carnage the tsunami had wreaked on an idyllic coast packed with expensive resorts became clearer.


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M&S says food sales down since last update

UK retailer Marks and Spencer said this morning that clothing and home sales had been steady in the two week period since the last trading update, but food sales had been slightly lower.


Man City ban Ben Thatcher for six matches, two suspended, and fine him six weeks' wages for his challenge on Pedro Mendes.


U.S. Medicare to Test Out Paying for Flu Drugs

Medicare will test the idea of  paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch  influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the  elderly said on Friday.


Ugandan second coming wows the crowds Large crowds gathered yesterday around a mobile phone mast in the northern Ugandan town of Gulu after locals spotted Jesus Christ atop the structure, Kampala's The Monitor reports.â¦


Tuesday, November 9, 2004 will likely go down in the history books as the day the browser wars officially started. Obviously things happened before today to get us to the point where there was a real, legitimate


Hot and Bothered Australian Spiders Head Indoors

Australians have been warned: angry arachnids are heading indoors.


SpiralFrog signs licensing agreement with Sony/ATV

Ad-supported music service SpiralFrog  said on Monday it had signed a licensing agreement to offer  compositions from Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC via its Web  site.


'Alexander' Evokes Parallels to Politics

Although he lived 2,300 years ago, Alexander the Great may have something to say about current American politics. Oliver Stone's "Alexander" has rekindled interest and prompted a wave of books, TV documentaries and magazine articles about the young warrior-king, who conquered most of the known world by leading his armies from Greece to the Middle East and across to Asia and India.


TRENO DERAGLIA NEL TARANTINO, 6 FERITI E DECINE DI CONTUSI

Taranto - Un treno merci toccando le ultime carrozze di un Intercity partito da Crotone e diretto a Torino lo ha fatto parzialmente deragliare ad un paio di chilometri dalla stazione di Palagianello. Due carrozze


EADS boss faces grilling over controversial share deals

EADS co-chief executive Noel Forgeard is being questioned by France's parliamentary finance committee on why he sold millions of euros' worth of shares in the European aerospace group just before it announced delays in deliveries of its Airbus A380 superjumbo.


Nigerian rebels in 'civil war' threat to oil firms

Nigeria launched an offensive yesterday against a separatist rebel group that has told multinational oil companies to shut their installations by tomorrow ahead of "an all-out war on the Nigerian state".


A prominent German state governor said Thursday that immigrants should abide by the country's customs and speak its language.


State of the Art: How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry

Three new services from Google, Yahoo and Teleflip can forward e-mail to ordinary cellphones.


ClearCube Shatters PC Blade Distance Barrier to Enhance IT Disaster Recovery and Security Benefits of Centralized Desktops With Release of I9400 Series

SIFMA Technology Management Conference & Exhibit -- ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized computing solutions, today announced new technology that eliminates the distance barrier long associated with delivering full-performance video from centralized PC blades.


France, EU offer Pakistan help in Bhutto probe

France and the European Union on Wednesday offered Pakistan help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.


Here are today's Battleground Dispatches Ã¢ÂÂ a roundup of what is going on right now in the year's hottest races, based on reports from local and national media.


ASIA/TERRASANTA - I Salesiani e il muro di Betlemme: i popoli compiano scelte di pace e fratellanza Betlemme (Agenzia Fides) - Il muro di separazione costruito in Terrasanta continua a portare sofferenze alla popolazione civile e anche disagi alle comunitÃ  religiose presenti nel territorio. In seguito allÂavvio dei lavori per la costruzione del Mur...


Oil Prices Hit Peaks on Winter Supply Woes

Oil prices rallied to a record above  $55 a barrel Monday on concerns over a winter fuel supply  crunch, and as traders took comments from a top U.S. official  to mean high prices have yet to really dent U.S. demand.


Orange data users spend a day disconnected The Orange mobile phone network lost its data connectivity yesterday over most of the country.â¦


Il 2008 quarto anno consecutivo di calo di tariffe


Three banks were robbed while President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry were speaking just blocks away from one another Wednesday morning.


Funerali forse venerdi', stampa mondiale celebra campione


Credit Agricole third-quarter profit jumps 70 pct on lower provisions

French bank Credit Agricole posted a better-than-expected 70.9 percent surge in third-quarter net profit thanks to lower provisions and despite an overall decline in revenues.


Economy grows by 0.7 percent in third quarter

Britain has recorded 0.7 percent in economic growth for the third quarter over the previous quarter and 2.7 percent for the year, the office for National Statistics said in its second estimate.


Celebrities back singer over Venezuela concert

More than 100 celebrities from the singer Shakira to soccer star David Beckham backed a Spanish pop star in a dispute with Venezuela after a concert was canceled following his criticism of President Hugo Chavez.


Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.


China says confirmed death toll in mine explosion jumps to 129

BEIJING  - The death toll from China's worst coal mine accident in four years rose to 129 on Wednesday, the government said, as rescuers searched for 19 more missing miners.


As of Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at least 3,084 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,480 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Children's minister Beverley Hughes pulls out of a speech in which she was set to call for four weeks paid paternity leave.


German Law Seeks to Maintain the Stateâs Role in Volkswagen

Under a draft of the law, Volkswagen could make major  changes only with approval of shareholders representing one share more than 80 percent of its share capital.


Rival Palestinian forces begin new ceasefire in Gaza

Rival Palestinian security forces began withdrawing from parts of Gaza City and freeing hostages under a new ceasefire deal on Tuesday after a day of gun battles and abductions in which six fighters were killed.


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

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


Winter storm cools U.S. Valentine's ardor

Winter iced romance for millions of Americans on Wednesday as a Valentine's Day storm disrupted the annual hearts and flowers festival from Midwestern states to the Atlantic shore and southern Canada.


CapitaLand Buys Six China Malls With Wal-Mart Outlets

CapitaLand Ltd., Singapore's biggest developer by sales, agreed to pay S$196 million ($120 million) for stakes in six malls in China that have Wal-Mart Stores Inc.


December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report by internetnews.com, Microsoft  has released the second community technology preview for SQL Server 2005.


A string of Indian islands were rattled by aftershocks today while emergency aid was rushed to survivors of the tsunami waves that killed at least 4,300 people along the nationâs south-eastern coast.


Deal on health care helps get Ottawa off the funding hook

The initial reaction from commentators to the outcome of this week's first ministers' conference on health care was that Prime Minister Paul Martin was the loser in the deal.


The smartphone maker said Tuesday that it swung to a loss in its fiscal second quarter as revenue fell and expenses rose.


Roma, 15:09 - CALCIO, SERIE A: ANTICIPI E POSTICIPI 21/A-29/A GIORNATA

La Lega calcio ha definito il programma degli anticipi e dei posticipi del campionato di serie A com...


Iraqi Leaders Plan to Meet Insurgents in Jordan

The interim Iraqi government plans to meet soon in Jordan with rebel leaders to try to persuade them to take part in politics.


Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) filed seven lawsuits against senders of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, for transmitting messages without labeling them as sexually explicit


NFL: Roethlisberger Leads Steelers to 12th Straight Win

Super rookie Ben Roethlisberger threw for a touchdown and Jeff Reed kicked four field goals to help the Pittsburgh Steelers slip past the New York Giants 33-30 and collect a team record 12th consecutive win.


Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday.  The queen will use the popular video-sharing Web site to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, ...


She arrived at 6.15 am, Friday at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp, according to an announcement by the US Bureau of Prisons. She put out the news first, on her Marthatalks.


US hopes to import 5.2 million flu shots

The US will import 5.2 million flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany if plants there pass inspection, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday.


Itâs no Magic vs. Jordan or Jordan vs. Barkley or Barkley vs. Bird or Bird vs. Jordan, but there hasnât been rivalries like that in the NBA for more than a decade.


Samples from dead Nigerian in UK for H5N1 tests

Samples from a dead Nigerian woman believed to be sub-Saharan Africa's first fatality from bird flu arrived on Thursday at a laboratory in Britain for testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.


Insurgents bomb embassy row in Baghdad residential district

Insurgents blew up an explosives-laden fuel tanker in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood Friday. A huge fireball lit up the night sky and set several buildings


Film rental firm Blockbuster says it will rent only Blu-ray high-definition DVDs at 1,450 of its US stores.


Marbury Powers U.S. Over Spain; Coaches Square Off

Officials had to separate the U.S. and  Spanish coaches when an argument erupted at the end of the game  as the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the Olympic men's  basketball quarter-finals Thursday.


Correa ahead in poll on eve of Ecuador election

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador  - Leftist presidential candidate Rafael Correa pulled ahead in a poll on Saturday, a day before Ecuadorean voters decide whether he or banana mogul Alvaro Noboa will be the country's eighth ruler in a decade.


Iran on Wednesday summoned a Swiss diplomat who represents American interests here to protest the U.S. forces' detention of eight Iranians, including two diplomats, in Baghdad, the Foreign Ministry said.


We zero in on some of the best utilities stocks.


British investigators looking into the disappearance of a group of Britons affiliated with their country's embassy examined two abandoned, bullet-riddled embassy cars in a remote Ethiopian village Monday.


Court: make currency recognizable to blind

The U.S. government discriminates against blind people because American currency is not designed to be distinguishable to visually impaired people, a federal judge said on Tuesday.


Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has hired globetrotting activist Jesse Jackson as a senior advisor to his campaign in hopes of shoring up the black vote, officials said.


July 13, 1977: Massive Blackout Plunges New York Into Rioting

Consolidated Edison learns the hard way that Mother Nature always gets her way, and the Big Apple pays the price with a crippling power failure.


World AIDS Day today aims to celebrate progress made against the global epidemic that has killed 30 million in two decades and left 40 million more infected.


Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP

Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:Symfony Project: Book preview: read the Unit Tests chapterWebCheatSheet.com: Secure File Upload with PHPMichi Kono's Blog: The Best PHP Book Out ThereThe Bakery: Basic User Authentication in (CakePHP) 1.2.xPHPBuilder.com: Dynamic XML with PHPDavid Coallier's Blog: Zend_Db Without PDO part #3 (SVN Repository)?Community News: PHPLondon Conference 2007 AnnouncedMatthew O'Phinney's Blog: Overloading arrays in PHP 5.2.0Ilia Alshanetsky's Blog: 5.2.1 RC3 Released for testingJob Posting: Telio Telecom AS Seeks Senior Web Developer (Oslo, Norway)The Bakery: LightTPD and CakePHP setup in subdirectoriesJob Posting: Yahoo! Seeks Address Book Front-End Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)HowTo Forge: PHP Programming BasicsJob Posting: Blue State Digital Seeks PHP/AJAX developer for politcal/tech consulting (Boston, MA)Zend Developer Zone:  AJAX Chat Tutorial Part 7 : Usability Improvements


Ailene Voisin: Softball team medal - and heart - of gold

US players score a poignant win for coach Mike Candrea, whose wife died just before the Athens Games began. By Ailene Voisin -- Bee Sports Columnist.


Chicago to Sell City-Related Items on eBay

City officials hope there are people willing to pay plenty of money to own a vintage Playboy Bunny costume, toss green dye into the Chicago River or throw a dinner party prepared by Oprah Winfrey's chef.


"Gardens" a compelling child-abuse drama

BERLIN  - Films about social issues usually exude the deadly aura of good intention and earnest edification, but Damian Harris zones in on his characters in "Gardens of the Night." The film gives vivid reality to those photos of disappeared children on milk cartons by letting us peek into the lives of two abducted children subjected to sexual abuse and then prostitution.


Fujimori to be extradited to Peru to face charges

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori lost his fight on Friday to avoid extradition from Chile and was to be taken to Lima to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption dating from his 1990-2000 rule.


Premier chiama da Usa durante riunione capigruppo Camere


Ex-friends to live another 'Simple Life'

Fans of "The Simple Life" will be seeing more of ex-friends Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. E! Entertainment Television will air a fifth season of the reality-style series, which shows the tabloid-ready celebutantes thrown into everyday situations with real people, the network announced Tuesday.


Mashups and SOA are part of the same continuum that links the new Web 2.0 components with business information and services.  Mashups provide a quick and easy way to solve many of today's simple business problems.


The news that Jaguar is to end vehicle assembly at Browns Lane and invite several hundred employees to apply for what parent company Ford likes to call "voluntary separation" prompted the great and good to shrug their shoulders and remark, rather lamely


Uccide la moglie e la butta nel cassonetto

FOGGIA - Â«Arrestatemi perchÃ© ho ucciso mia moglieÂ». Con queste parole un operaio di 60 anni emigrato in Germania, da qualche settimana in vacanza nel suo paese dâorigine, Torre Mileto, si Ã¨ presentato


Few Hispanics in New Hampshire, But Richardson's Out to Claim Them

Bill Richardson aspires to become the first Hispanic elected president of the United States, but rarely emphasized his ethnicity during the Ã¢ÂÂexploratoryÃ¢ÂÂ phase of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination. As a result, polls showed most voters Ã¢ÂÂ and even most Hispanics Ã¢ÂÂ where unaware that the Ã¢ÂÂAngloÃ¢ÂÂ-surnamed governor of New Mexico is Hispanic.


Britain's Brown Tours Africa Slum, Plants Tree

British finance minister Gordon Brown  visited one of Africa's largest slums on Wednesday at the start  of a tour of the continent aimed at making the fight against  poverty a top priority for the world's richest nations.


Candace Parker and Shannon Bobbitt each scored 13 points and No. 3 Tennessee jumped out to a 16-0 lead en route to beating South Carolina 72-36 Thursday night.


By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News  While Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs is remaining silent on a personal-injury lawsuit filed against him, lawyers for the polygamist church's financial arm are registering their objections.


Alert issued about organic chicken sold in UK

Britain's Food Standards Agency issued an alert Wednesday about the discovery of a potentially cancer causing drug in chicken being sold by supermarkets.


Harry Redknapp's Southampton will entertain his old club Portsmouth in the FA Cup fourth round.


Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces — shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.


Quarterback's Slump Doesn't Faze Steelers

The big plays don't come as regularly, and neither do the deep pass completions. He has led only two touchdown drives and was sacked 11 times the last two weeks even while facing losing-record opponents.


Guerrillas Kill Two US Soldiers in Iraq's Mosul

Guerrillas attacked a US patrol in Mosul on Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding four, the US military said on Sunday.


China to Open Fund to Invest Currency Reserves

Analysts say that the agency is set to begin life as one of the worldâs biggest funds with over $1 trillion.


Fischer Appeals to Powell to Help Him Renounce U.S. Citizenship

Former chess champion Bobby Fischer announced plans Monday to marry a leading Japanese chess official and appealed to Secretary of State Colin Powell to help him renounce U.S. citizenship, the latest in a series of moves as he seeks to block attempts to deport him to the United States.


The Washington Post was viewed as the front-runner to buy Slate since Microsoft put it up for auction in July. Slate will continue to be available on MSN through links on the MSN portal under a separate agreement


His political career up in flames and his employment prospects uncertain, James E. McGreevey faces a difficult future once he steps down as New Jersey's 51st governor.


Schmidt, Josephine T.  (Nee Matsche) Born to Eternal Life on Wed., Dec. 6, 2006, age 71 years. Beloved wife of the late Ervin. Loving mother of Michael (Sandra) and Allen. Dear grandmother of the late Nicholas. Step- grandmother of Shana Styer.


The nations seeking to halt Iran's nuclear activities are working out a new deadline for the Islamic republic and have authorized the European Union's foreign policy chief to go anywhere at any time to meet ...Comment


Revenues in key sectors of the U.S. services industry grew in the second quarter, the government said on Monday in a new survey aimed at measuring growth in the giant tranche of the economy.


CriticsÂ Choice: New CDÂs: All That Success Is Hard on a Girl

Reviews of BeyoncÃ©Âs second solo album, ÂBÂDay,Â Tego CalderÃ³n, ÂThe Underdog,Â AudioslaveÂs ÂRevelationsÂ and more.


Surgery went smoothly yesterday for Carl and Clarence Aguirre, the formerly conjoined twins, who returned to Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx for a skin graft to fill in bald areas of their scalps.


Boise State is held scoreless in the second half as the Broncos lose their first game since 2005, falling, 24-10, at Washington.


New York, 10:24 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL).


AFRICA/BENIN - Nomina del Vescovo di Abomey CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI, in data 20 dicembre 2007, ha nominato Vescovo di Abomey (Benin) il Rev.do EugÃ¨ne Cyrille HoundÃ©kon, del clero di Cotonou, Segretario Generale della Conferenza Episcopale del Benin. ...


Press Freedom Under Threat Most In Asia, Mid-East: Report

Paris, Oct. 27 (NNN) : A report from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has put Press freedom under most under threat in Asia and the Middle East.


Everton salvaged a 1-1 tie at Middlesbrough on Sunday behind a goal by Tim Cahill and moved within three points of third-place Manchester United in the Premier League.


The Bangladeshi authorities detain four senior academics as a curfew is relaxed after student riots.


Santiago - Asia-Pacific leaders opened a crucial annual summit in Chile on Saturday, determined to pile pressure on North Korea to buckle in a nuclear weapons crisis and to crack international terrorism.


Australia plans to strengthen immigration law with tough tests on language and culture.


Toyota sees 2008 global output expanding

Toyota Motor Corp  expects its global production in 2008 to expand to about 9.9 million vehicles, about 500,000 units more than the projection for this year, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.


Iraqi civilians join raid on al Qaeda base

Civilians helped coalition and Iraqi forces conduct a massive raid on an al Qaeda hideout in the town of Sherween, leaving 20 suspected terrorists dead and 20 more in coalition custody, the U.S. military said Wednesday.


IN-FORM opener Justin Langer believes Australia should resist the temptation to let speedster Brett Lee loose in next week's first Test against Pakistan in Perth and instead stick with their miserly fast-bowling attack.


Kidman in dolce attesa e le dimissioni del senatore a vita. Il Cavaliere, Gallagher, le gambe della Brook i protagonisti del giorno


Joey Porter, the vocal pass-rushing linebacker, was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday.


Family splits, illness and moving home were all found to aggravate youngstersâ asthma, leading to a worsening of symptoms and more asthma attacks.


Japan Princess Turns 3 Amid Legal Issues

Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's imperial heir, marked her third birthday Wednesday amid speculation about legal changes that would allow her to one day ascend the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne.


Beatles' Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies

The guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his Dutch home overnight, aides said on Wednesday. He was said to be 91.


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

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


Schilling to Clemens: Give Back Cy Young Awards

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards heâs won since 1997 if he canât clear his name from allegations that he used steroids.


School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new study reports.


Lights go off in Iceland, clouds dim sky for star gazers

Iceland's capital and several towns  plunged into darkness on Thursday as street lights were turned  off for people to get a better view of the night sky.


The US Central Intelligence Agency indicated it is relatively certain that the voice on an audiotape aired by Al-Jazeera is that of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, an intelligence official said on Tuesday.


Coordinate, coordinate, coordinate Microsoft's security practices seem to be rubbing off on Sun Microsystems as the company is changing the way it updates and secures Java.â¦


Company hopes to lure QuickBooks users to its revamped small business app.


Blog: The software maker detailed its pricing for the "Live" version of its CRM software, as well as more information on the cut partners will get for selling it.


Two Russian passenger jets crashed within minutes of each other Tuesday night, one of them sending out a hijack or seizure signal just before crashing.


New Book on Macromolecules Investigates Industrial Polymers and Syntheses

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46986)  has announced the addition of "Macromolecules:  Volume 2: Industrial Polymers and Syntheses"  to their offering.


Some 20 people have stayed in temporary shelter after fire devastated the markets area of Camden,  north London.


Odyssey Health cuts earnings view on more competition

NEW YORK - Odyssey Healthcare Inc. stock plunged to a new low Monday after the hospice operator cut its full-year earnings estimate and said it was the target of a US Justice Department investigation.


Shares in computer firm Dell rise 5% on the news that founder Michael Dell has returned to lead the firm.


Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr signaled that he would accept pleas to dissolve his militia and vacate the sacred Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, but asked for time for further negotiations.


Racist graffiti painted on homes in Belfast

Several non-national families in a loyalist area of north Belfast are considering whether to relocate today following overnight racist attacks on their homes.


Update: U.S. agency bars some Qualcomm imports

(InfoWorld) - The U.S. International Trade Commission barred the import of future models of phones using Qualcomm third-generation chips, marking a blow to the vendor in itsÂ ongoing intellectual property battle with Broadcom. New models of phones and personal digital assistants that hit the market after Thursday and that include certain Qualcomm chips can't be imported to the U.S., according to the order. The Commission decided to limit the ban to forthcoming phones because banning all phones with Qualcomm chips would have been against public interest and could hurt the economy and U.S. consumers, it said in a statement. The decision to only focus on future devices was a compromise. Banning all phones would be a "great burden" to companies that may not have enough other products to choose from, the ITC said. However, banning only the chips and not actual phones wouldn't offer much relief to Broadcom as not many chips are imported. The compromise was designed to be acceptable to companies that buy the phones while still offering relief to Broadcom, the ITC said. The move follows aÂ Commission finding late last yearÂ that Qualcomm had infringed on a Broadcom patent that relates to power management. The patented technology helps save battery life when a mobile phone can't find a wireless signal. Broadcom has said that essentially all third-generation EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) and WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) phones use it. The ban follows a hearing before the ITC that happened on May 21. During the hearing, Broadcom and Qualcomm were allowed to argue the merits of a ban. Broadcom asked the commission to ban all handsets with Qualcomm's WCDMA and EV-DO chips, excluding smartphones, PDAs, and laptop cards. Qualcomm asked the commission to consider the effect such a ban would have on consumers and emergency response agencies. The ban is effective immediately and becomes final in 60 days. The ITC case is just one of many between the two companies in their ongoing argument over patent violations. Last week,Â a jury found that Qualcomm had infringed on three other Broadcom patents, awarding Broadcom $19.6 million in damages. Qualcomm plans to challenge the ruling. The companies have also recentlyÂ dismissed other patent infringement cases against each other. Qualcomm faces legal challenges from other camps as well,Â an indication of how much these companies believe is at stake in the wireless industry. Qualcomm is separately embroiled inÂ a series of legal maneuvers with Nokia, which claims that the chip maker charges too much in licensing fees. A licensing agreement between the two expired in February, and they have yet to hammer out a new one.


CHICAGO - US employers' announced job-cut plans jumped 41 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, suggesting that employment growth is not picking up after a slowdown in the second quarter, a private survey found.


Now free, Jenkins arrives to live on Japanese island with family

US deserter and former Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins arrived Tuesday on a remote Japanese island, where he said he hoped to "live my remaining days with my wife and children.


Colombian rebels release a video of  seven hostages urging the government  to make a deal to free them.


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Everton Stays in Fourth Following Win Over Reading

Phil Jagielka scores his first Premier League goal for Everton in a 1-0 victory over visiting Reading, strengthening his team's hold on fourth place.


Oro in calo in Asia a 623,20 dollari l'oncia


Progress Software produces results in a tough market, but investors really don't care.


Police chief warns Iranian women to watch out for cameras hidden in places where they undress.


Rocket Rides Into History With 350th Win

Roger Clemens reached a rare milestone, pitching eight innings of two-hit ball to lead the Yankees past the Twins, 5-1, on Monday night.


Chennai Journal: Tackling a Societyâs Boundaries, on TV and in a Family

When it is first broadcast later this month, âIppadikku Roseâ (âYours, Roseâ) is expected to cause a sensation, introducing Indiaâs first transgender celebrity to television.


White House slams carpooling, new road fees better

Carpooling won't do much to reduce U.S. highway congestion in urban areas, and a better solution would be to build new highways and charge drivers fees to use them, the White House said on Monday.


Quarta lettera: 'inutile blindarti, in un attimo salti'


Citing Weak Housing Market, Home Depot and Sears Lower Estimates

As sales of home improvement items fall and consumer confidence weakens, retailers are starting to feel the effects of the housing slump.


Whatever other accolades the Nintendo Wii might receive, it has already grabbed the title of this season's Scarcest Electronic Gift. Retailers and desperate parents alike tell similar tales of Wiis being sold so quickly that sightings of new shipments are big news.


Democratic State Sen. Barack Obama trounced Republican candidate Alan Keyes in the contest to become the United States' only black senator.


BERLIN  - The Berlin Film Festival jury took center stage Thursday as president Paul Schrader promised 10 days of mostly congenial debate over who will win this year's Golden Bear.


A union with ties to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton failed in court Thursday to prevent casino workers from caucusing at special precincts on the Las Vegas strip.


Clippers beat Hornets 100-91 in overtime

Bobby Simmons tied a career high with 30 points, Rick Brunson scored 11 of his 18 points in overtime and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Hornets 100-91 in overtime Tuesday night after blowing a 21-point, third-quarter


Drugs and therapy aid depressed kids, study says

The best treatment for depressed adolescents is a combination of Prozac and talk therapy, although the antidepressant carries a risk that some patients might harm themselves or others, concluded a study released yesterday.


eBay executive jailed over obscene listing

The recent arrest of Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of eBay Inc's Indian shopping portal site Baazee.com, has industry and business leaders worried about the impact on India's booming technology sector.


Drug giant Merck pulled its painkiller Vioxx because it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Now the company may face thousands of lawsuits.


Arafat allowed to step out for treatment

Palestinian President Yasir Arafat has received Israeli permission to leave his Ram Allah headquarters and receive medical treatment in a hospital in the West Bank city.


Fred Ebb, the lyricist who wrote Chicago and the classic song New York, New York, dies of a heart attack.


Report: Militants Demand Cleric's Release

A militant group claiming to have kidnapped two Indonesian women demanded Jakarta free a Muslim cleric accused of heading an al-Qaida-linked group, the Arab news station Al-Jazeera reported Saturday. But the cleric said he wanted no such thing.


Afghans foil 'catastrophic' attack on southern city

KANDAHAR - Afghan troops foiled an attempt to blow up a fuel truck in the city of Kandahar in what the governor said could have been a "catastrophic" attack to disrupt a landmark election.


Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of Beslan, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school siege that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader.


"Who are you?": Blair's first mobile phone message

It's not often that former British prime  minister Tony Blair is not recognized. But his first foray into  the world of mobile phone messaging left one friend puzzled.


The season once held so much promise. There were gold medal dreams, Grand Slam possibilities and aspirations of continued dominance.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- With his popularity in free fall and his options narrowing, indications grew Tuesday that Gen. Pervez Musharraf would soon give up his role as army chief in a bid to remain Pakistan's president.


BAGHDAD: A Turkish shipping magnate and three others were kidnapped as violence in Iraq yesterday claimed six more lives. A Turkish private NTV television channel said that the kidnappers have demanded a $25 million (BD9.5m) ransom.


Judge Says Lay, Enron Execs Must Face Trial Together

A federal court on Tuesday ruled that  former Enron Corp. chairman Ken Lay should be tried alongside  former executives Jeffrey Skilling and Richard Causey on  charges linked to the disgraced energy company's collapse.


U.S. expert panel urges regulation of tobacco

The Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel recommended on Thursday.


Graves filled 100 years ago can be deepened and re-used six times under changes to ease pressure on cemeteries.


A-Rod returns to Yankees starting lineup

Alex Rodriguez returned to the starting lineup for the New York Yankees on Friday night, though his status for next week's All-Star game remained uncertain.


Graduates earn on average about a quarter more than  people who leave school after A-levels, research suggests.


New lease of life for title-hungry Watney

Relishing the freedom of having secured his PGA Tour playing privileges for next season, Nick Watney surged into contention for the Greensboro Classic in North Carolina on Thursday.


Chiron Flu Vaccine From UK Isn't Safe, FDA Says

All of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine lots in the UK, where the company's plant was shut down by regulators, are unsafe, said Lester Crawford, acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration.


Kerry: Greenspan Warning Is Wake-Up Call

SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 27, 2004 - Democrat John Kerry's presidential campaign said Friday that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's warning of a looming crisis for Social Security and Medicare should be


Creating Web apps at iPhone Developer Camp

Blog: About 300 developers, testers, designers and people with or without an iPhone work on new Web applications.


Boston Scientific introduces 2d-generation coronary stent

Boston Scientific Corp. has introduced the Taxus Liberte coronary stent, the second generation of its market-leading product, to 18 countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Natick company expects to launch the product in Europe this year. In the United States, the product is in the clinical-trial phase of regulatory approval.


Thieves took the families of two bank executives hostage and forced the executives to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a


Protagonista incidente in cui nel 2002 mori' il cantante


In between years: innovation trends and snippets

Media out-forecast each other with predictions of consumer and marketing trends for 2008: consumer trends, advertising and marketing trends, brand trends, fashion trends, IT trends, marketing trends for small and medium-sized companies.


Mexicans Miss Money From Relatives Up North

After years of strong increases, the amount of migrant money flowing to Mexico has stagnated.


Eminem Set for Another Big Week on U.S. Charts

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums that reached stores  ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and  raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.


U.S. industrial output growth nearly stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities nearly swamped a solid performance in factories, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.


Confucius reenters China's schools to parry Western ways

Cultural heritage lessons help the Chinese join the world economic scene without completely absorbing Western cultural values.


TEENAGERS Yasmine Regis-Moses and Samantha Hynes are jetting off to Australia after being selected for the English Commonwealth Youth Games team.


Depressed? The company just may want to help

Work is likely the last place an employee might go to seek help for depression, but employees who took part in a workplace intervention program had fewer symptoms and were far more productive, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


World's Beer Fans Meet for Annual Munich Binge

International squads of beer drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young and old converged in Munich on Saturday for the start of the planet's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest.


JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 -- While this week's trip represents the first time President Bush has been to Israel as president, it is not the first time he's ever been here. Bush came here for what turned out to be an enormously important trip in 1998 when he was Texas governor, as he recalled during the a...


2 teens expelled over bomb at Ga. school

Two prep school students have been expelled for bringing a homemade bomb made of firecrackers, BBs and metal shavings to school.


Financial planning challenge looms large for those in military

DALLAS -- One of the goals of financial planning is to be prepared as much as possible for the uncertainties of the future.


New documentary indicts US as co-defendant with Saddam

What if Saddam Hussein were to have a genuinely fair trial? That is the central question of a hard-hitting documentary to be aired on French television.


Warner boss sees rebound despite CD sales decline

Warner Music Group Corp's  Chief Executive said on Monday the music company's business was poised to rebound as it tapped new revenue streams to counter the decline in sales of traditional CDs.


EU's Mandelson seeks WTO deal, but not on 'any terms'

The European Union cannot accept an agreement to resolve WTO free-trade talks on "any terms," EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Tuesday after France promised to veto any deal threatening French agriculture.


U.S. can't stay for long in Afghanistan: Hekmatyar

An Afghan warlord on a U.S. wanted list has said the United States does not have the capacity to stay for long in Afghanistan and he predicts it will pull out at the same time as it withdraws from Iraq.


Davenport and Sharapova to light up Melbourne

Comeback mum Lindsay Davenport will return to the grand slam centre stage on Wednesday when she plays Maria Sharapova in the highlight of the third day's action at the Australian Open.


Dividendo a 0,14 euro, risultato gestione 18.171.000 euro


The discovery of four fossil skeletons of human ancestors in Georgia, a former Soviet republic, offers a look at a species in transition.


Bush made him one of history's most powerful Vice Presidents. But the Libby trial unmasked an aggressive, secretive style that has made him one of the Administration's biggest liabilities


U.S.'s Kornberg wins Nobel, follows laureate father

American Roger Kornberg, the son of a Nobel laureate, won the 2006 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for showing how cells copy genes, a process essential to how cells develop and to life itself.


Google mends security flaw in Desktop Search

A handful of researchers at Rice University uncovered a security flaw in Google's Desktop Search offering that could allow attackers to view small portions of personal search results.


DaimlerChrysler, GM in ioint hybrid plan

BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- General Motors and DaimlerChrysler will jointly develop a gasoline-electric powered car to match Toyota and Honda in so-called hybrid vehicles that save fuel and cut emissions.


NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Google Inc. appeared set  to start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday, after the Web's No. 1  search engine asked regulators on Monday for final approval to  price its closely watched initial public offering.


Microsoft Buys Thai Health Software Vendor

Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it has agreed to buy a Thai software vendor that specializes in hospital administration applications, and plans to sell the software in emerging markets.


Two clowns have been shot dead in the middle of a show in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police say.


The dollar fell to new lows against  the euro on Monday, part of broad losses the U.S. currency  suffered as traders gunned down technical targets amid thin  market conditions.


Bradleyâs Late Goal Ends Americansâ Skid

Michael Bradley scored his first international goal for the United States menâs soccer team in the 86th minute  against Switzerland to end the U.S. teamâs five-game losing streak.


Childhood obesity triggers early puberty - study

Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age, for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday.


Sprinter Jerome Young, a central figure in a doping case that could cost the US relay team its gold medal from Sydney, was banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency yesterday following his second positive test for a banned drug.


Two explosions rocked the Saudi Arabian capital Wednesday night, killing two militants and wounding several people, according to the Ministry of Information.


BOLOGNA - In un incidente stradale nei pressi di Gaiana di Medicina, nel bolognese, sono morti tre giovani. Il fatto si Ã¨ verificato intorno alla mezzanotte di venerdÃ¬. Due ragazzi, Marco Guidotti, 27 anni


UPDATE 3-Rogers bids C$1.4 bln for Microcell, tops Telus

Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (RCMb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) launched a friendly C$1.4 billion ($1.07 billion) cash bid for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.


moving northeast over large parts of the country including Tokyo, with winds up to 67 miles per hour. Media reports said at least nine had died, but public broadcaster NHK said the toll had reached 11.


Burger King begins rolling out trans fat-free oil

Burger King Corp.  said it has begun  rolling out a trans fat-free cooking oil to its restaurants in  the United States.


US firms cut back on the total number of staff employed for the first time in four years, official data shows.


Colin Montgomerie walked off the 18th green in a tie for the lead with Tiger Woods at the Target World Challenge on Friday, and someone told him the tournament was in his hands.


Shuttle Atlantis closes in on space station

The US shuttle Atlantis is closing in on the International Space Station as its crew prepares Sunday for a new phase of its mission aimed at boosting the station's power-generating capacity.


Rage singer De La Rocha wraps first solo album

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rage Against The Machine vocalist Zack De La Rocha has completed his first solo album, a project he has been working on since first leaving the band in 2000.


Fraud is running rampant in the nation's mortgage industry, with nearly three times as many reports of suspicious activity so far this year compared with 2001, a top FBI official said Friday.


Retail Sales Barely Rise; Cold Weather Gets Blame

Retail sales rose less than forecast in February as cold weather kept shoppers home.


WASHINGTON -- Europeans may bristle over President Bush's Iraq policy, yet he spent the week rolling out initiatives they can more easily embrace _ ones that address global warming, AIDS and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.


Queen Elizabeth II stopped short of apologizing for the Allies' bombing of Dresden during her first state visit to Germany in 12 years and instead acknowledged "the appalling suffering of war on both sides.


Calif. panel may reopen "direct access" to power

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday moved to possibly reopen a program suspended during the state's energy crisis in 2001 that lets consumers buy electricity from independent suppliers rather than from utilities.


Chicken Genome Should Boost DNA Research

In their first detailed and comprehensive look at the DNA of chickens, scientists have found that 60 percent of the bird's genes have close cousins in humans. They say such analysis should prove valuable in learning more about the human genome.


Cheney: Terrorists Must Be Met With Force

Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday the Bush administration is working hard to protect the nation from the gravest threat facing it — the possibility that nuclear weapons will fall into the hands of terrorists.


Showtime Networks' THE L WORD(R) Re-Teams With FanLib for New Collaborative Storytelling Event, THE L WORD: Fans on Film

Responding to the overwhelming success of last year's  first ever network-sanctioned fanisode™ for THE  L WORD, Showtime Networks Inc.


The White House is turning to the Supreme Court for help as the administration fights a challenge to its aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities


Family-Values Groups Call For P&G Boycott

CINCINNATI -- Two family-values organizations are urging their followers to boycott two Procter and Gamble Company products, Crest toothpaste and Tide detergent.


US jets pounds Fallujah as assault looms

US warplanes destroyed several buildings in the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah, saying that they were weaponsâ stores, as thousands of US and Iraqi troops are getting ready to launch their eminent assault on the city.


Australia bowled out Pakistan for 259 to secure a narrow ten-run win in their one-day international at Lord's on Saturday. Chasing Australia's formidable total of 269/6, Pakistan opener Yasir Hameed was out


Davenport and Mauresmo Vie for No. 1 Rank

Serena Williams squeaked into this week's WTA Championships, but she's out of contention for the year-end No. 1 ranking, leaving Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo to contend for the top spot.


CHICAGO -- Barack Obama, D.-Ill., took the podium to thank his supporters and proclaim victory in the US Senate race and promised to help Illinoisans work together.


Royal Bank of Scotland in talks with Chinese trust: report

British banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks to buy 19.9 percent of Suzhou Trust in China, its latest attempt to ramp up its position in the Chinese market, state media said Wednesday.


KEY CENTER, Wash. - A family moving into a home west of Tacoma was greeted by an unusual welcome wagon...


The explosions on Wednesday occurred near ATM machines in branches belonging to Citibank and Banco Galicia, damaging the building's facades, officials said.


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From smugglers to the government, many experts see rampant crude ...

Few of Nigeria's many corruption scandals draw more notice these days than that of the MT African Pride, an oil-smuggling ship that inexplicably disappeared four months ago while in the custody of the country's navy.


Georgian authorities detained four Russian military officers on spying charges Wednesday, and security forces surrounded Russia's military headquarters in Tbilisi to demand that another suspect be handed over, the interior minister said.


Google Shoots for the Moon With New Contest

Google said Thursday that it would award a $20 million prize to the first group able to safely land a robotic rover on the moon and transfer back a gigabyte of video and data successfully to Earth.


Indian mobile phone subscribers pass 200 million mark

The number of Indian mobile phone subscribers has passed the 200 million mark after the country added another eight million customers last month, industry figures show.


Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts Aleutian Islands

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's weather agency said, triggering a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.


US Stops Short of Backing Brazil on UN Council Seat

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States stopped  short of endorsing Brazil's ambition for a permanent seat on an  expanded U.N. Security Council but did say the country would be  a "solid candidate."


The ABC network and its  affiliates filed appeals Monday to the FCC's proposed fine of  $1.4 million for a 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue."


World Business Briefing | Middle East: United Arab Emirates: Link to U.S. Dollar Kept

The United Arab Emirates will keep a 30-year link between its currency, the dirham, and the United States dollar, after completing a review of its currency regime.


The jury in Phil Spector's trial deliberated another full day without reaching a verdict, but left an intriguing clue about what's happening behind closed doors when they asked for a VCR.


Russians' appetite for counterfeits costs manufacturers tens of billions of dollars each year, a senior police official said Thursday.


Russia: Accidental Blast Led to Siege End

MOSCOW - The militants who raided a school in southern Russia last week were led by a man dubbed the Colonel, who enforced obedience by killing three fellow attackers - two by detonating the explosives they had strapped to their bodies.    Two days later, the attackers were moving the explosives they rigged around the gym where hundreds of hostages were held, and a bomb went off accidentally...


Wall St indexes fall as inflation worries weigh

Stocks swooned on Friday on concerns that surging inflation may prevent the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates enough to pull the economy out of the grip of a housing and credit crisis.


Lleyton Hewitt has opened his Paris Masters campaign with a 6-3 7-6 (7-3) success over former world junior No.1 Gael Monfils. The French teenager provided plenty of headaches for Hewitt, but the Australian


An Oscar de la Renta gown and Laredo boots? Not a fashion faux pas for guests at the Black Tie and Boots Ball.


Some attacks targeting nonmilitary foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan:


Roma, 12:24 - CALCIO, FIGC; ZAMPARINI: AL POSTO DI ROSSI SERVE UOMO DI SPORT

Il presidente del Palermo Maurizio Zamparini interviene sulla possibilità che il commissario ...


Britain, France and Germany demand that Iran cease uranium enrichment permanently at talks in Vienna.


U.S. consumers aware but confused over TV switchover

Americans are becoming more aware of  next year's switch-over to digital TV, but many are still  confused about how they will be affected, according to a pair  of surveys released on Wednesday.


O2 trials one off the wrist for VIP access

Wireless music festival gets crystal-studded treatment O2 is trialling a wristband loaded with a computer chip at this year's Wireless Festival that could act as a credit card, electronic ticket, and Oyster card.â¦


Sex education found to help teenagers delay sex

Teenagers who have had formal sex  education are far more likely to put off having sex,  contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such  programs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.


Anxiety for Luxury Brands as Tiffany Reports Slowdown

Tiffanyâs weak holiday sales sent jitters through the luxury-goods industry, which had seemed invulnerable to the economic slowdown.


North Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps

North Korea agreed on Tuesday to take steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for $300 million in aid under a deal President George W. Bush hailed as the best chance to get it to scrap its atomic weapons program.


Iran says it has uncovered Western spy networks

Iran has uncovered spy networks on its territory organized by occupying forces in Iraq and Iraqi groups, the Intelligence Ministry said in a statement published on Saturday.


Motorola Inc. , which has  warned that it will post a second quarterly loss in a row,  announced a business reorganization on Tuesday that one analyst  said could help the mobile phone maker cut costs.


Taxes in Developed Nations Reach 36% of Gross Domestic Product

The cost of government has risen about 20 percent since 1975, when taxes accounted for less than 30 percent of the gross domestic product of the O.E.C.D.âs member countries.


Hotel franchisor Cendant Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to buy Ramada International Hotels & Resorts from Marriott International Inc.


With some of its biggest stars under suspicion and lawmakers demanding action, Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.


When Employees Are Sick, Absenteeism Can Be a Virtue

Employment researchers are increasingly acknowledging that having sick employees work is not just painful for the employees, but can also hurt the company.


Microsoft is set to officially roll out Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, code-named Symphony, on October 12 at an event in Los Angeles. InfoWorld reports the introduction will be heralded by Chairman Bill Gates, with Microsoft partners Hewlett-Packard and Gateway expected to be in attendance.


Bin Laden purportedly defends al-Zarqawi

Osama bin Laden paid tribute to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a new audio message Friday and said the slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader had been under orders to kill Iraqis who supported U.S. forces in the country.


Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is preparing to end his White House bid, reports say.


DR Congo's Supreme Court rules that the second round of landmark elections can go ahead as planned.


US Initial Jobless Claims Rose By 14,000 to 350,000 Last Week

The number of US workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose by 14,000 last week to 350,000, the Labor Department said in Washington, linking most of the increase to hurricanes Charley and Frances.


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Goodell Says Drug Probe Has Been 'Dealt With'

Commissioner Roger Goodell said he has no knowledge that any other NFL personnel are involved in an Internet drug operation being investigated by the Albany (N.Y.) District Attorney's office.


Vendola, 'dopo lunga ubriacatura, tema di nuovo al centro'


A Mostly Forgettable Year for Tiger Woods

The year wasn't all bad for Tiger Woods. He won another World Golf Championship. He married a beautiful Swede and sailed off on his 155-foot yacht. And with top 10s in all but five of the tournaments he played, Woods earned more than $5.3 million. What he lost was his mystique.


The economy revved up its engine in the third quarter and advanced at an annual rate of 4 percent -- faster than expected. The reading on gross domestic product, released Wednesday by the Commerce Department


NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Ryan Adams got bored on tour during 2006, he recorded approximately 11 albums' worth of material on his laptop and then posted it on his Web site. The alt-country/rock artist rapped, yodeled, rocked out and even mocked detractors.


WD's Newest 'My Book' Protects Consumers  and Their Data  From Technology Obsolescence With eSATA Connection

As consumers increasingly rely on digital media to secure their important documents and valuable personal content, they often fear that changes in technology may render their data inaccessible. Western Digital Corp.


If the strike continues, the Oscars could become an infomercial about the importance of writers.


New program inspects your hardware Dell will accept any old reason for jumping onto its data center service wagons and sniffing around your machinery.â¦


Three more Malaysians face bird flu checks

Three children of a Malaysian vet have joined her in hospital for checks to see if they have bird flu, state media reported on Sunday.


Prezzi all'import +0,8%, in calo domande sussidi occupazione


About 1,000 people take part in a protest in the New Zealand town of Whakatane against anti-terror raids.


Derrek Lee broke a streak of 126 at-bats without a home run with a three-run shot in the second inning to help the Chicago Cubs complete a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-6 win.


Seventeen political parties demand postponement of elections

Seventeen political parties on Friday demanded postponement of the Jan. 30 elections for at least six months until the government is capable of securing polling places.


Powell: Iran is Developing Nuclear Weapons

Secretary of State Colin Powell says there is evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons and a missile system to deliver the warheads.


'Halo 3' makes record smashing 170 million dollar debut

Sales of exclusive Xbox 360 video game "Halo 3" rocketed to 170 million dollars on opening day, marking an historic debut that outdid the final Harry Potter novel and the film "Spiderman 3."