Ma senza aumento produttivita' niente aumento di salari


Thousands line Munich's streets for the funeral of murdered fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer.


Presente ministro Prestigiacomo, proclamato lutto cittadino


G8 leaders agree "substantial" greenhouse gas cuts

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Thursday to pursue "substantial" but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and pledged to reach a United Nations deal by 2009 on long-term measures to fight global warming.


Three teenagers have been given life sentences Monday for the brutal murder of Garry Newlove, who was kicked to death outside his home in Warrington.


Fannie Mae to issue $4 billion of preferred stock

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae , still reeling from an accounting debacle that will force it to take a massive loss, said Wednesday it is issuing up to $4 billion of preferred stock.


ON IRAQ: President Bush acknowledged in a news conference Monday that US-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country's security and cautioned that next month's elections there will be only the beginning of a long process toward democracy


US Treasury's Snow Say Oil Prices Create Economic `Headwinds'

Record prices for oil are taxing the disposable income of US consumers and threatening to hinder economic growth, Treasury Secretary John Snow said.


Khmer Rouge "Brother No. 2" faces U.N. court

Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's top surviving henchman, was arrested on Wednesday at his house on the Thai border and taken to Phnom Penh to face the U.N. "Killing Fields" tribunal for the first time.


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


Unlocking iPhones to use with another operator could result in the mobile becoming "permanently inoperable".


Britain's Blair Pushes for Middle East Peace

British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon this morning and meets with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah later in the day.


Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him


The cable net dropped the controversial Jamaican dancehall star from a pre-Video Music Awards concert in Miami this weekend after coming under fire from gay-rights groups.


Chelsea striker Drogba wants to quit Premier League club

Didier Drogba has admitted he is determined to quit Chelsea because Jose Mourinho's departure has shattered morale at Stamford Bridge.


Ohio becomes most disputed state in US election

Ohio, now at the center of this year's presidential battle, is a US state with two faces: it is one of the largest industrial states in the country and also a rural region.


Iran likely to answer to EU nuclear proposal: parliament speaker

Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said Sunday that Iran was likely to answer to the European Union (EU)'s nuclear proposal late this week, the official IRNA news agency reported.


Precisely 120,027 card-carrying Socialists last night dictated the fate not just of their own party but quite possibly of the European Union as they voted on the new EU constitution.


Scientists get to the root of colour loss

John Major, Richard Gere and Desert Orchid may beg to differ, but most people despair at the onset of grey hair. Whether it's taken as a sign of premature decrepitude, great wisdom, or extreme stress, scientists


A maggio vertice per Â«scambio informale di informazioniÂ»

BUENOS AIRES - Si Ã¨ chiusa dopo due settimane con un compromesso tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea la Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sul clima di Buenos Aires. Dopo una trattativa andata avanti tutta la notte


Bologna, 20:36 - BASKET, VIRTUS BOLOGNA: IL NUOVO COACH E' PILLASTRINI

Stefano Pillastrini è il nuovo allenatore della Virtus Vidivici Bologna, che ha dovbuto sosti...


The guitarist for indie pop rockers Death Cab for Cutie still expects to release his solo album in January even though federal border agents seized a computer hard drive containing the master tracks.


Love match over for Hewitt and Clijsters

BRUSSELS: Kim Clijsters' romance with Australian Lleyton Hewitt is over and the two tennis stars will not be getting married in February as planned, the Belgian said yesterday.


U.S. probes banned briefs found at Gitmo

Guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp found two prisoners sporting unauthorized underwear, and the U.S. military is investigating to determine how they got the contraband.


Israel promises help for Palestinian vote

Israeli leaders Monday promised US Secretary of State Colin Powell to help the Palestinians elect a president. The elections, in the wake of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat's death, are scheduled for Jan. 9.


Il dato viene calcolato sulla produzione del 2005-2006


Police arrested a suspect in connection with a series of letter bomb attacks which injured eight people over a three-week period.


US, Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive In Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Multiple sites in Fallujah came under major attack by US warplanes on Thursday. Jets intensified the offensive against the insurgent stronghold, hitting suspected militants' sites.


The UK is set to launch its first Skynet 5 spacecraft, a key  component in its new military satellite communications system.


Microsoft  has struck a deal  with MTS , Russia's largest mobile phone operator, to  offer services and laptops installed with its Vista operating  system on subscription as it reaches out to small businesses.


Bradley Horowitz, a Yahoo vice president who left this week for Google, pens a loving note to his troubled ex-employer.


The Perils of the Pentagon's New Iraq Strategy

You don't usually see sergeants chewing out captains in the U.S. Army. But the unusual happens every day at Fort Riley, Kans. Out here at its training center on the prairie, not far from the Oz Museum (as in "Wizard of"),


The African Union is brokering peace talks between Sudan's warring government, rebel armies and regional power-brokers, aiming to head off a mounting humanitarian crisis in the Darfur province.


The boss of the European Space Agency asks his officials to find a new name for the flagship ExoMars rover mission.


Bangladesh finally ended Indiaâs first innings in the second Test in Chittagong today - but not before the tourists had amassed a commanding 540.


Home-design guru Ty Pennington underwent an extreme makeover of his   own this past weekend.


Hungary PM survives vote of confidence, opposition holds protest

Embattled Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany survived a parliamentary vote of confidence, as analysts said an anti-government rally demanding the premier's ouster showed the waning influence of the opposition.


Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will immediately begin serving a three-match ban after electing not to appeal an English Football Association (FA) charge.


U.S. court hearing set for accused Iraq massacre leader

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - A U.S. Marine accused of leading troops who Iraqi witnesses say massacred 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha will appear on Thursday for proceedings to determine if he should face court-martial.


A video shown on Arabic television Sunday shows three people believed to be UN hostages who were seized by militants in Afghanistan.


HP contacted by U.S. attorney in press leak probe

Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N said   on Monday it has been contacted by U.S. federal prosecutors   seeking information about the company's investigation into   boardroom leaks to the press.


LOS GATOS, Calif. - Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. made official Thursday their deal to create a service that will use high-speed Internet connections to pipe DVD-quality movies into the homes of their mutual subscribers.


Episodio fra accuse estorsione formulate dal Pm di Potenza


Forensic experts examine the body of Theo van Gogh at the scene of his murder in Amsterdam, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who received death threats after making a movie criticizing the


ENGLAND RUGBY UNION COACH CLIVE WOODWARD LEAVES RFU HEADQUARTERS ...

South Africa, New Zealand and Japan have expressed interest in hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the International Rugby Board said on Friday.


Julia Roberts tops highest-paid actress' list:

[Hollywood News]: Los Angeles, Dec 8 : Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts retains her position as the top earning actress, charging $20 million per movie, with Cameron Diaz second and Nicole Kidman third in the ranking of highest paid women in movies.


Why are cybercriminals donating stolen cash to charities?


India Probes Mad Cow Blood Samples Report

The Indian government is investigating reports that blood samples that could be contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease had entered the country from Britain, a top official said on Tuesday.


Oil eased on Friday, but stayed within sight of its $90 peak, supported by tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening U.S. dollar.


Kennedy Plea Was Last Gasp for Immigration Bill

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a longtime immigration advocate, made a personal plea to save the legislation in which he and others had invested months.


Gene combo may hike prostate cancer risk

Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease. Added to family history, they accounted for nearly half of all cases in a study of Swedish men.


LONDON/NEW YORK  - British advertising company WPP  WPP.L on Sunday said it has won an auction for U.S. rival  Gray Global GREY.O, with what sources familiar with the  matter said was a cash-and-stock deal worth about 750 million  pounds ($1.34 billion).


Hawks Halt Skid, Thump Mavericks 113-100

Antoine Walker scored 25 points, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 113-100 Wednesday night .


Bush Defends Self on Missing Explosives, Rips Kerry

President Bush said on Wednesday 380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq might have vanished prior to the arrival of U.S. forces and he blasted Democrat John Kerry for making a campaign issue out of it.


LONDON The BBC says it's fallen victim to a hoax by a fake corporate spokesman. The hoaxter claimed to take responsibility for a deadly cyanide gas leak that killed ten-thousand people in India 20 years ago.


Mainly North Koreans at Canadian embassy in Beijing: ministry

MONTREAL, Sept 29  - Most of the 44 people who scaled the walls of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday were North Korean, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said.


Ukraine Still in Limbo as Poll Results Delayed

KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's central election  commission put off a meeting Tuesday to finalize paperwork from  last month's presidential election, leaving plans to inaugurate  liberal Viktor Yushchenko in limbo for another day.


Indonesia cleans up after floods, 3 die in Jakarta

Indonesia's capital was cleaning up on  Saturday after several days of torrential rain engulfed parts  of the city with up to 1.5 meters (5 ft) of water, killing  three people and displacing around 7,000, a health official  said.


Rupert Murdoch's brazen attempt to relocate to dodgy Delaware is in big trouble and the world's most powerful man has blinked.


Leslie Grantham, who was "Dirty" Den Watts in EastEnders, says he tried to kill himself after a sex scandal.


US internet giant Google launches its shopping price comparison website Froogle in the UK.


Actor Heath Ledger is found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence, police in New York say.


Sudan said Sunday that the UN Security Council's resolution threatening oil sanctions if it failed to end violence in the country's western region of Darfur was unfair


Newest shuttle mission to rewire space station

Confident after two nearly flawless launches, NASA will send the Discovery shuttle on what it calls the most complex mission yet, to give the International Space Station a new electricity system.


Facebook Becoming Primary Way College Students Communicate

By Jim DeBrosse Staff Writer  Kathryn Welsh, 19, is only in her first year at Wright State University, but she already knows the fastest way to reach another student. Don't bother to call or e-mail -- send a Facebook message.  "Because everyone is on Facebook all the time," she said.


China is launching a nationwide crackdown on sexually suggestive video and audio products, in the latest effort by government censors to curb content considered to be in bad taste.


Tasse: dieci miliardi di aumenti, sei di riduzioni. Aiutano i ...

Presentando le Â«aliquote della libertÃ Â» Silvio Berlusconi Ã¨ raggiante. Dopo lâultimo (ultimo?) vertice di maggioranza, il centrodestra avrebbe trovato la quadra sulle quattro aliquote Ire (ex Irpef), la


Peru Launches Offensive to Retake Siege Town

LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities on Monday  launched an offensive to retake a police station and end a  three-day siege by former soldiers in a southern Andean town.


British Airways cuts revenue and fuel guidance

British Airways has cut its estimate for revenue growth to 5.0-6.0 percent in the fiscal year to the end of March, citing the impact of heightened airport security after the alleged bid to bomb US-bound passenger jets.


MONTREAL, Canada -- The world swimming championships in Montreal next July could be called off because of huge financial problems, it was reported on Wednesday.


The endless details were numbing, but Eva Longoria says she kept her cool at her wedding to Tony Parker last week. "My stylist, Robert Verdi, and everybody around me was like, `You're so calm,'" Longoria tells OK! magazine in its latest issue, on newsstands Friday. "I actually don't stress about anything."


Tower Records may be dead, but its  flagship outlet in Los Angeles still has some relevance to the  music industry.


Microsoft sets 2006 target for next Windows version

Microsoft Corp will ship the next version of Windows in 2006. To get 'Longhorn' shipped on time, Microsoft had to sacrifice a key component of the system, called WinFS, reported China Radio International Saturday.


Soldier in Iraq Prison Scandal Goes on Trial

FORT HOOD, Texas  - U.S. Army Spc. Charles Graner,  the accused ringleader of the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal that  outraged the world, went on trial on Friday ready to offer a  defense he was just following orders.


Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor who built a centrist image, abandoned his bid for the presidency on Friday after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals.


Scott Rolen has been nursing a strained right calf muscle for the last month. But compared to his condition when the St. Louis Cardinals were last in the National


Greenpeace protesters with foghorns and whistles tried to disrupt trading Wednesday on the International Petroleum Exchange, the world's second largest energy futures trading market, just as the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming came into force.


Preemies Can Have Adjustment Problems as Teenagers

NEW YORK  - Children born very prematurely  continue to have emotional, attentional and social problems  during their teen years, according to the results of a UK  study.


Business & money: Poor UK summer proves profitable for Domino's.


President Bush says a deadly attack on US forces that left at least 22 dead will not derail plans for Iraqi elections.


Grateful Dead and Deadheads reunite for Obama

Saying Barack Obama embodies political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the presidential candidate.


Peru tells Japan Fujimori headed criminal group

Former president Alberto Fujimori, who is in exile in Japan, headed a "criminal organization" that murdered 25 people in the early 1990s, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry told Japan in support of an extradition request against Fujimori.


Car bomb kills five guests at Iraqi wedding

A car bomb targeting a convoy of cars carrying guests at the wedding of an Iraqi policemen killed five people and wounded 10 in the western city of Falluja on Thursday, a police source said.


Don't take it personally; spam scams target millions

Q: I have been receiving an increasing number of e-mail requests to participate in financial schemes that are clearly bogus and illegal.


Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is under pressure to resign ahead of a confidence vote in the Senate.


Knowledge of the link between salt intake and high blood pressure and stroke remains low in the UK's South Asian community, a poll finds.


Russian Computers Working on Space Station

The six Russian computers aboard the International Space Station resumed their first full day of operation Sunday.  Russian and American astronauts worked through the week to restore the computers, which help control life support aboard the station and fix its position in space.


Whatever the reason, RenÃ©e Zellweger and Hugh Grant have filled reporters' notebooks with weary tales and retirement dreams while promoting their new movie, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, opening Friday.


Roma, 10:20 - MORTO POLIZIOTTO, AMATO: RESISTERE A PRESSIONI MONDO CALCIO

Dal mondo del calcio ''verrà una pressione perchÃ© lo spettacolo continui, perchÃ© le entrate d...


An elderly woman who died in late August was infected with E. coli after eating fresh spinach, bringing to three the number of people who have perished in a nationwide outbreak of the bacteria, health officials said Friday.


Report: Number of Overweight Americans Holds Steady

The number of overweight Americans  is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of  what they eat, an annual report by market research firm The NPD  Group said.


U.S. criticizes Iraq for abuses, admits own problems

The United States, acknowledging its own record is in question, criticized Iraq on Tuesday in its annual report on human rights abuses, listing death squads with government links, kidnapping and torture.


Andew Lloyd Webber is in talks to sell four of his West End theatres, a spokesman confirms.


Reports claim 31 post offices across south Wales could close under proposals due to be announced.


Militants Kill Gaza Settler, Challenging Abbas

Palestinian militants killed a Jewish  settler and wounded three soldiers in a Gaza ambush on  Wednesday, challenging new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's  quest for a cease-fire to help him talk peace with Israel.


BEA Rolls Out WebLogic Server 9.0 for SOA

SAN FRANCISCOâBEA Systems Inc. took advantage of the proximity of Oracle Corp.'s OpenWorld conference here this week to introduce BEA WebLogic Server 9.0, which is designed to allow developers to rapidly


A year ago the free-falling Dominican peso was thrusting many families into deeper poverty, driving up the prices of everything from rice to light bulbs.


ALBANY, N.Y. -- Eight eBay sellers were ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to inflate the prices.


Falcons Hire Dimitroff as General Manager

Tom Dimitroff was hired as general manager of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, leaving his job as director of scouting for the unbeaten New England Patriots.


Martinez Ends Losing Steak as Red Sox Beat Angels

Pedro Martinez pitched seven strong innings to end his losing streak and lead the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels in the second game of an American League Division series on Wednesday.


By EUGENE TONG\\ Staff Writer  GLENDALE -- Incense burned during a grave visit over the weekend ignited a parched lawn at Grand View Memorial Park, leading city officials Wednesday to ban the item from the recently reopened cemetery.


When Doc Rivers has dinner with Orlando coach Johnny Davis and Magic players Pat Garrity and Grant Hill sometime next summer, there should be some interesting conversation.


Online music retailer Napster Inc. said Thursday it narrowed losses in its fiscal third quarter by adding subscribers and generating record revenue.


Hand-rolled cigarettes more carcinogenic: study

Smokers of hand-rolled cigarettes tend to consume less tobacco, but face a greater risk of developing lung cancer than those who smoke manufactured cigarettes, a study on Norwegian lung cancer patients has found.


More than a decade ago, trial lawyer John Edwards won a $25 million settlement for the family of a 5-year-old girl involved in a horrific accident in a swimming pool.


A Polish magazine cover showing Germany's chancellor breast-feeding Poland's leaders feeds tensions.


Myanmar's generals threatened military force against any demonstrators on Tuesday and parked army trucks at Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda, the assembly point for monks leading the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


Oscar-winning Australian actress Nicole Kidman is pregnant and has pulled out of shooting her next film "The Reader" with her baby expected around mid-2008.


Sugar-packed diet may boost pancreatic cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Eating lots of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.


President Vladimir Putin  scrapped with European Union leaders on Friday over Brussels'  plans to limit foreign investment in energy markets at a summit  that achieved little on key sticking points.


VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions

(InfoWorld) - VMware is making a free benchmarking tool available to IT professionals Monday to evaluate the performance of virtualization technology in their datacenters. Meanwhile, it seeks to assure competitors that the benchmarking standards will be fair to all of them. VMmark is available for a free download and can be used to determine how well virtualization software works with any of six typical datacenter workloads: file server, e-mail server, Web server, a standby server, an online transaction processing (OLTP) database, and a Java order entry system. VMmark runs on either Linux or Windows. VMware shared a prototype of VMmark in October 2006 with members of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC), an industry group that establishes performance benchmarks so customers can evaluate products. At that time, SPEC had just formed a working group to develop benchmarks for virtualization software. It is still working on those benchmarks. Though helpful for comparing various products, benchmarks are controversial because of concerns that the results can be manipulated to make one vendor look better than another. SPEC and other industry benchmarking groups are organized to create fair benchmarks that will yield impartial results. VMware acknowledges the skepticism about its benchmarking tool being a fair way to compare VMware with other brands, so it strove to be impartial, said Andrea Eubanks, senior director of enterprise and technical marketing for VMware. VMware is represented on the 13-member SPEC work group that is developing the virtualization benchmark along with competitors such as SWsoft and Trigence. Major technology companies including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Intel are also represented. "We have created VMmark to be an open standard," said Eubanks. "In order to prevent misconceptions of what our intentions are. ... we presented our technology preview to SPEC so they could use it as the basis of the open-standards benchmark. We want to improve our product, we don't want to cook our benchmarks." VMware is introducing VMmark while the SPEC panel is still developing its standards. "The process to becoming a standard is a quite long one," said Eubanks. But VMware has not always been as impartial as it claims to be, said John Bara, vice president of marketing for XenSource, a VMware competitor. Bara says VMware released a white paper earlier this year comparing VMware's ESX Server hypervisor to XenSource's Open Source Xen hypervisor on a Windows operating system and the results showed VMware performed better. Bara says the comparison was not fair because Open Source Xen is optimized to run best on Linux, not Windows. XenSource's Xen Enterprise product is optimized to run Windows and would be a more balanced comparison to VMware's ESX. "We cooperate with VMware in a lot of areas, but we went back to them and said 'foul,'" said Bara. To VMware's credit, he said, it redid the test and accepted the revised benchmark that showed VMware ESX and Xen Enterprise with nearly comparable performance. Also Monday, XenSource entered into an OEM agreement with Symantec Corp. to embed Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation virtualized storage management software into Xen Source's XenEnterprise virtualization hypervisor.


In Ruse, Vancouver Officer Poses as Reporter to Arrest Protester

The trick was meant to lure David Cunningham, so he could be issued a peace bond that ordered him away from members of an Olympic Games organizing committee.


A new registration scheme has cut the number of illegal workers in the UK, David Blunkett is expected to say.


Raffles Hospital cuts rates to woo medical tourists

RAFFLES Hospital is slashing fees for a host of medical procedures and packages by 20 to 30 per cent, in an aggressive move to enlarge its share of the regional health-care pie.


Senior official Ranjan Madugalle warns umpires must do their utmost to prevent another forfeited Test.


North Korea says it will not abandon its weapons programme after the South admitted nuclear activities.


With soaring medical costs imperiling Medicare and the federal government's financial health, Washington needs a straight answer to a key question: Can private companies deliver more medical services for less money than the government-run Medicare program


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3 attackers reported killed, 2 captured at US consulate in Jiddah

Islamic militants attacked the heavily guarded US consulate with explosives and machine-guns Monday in a explosion and gun battle that left seven people dead and several others injured.


Symantec Endpoint Security throws out error bugs

But remains functional, company says Symantec is working on a patch a bug that generates errors in corporate security protection updates. Workarounds enabling virus signature definition updates to Symantec Endpoint Protection are available, but a more comprehensive fix is still in testing.â¦


Colombian General Says Rebels on the Run

Armed forces chief Gen. Carlos Alberto Ospina downplayed bloody attacks by Marxist guerrillas that have killed 28 Colombian soldiers this week, saying Thursday the rebels were retreating from successful military operations.


One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.


Noted Ark. Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb had a gift for fixing heart defects in the tiniest patients, and it made him one of the best in the business. But that apparently wasn't good enough for him. Drummond-Webb killed himself Dec. 26 with an overdose of painkillers and bourbon, just three days after what seemed like another medical miracle: the successful use of a miniature heart pump that kept a 14-year-old boy alive until an organ became available for transplant.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Sports Network) - The Gerry DiNardo era  in Indiana is over after three disappointing seasons as the  university fired its head football coach on Wednesday.


DRUG dealers who operate around schools are to receive harsher sentences, after Tony Blair, the...

DRUG dealers who operate around schools are to receive harsher sentences, after Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, yesterday announced a crackdown to accompany Labour - s pre-election theme of security.


Cool, collected and classy describe the Hollywood premiere of James L. Brooks' "Spanglish," a dramatic comedy with a language all its own.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair will offer beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas support for his controversial call for early elections during a meeting in Ramallah, his spokesman said.


Apple sells music without piracy protection

Apple on Wednesday began selling music free of anti-copying software at its iTunes online store, stripping away copyright protection lambasted by the company's iconic chief executive.


Pro-hunt protestors break into British parliament

Five protesters broke into the House of Commons chamber as members of parliament prepared to vote on a ban on fox hunting, causing a suspension of proceedings, according to television images.


Milano, 13:10 - CALCIO, SUAZO: NELLA MIA MENTE C'ERA SOLTANTO L'INTER

Aveva fatto la sua scelta e l'ha portata avanti fino alla fine. Fino al giorno in cui il Milan si &e...


Newmont Mining Accused of Gross Negligence

The Indonesian environment minister on Friday accused U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. of gross negligence over alleged pollution at a gold mine in Indonesia, saying the company "cut corners" to boost profits.


As of Sunday, June 10, 2007, at least 3,505 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 2,864 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Modena, 18:34 - CALCIO, MODENA: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTE LAZZARI

Ripresa degli allenamenti per il Modena, con il tecnico Zoratto che ha fatto svolgere un lavoro atle...


Roma, 18:08 - CICLISMO, ASTANA SOTTO STRETTA OSSERVAZIONE UCI

Il nuovo team manager dell'Astana, Johann Bruyneel, dovrà regolarizzare entro il prossimo 20 ...


First, London. Then, Scotland. Is there a concerted conspiracy going on  -  and who might be involved?


CBS Faces New Charges Over Discredited Bush Report

CBS News faced new charges of  journalistic impropriety on Tuesday, a day after the network  said it regretted using questionable documents in a report  challenging President Bush's military service.


â30 Days of Nightâ is a series of gory set pieces that seems to have been edited with a meat ax.


TURATE (COMO) - Imprenditore ucciso in casa, interrogati i parenti

E' giallo sull'omicidio a Turate, in provincia di Como, di un imprenditore di 47 anni di origine siciliana, Domenico Cucuzza, sposato e padre di due ragazzi. Cucuzza Ã¨ stato ucciso a colpi di pistola nella


Nuovo balzo giunto a scadenza contratto consegna ottobre


With its profits and stock surging, the search giant is winning over skeptics. Still, long-term growth challenges remain. With Google's shares climbing 75%, to $150 since its August initial public offering, a


Thai Airways orders six Airbus superjumbos

Thai Airways International plans to buy six Airbus A380 double-decker aircraft that will be delivered in 2008 and 2009. The airline is also ordering two additional A340 aircraft.


OPEC weekly average oil price falls to 38.89 dollars a barrel

The crude oil price, based on the average price package of seven market-monitored crudes, fell to 38.89 dollars a barrel last week, down 2.46 dollars of the price in the previous


Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds, who has returned from tsunami-devastated Thailand, says she believes the total death toll from the disaster in the region was rising towards 200,000.


With a New Look, a Museum Hopes to Catch Your Eye

Remaking the Queens Museum of Art was not an easy job; whether or not it was a success will be up to New Yorkers, who can judge the restoration results on Saturday.


Russia's president, on a state visit to India, arrived in Bangalore Saturday to talk with the area's information technology executives.


A FAST finish in the pool at Athens has delivered Australia's best swimming medal haul since the 1956 Melbourne Games. A heroic butterfly leg from Petria Thomas in the women's medley relay yesterday snared the team's seventh and final gold medal.


SOCIETY:  Guenter Grass Jolts Germany with Revelation of Nazi Past

BERLIN, Aug 17 (IPS) - Nobel Prize winner Guenter Grass's admission  that he served in the Waffen SS, Hitler's  notorious elite  army, has triggered an outpouring of shock, rage and disbelief in  Germany.


Progress made on NI policing is under threat from the political deadlock, the vice-chairman of the Policing Board says.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. The Detroit Pistons opened their NBA title defense with an 87-to-79 win over the Houston Rockets. Rasheed Wallace scored 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting to lead five Pistons in double-figures.


The Christmas Eve showdown for the NFC North championship was decided on the final snap of the game. That the Packers were able to beat the Minnesota Vikings, however, was due in large part to their ability


CHANNAI, India  - Yoga induces a feeling of well-being in healthy people, and can reverse the clinical and biochemical changes associated with metabolic syndrome, according to results of studies from Sweden and India. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity and high blood sugar.


Redundant Chemicals, Poisons to Be Collected for Disposal

ABOUT 9 tonnes of old fertilisers, poisons and sprays were being collected from 187 Southland farms as part of Environment Southland's drive for farms to dispose unwanted agrichemicals responsibly.


Team to Watch U.S. Election Preparations

A team of international observers will travel to five states beginning Friday to monitor preparations for the Nov. 2 presidential election.


Britain will not yield to acts of 'evil': Brown

Britain will not yield to acts of "evil", Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday after three botched attacks in two days in London and Glasgow.


Stoudemire Leads Suns Past Lakers 107-102

Amare Stoudemire was at it again on Friday night, this time making Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers feel the effects of his overpowering and vastly improved game.


Lawmakers push for economic stimulus plan

An economic stimulus package to help stave off recession is on the fast track in Congress after Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday reached a rare agreement to quickly pull together a bipartisan plan.


Madonna is in Moscow for her first Russian concert, on a tour branded blasphemous by the Orthodox church.


Iranian parliament OKs resumption of uranium enrichment

The Iranian parliament passed a bill on Sunday, which gives a green light to the resumption of uranium enrichment. The parliament unanimously approved the bill, declared Parliament


Canadian planemaker Bombardier orders the grounding of almost half of its Q400 turboprop planes amid safety fears.


Judge clears way for start of Jackson trial by rejecting motion ...

A judge denied two defense motions to dismiss the Michael Jackson child molestation case and also rejected their bid to delay the trial, keeping alive a Jan. 31 trial date.


'Lights' shines on gritty reality of football

Anyone who grew up in a football town will find Friday Night Lights dead on, as actor-turned-director Peter Berg portrays the subculture of the Texas high school gridiron.


Lo chiede Montezemolo per garantire vero sviluppo


Nicolas Sarkozy and model Carla Bruni marry following whirlwind romance that has divided France


Surgery in the sun lures patients to Thailand

When June Flowers woke up in her small Ohio town one winter's morning, unable to move because of back pain, she never dreamt she would fly to the other side of the world to undergo surgery that she couldn't afford at home.


Spitzer Goes Hunting for His Next Trophy

FOR decades, the chummy inner circles of Chicago's business and political worlds have been marked with the footprints of men steeped in very muscular, very Irish traditions.


Fewer than half the Americans who most need a flu shot actually get one, and only a fraction of babies and toddlers - among the most vulnerable to flu's complications - were fully vaccinated


ASIA/FILIPPINE - Il 10 luglio, a un mese dal rapimento di p. Bossi, il  Superiore Generale del PIME invita tutte le comunitÃ  a una giornata di preghiera per la sua liberazione Roma (Agenzia Fides)- ÂSo che tutti, da subito, hanno rivolto al Signore preghiere di intercessione, tuttavia, in occasione del 10 luglio, a un mese dal rapimento, invito tutte le comunitÃ  del PIME, nelle diverse case e missioni, a una giornata inten...


As aid agencies struggled to cope with the scale of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the UN today warned that the next few days would be critical in the fight to control potential outbreaks of disease.


At least seven people die and more than 100 are injured after an earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra island.


Texas Baptists Cracking Down on Clergy Sex Abuse: Group Publishes List of Convicted Workers, Makes Reporting Easier

By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 6--The Baptist General Convention of Texas says it's stepping up the fight against clergy sexual misconduct, including posting on its Web site the names of convicted sex offenders known to have worked in Texas Baptist churches.


Police: Teens forced to perform sex acts

Three men were arrested on charges that they held 10 teenagers at gunpoint and forced them to smoke marijuana and perform sex acts on one another, authorities said Tuesday.


U.S. prosecutors seek death penalty in Iraq murders

A former U.S. Army private charged with taking part in the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family should be sentenced to die if he is found guilty, U.S. government prosecutors said on Tuesday.


Digital radio goes retro for happier days

Tons of companies out there are trying to recapture mid-century chic. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Up to 15,000 US and Iraqi troops are continuing a full-scale assault on the insurgent stronghold of Falluja.


Rare Beatles Guitar Tops Bill at Showbiz Auction

A guitar played by George Harrison of the Beatles was sold for $567,500 on Friday, topping the bill at what auction house Christie's said was its biggest ever sale of show business memorabilia.


Toll Brothers Says It Expects a 22% Decline in Revenue

Toll Brothers, the builder of luxury homes, said on Wednesday that it expected to report a 22 percent drop in first-quarter revenue and that it saw no sign of improvement in the depressed housing market.


Plans for more 'chemical castrations' will be among measures to crack down on paedophiles.


Microsoft and Yahoo: Will Your Favorite Service Disappear?

If Yahoo accepts Microsoft's big buyout offer, will some of the Yahoo services you like be discontinued or, perhaps worse, Redmond-ized?


Washingtonpost.Com Launches 'Local Life': A Guide to Living in D.C., Maryland and Virginia

WASHINGTON, June 7  /PRNewswire/ -- washingtonpost.com, the award-winning news and information Web site, today fortified its position as the best local resource for the D.C. Metro area with the launch of "Local Life," a gateway to the most compelling local content available on the site.


Update 1: Bank of England Leaves Key Rate Unchanged

The decision was widely expected, following data which showed the surge in housing prices easing. The base rate is what the Bank of England charges on loans to commercial lenders.


Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Wednesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.


Paul Byrd won eight of his 19 starts in Atlanta last season. (Alan ...

The Angels spent the winter meetings going after free agent starter Matt Clement, but Paul Byrd was always in the back of their minds.


Republican Rep. Foley Resigns, Drops Re-election Bid in Fla. 16

Six-term Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., notified House leaders Friday that he is resigning from the House Ã¢ÂÂ a sudden and unexpected reaction to questions of impropriety that arose just days before. (read Foley's official statement)


Challenge to Myanmarâs Junta Gains Momentum

Marching for the sixth day through rainy streets in Yangon, the antigovernment protest swelled to a reported 10,000 monks.


Philippine Rail Cars Crash Into Ravine, 10 Dead

Rescuers in the Philippines freed more than 100 train passengers trapped on Friday when a crowded economy carriage derailed and dragged other cars into a steep ravine, killing at least 10 people.


Giuliani, grande sconfitto, valuta appoggio al rivale


Former Doors drummer John Densmore has filed for divorce from his wife of 16 years.


Customers can choose to have Windows or Ubuntu Linux pre-installed, or can buy a PC with no operating system at all.


SEOUL The chairman of the French automaker Renault announced on Tuesday that it would invest 600 billion won in its South Korean operation, Renault Samsung Motors, to develop a sports utility vehicle and engine production facilities.


FDA proposes wider access to experimental drugs

Drug companies could soon make more experimental drugs available for a fee to more patients with serious or life-threatening diseases that have no approved treatments, under revised rules the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed on Monday.


Update 5: KarstadtQuell to Sell Nearly Half Stores

Struggling German retailer KarstadtQuelle said Tuesday it plans to sell nearly half of its department stores and issue euro500 million (US$615 million) in shares as it restructures in response to Germany's persistent retail slump.


A Libyan court is to deliver its verdict in the retrial of six foreign medics accused of infecting children with HIV.


TOKYO - Yasuo Fukuda swept to power as Japan's prime minister yesterday, promising to use his skills as a negotiator to win approval for extending Tokyo's contentious mission in support of US troops in Afghanistan.


Brit rockers the Verve reunite for album, tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Silent since 1999, U.K. rock act the Verve is reuniting for a new album and fall live dates.


By The Associated Press  Offenses covered by a new European Union draft law on crimes against the environment:  - Treatment, transport, export or import of waste that could cause death or injury, or substantial damage.


Milano, 16:59 - CALCIO, MILAN; OLIVEIRA: E' ARRIVATA LA SVOLTA

Si è sbloccato Riccardo Oliveria, che ieri ha segnato di testa al Brescia dopo 844 minuti, il...


Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's next three matches after admitting a charge of violent conduct. The England star will miss Premier League matches against Middlesbrough and Tottenham as well as the


No veto for Russia on missile shield: U.S. official

A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday Washington's offer to delay activation of its missile defense shield in Europe in exchange for cooperation from Russia did not imply Moscow had a veto.


Hindsight is 20/20. Let's apply a year of it to CNET Networks.


Space station gets more room with Harmony opening

Astronauts on the International Space Station got more living space on Saturday when they opened up Harmony, the outpost's first new room in six years.


Like many schoolchildren, members of Congress were due back at their desks Tuesday after a summer break. Unlike the students, lawmakers will immediately face major tests: on Iraq, children's health care, a home mortgage crisis and the budget.


Desperate for headache tablets, man holds up pharmacy in Sweden

A man brandishing a gun-like object held up a drugstore in the small southwestern Swedish town of Bollebygd and made off with his booty: a package of headache tablets, Swedish media reported.


A search is launched for someone to write a sequel to bring children's classic Peter Pan up to date.


Ministro annuncia novita' per l'anno scolastico 2007-'08


Lofton, Smith shoot No. 7 Vols past Tide

Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith got hot from the outside in plenty of time to bail No. 7 Tennessee out of serious trouble.


Iran Insists on Keeping Some Centrifuges

Iran insisted Thursday it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium — a move that diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal.


ADV: Trade Shares and Currencies Commission-Free

GCI offers commission-free online trading in shares, indices and major currencies. Register today for a free demo account - including charts, quotes and internet trading software.


WASHINGTON - Five Texas Republicans are among the members of Congress demanding that CBS retract its story about President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard amid allegations that documents used for the story are forgeries.


SAN DIEGO - California voters resoundingly approved a measure to spend $3 billion in public money for embryonic stem cell research, opening the door for the most aggressive push yet into the controversial science.


A former council official is jailed for nine months for possession of more than 1,000 images of child pornography.


Archbishop of Canterbury warns greed could wreck the Earth

The leader of the world's Anglicans slammed "human greed" in his Christmas sermon, saying it threatened the Earth's fragile environmental balance.


GENEVA -- The Central African Republic is veering toward disaster, a senior United Nations official said yesterday, a day after rebels captured a northern town and said they were headed to the country's southern capital. "Central African Republic is a tragedy in the making," said Ibrahima Fall, who headed a weeklong UN mission to the country. On Monday, a man ...


Roma, 17:40 - Calcio, serie C1: risultati 17/a giornata

Risultati e classifiche della 17/a giornata del campionato di serie C1.


A new exhibit on the September 11 attacks wastes no time in grabbing visitors' attention with a piece of landing gear and a pair of firetruck doors at the gallery entrance.


German police are trying to find the perpetrators of an attack on a Jewish nursery in Berlin.


Freeing Anwar a `New Beginning' for Malaysia

Investors rarely care much about what Amnesty International says about anything. Yet the group put it best when it called the release of former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim ``a new beginning'' for Malaysia.


Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet Song Swaps

A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission.


U.S. Jews and Muslims seek paths to harmony

Muslims and Jews, a tiny slice of the U.S. population, are looking for new ways to get along that could set a worldwide example for two ancient but often alienated faiths, religious leaders and experts say.


iStor claims speed record for single-chip iSCSI controller An iSCSI developer said it has bucked the trend towards using standard servers to power storage appliances, instead using specialist chips that it designed itself.â¦


Hamas Signals Challenge to Unseat Arafat

Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of Israeli military blows at the movement's leadership.


Basics: Birds, Bugs Named as Steroid Users!

Baseball players may not be the only animals looking to gain an advantage by using steroids.


Italy Hit By Nationwide Strike Of Workers

Rome, Dec. 1 (NNN) : Italy was on Tuesday virtually crippled as millions of workers staged a one-day walk-out against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.


The strong quarter capped a record-breaking 2007 for Humana in membership, revenue and profit, eclipsing previous highs set in 2006.


India's Congress Wins Polls in Key Industrial State

India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that will boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.


Prince Harry Talks to Father About Fight

Britain's Prince Harry, back to camera, clashes with a photographer outside an exclusive London west end nightclub in the early hours of Thursday Oct. 21, 2004.


Juvenile Questioned After Washington Chemical Scare

A juvenile was in police custody and  one person was hospitalized on Wednesday after mace released in  the hallway of a downtown office building seeped into  ground-floor restaurants, emergency officials said.


For many of us, the way our skin looks in the morning dictates, like the weather, what kind of day we might have. We get out of bed, skip (or stagger) over to the mirror, and peer at our reflection as if we were peering out the window. What did the day blow in? A clear, calm complexion? A shower of breakouts? A mist of fine lines? A gloomy new cumulus of dark spots?


The scars are barely visible much of the time, hidden beneath a veil of black. Only in the evenings, when the men wash away the day's grime, do they come to light.


Parties in conflict-torn Sudan made pledges for peace before the UN Security Council, which held extraordinary sessions in Nairobi, Kenya.


E' successo nel Bergamasco. Ucciso uno dei tre albanesiche era entrato nella casa per rubare una Mercedes                                          Rapina in villa finisce nel sangue il proprietario spara e uccide                                                                                L'imprenditore edile di Arzago d'Adda Ã¨ indagato per omicidio


The Senate is expected to pass the 9/11 intelligence reform bill late this afternoon after the House passed the legislation 336-75 last night.


At a time when conventional retailing has been sluggish at best, e-commerce is flourishing.


At least 3,000 people have fled more violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur province in the past few days, the UN says.


Sharon Orders Army Crackdown on Militants

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the army to do whatever was needed to end Palestinian rocket, mortar and bomb attacks, and the government dismissed a call Sunday by the PLO leadership for a halt to militant violence, hours before Palestinians claimed Israeli tank fire had killed a 28-year-old man and his mother in the Gaza Strip.


It was over after three holes. I know what the scoreboard of the Deutsche Bank Championship says this morning. The final results will inform you Tiger Woods beat Vijay Singh by two strokes to walk off with his fifth straight tournament victory. Those numbers suggest a battle of epic proportions between two of the world's most decorated golfers.


Adobe fixes undisclosed vulnerabilities in Reader

Adobe released on Wednesday an update that fixes vulnerabilities in its widely used Reader document viewing program.Users are urged to upgrade to version 8.1.2, available for download on Adobe's Web site.Adobe has not given out details of the vulnerabilities, even though the company has a section on its Web site detailing security advisories for Reader.That could indicate that the vulnerabilities are fairly serious and could result in a compromised PC, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technical officer for Secunia, a security vendor in Denmark.Secunia is performing a binary analysis of the old and new versions of Reader to figure out the vulnerabilities. However, that analysis takes one to three days, Kristensen said.Kristensen said no proof-of-concept code has been seen yet and no attacks have been reported. But people should be especially cautious of PDFs (Portable Document Format), the common file type that Reader opens."PDFs are generally highly trusted," Kristensen said. "It's a common format for exchanging information."Secunia estimates that more than 60 percent of home PC users have the Reader program, based on data from one of its software products that checks to see if programs have up-to-date patches. Corporate use of Reader is less, around 30 percent, since many companies use other business applications that can open PDFs, Kristensen said.Hackers seized on PDFs last year after the disclosure of a protocol handling vulnerability involving Windows. The problem allowed them to create malicious PDF documents that would infect a PC with malicious software if opened.Adobe officials could not be reached.


New Yorkâs Good Old Days Were Often Far From Nice

Axis Company has shaken the dust off a lowbrow stage work called âA Glance at New Yorkâ that was a hit in 1848 and injected it with a huge dose of 21st-century adrenaline.


Dean Poised to Be New Democratic Party Chief

Former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, whose high-flying White House bid crashed a year ago, is poised to win the post of party chairman and tackle the job of leading Democrats back from November's election losses.


Olympic silver medalist Mardy Fish beat Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 Monday to reach the second round of the St. Petersburg Open.


Martin Sheen, the 'President,' at school

The President carried his own books, no bodyguards in sight.


Empey attacks on IRA arms issue. The British Government seems to be...

Empey attacks on IRA arms issue. The British Government seems to be in the dark about what exactly the IRA will do to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, a senior Ulster Unionist claimed today.


Alitalia: lo Stato possedera' il 49% di AZ Service

ROMA - In una delle due societa' in cui e' stata scorporata Alitalia, AZ Service, fara' il suo ingresso un socio a capitale pubblico, mediante conferimenti in denaro pari al 49% del capitale ordinario. Il


Nine men have been charged over yesterday's riot on Palm Island, in north east Australia. Hans Mick reports the community's police station and court house were destroyed.


Under pressure from former   President Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party, ABC scrambled   on Friday to make 11th-hour changes to a miniseries suggesting   he was inattentive to the Islamic militant threat that led to   the September 11 attacks.


U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Thursday amid mixed economic news and light trading as Wall  Street headed home early for the Christmas holiday.


Advertising: After Labor Day, Go Directly to Halloween

Weeks before Halloween marketers, retailers and media companies are busily painting the town orange in order to satisfy consumers who are already in the mood.


Rangers' relief pitcher throws chair at Oakland fans

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair at a fan in a lower box to the left of the Rangers' bullpen along the right-field line in the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.


Modena, 20:01 - CALCIO, MODENA; MUTTI: L'OBBIETTIVO E' LA SALVEZZA

Prime parole di Bortolo Mutti da tecnico del Modena: "E' stata una scelta difficile, ma adesso mi se...


Oracle, PeopleSoft prepared for midnight offer deadline

NOVEMBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The midnight expiration of Oracle Corp.'s tender offer to PeopleSoft Inc.'s shareholders for control of the company will either end the software rivals' bitter, 17-month battle tonight -- or increase its ferocity.


New Lava Has Pushed Through to Surface of Mount St. Helens

For the first time since Mount St. Helens awakened three weeks ago with earthquake rumblings and several bursts of ash and steam, new lava has pushed through to the surface, geologists reported yesterday.


Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood were among the multiple nominees, while the drama "Babel" led Golden Globe contenders with seven nominations.


SATURDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon - Kansas at Boston College, ESPN, WEEI (850); Women: Penn St. at Michigan St., Chs. 4 and 12; South Florida at Syracuse, Chs. 5, 6, and 9; Maryland at Charlotte, ESPNU


Ankle-wear for Paris not too restrictive

Though a court appearance Friday morning could send her back to jail, Paris Hilton for now can party on — despite an electronic ankle bracelet that's a constant reminder someone is watching.


Funerals for three soldiers killed in a roadside bombing by Kurdish rebels turned into anti-government protests Monday as thousands of mourners called on Turkey's leaders to resign over their failure to rein in the violence.


The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings


Cubans have been fetching their precious US dollars from every conceivable hiding place â-ans buried in patios, a wooden box under a tile in the kitchen, the roof over the


Playing Games in Your 20's? Nintendo Is Onto You

Nintendo is hoping that the Nintendo DS will win over older, more sophisticated gamers.


The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week includes todayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.


Ryan Throws for 5 Scores as B.C. Coach Wins Debut

BOSTON, Sept. 1  â Matt Ryan threw for five touchdowns â the second most at Boston College to Doug Flutie â and DeJuan Tribble intercepted three passes Saturday to help the Eagles defeat Wake Forest, 38-28, and give Jeff Jagodzinski a victory in his head-coaching debut.


Black Watch soldiers in Iraq are continuing their mission to stop insurgents escaping from the under-siege city of Fallujah.


Leeds to rent Elland Road after selling it

LIFE is never straightforward at Leeds United and the Championship club yet again dumbfounded its supporters by yesterday pulling out of a takeover deal with Nova Financial Partners, a British-American consortium, at the last minute.


A Kansas City, Mo., jury ruled Tuesday that General Motors was not at fault in the vehicle-rollover death of professional football star Derrick Thomas.


England manager Fabio Capello appoints Stuart Pearce as part of his coaching set-up for the senior team.


Belgium's Verhofstadt to Resume DHL Talks Following Car Crash

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will resume discussions today on a plan to allow DHL Worldwide Express to add night flights from Brussels after suffering minor injuries in a car accident, his spokesman said.


US computer giant IBM Corp plans to sell a substantial part of its stake in China's Lenovo, the world's third-largest personal computer group, raising up to 990 million Hong Kong dollars (127 million US).


Scambiato a 74,19 dollari al barile, oro in lieve calo


MIAMI  -- New York Jets guard Pete Kendall is close to completing a move to the Washington Redskins, the two teams said on Thursday.


US authorities accuse 16 former Bosnian Serb soldiers of hiding their military past to obtain refugee status.


Space Ship Prepares to Blast off for 'X Prize'

A team of aviation pioneers with dreams of one day offering tourist trips into space will tomorrow attempt to clinch a Â£5.5 million prize by launching a craft beyond the


Microsoft will hire more staff at Indian facility

Microsoft Corp. is hiring hundreds of new staff for its operations in Hyderabad over the next 12 months, the company's chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer told reporters Monday in Bangalore, India.


The Christian Science Monitor - Many energy experts are predicting that the price of oil will fall in 2008 from its current level of about $93 a barrel.


A new study showing an increased risk of blood clots among women using a contraceptive skin patch has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to add that finding to the drugâs label.


Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Saturday that the threat of war with neighboring Eritrea over their disputed border was fading.


Coors triggers 'millionaire's amendment'

Republican Pete Coors added another $500,000 to his bid for the US Senate seat from Colorado, opening the door for his opponent to raise more money.


Portuguese police believe the mother of Madeleine McCann is involved in her death, a family spokeswoman says.


Mr. Know-It-All: Sex-Offender Witch Hunt, Facebook Fibs, Radio-Tagged Deer

Wired's expert in all things answers -- in his inimitable style -- three thoughtful questions about postmodern life.


Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he would resign in hope of making it easier to extend a naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan, sending shockwaves through Japan.


God knows if they're telling the truth, I wouldn't say their credibility is any too high. But I really don't think they'd lie about this given the stakes: North Korea says it has turned the plutonium from


Bank of Japan raises rates to decade-high 0.5 pct

The Bank of Japan raised its main interest rate on Wednesday by a quarter percentage point to 0.50 percent, the highest in more than a decade, but the yen retreated as the central bank signaled caution on further increases.


Earlier in her career, she might have melted down. She might have bounced her racket, flailed her arms and wildly scolded herself after double-faulting to lose the first set of a championship match.


TV Decoder Blog: Second Life, on a TV Screen

Tonightâs episode of âCSI: NYâ which uses the virtual world Second Life as its theme is getting a lot of attention. Bill Carter described the episode back on Oct. 4. TV Guide notes that âSecond Life also makes an appearance on âThe Officeâ this week, and under a fictional name it figured in a [...].


Cinemas in Bangladesh, Pakistan squeezed by Bollywood

DHAKA/ISLAMABAD  - The traditional family trip to   the local cinema has become little more than a nostalgic memory   in Bangladesh and Pakistan, where locals prefer to stay home   and watch banned Bollywood films on their television sets.


Fire at Turkey Copper Mine Traps Workers

A fierce fire at a copper mine in northwestern Turkey trapped dozens of workers inside, an official said. Five injured miners managed to escape.


Bush on top ahead of Republican convention, despite Iraq, economic woes

US President George W. Bush campaigned in Florida ahead of his party's convention, on top in the polls but battered by negative economic news and a situation in Iraq he admits he miscalculated.


Study finds omega-3 can ward off Alzheimer's

A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish such as salmon and sardines, and in fish-oil capsules, can help keep Alzheimer's disease at bay, a new Canadian study suggests.


A man has invented a car alarm system that he thinks could save some of the children who die after being shut inside cars on warm days.


NEW YORK - Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. reiterated Tuesday it would meet its 2004 earnings target but said over the next two years it would lose $14 billion in revenues because of patent expirations.


An exhibit featuring letters, photos and Nazi-era documents detailing the history of Vienna's Jews opened in the Austrian capital Tuesday.


Israeli soldiers accused of tampering with corpses

A military police investigation was ordered yesterday by the Israeli Chief of Staff into allegations that soldiers had tampered with the bodies of dead Palestinians and posed for photographs with the corpses.


Potrebbe rientrare lo sciopero iniziato due giorni fa


France appeared to have removed a threat to one of Europe's largest energy deals on Sunday after the boards of Suez and Gaz de France voted on a politically charged merger delayed by disputes over strategy and control.


LIVE: Launch of Expedition Ten Crew to the ISS / ESA TV Live / 14 ...

The early morning hours of 14 October will see the next ISS launch, bringing another permanent crew to the Station. Expedition 10 crew is made of Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov.


Federal Reserve officials, citing recent signs of economic improvement, raised a key short-term interest rate Tuesday for a third time this year and signaled that they are


When Sylvester Croom met with 500 members of the Mississippi State Quarterback Club at the Starkville Country Club recently, he read a poem entitled: "What is a Coach?


WGA meltdown makes 'pirates' of Vista, XP owners

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has blamed an unspecified server problem for a 19-hour stretch during which paying users of Windows XP and Vista were accused by the company's WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) validation system of running pirated software. Any Vista system fingered during the episode was stripped of some features, including the operating system's Aero graphical interface. As of Saturday at 3 p.m. EDT, Microsoft said the problem had been fixed. "We are aware it is a server-side issue," said Phil Liu, a Microsoft program manager in the WGA group. "[But] the cause is unknown at this current time." "Customers who received an incorrect validation response can fix their system by revalidating on our site," said Alex Kochis, senior product manager of WGA, in a blog posting. The site Kochis referred to is the Genuine Microsoft Software home page, which includes links to validation tests for Windows and Microsoft Office. "After successfully revalidating, any affected system should be rebooted to ensure the genuine-only features are restored," Kochis continued. The validation server snafu began sometime prior to 8 p.m. EDT on Friday, when users started posting messages on Microsoft's support forums, including Vista Validation Issues, saying that their PCs had been tagged as running nongenuine Windows. Overnight, the number of users adding their accounts to the tale spiked significantly, as did the frustration index. "What in hell is going on, Microsoft?" asked a user named Hedgemeister. "SUPPORT? Where are you? Validation issues with Vista. Hello? All of us need help," wrote Gnrlbzik. "This is an absolute disgrace. Treating legitimate customers like criminals is a great way to make people want to buy your software in the future! [I'm] absolutely disgusted," added Costanza. Although copies of both Windows XP and Vista were being tagged as counterfeit during the 19 hours, users of the latter were especially incensed. The WGA antipiracy scheme for that operating system disables several features when it thinks the copy is bogus, among them the Aero graphical user interface and ReadyBoost. Early in the outage, several Microsoft customers posted what they said was the text of e-mail they had received from Microsoft support that suggested users sit tight for several days. "I'm sorry to inform you that the Windows Genuine server might be down for few days," the e-mail, attributed to Microsoft Technical Support, said. "I have escalated the issue to our Genuine team, kindly try to validate again on Tuesday 28 Aug 2007." If the message was intended to mollify users, it didn't work. "TUESDAY!?! Yeah, f that," said Nooaah. It wasn't until Saturday around 1 p.m. EDT that a non-anonymous Microsoft manager offered up information. "I guarantee that we're working on this issue right now," said Liu in a post to the forum. "My goal is to identify a FIX for this issue -- afterwards get you all what you are looking for, an explanation and cause. I promise I will have an explanation and resolution as soon as humanly possible." Users' testy relationship with WGA Although Microsoft did not identify the number of affected systems Saturday, based on the user comments and Liu's promises, it appeared to be systemwide. If so, it would be the biggest problem so far in the developer's contentious WGA program. Designed to spot pirated copies of its Windows and Office software, WGA has been mandatory since mid-2005 before nonsecurity updates or files can be downloaded from Microsoft's site. WGA has faced criticism almost since its inception, but until Friday, the most vocal complaints dated back to June 2006, when users discovered that the Windows XP version of WGA was "phoning home" to Microsoft every time the PC was booted. Those critics returned when Microsoft upped the ante with Vista by replacing the WGA messages that only nagged XP users suspected of running counterfeits with a new policy that used an RFM (reduced functionality mode) to cripple machines. In RFM, only Internet Explorer works, and then for just an hour at a time. Because RFM only allows a grace period of three days to those who previously activated Windows but are subsequently deemed pirates, any problems must be fixed quickly to prevent customers' PCs from going dark. Microsoft managed to beat the deadline. That, however, didn't mean much to some, who said this was it for their relationship with the vendor. One claimed that he was heading out the door to buy a Mac, while others swore they would switch to Linux. Others called on Microsoft to ditch WGA. "Once again the legitimate person gets screwed while the people who pirate software probably aren't even affected," said Mark in the support forum. "This whole validation process should be dropped. This is just another nail in the Microsoft coffin." Saturday's outage was not the first time the validation service has gone dark and then identified all PCs connecting with the servers as running pirated copies. In October 2006, Microsoft's Kochis acknowledged a similar blackout. "Earlier this week, a server on the back end of the WGA service experienced a bug that resulted in a temporary outage. As a result, some systems were incorrectly flagged as being non-genuine, and we want to confirm for those who contacted us about this that it was indeed an error," he wrote.


If You Need Your News on the Run, Read the Summary

The Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister paper are giving readers a digest that offers a quick summary of the newspapers.


Soccer: Barca's behind us, bring on Bayer, says Real's Raul

MADRID : Real Madrid club captain Raul said the nine-times European Champions had already got their 3-0 thrashing by bitter rivals Barcelona out of their system.


Nike Chief Phil Knight Resigns; Board Appoints Perez

Nike Inc. said Phil Knight, who began the company in 1972 selling sneakers from his car and built it into the world's biggest athletic-shoe maker, will step down next month as chief executive officer.


âPakistan is inherently unstable. Dealing with them is like playing with matches in a forest.â - Larry Pressler. That statement from Larry Pressler, made during his recent visit to India, coincided with


A huge explosion has reportedly occurred in North Korea, but South Korean and US officials maintain it was not a nuclear test. The explosion, which produced a mushroom


Iraq donors wrap up meeting with vows to speed funds for ...

TOKYO Iraqi leaders hope some much-needed reconstruction money will be freed up now that a two-day meeting of donor nations has finished in Tokyo.


Una 'fuga dissociativa' come la chiamano gli psichiatri. Un uomo di 54 anni del Wisconsin perde la memoria e vaga per mesi in lungo e in largo negli Stati Uniti. Senza memoria e' difficile sapere dove si abita e quale e' il proprio nome.


Ukraine Turns Up Heat on Ex-Leader Kuchma

As Ukraine's ex-President Leonid Kuchma settles into a comfortable retirement, his future is in the hands of some of his fiercest political enemies, who accuse him of misdeeds ranging from corruption to ordering the murder of a journalist.


President Bush on Wednesday established a high-level government panel to recommend steps to guarantee the safety of food and other products shipped into the United States and to improve U.S. policing of those imports. The White House denied the effort was aimed primarily at China.


Tra gli imputati Jose' Dirceu, ex braccio destro di Lula


Pilgrims flock to most peaceful Bethlehem in years

BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Thousands of pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers hope will highlight the benefits of peacemaking.


Centrodestra replica ad Amato.Casini, attenti a nuovo humus


Money for Vaccinating Children Is Diverted, Officials Say

The federal government is using money that was intended for vaccinating children to pay for experimental flu vaccines for adults, health officials said.


Raikkonen wins but Hamilton retains title lead

Sport: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were left trailing as Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix.


Extra security measures are being introduced in Iraq ahead of Sunday's election - the first since the invasion.


Men aged 65 and over in England are to be offered screening for a potentially fatal blood vessel condition.


Bridge: Usually the Playâs the Thing, but Give the Bidding Its Due

A newspaper column contains a deal diagram, a bidding sequence and a description of the play.


From jobs to taxes to health care, Bush and Kerry are making lots of promises. TIME crunches the numbers for you


Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and Vladimir Guerrero had a three-run homer, leading the Anaheim Angels to a 7-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.


CDC orders influenza vaccinations only to neediest groups

About 22.4 million doses of Aventis Pasteur flu vaccine that have not been shipped yet to customers will be redirected to public health departments, nursing homes and veterans hospitals to


Israel's Labour Party is voting to elect a new leader, with the outcome likely to alter national politics.


Recording The Beatles chronicles the gear, studios and personalities responsible for the legendary Beatles catalog. Now, for the digital debut. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.


7 More Managers Fired Over Nortel Accounting

The company announced the firings on Thursday along with a restructuring plan that included layoffs of about 3,500 employees.


A lawyer for MedImmune Inc. asked the Supreme Court yesterday to let the company sue to overturn a patent owned by Genentech Inc. on a component of MedImmune's blockbuster drug Synagis, even though MedImmune is paying royalties to use it.


Hummus brings Israelis, Palestinians to the table

Foodies from both groups say that their love for the savory spread forces them to meet.


World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Airbus Suspends Freighter Work

The airplane manufacturer Airbus has stopped work on the freight version of its new A380 superjumbo jet to focus more on the troubled passenger version of the aircraft, a spokesman for its parent company said. The decision came a week after United Parcel Service, the only remaining customer for the freight aircraft, postponed taking delivery of the planes and said it might cancel the order altogether.


After Setbacks, Shuttle Is Ready for Launching

NASA plans to launch the first shuttle mission of 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center at 7:38 p.m. Friday.


Bryant, O'Neal can do it all - except get along

If ever there was a case of two people who didn't know their left feet from their right, two people who didn't know how good they had it on the basketball court, two people who, in the final analysis, got exactly what they deserved, it's the strange case


Can't Say TSA's Not Vigilant When It Comes to Dairy Items

U.S. officials have been wrestling with how to get airport screeners to think more creatively about detecting possible terrorism threats.


Nationwide Outages Hit Zambia, Zimbabwe Almost Simultaneously

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan. 20 -- Power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.


A 36-year-old man is charged with three terrorism offences following last week's raids in Birmingham.


America's largest insurer is in hot water again with regulators. American International Group (AIG ) said on Oct. 4 that officials at the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Justice Dept.


CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Toys "R" Us said Monday it made money in the fiscal second quarter, in contrast to the prior year's loss, thanks in part to a $200 million income-tax reversal.


The Nvidia Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices have been subpoenaed as part of an investigation of potential antitrust violations involving graphics chips.


Israeli parliament set for historic vote on Gaza pullout

JERUSALEM : The Israeli parliament is set for an historic vote on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hotly contested plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after 37 years of occupation.


Britain's retail sales rebounded in May after a slight fall in April, buoyed by strong demand for household goods, official data showed Thursday.


Ashcroft asks court to bar Oregon suicide law

Seeking to void the nation's only right-to-die law, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the Supreme Court yesterday to give federal agents


The NHL players' union insists its proposed salary rollback will dramatically change the league's economics. It remains to be seen whether that's enough to persuade


General Growth Set to Buy Rouse for $7.2B

General Growth Properties Inc., a Chicago-based developer of regional shopping malls, said Friday it will buy the Rouse Co. for about $7.2 billion. The deal will provide it with more leverage in negotiations with top retailers and give it some of the nation's premiere mall sites like Boston's Faneuil Hall and the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip.


A bird known by her wing band number, 256, is about to cause a huge flap in genetics, one which could change our understanding of human evolution and bird behaviour and help to prevent another global influenza pandemic.


At least 11 miners are killed and 28 are missing after a blast at a coalmine in eastern Ukraine, officials say.


Ministers must do more to ensure children of armed services personnel move smoothly between schools, MPs say.


They say that opposites attract, and in the case of Sen. John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, that may be true — at least in their public personas.


North Korea plans nuclear test, U.S. calls it threat

North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct its first nuclear test, prompting the United States, France and Japan to urge the U.N. Security Council to respond to what Washington called "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.


Kyle MacLachlan and his wife, Desiree Gruber, are expecting their first child.


Jakarta suspects key terror suspect over bombing

A car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Thursday bears all the hallmarks of a Malaysian terror suspect who is a senior member of an al Qaeda-linked group, Indonesia's police chief said.


Prende il posto del dimissionario Pier Francesco Facchini


A 8 anni aggredito da compagni in bagno scuola a Empoli


Afghan group sets November 3 deadline for hostage execution

Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them by Wednesday (November 3) if the government does not convince the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.


Artest To Get 30-Day Suspension For Brawl, Station Reports

The National Basketball Association suspended four players involved in Friday night's fight at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The NBA is expected to formally announce the suspensions as early as today for their


Dutch court poised to rule on ABN's LaSalle sale

The Dutch Supreme Court is likely to  sway the outcome of an acrimonious takeover battle for ABN AMRO  on Friday when it rules on whether the Dutch bank can go  forward with the suspended sale of its U.S. unit.


A car bomb exploded in the heart of Baghdad Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding at least eight in a crowded commercial area, police said.


US core inflation hotter than expected in September

WASHINGTON: US consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2 percent last month, a government report showed on Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.


Singer Courtney Love leaves the Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse during a lunch break Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2004, in Los Angeles.


A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday.


Heart attacks linked to nine risk factors: study

A large international study led by a Canadian has linked more than 90 per cent of heart attacks to nine easy-to-measure risk factors common to essentially every region and every ethnic group in the world, a media report has said.


Palestinians urged to finish selecting Cabinet

GAZA CITY -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas appealed to faction leaders yesterday to finish choosing ministers for a unity government and said further delay could embolden opponents of the deal.


Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio is to dissolve parliament and call early elections over a cabinet crisis.


IRVINE, Calif. -- Gateway Inc., a struggling computer maker that has accepted a buyout offer from a Taiwan-based company, said Wednesday it will sell its professional business unit to MPC Corp. in a deal valued at about $90 million.


Greenpeace try eating whale to stop whaling

As activists clash with Japanese whalers on their Antarctic hunt, other anti-whaling campaigners are doing the once unthinkable -- getting out chopsticks and tasting whale meat.


Anderlecht's Baseggio scores with burst ball

The ball burst on impact when midfielder Walter Baseggio scored Anderlecht's equaliser in their 2-1 home win over La Louviere in the Belgian first division.


'It still hasn't sunk in' - Fridman's father

'I awoke at 2 am in a daze and couldn't get back to sleep," Uri Fridman says of the morning after his son earned Israel's first-ever Olympic gold medal in mistral windsailing in Athens.


Feed your inner bear to find the best buys.


1 Killed, 5 Missing in Nepal Rebel Attack

Officials in Nepal say one soldier has been killed and at least five police officers are missing after an attack by suspected Maoist rebels.


Italia in ''bianco e nero'' per ricchezza prodotta dalle province e graduatoria praticamente bloccata in testa e in coda da nove anni a questa parte. Molte le conferme, poche le sorprese nella classifica del


Study links air pollution particles, heart disease

Air pollution might help cause heart  disease and strokes in older women, U.S. researchers reported  on Wednesday.


China Official Slams U.S. on Weapons Deal

A senior Chinese official criticized the United States for pressuring Israel to confiscate Chinese-owned drone aircraft, calling the American action "groundless and unreasonable."


Reports say talks with Irish duo have collapsed

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Manchester United, the most well-known soccer club in the world, is expected Friday to make a statement on the status of its takeover approach, the BBC reported, as speculation grows that Malcolm Glazer's talks with its largest


Time to Close Gaps in Emergency Communications

No matter what the disaster -- hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack -- the nation's first responders get to the scene soon after. Which is why it's such a crime when these people can't communicate with each other.


How does a World Series champion maintain its edge? If you're the Red Sox, you hire a sports psychology coach.


A winter storm hit the Great Lakes on Friday, blanketing the region with several inches of snow and disrupting holiday travel.


Disney Suit May Change Boards' Liability

Case could open door to scores of other lawsuits against board members for failing to exercise proper oversight over corporate management.


Japanese "Walk" the talk at Montreal fest

Japanese director Eiji  Okuda's "A Long Walk," a drama about an old man on a long walk  with a little girl, was the big winner as the Montreal World  Film Festival wrapped Monday.


IBM on Friday announced it acquired privately held Systems Research & Development (SRD), for an undisclosed amount, to fill out its business intelligence middleware portfolio.


Al-Aqsa Brigades announce their support of Abu Mazen

After Barghoutiâs decision to back the PLO chairman, Fatahâs military wing says it "believes Abu Mazen will implement the will of the Palestinian peopleâ.


Nebraska governor picked for agriculture secretary

President Bush nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns on Thursday to be Secretary of Agriculture, choosing a conservative Republican from far beyond Washington to fill a post presiding over key heartland concerns.


Nortel strategy to focus on cash, costs, CEO says

OTTAWA, Aug 19  - Nortel Network Corp.'s (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) new growth recipe may strike a sour note with Wall Street because it does not center on profit margins, but a focus on cash and costs will better serve the ...


Prosecutors released two suspects in the contract-style killing of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, and a third is no longer linked to the case.


Kenya's tea farms weather political violence

KERICHO, Kenya  - Kenya's large Rift Valley tea estates say they should weather political and ethnic violence targeting their work force, but it is cold comfort to the roughly 20,000 tea pickers who had to run for their lives.


Udine, 17:38 - CALCIO, LEONARDI: SU QUAGLIARELLA VALUTEREMO INSIEME A SAMP

Due reti alla Lituania, ed ecco che Quagliarella diventa uomo mercato. Il giocatore è in comp...


The number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for jobless aid rose 10,000 last week to the highest level in nearly two months, government data showed on Thursday.


A Torino i bianconeri superano il Vicenza 2-1


In global trade, wheels greased by greasing palms

A bribery index ranks India as the worst offender among leading exporters.


Retailers Seen Posting Modest Nov. Sales

US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.


Six people, believed to be from the same family, are shot dead at an isolated home near Seattle in the United States.


Crowd Pleasers: An Age of Tainted Admissions and Too Much Homework

This fall education is a particularly hot topic in publishing. New books raise a wealth of ticklish questions.


Russia vows adequate response to UK expulsions

Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it would avoid jeopardizing the interests of ordinary citizens or businessmen.


Republicans Hesitant to Push Rumsfeld Out

Acknowledging mistakes in Iraq by the Bush administration, leading Republicans expressed reluctance Sunday that the White House replace Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who has lost the confidence of some GOP lawmakers over the conduct of the war.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. Â· A bankruptcy judge granted US Airways authority Friday to immediately cut the pay of its union workers by 21 percent through mid-February, saying the airline's situation is so dire that urgent action must be taken.


Jagr Believes NHL Season Could Still Start

New York Rangers forward Jaromir Jagr  thinks there is a 50-50 chance the National Hockey League will  end its owner-imposed lockout and play this season.


Thief who plundered libraries for rare maps is sent to jail

A former landscape gardener who travelled Britain and Europe stealing rare maps from libraries was jailed yesterday for four-and-a-half years.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that government should help working mothers and lower-paid workers by giving them more time off with pay.


Iraq's influential Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) has accused the US army of hampering efforts to secure the release of two abducted French journalists.


Prodi telefona al senatore, Storace chiede provvedimenti


A Movie Star for All Eras, Even the Present

Such a deep streak of nostalgia runs through George Clooneyâs career that he seems to be working his way through every decade of the 20th century.


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The board of Russia's embattled oil giant Yukos will halt crude supplies to Baltic refinery Mazeikiu Nafta until the end of the year, the Interfax agency reported Monday — just hours after Yukos confirmed a similar move involving a Chinese company.


Germany's triathlon champ tests postive for EPO

Germany's ironman triathlon world champion Nina Kraft has tested positive for the banned blood-boosting drug EPO (erythropoietin) according to a report Wednesday in the Frankfurter Allgemeine.


Mugabe launches Robert Mugabe intelligence academy

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has launched an intelligence academy named after him, saying it would produce officers able to counter growing threats from Western powers, state media reported on Friday.


Sanjay Dutt finally looks relieved as he poses with the new Mrs India.


Ascoli Piceno, 11:25 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: COMUNE TORNA IN POSSESSO STADIO

Alle 10 di questa mattina il Comune di Ascoli è tornato in possesso dello stadio Del Duca. As...


American Football: Candlestick Park renamed 'Monster Park'

SAN FRANCISCO - Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team, was renamed "Monster Park" today in a US$6 million ($9.


European shares eased on Monday despite lower oil prices as the euro at a new record high against the dollar hurt exporters, and BT weighed after the telecoms operator made an acquisition of nearly $1 billion.


NASA skips first shuttle landing opportunity

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA skipped a first opportunity on Thursday to bring the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth because of bad weather in Florida, but the space agency could make another attempt later in the day.


Doctors at a French military hospital near Paris say Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains in a coma, in critical but stable condition.


UN on Holocaust: Evil Wins When the Good Are Quiet

Those who incite hatred and mass  murder are not always extremists but men of culture,  Secretary-General Kofi Annan told world leaders in opening the  first-ever General Assembly commemoration of the World War II  Holocaust.


Defence firm BAE Systems sees a sharp rise in profits after strong US growth, but makes no comment on corruption probes.


Recent predictions that the death of Yasser Arafat will usher in a new era of Palestinian peacemaking are, I regret to say, a joke.


Russia's high court upholds a 15-year sentence against an arms expert convicted of spying for the US.


Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS.N, the top  U.S. bookseller, on Monday said quarterly profit fell due to  higher expenses and weaker demand for bestseller titles,  sending its stock down more than 2 percent.


Lost London whale was suffering from arthritis

A whale which hit the headlines around the world when it was stranded in the River Thames in London earlier this year was suffering from a painful form of arthritis, scientists have said.


The huge scale of the Asian quake disaster is making it difficult to assess the economic impact, the World Bank says.


There's not much middle ground in the legal community when it comes to opinions of local prosecutor Mike Nifong's most famous case.


Committee Lambasts Harvard Chief's Remark

The suggestion by Harvard University's president that innate differences might explain why women lag in science and math could hurt efforts to recruit female scholars, a faculty committee said.


Prosecutors in Italy issue 140 arrest warrants over the decades-old South American plot Operation Condor.


Soccer: Player dies in Brazilian league game

Serginho, a 30-year-old defender with SÃ£o Caetano, collapsed and died of what appeared to be a heart attack during a Brazilian league match on Wednesday night.


EU Urges Liberia to Improve Election Laws Fast

The European Union urged Liberia, struggling to emerge from more than 10 years of civil war, to bring its election laws up to international standards ahead of an October vote.


Stocks fell on Wednesday after news of  a bigger-than-expected drop in weekly U.S. crude inventories  and a surprise jump in the U.S. trade deficit to a record  level.


Moderate drinking and a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life, research suggests.


U.S. Navy medic apologizes for killing of Iraqi man

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - A U.S. Navy medic admitted on Friday helping kidnap an Iraqi grandfather and said his patrol leader's anger at the release of a suspected "terrorist" from Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison prompted the abduction and murder.


A 25-year-old woman is charged with two terror offences, according to Greater Manchester Police.


Milano, 16:35 - CALCIO, MILAN: ESORDIO DI RONALDO

Esordio di Ronaldo con la maglia del Milan. L'attaccante brasiliano è entrato in campo al 63'...


Lione, 19:47 - CALCIO, LIONE: CRIS PROLUNGA CONTRATTO

Il difensore brasiliano Cris ha prolungato di un anno, fino al 2011, il contratto con il Lione. Cris...


Vista firewall easily tricked, says Symantec

Design decisions made by Microsoft yielded a Windows Vista firewall that can easily be subverted, according to a researcher at Symantec.


Women place a big emphasis on kissing, while men just see it as a route to sex, researchers say.


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he wasn't sure he was being truly impartial when the high court was asked to settle the disputed 2000 presidential vote in Florida.


Vodafone non venderÃ  telefonini sottocosto in Italia

Vodafone non adotterÃ  in Italia la stessa politica commerciale che ha fatto negli ultimi mesi la fortuna di 3, ovvero quella di vendere i telefoni cellulari fortemente scontati, al fine di attrarre un maggior numero di clienti.


Women more likely to seek help for sweating: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Women with clammy handshakes are twice as likely to seek medical attention as men with sweaty palms, according to a new U.S. study.


U.S. stocks fell on Friday, snapping the Dow's three-day run to record highs, as employment data renewed worries about slower economic growth, while shares of automaker General Motors Corp.  sank on fears a major shareholder may begin selling his stake.


Bill Gates headlines consumer electronics tradeshow

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates unofficially opened the world's largest consumer electronics tradeshow in Las Vegas on Sunday, heralding the onset of a new "digital decade."


Dozens of al Qaeda killed in Anbar: Iraq police

Iraqi security forces killed dozens of al Qaeda militants who attacked a village in western Anbar province on Wednesday, during fierce clashes that lasted much of the day, police officials said on Thursday.


Laettner, B. Davis Headline Group to Purchase Grizzlies

Christian Laettner and former Duke teammate Brian Davis are part of an investment group that will purchase 70 percent of the Memphis Grizzlies.


Irish author Anne Enright's "bleak" novel The Gathering is the surprise winner of the prestigious  Booker Prize.


Australian book on royals touches nerve in Japan

A book on the sad saga of Crown Princess Masako by an Australian journalist has touched a nerve in Japan, where tabloids may tease but mainstream media tend to tread lightly when it comes to reporting about royals.


Ice skater doesn't remember what caused fall that left her with a ...

World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina said Monday she still doesn't know what caused her to fall and sustain a concussion during a weekend skating program, though she says she doesn't fear going back on the ice.


Gel Could Offer Way to Give Injection Drugs Orally

NEW YORK  - A gel that withstands the acidic environment of the stomach could help create oral versions of drugs that currently must be given by injection, scientists reported on Monday.


Big trade surplus overshadows China reform pledge

China pledged on Monday that 2007 would  be another year of extensive financial reform but said there  was no quick way to bring down its record trade surplus.


SUVA -- Fiji's military leader said today he had seized control of the country from the elected government and dismissed the prime minister. Commodore Frank Bainimarama told a news conference that he had briefly assumed the powers of the president and was using them to dismiss Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. He said he would soon surrender presidential powers back to ...


NEW DELHI: India test-fired a supersonic cruise missile yesterday, launching it off the Indian coast, a local news agency reported.


Hundreds of people have been helped in a temporary Christmas shelter, the charity Crisis says.


October vote could see President Musharraf resign as head of army.


Like actors in an amateur stage play, the large, mostly all-star â or has-been star â cast of âIn the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Taleâ look, rather dazedly, to be playing dress-up.


Gates Prods NATO States on Deployments to Afghanistan

KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 22 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates criticized European members of NATO on Monday for failing to provide the extra troops that their governments promised last year for security duties in Afghanistan.


Brazil Laundering Probe Stings Bankers, Politicians

BRASILIA, Brazil  - A Brazilian congressional  probe accused 91 people, including a former central bank chief  and an ex-mayor of Sao Paulo, on Tuesday of involvement in  suspected laundering of money from drug trafficking, smuggling  and other crimes.


Pfizer Inc. has agreed to suspend  its advertisements for arthritis drug Celebrex while U.S.  regulators review new data that link the drug to an elevated  risk of heart attacks, a Food and Drug Administration  spokeswoman said on Sunday.


Metromix to help Tribune, Gannett get national ads

Tribune Co and Gannett Co Inc said on  Monday they are working on a joint venture to expand Tribune's  Metromix local entertainment Web site network throughout the  United States in a bid for more revenue from national  advertisers.


A peek at companies that overpromised and underdelivered.


Spacewalkers set out to free station's jammed wing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle astronauts left their ship for a fourth spacewalk on Monday in a last-ditch effort to free a jammed solar wing panel on the International Space Station and complete every job NASA wanted for its final flight of the year.


Ernie Els stayed on track for a maiden World Golf Championships title with a 4-under-par 68 in the third round in Ireland on Saturday.


US authorities are investigating British arms manufacturer BAE Systems' compliance with anti-corruption laws, including those regarding lucrative Saudi contracts, BAE said Tuesday.