Gonzaga center Heytvelt faces drug trial

Suspended Gonzaga center Josh Heytvelt has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance following his Feb. 9 arrest, when police said they found hallucinogenic mushrooms in his car.


Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy is named politician of the year for his consistent opposition to the Iraq war.


Within the West Bank's impovershed Jenin camp, the Freedom Theater provides troubled youths with a grounding in performing arts.


Sharp Corp. 6753.T said on Thursday it   would globally offer six new liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs   toward the year-end shopping season, stoking white-hot   competition further in the $45 billion LCD TV market.


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The Basque separatist group Eta says it will end its ceasefire with the Spanish government on Wednesday.


Politicians, UN avoid dealing with genocide

''No US president has ever made genocide prevention a priority and no US president has ever suffered politically for his indifference to its occurrence.


Manmohan, Musharraf hail new chapter in ties

The leaders of India and Pakistan on Friday hailed a new era in often-fraught relations between the two nuclear rivals and agreed to study a joint pipeline project and pursue solutions to the Kashmir conflict.


Symantec claws $100k from Calif. eBay pirates

California defendants rue their actions Two eBay traders agreed this week to pay a total of $100,000 in damages after they were caught selling illegal copies of Norton security software.â¦


Big Dig political battle to move to court

The political battle over the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse is moving to the courtroom as embattled Massachusetts Turnpike board Chairman Matthew Amorello fights to keep his job.


Sun Microsystems Inc. said it agreed to pay $92 million to Eastman Kodak Co. to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit over Sun's Java programming language.


Many mutual funds that invest abroad had sizeable 2006 gains that bore the stamp "made in China" but recent volatility in that country's stock markets have cast some doubt onto this year's returns.


Magic 119, Nets 86: Consecutive Blowouts Raise New Questions for the Nets

After completing a Western trip in which four of five games were decided by a point, the Nets have sustained two of their most devastating defeats of the season.


Los Angeles airport closed after torch explosion

A spokesman said part of Los Angeles International Airport was shut down amid security concerns. Airport officials said terminals 6, 7 and 8 were closed following an incident when a person went up the exit


Kerry Envisions Terrorism As 'Just Another Nuisance'

Sen. John F. Kerry -- in an interview with Sunday's New York Times Magazine -- said the Sept. 11 attacks "didn't change me much at all"; and said he hopes the country will return


Roma, 14:35 - CALCIO, ROMA; VELOZ: LIVERPOOL INTERESSATO A MANCINI

"C'è stato un interessamento del Liverpool nei confronti di Mancini. Ho parlato con Benitez e...


TV: Iraq Group to Free 7 Employees of Kuwait Firm

Iraqi kidnappers of seven employees of a  Kuwaiti company said in a video statement on Thursday they  would release the captives once their employer halted  operations in Iraq, Al Arabiya television reported.


CD maker will pay Microsoft for counterfeit software

(InfoWorld) - A French CD duplicator has agreed to compensate MicrosoftÂ after producing discs with unauthorized copies of Microsoft software, the companies said Tuesday. In 2003 a Thai subsidiary of the French company MPO Group produced 20,000 counterfeit copies of Microsoft's Exchange and SQL Server products, the software vendor said. MPO blamed the incident on a misunderstanding over licenses: it had copied the discs for a third party claiming to be licensed by Microsoft to distribute the software, but that license later turned out to be forged, Microsoft said. Microsoft does not allow its software to be reproduced under a third-party license in that way, it said. MPO has a disk replication agreement directly with Microsoft for other software. MPO, based in Averton, France, paid Microsoft compensation for the incident, said Audrey Bernal, a spokeswoman for the CD duplicator. Microsoft described the compensation as a "multimillion dollar settlement." Microsoft tracked down the source of the counterfeit software by making test purchases in Asia and examining the discs. MPO cooperated with the investigation, Microsoft said. The software vendor warns buyers to look out for certain warning signs to help them identify counterfeit software, including making sure that it comes from a reputable source and looks like the genuine article. It is unclear how those guidelines help in cases such as this, where the disputed discs were copied by a company authorized by Microsoft to duplicate other software. Although MPO joined the International Recording Media Association's Anti-Piracy Compliance Program in 2005, its plant in Thailand is not yet on the list of IRMA Anti-Piracy Certified Plants.


Soldier Pleads Guilty in Iraq Abuse Case

A US Army staff sergeant pleaded guilty Wednesday to abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, telling a military court that prisoners were forced to submit to public nudity


49 Iraqi soldiers die in guerrilla ambush

BAGHDAD In the single deadliest ambush of the Iraq insurgency, guerrillas dressed as security officers executed 49 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers on Saturday evening on a remote road in eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers were going home on leave, Iraqi


Mac version of Google desktop not planned - O'Reilly

Reports that Google is planning a Mac version of its Desktop Search tool, recently released in beta for Windows, are not entirely accurate, according to publisher Tim O'Reilly.


FTC hands down sanctions against 'free product' spammer

The agency said this week that it had settled with a spammer who had failed to tell consumers they actually had to spend money to receive "free" products.


China and India's growing trade and investment in Africa is spurring African economies, says a World Bank report.


Suicide Bombers Kill 20 Iraqi Security Personnel

Suicide bombers killed 20 members of  Iraq's fledgling security forces near a U.S. marine base west  of Baghdad and at a checkpoint north of the capital on Saturday  in a spate of guerrilla attacks across the country.


FORT WORTH - The former Texas Air National Guard commander who gave CBS documents critical of President Bush's military service said he thinks the network has tried to make him the "fall guy" in the dispute over whether the memos are authentic.


Heather Mills to Compete on "Dancing With the Stars"

While this year's line-up of ABC's Dancing With the Stars contestants might not be so shocking, one of them is pretty unique. Heather Mills, estranged wife of Paul McCartney, has joined the list of competitors. But, it's not her ex-husband that ...


Leaders of striking US film and TV writers tell their members they have reached a "tentative deal" with studios.


Raiders steal millions of pounds from a bank in Belfast after employees' families are held captive.


Polanski Wins Bid to Sue in UK Court Via Videolink

Film director Roman Polanski on Thursday  won his bid to sue for libel in an English court via videolink  in order to avoid the risk of extradition to the United States  for child sex offences.


PalmSource Embraces Linux Through China Buy

NEW YORK - PalmSource's planned acquisition of China MobileSoft signals its desire to expand its presence in Asian markets, as well as to produce a new, Linux-based version of its handheld operating system.


Iraq Shi'ite mosque bombing kills eight: police

A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed eight people near a Shi'ite mosque in the volatile Iraqi city of Baquba on Thursday, police said.


Sudan, rebels abandoning Darfur peace effort: EU envoy

The European Union's envoy to Sudan on  Saturday accused the government and rebels of abandoning peace  efforts in Darfur and trying to solve the conflict militarily.


Perquisizioni in corso a Roma e in altre citta' d'Italia


Did Blockbuster, Facebook break video privacy law with Beacon?

A New York Law School professor says that Facebook's Beacon service appears to have violated a 1988 law because Beacon partner Blockbuster shared Facebook users' movie choices with others.


"Although the pound has been a loyal and faithful servant of the Cyprus economy, we felt that things could happen that could destabilize a small open economy, so it was to your benefit to join the euro zone as soon as possible."  EU newcomers Cyprus and Malta adopted the euro Tuesday, bringing to fifteen the number of countries using the currency with increasing clout over the slumping U.S. dollar.The Mediterranean islands, both former British colonies, scrapped the Cyprus pound and Maltese lira at midnight.Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had to waited a little before getting his hands on the new currency. An automated teller machine did not work when Gonzi tried to withdraw euros, and he was obliged to use a different ATM. Read more


DreamWorks Battling Quality 'Shrek 2' Bootlegs

Movie studio DreamWorks, which is preparing to spin off its animation unit in an initial public offering, is scrambling to prevent the proliferation of pristine bootleg copies of its hit cartoon "Shrek 2," Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety said in its Monday edition.


Massachusetts Governor Opposes Stem Cell Work

Gov. Mitt Romney said that he would propose legislation to outlaw a type of embryonic stem cell research that is being planned by institutions in the state.


Copper prices surged to 16-year highs on Friday as a strike at the world's largest copper producer threatened to tighten world supplies.


Kasey Kahne has been on the Chase for the championship bubble before — twice, actually — and failed to race his way into NASCAR's title-crowning format both times.


The triumph of Franz Ferdinand in this year's Mercury Music Prize will help bring rock music to a new audience, according to music critics.


Microsoft sees no further delay to release of Windows Vista

Microsoft has dismissed reports that its much-heralded new Windows Vista platform for small businesses and consumers would be further delayed.


Blow for ALH as hopes of rival Coles bid recede

Shares in the pub and bottle shop owner Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group slipped yesterday after Coles Myer chief executive John Fletcher gave his strongest indication yet that the retailer's


Coppola seeks lost youth with return to film making

Director Francis Ford Coppola says he has a lot in common with Dominic Matei, the protagonist of his first film in 10 years, "Youth Without Youth".


Listening in on the used-car dealer's analyst confab.


Sixteen security staff at a UK airport are suspended after a TV documentary revealed serious security lapses.


Samsung becomes second largest mobile phone manufacturer

Worldwide mobile phone sales surpassed 167 million units in the third quarter of 2004, a 26 percent increase from the third quarter of 2003, according to a report released by market rtesearch firm Gartner.


Sen. John Kerry of neighboring Massachusetts is a known quantity in New Hampshire, but it's not known whether that will help or hurt him Nov. 2.


Stocks fell for a third consecutive session on Friday as a further rise in oil prices stirred concerns about inflation and clouded the outlook for corporate profits.


Mylan Laboratories Gets $20-a-Share Bid From Icahn

Mylan Laboratories Inc., the biggest US maker of generic drugs, received a $20-a-share bid from Carl Icahn, the company's largest investor and a critic of Mylan's plan to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc.


Lee Teng-hui's trip to Japan dealt a serious blow to the political foundation of China-Japan relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao said yesterday.


U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, pushed down by declines in banking shares after Britain's HSBC  warned that bad debts from its U.S. mortgage lending business would hurt results.


The Toronto-Dominion Bank confirmed on Wednesday that it was negotiating to buy all or part of the Banknorth Group, which has branches in five New England states and upstate New York.


Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.


Londra, 16:01 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: ROBBEN IN ALTERNATIVA A CRISTIANO RONALDO

Il futuro di Arjen Robben sarebbe lontano dal Chelsea. Secondo quanto scrive oggi il quotidiano ingl...


Yukos handed 4.2-bln-dollar tax bill for 2001

Russia's tax authorities handed Yukos, Russia's largest oil producer, a 4.2-billion-dollar (3.44-billion-euro) tax bill for 2001, higher than the 3.4-billion-dollar sum that company officials expected, an official statement said.


Teen accused of making threats about school, possessing weapons

A 17-year-old was arraigned Friday after authorities received a tip from a Washington State University police officer that he was making threats in an online


Cisco Systems Inc., Genentech Inc., and Qualcomm Inc. will present accounting rule makers with a revised method to expense stock options that would


Indagine Sappe, quasi 11.000 su 44.000 sono stranieri


Red Sox couldn't get into the swing of things in Game 3

After the first two games of the ALCS went awry for the Red Sox and drained much of the promise that had been in such abundance a week earlier, Kevin Millar defied postseason convention


Bellucci-Garko, voci di "Prince of Persia"

Monica Bellucci torna nella realtÃ  virtuale. Dopo aver recitato in Matrix, ora l'attrice presta la voce allaprotagonista del videogame "Prince. of Persia": Spirito Guerriero. La voce della Bellucci sarÃ  presente


A Botswana court is to decide whether the Kalahari bushmen were evicted illegally from their ancestral lands.


Howard Keel, star of post-war US musicals, and later in the hit TV series Dallas, dies of cancer.


BAZARAK, AfghanistanLike virtually every adult in this Panjshir Valley village, Rahmal Beg registered to vote weeks ago. Indeed, popular enthusiasm is so high for the Oct. 9 presidential election -- the first in Afghan history -- that thousands of people in the valley have reportedly...


Halliburton Could Consider Sale Of KBR Unit

Credit Suisse First Boston downgraded Halliburton (nyse: HAL - news - people ) to "neutral" from "outperform" and said strong stock gains in 2004 have eliminated any discounts to peers.


Progress Made in Lebanon Unity Cabinet Mediation

Though the meeting was a in a major step toward ending Lebanon's political crisis, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said more talks are required to conclude the deal


Japan PM Abe quits after year of scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.


Microsoft will begin offering less expensive versions of its Windows operating system on personal computers sold in Russia and India as part of a broader pilot program to test how it can get a better foothold in developing markets.


Vibrating sex toy shuts Australian airport

MACKAY, AUSTRALIA - A vibrating sex toy tossed in a garbage can shut down operations at an Australian airport for about an hour on Monday.


China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption

A former high-ranking official at Chinaâs top food and drug watchdog agency has been sentenced to death.


HOUSTON -- A Houston dentist has died after flesh-eating bacteria invaded a cut on his leg while he was fishing near Port O'Connor about a month ago.


A 27-year-old man appeared in court in Luton today accused of stabbing to death the policeman Jon Henry and attempting to murder two other men in the town.


To inspire a new generation of peace activists, educators are turning to such figures as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Costa Rica President Oscar Arias and the Dalai Lama.


At Sri Lanka's UN Mission, Working Through the Despair

THE telephone rang again on the ambassador's desk, and for a minute the conversation sounded as though it could be about almost anything.


Changes Planned In Visa Program For Farmworkers

The Bush administration proposed changes yesterday to a little-used agricultural guest-worker program that would provide incentives for farmers to hire foreigners legally.


Defiant Milosevic Launches Defense at Trial

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic launched his long-delayed defense Tuesday, branding his war crimes trial a "distortion of history" and blaming the West for fueling Yugoslavia's collapse.


Punch Taverns has reinforced its position as Britain's second-largest pubs operator, adding another 1,000 outlets in a deal worth 335 million pounds including debt.


Egypt begins closing Gaza border, fueling tensions

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from leaving the Hamas-controlled territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade.


Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis praises festival-goers' spirit after heavy rain blighted the event.


Is "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" for cure or for show?


24 emaciated children found in Baghdad orphanage

BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi soldiers found 24 severely malnourished children in a Baghdad orphanage -- some tied to their beds and too weak to stand, the US military said yesterday.


Van Gogh 'killer' had possible al-Qaeda links

AMSTERDAM - Police are reportedly investigating a possible connection between the man suspected of killing Dutch filmmaker and columnist Theo van Gogh and the terror network al-Qaeda.


Some blood donors are threatening to stop donating their blood after the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) revealed its policy of racially profiling donors.


Tony Blair has defended his record on the NHS, and said the service was in much better shape than when he came to office in 1997.


Iraqi-Born Man Arrested on Weapons Charge

Federal authorities arrested an Iraqi-born man on illegal weapons charges during a sting operation prompted by the man's alleged threat about jihad.


Physical play and a bruising running attack have been staples of the Hingham football team this season. Generally a smashmouth attack is not a recipe for a quick-strike offense.


Saddam trial may be entering final session

Saddam Hussein's trial resumed Thursday for what was expected to be the final session before the verdict, with court-appointed attorneys ready to deliver final summations for two of the major defendants. Later the trial was adjourned until Oct. 16.


LOS ANGELES  Â The union representing Hollywood directors said Friday it will begin contract talks Saturday with studios in a move that could affect the ongoing strike by writers.


BLOG That's the most look-ed up world on Merriam-Webster's ...

A FOUR-LETTER term that came to symbolise the difference between old and new media tops US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.


UN report on N.Korea environment says outlook tough

North Korea's environment faces a stark future unless urgent action is taken, the United Nations said on Friday in a first report on the communist state's environment compiled with unprecedented help from Pyongyang.


A Belgian man is arrested after a dinner guest finds the bodies of the host's wife and stepson in a freezer.


Anti-Bush Marchers Gather for New York Protest

Demonstrators brought out their signs  and banners on Sunday for a march expected to draw hundreds of  thousands to protest President Bush's policies the day before  the Republican convention opens.


Bush Leads Kerry by 5 Points in LA Times Poll Ahead of Debate

President George W. Bush leads Democratic challenger John Kerry by 5 percentage points among likely voters in a Los Angeles Times poll taken ahead of the first presidential debate.


Local protesters are temporarily locked up in India, as Wal-Mart's vice-chairman arrives for a visit.


Sovereign Bancorp Inc. is reportedly on the brink of cutting several hundred jobs and closing its wholesale mortgage banking unit, the first major change at the bank since veteran Boston executive Joseph P. Campanelli took the helm in October.


The US State Department Wednesday lauded Japan's decision to stay in Iraq despite threats a kidnapped Japanese citizen will be killed unless it withdraws.


be the first on your block to decode a secret message to Mars and win a toy Lego model! But this was NASA speaking, in conjunction


About 700,000 Colombians have taken part in nationwide protests against President Alvaro Uribe.


Top defense officials and military leaders are at least partly responsible for the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other prisons because of leadership deficiencies and a failure to address worsening conditions at the facilities, according to newspaper reports citing two separate investigations.


Bush Nudges Senate to Move on Stimulus Package

President Bush said it would be a mistake to delay the stimulus bill by adding new provisions when Americans need extra cash in their wallets as soon as possible.


Bush Signs Orders to Reform Intelligence

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director's power over the nation's intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by the Sept. 11 commission...


Islamabad: In a major reprieve to Rashid Latif, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has cut short the indefinite suspension slapped on the controversy-prone player to one month after accepting his regrets and explanation.


Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown has retired and assistant Lionel Hollins has been named interim coach, ESPN.com has learned. Brown, who became the sixth head coach in franchise history on Nov. 12, 2002


Lo zio picchia l'anziana per avere soldi, lei chiama i Cc


Tony Blair today backed David Blunkett, who is accused of fast-tracking a visa application to help a former lover, telling a Downing Street press conference that he has "absolutely every confidence" in the home secretary.


Eating Fruits, Vegetables Won't Reduce Cancer Risk

Eating fruits and vegetables won't reduce the risk of developing cancer, according to the findings of a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.


Learning  Is a Dangerous Thing to Deduct

Tax law has long allowed a taxpayer to deduct the cost of work-related education if it maintains or improves skills needed in his or her present job or business, or if it is required by an  employer.


Boy rescued after 4 days in Japan quake rubble

Shaken by a string of deadly earthquakes and aftershocks, Japan is in the grips of an unlikely rescue saga. Rescue teams working in Nagaoka, one of the city's worst-hit by the initial earthquake on Saturday


Mike Shanahan knows just the place receiver Ashley Lelie could compete for the No. 1 job he covets so much that he's boycotting the Broncos' minicamp: Denver.


Actor George Clooney officially becomes a United Nations peace envoy at a ceremony in New York.


Nine people, none of them Americans, died yesterday in an armed attack on the heavily guarded US Consulate in Jiddah as Islamic radicals


A top adviser to Mitt Romney criticized rival Fred Thompson on Friday for his campaign finance reform efforts, triggering an exchange between the two Republican presidential contenders as they seek conservative support.


Eva Longoria has some advice for Jessica Simpson. Longoria, who is married to San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, says Simpson is taking unnecessary heat from Dallas Cowboys fans who blame the 27-year-old singer's weekend trip to Mexico with her boyfriend, quarterback Tony Romo, for the Cowboys' defeat by the New York Giants.


From Papi to Pesky, how Boston broke the spell

BOSTON -- There may be only 50 ways to leave your lover, but the Red Sox found 86 ways to "86" an 86-year-old curse. No.


The announcements made in Los Angeles Tuesday morning saw No Country for Old Men getting eight but the big surprise was the  same number of nominations for the much acclaimed There Will Be Blood which was expected to pocket three or four noms. Both films were nominated in the best picture categories.


Miami's Shaquille O'Neal's lets it be known that his latest injury, which caused him toÃÂ undergo surgery, should not be interpreted as a sign that he's in decline.


AFRICA - Aperto il 24esimo Vertice franco- africano, con la firma un patto di Âbuon vicinatoÂ tra Sudan, Ciad e Repubblica Centrafricana Cannes (Agenzia Fides)-Un accordo tra Ciad, Repubblica Centrafricana e Sudan per porre fine ai tentativi di destabilizzazione reciproci Ã¨ il primo risultato del 24 esimo Vertice Franco- Africano che si Ã¨ aperto ieri, 15 febbraio, a Cannes (Francia). ...


The Bruins continued to pare their roster yesterday, demoting prized goaltending prospect Tuukka Rask to Providence, along with right winger Martins Karsums .


'Thank You for Your Interest in the FBI'

The bureau isn't rushing to fill in the blanks regarding its use of the "computer and internet protocol address verifier" spyware tool.


Family Dollar still unable to file annual report

Family Dollar Stores Inc.  said  on Friday that it would be unable to file its annual report for  2006 by the November 24 extended due date, citing an ongoing  investigation of its stock option granting practices.


Asian and European markets slid Monday after signs of accelerating inflation in the U.S. dampened hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further to shore up the struggling American economy.


The New England Patriots will attempt to win their third N.F.L. title in four seasons.


Steve Harvey wants men to know: "At 50, you are still fly."


Bounty hunter turns legal bind into TV special

Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman,  arrested last week as a fugitive from Mexican authorities, is  turning his legal predicament into a special edition of his hit  cable TV show on the A&E channel this week.


Londra, 16:55 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: ARSENAL ACQUISTA TALENTO 15ENNE

L'Arsenal ha acquistato un attaccante di 15 anni, grande speranza del calcio inglese. Si chiama Luke...


The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown — which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations — is coming to an end.


Chrissy Givens scored 25 points and Amber Holt had 21 to lead Middle Tennessee past No. 8 Georgia 70-62 Thursday night. The Blue Raiders (6-3) forced Georgia (7-1) into 22 turnovers in beating the Lady Bulldogs for the first time in 12 tries.


QNX Neutrino project will let people see and tinker with the embedded operating system's source code--but not ship products with it.


Poll: Obama leads Clinton 2-to-1 in Ill.

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Illinois.


Roma, 19:18 - Calcio, Lazio; Bazzani: voglio lasciare il segno

Primo giorno da giocatore della Lazio per Fabio Bazzani. "Voglio lasciare il segno", ha detto l'ex a...


He signed up for the Marine Reserves in peacetime. Then the towers fell. The military as he knew it changed forever--as did his place in it.


Babies born by elective Caesarean section are more likely to develop breathing problems, a study suggests.


People are being warned not to eat certain batches of organic chicken by the Food Standards Agency.


Oil fell on Monday, extending the  previous session's decline, as the market mulled over gloomy  U.S. economic data and the impact on demand should the world's  top energy consumer slip into recession later this year.


Setback For Pakistani Democracy Is Fine For Business

Far from being alarmed by Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule, the business community fears it may not be enough to keep him in power.


After the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, a look at the Russian law that permits some killings overseas.


For MCI, Qwest May Not Be Most Desirable

The chief executive of MCI is in talks to sell the company to Qwest Communications, but Qwest has its own problems.


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French voting in parliamentary elections

President Nicolas Sarkozy, aiming to push through his reform-driven renaissance of a morose France, looked set to win a powerful majority as the French voted in Sunday's runoff elections for parliament.


Police drummer rips band's "lame" concert

The singer in the Police jumps like a "petulant pansy," the drummer is making a "complete hash," and who knows what the guitarist is doing?


Tires Meant to Foster Sea Life Choke It Instead

In 1972, tires were used to create an artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but decades later the idea has proved a huge ecological blunder.


Important Priorities For Prevention And Treatment Of HIV/AIDS

Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, a series of commentaries in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET outline the current and future priorities in the global effort to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic.


Mass grave reveals remains of Iraqi women and children

The horrific secrets of a mass grave in northern Iraq emerged yesterday as American officials accused Europeans of failing to help in the search to uncover Saddam Hussein's atrocities.


Heiress Paris Hilton is taken screaming from a Los Angeles court after being told to return to jail.


The crowds, always mindful of the Americans though quick to switch to an underdog not facing an American, had quickly warmed to Rafael Nadal.


Pfc. Lynndie England will be court-martialed in January on charges stemming from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the Army announced Monday.


Menem Vows to Bring Back Argentina's 'Glory Days'

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Former ArgentinePresident Carlos Menem ended 10 months of self-exile onWednesday, aiming to stage a political comeback in his homeprovince after assurances he would not be arrested on arrival.


PM Returns From Indo-EU Summit, Terms It Successful

New Delhi, Nov. 10 (NNN): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday returned after a three-day visit to The Hague to attend the India-European Union (EU) Summit that finalised a strategic partnership between the two.


Some 10,000 volunteers have undergone laser beam zapping to measure their actual shape as part of a pioneering project for Spanish designers to make clothes that fit real women, officials said Thursday.


ChevronTexaco Corp. CVX.N, the No. 2  U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit nearly  doubled, driven by record crude oil prices and soaring refining  margins.


The Incidental Tourist Visits North Korea

Seems that everywhere U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill goes these days, the North Koreans are never far away. Suspicious types think this is no accident.


Roma, 22:26 - CALCIO, LAZIO; LEDESMA: ALLA PARI CON TUTTI

Cristian Ledesma scommette sulla Lazio: ''A parte Inter, Roma e Milan - ha detto il regista biancoce...


UK peer tells tale of unwitting twins who married

A couple discovered after they had married that they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords.


U.S. oil prices and Brent crude rocketed to all-time highs on Friday on a record-low dollar, tensions in the Middle East and worries over energy supply shortages ahead of the northern hemisphere's winter.


Pope names new bishop in wake of Austrian church sex scandal

Pope John Paul II on Thursday named a prelate who investigated a child pornography scandal at a seminary to replace the bishop who resigned in the case, which rocked Austria's Roman Catholic Church and ...


European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases, diplomats said Tuesday.


Latest iMac on the way, iPod growth behind forecasts

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- As Apple Computer shares trade near their highest levels in a year, industry analysts are assessing the chances for significant company announcements at the company's European trade show in Paris next week.


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Haiti Tells South Africa to Control Exiled Aristide, BBC Says

Haiti accused South African President Thabo Mbeki of failing to stop exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from fomenting unrest in the Caribbean nation, the British Broadcasting Corp.


The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service Monday gave some breathing room to companies that will be forced to restructure their executive pay plans to comply with new restrictions on deferred compensation that Congress enacted this fall.


Bills Sign Matthews to Replace Injured QB

Shane Matthews signed with the Buffalo Bills on Monday, bolstering the team's banged-up quarterback corps.


Some 600 prominent Palestinians, including top officials, cabinet ministers, legislators, intellectuals and poets, have called for an end to armed attacks on Israel and urged the Palestinian Authority to push for democratic reforms.


Qatar agrees to repatriate two jailed Russians, in a move likely to relieve tensions with Moscow.


Castro says well enough to meet dignitaries

Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he has   put the worst of his health crisis behind him and will be able   to receive foreign dignitaries in private during a summit of   the Nonaligned Movement of developing nations next week.


Readers tell us about their never-ending connection to former partners, lovers, friends and one-night stands.


Sunni Politicians Urge Iraq Election Delay

An Iraqi National Guard soldier looks up at a US aircraft before leaving to remove the bodies of two men found murdered in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004.


Actress Sherri Shepherd will be introduced next week as a new cast member on "The View," giving the daytime chat show its first full cast since before Rosie O'Donnell came and went.   The show's creator, Barbara Walters, said Wed...


Double-death couple 'were let down by system'

Â· Family describe man who killed wife as tortured soul Â· Husband had been treated for mental illness


Retail sales and industrial output eked out smaller-than-expected gains in August, according to data on Friday that kept in place expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.


Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation is not currently a problem for the economy and that Federal Reserve policy makers can stick


Serious doubts are raised on the accuracy of a new identity system being introduced on all new UK passports next year.


Former football star O.J. Simpson will make a court appearance today, a day after prosecutors lengthened the list charges against him for an alleged robbery of sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel last week.


Japan, EU agree to launch talks on economic deal

Japan and the European Union will launch talks next month to enhance economic cooperation in the first step to a long-shot possibility of a free trade deal, officials said Wednesday.


Judge says Katrina victims can sue Army Engineers

A federal judge in New Orleans on Friday ruled that residents of areas heavily flooded when Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters were funneled down a New Orleans navigation channel can sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Americans - led by a former Green Beret who boasted he had Pentagon support - were found guilty Wednesday of torturing Afghans in a private jail and were sentenced to prison.    After a 7 1/2-hour session in a stuffy Kabul courtroom, the three-judge panel was unanimous in convicting the former soldier, Jonathan Idema, and his right-hand man, Brent Bennett, on charges of entering Afghanistan illegally, making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing their captives...


The new "Harry Potter" movie drew lukewarm reviews on Tuesday, but millions of "muggles" are expected to ignore the critics and turn out in droves for the widest release ever for Warner Bros. studio.


Volvo recalls 360,000 cars for speed control bug

Volvo, a unit of Ford Motor Co. , is recalling about 360,000 cars because of a problem with vehicle speed controls that can cause engines to lose power without warning, Volvo said on Friday.


Astronomers using telescopes not much larger than the spyglass Galileo wielded 400 years ago have discovered a new Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a bright, distant star.


Yahoo! has purchased the privately held Stata Labs in an apparent attempt to beef up its online e-mail service. Stata Labs, based in San Mateo, California, developed Bloomba, a popular e-mail client that made


FAHRENHEIT 9/11, MENO MALE CHE NON TUTTI HANNO PAURA DI DIRE LA ...

Il documentario del regista americano Michael Moore, Palma d'Oro allo scorso Festival di Cannes, arriva finalmente in Italia. Un vero congegno esplosivo che con tenacia e chiarezza mostra quello che per troppo


FedEx Quarterly Earnings More Than Double

The world's top air-express shipper said earnings soared on strong revenue growth in its international, ground and freight services.


Nintendo DS Sales Get Good Start in US, Japan

Nintendo has played down the threat from Sony, saying that Nintendo's strength lies in software and the ability to make games that are easy and fun.


SAN JOSE, CALIF. - The US space agency unveiled a new computer Tuesday that it says is the fastest in the world. Project Columbia, named after the space shuttle that was destroyed early last year, is a cluster of 20 computers linked to work as one.


By Anonymous  Diet Coke is to sponsor the website for ITV reality show WAGs Boutique, which will star the wives and girlfriends of UK footballers.  The site will feature behind-the-scenes clips, as well as photos, wallpapers and screensavers for download.


Mars Rovers Relay Images Through Mars Express

European Space Agency -- ESAÃ¢ÂÂs Mars Express has relayed pictures from one of NASA's Mars rovers for the first time, as part of a set of interplanetary networking demonstrations.     The demonstrations pave the way for future Mars missions to draw on joint interplanetary networking capabilities...


KABUL: The FBI took over the probe into the weekend bombing of an American security firm in Kabul, on Tuesday as the Afghan capital braced for further feared attacks just weeks ahead of landmark presidential polls.


Combined teams of UK and German customs officers have swooped on a cross-border VAT fraud worth Â£116m.


Jazz hammer Hornets to clinch ninth win in a row

The red-hot Utah Jazz cruised to their ninth consecutive win, topping the New Orleans Hornets 110-88 in a battle of Western Conference division leaders on Monday.


Linux standards base Version 2.0 has C++ support

The Free Standards Group (FSG) on Tuesday will release Version 2.0 of its Linux Standard Base (LSB), a key standard that enables developers to rally around a common programming framework and keeps Linux from fragmenting into competing camps.


Monsignor Betori: meno si legifera, meglio e'


Matt Garza was anxious in his highly anticipated pitching debut, and the best hitting team in the majors took advantage.


E-mail service of Research in Motionâs BlackBerry smartphones experienced a âcritical severity outageâ on Monday, the company told clients in an e-mail.


Spain, U.S. Top Davis Cup Seeds for 2005

The United States will host Croatia on March 4-6 in the first round of the 2005 Davis Cup.


Sfileranno con rappresentanti nazioni amiche e alleate


The Queen speaks of tolerance and understanding in her traditional Christmas speech.


UK May Give Hundreds of Millions in Tsunami Aid

Britain will probably end up giving hundreds of millions of pounds in aid to victims of the Asian tsunamis, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.


The Dave Matthews Band is making amends after their tour bus dumped waste on a boatload of tourists.


'Canes, 'Noles no longer clash of Titans

This is certainly not what the Atlantic Coast Conference had in mind when it decided to have Miami and Florida State open the season on Labor Day night.


Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador to Afghanistan, called on the Taliban to lay down their arms yesterday and said non-criminal elements could rejoin society without fear of arrest by the US military.


Istituito un conto corrente a favore vittime sisma


President Bush had barely put away his tuxedo from the inaugural festivities when deadly bombings in Baghdad presented a stark reminder of the grim backdrop against which Iraq will hold a national election.


ICE floor traders ready for all-electronic dealings

Floor traders were not fazed on Friday by news that pit trading of agricultural commodities at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will close permanently early next year as the market goes all-electronic.


If the European Ryder Cup team had not been so cordial, so professional, so dominant, the scene might have been impossible for an American to take.


Thursday's unexpected resignation of Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown left a lot of questions unanswered. In his unique way of putting things, the 71-year-old Brown seemed to indicate he was burned out and had some health concerns.


Brighton - A member of Britain's ruling Labour Party has been barred from its annual conference for refusing to applaud a speech by Prime Minister Tony Blair in protest at the Iraq war, his wife said on Wednesday.


London - Mateja Kezman scored his first goal for Chelsea on Wednesday to lead his team to a 1-0 win over West Ham in a League Cup match marred by crowd violence.


'Cachirulo,' of Mexico Theater, Dies at 79

Enrique Alonso "Cachirulo," an actor, writer and producer whose long-running television show made his name practically synonymous with children's theater in Mexico, died Friday. He was 79.


An organisation has been launched to encourage more disabled people to take part in motorsport helped by technological innovation


Baazee.com CEO Avneesh Bajaj moves HC for bail

New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Baazee.com CEO Avneesh Bajaj, who was arrested in connection with the MMS sex scandal, today moved Delhi HC seeking bail.


Cars set fire in Danish eviction protest

Protesters erected burning barricades and set at least four cars on fire early Saturday as a new round of violent street clashes hit Copenhagen, sparked by the eviction of squatters from a downtown building.


US manufacturers want a US trade delegation to call on China to open its markets and reform its currency.


Levon Helm, a veteran of the Band, has become a childrenâs troubadour.


Ministro assicura, nessun abbassamento o trasferimento fondi


Fed's Poole: inflation anchored, recession not clear

ST. LOUIS  - U.S. inflation expectations are "quite well anchored," giving the Federal Reserve breathing room for further possible rate cuts, but there is no clear evidence that a recession is at hand, a top Fed policy-maker said on Wednesday.


Google's switch to Universal Search has more than a few marketers awash with panic over loss of rankings.


Modern Singaporeâs Creator Is Alert to Perils

Lee Kuan Yew sees perils for the city-stateâs future in Chinaâs rise, the world economy and climate change.


US security depends on policy, not Bush or Kerry: bin Laden tape

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden told the American people that their security is not in the hands of either George W. Bush or his Democratic challenger John Kerry, but depends on US policy, in a video aired by Al-Jazeera TV.


Trade ministers meeting in Davos say they will meet this Easter in a final attempt to negotiate a global trade deal.


'Simpsons' Game Captures the Show's Spirit

EA releases a recreation of the cartoon family that spoofs the game industry.


Hispanics do jobs others in U.S. "won't stand for"

As President George W. Bush's plans for a guest worker program languishes in a backlash against immigration, employers both large and small say they rely on Hispanic workers to keep the economy running.


Car bomb kills at least 4 in Baghdad book district

A car bomb exploded on Monday in the area of Mutanabi Street, a Baghdad district lined with book shops, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, a Reuters witness and police said.


Chiamiamo Fed 'Federazione dei democratici e dei socialisti'


A federal judge ruled that Martha Stewart must begin serving her five-month sentence by Oct. 8. Last week, the ex-chief executive of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia asked US District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum


Fighters loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr clash with US troops in a district of Baghdad.


Economic View: Behind That Sense of Job Insecurity

In todayÂs economy, workers have to prepare for the possibility that their jobs wonÂt last as long as they once expected.


U.S energy sec urges OPEC to raise output at meeting

U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia should raise output to ease tightness in world oil supplies and that OPEC should up output at its February 1 meeting.


Orange industry files complaint against Brazilian competitors

Florida Citrus Mutual and a group of Florida-based orange juice producers have petitioned the US government for anti-dumping duties to offset what they say are unfair prices offered by Brazilian processors on frozen concentrated orange juice and not-from


Georgia's offense finally showed up, and the Bulldogs look capable of challenging for a national championship. The LSU Tigers?


Hitachi to recall 16,000 Sony-made batteries

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


Afghanistan's Karzai makes official visit to Iran

Afghan President Hamid Karzai started a two-day visit mainly focused on boosting economic relations and inaugurating a new cross-border highway, officials said.


Having completed a years-long scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration is set to announce as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned farm animals and their offspring can start making their way toward supermarket shelves, sources in contact with the agency said yesterday.


Stabile l'outlook, dopo valutazione su annunciata fusione


Burma's military regime lifts the curfew that was imposed on Rangoon at the height of protests led by monks.


15 students crushed to death by speeding Indian train

BHOPAL - At least 15 students were crushed to death on Sunday by a speeding train at a railway station in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a local administrator told AFP.


Chrysler to recall more than 180,000 vehicles

DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler unit said  on Wednesday it will recall more than 145,000 Dodge Ram light  duty pickup trucks to replace the passenger air bags.


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The Chrysler Group, the North American arm of DaimlerChrysler AG, continued on its hot streak last month as the only domestic automaker with increasing US sales.


The Colorado Congressman had little support, but his hardcore immigration stance has changed the race


Facebook Growing Faster Than MySpace in the UK?

According to Heather Hopkins at Hitwise, more people in the UK are interested in Facebook than MySpace which may lead to the toppling of MySpace and Bebo as the most popular social networks in the UK. This week, Facebook continued to climb and so overtook MySpace. This means that the volume of UK searches for “facebook” [...]


Germany's economy, Europe's largest, unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter as domestic spending declined and exports failed to make up the difference.


A leading German bank official signals that further rises in eurozone interest rates are likely, starting next week.


Movies have taught us a great deal about love. We've learned love means never having to say you're sorry and that love makes the world go around or is better the second time around.


Roma, 18:54 - CALCIO, ROMA; MONTELLA: TRA ME E SPALLETTI NESSUNO SCREZIO

Vincenzo Montella chiude le polemiche circa presunti dissidi con il tecnico della Roma Luciano Spall...


The new Education Secretary, Ruth Kelly, says concerns over teaching and discipline are her priorities.


UK blue-chips ended the day up, building on Tuesday's rally, with miners and financials driving gains although Northern Rock remained under pressure, while Wall Street extended its surge, a day after a half-point rate cut from the Fed.


The chief military prosecutor says a human rights report into alleged abuse of soldiers fails to reflect reality.


JOBFIND PROFESSIONAL JOB FAIR ; Profs Claim the Threat of Outsourcing is Overblown

By PAUL RESTUCCIA  The media are filled with stories of jobs being shifted overseas - from software programmers to call-center representatives, from insurance claim adjusters to X-ray technologists.


Blasts in India kill at least 31, scores hurt

At least 31 people, mostly worshippers   at weekly Islamic prayers, were killed and up to 75 injured in   a series of explosions in a Muslim-majority town in western   India on Friday, police said.


Bush should reach out to Democrats, the world: US newspapers

After his remarkable and solid electoral victory, President George W. Bush would do well to reach out to Democrats and the world in dealing with the difficult domestic and international problems confronting him in his second term in office, leading US newspapers said.


Stocks Close Lower on Oil, Weak Jobs Data

Stocks fell on Friday after oil prices  climbed to a record over $53 a barrel and weaker-than-expected  U.S. job growth in September raised concerns about the  economy's strength with less than a month to go before the  presidential election.


Torino, 20:37 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS; BLANC: CON TREZEGUET INCONTRO IN SETTIMANA

Dopo la scelta del tecnico, la Juventus punta ora a confermare i pezzi da novanta. Chiare in tal sen...


LOS ANGELES  Â Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.


An Alabama-based coal company is facing a civil suit over the 2001 murders of three Colombian union leaders who worked for one of the companyâs mines.


Lockheed's third-quarter earnings rose 41 percent behind higher sales of military transport planes and an increase in the company's IT business.


Empoli, 18:48 - CALCIO; PETARDI E FUCILI DA SUB IN AUTO, DENUNCIATI 4 TIFOSI LAZIO

In trasferta con un fucile da sub, petardi e due tubi di metallo. Quattro tifosi laziali sono stati ...


Reggio Calabria, 17:54 - CALCIO, REGGINA; AMORUSO: MOMENTO DELICATO MA SONO OTTIMISTA

L'attaccante della Reggina, Nicola Amoruso, commenta il rendimento della squadra di Renzo Ulivieri c...


Dow board takes over talks with Murdoch, implying a resolution to his $5B bid will come soon.


Memory prices plunge amid market share scramble

Trade organization attributes dramatic price drops, including a 35 percent decline in flash memory, to glut of competitors.


China says U.S. also to blame for toy safety scares

China hit back after Mattel's massive toy recall on Monday, saying designers and importers should also take responsibility for product safety, but promised to punish its own manufacturers who flout standards.


Abbas hails 'eternal' Arafat at end of mourning period

PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas marked the end of 40 days of mourning Tuesday with lavish praise for the "eternal" Yasser Arafat, vowing the former Palestinian Authority (PA) president would one day be buried in his beloved Jerusalem.


Movie Review | 'Resident Evil: Extinction': Las Vegas Under Siege by Zombies and a Mutant

The third installment in the video-game-derived series of films is not exactly dull but never interesting either.


Bush author says White House applying pressure over book

Writer Kitty Kelley has accused the White House of putting pressure on her and the US media over the new biography on the family of President George W. Bush


NEW YORK - The four-day Republican National Convention comes to a close Thursday with a speech by President Bush that will touch off a two-month dash to the finish line in a nation that seems as closely divided now as it was four years ago.    Last night, Vice President Dick Cheney and convention keynoter Sen...


Peyton Manning is 25-of-41 for 276 yards and a touchdown and the Colts score on five of their first seven possessions to defeat Eli Manning and the Giants, 26-21.


Ramseys Have 2 Favorites in Breeders' Cup

Kitten's Joy was made the even-money favorite Wednesday for the $2 million Turf, and Nothing to Lose was the morning-line choice in the Mile, giving owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey two favorites in the Breeders' Cup.


Exposure to antibiotics linked to resistance

Exposure to common antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections can increase resistance to the drugs, Belgian scientists said on Friday.


Archaeologists unearth what is believed to be the first discovery of a Viking burial site in the UK.


A British soldier dies after a rocket or mortar attack on a UK troop base in Basra, southern Iraq.


Per governo non c'e' piu' spazio per regolarizzazioni


Stocks were little changed on Wednesday after comments from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. kept worries about the mortgage market alive, but investors took the chance to snap up bargains after Tuesday's 2 percent market fall.


Visual Studio fix foxed by Windows Vista

Compatibility issues A delayed update to Microsoft's application development suite looks unlikely to fully work with Windows Vista.â¦


Italian Minister Withdraws as Candidate for EU Commission

Under attack for calling homosexuality sinful, Italian cabinet minister and papal confidant Rocco Buttiglione said Saturday that he was abandoning efforts to become the


An original KITT Â the talking car that helped David Hasselhoff escape bad guys on the '80s TV series "Knight Rider" Â is up for sale on eBay.


Iran's announcement that it launched a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles that could reach Europe or the United States


Bomb designs found in Britain terror plot suspect's computer

Indian investigators have found car bomb designs and an Al-Qaeda-produced film from the computer hard drive of one of the British terror plot suspects, a report said Wednesday.


We live in interesting times. We live in the land of champions. On this first day of 2008, let's look ahead to some stories we'll be reading in the new year . . .


Accused embezzler Bradford C. Bleidt checked himself into the psychiatric unit at Massachusetts General Hospital this week, said investigators involved in the case, and they expect him to come forward in the next several days to face the civil charges against him.


Baseball Puts Bonds Homer Campaign on Hold

Baseball's plans to market Barry Bonds' pursuit of the home run record have been put on hold, fallout from the release of his grand jury testimony about steroids.


Fed raises interest rates another quarter-point

Federal Reserve policymakers raised interest rates Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested they will continue their gradual rate-rising campaign in 2005.


Beyond Monopoly: Great Board Game Gifts for Geeks

Not every amusement needs to blink, bloop or require a power source. These fine low-tech delights will provide hours of amusement for any game lover on your gift-giving list.


"BlackBerry blackouts" aim for life/work balance

It may be wishful thinking, but a  Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its  employees urging them to relax and not to use their BlackBerry  smartphones at night or on weekends and holidays.


'Chechen suicide bomber' kills 10 at Moscow metro

Ten people were killed and 51 injured last night when a suicide bomber blew herself up near a Moscow market. The explosion went off soon after 8pm in a busy car park next to the Rizhskaya metro station.


The Huygens spacecraft is set to detach from its "mothership" on the final leg of its journey to Saturn's moon Titan.


An analysis of recent N.B.A. games refereed by Tim Donaghy revealed little strong evidence of any wrongdoing, experts in sports betting said Saturday.


Description: NPR's Scott Simon talks with a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David Kessler, about the FDA's complications with the arthritis drug Vioxx and other drugs, and the process by which drugs are approved.


Though all involved do good work, Phantom isn't really a great filmâWeber's show is all spectacle, no substance, a pop opera for the massesâbut it's great entertainment.


Dutch Make New Arrest in Filmmaker Killing Case

Dutch police have made a fresh arrest in the investigation into the murder of a filmmaker who was critical of Islam, while two other suspects were released, the Amsterdam prosecutor said on Saturday.


Miller Gets First Win Since Split With Team

Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill yesterday in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the U.S. Ski Team.


Twelve people have been killed in a militant attack against US consulate in Jiddah, in western Saudi Arabia. No Americans were killed or injured in the gunbattle.


When Wall Street's biggest firms settled with regulators in April 2003 over charges of fraudulent stock research, the industry promised a new era of independence.


"Meet the Fockers" debuts atop N. America box office

Ben Stiller's comic sequel "Meet the Fockers" opened in first place at the Christmas holiday box office, according to preliminary studio figures released Sunday.


The Police announced their first tour in decades Monday at a rehearsal at the Whisky a Go-Go as a throng of fans crowded near the legendary Sunset Strip nightclub.


By Associated Press  Unshaken by its legal problems in the United States, online video leader YouTube.com will attempt to extend its cultural reach and increase its moneymaking opportunities by programming new channels in nine other countries.


NBA Game Summary - Dallas at San Antonio

The Mavericks are 4-3 on the road this season...The Spurs have won 18 straight regular-season home games dating back to last year...Dallas had a season-low eight assists. San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Tim


P. Diddy Unhappy With Campaign Schedules

P. Diddy Says He's Disappointed Bush, Kerry Aren't Stopping in Urban Areas During Campaigns. Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, throws "Vote Or Die" T-shirts to the crowd, at an appearance of the Vote Or Die 'Shock and


Dems plot to cut military's Iraq authorization

Details are emerging about how Democrats hope to narrow the 2002 war authorization and limit the military's role in Iraq. A draft resolution will call for combat forces to be removed from Iraq by March 2008 and for remaining forces to be there only for counterterrorism operations and for training Iraqi forces, according to sources. Whether Congress can impose such restriction will be fiercely argued.


Kerry Dismisses Bush Troop Plan, as Both Court Veterans

enator John Kerry and President Bush competed today for military and veterans' votes by promising to take better care of the nation's men and women in uniform and their families at home.


Syria accuses Israel of bombing its territory

Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to the Jewish state's "aggression and treachery".


Russian regions to vote, Kremlin may tighten grip

Russia holds regional polls on Sunday, viewed as dress rehearsals for this year's parliamentary vote and a 2008 presidential election, with a liberal party sidelined and the Kremlin expected to tighten its grip on power.


Mobile telecoms giant Vodafone has shelved the sale of Arcor, its German fixed-line operation, until the end of the year at the earliest, The Times newspaper reported, without citing its sources.


By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 2--DURHAM -- A suspect awaiting trial for murder was arrested Friday for the second time in two months and charged in a recent armed robbery.


Don't ditch that home phone for VOIP service just yet, experts ...

NEW YORK -- AT&T Corp. expects to have one million voice-over-Internet customers by the end of next year, while cable TV giant Comcast Corp.


Three Germans Sentenced for Refugee Death

Three German border police officers were sentenced to nine months probation for the 1999 death of a Sudanese refugee.


Two Charged in Jackson County Armed Robbery

By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 9--BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- The names of two men arrested after an armed robbery at a town of Brockway home   Nov. 15 armed have been released by Jackson County authorities.


Mantova, 18:28 - CALCIO: MANTOVA; SI FERMA CARIDI, ARRIVA AMODIO

Il Mantova ha comunicato di aver preso in prestito dal Treviso il centrocampista 25enne Nicolas Amod...


Senate Deal on Immunity for Phone Companies

The deal would give telephone carriers immunity for their involvement in the N.S.A.âs domestic eavesdropping program.


A police officer dies in hospital after being stabbed during an incident in which two other people suffered knife wounds.


Ian Huntley is returned from hospital to Wakefield jail after his latest suicide bid.


The drug is safe; hopefully that's all the FDA wanted to know.


Stocks Little Changed; Energy Shares Gain

U.S. stocks traded little changed on  Monday but some bargain-hunters shrugged off high oil prices to  buy beaten down shares.


The U.S. current account deficit  widened more than expected in the second quarter to $218.4  billion, as surging oil prices pushed goods imports higher, the  U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday.


An Indonesian inquiry finds a plane which crashed in March was travelling more than 60% too fast on landing.


When, where: Tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday (if necessary), 7, at Mullins Center, Amherst. TV, radio: None.


Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian man reported to have learning difficulties in southern Gaza, medics say.


The U.S. Olympic Committee is predicting that the United States will buck history in Turin in 2006, ending a string of poor Winter Games performances on foreign soil.


Rio de Janeiro, 15:02 - CALCIO, PADRE RONALDO: HA VISSUTO DI PEGGIO, TORNERA'

Nelio Nazario, padre di Ronaldo, assicura che il Fenomeno tornerà a giocare dopo il nuovo, gr...


Former Tottenham boss Jacques Santini has admitted there were no family problems involved in his decision to quit the north London club.


US considers buying flu vaccine from Germany, Canada

Federal health officials said Thursday they might buy 5 million flu shots from Germany and Canada to combat a severe shortage in the


Protesters occupy natural gas station in Bolivia

Demonstrators seized control of a  natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the  government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they  say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.


Andrew Bridges, an intellectual property lawyer in the San Francisco office of Winston & Strawn, said the MPAA could fare better than the recording industry, which has experienced slow progress


U.S. Sends Condolences Over Israel Blast

The State Department brushed aside statements by the Palestinian leader condemning bloody suicide bombings in southern Israel and said Hamas must be put out of business.


Eight terror suspects likely to stand trial in 2005

Eight men accused of an alleged terrorist plot involving explosives, radioactive or chemical materials and conspiracy to murder are expected to stand trial in a year's time, it emerged.


News-smart Cooper takes a shine to `Silver' politics

For Oscar winner Chris Cooper, playing dim political puppet Dickie Pilager in ``Silver City'' (opening Friday) was not so much a chance to spoof a current president as the opportunity to reteam with writer-director John Sayles.


While others may see a huge pile of charred and twisted rubble, Fire Chief James Tutko sees a "big, big puzzle" that holds the answers to what caused an explosion that leveled a chemical plant.


Schroeder predicts Karzai winner of election

KABUL - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder predicted that Afganistan's President Hamid Karzai would be declared the winner in the country's first direct presidential election held just two days ago during a visit to Kabul Monday.


Western diplomats in Serbia yesterday warned of potential violence following the election of Ramush Haradinaj, a former paramilitary leader viewed as an international war crimes suspect, as


Nokia price cuts account for fall in profits

Nokia has reported a 20% decline in net profit for the third quarter, due largely to cuts it made in the prices for its mobile phones and predicted that earnings would fall again in the fourth quarter.


Black Eyed Peas to Produce Music for 'Urbz' Game

The band that brought the  infectious grooves of "Hey Mama" and "Let's Get It Started" to  nightclubs across America has signed up to do the same for a  video game where success is measured by how cool players are.


The world's population will likely reach 9.2 billion in 2050, with virtually all new growth occurring in the developing world, a U.N. report said Tuesday.


Al secondo posto il nuovo film Tarantino 'Grindhouse'


Third U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghan Clashes

A U.S. soldier was killed while on patrol  in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province this week on the same  day two servicemen died in neighboring Paktika, the U.S.  military said on Wednesday.


Globat.Com Launches $1 Hosting for Presidents' Day

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16  /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles-based Globat.com(R), the world-leader in Performance Web Hosting(R), today announced a special $1 hosting sale in celebration of Presidents' Day.


Test for RNA in Stool May Spot Colon Cancer

The presence of RNA for the enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) in feces probably indicates the presence of colorectal cancer, according to results of a pilot study conducted in Japan.


HONG KONG - If Hong Kong political candidates finish in a dead heat, the election will be decided by the luck of the draw - from a bag of numbered pingpong balls.    It may sound more like bingo than politics, but under Hong Kong electoral rules, the tied candidates must each pick a ball at random...


Rebellious Republicans Derail 9/11 Reform

In a defeat for President Bush, rebellious House Republicans on Saturday derailed legislation to overhaul the nation's intelligence agencies along lines recommended by the Sept. 11 commission.


A new scientific model suggests ancient radioactive decay played a key role in shaping the geyser-spewing region of Enceladus, one of Saturn's many moons. By the Associated Press.


The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for 170 years is unearthed at Carberry, near Inveresk.


Panthers' Foster Out for Remainder of Season

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Sports Network) - Carolina Panthers  running back DeShaun Foster will miss the rest of the season  due to a broken collarbone.


Iran's Larijani plans talks with West in Germany

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday he planned to hold talks with Western officials in Germany, in the first such contacts since the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iran in December.


Rising Democratic Star Wins Illinois Senate Seat - TV

Political rising star Barack Obama swept into the US Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Alan Keyes to pick up the Illinois seat for the Democrats, US television networks projected.


Medical Journal Calls for a New Drug Watchdog

Medical researchers said the U.S. needs a system independent of the F.D.A. to detect harmful effects of drugs already on the market.


Iraq Commander Accused of Militant Links

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs wounded American and Iraqi troops west of the capital Sunday and a few hours later the U.S. military announced the arrest of a senior Iraqi National Guard commander on suspicion of ties to insurgents, underscoring the challenges to building a strong Iraq security service capable of restoring stability...


(InfoWorld) - Nvidia became the second major chip maker subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over an antitrust investigation into the market for graphics chips and cards, the company said Friday.Â Advanced Micro Devices was subpoenaedÂ a day earlier. Nvidia, one of the world's largest graphics processor makers, said no specific allegations have been made against it, and that it plans to cooperate with the DOJ in the investigation. The DOJ has not said specifically what it is investigating, but it has taken a hard line on price fixing in the chip industry in recent years. As of mid-November, the DOJ had charged four companies and 17 people in aÂ DRAM price fixing investigation, securing fines totaling more than $731 million. In October, the DOJ began anÂ investigation into the SRAMÂ market. AMD recently entered the graphics chip business with itsÂ acquisition of ATI Technologies, which was finalized in October. The company also said the DOJ has not made any allegations against AMD or ATI, and that it intends to cooperate with the investigation.


Macaulay Culkin arrested for drug possession

Actor Macaulay Culkin, who gained fame as a child in the smash hit "Home Alone," was arrested in Oklahoma City Friday for possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, police said.


French finance minister presses retailers for price cuts

French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy pressed representatives of major retailers and industrial groups to honor commitments to lowering name brand prices in large stores.


Health experts help TV docs get facts straight

That young mother with breast cancer on "Grey's Anatomy" may do more than just drive the storyline: She may also be teaching you something.


Rumors and paranoia about the assassination fuel the fears of Pakistanis as they see their country descend into instability


U.N. Chief Tells U.S. to Put Climate Ahead of Economy

The Bush administration has rejected binding treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary reductions by industry, a policy that will prove even costlier in the long run, according to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.


Protesters Flood New York, Cheney Praises Bush

Hundreds of thousands of protesters  flooded the streets of New York to condemn President Bush on  the eve of the Republican convention on Sunday, but Vice  President Dick Cheney praised Bush's "calm" leadership after  the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


A growing list of states and universities across the country are pulling their investments from foreign companies that deal with Sudan, Iran and other nations accused of government-supported genocide or terrorism.


eBay Dumps Passport, Microsoft Calls It Quits

Another Online auction site eBay announced Wednesday that it will soon drop support for Microsoft's Passport for log-in to the site and discontinuing alerts sent via Microsoft's .


France's foreign minister calls on the UN Security Council to prevent "deadly ethnic conflict" in Kenya.


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BEIJING - Her hair is jet black and curly, her figure trim, her face free of wrinkles. Liu Yulan looks at least a decade younger than her 62 years - thanks to four visits to a cosmetic surgeon.


'Miami Vice' takes $25.2M, sinks 'Pirates'

The "Miami Vice" speedboat overtook the "Pirates of the Caribbean" juggernaut to capture the top spot at the weekend box office.


PREZZI: FAZIO IN CAMPO, LA BANCHE FACCIANO LA LORO PARTE

ROMA - Le banche devono fare la loro parte, contribuendo al contenimento del carovita. Parola di Governatore della Banca d' Italia, Antonio Fazio, che scende direttamente in campo, chiamando all' appello il mondo creditizio.


EU to ban more Belarus officials after contested votes

The European Union said it planned to plunge Belarus further into isolation by banning officials responsible for "fraudulent elections" and violence against opposition supporters from its territory.


Microsoft to integrate Windows Live tools into Visual Studio

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft is planning to add the ability to develop Windows Live applications to its Visual Studio toolkit as a way to build more of a developer base for its online services platform. The company is adding controls to Visual Studio 2008 that will allow developers to connect Windows Live services to new applications they're building, said Adam Sohn, a director in the Online Services Group at Microsoft. The company is currently testing the technology internally and may also include it in the current 2005 version of Visual Studio, but that is yet to be determined, he said. A public beta of the technology is expected in October or November, Sohn said. Details of the Windows Live toolkit first appeared online a public interview posted on the LiveSide blog with Angus Logan, a Microsoft technical program manager. Microsoft Monday confirmed that the interview was done at the Mix U.K. '07 conference last week. In the interview, Logan indicated that Microsoft would discuss the technology at the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas in early November. Windows Live is the brand name for set of Web-based services -- such as search, instant-messaging, e-mail, blogging, and photo-sharing -- Microsoft offers, but the company also considers Windows Live a development platform in the same way its Windows OS and Office applications are a platform, Sohn said. Microsoft has made APIs for those services available on its Windows Live developer site. Microsoft has been savvy over the years in leveraging its large developer base to bolster new technologies and help the company compete in areas where it does not have first-mover advantage, and the area of online services is no different. Microsoft is chasing Google for online advertising dollars and hopes to use Windows Live services to compete. Microsoft also charges $.025 per user per year for developers that use Windows Live services in applications that have more than 1 million unique users per month, Sohn said. Sohn said that while the business case for growing the developer base for the Windows Live platform is obviously important, Microsoft also hopes to encourage the development of cutting-edge Web applications to help the industry as a whole promote more interesting user experiences on the Web. "Over time if the industry is doing better, we're going to do better as well," he said.


With the continuing rollout of interactive electronic whiteboards in schools across Loudoun County, the digital age is spreading its wings and the ancient world of the chalkboard is crumbling like, well, a stick of chalk.


Australian retail giant Coles puts itself up for sale, saying it expects to be worth more than $14bn.


LOS ANGELES - Pop singer Aaron Carter has broken off his engagement to his older brother's ex.  The 18-year-old teen idol called off his engagement to 22-year-old actress Kari Ann Peniche just a week after he proposed onstage in Las Vegas, Us Weekly reported on its Web site Sunday.


African leaders have convened an emergency summit on Ivory Coast - but without the country's defiant leader.


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In vista della trasferta di Coppa Uefa in programma giovedÃ¬ sera contro il Rubin Kazan, il Parma ha ...


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Il difensore della Samp, Giulio Falcone, sta decisamente meglio e contro la Roma, in campionato, pot...


China piracy "unacceptably high": USTR report

U.S. companies are suffering  "unacceptably high" losses in China due to counterfeiting and  piracy five years after that country joined the World Trade  Organization, U.S. trade officials said on Monday.


Astros remain hopeful of signing Clemens

The Houston Astros still want to re-sign Roger Clemens, though his agent and the team said Tuesday that there is no deal.


Facing Competition, iTunes Revs Up Its Film Section

In an effort to win attention for the iTunes movie category, Apple will debut Edward Burnsâs latest film, âPurple Violets,â exclusively on its download service.


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The unpredictable fight for the White House went national on Wednesday, as candidates fanned out across the United States and Democrat Barack Obama bounced back from a surprise loss to Hillary Clinton to grab a coveted union endorsement.


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Olmert presents Abbas with pro-Fatah amnesties

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to discuss selective security amnesties designed to shore up his West Bank administration against rival Hamas Islamists.


As of Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at least 1,230 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 961 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.


The Fight for Nicky Hilton's Wedding Album

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Well, apparently not if your name is Nicky Hilton and you get married in the busiest chapel in Las Vegas.


Without fanfare, Bush OKs corporate tax cuts

Without fanfare, President George W. Bush signed into law on Friday a nearly $140 billion corporate tax cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John Kerry and Republican Sen.


Peter Crouch can look back on 2006 having scored more goals in a calendar year than any England striker before him, but the Liverpool forward admits that he still has his doubters ahead of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Macedonia in Manchester.


I quattro elicotteristi non vollero guidare i Ch47perchÃ© li consideravano non abbastanza sicuri                                          Si rifiutarono di volare in Iraq assolti: non fu per "codardia"                                                                                "Non fu per paura: quei velivoli presentavano carenze tecniche"


Kosovo's ramshackle economy threatens fragile stability

The general election in Kosovo this weekend will mark another step on the path of democratic reform, but five years after NATO and the UN took control of the province, the ramshackle economy remains a major threat to stability, analysts say.


U.S. May Add Advisers to Aid Iraq's Military

The top commander in Iraq is reviewing a proposal to add hundreds of U.S. military advisers to work directly with Iraqi units.


Change in rules proposed to protect DeLay's post

Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan's leadership position


Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China after five people were arrested for organising the intimate farewells, state media reported on Wednesday.


Gwyneth refuses to interfere with husband Chris Martin's band, because she's mortally afraid of becoming his Yoko Ono.


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


Dodici ordinanze di custodia cautelare firmate dal gip di RiminiColpivano nel centro nord. Alcuni sono affiliati ai clan mafiosi                                            Arrestata la banda del buco rapinavano banche e uffici postali


Ministro Economia si attende quarto trimestre "molto buono"


To have a chance, you first have to have a plan.


The United States wants to better secure its border with Canada, but it might have trouble finding it in some areas, an official with the agency that maintains the border said.


The retailer posts impressive comps growth and has updated its guidance.


CROWN POINT, Ind. - A Lake County commissioner's car was repossessed because the county stopped making monthly payments on the lease...


WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...


Dominica may have been doing better when it was overrun by   pirates.


Eight months after Boston Scientific Corp. won a bidding war for heart-device maker Guidant Corp. , loser Johnson & Johnson hit it with a $5.5 billion lawsuit that alleges the Natick company improperly induced Guidant to violate the terms of its acquisition deal with Johnson & Johnson.


Indian police find 30 bags filled with baby bones

BHUBANESHWAR, India  - Thirty polythene bags stuffed with the body parts of female fetuses and newly born babies have been found in a dry well near a private clinic in the east Indian state of Orissa, police said on Monday.


Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) remains in critical but stable condition today after undergoing emergency brain surgery on Wednesday, but his doctors say he is making progress in his recovery, according to a statement released by the senator's office late this afternoon.


Cyberattacks at DHS prompt new finger-pointing

House committee demands answers from the agency after investigators turn up dozens of intrusions last year with ties to Chinese Web servers; IT contractor says it wasn't at fault.


Russia arrests dozens of leftist protesters

Dozens of leftist activists were   arrested near Moscow's Kremlin on Monday after they forced   their way into the finance ministry to protest against   government policies, witnesses said.


TechWeb - With more native drivers than ever, Pervasive Software's data integration suite packs a punch.


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TELCOS Optus and Vodafone Australia will combine to create a national 3G mobile network, just three weeks after rival Telstra Corp entered a similar deal.


Serena Williams is suffering with cramp against Daniela Hantuchova when the rain returns at Wimbledon.


Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.


Ireland Beats Croatia in Soccer Friendly; Australia Ties Norway

Robbie Keane scored his 24th international goal as the Republic of Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in an exhibition soccer match. Australia and Norway drew 2-2.


Three US Marines were killed in action in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province on Thursday, a military spokesperson said. The spokesperson would not say where


NY Oil Rises to a Record as US Refiners Boost Operations

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil prices rose to a record $47.39 a barrel in New York after an Energy Department report showed that US refineries boosted their operations and that gasoline demand rose to the highest level this year.


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Red Cross says volunteer slain in Sri Lanka

A Sri Lanka Red Cross volunteer has been abducted and murdered in the island's army-held northern Jaffna peninsula, the relief agency said on Monday, the latest in a spree of aid worker killings amid renewed civil war.


Germany Thwarts Possible Attack on Iraqi Leader

German police arrested three men suspected of planning an attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who was in Berlin on Friday.


Cinema, a 'Shrek 2' il primo weekend di Natale

Roma, 20 dic. (Adnkronos) - E' l'orco Shrek il dominatore del primo week end delle feste natalizie. 'Shrek 2' Ã¨ in testa agli incassi del week end nelle sale italiane con 3.109.159 euro guadagnati, risultato


Gordon Brown says Britain would still be under threat from al-Qaeda "irrespective" of the war in Iraq.


HEALTH:  France Set to Ban Public Smoking

PARIS, Sep 19 (IPS) - New evidence on the harmful effects of passive  smoking has led France to consider a total ban on smoking in work  and public places.


Explosions were heard in the eastern part of Gaza City early Tuesday, residents said, and smoke was seen rising.


Postal union leaders agree a deal aimed at solving a dispute over pay and conditions.


and that was before Larry Hughes gave an announced crowd of 15,042 at MCI Center good reason to go crazy.


BURTON, Mich. - A woman was shocked to learn Friday that a photo of what appeared to be her old driver's license showed up on an Islamic Web site along with a claim that she had been captured in southern Iraq and slain.


Fratello scopre il corpo poco dopo apertura dell'esercizio


Novell filed suit against Microsoft on Friday, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics in the desktop software market during the 1990s.


Egypt: Al-Qaida not responsible for Sinai bombings

Egypt's interior minister on Monday blamed the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict for last month's deadly Sinai Peninsula car bombings and said Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network played no role in the attacks that killed 34 people.


For Mids and Knights, Game Began Months Ago

With Rutgers' strength being defense and Navy's strength being offense, the machinations between the teams began well before Friday night's game.


Russia tells the US that Kosovo's declaration of independence threatens international stability.


Chicago - She won early and often, and often by overwhelming margins. She won on four continents - in Australia, Sweden and Japan and in six of the 50 United States.


No deaths as passenger plane crashes in Denmark

A turboprop plane with 73 people on  board crashed on Sunday as it landed in western Denmark, but no  one was seriously injured, the airline said.


China warns students to stay away from stock market

China's education ministry has advised college students trying to cash in on the nation's booming stock market to stay away, state media has reported.


Three years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the target of escalating attacks in the United States and a U.S. senator has called for his resignation over a deepening ...


Loss at Take-Two Is Smaller Than Forecast

Take-Two Interactive Software posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday, helped by sales of games like The Darkness.


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Nokia targets businesses with dual-mode E51 mobile phone

InfoWorld - Nokia released on Tuesday the newest addition to its E-series lineup of mobile phones for businesses, revamping the user interface for easier navigation, executives said during a London product launch.


By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press  The Internet's most popular site vows to rein in its sometimes- rambling product expansion.   SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.


Extradition of ex-NatWest bankers sets 'frightening' precedent

The extradition of three former NatWest bankers, being sought by US prosecutors from the Enron Task Force, would have "frightening consequences" for the British legal system, a court heard yesterday.


NBA China lures 253 million dollars from major backers

NBA China, a new company that will conduct all National Basketball Association business in the world's most populous nation, was unveiled Monday with major US and Chinese corporate support.


Chain Store Sales Rise in the Latest Week

U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week after sizable back-to-back declines, as  consumers took to the stores for holiday shopping, a retail  report said on Tuesday.


Vancouver Businessmen to Buy NHL's Canucks -Report

Two Vancouver businessmen are set to  buy the Vancouver Canucks National Hockey League team, a  newspaper reported on Tuesday.


Leave Iraq by 2008, Dem. veteran candidates say

Ten Democratic military veterans  running uphill races for the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday  the United States should pull its combat troops out of Iraq by  2008.


WASHINGTON The Justice Department has announced that more than 150 people have been arrested, charged or convicted in the past three months in a crackdown on criminal activity on the Internet.


Athens deserves a gold medal for 2004 Games

ATHENS, Greece - Itâs official - the Olympics were a success. The venues were not only finished but they stayed standing, transportation ran on time, streets were clean and security did such a good job that even petty crime went down.


Company chiefs who outsource jobs earn more, study finds

WASHINGTON Chief executives of US companies that outsourced the greatest number of jobs reaped bigger pay and benefits last year than those from other companies, according to a study of executive compensation released Tuesday.


Diabetes Drug Side Effect Reports Triple

-- In the month after a surprising analysis revealed possible heart risks from the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, reports of side effects to federal regulators tripled.


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The popularity of mobiles packed with features is set to explode as they get better and cheaper, say analysts.


[TS] Tired of Trolls, a Feisty Chief Fights Back

Believing that patent trolls were hurting small businesses, one chief executive decided that enough was enough.


NEW YORK - Two experts hired by CBS News to examine records of President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard told ABC on Tuesday that they could not vouch for the documents' veracity.    Meanwhile, a former secretary in the guard said she believed the documents CBS used were fake, although they accurately reflected the thoughts of one of Bush's commanders...


REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict dedicated a   church organ named after himself on Wednesday and took the   image of the multi-piped instrument as a symbol for the way   Roman Catholicism should seek harmony in its diversity.


Kerry links cost of Iraq war to domestic problems in new ad

WASHINGTON John Kerry is using a new television ad to link the cost of the war in Iraq to problems here at home. In the ad, the Democratic presidential hopeful says the US is spending 200 (b) billion dollars


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A convenience store owner convicted of selling donated water intended for hurricane victims committed no crime and should be released from probation, an appeals court ruled.


Piu' colpita la Calabria, seguita da Campania e Toscana


Eurotunnel plan seen approved if quorum reached

Creditors of Anglo-French cross-Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel   are expected to approve a restructuring plan on Monday, should the vote be attended by enough to form a quorum, sources close to the talks said.


Nigerian general strike enters fourth day with no end in sight

An indefinite strike by Nigeria's two main labour unions entered its fourth day Saturday with no immediate sign of an agreement with the government on the vexed issue of petrol prices, officials said.


Weakened Frances Leaves Much of Florida in Chaos

COCOA, Fla.  - Weakened after its long rampage  through Florida, the lumbering giant of a tropical storm that  began its tear as Hurricane Frances moved into the Gulf of  Mexico early on Monday, leaving chaos in its wake.


Flight Attendants Vote to Authorize Strike

The board of directors of the nation's largest flight attendants union voted to authorize a strike against airlines unless changes were made in the workplace.


Nuclear watchdog demands Iran freeze enrichment

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


United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. , one of the largest U.S. apartment owners, said on Tuesday it plans to buy $897 million worth of apartment homes, moving from lower-rent housing to more expensive properties based mainly in fast-growing Southern California.


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Superhero sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer becomes the most popular film in North America.


Security Council deplores Kenya violence

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday deplored the widespread violence in Kenya and urged political leaders to resolve the crisis over disputed elections through "dialogue, negotiation and compromise."


Mental health problems cost British businesses Â£1,000 a year per employee on average, research shows.


"The Covenant," a tale of supernatural teens trying to destroy each other at an elite boarding school, ascended to the top of the weekend box office with a modest take of $9 million, according to studio estimates.


Sportsview: Time for Haas to Pay His Dues

Bill Haas never imagined playing anywhere but the PGA Tour, and he couldn't hide his frustration after coming up two shots short of a tour card at Q-school.


U.S. Says Diplomacy Can Resolve Iran Nuclear Crisis

The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said on Monday evidence pointed to an Iranian nuclear weapons program, but that Washington wanted a diplomatic solution and its ultimate goal was not to topple Tehran's government.


"It's a dream," proclaimed the beaming 32-year-old mother Friday as she cuddled her day-old baby girl, born after a pioneering ovarian tissue transplant


Amnesty International accuses Hezbollah of war crimes for targeting Israeli civilians in the recent conflict.


Dollar Tree recalls 300,000 toys due to lead paint

Dollar Tree Stores Inc recalled 300,000 baby bead toys and toy cars made in China because they contain excessive levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.


Immigrati, Berlusconi: con Libia problema comune

"Abbiamo avuto un confronto approfondito e abbiamo chiarito quanto sia necessaria una collaborazione importante sul tema dell'immigrazione clandestina per arrivare alla soluzione di un problema che non Ã¨ solo italiano e libico, ma europeo ed africano".


Netflix Partners with LG to Bring Movies Straight to TV

Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than 7 million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes obsolete.


French determined to fight terrorism: Chirac

French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday said that France will continue to be iron-willed to oppose all forms of terrorism, hailing the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August 20.


CBS scored a clean sweep among young and old viewers during the third week of the new television season, while ABC showed signs that its two freshman successes may have staying power.


Compagnia aerea ungherese indebitata per 120 mln euro


Landslides, Floods in China's Southwest Kill 79, AFP Reports

A storm in China's southwest has left at least 79 people dead and 74 missing after heavy rain caused bridges to collapse and triggered floods and landslides, Agence France-Presse said, citing disaster relief workers.


Pitti Uomo, cocktail di moda lo stile è double-face

Particolari raffinati al Pitti Firenze. Una moda semplice per chi va di corsa ma ama l'eleganza. L'invenzione è il capo reversibile. E da domani Milano Moda Uomo


Microsoft Reprimanded for Misleading Linux Ad

The United Kingdom's advertising watchdog group, the Advertising Standards Association, has found that complaints lodged against a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) magazine ad that stated that Linux was more expensive than Windows were valid.


What a nightmare: US men fall to Argentina

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


A suspected suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar late Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring 20, police said.


Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi simply smiled during the live television show when a man called to praise terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The Iraqi leader then moved on, offering to find information about a woman's detained son and see why a student didn't get into the graduate program of his choice.


Wall St. Expected to Open Little Changed

Wall Street was expected to open little  changed on Monday, with investors on the watch for January  retail sales data while merger fever spices up an otherwise  flat corporate agenda.


As John Kerry basked Wednesday in the final applause of his failed campaign, at a packed gathering in Boston that was nothing short of funereal, supporters shivered in the cold outside and wondered what went wrong.


Samoa endorses use of plant to fight AIDS

A Kauai-based botanist who studies medicinal uses of plants has helped broker an agreement between the University of California at Berkeley and the Samoan government to isolate the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug.


Turkish author Ipek Calislar goes on trial accused of insulting Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.


Rick Helling is retiring from baseball after pitching in the major leagues for 12 years, highlighted by a 20-win season.


Plosser: Fed should be committed to low inflation

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on Tuesday that providing more information about the central bank's policy goals could help keep inflation expectations in check and give policy-makers greater leeway to buffer the economy from shocks.


Karzai halfway to victory in Afghan poll, rival to accept result

KABUL, October 22 (Online): Yunus Qanooni, Hamid Karzai's chief rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, said he will accept the outcome, as Karzai swept the country's south and southeast en route to outright victory.


The Sporting News - No, not a World Series championship. They have two of those.


Palace Fans File Suit Against Pacers' Players

Two fans filed suit against Pacers players Monday after they claim they were attacked during the brawl at The Palace on Friday night.


Ieri la soluzione lanciata dal sindaco di Roma: "Sostituire il cda con un amministratore unico"Il ministro della Famiglia: "Ci vuole un organo collegiale". Fini attacca: "A rischio il pluralismo"                                            Riforma Rai, la Bindi attacca Veltroni "Demagogica e tecnocratica la sua proposta"


Stocks Gain on Economic Data, Volume Thin

Stocks gained on Friday as investors took comfort from data showing US consumer sentiment picked up above expectations in late August, but volume was very thin before next week's Republican convention in New York City.