Capitol police set up roadblocks and swarmed the corridors yesterday when President Bush stopped in for lunch with Senate Republicans, but the show of force seemed to miss the point: The biggest threat to the president's well-being probably came from his lunch partners.


David Letterman's longtime sidekick, Paul Shaffer, is stepping into the spotlight with a memoir about his show business career.


World's longest beach hidden in Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh  - Walking on the world's longest stretch of beach on a balmy Saturday morning, one would expect to find the shimmering sands filled with sunbathing tourists and the calm blue sea with swimmers.


FA Cup giant-killers Oldham and Huddersfield discover their fourth-round opponents in Monday's draw live on BBC Sport.


A fire at a mental hospital in Siberia kills eight people on the day a fire at a Moscow clinic kills 45.


Bush Administration Appeals Over Oregon Suicide Law

The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold Attorney General John Ashcroft's power to stop Oregon doctors from helping terminally ill patients


An Olympic Airlines flight from Athens to New York was diverted Sunday to London "on a full emergency," a spokeswoman for London's Stansted Airport said.


Roma, 13:08 - CALCIO, PANCALLI: VIOLENZA E' QUELLA DELLA SOCIETA' CIVILE

"Il calcio non è avulso dalla società civile, non è un pianeta a parte. La viol...


Sir Richard Branson, the British businessman, and mining magnate Cyril Ramaphosa were at the Cida campus in Braamfontein today to launch two projects to fight HIV/Aids in South Africa.


Scende a 41,43 dollari il prezzo del paniere Opec

Il prezzo giornaliero del paniere Opec scende a 41,43 dollari al barile, in calo di 84 centesimi rispetto ai 42,27 di lunedi. Lo annuncia l'Opecna, l'agenzia di stampa ufficiale del cartello, che ha sede a Vienna.


Microsoft, BT team on software as services

LONDON - MicrosoftÂ is ramping up its efforts to sell software as a service by teaming with U.K. telecommunications giant BT Group PLC to provide a platform for the delivery of its business applications.


On the campaign trail,  Christian conservatives speak their minds about the field of G.O.P. candidates and what matters to them.


The Kentucky Derby winner will skip the Belmont Stakes and a rematch with Curlin, the colt who ran him down in the Preakness.


Morton leads Windies cricket charge against England

Runako Morton's 82 not out was the centrepiece of West Indies' 289 for five against England in the third and final one-day international at Trent Bridge here Saturday, as they looked to come from behind to clinch the series 2-1.


Florida linebacker Travis Harris last played in the Georgia Dome as a freshman in 2000, when the Gators beat Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game.


Merck wins reversal of Vioxx class-action status

Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that had granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.


Bush, Visiting Canada, Aims to Smooth Ruffled Relations

President Bush on Tuesday thanked Canadians who waved a welcome to him "with all five fingers" on his first official visit to their country, but he also appeared defensive


Retired General Augusto Pinochet was indicted and ordered placed under house arrest yesterday by a top Chilean judge on charges connected with


The sub-$200 PictureMate Dash and PictureMate Zoom are both shipping.


Fashion Designer Hilfiger to Host Show on CBS

Joining super models and business moguls who have made the leap to reality TV, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and network CBS on Friday unveiled a contest series to pick a new clothing trendsetter.


Science & environment: Death of female golden eagle with fledgling chick prompts calls for crackdown on rogue gamekeepers.


Analyst: Microsoft Loss in MP3 Case Sets Dangerous Precedent

With Alcatel-Lucent having been awarded $1.5 billion from Microsoft by a Jury in San Diego yesterday, the other hundreds of companies who hold Fraunhofer/Thomson licenses to the MP3 audio format whose names aren't "Microsoft" must be asking themselves whether similar fates await them in the near future.


OPEC To Monitor Impact of US Polls on Oil Prices

When asked if OPEC will discuss a possible cut in output in the second quarter of 2005 at its meeting next month in Cairo, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said: "We do not know yet.


Olympics: Goodbye girls help close Athens swim show

ATHENS : Inge de Bruijn and Jenny Thompson take a last Olympic plunge as the swimming competition concludes without an appearance by the twin kings of the Athens pool, Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.


NAIROBI -- The modern, media-savvy political campaign has arrived in sub-Saharan Africa.


Yahoo buys RB-based online jukebox provider Musicmatch for $160 ...

Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is buying Rancho Bernardo's Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in a deal designed to broaden Yahoo's appeal to consumers who buy music off the Web.


Microsoft to buy medical info search company

Microsoft Corp.  said on Monday  it will buy Medstory Inc., a California-based start-up company  that develops Web search technology for medical information.


Manmohan, Musharraf hail new chapter in ties

New York, September 25: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed a new era in often-fraught relations between the two countries and agreed to study a joint pipeline project and pursue solutions to the Kashmir


Aging rockers set to lose rights on early hits

When finance minister Gordon Brown  stands up to make his pre-budget speech next week, aging  rockers Cliff Richard, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones might  do well to tune in.


Downer goes to North Korea for more crisis talks

TONY EASTLEY: Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has begun a diplomatic mission to North Korea, aimed at helping to resolve the standoff over the regime's nuclear weapons program.


Vodafone looking to Reach excluded youth

Foundation offering Â£5m to charities The Vodafone UK Foundation has got five million quid burning a hole in its pocket, and is looking for consortia of charities that can help 16-25 year olds who might be excluded from society; presumably not by giving them mobile phones or broadband.â¦


Seeking opportunity in a market clouded by fear.


AT&T's iPhone Report Pushes Down Apple Stock

AT&T says it activated only 146,000 iPhones in the first two days the device was for sale.


Vladimir Guerrero made such a huge impact during the final week of the season that voting for the American League most valuable player award wasn't even close.


Bush proposes steps to deal with mortgage crisis

President George W. Bush on Friday tried to calm financial market turmoil from the credit crisis by announcing proposals intended to prevent homeowners from defaulting on risky mortgages.


Here's what an NBA team in the market for a former MVP would get with Allen Iverson:


Bomb Hits Iraq Govt., Year After Saddam Capture

A suicide car bomber killed at least  seven Iraqis outside Baghdad's government compound on Monday,  the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture.


In the latest sign of corruption problems for Republicans, a corporate executive testified Friday that his employees worked for months to remodel the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens.


Ever more companies see climate change as a threat, though there are also firms that see it as an opportunity, a report finds.


On Scene: The cease-fire may be holding and Beirut's residents may be returning to normal life, but they know all too well that it may not last


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The Democratic presidential front-runners came under attack from a rival on Sunday for showing insufficient leadership on ending the war in Iraq in a debate in which the main target was President George W. Bush.


In April 1976, Ted Landsmark stumbled into a crowd of whites demonstrating against the city's desegregation school busing and was speared with the pointed staff of an American flag. A photo of the attack won a Pulitzer Prize and branded Boston as racially intolerant.


The Motley Fool - The index-fund-pioneering firm Vanguard is making college more affordable -- by lowering the fees it charges on the 529 plan it runs. Most states offer 529 plans, and you can often participate in the plan of a state other than the one where you live or where your young one will attend college. Thus, the fact that the Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan is sponsored by the state of Nevada shouldn't make you click out of this article. Keep reading.


La villa ospito' i due rami della nobile famiglia fiorentina


Police looking for a missing mother-of-four have yet to identify a woman's body found on wasteground.


WASHINGTON - Seeking to void the nation's only right-to-die law, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the Supreme Court yesterday to give federal agents the authority to punish Oregon doctors who help their dying patients end their lives.


President Bush's special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, resigned Friday and was replaced by a former U.S. diplomat to the United Nations amid questions about the administration's policies toward the vast African nation.


Malaysia's ruling coalition wins  a key by-election, dashing hopes by Islamic hardliners for political comeback.


Update 2: Court to Hear Bail Appeal by EBay Exec

A court was expected to hear a plea for bail Tuesday by the head of eBay's Indian subsidiary, who was jailed in connection with the online sale of a sex video involving teenagers.


Malaysia appears to delay the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal foreign workers.


Fire rages second day at California's Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A forest fire raged out of control for a second day on Monday in the popular California resort of Lake Tahoe, destroying at least 220 homes and forcing up to 1,000 people to evacuate, officials said.


Dozens of high-level officials joined in a White House drill Saturday to see how the government would respond if several cities were attacked simultaneously by the type of the roadside bombs used against American troops in Iraq.


Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N said on  Wednesday it would cut 6,000 to 7,000 jobs, or about 10 percent  of its work force, over the next 18 months and drop Dallas/Fort  Worth as a hub as it tries to avert bankruptcy.


CES: Giant consumer electronics blowout in Vegas

Preview of the show featuring products ranging from humungous TVs to home entertainment servers, smart cars, portable music and video players, and wireless devices.


Japan farm minister quits in another blow to PM Abe

Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, delivering a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet to try to revive his popularity.


Big increase in number of Western tourists listed missing in ...

In Thailand, more than four thousand people are now listed as missing following the weekend tsunami, a big jump on earlier estimates of 15-hundred missing.


NZ film biz churns out hits despite challenges

WELLLINGTON  - Whether it's Edmund Hillary, the beekeeper who became the first man to conquer Mount Everest, or director Peter Jackson, who went from B-movie auteur to A-list Oscar winner, New Zealanders pride themselves on their underdog status.


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

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


FIVE thousand Israeli police and thousands of soldiers will help evacuate Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in what is expected to be the most violent confrontation ever between Israel's authorities and its own citizens.


Salerno: salvato cucciolo di lupo appenninico

PIAGGINE (Salerno) - E' stato trovato e salvato dalla Protezione civile un cucciolo di lupo appenninico sul monte Cervati, in localita' Piaggine, nel salernitano. L'animale, una femmina di 3 mesi, era fortemente disidratato ma secondo il veterinario che ...


Sovereignty over waters returned to Iraq

UMM QASR, Iraq -- Iraq regained sovereignty over its territorial waters yesterday, with the US-led coalition handing over responsibility for safeguarding adjacent seas to the country's navy.


Report: Apple close to winning over studios

BusinessWeek is reporting that Apple is near to closing agreements with all of the top studios.


Cisco Systems Inc. , the biggest maker of equipment that directs data over the Internet, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 29 percent on stronger demand for gear such as wireless networks and Internet telephone equipment.


Dallas-based Match will announce Thursday the launch of Little Black Book, a new way to link Facebook users with Match.com daters.


Alida Bosshardt, who spent more than 50 years working for the Salvation Army and established a center in Amsterdam's Red Light District for prostitutes and drug addicts, died Monday, the Christian organization said. She was 94.


James Dobson, the conservative leader who used his radio program to call on millions of Christians to vote in the November election, warned in a letter that some senators "will be in the 'bull's-eye'" if they block President Bush's judicial nominees.


Blockbuster Inc. , the No. 1 U.S. video rental chain, reported lower quarterly profit on Tuesday due to store closures and higher costs associated with growing its online business.


L'esponente della Margherita replica alle parole del candidato leader del Pdche ha escluso di "poter andare a Palazzo Chigi senza aver vinto le elezioni"                                          Pd, Parisi contro Veltroni "Preoccupano le sue parole"


Pirelli si assesta in Borsa,scambiati oltre 18 mln di titoli


Jobless claims drop to lowest level since July

New claims for U.S. jobless aid fell by a bigger-than-expected 17,000 last week to the lowest level since mid-July, government data showed on Thursday, but the four-week average of claims changed little.


Rio de Janeiro, 11:32 - CALCIO, GLOBO; FLAMENGO: INGAGGIO RONALDO NON UN PROBLEMA

Non sarà il fattore economico a frenare il Flamengo nella corsa a Ronaldo: a scriverlo &egrav...


Quotazioni tornate sopra i 74 dollari al barile


Winter storms boosted jobless claims last week

The number of U.S. workers signing  up for first-time jobless benefits surged a  bigger-than-expected 44,000 last week as wintry storms in the  Midwest and Northeast put more people in the unemployment  lines, the government said on Thursday.


American troops are facing resistance in rebel strongholds in northern Fallujah despite claiming they have trapped the insurgents in the south of the city.


Giantsâ Tale of the Tape Will Live On and On

If New York can turn its back on a football stadium, then New York can also be magnanimous about welcoming the Giants home.


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Oasis TV, a cable channel and Internet TV provider of holistic news, information and entertainment encompassing the popular Body-Mind-Spirit lifestyle, today announced the appointment of investment banker and social activist Azim Khamisa as Chairman.


Portland center Oden sidelined for rest of summer league

Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the top pick of the 2007 draft, needs to have his tonsils removed and will miss the rest of the summer league, the NBA team said Tuesday.


Iraqi government forces carried out a series of assaults in Saddam Hussein's home region yesterday that were followed by conflicting reports that his former right-hand man was captured.


German Finance Professionals Grow Sharply

German finance professionals grew sharply more pessimistic about the country's economic growth outlook, fearing that the euro's record highs against the U.S. dollar will weigh on exports, a monthly survey showed Tuesday.


After an unprecedented span of just five days, SpaceShipOne is ready for a return trip to space on Monday, its final flight to clinch a $10 million prize.


Barry Bonds knows it's real now. His worst slump is over and Hank Aaron's record can't be far behind.


In 1986, Robert Hansan was about to graduate from college, his girlfriend was pregnant and he didn't have a job. But he did have an idea. Encouraged by a brother who worked for a printer, he decided to publish a directory of members of Congress and sell it to trade associations as a kind of party favor.


A reggae festival created to promote peace among cultures is being denounced by gay and lesbian advocacy groups for allowing performers with a history of anti-gay lyrics.


Paraplegic man dumped in LA gutter sues hospital

A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.


Investors may pack up and leave town  this week as the Republican National Convention begins in New  York and many on Wall Street take vacation -- draining U.S.  markets of volume and leaving stocks with little direction.


Chairman Linda W. Cropp adds baseball to the agenda to Tuesday's D.C. Council meeting, clearing the way for a possible reconsideration of the private funding legislation.


U.S. "shocked", Kremlin silent as journalist killed

The United States said it was "shocked and profoundly saddened" by the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin.


Torino, 18:51 - CALCIO, SISSOKO: SONO VICINISSIMO ALLA JUVENTUS

Nonostante l'interesse del Valencia, il centrocampista del Liverpool, Mohamed Sissoko, sembra vicini...


'We want France to leave', Ivory Coast ruling party official says

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's government wants France to leave the UN-mandated peacekeeping force in the west African country, the ruling party's representative in Britain told the BBC.


(InfoWorld) - If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed will come to the mountain, goes the saying. Now, the high-tech version of that saying might read: If the iPhone won't come to the enterprise, then enterprise will come to the iPhone. The announcement this week that NetSuite, a Web-based-only service provider for ERP and CRM to the midmarket, runs on the iPhone without any major tweaking almost as well it runs on a desktop has a lot of people rethinking the capability of the iPhone as a business tool. To make matters even more interesting, NetSuite didn't spend one day in Cupertino to figure out how SuitePhone, as it's now called, would run on Apple's new device, though the two companies worked together in the past to ensure that NetSuite's SaaS (software as a service) solution ran well on Apple's Safari desktop browser. "For the iPhone, we didn't have to do additional development work," says Malin Huffman, senior product manager at NetSuite. Whatever improvements were made to NetSuite 07 in order to work with the latest version of Safari for the desktop "carries over to Safari on the iPhone." While most mobile solutions are limited in what they can accomplish -- dialing directly from a contact manager is typical -- Huffman claims NetSuite customers already use the iPhone and the SuitePhone solution in the field to look up customer history, process credit cards, and even do payroll. So is this a unique circumstance due in large part to the way NetSuite was built originally? After all, it does not use Flash or need Java to run, making porting to the iPhone, which lacks support for both, that much easier. Huffman says no, the NetSuite build is not that unique for a SaaS application, but it may be too early to tell. While the iPhone famously does not support Flash or Java, it does support JavaScript and all the Web standards that AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is built on. Plus, it supports PDFs and Microsoft Word documents. "The AJAX technology allows [NetSuite] to work faster over the slower network than it would otherwise," notes Huffman. Also, because AJAX allows users to drag and drop from selected environments without having to refresh the entire contents of a page, the SuitePhone version makes for a more seamless experience.Â  Of course, there are a number of limitations, as InfoWorld pointed out in its review by Tom Yager. Yager notes that the device will not upload or download files. However, in a SaaS solution like NetSuite, this limitation may not be a deal breaker for purchasing the device. The strong suit of any SaaS solution is in accessing data directly from the server. Focusing on real-time instant access rather than offline access, says Huffman, is what its users care about the most.Â  But Yager also says, "Safari does not allow a Web page to sense finger motion using standard events, so drag, slide, and drag/drop operations require special effort." True, says Huffman. "You wouldn't want to do a lot of configuration of NetSuite on the iPhone. You would do the configuration on the desktop."Â  Safari also lacks the "ability to adjust a Web page's text size," notes Yager. It is a valid criticism, says Huffman, but it doesn't affect NetSuite because users can pinch or drill down. So have too many industry reviews underestimated the iPhone's usefulness in the enterprise? While the iPhone is not perfect, there is no denying that NetSuite ports to this handheld device easily. The apparent ease with which it does that comes from a very obvious but often overlooked fact: Apple has duplicated the Safari browser almost exactly as it exists on the desktop. If you can re-create a browser for a handheld that is almost identical to the desktop version, everything that can be done on the Web on the desktop can, in theory, be carried out on the handheld browser, too. Where Apple has gone the extra mile is in creating a user interface that makes up for many of the small-screen limitations: for example, the so-called two-finger pinch that allows a user to drill down and expand what they are looking at. Huffman adds that users also can customize their views to suit the small screen by setting up dashboards in a one-column format or creating forms that are better suited to the iPhone. There is nothing really new here other than a better-thought-out, user-friendly interface. But Apple took the obvious -- what others have tried -- and put all the pieces together in a single package. Some believe it is so unique that the device may become, in essence, a wake-up call to the entire high-tech industry, especially handset manufacturer designers and software developers.Â  And what that wake-up call from Apple and NetSuite says is that if you build it right, they, the enterprise, will come to the mountain, er, the handset manufacturer.


In an interview with The Washington Times on January 11th, President Bush stated, "I don't see how you can be president, at least from my perspective, how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord."  Can he create a law which states that only a Christian can be president?  Of course not.  Is it a crime to state that he could not have been president without a relationship with God?  No.  But is there something disconcerting about the head of the country, the holder of the highest public service position attainable, and a man who has so far shown absolutely no qualms about using religion to strengthen the government, and vice versa, making such a statement?  Yes, there is.


Rumsfeld Broaches Touchy Issue of Latam Militaries

QUITO, Ecuador  - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld, who has urged Latin American states to do more to  fight terrorism, on Wednesday raised the touchy issue of using  the military to combat terrorism and organized crime.


Prince to sue YouTube, eBay over music use

U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue  YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his  music in a bid to "reclaim his art on the Internet."


Talks between Alitalia and the unions were continuing on Tuesday as hopes rose of staving off bankruptcy at Italy's troubled national airline.


The Internet giant might need a kick from private equity investors--and a new CEO.


The Spanish Football Federation led the way, sending a letter of apology to the Football Association. General secretary Jorge P Arias condemned the fans' behaviour and reiterated his federation's position against racism in football.


Kerry promises to ease Senior's health care costs

Health care costs have risen much faster than the increases in social Security benefits, says John Kerry. He says the elderly of America will have a much better deal if he becomes President.


UK tried to recruit me, claims Litvinenko suspect

Andrei Lugovoi, named by Britain as a suspect in the killing of the former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, claims UK's special services tried to recruit him.


UPDATE 4-Nortel restatements now delayed to November

Nortel Networks Corp. (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the world's biggest telecom equipment makers, again delayed the release of its long-awaited restated


TUESDAY, Jan. 1  (HealthDay News) -- Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight or obese, new research shows.


AMERICA/CUBA - ÂIl Natale ci rende consapevoli della vicinanza di Dio e del suo amore per lÂuomoÂ affermano i Vescovi di Cuba nel Messaggio di Natale L'Avana (Agenzia Fides) - "Il Natale ci rende consapevoli della vicinanza di Dio, del suo amore per l'uomo e del suo desiderio affinchÃ© lo stesso uomo raggiunga la felicitÃ ", affermano i Vescovi di Cuba nel Messaggio di Natale diffuso il 12 dicembre ...


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stuck a toe in the presidential race Friday, taking strong issue after Republican Mike Huckabee accused the administration of having an "arrogant bunker mentality" on foreign policy.


Weight soon over for pill that fights fags and flab

A NEW miracle pill that helps people to lose weight and stop smoking could be available within two years, scientists have claimed.


Cuba Moves to Stop Trade in U.S. Dollars

Cuba announced Monday that U.S. dollars will no longer be accepted at businesses and stores on the communist island starting next month in a move that will radically change the way cash transactions have been done there over the past decade.


The Wizards hope to take advantage of the slumping Pistons on Wednesday before the defending champions can get their act together.


Mixi chief calls for looser content sharing laws

InfoWorld - The CEO of Japan's leading social networking site, Mixi Inc., said Wednesday he hopes the country's law will be changed to allow users more freedom in sharing and viewing copyrighted content on the Internet.


Lehman Brothers settles Enron shareholder lawsuit

HOUSTON - Wall Street brokerage house Lehman Brothers has agreed to pay $222.5 million to a class-action lawsuit alleging that it and other banks and brokerages helped Enron Corp.


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Jets Rookie Coleman Comes Up Big in Opener

New York Jets safety Erik Coleman got his souvenir football from the equipment manager and held it tightly.


September Among Deadliest Months for U.S. in Iraq

September was one of the deadliest  months for U.S. troops in the 18-month-old war in Iraq, and the  death toll for the first time has risen four straight months.


More Iraq Attacks Day After Raid on U.S. Outpost

Violence continued in Baghdad one day after insurgents carried out a brazen attack on American troops.


Consumer Prices Up Modestly; Housing Dips

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rose by a modest 0.2 percent in September as a decline in prices for new cars and airline fares helped to temper a rise in costs for medical care, gasoline and fuel oil.    The rise in the Consumer Prices Index, the government's most closely watched inflation barometer, came after prices edged up by 0.1 percent in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday...


Court case an attempt to distract shareholders, says Harmony

Johannesburg - Harmony on Monday accused Gold Fields Limited of diverting attention from its own shortcomings by trying to stop a hostile take-over bid in the United States courts.


Much of the stuff that comes out of Hong Kong-based Brando ranges from the curious to the bizarre, but every once in awhile there's something that tickles our fancy. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Jungle

âRambo,â directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, has its own kind of blockheaded poetry.


Bush, Chavez on dueling tours of Latin America

President Bush and his left-wing nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez embarked on dueling tours of Latin America on Friday as they stepped up competition for the region's hearts and minds.


Doctors Say Wounded Soldiers Remain Strong

About 70 wounded soldiers a day have arrived at a U.S. military hospital from Iraq, about double the average before the beginning of the battle to oust Islamic militants from their former Fallujah stronghold, the hospital commander said Sunday.


New Orleans. Home of the Po' Boy sandwich, gumbo and drive-through daiquiris. And, for most of this week, temporary home to 26,000 cardiologists and heart-care professionals


India and Pakistan Note Modest Progress in Peace Talks

India's foreign minister says modest progress was made in two days of peace talks with his Pakistani counterpart in New Delhi.


The new Walkman will be compatible with Japan's "OneSeg" digital TV system for mobile and portable devices.


High levels of testosterone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits, scientists say.


Allo studio una posizione unitaria sul modello contrattuale


Canada tells the US that it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan unless Nato deploys more troops there.


KABUL, DECEMBER 7: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected President on Tuesday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the economyâs dependence on narcotics.


Tubes, Pump and Fragile Hope Keep a Baby's Heart Beating

In a move to save an infant, doctors sought a device they had never tried before: a miniaturized pump called the Berlin Heart.


Baby Boomers and Books: A Love Affair With Literature

Baby boomers and their books--it's a love story where nobody ever said he was sorry. Except, perhaps, for 'Love Story' itself.


Nuclear watchdog head urges patience in Iran plan

The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog body on Friday rebuffed Western critics of a cooperation deal it has struck with Iran as "back-seat drivers" and urged them to give it time to work to help avoid war.


U.N. police clash with Kosovo Albanian protesters

PRISTINA, Serbia  - UN police in Kosovo fired teargas and rubber bullets during clashes on Saturday with ethnic Albanians protesting against a UN plan they say falls short of full independence from Serbia.


Excerpts of comments purportedly by terror leader Osama bin Laden in an audio tape posted on the Internet Tuesday.


IAF guns down acting Hamasâ military wing Gaza chief

Adnan al-Roul was one of the groupâs top bomb making exports and has developed the Kassam; wanted since first Intifada in late 80s.


"Terminator 3" director revives Marvel veteran

"Terminator 3" director  Jonathan Mostow will write and direct "Sub-Mariner," an  adaptation of one of Marvel Comics' oldest superheroes.


Frozen assets: US has crimped Al Qaeda funds

The CIA estimates that prior to Sept. 11, Al Qaeda was spending about $30 million per year. Since then, the US has seized some $265 million in assets linked to the group.


Dow Jones pact gives group power to OK editors

A tentative deal between News Corp.  and Dow Jones & Co Inc.  would give an independent board the power to approve the hiring and firing of top editors at The Wall Street Journal, three sources said on Thursday.


Bush in Independence Day plea for patience on Iraq

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia  - U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to tap into Independence Day patriotism to rally support for an unpopular war, appealed on Wednesday for American patience and resolve in Iraq.


NEW YORK, November 15  - The US dollar modestly strengthened its position versus the euro this morning, after the US Treasury Secretary said that the government supported a "strong dollar" policy.


The Northern Bank robbery severely damaged trust between NI political parties, Archbishop Sean Brady warns.


Lycos claims to have come up with a novel solution to spam by letting the public get their revenge on the spammers. The company has developed a downloadable screensaver which generates traffic on the websites of known spammers.


Delays in readying Discovery again for a Saturday launch attempt pushed back NASA's decision on whether to begin fueling the space shuttle.


Media & professional: Corporation to admit to a series of other mistakes that have come to light in the wake of the controversy over its Queen documentary.


Myanmar's prime minister was sacked Tuesday by his army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.


Martha Gerry, 88, Noted Horse Owner, Is Dead

Martha Gerry bred and owned the three-time Horse of the Year Forego and was the first woman to be honored as an Exemplar of Racing by the Hall of Fame.


Shire/New River attention drug gets conditional OK

A new attention deficit drug made  by Shire Plc and New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. is "approvable"  by U.S. regulators for children ages 6 to 12 pending a decision  by drug enforcement authorities on the level of control it will  be subject to, the companies said on Friday.


Microsoft Delivers Strong Earnings and Outlook

Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profit gains that surpassed Wall Streetâs expectations, and delivered an optimistic outlook.


Siena, 18:26 - Calcio, Siena; De Luca: mai piÃ¹ allo stadio se offendono Napoli

''Se i tifosi senesi offenderanno ancora Napoli, mi alzerÃ² e non tornerÃ² piÃ¹ allo stadio''. E' lo sf...


OPEC May Cut Output if Oil Falls Sub-$40

The OPEC producers' cartel would  consider cutting formal output limits by 1 million to 1.5  million barrels per day (bpd) at its end-January meeting if  U.S. crude prices fall below $40 a barrel, an OPEC source said  on Friday.


CHICAGO - This was one baby who couldn't wait to land. A 42-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy girl late Wednesday aboard a plane destined for O'Hare International Airport from Mexico, officials said Thursday.


Maria Sharapova will play for Russia against Spain in the first round of next year's Fed Cup, the first time she has played for her nation in the top team event of women's tennis.


Not to use too many technical gymnastics terms here, but Bruno Grandi started with a double-wienie. Then he went with an impressive buck pass.


Powell: US goal is stabilizing Iraq for elections

The US military in Iraq will move into insurgent-heavy "no-go zones" to stabilize them in advance of elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.


Poland expects U.S. missile shield deal by October

Poland expects to sign an agreement with  the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S.  anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish  official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.


Frankie Laine, the full-voiced singer who became one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s with such hits as "I Believe," "Jezebel" and the theme to the TV Western "Rawhide", died on Tuesday at 93.


Hezbollah demanded the return of a truck carrying munitions seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday and said the supplies were heading to its fighters in south Lebanon.


The Dorms May Be Great, but How's the Counseling?

Given the prevalence of emotional difficulties on campus, it pays to find out, before choosing a college, what mental health services are available.


85 per cent of all revenue If there was any doubt that Google has the power to pull the plug on Firefox, it's been laid to rest.â¦


Philippines braces for another storm, after deadly typhoon

A new tropical storm is heading for the Philippines,  threatening to disrupt relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Xangsane, which killed 76 and left millions without power and drinking water.


Bush Blasts Kerry, Signs Tax Bill in Iowa

CLIVE, Iowa - President Bush said Monday that rival John Kerry's foreign policy stands "are dangerous for world peace," leveling some of his harshest criticism of the campaign during a trip to an important battleground state. Bush also signed tax relief legislation for 94 million Americans and hit Kerry on that issue, too...


Blair appeals to EU to stop slaughter in Sudan's Darfur region

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has appealed to his EU counterparts to apply heavy pressure on the Sudanese government and rebels to stop the civil war in Sudan's western Darfur region.


Bombardier to cut 2,200 more jobs, reports poor 3Q earnings

LONDON, December 1  - Bombardier Inc (BBD.B.TOR) announced today plans to cut 2,200 more jobs at its train manufacturing unit, while reducing the production of its 50-seater regional jets, after having reported lower-than-expected third


Dodgers 5, Mets 3: Struggles Continue as Mets Lose Again

The Dodgers scored five unanswered runs off Mets starter Orlando HernÃ¡ndez to exact a slice of revenge against the team that swept them in the division series last October.


An MP says people could have been killed when a train carrying commuters hit an object placed on the track.


Castro vows Cuba will defend itself against U.S.

Cuba will continue to build up its defenses against the United States and Cubans should be prepared to make more sacrifices to remain independent, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.


Bernstein Returns in the Form of Festival

With a new festival presented by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein will loom prominently on New York's music scene next fall.


TD record just scratches the surface of what Colts QB has done ...

Phil Simms was a heck of a quarterback. Won a lot of games, threw a lot of touchdowns, even won a Super Bowl. Troy Aikman was a heck of a quarterback.


Bush and Kerry Slam Failures of Leadership

President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry accused each other on Wednesday of fundamental  failures of leadership and vision in Iraq and the war on  terror, and claimed the world would be more dangerous with  their opponent in the White House.


Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez hopes to sign Fernando Morientes on Wednesday.


Charlotte rookie Emeka Okafor has nailed a pair of free throws with five second remaining in the match against the New Orleans Hornets, to hand the Bobcats a 94-93 overtime victory.


Quotes From Dutch Lawmaker Geert Wilders

Quotes from an Associated Press interview with Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders.


Fahrenheit... ineligible for Golden Globe Awards

Controversial films The Passion of the Christ and Fahrenheit 9/11, two of the year's hottest films, have been ruled out of the prestigious Golden Globe awards for this year.


Violence still boosts companies' bottom line

In the grisly video game Manhunt, players lurk in the shadows and use plastic bags, shards of glass and hammers to murder their enemies.


The European Union and China pledged to boost relations Wednesday, but the EU said there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing improves its shaky human rights record.


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The government rejects a leaked report which allegedly says Kenya's former president stole millions of dollars.


Voters of Utah, it's time to take names!  Polls say a majority of us were disrespected by our elected representatives when they gave away $35 million of our dollars to Real. That's un-real. Find out how your elected representative voted and dis-elect him or her, along with the governor.


Rolls-Royce says a deal to supply engines to Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines could be worth more than $500m.


UPDATE 4-Marsh to scrap fees Spitzer faulted, sets reforms

Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest insurance broker, on Tuesday said it will reform its business practices and stop


Star Gas down on Pacific Exchange; warns of bankruptcy

NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) _ The stock of Star Gas Partners LP plunged 80 percent Monday after the distributor of heating oil and propane said its inability to pass on the full impact of high heating oil prices to customers may lead to bankruptcy.


Israeli Missile Kills Senior Hamas Leader

An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a car in Gaza City late Sunday, residents said, killing a senior Hamas militant leader, the latest Israeli attack in the territory it plans to leave next year.


Kicking off Oct. 16 in Seattle, this is the social network's first official concert tour--and further differentiates MySpace from rivals by branding it as a pop culture hub.


Wall Street's Designs on '05? A Boom in Merger Activity

After years of self-doubt and housecleaning in the wake of Enron, corporate America has gotten a bit of swagger back in its step.


Italy moves a step closer to resolving its pensions crisis, which has been a key political issue.


Weak U.S. dollar lures Canadian retirees in RVs

NACO, Ariz  - Canadian retiree Penny Macdonald and husband Stew have spent winters in the United States for 25 years, but never before have vacations been such good value for "snowbirds" flocking to trailer parks across America's sunbelt.


The Moon offers a unique preserved laboratory free from the weathering that ages the record of how life arose on Earth. Studying radiation and polar craters may be targets for the next human or robotic missions.


Injury forces Philippoussis out of Davis Cup playoff

Mark Philippoussis has been forced out of Australia's Davis Cup World Group playoff with Morocco next week because of a hip injury.


Nanotechnology Companies Planning to Sell Shares

Nurtured by billions of dollars in government grants and venture investments, nanotechnology companies are getting ready to go public.


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Redskins coach Joe Gibbs is resigning, according to Redskins sources. The team is planning a news conference this afternoon to discuss the Hall of Famer's decision to leave as both coach and team president.


President Bush said that âIran is the worldâs leading state sponsor of terror,â and that the U.S. and its Arab allies must confront the danger âbefore itâs too late.â


U.S. blue chips stayed firmly lower on  Wednesday hurt by a fall in airplane manufacturer Boeing Co.  BA.N after China said it will not approve new aircraft  purchases next year in an effort to curb overheated growth in  China's airline sector.


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WBIX owner attempts suicide, said to admit scam

Several hours after Bradford C. Bleidt, an investment manager who owns Boston radio station WBIX, drove home from a festive station party last week at


Santander Net Soars on Consumer Banking, Stake Sale

Santander Central Hispano SA, the largest bank in Spain and Latin America, almost doubled third- quarter profit on gains at its European consumer lending business and the sale of a stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.


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Iraq Detainees CIA reportedly secretly removes detainees from Iraq

WASHINGTON The CIA has reportedly moved as many as a dozen prisoners out of Iraq in the last six months, which could violate international treaties.


The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.


German publishing executive Dieter von Holtzbrinck has resigned as a director of Dow Jones & Co. to protest the boardâs endorsement of a deal to sell the company to Rupert Murdochâs News Corp.


Visa fines bank after losses in TJX breach

Visa USA issued $880,000 in penalties against a bank that processed transactions for TJX Cos. , after an investigation of a computer hacking incident at the retailer.


Crack! Security expert hacks RFID in UK passport

The British government says that forgery of their new biometric passports is inconceivable, but a security expert has demonstrated a successful crack of the embedded RFID chip and its info. And he did it without taking the document out of its mailing envelope.


Desperate Lebanese flee to Syria on foot

Carrying luggage and infants, a couple hundred Lebanese and foreigners stepped around craters left behind from Israeli airstrikes and debris from a destroyed immigration office as they fled war-torn Lebanon for Syria on Tuesday.


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Hopefuls Clash in Debate as 1st Southern Primary Nears

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Jan. 10 -- The leading Republican presidential candidates used a Fox News debate Thursday night to draw contrasts with their rivals on the economy, U.S. relations with Iran, immigration and political change in advance of two primaries next week that are expected to winnow the ...


Greensboro, North Carolina - Tom Lehman called a one-stroke penalty on himself during the final round of the Greater Greensboro Classic on Sunday, and he wasn't even sure of the infraction.


KTTV leads the pack of  nominees for the 59th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards with  17 mentions.


The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 GMT.


An extra Â£20m is to be put directly into schools in Northern Ireland next year, the education minister says.


Human rights indictment against Pinochet upheld

A three-judge panel of the Santiago Court of Appeals today voted unanimously to uphold the indictment and house arrest of former dictator Gen.


South Students Stars for Day on 'Space Mission'

By Mark Patrick Grandstaff, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Jun. 18--About 70 South Middle School students suited up for a day at a  space mission simulator recently at Wheeling Jesuit University.


Estonian-Chinese cooperation fruitful: president

Cooperation between Estonia and China has been fruitful in various fields since they established diplomatic ties, Estonian President Arnold Ruutel said Monday while meeting a top Chinese official.


Technology Consumers Got More Choice in '07

The technology business has a reputation for innovation, but three things have stayed constant for years: The computing world revolved around Microsoft, your wireless carrier controlled what your cellphone could do, and the record labels locked your legal music downloads with software to limit wh...


Spitzer announces plans to run for governor

Eliot Spitzer said he wanted to wait until after the elections of 2004 to decide whether he might try for the state's top job in 2006.


Four states concerned about Microsoft Corp.'s market power are pressing a federal court to extend by five years its oversight of the software company, which began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.


Stocks: Shares rise on National Semiconductor profit

NEW YORK US stocks were little changed Thursday, recovering earlier losses after an upbeat earnings report from the chip maker National Semiconductor sparked some buying.


After Food and Shelter, Help in Coping With Unbearable Loss

Providing psychological services for millions in Asia will become critical in the coming weeks.


Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well

Five behaviors in elderly men are associated not only with living into extreme old age, a new study has found, but also with good health and independent functioning.


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The pound was weaker after comments from the Bank of England's rate-setter Kate Barker, who said the UK economy is not moving back to a high inflation environment.


Johnson & Johnson buys Guidant for $25.4B

New Brunswick (dpa) -Johnson & JOhnson, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical and medical devices producers, is buying Guidant Corporation for 25.4 billion dollars, Johnson & JOhnson said Thursday.


Bacterial disease eyed in sea lion deaths

Scientists say a bacterial disease that can affect mammals, including humans, may be behind an increase in sea lions found dead on Oregon beaches recently.


Minarets blown up at revered Iraq Shi'ite shrine

Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine bombed last year in an attack that sparked a wave of sectarian killing.


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The death toll rose to 28 and more than 70 were wounded in heavy clashes between the US-Iraqi forces and insurgents in Iraq's northern town of Tall Afar.


Sport: Paul Robinson will continue in goal against Israel but the pressure remains firmly on England's number one, says Kevin McCarra.


"Fiom, basta flirt  con gli antagonisti"

Il segretario della Cisl Raffaele Bonanni si rivolge ad Epifani: "La Cgil chieda al sindacato dei metalmeccanici di fare chiarezza al suo interno"                                            "Fiom, basta flirt  con gli antagonisti"                                                                                di PAOLO GRISERI


The diary of a reluctant Muslim at Ramadan.


The client version of Mac OS X 10.5 isn't the only Leopard release slated for October 26. There's also the new version of Mac OS X Server. John C. Welch previews the latest version of Apple's server software and lets you know what to expect.<br />


MSN is latest to move into world of blogging services

LONDON - MSN is upping the stakes in the battle for online and desktop domination with the launch of a new set of communication services to include blogging and picture sharing.


Salvadorans Buying Up Stakes in the Homeland

SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador -- Behind the huge black gates of the Parque Residencial Riverside sit four-bedroom brick houses with air conditioners and washers and dryers shipped from the United States, a clubhouse, basketball courts and a barbecue area. It's a bit of Americana unexpectedly plopped in the middle of this city's Spanish-style houses.


MANCHESTER City boss Kevin Keegan has hailed Premiership record-breakers Arsenal as the best-ever English club side. Keegan was part of the legendary Liverpool side that was just an FA Cup final defeat by


Some New Old Masters at the National Gallery

The National Gallery has acquired a Salomon van Ruysdael painting: âFerry on a Riverâ of 1649, one of his classic landscapes.


Clippers point guard Shaun Livingston will be out 8-to-12 months after tearing three of the four ligaments in his left knee while driving to the basket against Charlotte.


New Quakes Rock Japan's Niigata; Tokyo Buildings Sway

Japan's prefecture of Niigata, struck on Saturday by the country's deadliest earthquake since 1995, was rocked by fresh tremors strong enough to sway buildings in Tokyo, more than 100 miles away.


As supermarkets clear pumps of contaminated petrol, an industry group says prices could rise by   2p a litre.


The announcement came from eight different departments of the Chinese Government. According to reports, CERTNET2 is now being called the biggest network running the next generation Internet since it connects 25 universities in about 20 cities.


Paris - A diet rich in fish, fruit, vegetables and a daily glass of red wine could help people in developed countries extend their life span by five years or more on average, a study says.


Police: Car Bomb Expodes North of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded north of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing two people and injuring four others, including a deputy provincial governor, police said.


Disease fears rise in Indonesia's flood-hit capital

Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in cramped emergency shelters and some streets still inundated a week after the city's worst floods in five years.


Alien abduction lamp, for those who want to believe

There's a light bulb inside the supremely awesome metal UFO on top, which illuminates the windows and the mysterious aliens inside. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


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Brad Pitt, who plays Jesse James in his latest film, says being a celebrity in America today is not that much different from in the days of the legendary outlaw — then and now there was all that hype.


Spanish papers express their anger and contempt for the Basque separatist group Eta, which detonated several bombs across Spain on Monday.


A police officer was killed Friday when fans rioted at a Serie A game between Sicilian sides Catania and Palermo, prompting the Italian soccer federation to postpone all league matches this weekend and cancel ...Comment


The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.


France mulls greater role in Afghanistan

In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.


Univ. of Calif. Reaches Settlement with Lehman

The University of California said on  Friday that Lehman Brothers has agreed to pay $222.5 million to  settle a class action suit for the bank's role in the sale of  Enron Corp. securities to it and other plaintiffs.


Do we need a red light before going green?

Saleforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says corporations shouldn't wait for politicians to put in place a pro-environment agenda.


Serious security hole plugged in RealPlayer and HelixPlayer

Shhh, don't tell anyone RealNetworks has patched a vulnerability in its RealPlayer and HelixPlayer software that made it possible for attackers to run arbitrary code on a victim's machine. The security hole affects applications running on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.â¦


Gordon Brown says he has learned his lesson about "top-down" government, in a BBC Newsnight interview.


Vladimir Guerrero easily defeated his competitors on the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees yesterday to win the American League Most Valuable Player award.


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Prime minister damaged by apparent indecision over a possible election as Tories hold five-point lead.


Calpers President Sean Harrigan was ousted from the No. 1 pension fund on Wednesday after spearheading a controversial corporate reform drive that drew the system into pitched political and boardroom battles.


The duo tied the knot at a Western-themed wedding Saturday afternoon at Costner's Aspen ranch with "300 close friends and family" looking on, according to Costner's publicist, Paul Bloch.


Former US president Jimmy Carter expressed fears that there could be vote cheating in battleground states in the US election on November 2.


The four original members of Motley Crue -- vocalist Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars -- announced their first tour in six years at a Hollywood press conference Monday.


Citigroup bids $10.8 bln for broker Nikko Cordial

Citigroup bid $10.8 billion for Japan's scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp. on Tuesday, hoping to secure its biggest Asian deal and mark its resurgence in the world's second-biggest economy.


US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accepts a request from President Bush to say in his job, a senior official said.


Bird flu, transmitted last season by migrating wild birds, is increasingly spread through the poultry trade, a U.N. expert said.


The Post doesn't plan any major changes to Slate and doesn't intend to interfere with its editorial content, which tends to advocate the liberal side of politics.


Nike beats expectations with 25% profit growth

NEW YORK, September 20  - Nike Inc (NKE.NYS) exceeded market expectations with 25% year-over-year profit growth for 1Q FY05.


Appeals Court Tosses Anti-NSA Spying Suit

A federal appeals court dismisses an anti-domestic spying case, saying the plaintiffs can't prove the Bush Administration spied on them.


Italy threatens sanctions against museum

Italy's culture minister said Tuesday that he has sent the J. Paul Getty Museum a proposal to resolve a dispute over allegedly looted antiquities, and threatened the Los Angeles museum with sanctions if a deal is not reached by the end of this month.


Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO - message board) is ending 2004 in typical fashion -- by acquiring yet another security specialist.


Russia formally notified the United Nations on Thursday of its acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, starting a three-month countdown for the long-debated 1997 pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions to come into force.


Christian Group Never Had Custody of Orphans

The Virginia-based missionary group WorldHelp, which announced this week that it planned to place 300 Muslim "tsunami orphans" from the battered Indonesian province of Aceh in a Christian children's home, never had possession of any of the children, according to an Indonesian clergyman identified by the organization as its local partner.


Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, gave tentative blessing Monday to the idea of holding new presidential elections, paving the way to a possible solution of


Better oral hygiene, including good regular toothbrushing, may lessen nursing home residents' chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study


Richardson Is Expected to Drop Out of Primaries

It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Senator Barack Obama or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.


House price growth remains strong despite concerns about interest rate rises, Land Registry figures show.


Emlyn Hughes, the former England and Liverpool captain whose distinctive voice and infectious laugh endeared him to a generation of television viewers on A Question of Sport, died yesterday from a brain tumour at the age of 57.


A senior arms expert who lost his job after criticising the use of intelligence says he has no regrets about speaking out.


New York, NY (Sports Network) - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was slapped with a $75,000 fine for the vicious forearm shot he delivered to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Robert Ferguson this past Sunday.


Bush Mocks Kerry, Says He Could Debate Himself

President Bush said on Monday his Democratic rival John Kerry had shifted his positions on Iraq so many times he could "debate himself" at the prime-time face-off between the two candidates in three days.


Police on Thursday broke up a rally of 2,000 entrepreneurs protesting moves by the authoritarian government of Belarus to increase the burden on private business in the former Soviet republic.


Russian Firms Head List of Oil Buyers from Saddam

Russian firms bought about 30 percent  of the oil sold under Iraq's now-defunct oil-for-food program,  according to a U.N. investigator's extensive list of companies  that did business with Saddam Hussein's government.


Death toll rises in Lebanese camp battle

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops fought pitched battles with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, as the death toll from Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war rose further.


Iran urged to accept EU nuclear agreement

VIENNA -- France, Britain, and Germany told Iran yesterday that if Tehran had not reached a final agreement to freeze key parts of its atomic program by tomorrow, they would not stop moves to seek sanctions against Tehran, diplomats said.


Olympic hero Amir Khan overwhelms Michael Evans 35-13 in his first competitive outing since Athens.


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Ford says November retail sales down "disappointing" 7 pct

Ford Motor Co.'s  retail sales  of cars and light trucks fell 7 percent in November from a year  earlier, the automaker's sales manager said on Friday.


Iraq's electoral commission says it will consider a call by top political parties to delay January elections because of violence gripping the country.


Many others have tried to replicate various parts of the seminal show's sets, but Sekulow wasn't satisfied with reproductions--so he went after the real thing in building the ultimate Star Trek home theater. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


IBM recalls 500,000 melting notebook adapters

More than 500,000 notebook power adapters sold by IBM are being recalled to offset the threat of melting plastic and even fire. IBM and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall, saying


It may look like a barn, but its star power makes it feel like the center of the opera universe.


The US says it will lift sanctions against Palestinians once a new cabinet without Hamas is sworn in.


Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol - aimed at curbing global greenhouse gas emissions - on Thursday. In doing so, it triggered a 90-day countdown to bring the international climate treaty into force.


Study Finds Possible Targets for H.I.V. Drugs

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease.


LONDON: World oil prices surged into new record territory above $50 a barrel Tuesday as traders took fright at a multitude of supply threats, including unrest in Nigeria and recent hurricanes.


AC Milan made sure there was no Liverpool comeback this time. The Italian club won the Champions League final yesterday, defeating Liverpool, 2-1, behind two goals by Filippo Inzaghi for its seventh European Cup title.


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Now, Folks Without Invitations Can See Clinton Library

Patrons are lining up to get the first public look at the Clinton Presidential Library. The reviews from the first visitors without invitations are favorable.


British rock star Doherty postpones British tour to recover from drug rehab

The rock group Babyshambles has had to postpone the rest of its British tour to allow frontman Pete Doherty more time to recover from treatment for drug addiction, his record company said.


When Edith Isabel Rodriguez showed up in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital complaining of severe stomach pain, the staff was already familiar with her.


Yahoo Live video-streaming site goes live, dies, comes back to life

It wasn't a smooth launch for Yahoo's Live video-streaming site last night as an onslaught of early traffic caused it to crash.


Candidate Drops Boycott of Afghan Election

KABUL, Afghanistan - The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote, saying Monday that he would accept the findings of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.    Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home on Monday, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott...


European Bank Chief Is Cool to a Rate Cut

Jean-Claude Trichet said euro-zone monetary authorities remain focused on inflationary pressures in the 15-nation bloc, dashing hopes of any short-term rate relief on the Continent.


Scientists worried by two-year, rapid carbon dioxide rise

An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming.


France rejected an asylum appeal from the widow of late Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana on Thursday, saying she was at the heart of the regime responsible for her country's 1994 genocide.


Movie Review | 'Praying With Lior': An Obsessive Love of Prayer

âPraying With Liorâ documents the extraordinary life of Lior Liebling, a rabbiâs son with Down syndrome.


A chlorine leak at a waterfront chemical plant injured 12 people who inhaled fumes, and prompted authorities to evacuate the area overnight.


The daytime drama "Guiding Light" will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a year of volunteering.


Bush meets with allies on N Korea at APEC

US President George W Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao have agreed to push for a diplomatic end to the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs.


Due donne palestinesi di Gaza arrestate da Shin Bet


The island of Car Nicobar has been devastated by the tsunami, with around half its population unaccounted for, as the BBC's Jonathan Charles discovered.


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North Korea vows to bolster arms on leader's birthday

North Korea, which declared last week it has built nuclear weapons, has marked the birthday of supremo Kim Jong-Il with a pledge to continue bolstering arms against the United States.


Jamaal Charles ran for a career-high 290 yards, 216 and three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and carried No. 17 Texas to a 28-25 win over Nebraska on Saturday, sending the Cornhuskers to their fourth straight loss.


Violence may have cost Kenyan economy a billion dollars: ministry

Nationwide violence since a disputed presidential poll may have cost the Kenyan economy close to a billion dollars, the finance ministry said Tuesday.


Tom Brady scoffed. Plaxico Burress wondered what all the attention was about.


Microsoft debuts ERP for small businesses

InfoWorld - Microsoft hopes to better meet the back-office needs of smaller businesses with a new take on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software called Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution.


U.S. company acquires rights to pioneering Commodore computer brand

AMSTERDAM  - A Dutch company said Thursday it will sell the once-mighty Commodore computer brand to U.S.-based Yeahronimo Media Ventures Inc. for $33 million US.


Google bewilders observers with subpoenas to rivals

Legal experts are split in their evaluation of Google's defense strategy in two copyright-infringement lawsuits, particularly regarding the company's arm-twisting attempts to extract confidential information from uninvolved competitors.


Gordon Brown faces the test of his political life as he sets out his vision as a potential PM to the Labour conference.


Toshiba announced this week that it is aiming to sell laptop computers loaded with its next generation DVD drive by next year. Toshiba's next generation standard, called HD DVD, is in competition with the


Foreign Office hits out at Singh for Kashmir stance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday criticised Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for ruling out redrawing the border along the Line of Control ahead of talks on the Kashmir dispute next week.


WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr...


Movie Studios Lose In Case Against File-Sharing Apps

The decision is likely to force the industry to take the more costly and less-popular route of going directly after file-swappers.


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Four new models get the green light Four HTC Windows Mobile 5.0 handsets were unveiled today, following months of speculation and various leaks.â¦


Real estate Web sites boom, despite market slump

Home buyers and home sellers alike can  find more innovative and useful features than ever on real  estate Web sites, which are nimbly adapting to the U.S. housing  slump.


Pfizer Shares Buoyed by Naproxen Warning

Pfizer stock closed at $25.95, rising 4 percent. The stock began a rally earlier in the week on word that the US Food and Drug Administration had issued a warning of potential heart problems for naproxen.


'Auto-sex' Slovak pile-up A Slovak driver who ignored a give way sign and crashed into a bus was subsequently extracted from his car unconscious, half naked, and "with a vacuum pump on his penis", Channel 4 reports.â¦


Officials Seek a Buyer -- and a Vision -- for a Storied Spring Near Fort Snelling For Sale: History on the Bluff

By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 25--It's one of the oldest historical sites in Minnesota. But that doesn't mean folks are lining up to own it.   A decade after the federal government closed the U.S.


Bush assassination film set for U.S. release

After you kill off President George W.   Bush in a fictional film, what do you do? How about make a   deal.


100 Bodies Exhumed From Bosnian Mass Grave

Forensic experts have exhumed 100 bodies from a single mass grave in northwestern Bosnia dating to the 1992-95 Bosnian war, an official said Thursday.


PHP Security Blog: Chunk_split() Overflow not fixed at all...

In this new post to the PHP Security blog, Stefan Esser points out that an issue that was previously marked as corrected - a problem with the chunk_split function - hasn't completely been corrected.   This [bugfix] fixes the chunk_split() overflow (found by SEC-CONSULT) that was according to the PHP 5.2.3 release notes already fixed. The original fix was however not only broken but complete nonsense. If you can read C you will see that the integer overflow was not fixed in PHP 5.2.3 but simply moved into a separate line and an additional bogus if clause was added.   Stefan includes a simple four line code example to illustrate his point.


Plan for South American Pipeline Has Ambitions Beyond Gas

An effort by Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez to build $20 billion pipeline has generated political and environmental controversy at home and abroad.


New York beverage conglomerate Constellation Brands said Tuesday that it has offered $1.3 billion -- $970 million in cash and $333 million in assumed debt -- to acquire Robert Mondavi Corp.


US Medics' Role in Spotlight Over Prisoner Abuse

United States Army medics have been accused of being complicit in the abuse of Iraqi inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.


ZFS suspends employees after internal probe

Zurich Financial Services Group has suspended several employees in its U.S. specialty business following an internal review of business practices in the wake of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's ...


The stars may be aligning for John McCain. The question is whether the Republican presidential candidate can hitch a ride to success.


Probe of Afghan deaths names 28 US soldiers

Twenty-eight US soldiers have been named in an Army investigation into the December 2002 deaths of two Afghan detainees in American custody in Bagram, Afghanistan.


Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level

(InfoWorld) - MicrosoftÂ has been quietly adding to the cache of reference applications it hopes will help transform Microsoft Office 2007 from a mere productivity suite to a collaboration tool. Aiming to help users access data from various enterprise sources through the most common Office tools, Microsoft hasÂ created add-ons to Office 2007Â that it calls Office Business Applications, or OBAs. They add business processes and intelligence to applications such as Excel and Outlook. Last week, the company quietly unveiled an OBA reference application designed for the health-care industry, and the company is gearing up to make OBAs a core focus at its Worldwide Partner Conference, which will be held next week in Denver. Microsoft hopes partners and customers will enhance the existing Office applications to take advantage of data and processes stored on the back end -- in places such as SQL Server and CRM and ERP applications, said Daz Wilkin, a program manager for Microsoft's platform strategy group, in an interview in New York this week. Microsoft built Office 2007 and created tie-ins to Microsoft server software such as SQL Server specifically with this in mind. To help companies build OBAs, Microsoft has been releasing reference applications that provide technical documentation and information on how to build the new functionality using Office 2007. The reference application released last week, Consumer Engagement Reference Architecture for Health Plans, details how health care providers and employers can work together to connect employees with personal trainers using Microsoft Office and Microsoft server software. The key to the application is how easily it can automate schedules using Office applications such as Outlook, Wilkin said. Improved communication lets a personal trainer handle more clients than he or she normally could, Wilkin said. Microsoft is encouraging partners to build OBAs as well, since they have already been building custom functionality to help business users access data stores through front-end applications such as the ones in Office, Wilkin said. "People have been able to do this in the past, but now it's a lot better and easier," he said. Still, Microsoft's current explanation of OBAs is confusing to some of its business partners. "I don't think it's been articulated clearly what OBAs are yet," said one source whose company works with Microsoft and who asked not to be named. He suggested that OBAs and the links between Office 2007 and back-end applications such as SQL Server and Dynamics CRM are Microsoft's way of making Office more of a platform on which companies can build other applications. That could differentiate it from competitive Office suites such as OpenOffice.org, he said. Other companies that have been working with Microsoft on OBAs seem to have a better idea of how Microsoft hopes they will work. Construction management company Skanska USA Building Inc. has built an OBA on top of the forthcoming Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 business-intelligence package. Skanska has been a pilot user of PerformancePoint for more than a year. Microsoft on Tuesday released a Community Technology Preview of PerformancePoint, which combines existing and new products such as Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager and business intelligence products the company acquired from ProClarity. The final version of the product is slated to be available by the end of September. Allen Emerick, director of information for applications and integration at Skanska, said his company is using an OBA it built that combines Office Excel and PerformancePoint to budget and forecast construction projects. Previously, the company used Excel on the front end but had to build an XML (Extensible Markup Language) integration layer between Excel and various Microsoft-based data stores in the back end to achieve the same effect. "Before, we had to do a lot of work to access the data," he said. More information about OBAs can be found on the MSN portal dedicated to the technology.


SocGen under pressure as rogue trader released

Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about rogue trader Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain why his trades were not discovered sooner.


American scientists say that a protein deep in the ear is crucial for normal hearing - they say this protein could be the route for treating and curing an enormous number of deaf people.


They don't put their money where their mouths are.


Billboard magazine has picked Reba McEntire for its first "Woman of the Year" award.


Former Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign heard but did not pursue allegations about George W. Bush's Air National Guard service, similar to the information in discredited documents aired by CBS News this month, a former campaign official said Tuesday.


Annunciato ulteriore taglio alle spese per 3 mld euro


J'accuse dell'autore di Gomorra: la tragediaÃ¨ che Napoli si sta rassegnando all'avvelenamento                                          Imprese, politici e camorra ecco i colpevoli della peste                                                                                Gli ultimi dati dell'Oms parlano di un aumento vertiginoso, oltrela media nazionale, dei casi di tumore a pancreas e polmonidi ROBERTO SAVIANO


Test of Brain Device Is Setback for Maker

Results from a crucial clinical trial showed that Northstar Neuroscienceâs brain-stimulating device failed to help stroke victims recover the use of their arms and hands.


Recast the Hardware? Easy. Now Try the Mind-Set.

A substantial internal cultural shift is under way at I.B.M. so that it can remain a leader in innovation and better serve its customers.


Roma, 17 novembre 2004 - Si Ã¨ conclusa con un nulla di fatto e con un clima tendente al brutto la colazione tra il premier, Silvio Berlusconi, e il vicepresidente del Consiglio, Gianfranco Fini. All'ordine del giorno la riforma fiscale.


Police examine 'swap detainees for Bigley' offer

British police are investigating a claim that Ken Bigley, the British engineer held for more than two weeks by a militant Islamic group in Iraq, will be freed if the UK government releases around a dozen high-profile detainees.


UPDATE 1-Man United's Rooney banned for three matches

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was banned for three matches on Thursday after admitting a charge of violent conduct. The ban will start immediately, a Football Association


The world's two most populous nations have promised to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


Web Apps Won't Kill the Desktop, Microsoft Says

An executive charges that Google and other Web services still need rich functions on clients.


The United States won both of its opening singles to move within a victory of its first appearance in the Davis Cup final since 1997, while Spain stumbled in trying to reach its third trip to the championship in five years.


A US senator who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct is set to resign from the Senate, officials say.


Wigan striker Emile Heskey is injured and ruled out of the England squad for the friendly against Switzerland.


Shoppers persevered at the nation's stores and malls in August, buying skinny jeans and other back-to-school fashions and giving many retailers solid sales gains for the month. The outlook for the rest of the year nonetheless remained unclear amid higher energy costs and interest rates and a deteriorating housing market.


Elite Athletes Can Rapidly Fall Out of Shape

NEW YORK  - Without enough exercise, even  those impossible bodies on display at the Olympics are in  danger of rapidly morphing into the shape of a couch potato, a  study of endurance athletes shows.


Six leaders of Anderson's Ark and Associates, a company that made millions purportedly teaching people how to duck taxes by setting up offshore accounts, were convicted of tax fraud and conspiracy in federal court in Seattle yesterday.


Subhash Ghai's Kisna has been renamed once again.


Shares in record company EMI plunge more than 16% as the company issues a profit warning after lower-than-expected sales.


AUSTRALIAN home owners can breathe a sigh of relief: stable interest rates are predicted well into next year. The Reserve Bank issued a glowing report card on the Australian economy yesterday, now that the


Fire, Explosions Hit Wis. Chemical Plant

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - Explosions sent fireballs hundreds of feet into the air as flames gutted an industrial chemical recycling plant Friday morning.


Macedonia's parliament Thursday formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Hari Kostov, who stepped down earlier this week following tensions with minority Albanian politicians in his government.


The Browns placed center Jeff Faine on injured reserve Tuesday, the 18th player and ninth starter Cleveland has lost for the season.


A small plane crashed near a high school Tuesday, killing the one person aboard, officials said.


Girl Is First to Survive Rabies Without a Shot

A critically ill Wisconsin teenager who was bitten by a bat recovered after being put into a drug-induced coma and being given antiviral drugs.


Bush's 'strong dollar policy' comments fall on deaf ears

President Bush said Wednesday that the White House will shore up the sliding dollar by working to cut record budget and trade deficits and overhaul Social Security.


Advocates of lifting Cuba sanctions see slim odds

Even the staunchest congressional supporters of lifting U.S. sanctions against Cuba are not optimistic any changes will occur while policy toward Havana is tied up in U.S. electoral politics.


Russia Looking to Moon and Beyond for Future Space Base in 2020 ...

A Russian automatic base may be established on the Moon in 2020-2025, an official of the Russian Space Agency said. Speaking in Washington at a NASA conference on the International Space System program, Nikolai


The son of a pensioner found battered to death describes the man accused of her murder as her "guiding light".


Emozioni da aurora boreale ad Helsinki tra design e natura

E' la sesta città piÃ¹ vivibile al mondo. Tecnologie all'avanguardia e legame con le tradizioni. CosÃ¬ la capitale finnica sta sviluppando una cultura alternativa


Let's face it, there are not a lot of attractive matchups these days in boxing's heavyweight division. There are four different champions, and, arguably, only one of them can be considered legitimate.


As Republicans and Democrats snipe at each other a day before the New Hampshire primary, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is starring at a bipartisan sideshow where the underlying message is that he could launch his own independent run for the White House.


Sources: WPP Buys Grey for $1.34 Billion

British advertising company WPP Group  Plc. has won the auction for U.S. rival Grey Global, agreeing  to pay about $1.34 billion, sources familiar with the situation  said on Sunday.


La divisione ci ha impedito di vincere,basta alleanze contro


Lawmakers want Bush to condemn Kerry attack ads

Vietnam veteran and former Sen. Max Cleland Wednesday plans to deliver a letter to President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, asking him to publicly condemn attack ads that dispute Democratic


Gas Natural posts 14.1 percent rise in net profits

Spanish energy group Gas Natural reported on Monday a 2006 net profit of 854.5 million euros (1.12 billion US dollars), a 14.1-percent increase over the outcome the previous year.


Non solo giovani, donne e meridionali: hanno un lavoroa tempo determinato anche 500 mila ultraquarantenni                                          L'esercito dei precari a quota 2 milioni Crescita costante, Italia in linea con l'Europa                                                                                di LUISA GRION


Looking to improve transatlantic ties strained by the war in Iraq, US President George W. Bush has promised to visit Europe "as soon as possible" after his inauguration in January.


Creative wants 40% of iPod dominated market

Creative has declared war on Apple, aiming to capture a 40 per cent share of the MP3 music player market. Part of this campaign includes spending $100 million to market its digital music players.


Non-league Havant in possible trip to Liverpool: FA Cup draw

Non-leaguers Havant and Waterlooville might have a trip to Anfield against Liverpool should both win their FA Cup third round replays, following the fourth round draw on Monday.


Cash Smuggling, Fake Notes New Terror Cash Worries

Cash couriers and more sophisticated  international counterfeiting are emerging issues in the  struggle to cut sources of funds for terror groups and others,  a U.S. official said Wednesday.


Karzai declared winner of Afghan election

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai was officially declared Afghanistan's first-ever popularly elected president today after a weeks-long fraud probe found no reason to overturn his landslide victory.


Novell Inc. of Waltham is getting a half-billion-dollar check from Microsoft Corp. to settle an antitrust case that's never been filed.


I funerali di Simone Cola a Ferentino, forse martedi'


Top seed Justine Henin and 12th seed Nicole Vaidisova are early winners on day five of the Australian Open.


AFRICA/CONGO RD - ÂNo alla divisione del Congo, sÃ¬ al rispetto della volontÃ  popolareÂ: documento dei Vescovi congolesi in occasione dellÂapertura della Conferenza di pace di Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-Per risolvere la crisi dellÂest della Repubblica Democratica del Congo bisogna risolvere i problemi di fondo Âin tutte le loro dimensioni: umanitarie, fondiarie, storiche, economiche, politiche, etniche e giuridicheÂ afferman...


Freshman Darius Walker had two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Notre Dame upset the No. 8-ranked Wolverines, 28-20, on Saturday.


Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy this weekend, giving the star-studded "Meet the Fockers" the record for the best single Christmas Day box office take. The sequel, reuniting Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro and adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Stiller's parents, earned $44.7 million over the holiday weekend according to studio estimates.


Sudan agrees to 3,500 extra AU troops-AU source

Sudan has agreed to African Union (AU) plans to deploy an enlarged force of 3,500 troops to the troubled Darfur region, an AU official for conflict management told Reuters on Friday.


The ACC is close to finalizing a deal that would send Virginia to the Dec. 28 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., where they would likely play Oklahoma State.


Drive fast, turn left: The Chase made sense

In the end, NASCAR got what it wanted and the fans got what they didnât know they wanted. With the inaugural 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup now in the proverbial rearview mirror, even the naysayers


ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz  - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border.


Several years ago, the manager of a big insurance company received an odd request from a counterpart at Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker.


Nella riunione della cabina di regia Ã¨ stato individuato un'plafond aggiuntivo' per affrontare i nodi irrisolti della manovra                                            Legge Finanziaria al Senato  Nuove risorse tra 350 e 400 milioni                                                                                La cifra Ã¨ stata indicata dal capogruppo del Prc al Senato Russo Spena


Citigroup,  under pressure to cut costs and boost revenues, named investment banking head Robert Druskin as chief operating officer.


Sport: Fabio Capello has told his inner-circle that David Beckham lacks the fitness required to play for England


Spain abounds in humorous stereotypes: party-loving southerners, street-smart Madrid people and dour, workaholic Catalans. Here, the joke goes, a man asking an attractive woman passerby for the time actually wants to know. But things get serious Sunday when semiautonomous Catalonia votes in a referendum offering it even greater autonomy &#151; something conservatives fear will gravely wound the Spanish state.


Google offers unified approach to interactive ads

Google Inc  said on  Tuesday it is testing a new interactive service that lets  advertisers measure users' responses in advanced ways using  video or images on Google's vast base of affiliated Web sites.


Report: Bryant Accuser Told NBA Star 'No'

EAGLE, Colo. - The woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape told investigators the NBA star ignored her entreaties to stop and said there was no doubt he heard her "because every time I said `No' he tightened his hold around me," according to documents released Friday...


Johnson's Win Helps Him Little in Cup Race

CONCORD, NC -- Jimmie Johnson thought he needed a victory to get himself back into contention for the Nextel Cup championship. He got it, and it still wasn't enough.


A family displaced by Sunday's tsunami sleeps on the floor of a school converted into a relief centre in Kalmuni, Sri Lanka December 30, 2004.


Jets Coach Eric Mangini said that Chad Pennington will start this Sunday against Buffalo, but he would not commit to the quarterback beyond this week.


With polls showing Americans desire of space exploration, NASA has received the green signal from Congress to carry out voyages to Moon and eventually to Mars.


LogicaCMG still seeing grey clouds over UK

Hires new chairman, continues looking for elusive CEO IT services group LogicaCMG admitted today that it needed to improve "operational performance" in the UK following an 8.3 per cent year-on-year profit slide at its British arm.â¦


Berkshire's Buffett says China is too hot to buy

DALIAN, China  - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he is scouring the world for big businesses, but is doubtful about finding a good buy in China because the market is too hot.


Gaza, Gaza, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statements that Israel will expand Jewish settlements on the West Bank.


Ahmadinejad, Saudi king reject sectarian strife

Sunni and Shi'ite heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on Saturday to fight the spread of sectarian strife that threatens to spill over from their neighbor Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister said.


ABN Amro receives 71.14-billion euro offer from RBS-led group

A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched an rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by Barclays.


Students who fell ill at summer conference are cleared to go home as university administrators work to make sure there will not be a repeat outbreak.


Coca-Cola Co. on Thursday reported a sharp drop in quarterly net income due to weak sales of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany and other key markets.


No firm climate targets from G8, U.S. says

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A summit of major powers in Germany will not agree to any firm targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday as G8 leaders gathered on the Baltic coast.


Caron Butler scored 21 points Monday night as Washington beat host Boston, 88-83, for the Wizardsâ second victory against the Celtics in three days.


Sex & The City diventa film e la panciera fa tendenza

Le quattro protagoniste hanno firmato. Da settembre iniziano le riprese del film tratto dalla celebre serie tv. Mentre le dive scoprono il fascino della mutanda corazzata


Turbulence roiled world stock markets again Tuesday, with Asian stocks down for a second day on fears of recession in the US


UT helps build online library of Southeast plants  A large library of information about plants in the southeastern United States will one day be available on the Internet, with help from the University of Tennessee.


Four senior Pakistani policemen are suspended over alleged failures in a rape case involving girls aged between five and  seven.


Militants Threaten to Kill Iraq Hostages

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida linked group has threatened in a videotape to behead two Americans and a Briton within two days, and insurgents have carried out a new string of car bombings, killing at least 20 Iraqis and two American soldiers.


The largest planet ever found orbiting another star is so puffy it would float on water, astronomers said Thursday.


Live Poisonous Snakes Found at N.Y. Fire

NEW YORK - Firefighters responding to a burning New York City home found more than smoke and flames. Inside a set of plastic containers, they discovered five poisonous snakes.


Somehowâtalent, maybe?âMartin Cruz Smith has found a way to make his Arkady Renko series always live up to the promise of 'Gorky Park.'


The Utah Jazz had a little trouble getting to their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and few difficulties once they arrived. Deron Williams had 21 points and eight assists to help the Jazz beat the Timberwolves 109-83 Friday night, shaking off a weather-induced travel delay to win their third straight road game.


Japanese Cabinet Resigns Before Reshuffle

TOKYO Sept. 27, 2004 - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, in hopes of solidifying his power and boosting his ability to carry out reforms.


Hydrogen Production Method Could Bolster Fuel Supplies

Researchers say they have found a way to produce hydrogen with far less energy than other methods, a development that would move the country closer to the goal of a "hydrogen economy."


Master guitar-maker Arcangel Fernandez has stopped taking orders. He's been at it for 50 years, fashioning delicate wooden shells into lacquered beauties, and at age 75 he has enough work for the rest of his life.


One French presidential contender wants you to chuckle at his expense with a Web site that shows a virtual version of the usually straight-laced candidate disco-dancing.


'Allargare gli orizzonti della politica estera italiana'


I biglietti estratti nel corso dello show "Il treno dei desideri"come nel 2007, va nel capoluogo campano la cifra piÃ¹ alta                                          Lotteria Italia, Ã¨ di nuovo Campania a Napoli il premio da 5 milioni di euro


Robbers bulldoze into bank and run off with safe

Robbers bulldozed their way into a bank on the Greek holiday island of Crete and ran off with a safe filled with more than 200,000 euros, police said.


Salvation Army Hurts After Target Denial

The sound of bell ringers has always been heard at Target stores, but this year the bells have been silenced, and that silence is having tremendous effects.


Canada's Nash makes triumphant NBA return to Dallas

Steve Nash reminded the Dallas Mavericks how impressive a National Basketball Association player he can be, scoring 17 points and adding 18 assists to lead Phoenix in a 107-101 triumph here.


Community Farm Shares Growing in Popularity

By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 4--BELLINGHAM -- Karin Colgrove is hankering for greens, and she hopes her recent move didn't cause her to miss her first weekly vegetable delivery of the summer.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Chelsea are "premature" to boast that they will be the world's biggest club by 2014.


U.S. Troops Move to Rein in Rebels in North of Iraq

The U.S. military raced into the streets of Mosul to root out bands of rebels. Also, a kidnapped aid worker is feared dead.


Injury Sidelines Broncos' Griffin for Year

Tailback Quentin Griffin's strange season came to an end Wednesday, when the Denver Broncos placed him on injured reserve with a torn ligament in his right knee.


Marijuana Abuse Affected by Genes and Environment

NEW YORK  - Previous research has  established a moderate relationship between marijuana abuse and  depressive disorders. Now researchers report that the  association between marijuana use and major depression probably  arises from a combination of shared genetic and environmental  vulnerabilities.


US Air Flight Attendants Ready for Strike

Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways Group Inc.  have authorized their union to call a strike should a federal court allow airline management to void their contract, the Association of Flight Attendants said on Monday.


Nicole Kidman has 'boring' 39th birthday

Nicole Kidman, who is expected to wed Keith Urban this weekend, said she planned a "boring" 39th birthday with family Tuesday.


Catania, 15:40 - CALCIO, CATANIA: MASSIMINO SOTTO SEQUESTRO PER UN ALTRO MESE

Lo stadio di Catania resterà sotto sequestro per almeno un altro mese dopo i tragici fatti in...


Ted Lilly Throws One of Three AL Shutouts

Ted Lilly's three-hit shutout against the surging Boston Red Sox was barely the best pitching performance in the American League.


Her long black hair, pale skin and beautiful red lips have long made her the fairest of them all, at least so far as visitors to Dresden's reknowned Christmas market are concerned.


Alcatel-Lucent suffers Q4 loss on writedown

Alcatel-Lucent reported higher sales but a net loss for the fourth quarter due to a big writedown in its CDMA (code division multiple access) and IP (Internet protocol) multimedia services businesses.


Advertising Insights: Reflections on 06, Predictions for 07

BALTIMORE, Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- From an advertising industry perspective, 2006 has been a tumultuous year.  Consumer generated content garnered the lion's share of the spotlight with YouTube, MySpace, Second Life and bloggers taking center stage.


Comedy Will Take Chances 'If It Makes us Laugh'

The broadcast networks haven't had much recent success with comedy series because they're spending too much time "watering down" their shows for the audience and trying to "rip off" the competition, Comedy Central president Doug Herzog told an industry crowd Tuesday.


F.D.A. Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Drug Risk Study

The study suggested that a widely used heart-surgery medicine might increase the risks of death and stroke.


The widow of TV "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin announced Thursday she will launch non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters next year in hopes of showing that Japan's scientific whale kill is a sham.


Heart Therapy Strains Efforts to Limit Costs

The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction is increasingly being treated with expensive procedures.


NHL Lockout Forces All-Star Cancellation

NEW YORK Nov 3, 2004 - In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star game Wednesday because of the lockout.


FIFA today launched an inquiry into the disgraceful scenes of racist chanting which marred last night's clash between England and Spain in Madrid.