California Governorâs Plan for Health Care in Trouble

A California Senate health committee is expected to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs widely promoted and potentially legacy-defining universal health care bill.


The Coast Guard lacks the resources to adequately protect tankers carrying liquefied petroleum or crude oil from a possible terrorist attack, congressional auditors reported Wednesday.


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A BUSINESS columnist has resigned from The Seattle Times after admitting he plagiarised the work of other journalists. Stephen H Dunphy's resignation followed an internal investigation, the paper's executive editor said in a column published on Sunday.


Cameron Diaz wins damages over "clinch" report

Actress Cameron Diaz won a public apology and "substantial" libel damages at London's High Court on Friday over newspaper claims she had been caught in a "passionate clinch" with a television producer.


Hurricane Humberto makes landfall in the US state of Texas, bringing heavy rains to the already soggy region.


BEIRUT -- Iran's president heads to Saudi Arabia tomorrow for discussions with King Abdullah, an indication that weeks of talks between their envoys on simmering conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon have made some headway.


SO another series is over and more bouquets deservedly are coming the way of this redoubtable Australian cricket team. Yesterday, Ricky Ponting held aloft the Trans-Tasman Trophy after another


Dollar hits record low against euro, falls below 105 yen

The dollar sank to a new all-time nadir against the euro and to a seven-month trough below 105 yen as markets remained concerned by the large US current account and budget deficits.


Guidonia, l'uomo e' stato investito da un camion


The 21st century promises to be the most innovative yet.


U.S. blue-chip stocks declined on  Thursday as a jump in oil prices added to worries about  inflation, but a rally in chip makers' stocks helped the Nasdaq  advance late in the session to end at a six-year high.


State Farm Trying to Recoup Payout Over Laptop Fire

By Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 9--Anthon and Ann Cannon got a check for more than $147,300 from  their insurance company after their laptop computer's battery purportedly  ignited a blaze that gutted their east Salt Lake City home.


Movie Review | 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford': Good, Bad or Ugly: A Legend Shrouded in Gunsmoke Remains Hazy

âThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fordâ adds another gauzy chapter to the overtaxed James myth, if not much rhyme or reason, heart or soul.


Bin Laden Condemns Bush, Says New Attacks Possible

Osama bin Laden burst into the U.S.  election campaign on Saturday, releasing his first video tape  in more than a year to deride President Bush and warn of  possible new Sept. 11-style attacks.


Parents find more bones by India's "House of Horrors"

Parents of children believed to have been butchered in one of India's most macabre serial killings unearthed more bones overnight, sparking fresh protests.


Microsoft buys tools for fighting spyware

Microsoft Corp.'s announcement last week that it has purchased a small vendor of antispyware tools serves to highlight the growing seriousness of the spyware problem for users, according to security analysts.


JapanÂs Likely Next Premier in Hawkish Stand

Shinzo Abe, declaring his candidacy, said that Japan should revise the pacifist Constitution imposed on it by the United States.


Ravens' Lewis Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge

Running back Jamal Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday to using a cell phone to try to set up a drug deal and will be sentenced to four months in prison.


A small plane narrowly missed homes as it crashed in a subdivision's retention pond Monday, killing the pilot, but residents rescued the three passengers as the aircraft filled with water.


Now that a US Food and Drug Administration official has named five prescription drugs that may pose health dangers like Vioxx, medical professionals are taking sides as the debate is joined.


Outburst hints at battle over Arafat 'inheritance'

Mocked as the First Lady of Paris, not Palestine, Suha Arafat is the spoiled socialite who swapped the West Bank of the Jordan for the Right Bank of the Seine.


Hugh Massingberd, Laureate for the Departed, Dies

Mr. Massingberd, a celebrated former obituaries editor of The Telegraph of London who made a once-dreary page required reading, died on Christmas Day.


Williams, Fish head to Australian Open tennis on a high

Americans Serena Williams and Mardy Fish head to the Australian Open brimming with confidence after securing the United States' fourth Hopman Cup in six years here.


Master Kindelan stops pupil Khan's great run

Nearly twice Khan's age at 33, the defending champion relied on his greater experience to counter-punch methodically and win a 30-22 decision.


If you can judge a book by its cover, then the "History of Russia and the World in the 20th Century" tells students the Soviet past was all pride and glory — three of four cover photos invoke Soviet propaganda images. That goes for what's inside too: the textbook for Russian high school seniors touts the Soviet system's achievements — but treads lightly, if at all, on its failures and abuses.


Presidente Corte Costituzionale, serve divisione poteri


Roma, 16:47 - CALCIO, SERIE B; CAMIGLIERI: TROVARE PUNTO DI EQUILIBRIO

"Siamo passati ad un campionato che, senza Juve, Napoli e Genoa, ha dei valori in campo diversi. In ...


Federer, Agassi Plow Ahead in US-Poor US Open Field

World No. 1 Roger Federer and American stalwart Andre Agassi led the winners Saturday at the US Open, with Agassi one of only two Americans advancing to the third round, the worst US men's performance in history at the event.


Union picks Welsh secretary as its preferred candidate for deputy leadership of the Labour party.


French soldier threatens to blow up army explosives depot

(Chalons-en-Champagne, France-AP) Dec. 5, 2004 - A French soldier angry about being forced to retire is threatening to blow up an army depot containing 60 tons of explosives.


Turkey's Erdogan faces rocky road after big win

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish separatist violence and Ankara's troubled EU bid.


Cragnotti, Fiorani e Geronzi e altri in aula dal 14 marzo


Researchers create digital paper that emits recorded sound in response to a user's touch.


Martha Stewart to Do Time in W.Va. Federal Prison

NEW YORK - Martha Stewart (search) was ordered Wednesday to serve her sentence at the federal prison in Alderson, W.Va., according to source close to the case.


Court Records Tell of Sheik's Promise to Spread Around Financing for Terrorists

A Yemeni sheik facing terrorism-financing charges in Brooklyn explicitly promised to use money raised in the United States to finance Hamas, Al Qaeda and "everybody that we learn is fighting jihad," federal ...


Kenyan Cabinet Approves Draft Media Policy

Text of report by Samuel Siringi entitled "Media policy approved by the cabinet" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 12 September  The cabinet has endorsed a draft media policy whose proposals were the subject of a recent debate among practitioners.


Shah Rukh Khan starrers enjoy the best screen average, which confirms his status as the No. 1 star of the country.


Administration officials say the Iraqi elections at the end of the month will be less than perfect, but nonetheless will pave the way for a drawdown of U.S. troops.


Dodgers’ Highlight Reel Unlikely to Have an Equal

A team has hit four consecutive home runs before, but never in a situation like this Â bottom of the ninth inning, down by four runs, first place on the line, division rival in the field, and elite closer in the bullpen.


European Probe On Its Way to Moon of Saturn

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 25 -- More than 750 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe was released from NASA's Cassini orbiter Christmas Eve and placed on a collision course with Titan, one of Saturn's many moons.


Peru Rebel Chief Scores Publicity Coup in Court

By Jude Webber CALLAO NAVAL BASE, Peru  - Punching the air with afist and chanting rebel slogans, Peru's Shining Path founderAbimael Guzman scored a propaganda coup on Friday and forcedhis terrorism retrial to be postponed for a week.


By MATTHEW HICKLEY  THREE out of four children admit sending personal details or photographs to strangers on the Internet.


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Anja Paerson of Sweden won her second straight world title in the women's super-giant slalom Tuesday and American Lindsey Kildow captured silver for her first world championship medal.


A government inquiry found pervasive problems in the monitoring of royalties for oil drilling.


Abuja - An enormous quantity of weapons and ammunition has been brought into the Darfur region and it is only a question of time until fighting starts, the ceasefire commission on the Darfur conflict said in Abuja on Friday.


Eliot Spitzer's attack on the US insurance industry is expected to intensify pressure for the resignation of the head of Marsh & McLellan, the company at the centre of the allegations.


Alitalia Holds Crucial Talks With Unions

Near-bankrupt Alitalia held crucial contract negotiations with unions representing flight attendants and ground staff Wednesday in a last-minute attempt to save the state-controlled airline from collapse.


At least 30 killed in blasts at Egyptian resorts frequented by Israelis

CAIRO, Egypt  - An explosion tore through an Egyptian resort hotel Thursday night where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.


Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira and Manchester United skipper Roy Keane are both battling to be fit for Sunday's Premiership showdown at Old Trafford.


Devil's Revenge. Spontaneous Combustion. Hot sauces have names like that for a reason. Now scientists are testing if the stuff that makes the sauces so savage can tame the pain of surgery.


Consiglio di amministrazione convocato per il 14 febbraio


Francoforte, 15:16 - CALCIO, MONDIALI 2006; BECKENBAUER: BIGLIETTI NON BASTERANNO

Tra due settimane comincerÃ  la vendita dei biglietti per i Mondiali 2006 in programma in Germania. F...


Hal Steinbrennerâs reluctance to add another huge contract to the Yankeesâ payroll seems to be the crux of the debate over whether to trade for Johan Santana.


U.S. citizens -- embroiled in a custody battle will remain in Finland while the Supreme Court reconsiders a ruling ordering them to return home.


GAO says SEC not using all its arsenal: report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is not using all of its available tools to police  Wall Street, according to a U.S. government study.


VATICANO - VERSO IL SACERDOZIO a cura di mons. Massimo Camisasca - ÂIl sacerdote: creatore di un popoloÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - La nostra societÃ  ha perso completamente lÂidea di persona e perciÃ² non puÃ² esservi esperienza del popolo. Un popolo infatti sono persone mosse da una comune esperienza. Il popolo Ã¨ lÂinsieme delle persone testimo...


WTO head Lamy says trade deal within reach

WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said a global trade deal was now within reach but political leaders needed to give a "final push" to complete the current round of negotiations.


The Virginia women's basketball team defeats Old Dominion for its most significant win of the young season, 72-64, before a crowd of 2,169 at University Hall.


UN reports on dismal state of web accessibility

97% of websites fall short WCAG guidelines Ninety-seven per cent of websites fail to achieve a minimum level of accessibility, according to the first ever global web accessibility survey. A new UN convention aims to change that.â¦


Quella di sabato manifestazione 'carnascialesca'


Mexican Cemex, being the third largest cement maker in the world, agreed to buy its British competitor - RMC Group - for $5.8 billion, as well as their debts in order to expand their activity on the building materials market of the USA and Europe.


Bush says troops will stay till task accomplished

President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind sectarian violence racking Iraq, and he would not pull troops out "before the mission is complete".


Kenya crisis death toll seen at around 600

The death toll in Kenya has risen to about 600 from more than two weeks of unrest since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election, aid agencies said on Monday.


Prescription-drug recalls aren't common, and they're almost always controversial. Now that Merck (MRK ) is voluntarily withdrawing its Vioxx pain medication around the world, due to a heightened risk of cardiovascular


British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has pledged support for the smooth running of elections to replace Yasser Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.


GREELEY, Colo. -- Northern Colorado's backup punter asked a friend to lie about his whereabouts the night the starting punter was stabbed in the parking lot of his apartment complex, according to a police affidavit obtained Thursday.


Singh shows Ryder Cup losers what they missed

In the wake of America's crushing defeat in the Ryder Cup there were calls for the annexation of the Pacific island of Fiji. Having the world No 1 on their team might or might not have helped the US at Oakland Hills.


Zoellick must restore confidence in W.Bank: France

POTSDAM, Germany  - Robert Zoellick, slated to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, must move swiftly to restore confidence in the poverty-fighting institution, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.


UAL Corp. Seeks Bankruptcy Exit Financing

United Airlines has begun reaching out to potential lenders with its revamped business plan for financing to leave bankruptcy, the company said on Friday.


Diplomat: Nukes Not Cause of Korea Blast

BEIJING - Video footage of the area where North Korea said a huge explosion occurred showed dozens of workers swarming around a dusty construction site resembling a large dam project, while a foreign diplomat who visited the site said Friday he found no sign the blast was nuclear.    South Korea, meanwhile, said a mushroom-shaped plume thought to be from the Sept...


Space shuttle cleared for February 7 liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared the shuttle Atlantis for launch on February 7 to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station.


Some companies are turning to online games to motivate staff and remake the workplace, say researchers.


International coalition to co-ordinate relief: Bush

The United States has formed an international coalition with India, Australia and Japan to co-ordinate world-wide efforts to provide relief to victims of Sunday's earthquake and


Il prezzo del greggio segna un ribasso dello 0,5%


Youssif excitedly somersaulted across his bed, his shrieks of joy bouncing off the sterile hospital walls. He raced around the room, crawled under his bed and ran circles.


Car bomb explodes in northern Spain -- media

MADRID, Jan 18  A car bomb exploded in Getxo, northern Spain, today after a warning call in the name of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, Spanish media said.


The world's largest home improvement retailer on Tuesday  said quarterly profit rose topping estimates, as technology  upgrades and other store improvements helped boost sales. Its  shares closed at $33.98 on the New York Stock Exchange on  Monday.


Tribe Hopes 'Skywalk' Will Change Its Fortunes

By Chris Kahn  A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass- bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.


Those long dusty roads and the leech-laden Lake Lachrymose in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events may have looked convincing, but they were all as


OneUnited Bank, a Boston company ranked as the nation's second-largest black-owned bank, is planning an expansion that could put up to five new branches in Boston neighborhoods before year's end and eventually dozens in other cities.


Enterprising Suniel Shetty and his elegant wife Mana are expanding their horizons further!


By Signing Renteria, Red Sox Finally Make a Big Splash

Trying to counter the loss of Pedro MartÃnez and their failures in other contract negotiations, the Red Sox have reached an agreement shortstop Edgar Renteria.


Eagles' Reese does well in starting role

It was more than just a game for Ike Reese. It was also a chance to show that he can do more than cover kicks and block for punts.


The Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a tribute to its late founder, Gian Carlo Menotti, featuring concerts and an opera written by the Italian composer.


No NATO deal to share quick response force costs

PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO states have failed to forge an agreement on a scheme to share the cost of the alliance's quick-action response force because some rich members, who already face a bigger bill than poorer allies, do not want to pay more, according to U.S. defense officials.


Ukraine court to hear election appeal as break-up threat mounts

Ukraine's supreme court was set to hear an opposition appeal that the presidential election was rigged in favor of pro-Moscow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, amid threats that the country could split in two.


Authentication 'Tokens' Arrive For AOL Customers

America Online (Quote, Chart) has inked a deal with RSA Security (Quote, Chart) to add another layer of authentication to the existing username/password scheme used by AOL subscribers.


Prosecutor: Lawyer Helped Sheik Break Law

A lawyer and two co-defendants helped an imprisoned Egyptian sheik commit a sort of ``jailbreak'' by allowing him to get around prison rules and feed messages to terrorists


Torino, 14:05 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON: ARRIVEREMO IN A SENZA PASSARE PER I PLAY OFF

In A senza passare per i play off. Questo l'obiettivo della Juve. ''Finora ci ha fatto bene pensare ...


He may be their only hope to win the White House, but John McCain still has to convince the GOP that he's one of them


Off the Picket Line at G.M., Relieved but Wary

U.A.W. workers remain concerned but hopeful about the settlementâs health care and job security provisions.


The government-controlled stock exchange in Dubai is expected to announce that it will take significant ownership stakes in the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange.


Police say at least 28 people were killed and 85 injured in twin car bomb blasts in Baghdad.


Miikka Kiprusoff agreed to a $35-million, six-year extension with the Flames on Monday that will keep the star goalie him in Calgary through the 2013-14 season.


The Defender of a Lesser-Known Guarantee in Russia

Ivan Y. Pavlov leads a quiet but dangerous campaign in Russia: legal battles for what he calls, simply, âthe right to know.â


HUNDREDS of fighters who escaped the US onslaught of Fallujah are regrouping, re-arming and attacking elsewhere in the country to show Iraq's insurgency will continue despite estimated


Bank of NY Russia money-laundering case postponed

A Moscow arbitration court on Monday postponed until January 21 the Federal Customs Service's $22.5 billion case against the Bank of New York, a lawyer for the service and the bank's spokesperson said.


Wal-Mart speeds up spread of generics program

ORLANDO, Florida  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will expand a program offering some generic drugs for $4 per prescription throughout Florida on Friday, and may bring the deal to other U.S. states before the end of the year, the retailer said on Thursday.


Seven dead, nearly 100 hurt in Sri Lanka suicide blast: police, hospital

At least seven people died and 97 others were injured on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack onboard a train at the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, police and hospital sources said.


John Abraham received minor injuries during the shooting of Karan Johar's Kaal near Jim Corbett National Park.


Il cinema va dritto al cuore, non potra' mai essere in crisi


'Treasure' tops weekend at $35.6 million

Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood's year on a happy note. Cage's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by "Alvin and the Chipmunks" with $30 million and Smith's "I Am Legend" with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.


President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.


The National Union of Teachers is to ballot its members in England and Wales on a one-day strike over pay.


US troops kill warlord's supporters after Karzai sacks 'Lion of ...

The reign of one of Afghanistan's most powerful and most colourful warlords appeared to have ended in chaos yesterday after a mob of his supporters clashed with American troops and set


Is it Marvelous or miserable? There's a Fool for every view.


Darfur rebels reject Khartoum bid to split them ahead of talks

Ethnic minority rebels in Darfur have rejected an attempt by the Sudanese government to divide them ahead of a new round of peace talks in Nigeria later this month, a Khartoum daily reported.


Microsoft Plans New Windows Version in January

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O will provide  a stripped-down version of Windows from next month while it  decides whether to appeal against a European Union court order,  its general counsel said on Wednesday.


A majority of US home Internet users now have broadband, according to a survey by NetRatings. While the total number of home Internet users has reached a plateau in the US, those who do use the Internet are adopting broadband at a rapid pace, according to ...


Yahoo! Bows! To! Mum! Of! Jailed! Chinese! Journalist!

'We know we were wrong. But we didn't know it then' As US lawmakers continue to probe Yahoo!'s role in the jailing of Chinese journalist Shi Tao, CEO Jerry Yang and chief counsel Michael Callahan have bowed to the journalist's mother. And we mean that literally.â¦


Primaris to buy 20 Boeing 7E7-8s and 27 737-800s

SEATTLE -- Primaris Airlines Inc. has announced plans to buy 20 Boeing 7E7-8 Dreamliners and 20 737-800s, a deal worth $3.8 billion at list prices, the low-cost carrier and the Boeing Co.


Loud Blasts Heard Near Shrine in Iraq's Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq  - At least five loud explosions on Thursday echoed from near holy sites in the Iraqi city of Najaf where a radical Shi'ite cleric has remained holed up despite earlier agreeing to leave a sacred shrine.


Bush, Kerry, Parties Spending $40M on Ads

President Bush, Sen. John Kerry and their political parties are spending nearly $40 million on TV ads in the final week of the presidential campaign as they adjust their strategies in a shrinking battleground.


The Web's largest purveyor of user-generated content has signed a deal with Verizon Wireless. The deal will bring YouTube videos to VCAST subscribers in early December. Deals with other wireless carriers will likely follow.


Big surprise: Scrabble manufacturer targets 'Scrabulous' online game

Hasbro has reportedly served a legal notice to Facebook about a potentially infringing game on its developer platform. Unfortunately for you, it's that game you play all day at the office.


System of a Down's Tankian "Elects" to get personal

When System of a Down (SOAD)  frontman Serj Tankian goes solo, he really goes solo.


Maruyama Leads Sony As Wie Fights to Stay

Shigeki Maruayama set the target with a 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead over Justin Rose among early starters Friday in the Sony Open. Michelle Wie had her sights set a little lower.


If only they could silence Justin Timberlake What to do when youâve discovered you own a sound that only children can hear?â¦


Other download services might be scared, though -- not to mention the cable company.


Many vendors join the effort, but IBM and BEA Systems choose not to participate, leading to harsh words from Sun executive.


After winning its fourth league championship just over 10 weeks ago, United has barely had time to catch its breath before regrouping Friday at disheveled RFK Stadium for the start of training camp.


AP Poll: Kerry Holds Small Lead Over Bush

Sen. John Kerry has taken a slim lead over President Bush, according to an Associated Press poll that shows the president's support tumbling on personal qualities, the war in Iraq and the commander in chief's bedrock campaign issue — national security.


The costliest international warplane  project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely  completed its first test flight on Friday, advancing a $276.5  billion program financed by the United States and eight other  countries.


US soldier and at least three Iraqis killed in clashes, blasts

RAMADI, Iraq - At least two Iraqis were killed and eight people wounded, including three US marines, in clashes Thursday between rebels and US troops in the restive Iraqi city of Ramadi, hospital and military sources said.


Kingfisher interim profits up 18 percent

Kingfisher, Europe's largest home-improvement retailer, posted an 18 percent surge in interim headline profits driven by rapid expansion in its international operations.


Recovering but energized Clinton returns to help Kerry

Recovering from surgery but energized by his fans, former US president Bill Clinton staged a new comeback to anoint John Kerry his heir as Democratic Party champion.


Aid workers in Sri Lanka face escalating risk and red tape

International NGOs dealing with the tsunami's aftermath and renewed fighting get an increasingly hostile reception.


Gli inquirenti non escludono che l'uomo possa essersi tolto la vitaAl setaccio la campagna, territorio impervio ricco di anfratti                                            Frosinone: trovato il fucile della strage si cerca il vicino delle due vittime


Sufferers of electromagnetic field sensitivity claim that the growing pervasiveness of wireless networks only exacerbates their condition. Skeptics discount their fears -- and their symptoms -- and the battle is joined. By Rob Beschizza.


Con il 2% del capitale, tramite finanziaria Carlo Tassara


A jewelry company on eBay Inc.   that allegedly bid on its own auctions to illegally  drive up prices by as much as 20 percent agreed to pay $400,000  in restitution and penalties, the New York state attorney  general's office said on Saturday.


He's a freckle-faced royal rascal who has led a life of privilege. But Britain's Prince Harry is also an army officer — and he could soon be heading to Iraq to face the reality of combat.


Schumacher wins sixth Japanese Grand Prix

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Michael Schumacher won Sunday's Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, crossing the finish line 14 seconds ahead of runner-up and brother Ralf Schumacher.


France defends itself against accusations of excessive force in ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - France defended itself Friday against accusations by Ivory Coast authorities, and some western evacuees, that it used excessive force to protect foreigners against violent mobs during five days of upheaval in its former West


Recuperating Blair returns to work amid buzz of battle to succeed him

After a weekend in the English countryside to rest up from a minor heart operation, Prime Minister Tony Blair returns to work Monday amid a battle to succeed him that may hurt his ruling Labour Party in the next general election.


Chanderpaul continues to defy England in final Test

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was closing in on his 16th Test hundred and second in as many innings in the fourth and final Test at the Riverside here on Sunday as wickets fell around him.


Bomb Kills Two, Wounds Five in Thai Muslim South

SUNGAI KOLOK, Thailand  - A bomb hidden in a  parked motorcycle killed two men and wounded five people on  Friday outside a bank in Thailand's largely Muslim south, where  authorities fear militants will step up attacks in the new  year.


+8 cent a kwh rispetto Ue, penalizzate famiglie e imprese


By Christina Rogers christina.rogers@roanoke.com 981-3264  Downtown Roanoke Inc. is launching a nationwide search for a new  executive director and has hired a Chicago-based firm, DHR International, to  help drum up potential candidates.


EBay Latest to Drop Microsoft's Passport

EBay Inc. became the latest Web site to say it will stop using Microsoft Corp.'s Passport user authentication system, as Microsoft continues to scale back the service.


There's trouble in the Atlantic 10. The league that received four NCAA bids and had two teams advance to the Elite Eight last season most likely will not repeat that success. Nine of the league's top 10 scorers have either graduated, left early for the NBA, or just left.


Unable to cope, wife dumps sick man in hospital

THE well-dressed man was found alone and confused in the casualty department of a London hospital. He was a casualty himself - dumped by his wife because she could no longer cope with caring for the 82-year-old man, who had Alzheimer's disease.


Energia: Montezemolo, lancia giornata di confronto in ...

Una giornata di lavoro a porte chiuse per mettere a confronto le imprese produttrici di energia, in primis Eni ed Enel, con quelli che la consumano. Ad annunciarla e' stato il presidente della Confindustria


Israeli forces kill two Hamas gunmen in Gaza raid

Israeli troops and armor crossed into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing two Hamas gunmen in clashes, Palestinian witnesses and hospital officials said.


Local Sheik In Ramadi Adds Detail On Attack

BAGHDAD, Feb. 28 -- A community leader in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi provided additional information Wednesday about a deadly car bombing earlier this week that U.S. officials said did not occur.


AMERICA - DallÂinizio del 2007 sono state contagiate dalla dengue 77.000 persone in tutta lÂAmerica Latina; stato di emergenza in Paraguay BogotÃ¡ (Agencia Fides) - In seguito ad una allarmante epidemia di dengue che dallÂinizio dellÂanno ha contagiato almeno 77.000 persone in America latina, il Governo del Paraguay ha dichiarato lo stato di emergenza nazionale per 60 giorni. La misura p...


Ben Ramsey's Blog: Funcaday.com Dashboard Widget

Ben Ramsey has put together a dashboard widget to grab the latest from the Funcaday.com website (spotlights one PHP function each day).   While reading through news and blog entries, I came across a post on Zend's Developer Zone about Paul Reinheimer's new PHP Function a Day website. The Function a Day site functions in much the same way as those nifty tear-off-a-page-per-day desktop calendars we all buy for those on our Christmas shopping lists for whom we can't quite figure out what to get.   TO help out the lazy out there, he's created this widget to grab the latest image from the funcaday website and pull it right into your Dashboard.


Fred Thompson said Saturday he's not consumed with winning the White House and that a president with too much fire in the belly is not necessarily a good thing in a dangerous world.


Kerry Hints GOP May Suppress Black Votes

WASHINGTON - John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush win in November.   "We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus...


Administrators get "hundreds of millions of pounds" to keep Tube firm Metronet running until a resuce is in place.


Torre Says Yankeesâ Offer Showed Lack of Trust

Joe Torre rejected the Yankeesâ contract offer on Thursday, but in a news conference at the Hilton Rye Town Friday, he said he felt rejected by them.


Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a blend of force, guile and patronage for 35 years before his ouster in 1989, died in exile on Wednesday. He was 93.


LONDON - The founders of the charity group Band Aid plan to record and release a new version of Do They Know it's Christmas?. The 1984 single raised millions for famine relief in Africa and led to Live Aid


No one wants to point a finger and no one will name names, but a certain large dog at the Alaska Capitol recently abused the privilege and spoiled things for the other four-legged visitors.


The lyricist who razzle-dazzled Broadway

That cynical lyric from the 1968 musical Zorba sums up one side of the world view of its author, Fred Ebb, who died of a heart attack at his New York home on Saturday.


PETROLIO, A NEW YORK RAGGIUNTI I 49 DOLLARI AL BARILE

New York, 20 ago. (Adnkronos) - L'oro nero continua a correre a tutta velocita' verso i 50 dollari al barile. A New York, poco fa, il contratto per le consegne a settembre, che scade oggi, ha raggiunto i 49


A UN envoy welcomes a move to deploy  African troops to Sudan's Darfur region, but says more are needed.


Wannstedt had two years remaining on his contract

Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt, his team saddled with the worst record in the NFL, will resign on Tuesday, ESPN's Hank Goldberg and The Miami Herald reported late Monday night.


PITTSBURGH The United Steelworkers of America say about 34-hundred workers at BF Goodrich plants in Indiana and Alabama have approved a new contract.


In another embarrassing about-face, No. 1 chipmaker Intel (INTC) told customers Thursday that it will not make a much-touted 4-gigahertz version of its Pentium 4 PC processor.


Gateway Brand to Expand After Acquisition

Gateway's brand name will not only live on after Acer buys the company, it will expand, Acer said.


Difficult Dutch coalition talks loom after fractured vote

Dutch politicians were readying for tough talks to cobble together a coalition government after elections resulted in a fractured parliament with neither a left- nor rightwing majority.


Your Face on the Moon, Thanks to X Prize Foundation

The organization responsible for the $10 million Ansari X Prize announces it will send a DVD to the moon with personal photos and messages from the general public. It's called the Lunar Legacy Program and you can submit stuff.


Ito-Yokado to Recall Heaters Court Blames for Health Damage

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 2--TOKYO -- Japanese retailer Ito-Yokado Co. said Friday it will  recall more than 5,000 electric heaters after one of its users suffered health  problems.


Senator Kerry urges dialogue with Iran, Syria

U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2004, said on Thursday the U.S. administration should talk to Syria and Iran.


Presidential hopefuls head out  across the US as key primaries  loom in the battle to win  party nominations.


J.K. Rowling challenges airport security

J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final "Harry Potter" book as carry-on baggage. Had security agents not relented, the British author said on her Web site, she might not have flown.


Israeli Missile Hits Car in Gaza, at Least one Palestinian Killed

An Israeli missile attack in Gaza City has killed a top official of the Palestinian militant organization, Islamic Jihad, and another member of the group.


'Go on. Have a taste' Chip darling PA Semi has gone from "all talk" to "a lot of talk" with samples of the company's first processor now making their way to customers.â¦


Sarajevo Siege General Surrenders to U.N. Court

A Serb general indicted for war crimes  in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war gave  himself up to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on  Friday, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said.


US Supreme Court questions Republican plan for keeping control of Congress

The US Supreme Court turned down a key element of a Republican strategy to tighten the party's control of the House of Representatives, possibly setting the stage for bitter litigation over the outcome of congressional elections on November 2.


Lawyer: Jailed oil exec denied treatment

A lawyer for a former Yukos Oil Co. executive who lies gravely ill with AIDS in a prison hospital pleaded with Russian authorities Thursday to move her client to a clinic for treatment.


US and UK must end "megaphone" diplomacy on Darfur

Britain and the United States must stop making threats over the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region because the Khartoum government knows they cannot back them up with action, a top U.N. official said on Friday.


Japan discovers another suspected mad cow case

Japanese and US officials wrapped up three days of talks Saturday to lift Tokyo's 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.


Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, says it has agreed to buy online news site MarketWatch Inc. in a $519 million deal that widens its Internet audience.


Sony BMG is suing the company that designed its controversial CD anti-piracy software.


Dodging Another Upset, U.S. Holds Off Greece

Nobody heard the American players exhale when the buzzer sounded to end a 77-71 victory, because 12,000 delirious fans saluted Greece, the home team that had come close.


Treasuries Slip, Investors Play the Range

U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Thursday, unwinding some of the gains made the previous session, as investors played the recent range in largely technical trading.


(HealthDay News) -- Hemorrhoids are swollen, inflamed veins in the anus or rectum. They may be caused by factors including straining during bowel movements, pregnancy and constipation.


Driver Sought in Ariz. Crash That Killed 6

Police on Sunday were trying to determine who was driving a stolen truck loaded with illegal immigrants that smashed into other vehicles Saturday and rolled over, killing six people and injuring 15, some critically.


A detainee who died in an apparent suicide at Guantanamo was a Saudi army veteran, the US says.


By Anthony Deutsch Associated Press  JAKARTA, Indonesia -- In a low-lying riverside district of the capital, dead chickens floated in the same filthy floodwaters that women used to bathe children and wash clothes.


Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida resigned from the U.S. Congress on Friday following reports he sent sexually inappropriate e-mails to underage male congressional interns.


Angel two-timed Diaz and his wife: lawyer

Actress Cameron Diaz and magician Criss Angel were dating while he was also having a relationship with his estranged wife, the lawyer for the illusionist's ex has alleged.


Text of President Bush's Kwanzaa 2004 message:


Bank robbers' carefulness makes them tough catch

On an icy Sunday night, police officers brought terrible news to Kevin McMullan's rural home: A relative had just been killed in a car crash, they said.


LOS ANGELES  - The much-ballyhooed movie reunion of Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz has turned out to be short-lived.


Penguins feast at Thanksgiving box office

LOS ANGELES  - Reigning champion "Happy Feet" and "Casino Royale" held up remarkably well over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, taking the top two spots for the second consecutive frame with impressive estimated takes of $51.6 million and $45.1 million, respectively.


Exhibition Marks Bulgarian Danone's Birthday

Business: 29 September 2004, Wednesday. Bulgarian dairy producer Danone Serdika marks ten years on the Bulgarian market with an exhibition in Sofia, presenting the history of milk.


Jermaine O'Neal scored 31 points, just  hours after a judge ruled he did not have to serve the final 10  games of his suspension, to steer the Indiana Pacers to a 96-83  win over the New Jersey Nets on Thursday.


The Senate is expected to decide this week whether to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on Americans.


Hobbled Woods shoots 68 at WGC-American Express

It was not the lowest round of his career, but it may have been the most courageous one for Tiger Woods. Clearly hampered by upper back pain, Woods somehow


Landis faces lengthy wait for hearing outcome

Embattled Tour de France champion Floyd Landis is unlikely to hear the outcome of his doping hearing before this year's Tour starts on July 7.


The US tells a UN conference on climate change it has no intention of joining the Kyoto Protocol in the near future.


The suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured dozens hugged his comrades goodbye and asked that God welcome him before he detonated the deadliest explosion to date


Facing a Midlife Crisis, eBay Attempts Makeover

By Brian Bergstein, Associated Press  BOSTON -- When Pierre Omidyar founded eBay 12 yearsago, he wanted to build the world's most efficient marketplace. At the very least, he launched the most comprehensive one. Today eBay Inc.


Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman," came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, has diedy. He was 89.


Palestinian prime minister says cause of Arafat's death will be ...

The Palestinian prime minister promised Friday to make public the cause of Yasser Arafat's death, as Palestinian leaders dispatched an emissary to Paris to pick up his medical records.


Judge stops creditors from repossessing 14 United planes

November 26, 2004 (CHICAGO) - A US Bankruptcy Court judge in Chicago has blocked efforts by a creditors' group to repossess 14 United Airline jets.


Nel capolugo siciliano una truffa che ricorda alcune commedie all'italiana. Protagonista un uomoche si Ã¨ spacciato per "Don Marco": e tutti, compreso il vero sacerdote, gli hanno creduto...                                            Palermo, finto prete celebra funerale poi fugge con la cassetta delle offerte


Firenze, 19:01 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: CI SERVE APPOGGIO PUBBLICO

Cesare Prandelli non ha gradito le critiche ricevute dopo il ko con l'Inter e, alla vigilia del derb...


Kenyan opposition accuses police of killing seven

Kenya's opposition accused police of killing seven people on Thursday during a second day of clashes with demonstrators protesting against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.


Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing

If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview published here Saturday.


Pot-Plant Cancer Alert ; Using Pesticide Sprays in the Home 'Could Double Risk of Brain Tumours'

USING pesticides on house plants could more than double your risk of developing a brain tumour, a study suggests.   Those who use fly sprays, weedkillers and other chemical treatments on their pot-plants are 2.25 times more likely to develop brain cancer, the findings show.


U.S. nuclear power plants to get more Russia uranium

U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday.


Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus surged ahead at the finish to capture the Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre dash, nipping Lauryn Williams of the United States and breaking a 20-year-old American stranglehold on the title.


ROCKVILLE, Maryland  - In a nondescript office park tucked between a hospital and a strip mall thrive hundreds of thousands of the most infectious malaria-carrying mosquitoes ever born.


US diplomats take cautious line as they wait for news

American Middle East diplomacy, nearly dormant during the final months of the presidential campaign, sprung into action yesterday as State Department


FBI: Boston Terror Tip Was a False Alarm

The FBI said Tuesday that the possible terrorist plot reported against Boston by a tipster last week was a false alarm.


Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - The New England Patriots Wednesday announced that they placed first-round draft pick Benjamin Watson on injured reserve with a knee injury.


Clever coaching gives Belichick, Patriots edge

By David Duprey, AP. Leave it to New England Patriots general Bill Belichick, a week after his team had its league-record 21-game winning streak torched, to remind the football world that he is the NFL's most resourceful coach.


LG Elec shares surge on strong earnings, Motorola loss

Shares in handset and appliance maker LG Electronics  surged as much as 7.6 percent on Friday, after the South Korean firm reported strong profits while bigger rival Motorola  posted another quarterly loss.


U.S. "imperialism" means new arms race: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a scathing attack on the West on Thursday, accusing Washington of imperialism and of starting a new arms race.


U.S. tanks rolled closer Monday to a revered Shiite shrine in Najaf where militants are hiding as explosions shook the cemetery in the holy city.


Polyphonic Spree a Different Kind of Rock Band

The Polyphonic Spree may look like a  New Age gospel choir, with all those young white Texans in  multicolored robes hopping, swaying and beaming beatifically as  they sing and play blissed-out mantras, but bandleader Tim  DeLaughter says it's just pop music.


Giudici non potranno che dichiarare prescrizione o assolvere


The next big battle may be over foreigners buying into U.S. carriers.


Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a coordinated suicide bombing attack on the network killed 52 commuters. The jury was still deliberating on three co-defendants.


'Gilmore's' Ventimiglia Goes Back to School for WB

"Gilmore Girls" alumnus Milo Ventimiglia has joined the cast of the WB Network's untitled ensemble drama about students and teachers at a small Manhattan college.


AUSTRALIAN Andre Stolz was celebrating his sudden elevation from pauper to prince in world golf yesterday and, appropriately, his wife was whooping it up with just as much gusto.


Buffy creator Joss Whedon pulls out of directing a Wonder Woman film, blaming disagreements with the producer.


Iraq's most respected Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to the country Wednesday and urged all Iraqi Muslims to join him on a march to the


Golden Chance for European Golfers to Flourish

THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - European players, still  basking in the afterglow of their runaway Ryder Cup victory  over the United States, have a golden opportunity to shine at  this week's WGC-American Express Championship.


Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7

Microsoft has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and it has posted guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the older IE6 browser on their companies' machines.The IE7 upgrade scheduled to roll out via WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) on Feb. 12 was announced last October, when Microsoft said it would no longer require users to prove they owned a legitimate copy of Windows XP before they were allowed to download the newer browser. Microsoft explained that the move was prompted by security concerns."Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we're updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users," said Steve Reynolds, an IE program manager, on a Microsoft company blog in early October. "Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users."The IE7 Installation and Availability Update was immediately made available for manual downloading and was offered to consumers and small-business users via the Windows Update service in the weeks that followed. Beginning Feb. 12, the new IE7 package will be put into the WSUS pipeline as an Update Rollup package."If you have configured WSUS to 'auto-approve' Update Rollup packages, Windows Internet Explorer 7 will be automatically approved for installation after February 12, 2008, and consequently, you may want to take the actions below to manage how and when this update is installed," Microsoft warned in a support document posted to its site. WSUS's default setting for Update Rollups is to not autoapprove them.Companies that stuck with IE6 must take action, Microsoft said, or IE7 may be automatically downloaded and installed to their workers' PCs. Specifically, administrators who have set WSUS to automatically approve Update Rollups will need to disable the auto-approval rule before Feb. 12 to prevent IE7 from infiltrating their infrastructure. After that date, they must synchronize the update package with their WSUS server and then switch the autoapproval rule back on.More than one in every three people still relies on IE6, according to data gathered by Web metrics vendor Net Applications. During December 2007, IE6 accounted for 35 percent of the browsers that visited the 40,000-some sites monitored by the company.Microsoft recognized that it needed to protect IE6 from replacement even before it released IE7 in the fall of 2006; prior to the browser's launch, the company posted a free set of tools administrators could use to block the automatic downloading and installation of the new browser.But it's unclear what impact, if any, the IE7 rollout via WSUS will have on users who have applied the Blocker Toolkit to keep that browser off their systems. Although asked to expand on the support document -- which didn't mention the tools -- Microsoft was not able to provide any additional information Tuesday.Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.


North Korea, U.S., China seek early six-party talks

North Korea, the United States and host China agreed after two days of meetings on Wednesday to push for an early resumption of stalled six-party talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program, but no date was set.


Dopo 10 anni, dossier Curia rileva che non c'e' spiegazione


A UK version of hit US crime drama Law and Order is to be made, according to a report.


Group Health strike ends; no talks in sight

Workers at Group Health Cooperative wound up their five-day strike at midnight yesterday, with no reported progress on a new contract and the looming threat of future labor actions.


White men, conservatives, evangelicals and other pivotal building blocs of the Republican Party are divided among its leading contenders for president, leaving the race for the 2008 GOP nomination highly fluid, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.


Sicilia, Lampedusa e Ustica isolate. Vento forte sulle stradeRecuperati due velisti rimasti in avaria nel siracusano                                          Ancora freddo e maltempo al Sud interrotti collegamenti con le isole


A 16-year-old Welsh teenager has defrauded customers of the internet auction site eBay out of the equivalent of $80 000 dollars by offering non-existent electronic goods, British press reports said on Tuesday.


Stocks Open Higher a Day After Big Rally

Shares opened moderately higher a day after stocks staged an extraordinary reversal and after weekly unemployment figures suggested the job market is holding up.


Carabinieri, sottoposto a torture da madre e convivente


Microsoft Delivers Vista Ultimate Add-on, Delays Others

The company says that it is shipping one program but delaying 19 language packs for another month.


NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile-phone carrier, and Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 cell-phone maker, plan to develop a next-generation mobile phone that subscribers in Japan can also use while traveling in


A gigantic bird-like dinosaur weighing as much as a car towered over its relatives about 70 million years ago, a new finding suggests.   The unearthed beaked dinosaur  was not full-grown, yet it tipped the scales at more than 3,000 pounds. Paleontologists who discovered its remains estimate the behemoth was just 11 years old when it perished.   Chinese scientists unearthed the skeletal remains of the dinosaur, now named Gigantoraptor erlianensis, in the Erlian Basin of Inner Mongolia, China. ...


Filmmaker Lumet to Receive Honorary Oscar

Veteran director Sidney Lumet, who picked up five Oscar nominations but never took home a prize, will receive an honorary statuette at the 77th annual Academy Awards on Feb.


Direttore uscente Fmi non e' troppo pessimista


Guatemala's highest court halts the trial of 16 soldiers charged over a massacre during the civil war.


Search Engine Strategies, in all of its success and growth, is an amazing conference circuit attracting many from the worlds of SEO, search marketing, media buying, public relations and all types of businesses to its seminars. But at times, the amount of people, information and networking can be overwhleming and if you’ve attended enough SES’s and [...]


Spartans shock 4th-ranked Buckeyes 62-59

Michigan State's 6-foot-9 Allyssa DeHaan scored 25 points and the 24th-ranked Spartans beat No. 4 Ohio State 62-59, ending the Buckeyes' 17-game winning streak.


SJ man is Bay Area's first human West Nile virus case

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department today confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in the Bay Area. The department reports that a 50-year-old man became ill on Aug. 25 and was hospitalized on Aug. 29 with mild neurological symptoms.


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq says it has captured 10 hostages, including two Indonesian women, Al-Jazeera has reported.


UK goes green with gassy offshore wind farm

Environmental indigestion? As the UK becomes only the seventh nation to have more than two GigaWatts of electricity generated by wind farms, the government has given the green (no pun intended) light to the world's first offshore combined wind and gas energy scheme.â¦


Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead

Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her performance in the movie âJohnny Belindaâ and was the first wife of President Ronald Reagan.


Libya lifts death sentences on medics in HIV case

Libya on Tuesday commuted death  sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor  convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising  hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.


West Brom are poised to name their new manager, with Bryan Robson favourite.


Europe edges lower ahead of US jobs data

European equities were fractionally lower on Friday, mirroring Wall Street's cautious session ahead of the monthly US employment report, published later.


A millionaire appeals against a divorce award that was thought to be the biggest in British legal history.


The Palestinian prime minister urged the United States on Friday to stick to its original 2005 deadline for Palestinian statehood, arguing that President Bush's recent proposal


MOSCOW, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - The Federation Council, or Russian parliamentâs upper house, ratified on Wednesday the Kyoto protocol to the UN frame convention on change of climate.


Swiss voters narrowly approve a plan to give 630m euros to the 10 new members of the European Union.


Even after reaching a major milestone, Teemu Selanne was in a sour mood. Joe Sakic scored in a shootout and the Colorado Avalanche overcame Selanne's 500th career goal to beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night.


An Electoral Affirmation of Shared Values

It was not a landslide, or a re-alignment, or even a seismic shock. But it was decisive, and it is impossible to read President Bush's re-election with larger Republican majorities in both


Another lawsuit is the last thing the US Fish and Wildlife Service needs. As the lead agency on most matters concerning endangered species, the service operates under a constant barrage of saturation litigation


Livorno, 19:19 - CALCIO, LIVORNO-INTER; MORATTI: NON E' TEMPO DI PROCESSI

L'Inter non convince ma Massimo Moratti evita processi: ''Non è il momento di arrabbiarsi e n...


Iraq PM Asks UN States to Put the War Behind Them

Iraq's new prime minister, in  his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed  to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences  over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.


Casini avverte la magistratura: 'Sciopero sempre un errore'

NEW YORK, 20 OTTOBRE 2004 - Â«Lo sciopero dei magistrati Ã¨ sempre sbagliato. Per i cittadini, certo, ma soprattutto per i giudici perchÃ¨ lo sciopero indebolisce le rivendicazioni della categoria, non le rafforzaÂ».


The four clubs implicated in the Italian match-fixing scandal have begun their appeals at a Rome court.


TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN -- Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election yesterday in which opposition groups were barred from running, provoking criticism from Europe's top election watchdog and a fierce defence from authoritarian President Islam Karimov, who


Tony Blair had hoped UN pressure, not war, would force Saddam Hussein out, a former adviser says.


Robinson won't manage Washington Nationals in 2007

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson will not return to manage the Washington Nationals next season, the National League team confirmed Saturday.


Microsoft: Xbox HD DVD player Japan launch in Nov

Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it   would launch an HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 game console on   November 22 in Japan for 20,790 yen ($177), matching rival Sony   Corp.'s PlayStation 3 in high-definition DVD functions.


Nigerian fuel strike enters second day? (updated PM3:26)

A general strike in Nigeria which has helped push world oil prices to record highs entered its second day Tuesday, as labor unions continued protest over the rising cost of fuel at home.


The unfair business practices lawsuit was set to start in November but is pushed back to Jan. 10.


Off The Charts: Not the Decade to Go Shopping With a Wallet Full of Stocks

So far this decade, the inflation adjusted total return of the S.&P. 500 is worse than the 1930s, during the Great Depression.


Eto'o breaks African Nations Cup goal record

Samuel Eto'o became the leading all-time African Nations Cup scorer with 15 goals after converting a 27th-minute penalty to give Cameroon a 1-0 lead over Sudan in a Group C match Wednesday.


E' previsto in caso di mancato rispetto precettazione


Iran says Russia may not let U.S. use Azeri radar

Russia has indicated it will not allow the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on Sunday.


Washington urged North Korea on Monday to stop haggling and seal a deal on ending its nuclear arms ambitions after six-party talks snagged on Pyongyang's demand for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


In a terrifying videotape, 10-year-old Georgy Farniyev sat near a bomb, his hands behind his head and his face a mask of misery. He looked certain to die, but survived through luck, self-possession beyond his years and enough grit to pull shrapnel out of his own arm.


Cisco Systems Completes Acquisition of Arroyo Video Solutions

Cisco Systems(R) (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation solutions for on-demand television and related consumer services.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are likely to announce the schedule for expert-level talks to follow up on six subjects on their talksâ agenda for Tuesday, the second day of the foreign secretary-level talks that started today morning, officials said.


Group Works to Finish Rose Parade Floats

Volunteers rushed to put the final touches on dozens of Rose Parade floats that range from a whimsical castle sprinkled with pixie dust to a giant astronaut.


Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey's largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research).


US OPEN FINAL: FEDERER V HEWITT BETTING ODDS

Roger Federer ended Tim Henman's dream of a first Grand Slam final appearance with a straight-sets victory in their US Open semi-final.


What do you get for the union label in your paycheck?


Lehman Brothers earnings rise, beat forecasts

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.   on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating  expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and  stock trading.


Delta Cutting Flights From OKC To Dallas-Fort Worth

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma will lose Delta Air Lines flights to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as the airline restructures to try to avoid bankruptcy.


No proof Iran running 3,000 centrifuges: diplomats

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has 3,000 centrifuges running is not backed up by evidence, diplomats familiar with U.N. inspections said.


Dodgers Sink the Three-Way Trade for Johnson

The Yankees' quest to acquire Randy Johnson has returned to the point where it began more than six months ago. A three-team trade between the Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers


Shares hit record high; valuation concerns remain

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. jumped to a new record high Friday on the strength of a strong quarterly report, though Wall Street analysts are still voicing concerns about the company's valuation.


President Bush's first postelection meeting with a foreign leader comes this week when Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, a staunch ally on Iraq, is due for two days of discussions at the White House.


Kitty Kelley's first book was called "Jackie Oh!" It was published in 1978, and while it wasn't the first book to shine an unflattering light on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the Kennedy family, it was ahead of the curve in depicting them as hypocrites


Underdog Paul inspires political passion

Passengers on a plane leaving New York could see three words in 4-foot block letters painted on an East Village rooftop terrace as they ascended:


Actor Ryan O'Neal faces assault, weapon charges

Actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting his son Griffin in Malibu, California, police said on Sunday.


Europe ; Palestinian premier Ahmed Qureia to visit Arafat

Europe News, Paris: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and other deputies will arrive here today to see Yasser Arafat, who is seriously ill in a Paris hospital.


MIGRATION-SPAIN:  Picking and Choosing the Favoured Few

MADRID, Sep 24  (IPS) - In Spain, measures to both attract and deter  immigrants are being stepped up, depending on their country of  origin, and especially on their work experience and professional  qualifications.


Local.com Now Distributing SuperPages.com Ads

Local.com and Idearc Media Corp. today announced a distribution agreement that allows Idearc to place its Superpages.com advertisers’ content on Local.com. Superpages.com’s advertisers will receive priority placement in the “Featured Sponsors” section of the Local.com Web site. So, if your business advertises via SuperPages.com, your ads will also appear on Local.com. Local.com recently also completed an $8 [...]


VeriSign: Online shopping up 24 percent this year

U.S. holiday shoppers continue to turn to the Internet when searching for presents for family and friends, according to data released Thursday by VeriSign.


Probabile riduzione delle vendite e del risultato


Police: Driver Tried to Run Over Florida Rep. Harris

A Florida motorist was arrested Wednesday on charges of trying to run down U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris at an intersection where the controversial former state elections chief was campaigning for re-election to Congress.


Italian kidnap priest freed in Philippines

An Italian priest kidnapped by Islamic militants broke down in tears Friday as he described his six weeks of captivity in the Philippine jungle.


Ashley Cole says he joined Chelsea because the Arsenal board "did not give a damn about keeping me".


About 62 percent of Delphi U.S. union workers opt out

Roughly 62 percent of bankrupt auto   parts maker Delphi Corp.'s U.S. union workers have opted out of   the company through retirements or buyouts, the company said on   Tuesday.


Danny Williams' world heavyweight fight against Vitali Klitschko is confirmed for Las Vegas on 11 December.


Performance, not passion, must be Lerner's strength

Visual clues for Browns' fans are in short supply. Lerner is camera shy, speaking on the day of Butch Davis' departure only after public relations people asked the live cameras to go dark.


Microsoft: New Live Search 'as good as Google'

'And better than Yahoo!' Microsoft yesterday used its Silicon Valley outpost, just down the road from Google, to unveil a "major update" to the web's third most popular search engine. And, yes, it's only been a year since the last major update. Bill and the gang plan on re-launching Live Search every 12 months.â¦


To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet

Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people donât eat them.


Codebreaker scores success in search for the Holy Grail

For 250 years, the cryptic inscription has exercised the minds of Britain's finest theologians, historians and scientists, including Charles Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood


Russian Economy Grew 6.9 Percent in 2004

Russia's gross domestic product grew 6.9 percent in 2004, a top economics ministry official said Wednesday.


BAGSHOT - Andy Robinson made his pitch to become England's next fulltime head coach by insisting the champions could do what no side has done before and successfully defend the World Cup in France in 2007.


A new report gives District children a dubious distinction: Nearly one in four of those ages 10 to 17 is overweight, making them the heaviest kids in the country.


The state moves 90 percent off welfare rolls, but many remain in poverty.


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is confident a court will not convict him on charges of bribing judges. "I don't think there will be a conviction," he said at the presentation


ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL - Council Looking for a Few Good Restoration Proposals

By PETER B. LORD  Any plans for restoring your local environment?   The Coastal Resources Management Council is seeking pre- proposals for habitat-restoration projects throughout the state.


Britney Spears should be allowed to see kids: poll

Despite Britney Spears' erratic  behavior, most people think the troubled pop star should be  allowed to see her two sons a few times a week under  supervision while ex-husband Kevin Federline retains custody,  according to an E-Poll/Reuters survey.


Highlights of "Education at a Glance," an annual report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:


Forecasters Watch Ivan Remnant in Gulf of Mexico

As oil and natural gas producers  recover from Hurricane Ivan, energy companies and weather  forecasters were carefully watching on Tuesday a remnant of  last week's storm for signs of strengthening as it crosses the  Gulf of Mexico.


Cruise baby, Suri, makes long-awaited debut

Actor Tom Cruise's infant daughter made her debut on Tuesday as freshman CBS Evening News anchor


Scientists in Costa Rica set plasma engine record

Scientists in Costa Rica  have run a plasma rocket engine continuously for a record of  more than four hours, the latest achievement in a mission to  cut costs and travel time for spacecraft.


PHILIPPINE movie star Fernando Poe, who nearly unseated President Gloria Arroyo in hotly contested polls this year, passed away today.


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Amministratore delegato contento dei risultati di Novembre


The Manchester United boss said this week that if the Dutch hitman had four chances he would score with three of them. Well van Nistelrooy did have four chances against Sparta Prague in the Champions League last night .


Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.


Calif. firm sues Sony over the way it makes Blu-ray disks

There's a silver lining in every Blu-ray patent cloud Sony is facing legal action from a Californian company over claims of patent infringement in its use of Blu-ray technology in the PlayStation 3 games console.â¦


By Melodee Hall Blobaum, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jun. 2--In 90 minutes between the report of a gunman on campus and the all-clear Friday, University of Kansas officials learned some things about their preparations for such a threat.


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After Djokovicâs Quick Ascent, Itâs a Little More Crowded at the Top

After upsetting Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic avoided an upset of his own with a victory over the unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.


Yahoo! to launch desktop search in the New Year

Internet portal Yahoo! says it will release a desktop search in the New Year some three months after Google. Desktop search is the latest battleground between the major search engines as they seek to gain


Microsoft Expands MSN Music Store Download Service  Microsoft expanded its MSN Music Store to eight new countries yesterday, crossing the border into major European countries that iTunes staked its claim in during its U2 fueled EU push in October. With this expansion the MSN Music Store is now accessible in 17 ...


Portugal Suffers Humiliating Olympic Exit in Soccer

Portugal were bundled out of the men's  soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics Wednesday after a  humiliating 4-2 defeat by Costa Rica.


Marketing executives say 'Oprah' giveaway to be closely watched

The result was Pontiac G-6's for 276 surprised audience members on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" -- an event that marketing executives say could set a new bar for product placement.


Palestinians March for Arafat in Ramallah

Demonstrations held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the death of Yasser Arafat, the symbol of the Palestinian struggle, continued today.


Dog owners in Geneva will have to undergo a special course to learn how to keep their pooches in line, under a new local law voted Sunday.


Sam Presti owes becoming the youngest general manager in the NBA to a homesick teammate at Emerson College.


Google and Yahoo say iPhones are accounting for a disproportionate amount of Web traffic to their sites from mobile devices.


It's official: Google acquires GrandCentral

Blog: Google has acquired GrandCentral. Changes are afoot.


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Annalena Tonelli fu uccisa nel 2003 insieme a tre volontari


Google raises gavel for IPO auction, despite legal questions

Google Inc. opened the auction for its much-anticipated initial public offering today, despite unresolved questions about whether it inadvertently violated securities laws.


Struggling music company EMI Group has said that it has received a new takeover approach from US rival Warner Music.


Britain grants burger chain right to award credits toward a high school diploma for on-the-job skills.


Arafat in Serious Condition, Foreign Medics Arrive

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Foreign doctors rushed to  Yasser Arafat's side on Thursday to tend to the seriously ill  Palestinian leader, who for decades has symbolized his people's  struggle for statehood.


Mumbai, Dec. 27: Anil Ambani breathed fire in the morning but found himself outgunned as the Reliance Industries board today gave its endorsement to brother Mukesh and crafted a set of decisions that pushed the younger sibling into a corner.


Steve Jobs praises a retiring Bill Gates

In an interview with the New York Times, the Apple chief praises his longtime rival, saying the software legend "should be honored for the contributions he's made." He also offers a dim forecast for Amazon's Kindle, saying "people don't read anymore."


Poll: Clinton, Obama tied in New Hampshire

With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, it's dead even in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Sophia Young scored 20 points and Steffanie Blackmon added 15 to lead No. 7 Baylor to a 74-52 win over Texas A&M on Wednesday night.


Russian Top Court Upholds Spy's Sentence

Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday  rejected an appeal by a scientist sentenced to 15 years in jail  for spying for the West, Interfax news agency reported.


Fifa prepares to put Spain in the dock over racism

GOVERNMENT ministers led the calls yesterday for strong sanctions against Spain in the wake of the racist abuse of England players on Wednesday night.


South Korea's Charlie Wi hopes a few good rounds on the PGA Tour will help prevent more cases of mistaken identity.


In corso a Roma conferenza mondiale Coaltrans


Google Inc.'s long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent Tuesday, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission.


SEC charges former McAfee lawyer with stock fraud

Kent Roberts, the former top lawyer at US computer security firm McAfee, was charged Wednesday with securities fraud by government regulators, who alleged Kent had manipulated stock option grants.


Bush Win Seen As Boon to Many Industries

President Bush is shown during a campaign appearance in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Oct. 6, 2004. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). NEW YORK Nov 3, 2004 - President Bush's victory in Tuesday's election is shaping


'Rimango finche' non riporteremo l'Italia in alveo liberta''


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

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


LOS ANGELES -- A pilot who died when his aerobatic plane plunged into the sea was an engineer who promoted fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles and was dubbed the "American father of the Prius."


Hitachi ships Travelstar 7K200 encrypted hard drive

Please, please, please say I didn't hit 'Quick Erase'... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has begun volume shipment of the Travelstar 7K200, a high-capacity, high-performance laptop hard drive with new optional data encryption technology. The new drive features up to 200GB capacity, a 22 per cent overall performance improvement over its predecessor, and improved shock tolerance, among other technical improvements. The 7200RPM Travelstar 7K200 has power consumption, heat emission, and acoustics comparable to its 5400RPM counterparts and features a Serial ATA 1.5GBps, 1.5GBps encrypted, or 3GBps interface.â¦


Warmer than normal temperatures are  forecast to blanket the western United States and Plains states  this winter, but it is unclear whether the Northeast and  Midwest will face warmer, colder or normal winter weather, U.S.  government forecasters said on Wednesday.


A Tax Scare at the Garden, Among Other Worries

With sexual harassment lawsuits, a tax scare and the Knicks rather uninspired, these are not exactly halcyon days for Madison Square Garden.


Cisco, IBM to merge maintenance services abroad

Cisco Systems Inc.  and  International Business Machines Corp.  said on Monday  they will combine technical support services for mutual  customers, highlighting increasingly close ties between the  network equipment maker and computer services company.


Video project explores Spanish Civil War

On the day she surrendered in 1939, Carmen Arrojo threw her pistol into the sea rather than hand it over to Gen.


Bombers kill 29 after international Baghdad talks

Suicide bombers killed 29 people in Baghdad on Sunday, after a meeting of officials of world powers, Iraq and neighboring states agreed it was vital to all to stop sectarian violence spreading across the region.


Drugs companies lead European stocks rally

European equity markets bounced on Tuesday led higher by pharmaceutical companies and telecoms stocks as investors continued to favour defensive sectors.


Music company EMI Group PLC — home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay — has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing numerous people familiar with the matter.


To Web Fans, Peter Jackson Is the One True Director

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


Despite being under the weather yesterday, junior forward Aja Parham provided the spark as the Boston College women's basketball team routed Northeastern, 90-63, at Conte Forum.


SATURDAY AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Mexico 200 pole qualifying, ESPN2 4 p.m. -- Rolex Sports Car Series, Speed


SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard looks set to become Australia's most powerful leader for a generation, with his easy election victory effectively giving him control of both Houses of Parliament and letting him pursue a stalled conservative agenda.


Nick Faldo takes a major step towards retirement by accepting a job with American television network CBS.


Talk about an anticlimax. After months of build-up, with the premiers publicly pressing for a national pharmacare program -- one of those instant, dire necessities only politicians can conjure up -- and Paul


SAN FRANCISCO--Yahoo added a search feature for cell phones Tuesday, just a few weeks after rival Google launched one of its own. While Google SMS (Short Message Service) uses text-only messages to deliver


Briton sets up home on Dubai's 'eighth wonder'

Internet entrepreneur moves into house on man-made Palm Jumeirah island.


Six people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds forced to flee their homes after floods in Indonesia following days of heavy rain, officials said Saturday.


The question of blood ties in boardrooms arose last week after New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused insurance firms run by CEOs from the same family of taking part in a widespread bid-rigging scheme.


Astronomers predict red moon during total lunar eclipse

CALGARY - The full moon may turn a deep, reddish orange on Wednesday night, astronomers say. If skies are clear, people can expect to see the colour change as the Earth's shadow falls over the face of the moon in a total lunar eclipse.


Libyan court rules on HIV medics' appeal

Libya's Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus following a report of a deal for their release.


US senator taken to hospital after possible stroke

Democratic control of the next US Senate was suddenly cast into doubt after a lawmaker was rushed to the hospital after suffering a possible stroke, his staff said.


Live Long? Die Young? Answer Isn’t Just in Genes

Recent studies find that genes may not be so important in determining how long someone will live.


MSPs back a new law for Scotland, allowing unmarried couples, including gay couples, to adopt.


Jessica Lunsford killer sentenced to die

A convicted sex offender was sentenced Friday to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive in his yard.


Rite-Aid steers guidance lower after a difficult November.


Iran unhappy about Blair's Middle East envoy job

Iran criticized on Sunday Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East peace envoy but welcomed his successor as British prime minister, Gordon Brown.


Researchers find a receptor they believe keeps eggs in arrested development until ready for fertilisation.


BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (IPS) - The European Union is beginning to take action over  the human rights crisis in Darfur ahead of the Aug. 29 United  Nations deadline to the Sudanese government.


Widely used anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen could help reduce the risk of heart attacks, while abruptly halting the usage increases the risks, according to a large UK study.


Isiah Thomas named N.Y. Knicks' new coach

Isiah Thomas spent around $125 million of James Dolan's money to assemble one of the worst teams in Knicks history. On Thursday, Dolan decided it was time for somebody to pay for the fiasco &#151; and it wasn't Thomas.


Military Families Express Some Iraq Doubts

Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.


Protestors disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting

A handful of protesters  waving Palestinian flags and chanting "Take responsibility and  do the right thing" on Wednesday disrupted the annual meeting  of Caterpillar Inc. , prompting the company to adjourn  30 minutes early.


JFK airport plot suspects appear in Trinidad court

Two suspects in a foiled plot to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport appeared in court in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday and were accused of conspiring to commit terrorism.


Rich nations must do far more to help poor countries cope with climate change, an influential report will say.


No hike in fuel prices before Diwali: Govt

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 31: The government on Sunday decided not to hike the prices of petrol and diesel due to the pending festive season.


Fed may have to hike, ECB should do so: OECD

The U.S. Federal Reserve may need to   raise interest rates again to tame inflation and the ECB can   afford to hike euro zone rates further now that it has proof of   solid economic recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday.


A suicide car bomb attack targeting Iraq's environment minister killed four of her bodyguards, while a separate blast near the education minister's convoy killed one bodyguard, police and government officials said.


Nobody could fail to be moved by Lil Bigley's televised plea to Iraqi militants to have mercy on her son Ken, the 62-year-old British contractor who has been held by the Tawhid and Jihad Group for the past week.


LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: A posse of presidents will mix with rock royalty and an expected 30,000 guests at the grand opening today of Bill Clinton's presidential library.


Zimbabwe's Opposition Groups to Reunite for Election

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 27 -- Zimbabwe's fractured opposition party is preparing to join forces behind a single slate of candidates headed by longtime leader Morgan Tsvangirai in elections scheduled for March, according to party officials.


Investigators have turned their focus to an unapproved wrinkle treatment as the culprit that hospitalized four people with suspected botulism poisoning after they received injections at a


McGuinty Wants Kids in Classroom â Not Malls

Students in Ontario will have to keep their nose in their books until they're at least 18 years old. The province is set to propose new legislation next year that would make students stay in school until they're 18-years-old.


Elton John Rages On Taiwan Press, Says "Pig" A Lot

Elton John turned into a caricature of himself last night, when Taiwanâs paparazzi rushed him at an airport. "Rude vile pigs!


VILLA NUEVA, Guatemala  - On New Year's day, six-year-old Evelyn Isidro went down the block in a shanty town near Guatemala City to buy a diaper for her baby brother. She never made it home.


120m origami birds of peace fall on Thailand

About 120 million origami birds were air-dropped over southern Thailand yesterday in an attempt to quell a Muslim insurgency that has led to the deaths of more than 500 people this year.


PARIS -- French doctors say Yasser Arafat is still alive, though his condition "has become more complex.". Earlier, Luxembourg's prime minister told reporters as he arrived at a summit in Brussels that Arafat had died.


Canada's Supreme Court rejects a law allowing the detention and deportation of foreign-born terror suspects.


Midgett plans to talk with new coach Meyer

Quarterback Justin Midgett, who has one foot out of the door at the University of Florida, was stopped dead in his tracks Friday afternoon when word got around the Gainesville campus that the Gators had gotten their man.


Berlin to tap mandatory nursing care insurance to plug deficit: report

The German government has come up with a new idea for plugging the gaping hole in its public finances and rein in its budget deficit, the daily Die Welt reported.


Art Review | 'Michelangelo, Vasari and Their Contemporaries': Artistic Muscle, Flexed for Medicis

The show at the Morgan Library & Museum depicts 16th-century Florentine art not as a heroic, strictly top-down hierarchy but as a collective endeavor.


Hague court imposes defence lawyer on Milosevic

THE HAGUE - Judges imposed defence counsel on former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Thursday to avoid further delays in his war crimes trial because of his ill health, a decision he branded a âscandalâ.


Scientists who incited controversy last month over a stem cell paper published in Nature now show their stem cells can repair damaged retinas. In Bodyhack.


Government to be publicly castigated this week over failure to help poor people - by fuel poverty watchdog


Merkel expected to press China on climate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to push for tougher global action against climate change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings with top Chinese officials on Monday.


Vicepresidente Confindustria, riforma pensioni e' urgente


Verizon Wireless Won't Oppose Nextel Airwaves Swap

Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. said they resolved disputes over airwaves and trademark names, ending a 15-month legal battle between the two US mobile-phone providers.


Roma, 19:38 - CALCIO, LAZIO: FOGGIA AL POSTO DI MAURI

Il solo Mauri (squalificato) salterà la trasferta della Lazio a Firenze. Con ogni probabilit&...


American and European schoolchildren are losing ground to countries such as China and India that are adapting faster to changing needs and producing more of the high-skilled workers the 21st century demands, a new report says.


Toronto 9:40, 09:47 - CALCIO, MONDIALI U20: ARGENTINA, FINALE CON RISSA E MANETTE

La seconda finalista dei Mondiali under 20 di calcio è l'Argentina che in semifinale ha battu...


French hostages freed,US vows to defeat "enemies of freedom"

Two French journalists ended theirfour-month hostage ordeal in Iraq and were expected to fly back home on Wednesday, while the United States pledged to defeat the "enemies of


HÃ¤agen-Dazs battles honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder

Funds research into apiarian apocalypse Ice cream manufacturer HÃ¤agen-Dazs is stumping up a $250,000 research grant to university researchers in California and Pennsylvania to probe the cause of "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD) - the unexplained sudden disappearance of millions of honeybees which has affected hives around the world since 2006.â¦


Singer Marc Almond Moved Out of Intensive Care

British singer Marc Almond, who was badly injured in a motorcycle crash last month, is recovering in hospital and has been moved out of intensive care.


Judge to Weigh Removing Media Player from Windows

A European Union judge will weigh on Friday whether Microsoft should be forced to remove its music and video player from its Windows operating software


The island is about to get a little more crowded. The 10th edition of CBS' "Survivor," set in the Pacific island nation of Palau, includes 20 castaways who will try to outwit, outplay and outlast each other to win the $1 million prize.


English springer spaniel becomes top dog

An English springer spaniel with a preference for chicken-and-garlic treats prevented America's top dog event from turning into "The Cosby Show."


EU's Reding wants "credible" roaming cuts

BARCELONA, Spain  - Mobile phone operators must  act before July 1 to avoid the European Union imposing lower  prices for texting or surfing the Web via mobile phones when  abroad, the bloc's top telecoms regulator said on Monday.


Sudan admits rights abuses, including rape, by allies in Darfur

KHARTOUM : The Sudanese government has acknowledged for the first time that its militia allies in Darfur have committed serious human rights abuses, including rape, and given the United Nations a list of 30 suspects, Khartoum dailies said.


Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee trained for a marathon in South Carolina on Saturday as Republican primary voters cast ballots that he hoped would propel him forward in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.


Bayern Munich fired coach Felix Magath on Wednesday and brought back his predecessor Ottmar Hitzfeld, who guided the club to the Champions League title in 2001.


Russian authorities are trying to negotiate with the armed group holding at least 200 hostages, many of them children. The heavily armed militants stormed the school in Beslan on Wednesday and are demanding


Belgian bank Fortis warns that its losses connected to the sub-prime sector could be as much as 1bn euros.


Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Malkin

PITTSBURGH -- A federal court has dismissed two complaints filed by Evgeni Malkin's former Russian team against the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie star, the team and the NHL.


Japan PM steps down after string of scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned on Wednesday after less than a year in power, falling victim to a string of scandals that hampered his reform agenda and sent his popularity plummeting.


MIAMI  Â The Lennar Corporation, the home builder, reported a $1.25 billion fourth-quarter loss on Thursday Â its biggest ever Â as a slowdown drove home prices lower and the company took a write-down on land.


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Group Said to Admit Ambushing Iraq Troops

Iraqi National Guardsmen secure the area after militants targeted National Guard forces near the central town of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven in bomb attacks that included an explosives-rigged flashlight, officials said Sunday, Oct.


Turin Winter Games Chief Defends Budget Gap

Turin's Olympic Committee needs to raise  another 65 million euros from sponsors to meet targets for the  2006 Winter Games, its chief said on Monday after reports of a  huge budget gap had sparked a national political row. Turin's  mayor ordered an audit of Olympic spending after organizers  said they had a 180 million-euro ($227 million) hole in their  books due to sponsorship shortfalls and lower sales forecasts.


US Navy missile destroyer arrives in Japan

A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer with   the navy's most advanced combat weapon system arrived in Japan   on Saturday as tensions surrounding North Korea's missile tests   remained high.


UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after disappointing inflation data with Alliance & Leicester down after reporting a fall in core operating profit, held back by large scale write-downs.


Hungary to decide on Iraq after U.S polls

The new Hungarian government will make a decision on the country's continued participation in Iraq after the U.S. elections, Kossuth Radio reported Tuesday.


Afghan president announces new cabinet list

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.


Milano, 13:36 - CALCIO, CATANIA-INTER: GIUDICE TRASMETTE ATTI A PROCURA

Il Giudice sportivo ha disposto la trasmissione degli atti alla Procura federale in merito al ricors...


Official condemnation of the racist barracking suffered by England footballers in Spain this week cannot hide the fact that xenophobia is on the rise in a country now Europe's biggest magnet for immigrants, Spanish anti-racism campaigners warned yesterday


Sen. Clinton's Finance Director Indicted

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former finance director has been indicted on charges of causing false campaign finance reports to be filed with the Federal Election Commission, the Justice Department said Friday.


Abbas Calls on Palestinians to Drop Armed Struggle

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said his  people should drop their weapons in the struggle for a state,  marking out a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel  after Yasser Arafat's death last month.


Four elderly Serbs were  wounded in an explosion in the western Kosovo town of Klina on  Tuesday evening, police said.


Glare of Fires Pulls Migrants From Shadows

The California fires exposed the often-invisible existence of illegal immigrants in ways that were sometimes deadly.


Grazie a rivalutazione del 27,4% detenuta nella Volkswagen


One of the main suspects over a murder at a Hindu temple in India is arrested in a case that has led to major protests .


Too Early for Wenger to Make Predictions

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to look to the future after seeing his side drag themselves back to within five points of Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea.


A giant rodent thought to be new to science is discovered in a remote mountainous area of Indonesia.


Campaigns push, pull, prod voters to polls

Four years ago, Bobbi Nealy voted for Ralph Nader in Florida, where the election between Al Gore and George W. Bush came down to hanging chads and butterfly ballots.


U.S., Poland Closer to Deal on Missile Defense

The United States and Poland broke a logjam yesterday in negotiations over U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, with the Bush administration committing "in principle" to help Poland modernize its armed forces.


Turkish parliament set to adopt key reform ahead of EU verdict

The Turkish parliament convened for an emergency debate on a penal code reform set as a key condition by the European Union for possible accession talks with the Muslim country.


Russia, China, Britain rally to back Annan

Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a US senator called for


There's no hiding the rivalry between Tiller, Turner

CHAMPAIGN -- The Joe Tiller-Ron Turner question sticks in the craw of many Illini fans. Tiller arrived at Purdue in 1997, the same year Turner landed at Illinois, and when Tiller had early success, the party line was that he had inherited better talent.


Basque rebels ETA call off Spanish ceasefire

Armed Basque separatist group ETA said it will end its 15-month-old ceasefire at midnight on Tuesday and warned Spain's government of new attacks "on all fronts".


Bribery investigation sets back Nokia-Siemens deal

The planned merger of network infrastructure units at Nokia and SiemensÂ won't close by the end of this year as expected because the companies will execute a compliance review of Siemens, spurred by the corruption investigation currently shaking the German technology company.


The British Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday said it would cut about 2,900 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its workforce, as a part of "transformation" of the world's biggest public broadcaster, aimed at saving 320 million pounds a year.


Media & professional: Former Daily Mirror 3am Girl Jessica Callan writes about her party girl experiences.


If Bill Clinton doesn't get off the campaign trail, other leading Dems should get out and stump for Obama, to level the field.  I said this on Twitter and Adam Wygle sent a pointer to this site, that says it better than I could.  22nd Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice..."


Iâve Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life

A Web site created by MTV promises users a virtual visit to the clubs of the Lower East Side. Is it a chance to party or some kind of sell-out?


Chris Evert and Greg Norman are engaged, less than a year after divorces from longtime spouses. The couple got engaged Sunday night, said Tami Starr, director of Chris Evert Charities in Boca Raton, Fla.


By Caroline An, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif.  Jan. 30--MONROVIA -- Jonethan Limbo stood at the front of the red carpet  Monday, a spot he had staked out for nearly four hours.


Viacom's Exec Says Paramount Turnaround a Priority

Viacom Inc. co-President Tom Freston on Tuesday said that "energizing" Paramount Studios was one of his top priorities for the coming year at the media company, also home to MTV, CBS, UPN and Infinity Broadcasting.


The Sync That Sank Ashlee: '60 Minutes' Has It Covered

About 36 hours before the polls open on Election Day, CBS News's "60 Minutes" will release a report that blows the lid off the Ashlee Simpson lip-syncing scandal.


Theatre company cancels plan to stage Behzti

The Birmingham Stage Company abandoned its plans to stage Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's play Bezhti, following the receipt of death threats to her.


Heavy rains caused flooding across parts  of eastern Australia on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of  hundreds of people as rural towns throughout the area were put  on flood alert.


The UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it was still talking with Brazil about inspecting its uranium enrichment plant despite Brazil's assertion an inspection deal had been finalized.


8 oil pipelines sabotaged in southern Iraq: TV

Eight oil pipelines feeding two oilfields in southern Iraq have been sabotaged in a bomb attack, Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Thursday.