Court prosecutor to name Darfur suspects

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor on Tuesday will name suspects accused of crimes against humanity in Darfur, the first time the court has unveiled details of its investigation.


Fisheries in many countries affected by the Asian tsunami have been decimated, says the United Nations.


Iraq Parliament Purges Hussein Vestiges on Flag

Iraqi lawmakers adopted a modified version of the national flag Tuesday, removing three stars that symbolized Baathist ideals and Saddam Husseinâs handwritten calligraphy.


The floating spa specialist coasts into an important contract renewal.


Nuerburgring, 15:37 - F1, INCIDENTE A HAMILTON; DENNIS: STA BENE, FORSE CORRE

Ron Dennis, il numero uno della McLaren, ha rassicurato sulle condizioni di Lewis Hamilton il suo pi...


Aerospace firm EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides.


Koizumi Surveys Japan's Earthquake Damage

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation's


Struggling Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors secures a 56bn yen loan as it continues efforts to turn itself around.


Once word got out that the Allen Iverson-Chris Webber pairing was nearing an end, other stars let it be known they wanted to be part of the next 1-2 punch.


Petrino Withdraws From LSU Consideration

Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino withdrew from consideration for the job at LSU on Saturday.


China is set on curbing fossil fuels: climate chief

China's top climate official said on Tuesday that Beijing is determined to curb the use of fossil fuels behind global warming, but deflected questions of whether the big emitter will accept caps on greenhouse gases.


''La situazione dei conti pubblici emersa a metÃ  anno Ã¨ grave. Ogni intervento di riduzione del prelievo non fondato sul rallentamento dell' espansione delle erogazioni non Ã¨ sostenibile''. Lâaudizione


President Hugo Chavez said his foreign minister was detained by U.S. authorities at a New York airport Saturday for more than hour as he tried to return to the South American country.


The final episode of Satya Paul's Think Pink charity fashion show will eventuate at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on Monday evening.


Karzaiâs victory shows Afghan ethnic divide

Hamid Karzai is about to win in Afghanistan's first direct presidential election, but the returns show that dangerous ethnic divides could become a major problem if he wins.


National Poll: Clinton 38% Obama 27% Edwards 16%

Rasmussen Reports - New York Senator Hillary Clinton 38%. Illinois Senator Barack Obama 27%. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards 16%. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll shows little change in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. A week ago, it was Clinton 37%, Obama 25% and Edwards 11%.


Roma, 17:13 - CALCIO, ANDREOTTI: SCANDALI? PROBLEMA QUASI IRRESOLUBILE

Giulio Andreotti interviene su calciopoli: ''E' un problema quasi irresolubile - ha spiegato il sena...


Sports People: Sportswoman of year is ex-Cat Sorenstam

NEW YORK - The accolades, like her putts, just keep rolling in for ex-Arizona Wildcat Annika Sorenstam. Sorenstam, a six-time winner on the LPGA Tour this season, was named sportswoman of the year by the Women's


EUROPEAN TOUR GOLF LATEST BETTING ODDS UPDATE

Retief Goosen showed great class to take the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday, when a closing 69 gave him victory by six clear shots.


Two women, both architects, choose different paths as they confront the daily violence in Baghdad.


Putin pledges effective response to U.S. anti-missile plan

President Vladimir Putin criticized Washington's plans for an anti-missile system in Central Europe and said on Thursday Russia would come up with a "highly effective" response.


Low levels of man-made chemicals in basic foods could combine to harm humans, a conservation charity warns.


OPEC to monitor impact of US election on oil prices

JAKARTA: OPEC president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Thursday the cartel would monitor any impact from the re-election of US President George W. Bush on oil prices.


Chris Hartjes's Blog: CakePHP Pagination With A HABTM Relationship

Chris Hartjes has posted a mini-tutorial on working with HABTM (Has And Belongs To Many) relationships in a CakePHP applications alongside pagination.   There are usually lots of Has And Belongs To Many relationship questions on the CakePHP mailing list. Since I am stupid about this stuff, I sought out Nate Abele and bugged him via IM until he agreed to give me an example of how to do this.   He includes both the how and the why, explaining that merging the parameters allows the script to apply the HABTM connections as well as limiting the results for each page.


Cheney role as power broker in spotlight again

Vice President Dick Cheney was back this week in a place he intensely dislikes: the spotlight.


Iraqi Aid Director Makes Emotional Plea To British PM

Margaret, Hassan, the director of Care International in Iraq, pleads with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on a videotaped released Thursday to pull British troops out of Iraq to spare her life.


L'iniziativa e' della Regione Toscana insieme ai sindacati (ANSA) - FIRENZE, 5 NOV - E' nata in Toscana la prima rete di assistenza ai lavoratori atipici come i consulenti, collaboratori, parasubordinati, ex co.co.co.L'iniziativa e' stata realizzata dalla


London exchange rejects bid by Deutsche BÃ¶rse

FRANKFURT It's been a hopping holiday season for Werner G. Seifert, chief executive of the German stock exchange company Deutsche BÃ¶rse.


Republican Convention Dogged by Relentless Protests

Five thousand people protesting high job losses formed a 3 mile unemployment line in Manhattan on Wednesday and AIDS activists disrupted a Republican meeting on the third day of the party's convention to nominate the president to a second term in office.


Retail prices for the greater New York area climbed 0.7% higher in October, with higher costs for housing, transportation, food and apparel offsetting a seasonal decline in electricity prices, according to the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor


Piazza wants Mets to declare his position

Mike Piazza wants the New York Mets to get him out of a situation that's been difficult to deal with. For much of this season, he didn't know whether he'd be at catcher or first


Invasor, regarded as the world's best racehorse, was retired to stud on Saturday after breaking a small bone in his hind leg.


US Army Teaches that All Muslims are Terrorists

A US soldier has refused to fight in the US army and has asked for political asylum from Canada claiming that "all Arabs and Muslims were shown as potential terrorists" during military training.


Iraq's top Shiite cleric called Saturday for Muslim unity and an end to sectarian conflict, his first public statement in months on the worsening security crisis.


Reporter facing jail is reluctant on sources

NEW YORK A New York Times reporter said Friday that she was deeply reluctant to divulge a confidential source to prosecutors investigating the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identify, even if the source permitted her to do so.


5 Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clash

Palestinian witnesses say at least five Palestinians were killed during a gubattle with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday.


Parigi, 10:26 - CALCIO, STAMPA FRANCESE: COME I CAMPIONI

Stampa francese ovviamente soddisfatta per il successo della Francia sull'Italia: ''Come i campioni'...


Home loan demand rises as interest rates tumble

Mortgage applications rose for a  second straight week, fueled by demand for home loans as  interest rates sank to their lowest since May, an industry  group's figures showed Wednesday.


UNITED NATIONS (BBC) -- The leader of the UN team organizing Iraq's elections has criticized the US defense secretary for suggesting only a limited vote might take place.


State blasts Tufts plan for obesity treatment

The Department of Public Health sharply criticized Tufts Health Plan's new rules for treating morbidly obese patients, saying they may make it more difficult for patients to have potentially lifesaving surgery.


Typhoon Forces Evacuation in Philippines

A man salvages a bucket from inside his submerged house near a riverbank in Pulilan town, Bulacan province, north of Manila on Thursday Dec. 2, 2004.


French President Jacques Chirac, left, shakes hands with Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso before a dinner, Wednesday Feb.Comment


Sharon Says Gaza Settlers to Leave Homes

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer, and he ordered a troop withdrawal from a refugee camp — signaling that a bloody two-week offensive in northern Gaza could be easing.


Baghdad Bombings Kill 35 Children; New Hostages Seized

_ Three bombs exploded at a neighborhood celebration Thursday in western Baghdad, killing 35 children and seven adults, officials said.


Crude oil prices inch up slightly as investors cast eye on US ...

SINGAPORE: Crude oil futures edged up slightly in Asian trade Tuesday after dropping by almost three dollars overnight amid reports of mild US winter conditions, dealers said.


Preps pair of Octals Entire computing platforms have come and gone* in the time that it has taken AMD to shove the four-core version of Opteron known as Barcelona into end customers' hands.â¦


[TS] Sports of The Times: Roddick Playing Like Connors, and Acting Like Him, Too

As the genuine Andy Roddick has morphed into a star of manufactured prickliness, it is worth wondering what Jimmy Connors is feeding his protÃ©gÃ©.


NBA Game Summary - New York At San Antonio

San Antonio, TX -- Tim Duncan scored 17 points and hauled down 10 rebounds, while Tony Parker added 18 points as San Antonio routed New York, 99-81, at the SBC Center.


The euro sets yet another record high against the dollar, following last week's cut in US interest rates.


US retail sales dipped in August and the most comprehensive gauge of the US international trade gap widened to a record in the second quarter, government reports released on Tuesday showed.


Escaped tiger kills man at San Francisco zoo

A tiger killed a man at San Francisco Zoo and badly injured two teenage brothers on Tuesday, a year after an employee was mauled by a tiger at the park, according to local news reports.


Spurs Edge Clippers 80-79 in Final Seconds

Tony Parker scored 25 points, including a game-winning driving layup in the final seconds, to lead San Antonio to an 80-79 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.


India send for help after South African drubbing

India's cricket authorities asked chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to fly to South Africa following the team's crushing defeat in the second one-day international in Durban.


Rangers striker Nacho Novo admits he should have been celebrating a hat-trick after the Bank of Scotland Premier League win over Motherwell.


Under pressure, US media group cancels broadcast of anti-Kerry film

Facing public outcry and strong investor pressure, a US media conglomerate has backed down from its plan to air what was billed as a lengthy expose of John Kerry's role in the Vietnam War -- less than two weeks before the November 2 vote.


Six Palestinians killed in Gaza air strikes

Israel has killed six Palestinians in air strikes during a raid on a militant stronghold in southern Gaza. Witnesses said pilotless aircraft fired five missiles at Palestinian targets in the


Israel fights Fatah militants in West Bank city

NABLUS, West Bank  - An Israeli raid into a West Bank city dominated by Fatah gunmen drew accusations from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that Israel was trying to undermine his new government shorn of Hamas Islamists.


Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 34 Children Receiving Sweets

Insurgents detonated three car bombs  near a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad Thursday, killing 41  people, 34 of them children who were rushing to collect sweets  from American troops.


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Bush Taps Gonzales for Attorney General Post

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday tapped the White House general counsel for the post of attorney general, US broadcaster CNN reported.


A PENSIONER was forced to spend Christmas in hospital because his fire-damaged flat has still not been repaired.


Sull'accordo firmato da Fiom, Film e Uilm con Federmeccanica


Flowery Branch, GA (Sports Network) - Atlanta Falcons rookie cornerback DeAngelo Hall is expected to miss the next 6-to-10 weeks with a partially fractured hip.


Wall Street extended its rebound to a third session Friday, ending with a moderate advance after personal consumption data bolstered the outlook for the economy and interest rates. The major indexes finished the week with solid gains.


Electronic Data Systems, the information technology services company founded by former presidential candidate H. Ross Perot, may cut up to 20,000 jobs over the next two years.


A competition has already been held to find a name for the first foal from the champion New Zealand racemare Sunline. The filly foal, by outstanding Irish galloper Rock Of Gibraltar, was born


Isis Drug Fails to Work in Crohn's Disease

Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Thursday a trial of its experimental drug for Crohn's disease did not work in a late stage clinical trial.


Blog: TV ratings company expanding to monitor cell phone


Turkey's ruling party and a key opposition party agree to work to  lift a ban on headscarves in universities.


Group says heart and stroke deaths fall in U.S.

Death rates from heart disease and stroke are falling in the United States but heart and artery disease remains the leading cause of death, the American Heart Association said on Monday.


State won't recoup all lost jobs till '08

WESTBOROUGH -- Massachusetts faces several years of lackluster job growth unless innovations spur the state's listless economy, according to an economic forecast.


Judge orders made-for-TV band to change name

A federal judge has barred a new  made-for-TV rock band that includes Motley Crue drummer Tommy  Lee from calling itself Supernova because that name already has  been claimed by a lesser-known band.


U.S. faces competitive disadvantage from lack of women in tech jobs

A lack of women in academic computer science positions as well as barriers to corporate advancement is creating a talent vacuum in the U.S., according to speakers at a conference on emerging technology taking place this week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Despite $1.2 billion third quarter loss, Countrywide Financial Corp. shares soared and officials say the company expects to return to profitability


Intervento del presidente del consiglio al seminario dei parlamentari dell'Ulivo"La manovra economica deve anche cambiare la societÃ , va scritta insieme"                                                  Prodi: "No ai diktat dell'opposizione nella finanziaria cambiamenti forti"                                                                                Dal premier anche un pungolo per la nascita del partito democratico"Dobbiamo farlo subito e conquistare almeno un terzo dell'elettorato"


South Korea have appealed to sport's supreme legal body in an attempt to award Yang Tae-young the Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal after a scoring error robbed him of the title in Athens.


No flowers, please (Almost) Forgotten Tech Toshiba's decision to end its production of HD DVD players and recorders effectively marks the death of the optical disc format once touted as the natural successor to the phenomenally popular DVD.â¦


Cambodia's farmers divine their season's prospects by observing the eating habits of two bovine shamans at a royal banquet. This year, the sacred cows had bad moos


Sullo Shuttle anche l'italiano Paolo Nespoli


Server operators sued in bid to stymie online file-sharing

Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday sued scores of operators of computer servers that help relay digital movie files across online file-sharing networks.


Miner Rio Tinto's annual net profit falls to 7.3 billion US

The world's third-largest miner Rio Tinto said Wednesday its full-year net profit fell almost two percent in 2007 to 7.312 billion US dollars as it again rejected a takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton.


Decision due on new Lockerbie bomber appeal

A review body was to rule Thursday whether a Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of a US airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie should have a second appeal, amid reports it would be allowed.


A new Japanese robot twists and rolls to iPod tunes in an intricate dance based on complex mathematics, a technology developers said will one day enable robots to move about spontaneously instead of following preprogrammed motions.


Microsoft offers to replace damaged "Halo 3" discs

Microsoft Corp  is offering to  replace damaged discs of its just-launched "Halo 3" game for  the Xbox amid reports that special limited-edition packaging is  scratching them.


Zurigo, 11:51 - CALCIO, CLASSIFICA FIFA; ARGENTINA SQUADRA 2007, ITALIA 3/A

L'Argentina ha chiuso il 2007 al primo posto della classifica Fifa ed è la squadra dell'anno....


U.S. Soldier Gets Three Years for Murder of Iraqi

A U.S. soldier was sentenced to three  years in prison for murdering a severely wounded Iraqi teenager  earlier this year, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


Yahoo and Adobe Systems have entered an alliance aimed at boosting Yahoo's internet search tool while possibly turning more net content into PDF (Portable Document Format) documents, to the advantage of Adobe's PDF Reader product.


Latvia govt extends polls lead, set for re-election

Latvia's minority center-right coalition government extended its lead in the opinion polls on Friday, enhancing its chances of a return to power in Saturday's general election.


Evangelist Billy Graham, 85 years old and recovering from surgery, is planning what is likely his final crusade in New York City, his representatives said Thursday.


LAHORE, Pakistan - Police arrested six suspected Islamic militants in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday, hoping they could provide clues about a Libyan al-Qaida operative who is among the most-wanted men in Pakistan.


ROMA - Una maggioranza spaccata in due, come una mela. Di qua Berlusconi, deciso, assolutamente deciso, a realizzare al piÃ¹ presto la sua riforma fiscale, "perchÃ© per me portare il terzo scaglione sotto


Wrongheaded Relief 'Worsens Lot of Disaster Victims'

Wrongheaded relief work is worsening the lot of disaster victims worldwide, the international Red Cross said in its annual report today.


Military officials said that about 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan Â a move that will boost combat troop levels in time for an expected Taliban offensive this spring.


IBM expands virtual resources for business partners

DECEMBER 07, 2004  - IBM yesterday announced virtual resources to help business partners more quickly build and deploy on-demand business applications tailored to customer requirements across all vertical industries.


McCain defiant as Iraq fires early 2008 US vote talk

As Americans wonder when the troops will come home from Iraq, Republican White House hopeful John McCain is laying his first big bet of the 2008 campaign: demanding more soldiers for the war.


World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Alliance in China Is Endorsed

The board of DaimlerChrysler said it had approved an alliance of its Chrysler Group unit and the Chery Automobile Company of China aimed at the market for smaller cars. Under the deal, which would not include an equity investment, Chery would build vehicles under Chryslerâs brand names for sale in the United States and Europe, DaimlerChrysler said. Chrysler reached its deal with Chery at the end of December.


The first of Northern Ireland Railway's new fleet of trains has made its first journey from Portadown to Bangor.


CJ Leak left spring practice as Tennessee's No. 1 quarterback, and a showdown with younger brother Chris appeared to be in the making when the Volunteers played Florida.


A Pilgrim's Progress: Using Film to Aid the Poor

A former soap opera producer now makes documentaries about the crushing reality of the world's poor.


Japan leadership race starts after PM quits

Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.


Genova, 17:20 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAZZARRI: CASSANO HA MOLTA RUGGINE ADDOSSO

A 48 ore dall'esordio in campionato sulla panchina della Sampdoria a Siena, Walter Mazzarri, tecnico...


New York - About 800 foreigners have taken refuge at the UN mission in Abidjan, under guard of UN peacekeepers as "unruly mobs" roam the streets, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.


Another test for favorites as Tour reaches its summit

VAL D'ISERE, France  - The favorites will be expected to test each other during the 159.5-km ninth stage of the Tour de France from Val d'Isere to Briancon on Tuesday.


Coalition Forces Start New Iraq Offensive

Some 5,000 U.S. Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces launched a new offensive Tuesday aimed at clearing a swath of insurgent hotbeds across a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.


How is it possible that Brett Favre has never played in Washington, not at RFK, not at FedEx Field, not in the preseason, not the regular season, not the playoffs?


BEA says company for sale at about $8.2 bln

BEA Systems Inc  said on  Thursday it is prepared to sell itself for $8.2 billion, which  is a 24 percent premium to a bid from Oracle Corp  that  the business software maker rejected.


At least 10 killed, 51 injured in Moscow suicide blast

At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station, officials said, in an attack claimed by the same group that said it had downed two planes last week.


Financial-services giant Citigroup Inc. will pay $250,000 to settle allegations it used misleading sales material on hedge funds, the National Association of Securities Dealers announced Monday.


Yahoo said Monday that the board of directors, in consultation with financial and legal advisors, has concluded that Microsoft's US$44.6 billion [b] bid for the company is not in its best interests.


Powell: Annan Accountable for Oil-For-Food Program

The Bush administration, which earlier backed Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, on Tuesday demanded he be held accountable for mismanagement in the program.


Madonna recalled her struggle to break into show business on Wednesday as she presented her first effort as a movie director: "Filth and Wisdom," which made its debut at the Berlin film festival.


By H. JOSEF HEBERT    WASHINGTON  -- For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday...


COLOMBO: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will leave for the Maldives today in the second walk of his Saarc countries visit. Soon after his arrival on a two-day visit, the prime minister called on Sri Lankan President


Popular baldness drug could mask prostate marker

A popular baldness drug taken by more than 4 million men worldwide can mask an important marker used in screening tests to detect prostate cancer, scientists said on Monday.


Thick of It actor in court on sex charges

The Thick of It actor Chris Langham goes on trial in Maidstone today charged with a number of sex offences. By Jason Deans and agencies.


Afghan opium crop soars to "frightening levels": U.N.

Opium production has soared to "frightening record levels" in Afghanistan, which now has more land producing drugs than Colombia, Bolivia and Peru combined, the United Nations said on Monday.


China detains three after deadly restaurant blaze

Chinese police have detained three  restaurant workers for their role in a kitchen fire that killed  11 people and injured 16, state media reported on Monday.


PITTSBURGH -- Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, unbeaten the last three weeks, has a badly sprained ankle that will keep him out of the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup for up to two months.


The Israeli authorities have charged four antique collectors with running a forgery ring that created a string of fraudulent biblical artefacts.


BBC radio station censors Pogues Christmas hit

British public broadcaster BBC's Radio 1  program has cut out the word "faggot" from an old Christmas hit  in a move the mother of the song's late performer branded  "ridiculous."


EC provides emergency aid to South Asian tsunami victims

The European Commission (EC) has decided to provide a total of 3 million euros (3.9 million US dollars) for the victims of tidal waves in South Asia, an EC pressrelease reported on Sunday.


Devils 3, Rangers 2: Rangers Take It to a Shootout, but Brodeur and the Devils Prevail

The Devils outdid the Rangers when Brian Gionta scored on the first shot and Martin Brodeur stopped the Ranger shooters.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet yesterday, firing the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.


Police tightened security Sunday as senior officials from Pacific Rim nations began meetings to prepare for a summit of regional leaders that will tackle trade and global warming.


Shares of Apple hit the $200 mark for the first time, as investor confidence in the company continued rising near the end of what has been a strong year for the iPod and computer maker.


Lo afferma il segretario della Cisal, Francesco Cavallaro


Red Wine May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

NEW YORK  - The results of a new study add  to accumulating evidence that consumption of red wine may  reduce the risk of prostate cancer in middle-aged men.


The tsunami brings fears that some Maldives islands may be evacuated for good, reports the BBC's Barnaby Phillips.


Red wine slows Alzheimer's-like disease in mice

NEW YORK  - Giving mice with   Alzheimer's-like disease the equivalent of a couple of glasses   of red wine daily slows memory loss and brain cell death, a new   study shows.


Panic in storm-hit Haiti erupts amid mounting death toll

With the death toll in Haiti by Tropical Storm Jeanne rising to more than 1,000 on Thursday, panic erupted in some disaster areas for fear of being unable to get food and water supplies, news from Haiti said.


Trojan flea market thrives online Most people will be looking forward to receiving digital cameras, games and the like - as well as the inevitable pair of socks - this Christmas. But cybercrooks can take the opportunity to splash out, angling for things such as credit card numbers and their corresponding PINs, the trade in which is booming online.â¦


Footballers harvest babies for stem cell 'repair kits'

But what do the WAGs think? Premiership footballers have apparently swapped their copies of The Beano for Nature and jumped on the stem cell bandwagon.â¦


Frank Capra Jr., Movie and TV Producer, Dies at 73

Mr. Capra Jr., the son of the noted Hollywood director Frank Capra, never wanted to go into his fatherâs business but found in the end he could not resist its pull.


Lynn Anderson, who won a Grammy for "Rose Garden" in 1970, is accused of shoplifting a Harry Potter DVD from a supermarket and then punching a police officer as she was being put into a patrol car.


Chadian rebels said Monday they had voluntarily withdrawn from Chad's capital overnight, but it was unclear if they succumbed to the helicopter gunships and tanks deployed by government forces.


A strike among baggage handlers at Gatwick Airport starts after hopes of a deal collapse.


Litvinenko widow pleased documentary to be shown

CANNES, France  - The widow of slain Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko said it was important for a film on her husband's murder to be shown at the Cannes film festival but would not say if she expected justice.


Japan leadership race starts after PM quits

Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.


The Pyramat Wireless Gaming Chair is made to rock for gamers with its luminous, dual 8-watt speakers built-in on either side of the headrest, paired with a 4-inch throbbing subwoofer hidden on the underside of the oh-so-soft seat cushion.


Ticket Scalpers Not Doing Good Business in Athens

The perennial Olympics pariah, commonly known as the ticket scalper, is having a hard time in Athens. Scalpers normally buy hard-to-get tickets, with hopes of selling them later at highly inflated prices.


A Florida appeals court suspended on Monday a lower court ruling that would have allowed the burial of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in the Bahamas, as the battle over her baby shifted to the Bahamian capital.


New strain of Skulls Trojan hits smart phones

Mobile phones running Symbian's Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program. The new Trojan comes with the Cabir.B worm, which, unlike the first version of the virus, can spread to other phones within reach of Bluetooth broadcasting range.


Social networking site Plaxo for sale: report

Plaxo, an early social networking site  that has been overtaken by Linked In and Facebook, is up for  sale, The New York Times reported on Thursday in its online  edition.


Blood test helps predict success of breast cancer treatments

A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported yesterday.


Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops from Iraq by the end of the year if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to announce Wednesday.Comment


Scientists: Biological Weapons Pose Major Threat

Biological weapons that can wipe out whole populations pose one of the biggest threats to the world today yet remain almost completely uncontrolled, the British Medical Association said Monday.


Alcoa Inc. and Aluminum Corp. of China jointly acquired 12 percent of the shares of global mining company Rio Tinto PLC in a deal believed to be worth $14.05 billion, the companies said Friday.


Controversial Kidney Transplant Operation Under Way

DENVER -- A Colorado man underwent a kidney transplant Wednesday in what is believed to be the first such operation involving an organ obtained through a for-profit Web site -- a transaction that has raised legal and ethical questions.


The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for seven women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotions.


Specter controversy could give Kyl control of committee

The controversy over US Sen. Arlen Specter's comments regarding anti-abortion federal judges could result in Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl getting one of the most important posts on Capitol Hill.


Report: Firefighters Arrive Later to Scene

Firefighters from departments across the country are arriving to fires later each year, and barely over a third of calls nationwide meet national standards for response time, according to an analysis by The Boston Globe.


The Fantasy World of a Mysterious Artist

Jessica Yu's excellent documentary explores the life and work of Henry Darger, one of the world's best-known outside artists.


Four militants and two policemen die in a clash near Gudermes in Russia's volatile southern republic of Chechnya.


AFRICA/KENYA - Importante riconoscimento dellÂUNESCO per lÂunica radio cattolica del Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- ÂÃ un grande onore per noi e un riconoscimento dellÂimpegno della nostra emittente per rompere il silenzio sullÂAIDSÂ. CosÃ¬ p.Martin Wanyoike, vicedirettore di radio Waumini, commenta allÂAgenzia cattolica CISA, lÂimportante ...


Â·   Killing wild animals 'can limit spread of cattle TB' Â·  Comments contradict independent report


The Pope excommunicates a Zambian archbishop for trying to install four married men as bishops.


BREAST and prostate cancer are the types of the disease that sweep most widely across extended families, research has shown. The two tumours head the first âleague


British mother wrongly jailed for murdering babies is denied compensation

LONDON  - A mother wrongly jailed for murdering two of her children said Tuesday that the British government has refused to pay her compensation.


A 28-year-old man is arrested following the death of a four month-old baby girl in Glasgow.


'Gli offerenti esprimono sempre piu' scetticismo'


Ruling allows Florida to reject incomplete voter registrations

Florida election officials will not be required to process incomplete voter registration forms for the presidential election, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.


Piazza Homers in Return; Benson Will Miss Start

Mike Piazza's return was overshadowed by the news that Kris Benson would miss at least his next start with a strained right shoulder.


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Agassi Advances to SAP Open Quarterfinals

When Andre Agassi started running Kenneth Carlsen from corner to corner, deep and short, he quickly took control.


President Bush signed into law yesterday the largest overhaul of US intelligence-gathering in 50 years in an effort to transform a system created for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with post-Sept.


Portugal PM sends abortion debate to parliament

Portugal's ruling Socialists will use their majority in parliament to legalize abortion after Sunday's referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.Comment


Yahoo, Adobe announce strategic partnership, launch joint toolbar

Adobe Systems and internet company Yahoo today announced a strategic relationship aimed at providing consumer services to internet users.


Ben S. Bernanke said he expected âmoderateâ growth, but that problems in the housing market had tempered the forecast.


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Microsoft launches a scathing attack on Google, saying that its rival's book-scanning service "violates copyright".


Troubled bank Northern Rock will be taken into public ownership, the BBC's business editor reports.


A commuter plane carrying 15 people on a flight from St. Louis to Kirksville, Mo., crashed, killing at least eight people aboard, officials said.


"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin will be celebrated at a public memorial service at his family's wildlife park next week.


Steamy e-mails from astronaut case released

ORLANDO, Florida  - Astronaut Lisa Nowak carried copies of steamy e-mails that her NASA lover had written to his new girlfriend the night she raced cross-country in a diaper to confront her rival, according to documents released on Tuesday.


Britain facing 15-year fight against extremism: security chief

Britain faces a 15-year battle against Islamist extremism, a former Royal Navy chief turned security minister said Sunday, as police got more time to question five suspects over three failed car bombings.


The U.S. Justice Department has agreed  to defer prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc.  CA.N in its long-running investigation of accounting fraud at  the software maker, several publications reported on Wednesday,  citing unnamed sources.


Should an ambassador speak out over human rights even if this upsets his or her own government? The question has been posed by the dismissal from his post as British ambassador to Uzbekistan


Audiences hold out for a 'Hero' -- $8.8 mil boxoffice

By staff report. Miramax Film's epic Chinese martial arts period piece "Hero" retained its crown as North America's top-grossing motion picture over a slow four-day holiday weekend with domestic boxoffice receipts of about $8.


Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said yesterday that Sunni Arabs should be given a meaningful role in forming a new government, despite their large-scale boycott of Sunday's election.


Iraqi authorities say at least six people were killed and more than 50 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in a commercial district in western Baghdad Wednesday.


A former U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was sentenced to prison for extorting sexual favors from a female classmate was not a victim of racial discrimination, a federal review concluded.


Milano, 14:59 - CALCIO, LEGA: GHIRARDI ELETTO CONSIGLIERE

Il presidente del Parma, Tommaso Ghirardi, è il sesto consigliere di serie A eletto nell'asse...


DOHA, 27 DICEMBRE 2004 - Â«Chi partecipa alle elezioni che si terranno in Iraq Ã¨ un miscredenteÂ». Lo ha annunciato il terrorista numero uno di Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, nel suo ultimo messaggio audio diffuso questa sera dalla Tv araba Al-Jazeera.


The next evolution of offshore outsourcing

New venture in India raises questions about the evolution of offshore outsourcing.


It has finally come to pass: iPod users waiting for their decaf cappuccinos at the local Starbucks will be able to wirelessly download that latest Norah Jones song while standing in line.


An All-but-Unknown Company Wins a Rich Russian Oil Stake

The mystery surrounding Yukos's successful bidder, Baikal Finans Group, immediately raised suspicion among industry analysts.


Gates pitches computer science, biology studies

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - "You can't go wrong in computer science," Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told University of California, Berkeley students on Friday. Some students, however, were unhappy with the way Gates responded to questions about increasing competition for jobs from China and India.ADVERTISEMENTSBC Case Study: Crate & BarrelWhat sold them on improving their network? A system that could cut management costs from the get-go. Find out more.


A state trooper accused of letting a drug charge slide in exchange for oral sex from a porn star has been fired, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Thursday.


Behind That Merry Sweater: Some Holly, Jolly R & D

Letâs not forget the true meaning of Christmas. And, while weâre at it, the true meaning of Christmas sweaters.


Alistair Darling defends his handling of the Northern Rock crisis, after an MPs report criticises his actions.


The San Francisco Opera on Tuesday announced its own plan to transmit operas to movie theaters using a system it says is superior to that of the Metropolitan Opera.


Not just another channel for broadcasters Traditional broadcasters need to understand that mobile TV is not just another channel but must be used differently if they are to get to grips with the new market.â¦


MAXINE McKEW: The ink's barely dry on Australia's free trade agreement with the United States - and now there's talk of a similar deal to cover the entire Asia Pacific.


Scientists Report Severe Retreat of Arctic Ice

The cap of floating sea ice on the Arctic Ocean this year shrank more than one million square miles below the average minimum area reached in recent decades.


Salesforce.com adds customer support product

Hoping to find the same success in the contact center as it found with the sales force, Salesforce.com today added Supportforce.com to its application arsenal.


Swiss drugs group Roche reports a 34% jump in annual profits, boosted by sales of its flu vaccine Tamiflu.


Crude oil climbed more than $1 in New York on the re-election of President George W. Bush, who has been filling the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


Extra airport security costs BAA 13.0 million pounds

The airports operator BAA has said that increased security measures after an alleged terror plot last month had cost it 13.0 million pounds.


Chelsea's ten-men triumph thanks to Drogba

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's superb strike secured a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, but the success was marred by the dismissal of Michael Ballack.


Cubans voted for 614 candidates running unopposed in Sunday's parliamentary poll.


Russia delivers first nuclear fuel to Iran

Russia has delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr atomic power station, a step Western powers worried by Tehran's nuclear ambitions had urged Moscow not to take.


Abby Wambach scores twice in 2-0 victory over Mexico in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal Wednesday to earn a berth in the 2007 World Cup.


ASPEN, Colo. - "Dances with Wolves" star Kevin Costner has wed his girlfriend of five years, Christine Baumgartner, at his Colorado mountain ranch...


Cash, credit or text? Cell phone payments are coming to the U.S. as companies like Colorado-based Feed Tribes launch new services.


New peace hope for Indonesia's Aceh but tensions overshadow tsunami aid

Prospects for peace in Indonesia's war-torn and tsunami-hit Aceh province were lifted by an offer of talks from separatist rebels, but tensions continued to overshadow efforts to aid disaster victims.


TV Review | 'The Murder of Princess Diana': Murder Spun From a Famous Accident

Lifetimeâs two-hour movie is an uneasy combination of crime thriller, romantic melodrama and snuff film that doesnât ask us to suspend our disbelief so much as overcome our gag reflex.


Pit bull owners rally in Toronto against proposed ban; call it wrong solution

TORONTO (CP) - The much-maligned pit bull was celebrated by animal lovers in front of the legislature in Toronto on Saturday, in reaction to a call by Ontario's attorney general to ban the breed.


In an Aug. 29 story about the campaign between Sen. Joe Lieberman and challenger Ned Lamont, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a Quinnipiac University poll that showed Lieberman with a 12-point lead. The poll was released Aug. 17, not last week.


PARK CITY, Utah  - With buyers exercising caution at Sundance, a documentary about the trials of being a teenager offered the most suspenseful dealmaking plotline.


Halle Berry might be taking insulin shots daily to keep her diabetes in check, but she doesn't treat the disease as a curse but a blessing in disguise.


Free Web Browser May Give You More Than You Asked For

Security firm Panda Software says that Browsezilla secretly visits pornographic Web sites if you use the browser.


âLipstick Jungleâ is centered on three rich, fashionable career women in Manhattan juggling high-octane jobs and perfidious men in the mid to late afternoon of their lives.


Peter Rost made a lot of money for his employers in the pharmaceutical industry. Now he has turned against them.


Film critic Roger Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, says he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery that has kept him hospitalized for two months.


A Tale of Two Iraqs: Sorting the Contrasts

Confusing enough on its face, the situation in Iraq and the policies surrounding it may have been bent beyond recognition in the crossfire of accusations in the presidential campaign.


Here's the next shoe to drop as a result of the bursting of the credit bubble: commercial real estate.


N.Y. Times Deceived by Student's Letters

A group of high school students in a summer program at Duke University managed to get several letters published in The New York Times — some under false pretenses — at the urging of a professor, an editor for the newspaper said.


Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down edition of Windows comes in for strong criticism.


Ukraine Seen as Central Issue at OSCE Sofia Meeting

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, who holds the rotating chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, said Ukraine would be a central topic for an OSCE foreign ministerial meeting ...


Wentworth England - Ernie Els won the World Match Play championship for a record sixth time when he beat Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in Sunday's 36-hole final.


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Texas executed a convicted killer by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1998 murder of a woman whose body he sexually molested after he strangled her to death.


Najaf bombed, Al-Sistani calls for march

As US AC-130s continued their sixth day of bombing runs on al-Mahdi Army positions in Najaf, Grand Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani has issued a call for Iraqis to march to the city to "save it from destruction".


Police arrest 12 from Italy-Canada mafia

Police broke up an Italian-Canadian mafia clan that ran drug trafficking and money laundering operations, arresting 12 people on Tuesday and seizing millions of dollars in assets, officials said.


Quantum touts high end de-duplication box

Virtual tape, remote replication and de-dupe, all in one Quantum has announced a high-end de-duplication appliance, called DXi7500. The new box is aimed at large enterprises, and as well as de-dupe, it can also be used as a virtual tape library (VTL) with a path to real tape, as disk-based backup and even as straight replicated disk storage.â¦


Senate Panel to Question Bush's CIA Pick

Rep. Porter Goss, who until recently led the House of Representatives' oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, will be on the opposite side of the questioning on Tuesday as Senate colleagues judge his suitability to head the CIA.


Il manager inquisito nell'ambito dell'inchiesta sui terminal nello scalo ligurePerquisizioni negli uffici dell'AutoritÃ  portuale. Il mandato scadeva domani                                          Genova, il presidente del porto agli arresti domiciliari


PHILADELPHIA - It was vintage Bill Clinton, a lip-biting, thumb-wagging, center-of-attention performance. Seven weeks after quadruple-bypass heart surgery, looking pale and unusually thin, the former president


Tony Blair angrily dismisses reports he told Gordon Brown he would quit before the next general election.


Though Microsoft Corp.'s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses, and spyware, it can't do much about what's already on computers -- and that could pose a problem.


Series of Fla. Hurricanes Delay Funerals

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The four-in-a-row hurricanes that have disrupted lives across Florida have also delayed life's final journey for many...


CVS likely to raise Caremark bid again: sources

CVS Corp.  is likely to  raise its $23.4 billion offer for Caremark Rx Inc. CMX.N>, but  rival suitor Express Scripts Inc.  may still have more  money to throw into the bidding war, sources familiar with the  situation said on Thursday.


ISLAMABAD: A military court has convicted two soldiers, sentencing one to death and the other to life imprisonment, for involvement in an assassination attempt last year against Pakistan's President Gen Pervez Musharraf, the army spokesman said yesterday.


These five things need to happen for Houston to rally past St. ...

With Houston trailing St. Louis 2-0 in the NLCS, a World Series berth by the Astros looks less likely than Mets lefty Al Leiter being on the field instead of the FOX booth next October.


IMF remake under spotlight as finance chiefs meet

A politically contentious plan to   revamp the 61-year-old International Monetary Fund and give   rising economic powers more say will be hotly debated when   world financial leaders gather in Singapore this week and next.


After years of being taunted as "bin Laden" and "terrorist" at school, Osama Al-Najjar attempted suicide last July at the age of 15.


Firenze, 17:24 - CALCIO, SEMIOLI: FISCHI DI SIENA ANTICIPO DEL DERBY

Il laterale della Fiorentina, Franco Semioli, ha già avvertito al Franchi di Siena, durante l...


Change may have been the hot, trendy issue of the New Hampshire primary, but good old experience largely revived Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to voter interviews that help explain what happened Tuesday Â and hint at what may lie ahead.


The Greek sprinters Kostantinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou  facing sanctions after missing drugs tests  quit the Games yesterday to avoid the humiliation of being thrown out by the IOC.


Hostage Beheadings Mark New Low for Kidnapping

With carefully scripted brutality, the  videotaped beheading of hostages in Iraq is a calculated  attempt to strike fear into the heart of the United States and  its allies.


SAN DIEGO - They are the San Diego Chargers and they have no chance to win today.


Pinochet hospitalized after having a stroke

Gen. Augusto Pinochet was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Saturday, one day after an appeals court delayed a decision on whether to uphold the former dictator's indictment and house arrest on human rights charges.


U.S. man faces charges for bribery in Nigeria

A U.S. man faces federal corruption  and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million  in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a  natural-gas pipeline.


Movie Review | 'Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds': How Do You Land a Hunk? Act Straight, or Be Yourself?

A RubikÂs Cube of shifting sexual orientation and elaborate sex fantasies, ÂSloppy SecondsÂ gathers all the accouterments of soft pornography into a plot of stunning imbecility.


Milano, 15:34 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; MILAN: LUSSAZIONE AL DITO PER KALAC

Brutte notizie per il Milan e per Carlo Ancelotti in vista della sfida di Champions League di mercol...


A innescare la corsa dei prezzi i bassi livelli delle scorte e le tensioni geopoliticheIn rialzo anche i listini della benzina e del gasolio: +0,5 centesimi al litro                                          Petrolio, nuovo record storico Chiude a 90,60 dollari al barile


Britain's Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman will play Davis Cup singles and doubles in Austria.


Tout Made a Prophet on Us After Ticket Saga

By Michelle Ruane  A teenager was distraught when tickets to see her favourite band were withdrawn only hours before the concert.


WEB EXTRA: Slow Growing Repairs Do Not Outrank Trees

By Pam Firmin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 8--PASS CHRISTIAN -- If anybody assumes a contractor's house will be the first one repaired -- or rebuilt, they're likely to be wrong.


DirecTV and EchoStar face slower growth in 2007

U.S. satellite TV operators DirecTV Group Inc.  and EchoStar Communications Corp.  are expected to report steady subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, but face a slowdown this year due to increased competition from cable, analysts said.


Last Fallujah civilians urged to go as Allawi says assault is ...

The last remaining civilians in Fallujah were urged by the US military yesterday to leave the city as Iraq's interim Prime Minister suggested that an assault was imminent.


Ismail offends another legendary composer

Ismail Durbar has done it again. He has ended up insulting one more legend of the music world on Zee TV's talent hunt show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa".


Federer swaps living room for centre court at last

Champion Roger Federer will have to dust the cobwebs off his racket on Thursday before returning for the first match of his Wimbledon defense in six days.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber bearing down on police in a Baghdad neighborhood killed eight people Friday, capping a bloody day across Iraq that left at least 52 dead.


Irish vote on razor's edge as polling starts

Irish voters headed for the polls on Thursday in an election so close that Prime Minister Bertie Ahern may have to lure a major left-leaning opponent onto his side if he is to stay in power.


Oil futures fell slightly yesterday even as the market braced for a possible Arctic blast in the United States that could drive up demand for home-heating fuels.


The number of U.S. workers seeking first-time jobless benefits plunged last week, as expected, after surging the prior week during the start of the holiday season, a government report showed on Thursday.


TELEVISION has been something of a great white whale for the Microsoft Corporation. The company has tried to sell WebTV and build software for TV's and cable boxes.


BEIJING - A Chinese city has halted construction of a chemical plant after residents sent more than 1 million mobile phone text messages protesting possible pollution dangers, news reports said Thursday.  The $1.4 billion facility being built by Tenglong Aromatic PX (Xiamen) Co.


Indianapolis, 10:23 - FOOTBALL, NFL: ALL'ESORDIO FACILE SUCCESSO DI INDIANAPOLIS

Gli Indianapolis Colts hanno esordito con un convincente 41-10 sui New Orleans Saint nella nuova sta...


Stocks End Sharply Higher as Oil Prices Drop

A pull back in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's prompted new bargain-hunting on Wall Street today.


Manila: An explosion rocked a market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 52, the military said.


The six powers seeking a U.N. resolution on Iran's nuclear program are nearing agreement on a text, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday.


Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. Thursday said it agreed to pay $92 million to settle a long-running patent infringement lawsuit with Eastman Kodak Co.


Saddam Aides Refusing Food, US Military Says

Several of Saddam Hussein's jailed deputies have been refusing food but Saddam himself is not on hunger strike on the eve of the first anniversary of his capture, an officer in charge of detainees said on Sunday.


Monaco di Baviera, 15:51 - CALCIO, BAYERN: PODOLSKI RIENTRA CONTRO L'INTER

L'attaccante del Bayern Monaco, Lukas Podolski è tornato ad allenarsi dopo l'infortunio alla ...


The future of the world chess championship was in question Friday when a player did not show up for the fifth game and threatened to withdraw from the match after he was accused of cheating and locked out of his private bathroom.


Six Suspects Held in Baghdad Governor Killing

U.S. troops have arrested six suspects  in the assassination of Baghdad's provincial governor, the  highest-ranking official hit so far in attacks to sabotage  Iraq's Jan. 30 election, the military said on Wednesday.


Rice says to use Security Council to pressure Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday world powers planned to use all available channels and the UN Security Council to get Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work and start negotiations.


(November 21, 2004). Ronald âWinkyâ Wright successfully defended his 154 lb. title for the sixth time in the highly anticipated rematch with the formerly sweet âSugarâ Shane Mosley


Russia sets seal on state takeover of Yuganskneftegaz

MOSCOW  - Russia's anti-monopoly agency approved state oil company Rosneft's acquisition of the firm which won an auction for the embattled Yukos oil giant's core asset.


Spanish Bank BBVA to Buy Laredo National

BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for $850 million in cash as part of a strategy to gain a greater share of the U.S. Hispanic market.


As America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narco-traffickers with an eye on the growing European market


DaimlerChrysler has potential bidders for U.S. unit: WSJ

DaimlerChrysler AG  is advancing plans to sell or spin off Chrysler Group, its struggling U.S. unit, and has already received "several expressions of interest from around the world," the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday.


High-flying oil prices held above $54 a  barrel on Tuesday as concern lingered over the thin state of  heating oil supplies ahead of the northern winter.


Bosses at a theatre, damaged in a protest by Sikhs over a play, meet police to discuss the demonstration.


Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks.


GE, Abbott end $8 bln deal for diagnostics business

General Electric Co.  and Abbott Laboratories Inc.  said on Wednesday they terminated a proposed $8 billion deal for the sale of two Abbott diagnostics units to the conglomerate.


Lights flicker for grand French Suez-GDF energy plan

A plan to create a French Suez-GDF energy giant was in deep trouble and seemed likely to exacerbate factional strains within the government only months before a presidential election.


A number cruncher wants to use the cost of in-world oral gratification to compare virtual worlds' economies. In Game|Life.


Prince lashes out at YouTube, eBay and The Pirate Bay

Musician intends to win back control of his copyright on the Web.


The Scottish Parliament votes against the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent.


US, Iraqi forces press raids south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Thousands of US troops and Iraqi forces pursued a campaign of raids on suspected guerrilla bases in Sunni Muslim towns and villages south of Baghdad on Wednesday, the US military said.


Colin Montgomerie passed a big test Saturday, overcoming a few obnoxious fans and a pairing with Tiger Woods to post a 4-under 67 and take a two-shot lead in the Target World Challenge.


Bomb disposal disarms 'family heirloom' Royal Navy bomb disposal experts were called to a house in Paignton, Devon, after a tip-off that 68-year-old Thelma Bonnett was rather ill-advisedly using a live First World War German shell as a doorstop, the Daily Mail reports.â¦


President Bush and other senior administration officials yesterday defended their decision to invade Iraq despite errors in prewar intelligence, echoing findings in a draft report by the top


Russia erased Wayne Rooneyâs first-half goal with two from substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko and beat England in one of a slate of Euro 2008 qualifying matches being played Wednesday.


Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after an artery operation in Germany, officials say.


Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said he will step down in October for "personal reasons," leaving the Washington-based post two years before his term ends.


North Korea fully ready to end nuclear work: envoy

North Korea is fully prepared to shut down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties.


Scientists are investigating the cause of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak at two farms in Surrey.


No medal for disgraced Greek sprinter Thanou, Cherie Blair booed

Disgraced Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou finished out of the medal's when she finished sixth in the women's 60m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships here on Sunday.


Host nation rakes in most Olympic medals in more than a century

With a powerful javelin throw, Mirela Manjani broke a different sort of record Friday night: earning host nation Greece its most Olympic medals in more than a century.


Louisville Turns Adversity Into an Asset

Louisville has the longest winning streak in the Big East and just may be the team to beat in the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.


Jury Says It Is at Standstill in the Trial of Conrad Black

Judge Amy J. St. Eve sent the jury back with instructions to keep deliberating the fate of Mr. Black and his former colleagues.


Tanzania refugees seen eating endangered species

Hungry refugees in Tanzania are eating  chimpanzees and other endangered species in order to supplement  their meager diet, an international conservation group said on  Tuesday.


Iran Rejects Latest Proposal on Uranium Program

Iran rejected today a proposal by Britain, Germany and France to suspend its uranium enrichment program and urged the three countries to offer a "more balanced" proposal.


Canada's defence minister praises the bravery and quick thinking of a submarine crew during a fire in rough seas.


A study suggests more than 800 cancer cases in northern Sweden may be caused by the Chernobyl disaster.


NEW DELHI, Oct. 31. - The government today asked oil marketing companies not to hike price of petroleum products for another fortnight.


Roma, 12:32 - CALCIO, ARBITRATO CONI, INIBIZIONE LANESE SCENDE A UN ANNO

Il Collegio arbitrale del Coni ha ridotto a 12 mesi l'inibizione inflitta a Tullio Lanese dalla Cor...


Manmohan cautions troops against 'excesses'

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday commended security forces for battling terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir but advised them to exhibit their "best behaviour" while dealing with civilians.


Greggio con consegna a luglio a 69 dollari al barile


A spokeswoman for his company, RM Films International Inc, said that he had been suffering from dementia, and had succumbed to complications of pneumonia.


Il caro-petrolio rischia di ripercuotersi sulle bollette degli italianiL'allarme dalle stime di Nomisma. DeciderÃ  l'autoritÃ  dell'Energia                                          A ottobre +1,6% luce, +2,3% gas +30 euro di aumenti a famiglia


Ballmer charts furture of online togetherness

Microsoft buys in, kinda WPC Steve Ballmer has promised Microsoft will take the lead in online software and services through a middle-of-the-road approach, while talking swipes at technology luddites and evangelical extremists.â¦


The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.


With the graduation of star wide receiver Jason Blydell last year, the high-flying Swampscott offense was left with a void.


US think-tank invites Kashmiri leaders to meeting: separatist ...

SRINAGAR, India - Kashmiri leaders from both the Indian and Pakistani zones have been invited by US-based think-tank Pugwash to meet in Nepal to discuss the disputed regionâs future, Indian Kashmiri separatist leaders said on Saturday.


Photo gallery: Consumer gear takes a test drive

Theater-quality systems and other entertainment are coming to the car. But will wireless file swapping wreak havoc during rush hour?


Intel to buy Irish game software tools firm

Intel Corp  said on  Friday it would buy Havok Inc, a provider of software and  services to the games and movie industries, as the world's top  chipmaker seeks to beef up its visual computing and graphics  efforts.


American Dwight Phillips Captures Long Jump Gold

Dwight Phillips of the United States  completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he  crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday's final to  win Olympic gold.


CHANDLER, Ariz. - His pigskin odyssey began in Central Massachusetts three decades ago, when Steve Spagnuolo was calling signals for the Grafton High Indians. From there, it was playing wide receiver at Springfield College, assisting as a grad student at the University of Massachusetts, interning with the Redskins. "And then," said the Giants defensive coordinator, "I just started on the ...


UN Official Says North Korea Eager to Resume Six-Nation Nuclear ...

The president of the UN General Assembly has told South Korea's president in Seoul that North Korea urgently wants to resume talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons program.


Talks to set fishing quotas start in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission.


Rationing is becoming more widespread in the NHS, a survey of GPs and hospital doctors suggests.


Santander aims to complete its takeover of UK mortgage lender Abbey one month sooner than originally planned.


Illinois romped over Florida A&M 52-13 on Saturday. But coach Ron Turner doesn't sound like a coach whose team romped. After watching film of the game, Turner was furious over a "cheap shot" during the fifth


Yemeni president sees French hostages freed soon

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said  on Tuesday he expected four French tourists held hostage by  tribesmen to be freed within a few days.


Bush urges quick action on Social Security, economic issues

WASHINGTON - President Bush sought Americans' support Thursday for quick action on an economic agenda that would bring far-reaching changes to their lives.


Woody Allen, directing an opera? In Los Angeles?


Police continue searching for a British woman whose seven-year-old daughter fell from a Majorca hotel balcony.


Every year more than a million Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Every minute, another American dies from the disease. Itâs the disease, NCI Director von Eschenbach says, Americans fear most.


Falluja Rebels Battle On; Clashes Across Iraq

US warplanes bombarded hard core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in other


US forces pound Fallujah, insurgents target Iraqi police

A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near a row of police cars blocking off a bridge in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding more than 20, officials said.


Il Fondo monetario internazionale rivede al ribasso le stime per il 2008Cina, India e Russia si vanno imponendo come nuove locomotive dell'economia globale                                          Fmi: crisi mutui frena crescita mondiale risanamento rallenta anche per l'Italia                                                                                Critiche a Roma anche sulle scelte nell'utilizzo del "tesoretto"


AS the excitement of the Athens Olympic Games fades, the build-up to Beijing 2008 is in full swing. The countdown to China began last weekend when Beijing's mayor took possession of the Olympic flag at the Athens closing ceremony.


ISLAMABAD, Oct. 2. - Army was deployed in Pakistanâs volatile Sialkot town today as thousands of angry Shiâite mourners set afire the mayorâs office and a police station during the funerals of the


Buffett starts up bond insurer to rival MBIA, Ambac

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc   is starting a bond insurer that would help state and local governments lower their borrowing costs, and is likely to lure business from established rivals struggling with credit market turmoil.


Il ministro dell'Interno e il vicepremier, laici ma da sempre attenti ai temidell'etica e della famiglia, commentano l'atteggiamento vaticano sui Pacs                                            Amato: "Amarezza per la Chiesa" D'Alema: "Avanti cosÃ¬, il governo c'Ã¨"                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


If it isn't distilled from grains or potatoes, it really isn't vodka, the European Parliament decided Tuesday.


Rescuers locate the wreckage of a helicopter missing in Nepal but see no sign of survivors, officials say.


Nothing Opec can do to bring oil down, says Purnomo

JAKARTA - Opec is powerless to stop the rise in oil prices at the moment although it has about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of spare capacity to add to supplies, president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Tuesday.


'Arrested Development' Cast Speaks Freely

There aren't many words the Bluths won't let fly out of their mouths — especially when it comes to putting down other family members.


German cabinet approves sending Tornados to Afghanistan

The German cabinet has voted to send Tornado jets to Afghanistan ahead of a NATO meeting at which the United States will press its allies to commit more troops to battle the Taliban.


Damiano, spero che acconto Fiat faciliti il contratto


Counting Calories, but Not to Shed Pounds

My daughter's illness and recovery have taught me that there is no such thing as good and bad foods.


Microsoft makes Net security move by acquiring Giant

In a move to quell rising consumer frustrations, Microsoft on Thursday announced it has acquired Giant Company Software, maker of well-reviewed but little-used anti-spyware software, for an undisclosed sum.


White House Watch: The candidates need to discuss Iran and North ...

In a few years, Iraq will be a distant, if painful memory. Our new focus almost certainly will be on Iran and North Korea. In the strange way that geopolitics


Web Safety Group Launches Anti-Spyware Campaign

A prominent Internet safety organization and leading computer-maker Dell Inc. launched a campaign Friday to help consumers fend off "spyware," software that can cause sluggish computer performance or popup ads and secretly monitor the activities of Internet users.


Nokia welcomes Motorola back to Symbian camp

Nokia (NOK1V.HE) welcomed on  Tuesday Motorola's  decision to return to the Symbian  phone operating software venture by buying half of rival  handset maker Sony Ericsson's (6758.T) (ERICb.ST) UIQ venture  last week.


Australia pace bowler Brett Lee suffers a leg injury during training ahead of the one-day series against New Zealand.


C.I.A. Report Finds Its Officials Failed in Pre-9/11 Efforts

The report has concluded that high-level officials should be held accountable for failing to allocate adequate resources to combat terrorism.


Blog: It's only a 2.5-inch prototype, but it's a first


Oracle Quarterly Net Income Rises 16 Pct

Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Tuesday  reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the  world's second largest software company benefited from steady  demand for its flagship database software.


The British Racing Drivers' Club tried to play hardball with Bernie Ecclestone and lost, the diminutive impresario revealed after dumping the historic Silverstone race.


Data protector Yosemite acquires FileKeeper

Yosemite Technologies, a provider of data protection software for servers, has acquired FileKeeper, which focuses on data protection software for desktop and laptop computers.


As US threatens to trash GATS, Antigua responds

Tiny Antigua to bareback Uncle Sucker for cool $7bil Little Antigua just can't be bullied. Like the weakling in some Hollywood teen summer flick, the tiny island nation keeps coming back.â¦


If you thought the iPhone was overpriced, stop reading this story now.


England's four Champions League teams are in the hat for the knockout stage of the competition.


A late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer after a committee said it would not meet the main goal of improving overall survival.


United Nations: Britain backs bids by India, Brazil, Germany and Japan for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.


Telus bows to pressure, ends phone porn downloads

Telus Corp., Canada's No. 2 telephone  company, has decided to stop offering pornography for  downloading to mobile phones after complaints from hundreds of  customers and criticism from Catholic church officials.


Loss could be just a temporary setback for Wake

CHAMPAIGN -- Even though some may question whether Wake Forest can hold up its end of the bargain, these teams may meet again -- say, in St.


A long-awaited report on the Israeli prime minister's handling of the 2006 Lebanon War is out. And Olmert is breathing easier


In the gloomy shade deep in Africa's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.


ANTS use angled signposts, using tiny scent markers, to find their way home or follow the path into the wilderness, according to a study published today.


KIEV (BBC) -- Ukraine's Supreme Court has annulled the second round of the presidential election - upholding opposition claims that it was fraudulent.


Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league win in more than two years, leading the Houston Astros over the Cubs, 10-3, yesterday in Chicago in the final meeting of their testy season series.


"Ratatouille" -- how a Bird saved a rodent

LOS ANGELES  - The ingredients for Pixar Animation's "Ratatouille" were assembled about six years ago, but it's unlikely that the movie, which opens Friday, would have turned out to be the fine delicacy that it is without the superheroic efforts of Brad Bird.


By ROB MAADDI PHILADELPHIA - Eagles coach Andy Reid will leave the team for a month to deal with family issues, a decision that comes less than two weeks after two sons got into separate legal trouble on the same day. The team said the leave of absence will last until mid-March.


Order has been restored to West Hollywood. Paris Hilton's pampered pooch, Tinkerbell, has been reunited with her equally high-maintenance mommy.


In three years time, blood stream infections with the hospital superbug MRSA will have halved, the government will say.


Russia ditches capital gain forecast, rejects "Yukos effect"

Russia reversed its vow that 2004 would see its first private capital inflow in over a decade, but said the movement of money out of the country had nothing to do with the Yukos affair.


European reluctance on genocide accusations in Darfur

European states showed reluctance to agree with the US description of what is taking place in the Sudanese Darfur as a genocide. A spokesman for the German foreign ministry Walter Lendner said that Berlin


Se passera', la Porsche potra' acquisirne il controllo


Republican John McCain holds a slim lead on rival Mitt Romney in Michigan one day before the state's hotly contested presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


EU still backs Iraq poll date, sees 'degrees of democracy'

The European Commission reiterated Tuesday its support for Iraqi elections in January despite mounting security worries, saying there are "degrees of democracy" and even imperfect polls have value.


Sectarian strife seen in killings of Buddhists

THAILAND BANGKOK -- Nine Buddhists, including two policemen, were killed in a series of shootings in southern Thailand's bloodiest 24 hours since a government crackdown on a riot last week left 85 Muslims dead. The slayings heightened anxiety yesterday among Buddhists over apparent revenge attacks in the mainly Islamic region, including the beheading this week of a local official. The ...


Hoax bomb scare diverts airliner from Heathrow

LONDON A Virgin Atlantic flight from Hong Kong to London was forced to divert to another airport near the British capital Thursday by what turned out to be a hoax bomb threat.


Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius fails in his bid to compete at the 2008 Olympics after his prosthetic limbs are found to give him an unfair advantage.


'Gruppo Br aveva contatti con criminalita' organizzata'


Ryan Longwell's 33-yard field goal as time expired gave the Green Bay Packers a 34-31 victory over their archrivals on Sunday after the Minnesota Vikings had rallied to tie it with two touchdowns in the final 2:53.


Death and taxes are certain - but so are con tricks

"INHERITANCE tax to rise 50 per cent," thundered some Sunday newspapers. "Blair plans relief from inheritance tax," suggested others.


Dopo circa sei ore di dibattito, 92 voti a favore


Opposed by a popular former governor and beset by nepotism charges, freshman Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the Republican most in danger of losing her seat in the U.S. Senate, one she inherited from her father.


Japan negotiating summits with China, S.Korea

Japan is trying to agree on dates for  fence-mending summits between its new prime minister, Shinzo  Abe, and the leaders of China and South Korea, a senior  Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday.


College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.


China's Railway Ministry has awarded contracts for upgrading key railway lines to six firms, including Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.


Dell aims to become "carbon neutral" in 2008 by zeroing out carbon emissions, implementing recycling program, according to newspaper report.


BUCHALKI, Russia - Russian investigators labored Wednesday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties about a possible bloody escalation of the Chechen conflict.    Officials stressed that no evidence of a terrorist attack had yet been found among charred wreckage and said they opened a criminal investigation as they looked into other causes like bad fuel, equipment malfunction and human error...


Il greggio con consegna agosto scambiato a 74,23 dlr barile


Both the Nigerian government and trade unions harden their positions over a general strike.


Cdm, il 28/10 consultazione per distacco comuni veneti


The Los Angeles-based band Moving Units flipped through vinyl records at Amoeba Records in Hollywood before heading to dinner at a low-key Thai restaurant nearby.


Part-time workers, contractors, and early retirees who usually wouldn't qualify for corporate health insurance could get coverage under a plan unveiled yesterday by a consortium of dozens of large companies.


South Korea sees near end to Afghan hostage ordeal

South Korea said the remaining seven Korean church volunteers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan were likely to be freed on Thursday, a day after 12 of their colleagues were released from an ordeal of nearly six weeks.


Bush may face Iraq change recommendation

It would take a major policy shift for the Bush administration to expand its sporadic dialogue with two old foes, Iran and Syria, as the Iraq study commission is expected to recommend.


Verizon said it has agreed to provide co-branded versions of Windows Live products to its DSL and FiOS high-speed customers. The agreement is an expansion of a prior one between the two companies that has existed since April 2002.


Obama Wins South Carolina Primary, Claims `Diverse Coalition'

Bloomberg - Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama won South Carolina's Democratic primary by a more than 2-to-1 margin over Hillary Clinton, giving his campaign a burst of momentum 10 days before the biggest voting day of the 2008 presidential race.


In the DVD War Over High Definition, Most Buyers Are Sitting It Out

Even as prices fall, neither Sonyâs Blu-ray nor Toshibaâs HD DVD, has gained an advantage.


Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader alleged to have cost his bank billions of euros, is in police custody, reports say.


Bologna, 21:30 - BASKET, ALLA FORTITUDO BOLOGNA WILD CARD PER L'ULEB CUP

Dopo aver perso la possibilità di disputare la prossima Eurolega per l'infelice stagione ital...


Philippines vows no default on debt payments

The Philippine presidential palace vowed Tuesday there would be no default on debt payments although President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted the country was in the midst of a "fiscal crisis.


MANCINI: "IT WAS IMPORTANT TO START WELL"

MILAN - "We had loads of scoring chances tonight, but there are nights when you create a lot and suffer until the end because you haven't taken your chances," remarked Roberto Manicni after Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Werder Bremen.


Tsunami aid effort nears four billion dollars ahead of key conference

The United Nations said that aid promised from around the world in response to Asia's tsunami disaster was now up to four billion dollars, as Australia, Germany and the IMF pledged yet more cash ahead of a key donors' conference.


Keegan makes dramatic return to Newcastle

Kevin Keegan has made a dramatic return to Newcastle after being appointed as the Premier League club's new manager on Wednesday.


Osservatorio Milano, villeggiature durate in media 10-12 gg


Molson Coors quarterly profit beats view, shares jump

Molson Coors Brewing Co.   on Thursday reported that quarterly profit quadrupled, trouncing expectations, on higher pricing and volume growth, sending its shares up as much as 6.6 percent.


Microsoft on Facebook: The internal memo from Kevin Johnson

The president of the software giant's platform and services division sends an e-mail to all Microsofties explaining why the Facebook stake was such a coup.


Kelly Holmes has yet to make up her mind whether to compete in the 800m or the 1500m at the World Athletics Final in Monaco this weekend.


A schoolteacher is among the first to be fined in France for illegally swapping music on the internet.


US Airways Group on Friday asked other unions to follow the pilots in accepting rollbacks as the airline struggles under bankruptcy.


Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations for both revenue and EPS (earnings per share) for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, attributing its strong quarter to sales of core client products, such as Windows Vista and Office 2007, as well as Exchange and SharePoint server software.For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Microsoft reported revenue of $16.37 billion, an increase of 30 percent year over year and a number that solidly beat the $15.95 billion in revenue that Thomson Financial analysts had estimated. Last year for the same period, Microsoft reported $12.54 billion in revenue.Diluted earnings per share were $0.50, an increase of 92 percent over the $0.27 in EPS reported last year, and $0.04 higher than Thomson Financial estimates of $0.46. Operating income for the quarter was $6.48 billion, an increase of 92 percent from the $3.47 billion reported for the same period last year.Microsoft's year-over-year percentage growth is higher than normal due to a deferral of $1.64 billion in revenue and operating income, as well as $0.11 of diluted earnings per share from the second to the third quarter of fiscal 2007. This deferred revenue contributed to the higher-than-average second-quarter percentage growth. Without these deferrals, second-quarter growth rates for revenue, operating income and earnings per share would be 15 percent, 27 percent and 32 percent, respectively, for the quarter reported Thursday.Ahead of Microsoft's announcement, analysts had expected the company to report a strong quarter even among economic uncertainty and fears that the U.S. economy is entering a recession.Microsoft's client business, on sales of Windows Vista, was especially strong in the quarter, with $4.34 billion in revenue compared to $2.59 billion in revenue a year ago. According to Microsoft, its client business has grown 20 percent on average since Windows Vista was made available nearly a year ago, and the company believes Vista began hitting its stride for adoption among customers and partners in the second quarter. According to Microsoft, it has sold more than 100 million licenses for Vista.Looking ahead to the next quarter, which ends March 31, Microsoft said Thursday that it expects revenue in the range of $14.3 billion to $14.6 billion; operating income in the range of $5.6 billion to $5.7 billion; and diluted earnings per share in the range of $0.43 to $0.45.For the full fiscal year ending June 30, Microsoft expects revenue in the range of $59.9 billion to $60.5 billion; operating income in the range of $24.2 billion to $24.4 billion; and diluted EPS in the range of $1.85 to $1.88.


San Francisco Journal: Back at the Zoo, With Sadness for All Casualties

The San Francisco Zoo reopened a little over a week after a tiger escaped and mauled three visitors, killing one.


Settlers plan campaign to reach a million homes

With its latest victory at the Likud Party convention under its belt, the settlement movement intends to deal Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for unilateral separation its final blow in a door-to-door campaign that organizers say could reach one


In surprise, major foe acquitted in Zimbabwe

JOHANNESBURG Surprising many critics of Zimbabwe's government, that nation's highest court on Friday acquitted the leading political opposition figure, Morgan Tsvangirai, on treason charges after a yearlong trial left the prosecution's case in shambles.


Iraq Allies, Countering Annan, Insist War Was Legal

Britain, Australia and a former U.S. official, stung by criticism from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, insisted on Thursday that their countries' military action in Iraq was legal.


Study: Teen smoking, drug use down this year compared to last

(Washington-AP) Dec. 22, 2004 - A federal report finds slightly fewer teens smoked or used drugs this year than last. The University of Michigan study reports smoking among younger teens is half the level


AOL won't use Microsoft anti-spam standard

America Online has shunned a Microsoft proposal to help weed out unwanted "spam" e-mail because Internet engineers are reluctant to adopt technology owned by the dominant software company.


India are set 229 to square the series after Damien Martyn hits a superb 104 on day four of the second Test.


Kenyan Airport Blast Injures at Least Two

A fire truck prepares to leave after it extinguished a fire, Sunday, 17 Oct, 2004 at Nairobi's Wilson airport after an explosion shook the building.


FDA Agrees on Antidepressant Risks for Youth

The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it "generally supports" an advisory panel's conclusion this week that antidepressants sometimes raise the risk of suicidal behavior in youth.


La crescita piu' bassa da due anni a questa parte


First Jewish settlers to quit Gaza Strip

The first group of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip have agreed to leave under Ariel Sharon's withdrawal plan. The Israeli prime minister intends to pull out about 8,000 residents


Bush offers North Korea chance for peace deal

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that the United States would consider a peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up nuclear arms, underlining Washington's shift away from a hard line on the communist state.


AL Wrap: Lieber Dominates as Yankees Thump Red Sox

Jon Leiber carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning while Alex Rodriguez homered, scored three runs and drove in three more to lead the New York Yankees to a 14-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.


Investors have ignored this country's promise for too long.


A solar cell made with spinach has been developed that promises electronic devices incorporating photosynthesis, the highly efficient process plants use to produce energy from sunlight.


Not all that long ago, Italian football aficionados were at the end of their tether, desperately searching for answers. Their conundrum regarded European competition and the continent's most coveted club prize, the UEFA Champions League.


Writers' strike ends most U.S. scripted TV work

Production on all but two of the  last few scripted prime-time television shows shooting in Los  Angeles ground to a halt on Friday as a crippling strike by  Hollywood writers neared the end of its sixth week, an industry  group said.


GOP Finds Hot Button in Illegal Immigration

When Republican Jim Ogonowski launched his long-shot bid for Congress, he prepared for an upbeat campaign in his Democratic, working-class district of Massachusetts, based on a winning rÃÂ¿sumÃÂ¿: affable hay farmer, former Air Force lieutenant colonel, and brother of an American Airlines pilot whose...


Focus Centers on Blatche's Continued Improvement

Andray Blatche flashed his promise in the Wizards' rout of the Heat on Saturday, but the issue for Blatche is making that game more than just an isolated performance.


Microsoft teams up with Internet search site Baidu in China

US software giant Microsoft and Chinese Internet search portal Baidu said they were joining forces in China.


In India hinterland, Dalits pin economic hopes on gods

DAUD NAGAR, India  - An hour's drive from the palatial headquarters of India's "untouchables" leader, her talk of eight-lane highways and birthday gifts for the poor had yet to filter to villagers pinning their hopes more on rain gods.


Pakistan's main stock market index falls 4.7% in the first trading since the death of Benazir Bhutto.


In Google's Auction, It's Not Easy to Tell a Bid From a Bet

In a competition combining suspense and strategy, countless brave souls are hoping to buy a small piece of Google in an auction this week.


Cisco's Perfigo Acquisition Delivers Policy Compliance To Channel

In a move that targets the increased threats of worms and viruses to networked businesses, Cisco Systems Thursday said it will acquire privately owned endpoint compliance vendor Perfigo in a deal worth approximately $74 million.


Bush acknowledges frustrations in New Orleans

President George W. Bush faced new pressure to jump-start the recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as he toured the Gulf Coast region hit by the worst U.S. natural disaster.


SKorean military units on highest alert over possible border ...

SEOUL  - South Korea's frontline military units have been put on their highest state of alert after discovering a hole in a fence that separates it from North Korea, defense officials said.


Google Releases Photo Organizing Software

Search engine leader Google Inc. released free software Tuesday for organizing and finding the hundreds or thousands of digital photos often stored on a computer's hard drive.


Tycho:  When I started reading articles about Senator Brownback's bill - the one that would require that the ESRB play through games in their entirety - I expected to agree with it in principle, but take issue with its execution.  The shrill phase of the site, where I would don armor and ride under the aegis of the true gamer no matter how mild the incentive, now rests in the reliquary with Xbox Controller Jokes and Jabs At User Friendly.  I had chosen a singularly poor moment to become reasonable.  Upon further examination, the Senator's plan (which I think may be rightly called a machination) is the sort of thing one might forge in the fires of Mount Doom.


A bomb hit a U.S. military convoy in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, injuring three American troops and an Afghan soldier, the military said.


How to Kill Cancer So It Doesn't Grow Back

Identifying the properties of the cancer stem cells could provide crucial information and lead to more potent treatments, researchers say.


Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Attacker - Army

Israeli troops shot and killed a  Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank city  of Hebron on Monday, an Israeli military source said.


Il noir che viene dal freddo i nuovi thriller scandinavi

La Stoccolma del giornalismo e della finanza, la vecchia Oslo degli antiquari, un'inedita e silenziosa Reykjavik. Sono gli scenari dei gialli in arrivo dal grande Nord


Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's right to a fair trial might be jeopardized if tapes of his grand jury testimony are released to the public, his attorneys say.


Apple Computer has sued three software developers, contending they distributed versions of its OS X computer operating system on the Internet.


Blog: In the Official Google Webmaster Central blog, the Flash-based image replacement technique sIFR is given the thumbs up.


Shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange rise above 12,000 for the first time since May on strong growth forecasts.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 29 (PID) - Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz arrived at the Prime Minister's House on Saturday after swearing in as the country's Premier on Saturday morning.


Jaguar exit puts other teams on the brink

Formula one was thrown into crisis yesterday when the Jaguar team were put up for sale by their owner Ford along with Cosworth Racing, the Northampton-based specialist which also supplies engines to Jordan and Minardi.


Fast company It’s a familiar tension in business. Business people think designers are mere stylists; designers think business people are Neanderthals who forfeit quality for profit. That’s because traditional business runs on logic that is inductive (using observation to prove something works) and deductive (using principles to prove that something must be). But designers rely on abductive reasoning. Huh? It’s ...


Microsoft's unleashes new Internet search software

Microsoft officially started its new Internet search engine crafted to compete with offerings from rival online powerhouses Google and Yahoo.


US Treasuries Up, Long-End Leads the Way

U.S. Treasury prices crept higher on  Wednesday, with long-dated bonds benefiting from the view that  higher U.S. interest rates will help keep inflation under  control.


All in a day's work: eat Chinese takeout, save planet Earth

A group of space futurists is devising ways to do everything from bounce objects off comets to send tourists to Mars.


Actress Anne Heche's estranged husband Coley Laffoon has accused her of stealing furniture from their Los Angeles apartment.


States may lose funds for kids' health care

Unless Congress acts and President Bush relents in the next week, states will have to return more than $1 billion in money intended to pay for health insurance for children from low-income families.


Oil Falls Below $49 on Nigeria Cease-Fire

Oil prices dropped from record highs  above $50 a barrel on Wednesday as the U.S. government reported  a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed a cease-fire.


McCain Parries a Reprise of â00 Smear Tactics

John McCain is deploying a South Carolina Truth Squad to try to intercept attacks before there is major damage.


Police in Mauguio, a small village in south-east France, are probing a mystery that is as puzzling as it is insalubrious: a rain of faeces that has dirtied houses and cars for years.


Nigerian unions launch crippling general strike

Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a potentially crippling general strike over a steep hike in petroleum prices in one of the world's foremost oil exporters.


Yukos Cut to Default on Missed Payment on $1 Bln Loan

OAO Yukos Oil Co. missed interest payments yesterday on a $1 billion loan, leading Standard & Poor's to cut its grade for the oil producer's debt to default.


U.S. official badly hurt in Sudan shooting

A U.S. government aid official was critically wounded in a shooting attack on an embassy vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday and his Sudanese driver was killed, Western diplomatic sources said.


Tycho: We'll be going over PAX preregistrants soon to determine this year's Omeganauts, and anyone who has registered by June 15th is eligible. If you'd like to hurl yourself into the running, please do so at your earliest convenience. This year's Omega Prize differs substantially from our offerings in the past. Here's how: Winner and guest secure passage to this year's Tokyo Game Show, flight and Hotel included, assisted by five thousand dollars in cash as a kind of general purpose "Misbehavior Fund." Ain't a bad wage for three days' work. (CW)TB


_ Newsday is cutting as many as 100 jobs through voluntary and non-voluntary buyouts, the Long Island newspaper's publisher said Thursday.


IBD's Top 10 - Wednesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - 1 Oct. crude shot up $1.68 to $79.91, an all-time high, after the gov't reported steeper-than-expected drawdowns in supplies. Those stocks fell 7.1 mil barrels last week, far more than the 2.4 mil barrels forecast. Heating oil surged 3.64 cents to $2.2191 a gallon, also a record. Analysts say heating oil supplies aren't as high as they should be this near to the winter season.


Yoga, helpline for soldiers suffering stress in Kashmir

Indian soldiers battling a 17-year-old insurgency in Kashmir are being provided a 24-hour helpline and meditation classes to overcome stress, a senior army officer said.


Trade gap narrows in welcome sign for growth

The trade deficit narrowed slightly in July as exports continued to outpace imports, the government said on Tuesday, suggesting trade could offer a welcome lift to third-quarter economic growth.


Barcelona Beats Levante 2-1 in Spanish Primera Liga

Samuel Eto'o scored his 13th league goal of the season as Barcelona beat Levante 2-1 to extend its lead atop Spanish soccer's Primera Liga to 12 points.


N.F.L. Disability Dispute Going Back to Congress

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation announced that it would hold a hearing Sept. 18 to examine the compensation system for retired players in the N.F.L.


Speculation rises about a clampdown on private equity firms after comments from Chancellor Gordon Brown.


Charity Makes Emotional Plea to Free Iraq Hostage

Aid charity Care International made an emotional plea tonight for the release of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan. The statement, read on the Arab television station Al-Jazeera by


L.A. port complex to extend hours to ease congestion

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Cargo operations at the nation's largest port complex will be extended to nights and weekends in an effort to reduce traffic jams and air pollution, terminal operators said yesterday.


Japan warned over whaling plans, threatens to quit IWC

Japan was warned Friday it risks international anger if it includes endangered humpbacks in its annual whale cull, after threatening to pull out of the 75-nation International Whaling Commission.


Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, whose achievements as one of the founding fathers of the genre were overshadowed by ex-wife Tina Turner's claims that he regularly beat her for almost two decades, died on Wednesday at his home near San Diego. He was 76.


Milano, 23:10 - TENNIS, MILANO: SANGUINETTI ELIMINATO DA SCHUETTLER

Davide Sanguinetti Ã¨ stato eliminato al primo turno del torneo di Milano ( € 288.300). Lo spezz...