Merrill may get $5 bln capital from Temasek: report

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  may get up to $5 billion in a capital infusion from Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


Straw visits Darfur, demands "real effort" from Khartoum to stem crisis

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw urged the Sudanese government to make a "real effort" to ease the suffering caused by its bloody clampdown in Darfur, as he visited some of million-plus people who have been displaced.


The Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles tumbled in the Associated Press poll released yesterday, falling out of the Top 10 after being upset in road games.


Police Search for Collection Plate Crook

CLOVIS, Calif. - Police here are looking for a collection plate crook who swiped church donations during a funeral service.  The theft occurred Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, where nearly 150 mourners attended memorial services for 85-year-old LeRoy Adolph.


Army secretary removed amid veterans' scandal

Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired Army Secretary Francis Harvey on Friday as the Bush administration scrambled to respond to an outcry over poor treatment for veterans at the Army's top hospital.


Barroso opts for last minute 'face saver'

An eleventh hour face saving move by the President-Designate of the European Commission JosÃ© Manuel Durao Barroso managed to diffuse an institutional crisis in the European Union yesterday.


Artificially bred China panda dies in the wild

The world's only artificially bred panda living in the wild has fallen to its death less than a year after it was released, possibly after a fight with other pandas, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.


Londra, 23:07 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: VINCONO MANCHESTER UTD E CHELSEA

Vincono Manchester United e Chelsea nella 25/a giornata del campionato inglese. Il Manchester ha bat...


The US Federal Trade Commission last week filed a legal complaint against two companies that allegedly infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising, then tried to sell their owners spyware-blocking software.


Els lurks two shots behind Dubai leader Fisher

Britain's Ross Fisher maintained his unlikely surge in the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday, a second successive seven-under-par 65 securing a two-stroke lead at the end of a day interrupted by bad weather.


As the Grammy Awards are approaching, we can finally get our hands on the complete list of Grammy nominees, announced Tuesday in Los Angeles.


Democratic senator wins primary against war foe

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington   Democrat who voted to authorize military force in Iraq, easily   dispatched an anti-war rival to win her party's primary on   Tuesday.


Confidence among US consumers has fallen to a 16-year low, a closely watched survey claims.


Sprint beats forecasts on strength of wireless

Bolstered by its fast-growing wireless business, Sprint reported solid third-quarter results Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations by 3 cents a share. Sprint also took a $3.5 billion charge to write down network equipment that's been rendered obsolete.


Hamas marked the 20th anniversary of its founding with a huge rally Saturday, sending a message of strength and defiance even as it is struggling to keep Gaza the Strip from sinking deeper into poverty.


The Walt Disney Co's  shares  rose 2.4 percent to $30.80 in after-hours trade on Tuesday  after the company reported quarterly results that topped Wall  Street estimates.


MySpace seeks Judge's input on sex offenders purge

How to hand over the details MySpace this week asked a Pennsylvania state court for advice on how it could hand over information about registered sex offenders without breaking US data protection and privacy laws.â¦


An operation to flush out militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque is in its final stages, Pakistan's army says.


Is Shilpa delaying the release of  Metro?

Even  as  Shilpa expressed her delight at    the enthusiasm


Tropical Storm Barbara formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Wednesday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the next several days, forecasters predicted.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group blamed for killing some 3,000 people, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government.


Irish Officials Trying to Contact Aid Chief's Kidnappers

The Irish government is leaving no stone unturned in its attempts to free aid director Margaret Hassan from her captors in Iraq, the countryâs parliament was told today.


Jets Coach Draws Strength From Special Teams

Jetsâ special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff spent all season on crutches, on doctorâs orders, after surgery on his left leg in February. Coaching is what carried him through this season, what gave him strength.


Kerry assails Bush troop withdrawal plan

Democratic White House hopeful Senator John Kerry warned that President George W. Bush's plan to withdraw 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia would hinder the war on terrorism and embolden North Korea.


Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-3 on Saturday to move two games behind the AL West-leading Athletics.


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Tramps victim to suspected Brazil death squad

One vagrant died and three were badly beaten in overnight attacks in Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo, raising the number of victims of a suspected death squad to 14 in four days.


A brief tutoring session with Larry Rothschild was all it took to make Jason Marquis feel like a 15-game winner again instead of that guy who got dumped in the postseason.


Sweet revenge for AC Milan in Champions League final

AC Milan were crowned European champions for the seventh time after they edged Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League final here on Wednesday, taking their revenge for their heartbreaking defeat to the Merseysiders in the 2005 final.


Honeywell profit up 18 percent; shares jump

Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc  said quarterly profit rose nearly 18 percent, with sales up across all its units, sparking a 4 percent rise in the stock in early trading.


Using the Windows Speech Engine, the Amos virus greets XP users on start-up, makes a dubious claim, then bids farewell in Turkish.


Singer-guitarist Walter de Castro  couldn't believe his luck when he found out his band's song  "The Core" would be featured on "FIFA 2008," the Electronic  Arts popular soccer game.


Suicide Bomber Blamed For Deadly Mosul Attack

Investigators believe a suicide bomber penetrated security at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and detonated an explosive Tuesday that killed 22 people.


Michael Jackson gestures as he enters the courthouse in a pretrial hearing in his child molestation case in Santa Maria, Calif., in a file photo from Aug. 16, 2004.


New 'Band Aid' Appeal Finds Africa Struggling

A new recording of Irish rock star Bob Geldof's 1984 Band Aid hit to help starving people in Africa finds the continent even more widely gripped by famine and shortages, aid workers say.


The Bears earn home-field advantage throughout the playoffs by holding on to beat the buccaneers, 34-31, in overtime after giving up a 21-point lead.


Despite campaign barbs, he and Bush share key positions.


Several people are killed in new clashes between Iraqi and US troops and insurgents in the capital, Baghdad.


Blast at Pakistani Shi'ite prayer hall kills 4

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN  - A bomb exploded in a crowded Shi'ite Muslim prayer hall in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing four people and wounding several, a government spokesman said.


The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) on Wednesday said that though global inflows of FDI fell in 2003 for the third year in a row to $560 billion, prospects for the current year are promising.


When Vanda Lee goes to settlement next month on the Damascus townhouse she is buying for $360,000, she expects to pay her share of transfer and recordation taxes.


Never Heard of Nauru? Join 'Geography Olympics'

America may dominate the world in  sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter,  the "Geography Olympics," the United States was 88th behind  minnows such as Madagascar and the Marshall Islands.


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Expectations of strong dividends from the big banks lifted the market to a record close yesterday. All four big banks moved higher, with ANZ closing at its highest price.


Grab lower interest rates, but keep that borrowing in check.


BAGHDAD -- Two car bomb attacks killed at least 17 Iraqi security officers on duty yesterday in the Sunni Triangle north and west of the capital, and two foreign truck drivers were fatally shot in the northern city of Mosul.


Ascoli Piceno, 18:38 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: MIGLIORANO LE CONDIZIONI DI BJELANOVIC

Buone notizie per Sonetti. Migliorano le condizioni di Bjelanovic, che alla ripresa degli allenament...


Officials: Gunmen seize Iranian diplomat

Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized a senior Iranian diplomat as he drove through a central Baghdad neighborhood, officials said Tuesday.


U.S. forces in Iraq on offensive against Qaeda

U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.


Orlando Cabrera may be new to the Red Sox and to this business of Red Sox-Yankees playoffs. He may be as far away as he could get from his previous baseball outpost, Montreal, where the Expos drew closet crowds.


Kuchma calls on presidential hopefuls to cooperate irrespectively of election outcome

The incumbent President Leonid Kuchma has called on presidential hopefuls Viktor Yuschenko and Viktor Yanukovych to cooperate after the presidential campaign is wound up, irrespectively of the outcome of the ...


Sunday's Ravens-Patriots game, which was seen in 75 percent of the country, highlighted CBS's late-afternoon NFL coverage (other games in that window were Jets-Cardinals, Dolphins-49ers, and Bills-Seahawks). Nationally, those games generated a 15.4 overnight rating (27 share) in the 56 metered markets. It was the best rating for a CBS window in 2004 and a 14 percent increase over the ...


(InfoWorld) - A German court stayed a patent-infringement case that Qualcomm filed against Nokia, as hearings regarding a similar case in the U.S. International Trade Commission suit continue. On Tuesday, the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, ordered a stay of proceedings until further notice based on a request by Qualcomm, Nokia said. A hearing in that case had been scheduled for Tuesday. Meanwhile, hearings for theÂ patent-infringement case that Qualcomm brought against NokiaÂ in the U.S. ITC started on Monday and will last until Sept. 24. At issue are patents Qualcomm owns related to power control used in EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). The initial ITC complaint included six Qualcomm patents, but Qualcomm later reduced the complaint to cover just three. Qualcomm initially declared one of the patents as essential to the standards, but later withdrew the essentiality declaration, according to Nokia. Qualcomm did identify the patent as one that may be essential, but after further investigation determined that it wasn't, said Alex Rogers, legal counsel for Qualcomm. But that issue is irrelevant to this case, he said, which charges Nokia with patent infringement. The hearings this week are dedicated to Qualcomm testimony and has included participation by Chuck Wheatley and Ana Weiland, former Qualcomm developers who worked on the patented technology, Rogers said. Nokia will also have five days to present its witnesses. The mobile giant will argue that it does not infringe on the patents and that the patents are invalid, it said. The judge will issue an initial determination after the hearings are complete. The commission then has an opportunity to accept or modify the judge's decision and issue a final determination. The U.S. ITC case is one ofÂ several ongoing suits between Qualcomm and Nokia. In August,Â Nokia asked the ITCÂ to launch a separate investigation, charging Qualcomm with patent infringement. In June, Nokia charged Qualcomm with infringing on patents in its MediaFlo and Brew products. In a statement in May, Nokia said that Qualcomm has filed 11 patent suits against Nokia in just over a year and a half. The ongoing dispute between the companies likely stems from their failure to renegotiate their patent licensing agreement that expired in April. Nokia has said that it believes Qualcomm, which is well-known for its development of the CDMA wireless technologies, charges more than fair and reasonable rates when licensing the technology to be used in standards-based equipment. In a separate intellectual-property battle, theÂ ITC recently banned the importÂ of mobile phones with certain Qualcomm chips, based on a case Broadcom filed.


Yahoo Offer Is Strategy Shift for Microsoft

Googleâs dominance has forced Microsoft to abandon its playbook of building new enterprises on its own, and concede that it did not get its Internet business right.


England will need good bowling and fine weather to win the first Test against India at Lord's.


Free drug samples go to wealthy, insured: U.S. study

Insured and wealthy Americans were more likely than the poor to get billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday showed.


Global warming has driven temperatures in the Alps to their highest in 1,300 years, according to one of the authors of an EU-backed climate study.


Myanmar monks defy threat of military force

Hundreds of monks marched towards central Yangon on Tuesday in defiance of a threat by Myanmar's ruling generals to send soldiers in to end the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


Database security and industry consolidation

Databases need better protection, and the next cycle of takeovers will see some major firms acquire database-security specialists.


BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Airborne military patrols scoured inaccessible sections of Sumatra island yesterday and discovered that swaths of land were inundated and roads, villages, and bridges had vanished. After helicopter flyovers, rescuers estimated more than 80,000 deaths in the region and described the scene as catastrophic.


SCO faces financial crunch after Unix defeat

Lodges filing with SEC The company at the centre of an intellectual property dispute with IBM that has lasted for years is facing the prospect of financial ruin. The SCO Group said it may be unable to continue operating as a company.â¦


Rio Ferdinand marvels at Wayne Rooney's ability to handle the pressure which accompanied his Â£27million move from Everton. Even Ferdinand admitted he struggled to cope with the increased expectation which


Q&A: Red Hat CEO believes Delta past isn't a liability

Jim Whitehurst, 40, thinks his experience as Delta's COO will help him turn Red Hat into a big company. Also, he talks the open-source talk.


Jason Kidd hit a go-ahead basket early in overtime, and the Nets denied former coach Byron Scott a win in his return to New Jersey with a 94-91 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.


In the last three years, RenÃ©e Zellweger has lost all 25 pounds of her Bridget Jones weight, vamped her way through Chicago, chunked up again for Cold Mountain, waifed away for Down with Love, and -- finally -- put all that weight back on for her long


The Spanish Football Federation has been fined 100,000 Swiss francs (Â£44,750) by FIFA for the racist chants Spanish fans used against England's black players last month.


Kidnappers Seize Charity Chief in Baghdad

Kidnappers seized the British-Iraqi head of an international charity group in Baghdad Tuesday and later she was shown sitting anxiously and alone in a video broadcast by an Arabic television station.


Romario celebrated his retirement from international soccer by scoring two goals to give Brazil's 1994 World Cup team a 2-1 victory Wednesday night over Mexico's World Cup team from that year.


Tony Blair is set to give his final speech to the Trades Union Congress - urging people to face up globalisation and terrorism.


Boston hands an angry Daniel Cabrera his 15th loss of the season, barely avoiding a brawl Friday night in a 4-0 victory over the Orioles.


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Sept. 27, 2004 - A huge wall collapsed Monday at an unfinished terminal at Dubai's airport, killing at least eight workers and injuring dozens more, witnesses said.


Palestinians plan security in case of Arafat's death

Palestinian security patrols began Sunday in Gaza after a meeting between officials aiming to keep peace and national unity while Yasser Arafat is in a hospital.


Police and prosecutors are failing to implement measures designed to boost the rape conviction rate, a watchdog warns.


The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration has warned Pfizer Inc.  that television and  print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra  misled consumers, according to a letter made public on  Wednesday.


Cooler than everyone in the room? Point a bazooka at their skulls,


Vanderbilt takes down Georgia Tech 73-64

Shan Foster scored 25 points and Derrick Byars added 18, and Vanderbilt snapped a nine-game losing streak against ranked opponents with a 73-64 victory over No. 25 Georgia Tech on Saturday.


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Pedro about to emerge from Schilling's shadow

He's the former ace of the Red Sox staff who won three Cy Young awards and called the Yankees his "daddy." But he's been overshadowed by the buzz about Curt Schilling's stitched-up ankle and lights-out pitching.


Private firms and voluntary groups should run schemes to get people off benefits and into work, a report will say.


Jet crashes on takeoff in Halifax, killing seven

HALIFAXâNot much is left after the early morning crash of a jumbo cargo jet but a broken, burned-out metal carcass and a Harry Potter novel.


Yao helps Rockets soar to seventh consecutive victory

The Houston Rockets cruised to a 95-83 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, Chinese center Yao Ming leading the home team to a seventh straight triumph with a game-high 25 points.


An aggressive Fed trims benchmark rate to 4.75%; first cut in four years

Moving aggressively to stimulate a slowing economy, the Federal Reserve Board yesterday voted unanimously to slice its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, its first rate cut in four years, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up 335.97 points, or 2.5 percent. It was the biggest one-day point gain for the Dow in almost five years.


Digital Camera Growth to Slow in 2005 -Study

The photography industry expects U.S. digital camera sales growth to slow to about 13 percent this year, as the market matures after growing at a breakneck pace for almost a decade, according to a report released on Thursday.


Trekkie auction bids are out of this world

Trekkies set their phasers to bid this week, doling out about $7.1 million during a three-day auction of "Star Trek" memorabilia at Rockefeller Center, Christie's auction house said Saturday.


FDA's Drug Safety System Will Get Outside Review

Amid intense criticism that it is slow to raise the alarm about unsafe medicines, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would hire the nation's top


European stock markets make patchy gains

European stock markets were broadly higher on on Wednesday, but London shares fell as investors digested a weak showing in Tokyo and Hong Kong despite a rebound in New York overnight.


Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N, the  world's largest insurance broker, on Tuesday said it will  reform its business practices and stop accepting fees that New  York's attorney general said amounted to bid-rigging.


Qualcomm guilty of exceptional misconduct

Attorneys called to judge's chamber to explain themselves A San Diego judge has found Qualcomm guilty of "a monumental discovery violation" in its failure to produce relevant documents for its dispute with Broadcom, and has reported six lawyers for disciplinary action.â¦


Bush, Kerry campaigns move quickly to spin jobs report

The latest data on the US jobs market sparked a fierce spin effort from the campaigns of President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry to highlight their views on the state of the economy.


Microsoft scales back Passport ambitions

Microsoft's decision to reposition its .Net Passport identification system comes as Monster is dropping support for the authentication service.


Cronaca. Falso allarme bomba a Porto Rotondo. Berlusconi in piazza senza bandana

Blitz del presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi ieri in piazza a Porto Rotondo. In contemporanea viene fatto scattare un allarme bomba, rivelatosi poi falso.


Indonesia Suharto's health improving: doctors

The health of former Indonesian president Suharto, rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, continues to improve though he remains weak, doctors at the hospital said on Monday.


A new documentary examines the alternating periods of acceptance, achievement and virulent discrimination faced by Jews.


Protein could be potential target for new flu drug

Scientists said on Wednesday they have identified a weakness in a protein in influenza viruses which could be targeted by new drugs to halt the spread of infection.


Will Google pick up where Apple left off?


In India, some farmers benefiting from a cyber-revolution

BANGALORE, India -- For three generations, two families have fought over an acre of farmland in an arid stretch of southern India, each waving documents to support its claim.


IOC Board Seeks Korean Official's Ouster

IOC leaders recommended Thursday that Kim Un-yong, one of the highest-ranking officials in the Olympic movement, be expelled from the organization because of corruption charges in South Korea.


British royal watchers on wedding alert for William

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters Life!) - Britain's royal-watchers are on red alert -- is Prince William, the future king, about to ask his college sweetheart to marry him?


New services are helping appliance makers and consumers find spare components.


Iraqi Culture Minister drawing on help in the Czech Republic

Iraqi Minister of Culture Mufid Jazairy and Minister of foreign affairs Cyril Svoboda, photo: CTK The Czech side is trying to help us with renewing of that, preparing new equipment for the library, helping us ...


"Messengers" puts horror at top of box office

The horror movie "The Messengers" opened at No. 1 at the weekend box office in North America as Sony Pictures scored again in its Super Bowl counterprogramming strategy, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Summer Safety Encouraged          on the Water

Exercising safety is the operative phrase as North Dakota's summer boating season revs into high gear.


Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. are releasing a few tidbits about their ongoing collaboration to make three video games, but most details -- including the game's titles -- remain a secret.


FDA denies early alert on flu vaccine crisis

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday again denied the agency had any early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the US flu vaccine.


Hip-hop and  the art of product placement

Arts & entertainment: John Harris: Deals like Fergie's with Candie's are not unprecedented.


Britain's three-day eventing team win team bronze and individual silver on a dramatic final day.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Thirty-five Pakistani detainees released from US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba returned home yesterday, a senior interior ministry official said.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Office Depot Inc. will cut about 900 jobs when it closes and consolidates its call centers and account management operations, taking a charge of about $12.


A nonpartisan national group is trying to get a record number of voters to the polls this year. By JACKSON BAKER. MARION, Ark., Oct. 9 - A tour bus taking Chicago-area passengers to the casinos of Tunica, Miss


Technical hurdles delay mobile Skype: CEO

Most mobile phone users will still   have to wait some time for Internet telephony company Skype's   mobile service because of technical hurdles and a lack of   suitable handsets, Skype's chief executive was quoted as saying   in a Finnish newspaper on Thursday.


Strike By 2,500 Home Health Aides Averted

(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) A strike by more than 2,500 home health care aides has been averted. The union and the health care provider that employs them have agreed to take their dispute over hourly wages to binding arbitration.


Apple sells 525,000 iPhones since its launch on Friday, according to press reports.


Cisl:serve piano industriale, salvaguardare professionalita'


No. 9 Georgetown 65, No. 11 Pittsburgh 42: Georgetown Goes Old School and Captures Big East Title

The main theme of the Hoyasâ weeklong run in the Big East Conference Tournament has been reviving past glories.


The Republican race heads south as a complete scramble.


Lebanese FM: Syrian troops will stay until Israel quits ...

Syria will withdraw fully from Lebanon only after Israel ends its occupation of all Arab lands, Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmoud Hammoud declared yesterday.


Centi illude gli ospiti, poi Makinwa e G. Tedesco lanciano i ...

Il Genoa di Cosmi soffre, ma batte il Treviso 2-1 in rimonta e vola al secondo posto in classifica, a quota 17 punti, nel campionato di Serie B dopo otto giornate. Ospiti in vantaggio dopo 34 minuti con un


Japan mourns Kobe earthquake victims 10 years later

The western Japanese city of Kobe fell silent for one minute to mark an earthquake 10 years ago which killed 6,433 people in the country's worst post-World War II disaster.


French socialist Segolene Royal brushes over criticism during her first overseas trip as presidential candidate.


Frasier's Kelsey Grammer returns in "Back to You"

Former "Frasier" star Kelsey  Grammer, who reigned for 20 years as U.S. television's most  lovable snob, may be his own toughest act to follow as he  returns to prime-time on Wednesday playing a pompous TV news  anchor.


There is speculation that members of the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin might go on a reunion tour.


US manufacturing activity falls to its lowest level since 2003, fanning concerns of a sharper economic slowdown.


Il dato e' molto inferiore alle previsioni degli economisti


Scrap Electoral College, Says New York Times

The United States should abolish its electoral college because it creates the possibility that the president will be a candidate who loses the popular vote, the New York Times said on Sunday.


TONY EASTLEY: Israel has revealed that in the four years of the Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, it's arrested 13 Palestinians who work for the UN, on suspicion of "terrorist activities.


2 Aid Workers Are Freed After 3 Weeks in Captivity

Two Italian aid workers kidnapped 21 days ago in an audacious daylight raid were freed Tuesday, the prime minister of Italy announced.


Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, with massive disruptions expected.


New communications technology could spawn future products. Could your purse tell you to bring an umbrella?


E' l'incremento maggiora dall'aprile del 2006


PARALYMPICS head Phil Craven hailed the Athens Games as a success as competition ended today, but foresaw a major review of the classification system for disabilities, suggesting it may be too complicated.


Three U.S. troops to face courts-martial

The Marine Corps said on Monday that three troops from Camp Pendleton will face courts-martial on murder charges in the death of an Iraqi man.


N.J. Mom Charged With Killing Daughter, 14

Police charged a mother Monday with bludgeoning her 14-year-old daughter to death with a hammer and shovel as the girl slept.


Manitoba to face constitutional challenge to its sweeping non-smoking law

WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba's sweeping anti-smoking law is facing a constitutional challenge - one that will inevitably be watched by other provinces planning their own crackdowns on tobacco.


Striking writers into "The Void" with Web deal

Three striking writers have  found work with a new-media studio run by a former MTV Networks  executive.


Hello? I'm calling via the interweb! Nah, it's rubbish Internet-gentile mobile operator 3 finally released full details of its new Skype handset at an event in London today. Early adopters can expect free calls, but no guarantees of reliability.â¦


Leader azzurro, prossima settimana decisiva per il Governo


Mavericks fans offer front-row seats to wounded soldiers

By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated Press Writer. play the Atlanta Hawks. They will be treated to free food and drink and have. their pictures taken with Mavericks players, dancers and team officials.


New Method of H.I.V. Transmission Documented

For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infantâs food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries.


With Congress failing to even debate an Iraq war resolution, Joe Klein suggests the people raising unrealistic expectations for the surge are the ones really undermining the mission


Italian eyeglass maker Luxottica Group SPA, which completed its $495 million takeover of Cole National Corp. on Tuesday, said it plans to shift Cole's 800-employee corporate, administrative and service operations


The Orioles find the right-handed hitting outfielder they have been looking for in the form of Jay Payton, who signs a two-year deal on Monday.


The dollar gained broadly on Tuesday  following a U.S. consumer confidence report which was stronger  than expected, extending gains made after China dampened  speculation that it would revalue its currency soon.


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

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


Highlights from the Intel Developer Forum: Day 1

Intel demonstrated new "Penryn" server and enthusiast CPUs that will launch in November, as well as its next-generation CPU architecture and manufacturing process at the first day of its Intel Developer Forum.


When Casey Capello made the decision to transfer from Notre Dame of Hingham to Archbishop Williams for her junior year, an influential factor was having the opportunity to play for a state championship.


Israeli Raid on Syria Fuels Debate on Weapons

Whether Syria is starting a nuclear program, as Israel may believe, is a difficult question for U.S. spy agencies.


Ancient medical craft rises in war-torn Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Conventional medicine is a mess in Iraq, but business is booming for the Hijamma man.


Prince Charles is meeting Black Watch troops' families in the aftermath of the deaths of three soldiers in Iraq.


Adviser Urges Caremark To Accept CVS Bid

The influential proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services reversed its stance yesterday and said that it would recommend that shareholders of Caremark Rx support a takeover proposal from the CVS drugstore chain.


BRISBANE: When Jacob Oram acknowledged his maiden test century in Hamilton against South Africa last summer, he copped "a bit of stick" for showing no emotion.


Amtrak passengers will be subjected to random screening of their carry-on bags as part of a new security initiative that will include armed officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, an Amtrak spokeswoman said Monday.


Given Reprieve, N.F.L. Starâs Dogs Find Kindness

The Best Friends Animal Society sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, is a new home for 22 of Michael Vickâs former dogs.


MANY inexpensive DVD recorders will do a fine job as a replacement for your VCR when it comes to time-shifting television programs.


Their penchant is to forget those on pension

Everybody at the NFL Players Association is very concerned. They told us so yesterday when the subject of aging and down-on-their-luck former players with minimal pension benefits and poor disability coverage was raised at a union press conference. It came five hours after a small group of former players ripped the union and the league for doing too ...


US Stocks Up Slightly After Ford Forecast

U.S. blue chips edged higher on   Friday after Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings  forecasts, but wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc.  QCOM.O held back the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review  may reduce pretax income.


Weekly World News to close (aliens not blamed!)

Publisher American Media Inc. said on Tuesday it will stop printing the Weekly World News, which for 28 years gleefully chronicled the exploits of alien babies, animal-human hybrids and dead celebrities.


The U.S. government has no "hard and fast" rules for deciding who gets put on the secret no-fly list of terror suspects barred from boarding airliners, the Transportation Security Administration said in court papers Friday.


Bolzano, 16:44 - PATTINAGGIO GHIACCIO, KOSTERN: INFORTUNIO, OUT 6 SETTIMANE

Carolina Kostner, la famosa pattinatrice su ghiaccio azzurra, ha riportato un infortunio piuttosto s...


AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Dietro il presunto golpe sventato forse si nasconde una lotta interna al partito del Presidente Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Sventato un presunto golpe in Zimbabwe: secondo quanto riferisce la stampa locale, un gruppo di 6 persone Ã¨ stato arrestato a fine maggio ed Ã¨ comparso di fronte alla giustizia locale con lÂaccusa di aver organizzato un compl...


FREEPORT, Maine  - It's deer season in Maine and although the hunting department of outdoor retail specialist L.L. Bean is packed, this is no old-boy's club.


Why I will clone human cells: Dolly creator

THE scientist who made his name by cloning Dolly the sheep said yesterday that he was "very optimistic" about gaining a licence to clone human embryos to aid understanding of motor neurone disease.


Milano, 16:06 - CALCIO, MILAN; KALADZE: KO CON ATALANTA E' COLPA MIA

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A sex offender on the UK's most wanted list is arrested and released by police who fail to recognise him.


Ricky Williams asks league to clarify his status

Ricky Williams has asked the NFL for a hearing to clarify his playing status, a possible first step if the running back tries to return to the league.


After 18 months of leaks, slurs and broken reputations the biggest doping scandal in sports history took its most dramatic twist yesterday when the man at the centre of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative investigation claimed he had devised and


Businesses, Employees Aid Tsunami Victims

Workers load relief supplies into a truck that arrived in a cargo plane at the Bandaranayake International airport in Sri Lanka, Dec. 30.


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Aid workers in  Darfur get a helping hand from advanced satellite mapping.


A brawl between hundreds of Caucasus migrants and local Russians — all armed with metal rods, baseball bats and knives — killed an ethnic Chechen in southern Russia, officials said Saturday.


OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham is today awaiting the results of medical tests to tell him what caused his crippling inflammation of the pancreas.


Attorney General John Ashcroft and EU justice officials agreed Thursday to improve the trans-Atlantic flow of intelligence to help track down terrorists and prevent attacks.


GM no longer on review for rating upgrade: S&P

Standard & Poor's on Friday said General Motors Corp's  ratings are no longer on review for an upgrade, citing serious challenges the automaker will face over the next two years.


The world risks losing many of its rare livestock breeds unless conservation steps are taken now, a study warns.


A drill planned to demonstrate the Navy's ability to knock down two incoming missiles at once from the same ship failed off Hawaii's coast on Thursday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.


Homeland Security's Info: Miles from Nowhere

Oct. 4 issue - Security officials can't quite explain why singer Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was on a US government "no fly" list.


Security Vulnerabilities Discovered in WinXP SP2

SoTuA writes "Few months after SP2 hit windowsupdate.com, Finjan Software reports that security flaws have been found in WinXP SP2, including malicous code execution without user intervention.


Across town from the United Nations General Assembly session, other world leaders, celebrities and scholars gathered Wednesday for the third annual Clinton Global Initiative conference to discuss subjects of global importance.


South Africa's 'brave cricket' to be put to test

South Africa go to the Champions Trophy in India as the world's second-ranked one-day international team, determined to play the "brave cricket" pledged by coach Mickey Arthur.


Update 4: Circuit City Narrows Second-Quarter Loss

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's No. 2 consumer electronics chain, reported a smaller-than-anticipated loss in the second quarter due to higher sales and fewer charges related to the sale of its bank-card business.


A showcase hydrogen fueling station using technology from the Lehigh Valley opened Wednesday in Washington, DC, in a bid to convince Capitol decision-makers that hydrogen is America's most promising future fuel.


Investors are expected to focus on oil  prices and corporate earnings outlooks next week, and the  slightest warning about company revenues could weigh on stocks.


Marathon leader attacked, but result stands

Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima was tonight involved in the first high-profile security breach of the Olympic Games as a spectator watching the menâs marathon accosted the long-time race leader.


Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor

Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney.


AT&T Offers Cell Phone Control to Parents

If you've been keeping track of the competition between untethered kids and anxious parents, AT&T scored one for parents with a new service to control their offspring's mobile phone use.


Vladimir Putin makes an unannounced visit to the grave of Chechnya's assassinated leader.


HP could make more of Compaq acquisition, CEO says

TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- More than two years after completing its buyout of rival Compaq Computer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has not done enough to take full advantage of the acquisition, according to HP's chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).


Showtime Producing TV Drama About Terror Cell

The Showtime cable channel is  developing a potential television series about the inner  workings and personal lives of a fictional group of Islamic  terrorists, a network spokesman said on Tuesday.


Federal Judge Rules Against Partial Birth Abortion Ban

A federal judge on Thursday ruled  against the government's ban on so-called partial birth  abortions, saying the measure signed into law last year by  President Bush was unconstitutional.


Apple gives cost of iPhone service, first fans show up

Apple Inc.  said on Tuesday  its hotly anticipated iPhone could cost up to $3,000 with a  required two-year service contract, but that didn't stop a  handful of admirers from starting to wait to buy the device.


Parvanov Vetoes New Law on Political Parties

Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov on Monday vetoed a newly passed law on political parties saying it unfairly treated parliamentary and extra-parliamentary groups by different standards.


Olympics-Exhausted Massu outlasts Fish for gold

An exhausted Nicolas Massu reeled in Mardy Fish in five tortuous sets on Sunday to win Chile their second gold medal at an Olympic Games less than 24 hours after helping them to their first.


Source: IRA Denies Involved in N.Ireland Bank Heist

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) denied  on Thursday that it was behind a record 22 million pound ($43  million) bank heist in Belfast earlier this week.


Rights group urges Kenya to allow protests

Kenya's government should order police to stop using lethal force against protesters, a U.S.-based rights group said on Sunday as the nation braced for three days of opposition rallies over disputed December 27 polls.


Vatican Plays Host for ÂNativity StoryÂ Premiere

The Holy See on Sunday gave an unprecedented stamp of approval to an American studio film.


Messina, 11:01 - CALCIO, MESSINA; VALENTINI: CON CATANIA DERBY CIVILTA'

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Asteroid 2004 MN4 has slim chance of Earth hit

A recently discovered 1,300 feet long asteroid -- 2004 MN4 --has a slim chance of hitting Earth in the year 2029, according to the statements of NASA.


Torino, 18:29 - CALCIO, TORINO: STRISCIONE TIFOSI SPRONA SQUADRA

Nell'imminenza della sfida con il Siena, gli ultras scendono in campo per spronare il Torino ad inve...


10 GWh all'anno per rafforzare produzione di energia verde


Junior: Late father 'had a lot to do' with rescue

NEW YORK -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has trouble remembering those frantic seconds when he escaped from his burning racecar. He believes, however, that his late father figured in his survival.


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


Filippo Volandri si Ã¨ qualificato alla finale del torneo Atp di Palermo (terra rossa, 375.750 euro). Il 23enne livornese, testa di serie numero 5, ha battuto in semifinale l`argentino Juan Monaco in due set


Cuba is banning smoking in many public places, but it remains to be seen how the ban will be enforced.


Shoppers turned tightfisted in August, dropping sales at the nation's retailers by 0.3 percent, providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.


Results in the Israeli Labour primary put leader Amir Peretz in a distant third, bringing a period of uncertainty.


Malaysia sets May 30 for ruling on Islam conversion

Malaysia's highest court will rule next week on whether a Muslim has the right to convert to another faith, lawyers said on Friday, in a test case that could shake society in the mainly Muslim country.


U.S. Prison Grows Beyond Capacity in Afghanistan

Efforts to scale back the U.S. detention center at the Bagram military base are failing while conditions at the facility have drawn a strong complaint from the Red Cross.


A bunch of rowdy comets are colliding and kicking up dust around a dead star, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The dead star lies at the center of the much-photographed Helix nebula, a shimmering cloud of gas with an eerie resemblance to a giant eye.


Sudanese Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur

Gripping a pair of pliers, a doctor pried a bullet from Amina Kharim's swollen and bleeding left arm. Eight hours earlier, at dawn Tuesday, she had been asleep


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Parigi, 30 agosto 2004 - La camera d'istruzione della Corte d'appello ha revocato le misure di controllo giudiziario nei confronti dell'ex terrorista e scrittore italiano Cesare Battisti. Nei suoi confronti Ã¨ ora stato spiccato un mandato d'arresto.


Tony Parker scored a season-high 27 points and San Antonio fended off a series of rallies by Boston to post a 107-90 victory over the Celtics on Sunday.


Spain's PM Sends Bush Message of Goodwill

Spain's king brought President Bush a message of goodwill Wednesday from Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose vocal opposition to the Iraq war has chilled U.S.-Spanish relations.


He's not former President Bill Clinton, but Ben Affleck will do.


NEW YORK Â· Felix Trinidad was loose and confident at an earlier news conference at Madison Square Garden, site of his middleweight, non-title fight against Ricardo Mayorga tonight.


France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.


The U.S. current account trade gap  widened slightly to a record $164.71 billion in the third  quarter, data showed on Thursday, but U.S. dependence on  overseas capital was not as great as feared, fueling a big  dollar rally.


TJX Cos. Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell 4 percent, reflecting higher markdowns on merchandise due to softer sales trends.


Judge Says PeopleSoft's Revision 'Closer'

The judge who must decide whether PeopleSoft Inc.'s corporate takeover defenses will stand up against a hostile takeover attempt by Oracle Corp. said Friday the latest revision of a key defense was "a lot closer" to meeting concerns raised about it in court.


Infocus: Deploying Network Access Quarantine Control, Part 1

This article discusses Network Access Quarantine Control with Windows Server 2003, which allows administrators to quarantine mobile users before giving them full network access, by first ensuring these machines are up-to-date according to a baseline security model.


France investigates bin Laden death report

France and the United States said on   Saturday they could not confirm a report that Osama bin Laden   had died and France launched a probe into how a secret document   containing the claim was leaked.


By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.


State Investigates Auditorâs Approval of Payments

The auditor was the vice president of a company that received more than $1.2 million in payments.


Thailand back to work 36 hours after coup

Thailand was back to work as normal on   Thursday, just 36 hours after a military coup that was   condemned abroad but legitimized by the royal palace and   greeted by many Thais with relief.


OECD cuts growth outlook for US, Japan, Europe on oil

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development cut its 2005 economic growth forecasts for the US, Japan and the eurozone, citing a period of sustained high oil prices.


BlackBerry, Bluetooth Have Limited Following

Devices have remained stubbornly irrelevant to many mainstream users, despite the benefits they might offer and the hype they often get in the press. -Rob Pegoraro


The quest for thicker lashes and defined eyes should get safer on Jan. 1, when Minnesota bans mercury from mascara, eye liners and skin-lightening creams.


Marine Corps may need to grow: commander

The U.S. Marine Corps may need to grow to sustain commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan and remain ready for other crises, the force's new commander said on Wednesday.


Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq's Anbar

Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, where gains in security were hailed this week by U.S. President George W. Bush during an unannounced visit to the region.


Mother of missing British girl to be declared suspect

PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - The mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal four months ago, will be formally declared a suspect on Friday, a spokeswoman for the family said.


Some of Antarctica's glaciers are melting faster than snow can replace them, enough to raise sea levels measurably, scientists have reported.


It's never too early to begin children's dental care

If you waited until your children started school to take them to the dentist, you waited too long. Good dental care starts in infancy, even before the first tooth emerges.


Iran says a claim by Israel's Mossad spy agency that it could build a nuclear bomb in three years is "baseless".


Unions are warning NHS blood service workers may  strike over potential closures of blood centres.


Peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel factions from the troubled Darfur region hit an impasse, and the sides agreed to break for at least three weeks before resuming efforts, one rebel faction said Wednesday.


By threatening to ignite a Palestinian civil war, the killing of three children in the Gaza Strip on Monday has jeopardized Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's efforts to restart long-stalled peace talks.


Director Christopher Reeve's "The Brooke Ellison Story" takes on new meaning because of his recent death. This original made-for-television movie will stand as Reeve's last completed directorial effort.


Capital One to buy Onyx Acceptance for $191 mn

NEW YORK, September 22  - Capital One Financial Corporation (COF.NYS) has agreed to acquire Onyx Acceptance Corporation (ONYX), a US-based automobile finance company, for $191 million in cash.


Ford to end Jaguar production at plant in central England

Jaguar is to halt production at a plant in Coventry, with the loss of 1,150 jobs, because of poor demand for the luxury brand, US parent company Ford announced.


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Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue's painkiller drug that's a frequent target for theft.


Fall in oil price provides welcome boost for Wall Street

Investors have grown increasingly anxious about how soaring energy costs might dent consumer spending ahead of the what is widely expected to be a chillier than normal winter.


Deutsche Bank to cut 2,000 management posts - report

Germany's leading bank, Deutsche Bank, is to tell its employees next week of plans to cut some 2,000 jobs to increase profitability, according to a report.


National League Roundup: Padresâ Maddux Allows 5 Runs In a Loss to His Former Team

Brian McCann homered and drove in four runs last night against Greg Maddux, leading the visiting Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres.


By Raloff, Janet  SCIENCE & SOCIETY  On Dec. 9, 2006, Congress reauthorized the 30-year-old Magmison- Stevens Act, a law that sets rules tor fishing and ocean management. This is the laws first wholesale revision since 1996.  Much has happened since then.


All Exit Polls Give Yushchenko Major Lead

All three exit polls tracking Sunday's presidential rematch in Ukraine projected opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko as the winner by a large margin over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.


California economy weak, but no recession seen: report

Mortgage defaults and a  "sustained lull" in home building will weigh on California's  economy for at least another year but will not tip the state  into a recession, according to a forecast released on  Wednesday.


LONDON, Nov 29 (SW) - The English Football Association has confirmed Bolton Wanderers striker El Hadji Diouf had been charged with improper conduct.


Palestinian says Americans' killers can't be arrested

GAZA -- Palestinian security forces know who was behind the killing of three Americans in Gaza nearly a year ago but cannot act against the factions while fighting with Israel continues, a top Palestinian security official said.


Trader blamed for SocGen losses questioned

French police on Saturday questioned a junior trader blamed for a $7 billion loss at Societe Generale after keeping his superiors in the dark for months about thousands of illicit deals.


JERUSALEM -- ``I am a soldier in the Israeli army," a bearded and gaunt-looking Captain Ron Arad tells his captors in the grainy, black and white video shot by Hezbollah nearly two decades ago.


Miller Matches U.S. Record for Most World Cup Victories

Bode Miller matches Phil Mahre's U.S. record of 27 World Cup victories by winning the Lauberhorn downhill for the second year in a row in Wengen, Switzerland.


Vladimir Radmanovic scored all but two of his 26 points on eight 3-pointers, and the Seattle SuperSonics took command in the third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-93 Tuesday night.


Cosimo D'Arrigo nuovo comandante delle Fiamme Gialle


A picture of an "abducted" U.S. soldier  in Iraq appeared on a Web site on Tuesday, but suspicion grew  it was a hoax after a U.S. toy maker said it appeared to show a  model soldier made by the company.


Al Gore's documentary wins special award

The Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" will receive a rare recognition from the Humanitas Prize, which honors screenwriting that helps "liberate, enrich and unify society."


U.S. Judge Halts Trial of Guantanamo Prisoner

A federal judge on Monday dealt a  major setback to the Bush administration by halting as unlawful  the military tribunal trial of a Guantanamo prisoner accused of  being Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver.


Plans for what would become Ireland's tallest building have been approved by Dublin City Council.


And it's all George Bush's faultâoh, all right, not all his fault, but the nicknamer in chief sets a mighty low standard.


In September, President Bush reasserted his commitment to the "road map" for Middle East peace, launched in 2003 to achieve a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement by 2005.


Bush Says He'll Seek to Revive Intelligence Bill House Blocked

President Bush vowed to work with Congress to revive a bill to enact major recommendations of the Sept. 11 panel.


Arafat buried in his Mukata headquarters

In an emotionally charged burial ceremony which verged on chaos, the Palestinian people bid farewell to their leader as Yasser Arafat was buried in the Mukata compound in Ramallah.


No More Jeeves: Tony Blair Must Change Britain's Humiliating Approach to the US

When Labour party delegates debate Iraq today, they should propose a small revolution in British policy towards America.


U.S. Web radio stations silently protest royalty hike

Thousands of U.S. Internet radio  stations held a "Day of Silence" on Tuesday to protest an  increase in performance royalties paid to musicians and record  companies that they warn could kill the fledgling industry.


Participants at a day's seminar organized by the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre have blamed the high numbers of women living with HIV/AIDS on gender inequities and the lack of adequate legislations on women's rights.


Spitzer gets 11M for Norvergence scam victims

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer scored over $11 million for small businesses yesterday, announcing settlement agreements with five banks holding telecom leases of scandal-ridden Norvergence.


Move could help company compete with Wal-Mart

Ask Houston shoppers about Sears stores and they're likely to mention their loyalty to Craftsman tools or the smell of old-fashioned popcorn machines, but the takeover announced Wednesday could change things.


A Pole wakes from a 19-year coma to find the Communists ousted from power and no more petrol queues.


Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be dead within decades because of global warming, a leaked IPCC report says.


Real Madrid believe David Beckham will be able to take part in a gym session on Wednesday despite the England captain suffering a hairline rib fracture in Saturdayâs 2-0 defeat of Wales.


Tens of thousands of people rallied in cities across the world Sunday to protest the violence in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, and urge world leaders to intervene to resolve the conflict.


Assailants set off two bombs nearly simultaneously in Corsica early Sunday, one of which injured two people, police officials said.


Although Mozilla Corp.'s security chief initially panned two Firefox bugs as low-level threats, she later changed her mind and said that they could pose a greater risk when used together.


L-esheng Qin, a 22-year-old Chinese student attending Wuhan University in the Hubei province of China, wanted a way to pay for things without carrying around cash all the time once he arrived in Massachusetts for an internship with Monster.com, a job networking site. But because he could not apply for a credit card in the United States, Qin looked for ...


Bulgaria, EU move to secure freedom for HIV medics

Bulgaria and the European Union called on  Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia,  after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting  hundreds of children with the HIV virus.


'Italia cambierebbe volto,si potrebbero alleggerire carichi'


Baker Says Orioles Job Is 'Not the Right Fit'

Former Cubs Manager Dusty Baker tells the Orioles their open managerial position is "probably not the right fit right now," but does not rule out the job.


NATO helicopters searching for an Afghan passenger jet that disappeared during a snowstorm found the wreckage of the plane Saturday in the forbidding mountains east of the capital, and officials said all 104 people aboard appeared to have been killed.


Gibraltar's military commander found dead in pool

The commander of Britain's military forces in Gibraltar, Commodore David White, was found dead in his swimming pool on Saturday afternoon, officials say.


Martin Scorsese is among the contenders to win the Director's Guild of America award in Los Angeles


Fierce Gunbattle As Palestinians Take Israeli Outpost

Three heavily armed Palestinians took over an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip Thursday. At least three Israelis died in the take-over attempt.


Some 9/11 groups want Giuliani silent at ceremony

Families of September 11 victims and emergency responders raised alarms on Wednesday that former New York mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani might politicize the sixth anniversary memorial of the attacks.


ATHENS, Greece -- Alan Shearer converted an 87th-minute penalty to give Newcastle a 1-0 win over Panionios in their UEFA Cup Group D match.


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Bacon tied to greater bladder cancer risk

Indulging in bacon too  frequently may be hazardous to your health, a new study  suggests, while taking the skin off your chicken before you  cook it might not be so good for you either.


Coeur makes tender offer for all Wheaton River shares

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. on Monday formally launched a $2.1 billion effort to buy all the outstanding common shares of rival Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.


Napoli, 15:00 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; RULLO: VOGLIO RESTARE PER GIOCARMI MIE CARTE

Erminio Rullo vuole restare al Napoli. ''Ho sempre sognato di giocare nel Napoli e voglio restare qu...


An official of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday a review had found that the firm had violated accounting rules and that he had told the mortgage giant to restate its earnings.


West Indies captain Brian Lara should be fit to lead his side in the ICC Champions Trophy final against England on Saturday. Lara has been cleared of serious injury after being struck on the neck by a Shoaib


Pay-as-you-go software licensing going slow

Pricing plans designed to let companies pay only for what they actually use are proving difficult to pull off.


LOS ANGELES  — Victoria Beckham, now living in Los Angeles, is going Hollywood. Despite her recent denials about being interested in an acting career, Beckham, aka Posh Spice, is taking a first step by playing herself on an episode of the ABC comedy "Ugly Betty" this coming TV season.


New Way to Turn Off Bad Genes Is Set for Testing on Human Eyes

New drugs that are to be tested in connection with a phenomenon called RNA interference have excited scientists with their versatile and powerful ability to affect genes.


U.S. Delays Terror Screening for Aid Groups

The Bush administration has decided to defer the start of a new security screening program for thousands of officials of organizations seeking funds from the Agency for International Development until it reviews all the comments from those affected, according to USAID's acting deputy administrator,...


Erik Bedard pushes his scoreless innings streak to 16 straight as the Orioles shut out the Chicago White Sox, 2-0, on Friday night.


Torino, 12 ottobre 2004 - L'aereo che portava a bordo le bare contenenti i resti mortali di Sabrina e Jessica Rinaudo Ã¨ atterrato all'aeroporto di Torino-Caselle. Ad attendere i feretri c'erano, da circa


U.S. lawmakers urge global search for World Bank head

Four key U.S. congressional leaders urged the Bush administration to consider non-American candidates to head the World Bank, saying the best nominee to heal rifts at the institution could come from anywhere.


Giving the gift of life, frat brother to another

When Anthony Whitney and Scott Johnson joined the same Greek-letter fraternity while students at Virginia State University, they made a pledge of brotherhood.


Better late than never: Auburn climbs into mix

The Auburn Tigers are coming. Steadily, but picking up speed and power. In the Southeastern Conference, the preseason chatter was about Louisiana State, the defending co-national champion, and perhaps Georgia.


Il Papa auspica una soluzione per la crisi Ue

ROMA - Una vera e propria benedizione papale. Estesa all'augurio che l'Unione europea trovi al suo interno la concordia necessaria per risolvere la crisi attuale che investe la Commissione europea. Il Papa


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Australian GP chief predicts failure for F1 series rival

MELBOURNE: A breakaway Formula One series planned by the four top carmakers wonât get off the ground, Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman Ron Walker said Wednesday.


Drunk-astronauts doc says NASA is in denial

Pooh-poohs space agency pooh-pooh The US Air Force doctor who led an investigation which reported that NASA astronauts flew drunk has criticised the space agency's subsequent review, which concluded that he was wrong. Colonel Richard Bachmann also suggested that management attitudes indicated a culture of silence at NASA.â¦


U.S. Won't Release Female Iraq Prisoners

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life in a video released by his captors.    Meanwhile, Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said that increasing violence must not be used as a pretext for delaying elections scheduled for late January...


Tony Blair pledged "unswerving support" for Gordon Brown at his farewell Cabinet meeting, Downing Street says.


IBM swipes at security with fingerprint-reading Thinkpad

IBM has released a biometric Thinkpad - the T42 laptop incorporates a fingerprint sensor for managing passwords and controlling access to sensitive documents and data.


Cowboys Overcome Mistakes to Beat Browns

Bill Parcells is always toughest on his teams after they win, especially when they win ugly. That means the next eight days could be excruciating for the Dallas Cowboys.


Bucs clinch cellar with loss to Panthers

With nothing to left play for but pride, the demoralized Tampa Bay Buccaneers showed how much in shambles they are as a last place-clinching, 10-loss team.


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Bush appoints Leavitt as Health and Human Services Secretary

Washington, Dec 14 (PTI) US President George W Bush has nominated Micheal Leavitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.


The Hubble Space Telescope has looked into a bubble of gas and dust being inflated by a young star's particles.


E-mails: TB patient's family little help

Health officials trying to stop a globetrotting honeymooner with a dangerous form of tuberculosis got little assistance from his lawyer father and his future father-in-law, a TB expert who not only balked at stopping the Greek wedding but went to the ceremony himself, according to e-mails obtained by The Associated Press.


Consumption Of Resources Focus of Report

An environmental group says earth's people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.


26 killed in another Philippine storm: report

The unofficial death toll reached 26 after tropical depression "Winnie" hit the northern Philippines,a local television reported Tuesday.


Sailor wasn't wearing mask to fight fire, captain reveals

GLASGOW - The day before he died, Lieut. Chris Saunders was found without a gas mask, collapsed on the floor of the control room of HMCS Chicoutimi, a fellow crewman said yesterday.


Baseball A federal judge denied a request by Hearst Corp. to make public the names of baseball players implicated in obtaining steroids. In an eight-page decision yesterday, US District Judge Thomas C. Platt in Central Islip, N.Y., ruled there was no public right to the names, contained in a December 2005 sworn statement by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky used ...


Siberian tiger, one of only 550, dies at the San Francisco Zoo

SAN FRANCISCO -- In sad news for animal lovers, the San Francisco Zoo announced Friday that Emily, a 12-year-old female Siberian tiger, died Thursday night from unknown causes.


Hazards: More Transfusions Mean More Risk for Women

Women are more likely than men to die after heart surgery, and one reason may be the use of a common medical procedure: blood transfusions.


Powell to Visit After Arafat Death -Palestinians

Secretary of State Colin Powell is  expected to visit the West Bank for talks next week, a  Palestinian official said, in what could signal a revival of  Middle East peace efforts prompted by Yasser Arafat's death.


Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is getting his wish to serve in Iraq.


Starting next year, International Business Machines Corp. will exclude new workers from its contested cash-balance pension plan and offer them only a 401 (k) savings plan.


Roma, 18:00 - BASKET, SERIE A: ANNULLATA PENALIZZAZIONE A SCAFATI

La commissione giudicante nazionale della Lega di basket, in parziale accoglimento del ricorso del c...


Senior Israeli Official Says More West Bank Settlement Dismantling ...

A senior Israeli official says that more Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be closed after next year's initial dismantling of all settlements in the Gaza Strip and four small ones in the West Bank.


Bags big share of broadband latecomers BT shares jumped four per cent this morning after another set of strong quarterly results.â¦


Japan hepatitis patients reject government aid plan

Japanese hepatitis patients on Thursday  rejected a government compensation proposal in a high-profile  scandal over tainted blood, a move that could further erode  Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's falling support rate.


U.S. private equity fund Lone Star  is in talks with several strategic investors to sell Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) , Lone Star chairman John Grayken said in an interview with a local newspaper on Monday.


Yahoo Expands Search Wars to Mobile Service

Yahoo COO Dan Rosenweig called the mobile effort a "crucial step" in the development of relevant search products and said it is intended to take advantage of the growing base of its existing


Several people are reported killed in a large blast in Nazran, in the troubled Russian republic of Ingushetia.


Myanmar frees 5,500 prisoners ahead of independence day

Myanmar's military government said it was releasing 5,588 prisoners ahead of the 57th anniversary of independence on January 4, the fourth mass release in six weeks.


Clinton holds narrow Nevada lead on Obama: poll

Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow 5-point lead on rival Barack Obama in Nevada on the eve of the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.


South Korea and the United States were discussing a last-minute deal until late Friday night over how to deal with the North Korean nuclear issue ahead of the summit meeting between


A ban on smoking in movie theaters, shopping malls, pubs and other public places in England will take effect July 1, the government said Friday.Comment


Short-term hormone therapy slows prostate cancer

New research suggests that two  months of "androgen deprivation" therapy, which reduces levels  of the androgen, a male hormone, can help slow the growth of  locally advanced prostate cancer when given before and during  radiotherapy. Plus, the short course of androgen deprivation  therapy does not increase the risk of death from cardiovascular  disease, which had been a concern.


Il ritorno di Ligabue tra poesie e teatri rock

Ha pubblicato 11 dischi, scritto due libri e girato due film. Oggi il rocker di Correggio riporta sui palcoscenici il tour in versione acustica e pubblica il nuovo Lettere d'amore nel frigo


Chinese gymnast Wang Yan is making a "truly miraculous" recovery after breaking her neck in a horrific fall at last month's national championships and has regained some ability to move her arm and legs, according to newspaper reports Thursday.


Macc Lads Three Bears: The Best of 1982-1988

Made up of promo and live clips shot at various venues around the UK, like Carleton Club Morecambe, Fulham Greyhound, Goldwyns Suite in Birmingham & the infamous impromptu gig from the back of a wagon on the ...


Indonesia's former president Suharto dies

Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose legacy of economic development was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, died on Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure.


The two-timing husband of Laci Peterson was found guilty yesterday of killing his wife and unborn son - and now waits to learn if he will die, too.


U.S. Making Flu Shots Priority for Elderly

Health officials are scurrying to secure flu vaccines so the elderly, who are most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to shots after the nation's supply was cut in half.


Owen rewarded for keeping the faith after Euro 2008 football win

A weaker character than Michael Owen would have been destroyed by his injury nightmare, but the England striker is reaping the rewards after refusing to give in.


Four years ago, after the Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, various high-minded commentators reminded the new president that he had won his office without a plurality of the popular vote, and urged him to govern as a minority president should, in a


Stock futures flat before August inflation data

Stock futures were little changed on   Friday as investors awaited a key inflation report which could   shed light on the Federal Reserve's next move on interest   rates.


Darren Wallace is used to doing things ahead of schedule. He was hitting golf balls in his backyard as an 18-month-old and played his first 18 holes of golf -- albeit on a par-three course -- on his third birthday.


Somali Leader Appeals For More American Aid

The United States must move urgently to help deploy more international peacekeeping troops to Somalia, where a U.N.-supported government is under attack from radical Islamic insurgents, the government's prime minister said  yesterday.


Off Broadway and Nearer to God: ItÂs Curtain Time at a Synagogue

The Actors' Temple, on 47th Street in Manhattan, for the first time in its 89-year history will be moonlighting as an Off Broadway theater.


Her former butler fails to produce a crucial letter, but its revelations are less than stunning: Diana wanted to move


Bush, Merkel together on Middle East, Iran

US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for restraint in the Middle East, UN action on Iran, and urged Russia to stick with democratic reforms.


Udine, 19:07 - CALCIO, UDINESE; GALEONE: ACCETTO IL RISULTATO

Giovanni Galeone, allenatore dell'Udinese, accetta il pareggio contro l'Ascoli: "E' un risultato che...


Health inspectors find fault with client code Privacy watchdogs have slapped a health warning on the latest version of AOL's client software, AOL 9.0.â¦


RYAN Giggs scored just before halftime as Manchester United won 1-0 at Aston Villa yesterday to move into third place in the English Premier League, nine points behind leader Chelsea.


Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets, and Tell Them

Hobbyists uncover some of the deepest of the governmentâs secrets and share them on the Internet.


E l'intero listino tecnologico che cede oltre l'1%


Parlera' di riforma pensioni e del voto in Iraq


Sharapova, Mauresmo beat rain, opponents

Maria Sharapova just wanted it to end. Raindrops were falling, her opponent was complaining, and Sharapova suddenly encountered some trouble as she tried to close out her third-round match at Wimbledon. Showers wiped out most action at the All England Club on Saturday, and it was drizzling when 2004 champion Sharapova finally finished her 6-3, 6-3 victory despite the animated protests of No. 26-seeded Ai Sugiyama that it was too slick to play.


Despite setbacks, Americans rule the pool

ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps barely had time to savor eight medals from these Olympics when the questions began about 2008. So, are you going to take another shot at Mark Spitzâs record in Beijing?


Nelle prime contrattazioni cedono gli indici SP e Nasdaq


ST. LOUIS (Sports Network) - St. Louis Cardinals starting  pitcher Chris Carpenter is expected to miss the first round of  the playoffs next week with an injury to his right arm.


Palestinian PM says elections would lead to unrest

Early Palestinian elections will lead to unrest, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday after accusing President Mahmoud Abbas of trying to force his Hamas movement out of all government positions.


Rescuers in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago  believe half the population of one island is missing.


The hunt for teenage geeks who illegally download music has moved across the pond, blokes. Only this time, the culprits are a wee bit older.


A look at problems at the polls in recent elections.


An appeal for information on the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones will be shown to up to 40,000 football fans.


Two multimillionaires in the presidential race Â two ways to spend their money. Republican Mitt Romney has pumped more than $17 million of his own into his race; Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.


White House in Brawl Over Weapons Workers

The Bush administration is locked in a rare election-year fight with fellow Republicans in the Senate over a troubled program for tens of thousands of weapons plant workers who got sick building nuclear bombs.


The Newport-Gwent Dragons claim Ulster fans racially abused the Welsh side during Friday's game in Belfast.


Comedian Ricky Gervais putts up Â£650 towards a reward for the return of his neighbour's Staffordshire Bull Terrier.


The revelations that a dysfunctional board spied on its members and on journalists still casts a shadow on a company that by most measures is performing well.


Harrah's accepts $17.1 billion private equity bid

The board of the world's largest casino operator, Harrah's Entertainment Inc., has accepted a $17.1-billion buyout bid from private equity groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group.


An independent medical school charging tuition fees of Â£20,000 a year could open next year.


Net-savvy Japan wants 20 percent of work force to telecommute by 2010

Japan has launched a pilot Internet program with the aim of having 20 percent of the nation's work force "telecommute" from home by 2010, cutting down on the stress and family disruption caused by office life.


Daddy Yankee released from Fla. hospital

Daddy Yankee was released from a hospital Monday after suffering from a viral infection and dehydration.


The Danish furniture maker Fritz Hansen is angry with the fast-food giant for using cheap copies of its chairs


Yusuf Islam Wants Name Off 'No Fly' List

Lawyers for the singer once known as Cat Stevens said Friday that they have asked American officials to remove his name from a "no fly" list. The musician, now a peace activist named Yusuf Islam, was expelled from the United States last week after authorities diverted his London-to-Washington flight to Maine to remove him, saying he was suspected of ties to terrorism.


The Police Federation agrees a severance deal for its members in the PSNI full-time police reserve.


BA Divides Order Between Boeing and Airbus

In its largest aircraft purchase in nearly a decade, the airliner ordered 24 Boeing 787 aircraft and 12 Airbus A380s.


Jobless claims dip by 2,000 in latest week

New claims for U.S. jobless aid  unexpectedly edged down by 2,000 last week, according to  government data released on Thursday that signaled ongoing  health for the U.S. job market.


A Cinquefrondi con un biglietto da dieci euro


Perugia, 16:02 - CALCIO, PERUGIA: CUCCUREDDU NUOVO ALLENATORE

Antonello Cuccureddu è il nuovo allenatore del Perugia (serie C/1). L' ex difensore della Juv...


Two car bomb attacks killed at least 17 Iraqi security officers on duty yesterday in the Sunni Triangle north and west of the capital, and two foreign


Glasgow, 13:07 - CALCIO, SCOZIA; CELTIC: CALDWELL OUT DUE MESI

Gary Caldwell, difensore del Celtic, dovrà rimanere fuori due mesi a causa di un problema ai ...


Well. Alright. If you're waiting to employ the drink-less drinking habit until next year, at least take care to prevent hangovers and treat them the morning after.


At first sight there might not be too much in common between this week's decision by the International Cricket Council to overturn Sourav Ganguly's two-match ban and the shenanigans surrounding England and their tour of Zimbabwe.


Lithuania Holds Italy to a Tie in Euro '08 Qualifier

World Cup champion Italy is held to a 1-1 tie by Lithuania during qualifying for the 2008 European Championship while Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands struggle to beat underdog opponents.


West Indies captain Brian Lara acknowledges his side has a major problem to overcome if they are to fulfil their goal of becoming the first host nation to win the World Cup.


Nokia Invites Some Customers to Test N-Gage Games

Nokia began offering its N-Gage gaming service to N81 users and rebranded its Twango photo- and video-sharing site.


Dirk Nowitzki had 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the short-handed Dallas Mavericks to a 103-101 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.


BANGKOK -- Really, he is not up to anything. Just doing a little shopping, taking a well-earned rest. What is everybody so worked up about? From China to Hong Kong to Bali, Thailand's deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in September in a coup, has been circling his country, mostly shopping for blazers, handbags, things like that; playing a little ...


Child bride testifies against polygamist 'prophet'

A reluctant child bride told a Utah jury Thursday that she was trying to preserve her eternal salvation when she obeyed a command by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to marry her cousin at age 14.


Ivory Coast accuses France of 'acts of war'

The Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo, has boycotted African Union peace talks aimed at ending the violence in his country, and opened a war of words with the French President, Jacques Chirac.


Ribaltati i verdetti di condanna emessi nei confronti di una donnasola e con figlio a carico"Non Ã¨ perseguibile chi agisce sotto l'effetto di un vero stato di indigenza"                                          Cassazione: "Se si Ã¨ veramente poveri occupare case popolari non Ã¨ reato"


How to Find an Audience? Try a Zoom Lens

If the movie business is to keep making smart dramas in which actors and filmmakers aim for awards, it will have to sharpen its message and narrow the targets.


The 19th-ranked Mikhail Youzhny clinched the fourth title of his career by shocking No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who managed to hold his service just once in two sets.


Defense contractor Raytheon Co.  RTN.N on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 16 percent,  helped by higher spending on its Patriot missile systems and  other military products and lower tax payments.


A militant group in Thailand has threatened to attack the capital of Bangkok to avenge the deaths of some 80 Muslims in the country's southern region.


The bigger they are, the harder they (might) fall.


You saw the movie, you memorized the song, so let's skip the bit about the Bronx being up and the Battery down. What you need to know is the best way to get around.


Football: Hawaii's Chang leaves his mark

When Timmy Chang jogged off the field for the final time at Aloha Stadium, he left Hawaii with more than just a big lead in the Hawaii Bowl.


Brazil's parliament is to investigate a wave of brutal killings of homeless people in the city of Sao Paulo.


SF and DUP blame each other for latest North impasse

Sinn FÃ©in and the Democratic Unionist Party are continuing to blame each other for their ongoing failure to reach an agreement to restore power-sharing government in the North.


Apple patents convergent handheld ... thing

Er. That's it Apple has filed to protect an invention it calls a "multi-functional hand-held device," a device with a user-interface that changes according to function.â¦


A strike of baggage handlers at Gatwick airport begins, but a separate two-day walk-out at Heathrow is suspended.


(HealthDayNews) -- Methamphetamine abuse is a dangerous, yet growing practice. So it's important for parents to discuss the problem with their children, the National Institute on Drug Abuse says.


Sri Lanka says kills Tiger intelligence chief

The Tamil Tigers' military intelligence chief was among 34 rebels killed in heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the military and a pro-Tiger Web site said, amid signs the 25-year civil war was escalating.


Downing Street dismisses a scathing attack by former BBC boss Greg Dyke over Tony Blair's handling of the war in Iraq.


Australia will bolster its military force in Iraq's southern Muthana province with an extra 38 troops and four armored vehicles, the defense minister said Monday.


Iran said yesterday it has processed several tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium to prepare it for enrichment - a key step in developing atomic weapons - in defiance of the UN nuclear watchdog agency.


The government has named five of the six victims of a military helicopter crash in the Czech Republic.


Starbucks agrees deal on Ethiopia coffee labels

US coffee-shop chain Starbucks agreed to credit Ethiopia's unique bean varieties on its labels, in a deal signed Wednesday to ending a long-brewing trademark dispute.


Hopefully one day a male athlete will not have to worry about declaring his homosexuality, the reaction to former NBA player John Amaechi coming out shows that day is not here yet.


NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Todd Marinovich, the former Los Angeles Raiders quarterback whose career ended in a mire of drug abuse, is facing a possible prison term after a weekend arrest in Orange County.


Critics of Blair protest before party rally

Tens of thousands of protesters   marched on Saturday against British Prime Minister Tony Blair   on the eve of a rally of his Labour Party where a struggle over   the leadership looked set to eclipse debate on policy.


Australia's Macquarie Commun Infrastructure Trading Halt

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australia's Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG.AU), which is bidding in a consortium for NTL Inc.


Files show secret Genzyme plan to regain shares cheaply

Genzyme Corp. chief executive Henri A. Termeer's conference call with Wall Street on May 8, 2003, quickly turned ugly. Analysts peppered him with questions about the Cambridge biotech company's plan to buy back shares of its biosurgery division. The price, they said, was far too low.


KERBALA, Iraq  - Four people were killed and 18 wounded in a fresh outbreak of violence in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims gathered on Tuesday for a major ritual, police said.


NHL union chief Ted Saskin on Thursday denied monitoring player e-mails, contending predecessor Bob Goodenow ordered such actions. Goodenow denied the allegation.


A proposal to make Major League Baseball's "Extra Innings" exclusive to DirecTV has drawn the ire of Sen. John Kerry.


Six Guards Killed at Mexico Prison on U.S. Border

MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Six guards were found  murdered outside a high security prison on Mexico's border with  Texas on Thursday in the latest bloody episode in weeks of  prison violence being blamed on powerful drug gangs.


A new round of peace talks between Sudan's government and rebels in the Darfur region will deal with security arrangements so thousands of people can return to their villages and aid workers can operate without hindrance, a rebel spokesman said Tuesday.


Plug-in electric cars could defeat Toyota's Prius and recharge Detroit. And Detroit desperately needs recharging. By John Gartner.


Overnight snow is causing havoc on Northern Ireland's roads, while many schools will not open.


Significa che dialogo andra' avanti anche su legge tv


A girl claims a teenager accused of murder had previously blindfolded her and tied her up.


In ricordo della principessa, a luglio 2007 a Wembley


"Little Miss Sunshine" wins indie film awards

"Little Miss Sunshine" won the top prize at the Spirit Awards, the art-house world's equivalent of the Oscars, on Saturday, a day before the underdog comedy competes in four categories at the Academy Awards.


Coral Springs firefighter to receive $10,000 settlement in hazing ...

Coral Springs Â· A former Coral Springs firefighter who was bound with plastic handcuffs last year during an apparent firehouse hazing incident will receive a $10,000 settlement, city records show.


Blyk, the world's first fully  advertising-funded mobile telecoms operator, launched in  Britain on Monday in what is seen as a major test of the  potential of advertising on mobile phones.


Female soccer star considers next move after FIFA rejects signing ...

The Celaya soccer club will not appeal a ruling by FIFA rejecting its bid to hire national women's team star Maribel Dominguez.


A version of the first Welsh language bible has appeared online 400 years after the death of the bishop who first translated it.


Alexander Popov, uno dei piÃ¹ grandi nuotatori di tutti i tempi, avrebbe deciso di ritirarsi. Il russo, 33 anni, attualmente risiede in Svizzera dopo essersi trasferito in Australia nel '92 e avervi trascorso un decennio.


Egypt police kill African migrant on border

ISMAILIA, Egypt  - Egyptian police shot dead a man from Ivory Coast and detained two other African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel on Saturday, security officials said.


Reggio Calabria, 18:31 - CALCIO, REGGINA: PER AMORUSO SOLO CONTUSIONE AL COSTATO

Nulla di grave per Nicola Amoruso, costretto ad uscire a causa di un infortunio nei minuti finali de...


Spanish court confirms prison sentence for British murderer

A court in southern Spain Friday confirmed a 19-year prison sentence handed down to British murderer Tony Alexander King for the killing of a teenage girl, judicial sources said.


`BCCI to decide its next move on TV rights soon`

Kolkata: The ##Gl##Board of Control for Cricket in India##G## (BCCI) on Tuesday said it would decide its next course of action soon following the ESPN-Star Sports' withdrawal of the petition against it in the Bombay High Court, in response to the Indian


Unwilling to concede defeat, congressional leaders expressed hope Sunday that lawmakers could return next month to resolve a turf battle that has blocked passage of an overhaul of the nationâs intelligence agencies.


Donadoni denies pressure on team selections

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni dismissed speculation that he is under pressure to pick certain players in an interview due to be transmitted on Euronews from Friday night.


Blast in Iraq's Mosul kills 15, wounds 132

At least 15 people were killed and 132 wounded when a building used by militants to store weapons and tonnes of explosives blew up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, senior security officials said.


Lycos Strikes Back At Spammers With Screensaver

com. Lycos Europe is taking the fight to the enemy, launching a screensaver that conducts a group denial-of-service attack against sites marketing products via spam.


Condoms in Giveaway Are Effective, Officials Say

The District Health Department sought to assure residents yesterday about the safety and quality of hundreds of thousands of condoms distributed as part of the city's effort to fight HIV/AIDS.


Bosnia to Ask U.S. for Release of Guantanamo Six

Bosnia will ask the United States to  hand over six men detained for the past three years at the  Guantanamo prison in Cuba on suspicion of terrorism, a  government spokesman said Monday.


Software lets parents track children's Internet trail

DETROIT Parents have a new tool to help track what their children see and who they talk to over the Internet. Several Detroit-area law enforcement agencies are promoting a new software program called ComputerCOP.


Rupert Everett: 'Sono gay non farÃ² mai James Bond'

Roma, 21 agosto 2004 - "Non credo proprio che avrÃ² mai il ruolo di James Bond, anche se personalmente ritengo di essere il miglior successore possibile per Pierce Brosnan. PerÃ² sono gay". Sono queste le


More than 4,500 grass-roots gigs take place every day in England and Wales, a survey finds.


Conti pubblici, Siniscalco: ''Secondo Ue deficit Italia coerente ...

Secondo l'Unione europea il deficit dell'Italia Ã¨ coerente con il debito. Lo ha dichiarato il ministro dell'Economia, Domenico Siniscalco. Intanto la Commissione europea attende i risultati di un gruppo di


Singer Amy Winehouse is "on the road to recovery" from her drug addiction her mother Janis tells GMTV.


Wants to get back into 'entertainment' products Dutch manufacturer Tulip Computers has announced it wants to buy back the Commodore brand it sold to Yeahronimo Media Ventures in 2004 for â¬22m. The computer maker is planning to bid $1 a share for the US computer firm Commodore, valuing the company at $81m.â¦


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is all set to continue as Army Chief, which he had promised to quit by the year-end, after Parliament today approved a bill in this regard amid loud protests from opposition lawmakers.


Internet Sex Video Case Stirs Free-Speech Issues in Hong Kong

Several arrests in Hong Kong for posting sexually explicit images of what appear to be some of Asiaâs best-known pop stars has led to a debate over free speech on the Web.


By Anonymous  Marching For Vouchers: Twelve-year-old Marcus Campbell is among the scores of demonstrators rallying in support of school voucher program legislation at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Ambiguity over the bill's authorization has halted startup of the program.


Israel Frees 159 Palestinians; Abbas Wants More Out

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed 159  Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate  new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a  "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.


Camera, parte il referendum contro il maggioritario

''Dopo dieci anni il popolo e' disincantato e del maggioritario all'italiana non ne puo' piu'''. Sulla scorta di questa convinzione il leader di Unita' socialista, Claudio Signorile, ha presentato oggi nella


User's PC stops communicating with the network, so this support pilot fish is called in to get things working again -- and since the PC is only months old, a hardware problem isn't his first thought.


Home Computer Users Wearing Security Blinders

Most consumers have no firewall protection, their antivirus software is outdated, and dozens of spyware programs secretly run on their computers, America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance found.


This summer's onslaught repeats a long-term cycle, bringing back warmer waters and more storms.


Australian terror suspect David Hicks is due to appear before a US military  tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.


Media consumers have been watching the writersâ strike from the sidelines, but they might take notice if the awards season is replaced by marches and pickets.


Google Inc. wants to conclude its share auction Tuesday, setting the stage for its stock to go public Wednesday, according to a statement on its IPO (initial public offering) Web site.


Patrik Elias and Sergei Brylin each scored two goals and Martin Brodeur made 35 saves to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 6-1 victory over the Rangers last night at Madison Square Garden, New York's second embarrassing loss in two days.


China Finds Eager Allies for Olympic Security

Some American companies are helping China design and install one of the most comprehensive high-tech public surveillance systems in the world.


Sporadic bush war wearies CAR's forgotten rebels

PAOUA, Central African Republic  - Bertin Wafio sits in a village clearing sipping tea from a flask, his teenage bodyguards self-consciously examining their ancient rifles and wearily scanning the horizon.


Bush, Kerry Turn Focus to Domestic Policies

President Bush and Democratic  challenger Sen. John Kerry turned their focus to domestic  issues on Saturday, sparring over tax cuts and other economic  policies as they campaigned in battleground states.


Court acquits paparazzi chasing Princess Di

PARIS - A Paris appeals court on Tuesday upheld the acquittals of three photographers accused of invasion of privacy after they took pictures of Princess Diana and Mr Dodi Fayed at the scene of their deadly crash.


Huckabee, Thompson Trail in Fund Raising, Federal Filings Show

Bloomberg - July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Two Republican presidential candidates trailing in polls, Mike Huckabee and Tommy Thompson, each raised less than $1 million during the last three months, putting them further behind the leading contenders.


Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching an Internet search engine based on the same voluntary collaboration that drives the online encyclopedia.


American Tower to file amended financial reports

American Tower Corp. , a Boston-based operator of broadcast and communications towers, said yesterday it will restate financials to correct accounting for past stock options grants. The company will file an amended 2005 annual report that includes consolidated financial statements for the 2003 through 2005 fiscal years, plus selected financial data from 2001 through 2005, reflecting stock options expenses and ...


Public Service Workers Strike in South Africa

A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies.


British man convicted after fastest-ever trial: officials

A man was tried and convicted in less than 80 minutes in what is thought to be the fastest trial in English legal history, the Ministry of Justice said Friday.


A man was charged with murder in the weekend death of a 5-year-old girl who was shot while riding in the back of a car.


Giants Complete Makeover and Rewrite History

The unlikeliest of Giants championship runs went from Tampa to Dallas, Green Bay to Glendale, hurdling the best of the National Football Conference and finally a team that was supposed to be one for the ages.


Versamento chiude accertamenti per Magiste International


Belfast Police Probe 20 Million-Pound Theft at Bank

Detectives in Northern Ireland are investigating a bank theft that may be in excess of 20 million pounds ($38.5 million), the police said.


Teaching MS Patients to Save Energy Curbs Fatigue

TORONTO  - People with multiple sclerosis  (MS) often suffer extreme fatigue, but teaching them how to  conserve energy helps combat the problem, according to a new  study.


Billion-Dollar Ball in Delta Pilots' Hands

Delta Air Lines' pilots, by far the best paid in the airline industry, face a painful choice over the next few weeks: accept a tentative deal that calls for a one-third cut in pay, or


Pakistan's Musharraf nominated for presidential vote

Pakistan's military president, Pervez Musharraf, registered on Thursday to run in an October 6 presidential election as the Supreme Court prepared to rule on whether his bid for power is legal.


Training for a New Life Through a New Trade

A group called Brooklyn Woods seeks to provide a more promising path to people who are chronically unemployed.


Between games of Wednesday's doubleheader, someone tried to cheer up Giants manager Felipe Alou by using that old Ernie Banks line: "Let's play two." ...


Avoid the return runaround and even get some green for those white elephants.


Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

More than 73,000 General Motors Corp workers walked off the job on Monday after marathon contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and GM stalled and the union called the first national strike since 1970 against the top U.S. automaker.


Fiorentina-Inter a Rosetti, Milan-Lazio a Bertini


Astros' Biggio reaches 3,000-hit plateau

Craig Biggio kissed his wife, hugged everyone in sight and dragged former teammate Jeff Bagwell out onto the field to soak in the celebration. It was the perfect place for the Astros second baseman to get his 3,000th career hit.