* CHIRAC Il presidente francese riceverÃ  la delegazione ...

Parigi, 8 novembre 2004 - Yasser Arafat resta in terapia intensiva e le sue condizioni sono giudicate stabili. Lo ha reso noto un portavoce dell'ospedale militare di Percy, nella periferia parigina, dove il


Kerem Shalom Journal: As Shells Fall, Goods Go to Gaza at âVineyard of Peaceâ

The Kerem Shalom border crossing handles truckloads of milk products, meat, medicines and eggs passed from Israel into Gaza every day.


Il thank ha aperto il fuoco su due guerriglieri che dal tetto di un palazzo sparavano sui militari che stavano disinnescando un ordigno lungo la strada                                            Iraq, carro armato Usa uccide cinque bambine                                                                                I corpi ritrovati dai soldati della coalizione che hanno perlustrato l'edificioTra le ragazzine anche una neonata. Erano insieme ad un uomo


Search and the Law: Attorney Clarke Douglas Walton

As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, Clarke Douglas Walton, an attorney and former VP of an SEM firm, discusses trademark usage in PPC advertising, the DMCA, and future legal issues on the horizon for search marketers.


Tennis: Blow to Classic as Pierce pulls out

Richard Palmer now reckons lightning can strike twice in the same place after losing star act Mary Pierce for next week's international women's tournament.


First, the big news is that lines are forming at Apple stores. Send links to pictures. Oh the humanity. Second, the reason those of us who ordered in advance are not getting our Leopards is that Fedex couldn't handle the load.  Even so, when I called Fedex this morning they said I would have my package today, even though the website says otherwise. Their gears are stipped on a good day. Is Fedex the AT&T of package delivery? Will Apple end up leasing their own fleet of trucks to deliver the next version of Mac OS? I guess we still have to make it through this release.  Will we be able to have a Flash Conference on Monday to discuss Leopard? Only time will tell.


Court-martial opens for accused 1960's Army deserter

CAMP ZAMA, Japan A military court-martial is under way for Charles Jenkins, the Army sergeant who's accused of deserting his unit in 1965 and defecting to North Korea.


THE maniac who killed a French girl in a hammer attack committed another murder and four attacks on women, police confirmed yesterday.


PERTH, Nov. 30. - In a bid to acclimatize quickly to Australian conditions coach Bob Woolmer is tipping Pakistanâs top batsmen to play the tour opener against a Western Australia second XI in Perth, starting on Wednesday.


Thinking about renewals in a productive fashion

Blog: Open source renewal rates don't tell the whole story.  The real story is how companies grow their presence within target accounts.


World stage beckons for German resistance to Hitler

More than 60 years after a group of German officers tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler, international recognition that has eluded them for years may soon be on its way -- despite resistance from within Germany.


Pacemakers Can Avert Fatal Attack in Some Epilepsy Patients

Cardiac pacemakers could help reduce the high incidence of sudden death among those with epilepsy, a British study indicates. Four of 20 patients monitored for up to 22


Yesterday, in one of its boldest moves, the European Commission agreed to begin talks on admitting Turkey to the EU. But fears run deep of a country of 70 million straddling Europe and Asia.


Blair heads to US under growing pressure to shed "poodle" image

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to fly to Washington for talks with President George W. Bush under more pressure than ever to reap rewards for his support of the unpopular US-led war in Iraq.


Pres. Bush asks nation for support to lead the US after Kerry admits defeat.


Children who dance are more at risk of eating disorders when they grow up, research has found.


Police raided the Brazilian offices of international security consultant Kroll Inc. and arrested five employees Wednesday in an investigation into allegations of illegal spying by Kroll during the company's probe of a nasty corporate dispute.


Shares in Italian carrier Alitalia surge as it finalises a deal with unions which will keep it in the air.


* Change of broker helps disguise his intentions

Malcolm Glazer has renewed his efforts to take control of Manchester United in spite of the collapse of talks between his banking advisers and the football club's two biggest shareholders.


Microsoft Corp. won a battle against open source software supporters in India's technology hub of Bangalore, with local authorities choosing its software for networking the state's utilities and services.


IBM buying business software firm AptSoft

IBM  said on Wednesday it is  buying privately held AptSoft Corp to expand its business event  processing software portfolio.


Storm's playoff victory 1st in franchise history

Lauren Jackson scored 14 points to lead the visiting Seattle Storm over the Minnesota Lynx 70-58 Saturday, marking the Storm's first playoff win in franchise history.


Gileadâs Drug Is Approved to Treat a Rare Disease

Gilead Sciences won approval for a new drug to treat a life-threatening lung disease, stealing a march on Encysive Pharmaceuticals.


Top 10 North American Wireless Broadband Networks

A new report compiled by a wireless services consulting firm ranks Wi-Fi, WiMax, and third generation (3G) cellular networks in 16 North American cities.


Ankara's foreign minister is to visit Baghdad in an effort to halt attacks by Kurdish fighters based in Iraq.


Training for Indiaâs Job Boom and Finding Career Path to Sky

Young Indians are pursuing careers unavailable to their parents, and new private airlines provide a broad avenues of opportunity.


Brown cites lost spirit, medical issues, as reasons for retirement

Hubie Brown said he stepped down as the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies for two reasons: He lost his spirit, and because of medical issues he wants kept private.


Julie Taymor shifts crowns Friday. Having conquered Broadway with "The Lion King," the celebrated director makes her Metropolitan Opera debut, taking on the Queen of the Night and all the forest creatures in a new production of Mozart's "Die Zauberfloete."


Rebels see positive role for Gaddafi in Darfur

Darfur rebels back a mediation role for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who African leaders meeting in Tripoli commissioned to make contacts to help solve the conflict in western Sudan, spokesmen said on Monday.


Trojan phishing attack claims multiple victims

From Russia without love Security watchers have discovered a string of malicious websites that install Trojan code, allowing hackers to compromise end-user banking credentials for more than 50 financial institutions and ecommerce websites.â¦


Airlines Agree to Cut Flights at Chicago O'Hare

U.S. airlines have agreed to limit  flights into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to 88  arrivals per hour between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. in an effort to cut  congestion that has slowed the whole U.S. aviation system,  federal officials said on Wednesday.


"Dreamgirls" no sure thing for Oscar song win

Some of this year's most interesting Oscar battles revolve around what Academy Award voters hear -- rather than see.


GOP pays $135K in N.H. call jamming suit

State and national Republicans will pay $135,000 to settle a suit involving a scheme to jam Democratic get-out-the-vote calls on Election Day 2002, officials said Saturday.


DeveloperTutorials.com: Building Desktop Applications in PHP

The Developer Tutorials site has posted a new look at working with PHP in a different sort of environment than most people think - on the desktop.    You've been through it all with the web, from basic database hacks to battling with inconsistent browser rendering, and now you want to have a go at something different.   Of course, the standard destination would be desktop application development.    The work through some of the basics of desktop development as well as some of the advantages and disadvantages to making the move. The include some example code to get you started with a "Hello World" sort of example using the PHP-GTK libraries.


Former MTV host Adam Curry explains why "podcasts" are rapidly filling people's music player hard drives.


Il Parma batte la Steaua Il gol partita di Budel

Vittoria per 1-0 del Parma al Tardini contro la Steaua Bucarest nell'incontro di Coppa Uefa. Il gol vittoria dei gialloblÃ¹ Ã¨ arrivato al 79' dai piedi di Alessandro Budel, che raccoglieva una grande giocata


Arafat, il mistero continua: Â«La cartella non Ã¨ chiaraÂ»

Finalmente Nasser al-Qidwa, nipote di Arafat e rappresentante palestinese all'Onu, ha in mano il voluminoso dossier medico - 558 pagine piÃ¹ le radiografie - sulla morte del rais. Dice di non averlo letto, e di non capirne molti passaggi.


European consortium Airbus prepares to unveil the world's largest plane, the 555-passenger A380.


Panel Faults Emphasis of U.S. Climate Program

A Bush administration program has not focused enough on the impact of warming on humans, the panel said.


Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.  SIRI.O on Thursday named former Viacom Inc. President Mel  Karmazin as its chief executive, in the latest migration of a  mainstream radio heavyweight to the fledgling satellite  industry.


Capo-economia, in Eurolandia ripresa consumi e investimenti


Nello spettacolo 'Alice, una meraviglia di paese'


Madrid, 00:52 - CALCIO, SPAGNA:  IL REAL VINCE E RESTA SOLO IN TESTA

Battendo 2-0 il Betis Siviglia nel posticipo della 5/a giornata della Liga spagnola con gol di Raul ...


Google chief financial officer to retire

Google Inc.'s chief financial officer will retire by the end of the year, creating the most prominent job opening at the Internet search leader since it went public three years ago.


Microsoft Warns Asian Governments of Linux Suits

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) warned Asian governments on Thursday they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of its Windows software.


Parma, 16:59 - CALCIO, UEFA-PARMA; PIOLI: GIRONE COMPETITIVO

''E' un girone competitivo, dove tutte e quattro le nostre avversarie sono rappresentanti di nazioni...


WASHINGTON - Army generals said Thursday at least two dozen unregistered "ghost detainees" may have been held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but they don't know the number for certain because the CIA did not cooperate with their investigation into abuses.    Senators said the CIA's lack of cooperation was unacceptable and that they would press the agency to provide the Army with the documents it needs...


France has no plans to pull out of Afghanistan: prime minister

France has no plans to pull its troops out of Afghanistan and will remain loyal to its allies serving in a multinational force there, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday


Rainwater building up behind a Riverside County dam prompted authorities to order more than 800 homes evacuated as a precaution early Friday.


Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY.N on  Friday reported a lower third-quarter profit as revenue fell  amid intense competition for its products from rivals and  generic drugs.


Sure, there's plenty of fire at this year's Burning Man festival, but celestial tributes dominate the playa. Daniel Terdiman reports from Black Rock City, Nevada.


Pregnancy diet may impact child's allergy risk

NEW YORK  - What a woman eats during pregnancy may influence the odds that her child will develop allergies, a new study hints.


Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.


La 'Simona nazionale' lancia la sua moda in tuta 'star chic'


Second place changed hands, as Samsung pushed past Motorola to take 13.8 percent of the market compared to Motorola's 13.4 percent.


Kazakhstan probes another crash of a Russian-built rocket, which was carrying highly toxic fuel.


Tokyo, 13:49 - CALCIO, GIAPPONE: BUCHWALD LASCIA URAWA REDS

Guido Buchwald lascia la panchina degli Urawa Reds. Il 45enne tecnico tedesco, da tre anni all'Urawa...


North Carolina State wrapped up a quick search for a football coach by hiring Tom O'Brien away from conference rival Boston College on Friday.


Ukraine Warns Threatens Trade Embargo Over Moldovan Schools Issue

Ukraine has warned the Transnistrian breakaway enclave in eastern Moldova of a trade embargo and rail traffic halt if the Tiraspol administration fails to reopen the Moldovan schools in the region, Russian ...


Suicide bomber kills 13 in attack against Iraqi Shia leader

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into the Baghdad headquarters of top Iraqi Shia Muslim political leader Abdel Aziz Hakim yesterday, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more.


English League Cup: Arsenal 3, Everton 1

LONDON - Italian teen Arturo Lupoli scored two goals to lead Arsenal past Everton 3-1 Tuesday, putting the Gunners in the fifth round of the English League Cup.


Sean O'Keefe on Monday officially resigned as the head of NASA to interview as the chancellor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.


Dutch doctors are calling for a domestic legal framework that would allow them to end the lives of newborn babies suffering intolerable pain from incurable diseases, a move that rekindles the debate on the controversial issue of euthanasia.


Los Olivos - Sheriff's investigators searched Michael Jackson's ranch again on Saturday in a brief follow-up to an extended search a day earlier.


A leading cigarette company says its sales fell sharply in the Irish Republic since the smoking ban.


A U.S. military judge was considering a request Thursday by lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver to interview the confessed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks Â a man they say could prove their client was no terrorist.


Teen girls' drug, alcohol use going undetected

Severe alcohol and drug abuse by teenagers, particularly girls, may be easily missed during routine and urgent-care medical visits.


Marat Safin lost his temper and his quarterfinal at the St. Petersburg Open on Friday, getting surprised by seventh-seeded Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-1 after protesting a line call.


Magnetic bracelets are good for relieving the pain of arthritis, say researchers.


Ritalin use doubles after divorce, study finds

Children from broken marriages are  twice as likely to be prescribed attention-deficit drugs as  children whose parents stay together, a Canadian researcher  said on Monday, and she said the reasons should be  investigated.


Peroxide Army Set to March Again at Ryder Cup

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Jack Nicklaus  maintains there is no role for women at the Ryder Cup.


A Film Year Full of Escapism, Flat in Attendance

Despite a modest increase in 2007 box office receipts, moviedom is trudging into January with a droop in its shoulders.


Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose from a year earlier, helped by strong economic conditions.


No windfall likely for Paris from big Hilton sale

Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton won't likely get a windfall from the $20 billion sale of Hilton Hotels Corp., the source of her family's fortune.


A post-mortem examination takes place after a 93-year-old is found dead near his home, by a neighbour.


Simon Ambrose is chosen by Sir Alan Sugar as The Apprentice, beating  favourite Kristina Grimes.


From Odd Behavior to a Difficult Diagnosis

The initial symptoms were more annoying than alarming, Lynn Field recalls.


CHAMPIONS - Per adesso sono due vittorie su due. Dopo i tre punti conquistati in terra ucraina contro lo Shakhtar al debutto nella Champions League 2004-2005, il Milan Ã¨ protagonista di un esordio 'europeo' felice anche a San Siro.


"High school musical" apre la nuova stagione di Disney Channel ItaliaIn una programmazione che spazia tra musica, sit-com e classici dell'animazione                                                  Tv, arriva in Italia il film-cult che ha fatto impazzire i giovani Usa


Fingerprints of Jackson, accuser found on porn magazines

Fingerprints of US pop superstar Michael Jackson and the boy of his accuser have been found on pornographic magazines seized by police, the US cable TV news network CNN reported Saturday.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday lauded early progress in a military operation against militants in Baghdad, but said Iraqis had to use this "breathing space" to push ahead with reconciliation.


Miller rejects comeback bid with Celtics

Reggie Miller is staying retired, passing on a chance to turn the Big Three of the Boston Celtics into the Fabulous Four.


At funeral and grave sites, Arabs mourn Arafat

Yasser Arafat's funeral began Friday with prayers for the Palestinian leader after his wooden coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, was carried into an Egyptian military mosque.


GiovedÃ¬ 7 Ottobre 2004, alle 18 circa, l'FBI si Ã¨ presentata presso la sede americana di Rackspace, presso la cui sede inglese risiedono i server che ospitano molti siti locali di indymedia, fra cui italy.indymedia.org.


U.S. industrial output grew strongly  last month while producer prices fell at the sharpest rate in  1-1/2 years amid tumbling energy prices, according to reports  suggesting healthy, noninflationary growth.


Su schema di decreto per aggiornamento delle linee guida


BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have arrested or reprimanded more than 750 officials in recent months in connection with billions of dollars in financial irregularities ranging from unpaid taxes to embezzlement, according to a report made public yesterday.


Colombia's alleged drug chief denies US charges

Colombia's alleged drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, head of the notorious Cali drug cartel, said he was innocent before he was extradited to the United States over the weekend.


Maxtor OneTouch 4 Backup Storage Line Debuts

The easy use drives provide automatic file backup and synchronization capabilities for Macs and PCs.


UK rejects Fluor bid for British Nuclear Group: report

The British government has rejected a   400 million pound ($749.5 million) bid for British Nuclear   Group Ltd. (BNG) from U.S. engineering and construction firm   Fluor Corp. FLR.N, the Independent on Sunday said.


Winning the NFC East again won't be good enough for the New York Giants this year. Not even close.


Today the FIA issued what could be a very drafty draft of the Formula 1 calendar for next season and the British Grand Prix is on it, albeit with a provisional status, pending an agreement between the parties involved.


WASHINGTON - Two supplements advertised to enhance sexual performance contain undisclosed prescription-strength amounts of the key ingredient in Pfizer Inc.


A Warm Welcome Helps Pettitte Get Back to Work

Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon said they back their teammate Andy Pettitte, but offered little insight on Roger Clemens and his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.


Vin Baker's daily ritual is different these days. The New York Knicks center seeks cellular peace. He pulls out his cellphone, reaches out, and touches someone special. His phone is not just a communication device. It is his lifeline -- to his father.


Yao Thrills Crowd at First China NBA Game

Yao Ming's Houston Rockets squeezed  past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to  be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball  league deems a potential marketing mecca.


Suicide bomber kills 13 in Pakistani capital

A suicide bomber killed 13 people on Tuesday outside a court in the Pakistani capital Islamabad where the country's suspended chief justice was due to speak, police and officials said.


Bush, Kerry teams gear up for post-debate battle

History suggests that post-debate "spin" decides the winner of US presidential debates almost as much as the candidates' performance in the high-stakes televised face-off itself.


Russia and China to hold joint maneuvers

Once-bitter rivals Russia and China will hold a massive joint military exercise on Chinese territory next year involving submarines and possibly strategic bombers, Russia's defense minister said Monday as the ...


Authors of 'think the unthinkable' report on green policies deny pressure from leaders to dilute plans.


From Liver and Chianti to a Presidentâs Barbecue

With âJimmy Carter: Man From Plains,â Jonathan Demme points his camera at the tribulations of a former president.


In Brief: Sanyo unveils hard-disk based voice recorder

Sanyo Electric has built a 1-inch hard-disk drive into a voice recorder, the company announced Friday. The gadget will become the latest in a growing number of portable electronics products to feature a miniature hard drive. The company is using a 5GB capacity drive from Seagate Technology in the HDR-B5GM to give the device a maximum recording time of 693 hours in the lowest quality MP3 recording mode. There are four quality modes and recording time drops to 57 hours when using the highest quality, Sanyo said. The device also supports Windows Media Audio and MP3 playback and can double as a music player. In addition to the hard-disk drive, there is an SD card slot and the recorder can copy files from the card to the hard disk and thus free up the card for re-use. Sanyo draws a distinction between music players and voice recorders, which it says have built-in microphones, speakers, and a microphone input socket, and is claiming a world first with the HDR-B5GM. It will go on sale in Japan in early March and will cost around Â¥53,000 ($507). Sanyo will sell the HDR-B5GM overseas, although no plans have been set.


Cops: Man Steals, Beats Dog Over Barking

FREEHOLD, N.J. - Police say a man stole his neighbor's dog, hid the animal in the woods and beat it with a shovel because its barking was getting on his nerves...


By Elizabeth Stuart and Sara Israelsen Deseret Morning News  AMERICAN FORK CANYON -- After a cold night on Mt. Timpanogos, a 43-year-old man who didn't return from a day hike Tuesday is safe and in good condition.  About 7 p.m.


Venezuela Recalls Panama Ambassador to Protest Pardon Of Anti ...

Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Panama to protest comments by the outgoing Panamanian president regarding her reasons for pardoning four men convicted in a plot to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.


New Jersey Angler Goes After the Big One

By GEOFF MULVIHILL WOODBURY, N.J. - Call him the Allen Iverson of bass fishing. Mike Iaconelli is wiry, tattooed, hot-tempered and cocky. He is a 34-year-old Jersey guy who knows the power of marketing. He is pulling in not only big fish, but big money.


Gum Disease Tied to Risk of Premature Delivery

NEW YORK  - Pregnant women with serious gum  disease appear to have an increased risk of delivering  prematurely, but whether this condition actually triggers early  labor remains unclear, according to a new study.


Gunmen Kill Senior Iraqi Ministry Official

A senior official in Iraq's  Communications Ministry was shot dead as he was driving to work  in Baghdad on Thursday, a source at the ministry said.


STUTTGART, Germany  - China outclassed their rivals easily to retain their men's team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.


Kimberly-Clark Corp.  said on Monday it is targeting $400 million to $500 million in cost savings over the next three years and still expects earnings this quarter to meet its previous expectations.


Zimbabwe Ruling Party Picks Woman as Mugabe Deputy

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's  ruling ZANU-PF confirmed the first woman to become his deputy  on Saturday, putting her on course to succeed Mugabe when he  eventually retires in 2008.


Spurs' Richards says chances of tumour 'extremely low'

Tottenham Hotspur defender Dean Richards says there is an "extremely low" chance that he has a tumour after a scan had revealed an "abnormality on the brain".


Here is a look at the series of events in the brawl Friday night involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans in Auburn Hills, Mich. The game was stopped when order could not be restored.


Kerkorian to Offer $1.4 Billion for 16% of Tesoro, an Oil Refiner

Kirk Kerkorian, a 90-year-old billionaire, plans a $1.4 billion tender offer to acquire a 16 percent stake in Tesoro, a United States refiner whose profit jumped tenfold in the last four years.


"Scooby Doo" star  Matthew Lillard will lead the ensemble cast in NBC's comedy  pilot "Area 52."


Arrestato nel Barese un albanese di 38 anni


An intense fire torched an apartment building early Saturday, killing three people and forcing 11 families to scramble for safety from the smoke and flames, a fire official said.


Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt for talks on Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Thursday to meet for the first time in two months after the violent Islamist takeover of the Gaza Strip prompted each side to adopt a common approach to the enclave.


JAMES Hardie would face possible litigation if it did not ensure asbestos victims were adequately compensated, the ACTU said today.


Pentagon Wants Solar Satellites to Beam Power to Earth

The military looks into cutting its heavy dependence on fossil fuels by launching a space-based energy system.


Lock, stock...Russia takes over Yukos' mystery buyer

MOSCOW: Russian state oil firm Rosneft has bought the core unit of Yukos, nationalising more than one-tenth of the countryâs crude output and dealing a shattering blow to a once flourishing private enterprise.


KUWAIT CITY -- The alleged ringleader of an anti-American terrorist group died of heart failure nine days after he was detained, the government said yesterday, raising questions over whether he was tortured.


The brother of an alleged South East Asian militant leader has been found guilty of helping to finance a bomb attack in Jakarta last year.


At least five Iraqi civilians were killed and 14 wounded when a barrage of rockets hit areas near Baghdad's international airport, including the headquarters of the U.S. military, it said on Monday.


Want to stop disease from spreading? Open a window

Preventing the spread of disease in a hospital may be as simple as opening a window, an international team of researchers reported on Monday.


'Agropirateria': De castro andra' negli Stati Uniti l'11/12


Jury split in Spector murder trial verdict

The jury in the murder trial of Phil Spector said on Tuesday it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the charges against the legendary rock producer, and the judge dismissed the jurors for the day.


Stadler cruises to First Tee title, fourth win of season

Stadler won his second straight tournament and fourth of the season Sunday, firing a 6-under 66 for a three-stroke victory over Jay Haas at the inaugural First Tee Open.


A lottery millionaire is found guilty of serious sex offences against two schoolgirls several years before his win.


Top UK Court Rejects Anti-Terror Detention Policy

Britain's highest court ruled on Thursday against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects without trial, in a major judgment on how far human rights can be restricted in the "war on terror."


Terrorism Informant In Serious Condition

The Yemen-born federal informant who set himself on fire outside the White House on Monday remained hospitalized yesterday in serious condition, while FBI and Justice Department officials continued to decline comment on the incident and on his contention that the FBI had mishandled his case.


Unisys lays out services-led plan for datacenters

Unisys announced new servers and a suite of infrastructure management software Tuesday that are aimed at giving it a bigger role to play in customers' datacenters, where it will compete more directly with Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.The new hardware includes Unisys' first blade servers, the ES5000 family, due next month, and new and upgraded ES3000 midrange servers based on quad-core Intel Xeon processors. The company has also refreshed and rebranded some datacenter management software that it launched early last year.The products continue a turnaround strategy that Unisys began in 2005. A focus on high-end servers, outsourcing and systems integration had led to financial losses, and Unisys devised a restructuring plan to enter faster-growing markets including open-source software, security and infrastructure management.The strategy leans heavily on partners. The blade servers will be supplied by another, unnamed server vendor and tagged with the Unisys brand, while the infrastructure software includes third-party products from Enigmatic and Scalent Systems.The strategy is to lead with services offerings to help customers build what Unisys calls a "real-time infrastructure" -- one where IT adapts quickly to business needs -- and to supplement those the hardware and software products, said Rich Marcello, president of Unisys' systems and technology group."This isn't just a product sell. The real-time infrastructure is relatively complicated to implement so you need a services-led strategy," he said. "Many of our competitors will talk about doing RTI but what they are doing is trying to sell you a complete stack."Unisys' product line-up is not greatly different from that of Sun, HP and others. But its strategy differs in that it aims to capture clients through consulting and service engagements and then bring in the products they need for a project, including gear from other vendors, said Jean Bozman [cq], a research vice president with IDC."They're not saying their value is to deliver everything with a Unisys label. Their value is to leverage their experience with customer engagements to bring products together and make sure they all work as part of an overall solution," Bozman said.The new infrastructure management suite piggy-backs on the trend of helping customers align their IT infrastructures to business requirements. This includes using virtualization and systems management software to reallocate computing resources to meet changing workloads.Called the Unisys Infrastructure Management Suite it includes three parts: uAdapt, for shifting workloads between servers to get better rates of utilization; uOrchestrate, for automating processes and meeting service-level agreements; and uChargeback, which lets big companies measure server usage and charge individual departments for computing services they use, Marcello said.Unisys announced some infrastructure management software early last year, including a home-grown product called Enterprise Orchestration. That product has been "superseded" by uOrchestrate, which is based on software from Enigmatic. UChargeback is a rebranded version of last year's Real Time Chargeback, and uAdapt is a new offering based on software from Scalent Systems.The three products work with any hardware platform running Windows, Linux, or Unix, and all are certified to run VMware's virtualization technology. UAdapt and uOrchestrate also work with Citrix Systems' Xen virtualization technology, and uChargeback will be certified for Xen shortly, a Unisys spokesman said.The blade servers will come with "flexible I/O configuration options and advanced local and remote management interfaces," Unisys said. The company also plans to expand its high-end ES7000 line with a quad core, eight-processor server due in the second quarter. Later this year it will introduce brand new ES7000 models from a partnership with Japan's NEC.


Sri Lanka army blames Tamil Tigers of failing to keep pledge

Sri Lanka's army Sunday blamed theTamil Tigers for failing to attend a meeting Saturday which they had agreed to attend during a meeting with the international trucemonitors and the government troops.


Doctors working for the U.S. military in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, profoundly breaching medical ethics and human rights, a bioethicist charges in The Lancet medical journal.


January retail sales flat after stronger December

January retail sales were  unexpectedly flat as motor vehicle, gasoline and electronics  sales dipped sharply in the post-holiday season after a  December that was stronger than originally indicated, a  Commerce Department report showed Wednesday.


Teardown analysis estimates nice margins on the iPhone

Blog: The 8GB iPhone probably cost Apple about $265.83 to build, according to iSuppli, resulting in nice profits at $599 a pop.


GM pulls ahead of Toyota in '07 global sales

General Motors Corp on Wednesday reported worldwide sales of 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, coming in just ahead of Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp in a closely watched race for the top spot in global sales.


MIT Makes Yale Provost First Woman to Be Its Chief

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday named Susan Hockfield, provost of Yale University, as its 16th president. She succeeds Charles M. Vest, who


Mike Lamb had not started any of the Houston Astros' first 10 playoff games, so he was somewhat surprised when he saw his name on the lineup card prior to Game 6 of


The costs associated with having breast cancer can amount to thousands of pounds, a charity says.


Professioni: archeologi ricerca del lavoro perduto

Concorsi pubblici bloccati, gli 'Indiana Jones' nostrani hanno creato cooperative e società private e lanciandosi nella didattica e nella gestione di parchi e musei


Report: Reggie White Dies Of Heart Attack

Former NFL great Reggie White has died of a heart attack, ESPN and MSNBC are reporting. The 43-year-old defensive end formerly played for the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles.


Birthing: Elective Caesareans Tied to Breathing Problems

Babies delivered by elective Caesarean sections are significantly more likely to have respiratory problems than those delivered vaginally or by emergency surgery, a new study finds.


One person is killed as a car blows up south of Tel Aviv in an explosion blamed on criminals, police say.


Reflections from under the ice are evidence of a volcanic eruption in Antarctica 2,000 years ago, scientists say.


Phelps Dodge Corp., one of the world's largest copper producers, said Monday its board approved an $850 million expansion to triple production at the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, with the company ceding some of its stake in the mine in the process.


A unit of peacekeepers in Ivory Coast is suspended as the UN investigates claims of serious sexual abuse.


Saranno premiati gli uffici promossi dai cittadini


England goalkeeper David James says he is looking forward to his side's midweek game against Poland so he can bounce back from gifting Austria an equaliser in the 2-2 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign draw.


Maoist rebels kill 13 police in India: official

A group of more than 100 Maoist rebels shot dead 13 police and a civilian in eastern India, a police official said.


NEW YORK, (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees and New  York Mets swapped lefthanded relievers on Friday, with the  Yankees shipping Felix Heredia across the East River in  exchange for Mike Stanton and cash considerations.


One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.


Security firms jump in the acquisition pool

Spate of billion-dollar deals is prompting midsize IT security providers to offer themselves up as buyout candidates.


Stocks rose on Friday after news the  economy added more than twice the number of jobs expected last  month, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its highest  in more than 2 1/2 years.


European papers celebrated the Athens 2004 Olympics and also had a few words to say about the doping cases that marred the games. "The cynics were wrong," declared London's The Independent.


Britain applauds Chile's democratic progress after Pinochet dies

Following the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Britain paid tribute to the progress made by the South American country in the years since he left power.


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani criticized Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and defended Gen. David Petraeus in a full-page ad in Friday's The New York Times .


"Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison was charged Thursday with manslaughter and drunken driving for a crash that killed a 17-year-old boy in his car last year.


U.S. Air Strike Kills Six Afghan Civilians - Police

KUNAR, Afghanistan  - A U.S. bombing raid killed  at least six civilians and wounded nine in the eastern Afghan  province of Kunar early on Tuesday after assailants attacked  government positions, an Afghan official said.


Every day, tourist buses trundle along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and through Beverly Hills so that sightseers can gawk at celebrities and gasp at their mansions.


Citi, HSBC among banks mulling selling units: WSJ

U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.


'Imagine SRK offering you a film to direct!'

E Niwas can't believe his luck, as he talks about his new film, My Name IS Anthony Gonsalves.


TEMECULA, California  - California wine country in fall is picture-perfect as vines turn gold and orange and workers harvest plump grape bunches to crush for cabernets, chardonnays and pinot noirs.


By Frank Juliano, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 27--MILFORD -- Combine the silliness of David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks and the voyeurism of YouTube and you have a great idea for a Web site.   At least Gene Giannotta hopes so.


At least 20 people are hurt in the crash of a prototype magnetic train system in Germany, police say.


Judge OKs settlement with Martha Stewart investors

A federal judge approved a class-action settlement that requires Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. and its founder to pay shareholders $30 million in compensation for losses suffered during the ImClone scandal, lawyers said on Wednesday.


YANGON - Myanmar state radio and television reported Saturday a major Cabinet reshuffle in which the foreign minister and two other ministers were replaced.


King of Bollywood at the Bite the Mango film festival

The opening night at 'Bite the Mango Festival' couldn't have got any bigger.


Romney  Pledged in  '94 to Seek Gay Rights

BOSTON, Dec. 9 -- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is facing new questions about his beliefs on gay issues after the emergence of a letter he wrote during his 1994 U.S. Senate run, in which he promised to be a stronger advocate for gays than Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D).


Nov. 16, 2004 -- The FDA has strengthened warning labels for the controversial abortion pill Mifeprex, better known as RU-486, following an August report of a 22-year-old woman who died after taking the drug.


One dead, 23 trapped after Polish coal mine blast

RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - A gas explosion killed at least one miner and trapped 23 others underground in a deep coal mine in southern Poland on Tuesday, police said.


Newcomer to Casinos Counts on Knowing the Players

Francis Lui, deputy chairman of the Galaxy Entertainment Group, offered his views on Macao, the intensity of the Chinese gambler and why he thinks he will outsmart his more experienced rivals.


Wall Street gains on Research in Motion and Merrill

Stocks soared on Friday, as strong results from Research in Motion boosted the technology sector while financial stocks rose on a report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank.


American Sprinter Michelle Collins Suspended For Doping

Michelle Collins has been suspended for eight years and must also forfeit her 2003, 200-meter World Indoor and USA Indoor Championship titles, for a doping violation related to the BALCO conspiracy.


Texan leads American sweep of 400 medals

He was supposed to uphold the tradition of Michael Johnson and Baylor University. He was to break cultural barriers. He was to restore the 400 meters.


Opening week takings of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End surpass those of Spiderman 3 in China, despite the film being censored.


Oracle Corp.'s quarterly profit surged 21 percent as the business software maker reaped the latest returns from a two-year shopping spree that has eliminated several major rivals and shored up its product line.


2 New Drugs Offer Options in H.I.V. Fight

Two new AIDS drugs, each of which works in a novel way, have proved safe and highly successful in large studies.


For Honduras and Iran, World's Aid Evaporated

All too often when disaster strikes, the relief mission seems to last only as long as the media attention.


Veteran guard Anthony Johnson will begin his third stint with Atlanta after the Dallas Mavericks traded him for the Hawks' second-round draft pick.


On the last day of UN climate talks in Bali, delegates remain deadlocked over future cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.


Tokyo's Nikkei average rose by late  afternoon on Friday, boosted by a strong machinery orders and  led by gains in real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate on  a drop in office vacancy rates.


The United Nations Security Council has been urged to act to end ethnic cleansing in Sudan's Darfur region. Human Rights Watch is calling for an arms embargo and travel sanctions on Sudan's officials for failing


Sentencing Postponed for Executive in Computer Associates Case

Sentencing for Sanjay Kumar who admitted he led a $2.2 billion accounting fraud will be postponed to resolve disputed facts.


Books of The Times: 9/11 Is Seen as Leading to an Attack on Women

This book â which concludes that 9/11 led to an assault on the freedom and independence of American women â is the sort of tendentious, self-important, sloppily reasoned work that gives feminism a bad name.


The Boston Red Sox exercised their option Friday on third baseman Bill Mueller, a former batting champion who had the season-saving single against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.


Bank of America, Chevron win entry to Dow industrials index

Bank of America and Chevron Corporation will replace Altria Group and Honeywell International in the widely-tracked Dow Jones Industrial Average stock barometer on February 19, Dow Jones said Monday.


CNNFN FINALLY PULLS PLUG, ENDING DIFFICULT 9-YR. RUN

Time Warner's CNNfn waved the white flag yesterday, saying it was shutting down after nine years of unsuccessfully competing with CNBC for the top business cable station.


The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq have issued an emotional plea for his release as the deadline approaches. Philip Bigley said his brother Ken regarded the Arab world as his "home from home" and


Some Vermonters want to 'Live Free or Die'

Killington wants to lead other Vermont towns in an exit strategy - to join low-tax New Hampshire.


WASHINGTON - Il presidente George W. Bush ha chiesto di restare in carica ai ministri del lavoro, dell'edilizia, dei trasporti e dell'interno, che hanno tutti accolto la richiesta. Bush ha inoltre nominato


Rested Stenson eager to shine at Bay Hill after flu bug

ORLANDO, Florida  - Henrik Stenson, riding the crest of a golfing wave after winning the two biggest titles of his career last month, is not as sharp as he would like for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational.


Data breach officials could be sent to the big house

No, we don't mean a conference centre with golf course Civil servants responsible for the loss of public data could face prison sentences in future, instead of a brief period in sackcloth and ashes before being shifted into a consultancy role.â¦


Citi Takes Complex Investments Onto Balance Sheet

Citigroup said Thursday that it planned to take $49 billion of structured investment vehicles onto its balance sheet, after ratings agenciesâ threats to downgrade the debt.


Police in Istanbul clash with right-wing demonstrators angry over alleged concessions to Orthodox Christians.


Abete, risultati di Bnl danno un apporto rilevante


Parma, 19:51 - CALCIO, PARMA: DIFFERENZIATO PER QUATTRO

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Parma al centro di Collecchio in vista della prima di campionato con ...


A large group of teenagers has been arrested after the murder of a 16-year-old boy at a birthday party


Mexican Judge Halts Extradition of ETA Suspects

A Mexican judge has temporarily halted the extradition of six Spaniards arrested a year ago on suspicion of having links with the Basque separatist group ETA, their lawyer said on Monday.


Awards Season, and the Swag Goes to ...Few

The writersâ strike threatens another beloved Tinseltown institution â the swag bag.


Fannie Mae executives and their  regulator squared off on Wednesday, with executives denying any  accounting irregularity and the regulator saying the housing  finance company's management may have to go.


Le fasi della "pesca" nelle diverse ore della giornata. A smascherarel'anziana i filmati realizzati dai turisti che poi hanno riversato tutto in rete                                          Fontana di Trevi, ruba le monete e la donna finisce su YouTube


Splits over graft, reform emerge at World Bank/IMF

Divisions over the World Bank's  handling of corruption burst into the open on Monday ahead of a  vote on governance reforms likely to expose deep fault lines at  the bank's sister agency, the International Monetary Fund.


Profile: Chemical Ali, Saddam's aide notorious for chemical ...

Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali," appeared on Saturday before an investigating magistrate, kicking off the process of trials of Iraq's former top officials.


PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees to Oracle Bid

Business software maker PeopleSoft  Inc. has accepted a sweetened $10.3 billion acquisition offer  from rival Oracle Corp., ending a bitter, 18-month hostile  takeover battle, the companies said on Monday.


Several months after shocking Michigan, Appalachian State is competing for its third consecutive national championship in the Football Championship Subdivision.


UK retail sales fall at their fastest pace since 1981, official figures show.


Showtime Seeks Crossover with Gritty Dramas

Cable channel Showtime unveiled three new series for its 2005-06 lineup Wednesday, including an adaptation of box office hit "Barbershop."


Total sees its profits in the last three months of 2007 rise by 62% on record oil prices and new production plants.


Long dead and buried by Wall Street, eSpeed is poised to rise.


Gunmen Attack Two Police Stations North of Baghdad

Gunmen attacked two police stations on  Friday around Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, where the  anti-American insurgency has been strong, witnesses said.


By Antonio Planas  By ANTONIO PLANAS  REVIEW-JOURNAL  With his eyes fixated on a computer screen trying to win a point in a volleyball match, it didn't look like Canarelli Middle School eighth-grader Jalen Toliver was learning math.


Mafia, rapinavano banche per finanziare clan: otto arresti

Otto arresti eseguiti dai carabinieri del nucleo operativo di Roma nell'ambito delle indagini che hanno consentito di individuare una banda di rapinatori che, per finanziare clan mafiosi facenti capo alle famiglie siciliane dei Puntini-Pillera e Carateddi


The Queen will today open a major conference on climate change in Berlin, in what is seen as a declaration of personal intent. Her Royal Majesty has been seeking to make the Royal palaces more environmentally


Armed men attacked a school in a southern Russia region near Chechnya on Wednesday and seized hostages among schoolchildren and parents, Interfax news agency said.


Hey, did you notice? Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge submitted his resignation. It's effective Feb. 1, unless a successor is confirmed sooner.


Official Ukraine vote report due Thursday

Ukraine's Supreme Court has cleared the way for official presidential election results to be published this week, paving the way for a new government.


Hendrick Motorsports announced that long-term contractual commitments to sponsors will preclude Budweiser as primary sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.âs car next season.


Injury forces Clijsters to retire in Belgium

Hasselt, Belgium (Sports Network) - Kim Clijsters retired in her semifinal match Saturday in the Gaz de France Stars tennis tournament with a wrist injury.


Madrid, 11:15 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: FLORES NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL TARRAGONA

E' Paco Flores il nuovo allenatore scelto dal Gimnastic Tarragona chiamato a sostituire Luis Cesar S...


Yushchenko Appeals Ukraine Election Result

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday appealed the results of Ukrainian presidential election to the nation's Supreme Court, charging they were marred by fraud, the Interfax news agency reported.


Scientists are to quiz 16,000 in one of the biggest studies into the effects of caffeine on health.


A middle-aged Alaskan woman who died in Harborview Medical Center with dementia hinting of an ailment similar to mad cow disease appears to have succumbed to an unknown kind of neurodegenerative disease.


I was dining out last week -- OK, I was at McDonald's -- when I spotted a news crawl underneath the television screen: "Derby Winner Barbaro Euthanized." Just as we were leaving, I mentioned to my guest -- OK, it was my mother -- "Weird. That horse died."


update PalmOne on Monday introduced a handheld computer that holds on to data even when the battery runs down, as part of a revamping of its mobile-device lineup.


Prosecutors have released two suspects in the contract-style killing of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, and a third is no longer linked to the case.


This is the time of year when, in the lengthening shadows of afternoon, the air grows still and mysterious around here. An aura of secrecy and duplicity replaces that friendly banter among serious fisherpeople. Down the long strand of beach, shadowy figures keep to themselves, never showing whatever success they may be enjoying.


Paraguayans protesters charge primary vote fraud

Several thousand Paraguayans held a protest rally in the country's capital on Friday night, charging electoral fraud in the primary to pick the ruling party's candidate for the April 20 presidential election.


The FBI wants to compile a massive computer database and analyze it for clues to unmask terrorist sleeper cells. Two congressmen are worried about whether the bureau will protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.


Could any of these fast movers make you rich?


Patrick Vieira believes Arsenal are better placed than ever before to achieve Champions League success - and insisted they would not be muscled out of their stride at home or abroad.


Democratic presidential candidate  John Edwards is touring eight U.S. states this week to  highlight poverty in America, and put the issue at the heart of  his campaign.


HBoS quits Abbey race and clears the way for Santander

Banking group HBoS yesterday dropped out of contention to buy its historic rival Abbey National, leaving the way clear for the Â£8.


Quite a week for the geriatric set. John McCain wraps up the GOP nomination. Shaquille O'Neal wraps up his Miami incarnation and continues his warm-weather odyssey in the NBA with a move to Phoenix. Who said this was no country for old men?


Threatens Data Protection Act? The government has set out its "vision" for helping the disadvantaged of British society by sharing intelligence about them across the public sector.â¦


Libya Agrees to Pay $35 Million to Berlin Bomb Victims

Libya signed a deal Friday to pay $35 million in compensation to more than 160 victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step toward ending its international isolation.


The key events in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's life and career.


Vandeweghe keeps interest in forward White

The Nuggets could be re-signing free-agent forward Rodney White in the near future if White is able to resolve his off-court problems.


Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones plans to pay Terrell Owens' $3 million roster bonus, which means the All-Pro wide receiver will be back for the final season of his three-year, $25 million contract.


Vijay Singh had better enjoy being world number one now - because Ernie Els is hell-bent on making his stay there a brief one. After winning another Â£1million and a record-breaking sixth World Match Play


GM, UAW contract extended as talks continue

The United Auto Workers union extended its contract with General Motors Corp. on an "hour-to-hour" basis on Saturday as the two sides continued labor talks beyond a Friday deadline.


For those who were waiting to see deathly tension erupt on the sets of Pradeep Sarkar's Laga Chunri Mein Daag after


Britain's last big carmaker MG Rover is about to seal a Â£1bn agreement to help build 200,000 cars a year in China.


An estimated 151,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the US-led invasion, a new survey suggests.


Chechen pair held over journalist's murder

MOSCOW: Police have arrested two Chechen suspects in connection with the murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, who was shot in an apparent contract killing in July.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  reported May sales at U.S. stores open at least a year toward the low end of its forecast and gave a cautious view for its June sales on Thursday, adding that shopper worries about gas prices have increased from January through April.


Czech nuclear plant leak deemed harmless

More than 500 gallons of radioactive water leaked at a nuclear power plant, but did not contaminate the environment, an official said Thursday.Comment


Verona, 18:03 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: OBINNA OUT CON IL MILAN

Alla vigilia della sfida con il Milan, Luigi Delneri, allenatore del Chievo, è in piena emerg...


Many in Fla. Keep Working Despite Frances

Emergency responders are expected to work through storm preparations and Hurricane Frances itself, but many others were also on the job at gas stations, drug stores, hardware stores and supermarkets Friday while their neighbors packed up and left.


Royal's home turf - a snapshot of a future France?

For the past three years,  Segolene Royal has ruled over a picturesque French region best  known for its goat's cheese, Cognac and beautiful coastline.


A gang has escaped with up to Â£30million after clearing the vaults of a Belfast bank. It's believed to be the second biggest robbery ever in the UK, and the fourth biggest in the world.


The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has officially blamed pilot error for the crash of an American Airlines Airbus A-300 in New York in November 2001 that left 265 people dead.


Sven-Goran Eriksson could be Jose Camacho's replacement at Real Madrid, while Sheffield Wednesday are looking for a new boss and Big Sam could be looking for a new club... Sven-Goran Eriksson is high on Real


By VANESSA PERSICO "I have a proposition for you," I wrote. lly apathetic 18-year-old friend a little over a week ago. "You can vote.


InterMune Gets Subpoena from Justice Dept

Biotechnology company InterMune Inc.   on Tuesday said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department  of Justice demanding information related to its key drug  Actimmune, which is designed to spur the immune system.


Oil surges to a record of nearly $79, despite Opec saying it will boost oil output to ease cost pressures.


Proposal Meets Needs Of Emergency Personnel

By Boland, Rita  Revolutionary plan would have private companies pay for and build public network, but time is short.


No. 20 Louisville holds West Virginia without a field goal for over 12 minutes in the first half, beating the Mountaineers, 68-56, in a Big East tournament quarterfinal game.


Studies show ways to eat more, weigh less

(National-NBC) Nov. 17, 2004 - Two new studies from Penn State University researchers are adding to evidence that you don't have to go hungry to drop pounds.


Presidential face-off as divided here as swing states in spotlight

Three local costume shops report that Halloween masks of President Bush sold out faster than ones of Democratic candidate John Kerry.


Recruiting spies: tricks of a murky trade

US still lacks spies on the ground and native speakers to combat Islamic terrorists.


SAN FRANCISCO--The next battle between top Internet phone service providers Vonage and AT&T will involve features like voice mail, according to key executives at both companies.


Three men, one of them from Bridgeview, were accused Friday of orchestrating an extensive racketeering scheme to fund the militant group Hamas, which has taken credit for dozens of terrorist acts in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.


The European Central Bank increases interest rates from 3.75% to 4% in an attempt to bring inflation under control.


Thieves Favor Exclusive Ariz. Neighborhood

An exclusive town that is home to the likes of pitcher Randy Johnson, rocker Alice Cooper and former Vice President Dan Quayle is also apparently prime real estate for burglars.


Symantec to offer Web-based Norton AntiVirus console

The Web console -- to be made available specifically to corporate and enterprise licensees of Norton AntiVirus software -- will allow administrators to distribute virus definitions and product updates on demand.


HMS Vengeance returns to Faslane submarine base on the river Clyde. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.Comment


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has fined a man $800 for flying dead snakes and birds inside his luggage from South Korea to Atlanta.


The man who appears in adverts for HM Revenue and Customs says tax returns are too complicated.


Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news.


Intel Corp. President Paul S. Otellini yesterday demonstrated new chips scheduled for release next year that simultaneously run tasks such as burning CDs and playing video games


European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS said Wednesday it still expects to receive government launch aid for its new A350 jet, a day after the EU and United States agreed to reopen negotiations on eliminating aircraft subsidies, averting a looming trade war.


Diana's sons plead in vain over TV pictures

The sons of Princess Diana pleaded in  vain on Tuesday with a British television channel not to  broadcast graphic photos in a documentary about their mother's  death in a Paris car crash 10 years ago.


Funds to Rebuild Iraq Drift Away From Target

As little as 27 cents of every dollar spent on Iraq's reconstruction has actually filtered down to projects benefiting Iraqis.


Fannie Mae's board has decided not to give out executive bonuses potentially worth $44.4 million for some of the years when the federally chartered housing finance company's earnings were misstated.


Anglers Converge for Tourney / Alabama Resident Takes Lead After First Day at Smith Mountain Lake

By LEE GRAVES  On some lakes, pro anglers can feel like prizefighters, landing blow after blow with bruising bass.


Taliban kidnap 23 Koreans from Afghan bus: officials

Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.


India says it is to begin a pull-out of some of its troops based in the disputed state of Kashmir on  Wednesday.


The pound rose to three-month highs against the dollar, supported by the US rate cut talk.


ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men's all-round gymnastics gold medal.


US Democratic presidential rivals look to the next round after Super Tuesday polls leave them neck and neck.


Senator Urges U.S. to Join European Effort on Iran

The United States must join Europe's  effort to persuade Iran to abandon nuclear ambitions or face  either Tehran as a nuclear power or the need to invade the  country to prevent it, a leading Democratic lawmaker said on  Sunday.


Souness delighted: Newcastle in fantastic position

Newcastle United trounced Sochaux 4-0 to stay on course for the next phase of the UEFA Cup. After weathering an early storm, Newcastle ran riot as Lee Bowyer, Shola Ameobi, Craig Bellamy and Laurent Robert all struck for the Magpies.


Taming the Guzzlers That Power the World Wide Web

As energy consumption by data centers climbs, energy efficiency becomes a priority.


Sapphire unveils 'ultimate' ATI graphics card

Zalman cooling on board Graphics card maker Sapphire has announced an AMD ATI Radeon X1950 Pro-based board that it pledged was not only on average five per cent faster than cards fitted with the same GPU but also much quieter too.â¦


Real Madrid fire coach Fabio Capello, soon after he guided them to their first Spanish League title since 2003.


Thousands attend Gaza funerals, Israel ends raid

Thousands of Palestinians marched in Gaza on Friday for the funerals of 11 people, including nine militants from the ruling Hamas, who were killed in an Israeli raid into the central Gaza Strip a day earlier.


Stocks fell for a sixth day on Wednesday as disappointing profit forecasts from Apple Inc and Motorola added to recession worries, pushing the Nasdaq across the threshold that signals a bear market.


ROME Pope John Paul II on Sunday put the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, Charles I, on the road to sainthood in a solemn beatification ceremony in St.


The number of cyber attacks on Windows operating system rose by 400pc between January June of this year, computer security company Symantec said today.


Alcoa merger talk, energy gains lift stocks

Stocks jumped on Tuesday, led by gains in the Dow industrials as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a rebound in oil prices.


Supermarket chain aims for 70 new stores

A SUPERMARKET chain today announced plans to open 70 new stores in south Wales, creating 1,700 jobs.


Texas defensive ends coach Dick Tomey will be named today as the head football coach at San Jose State, sources from both schools confirmed Tuesday.


Holiday Online Receipts Are Strong, but Reflect a Decline in Rate of Growth

Holiday e-commerce sales were robust, but, with sales growth of 19 percent, showed their slowest-ever growth, industry analysts projected.


This is it. There will be no more second chances. No more Curt Schillings and Keith Foulkes to sign in the off-season. While it really hasnât been discussed, the organization is expected to take another


Travel: Daniel Elkan has the lowdown on reaching some of Europe's top ski resorts by train


IBM relinquishes IP for the sake of open standards

Unless you use it to sue Computer giant IBM is handing over a portfolio of intellectual property to any other developers that want to use it in the name of furthering interoperability and open standards.â¦


Relatives claim bodies of 78 people who died in riots in Thailand

Grieving relatives flocked Wednesday to an army camp to claim bodies of at least 78 Muslim detainees who suffocated or were crushed to death after soldiers packed 1,300 people into trucks following a riot in southern Thailand.


Tim Henman needs three sets to beat Wesley Moodie at the Swiss Indoors.


Celtics guard Tony Allen wasn't coming out of last night's game, a decision coach Doc Rivers made in the second quarter.


Unions in Israel end a damaging two-day general strike, which saw public services brought to a standstill in a row over unpaid wages.


Drug Company Hopes Fourth Name is a Charm

Attention nascent companies trying to decide on a name: Check in with Edward Rudnic. He's the chief executive at MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals in Germantown, a company known over the last eight years as Advancis Pharmaceuticals, Advanced Pharma and Advanced Pharmaceutical Systems.


Their voices breaking, parents and grandparents of those lost on Sept. 11 stood at the World Trade Center site Saturday and marked the third anniversary of the attacks by reciting the names of the 2,749 people who died there.


Marsh & McLennan plummets as market run scared

SHARES in Marsh & McLennan plunged a further 10 per cent yesterday, taking their total fall to 47 per cent since the insurance broker took centre-stage in an inquiry by the New York attorney-general into market manipulation.


ATHENS, Greece - Dwight Phillips of the United States won the gold medal Thursday in the men's long jump. Phillips' first jump of 8.59 meters held up through the competition and earned the American the title.


Weight-Loss Drug to Be Sold Over the Counter

The first officially sanctioned weight-loss drug that will be sold without a prescription, Alli, is expected to be available this summer.


Amid Fights and Catcalls, MexicoÂs President Is Sworn in

Felipe CalderÃ³n took the oath of office to become MexicoÂs new president under chaotic and divisive conditions.


An international conference in Spain is looking at the benefits of a diet rich in olive oil.


Roma, 17:25 - CALCIO, LAZIO; SIVIGLIA: SIAMO IN TEMPO PER FAR GIRARE IL VENTO

Nonostante la sconfitta casalinga contro al Juventus, Sebastiano Siviglia è convinto che la L...


The auditor general identifies problems with the Edinburgh rail link project but gives the trams plan a clean bill of health.


Cow poo: the building material of the future?

Sh*tty build quality Researchers at Michigan State University think they have come up with a new way of disposing of some of the millions of tons of cow manure produced in the US each year: use it to build with.â¦


Health service condemned over Â£3m spent on chauffeurs for doctors ...

THE National Health Service in Scotland has come under fire for spending more than Â£3 million a year on chauffeur-driven cars to carry GPs making home visits.


Stallone's hotel, plane searched in Sydney: media

Sylvester Stallone's hotel room, private plane and limousine were searched, Australian media reported on Tuesday, just days after prohibited items were seized from his luggage at Sydney airport.


Under Michael Vaughan England have been unable to win batting first, or even set decent totals in one-day cricket. On a glorious day at the Oval yesterday, both demons were exorcised


NTP Sues Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile

Following its successful patent suit against Research in Motion, NTP has now set its sites on the major telcos.


A US judge upholds the new anti-terror law, agreeing that Guantanamo inmates cannot challenge their imprisonment.


More parents to work in welfare shake-up

Lone parents with children aged over seven will be required to look for a job as part of the government's "something for something" new welfare system, the work and pensions secretary, Peter Hain, said today.


Wireless technology is now a major worry for most companies, so much so that many predict security spending rising by up to 20 percent to patch up its weaknesses.


Freedom of Religion Not Recognized in Saudi Arabia Says US Report

WASHINGTON, Sep 15, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Saudi Arabia finds itself for the first time on a US list of countries of particular concern "for particularly severe violations of religious freedom," paving the way for possible US


Colts' Manning is one TD pass shy of record

On Sunday night in Peytonapolis, 57,240 Colts fans marched from their cars to the RCA Dome, battling a bitter December frost, chilling winds and numbing extremities.


PHILADELPHIA - They nearly lost a game they should have won, and then they won in overtime with a goal that could have been disallowed, which came only seconds after they nearly lost on a point-blank slapper that Alex Auld turned away at the opposite end of the ice.


Hut by Hut, AIDS Steals Life in a Southern Africa Town

What happens to a society when its fulcrum - its mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses, farm workers - die in their prime?


Future of Olympic soccer competition threatened by another ...

The Olympic soccer title is going to South America with Argentina and Paraguay meeting in the final. After the triumphs of Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon four years ago, Europe has


Gennaio in salita, invito a frenare aumenti


Todd Martin, one of the oldest players in men's tennis, announced his retirement after his first-round loss at the US Open Tennis Tournament Monday night.


Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea is ready to lift the lid on Pol Pot's murderous regime when he appears in court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, a trial judge said on Thursday.


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the opening contest for the Republican presidential nomination, relying heavily on support from fellow evangelical Christians and the message that money shouldn't matter in politics.


The U.S. sale of airwaves for   advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when   it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier   T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies   were the highest bidders.


Peirsol Breaks Own World Mark in 200 Back

INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Peirsol of the United States lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night.


Bills TE Has Surgery After Spinal Injury

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett had surgery Sunday after injuring his spine on a kickoff against the Denver Broncos, and there is concern about whether he will be able to walk again.


Hedge Funds Raise Stake in Times Co. To Near 10%

The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company.


United extend lead, Arsenal win in Premier league

By DPA London, Dec 3 Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the English Premiership to six points as they won 2-1 away against Middlesbrough.Comment


You might ignore your mobile phone if your ringtone is Beethoven's "Fur Elise," but what if it's a gruff voice that yells "Pick up the damn phone?"


Teck Cominco asks US court to dismiss lawsuit

Canadian mining company Teck Cominco Ltd. asked a US court yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by a US native group whose land borders Lake Roosevelt, just over the border in Washington state.


Formula for disaster? The Department of Homeland Security busts out the math to assess risks. In 27B Stroke 6.


A gay pub in the Australian city of Melbourne wins the right to ban heterosexuals.


Traditional military allies question Pakistan president's abilities on eve of election.


As the newspaper of record, we must inform our readers that Sunday's 13-7 Patriots victory over the New York Jets broke the NFL record for consecutive regular-season victories.


Do we really need a daily shower or bath to stay healthy?

Or are the techies the smartest of us all? Also in this week's column:â¦


A peace walk is to take place across two London boroughs blighted by a recent spate of fatal shootings.


Former Lethbridge alderwoman in court for allegedly breaching house arrest

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - Former politician Dar Heatherington, convicted of lying to police about being stalked, was warned several times about the terms of her sentence and flew into a fit of rage when she was charged with breaching her house arrest, a parole officer testified Friday.


Although you wouldn't know it from Kelly Pavlik's history of dynamite knockouts, patience is among the middleweight champion's greatest virtues.


That's what Mylan Laboratories (MYL :Nasdaq - news - research) sort of did Friday in addressing a surge in trading volume Thursday.


Buenos Aires, 16:58 - CALCIO, MEDICO MARADONA: DEVE DIMAGRIRE

Diego Armando Maradona deve dimagrire. Alfredo Cahe, medico personale dell'ex campione argentino, ha...


Probabile concentrazione solo in azienda di Susegana


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Patriots Get NFL-Record 19th Straight Win: NFL Week 5

Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes to help the New England Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 24-10 for their 19th consecutive victory, a National Football League record.


Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline, reports a 26% drop in quarterly profit after the price of fuel soared.


Roma, 15:40 - CICLISMO, GIRO DEL QATAR: TAPPA E MAGLIA A BOONEN

Colpo doppio per il belga Tom Boonen, che ha vinto in volata la seconda tappa del Giro del Qatar tog...


Legace Stops 31 Shots As Blues Top Red Wings

Manny Legace makes 31 saves for his 20th career shutout and Detroit is held scoreless for the first time this season as St. Louis wins, 2-0.


Researchers aim to create reliable breath-tests for diagnosing cancer, diabetes and other diseases.


Business & money: Music and books chain reports 9.4% rise in like-for-like sales over festive period


British politician falls victim to cybersquatters

The leader of Britain's opposition   Conservatives has fallen victim to "cybersquatters," and some   people trying to access his Internet blog have found themselves   entering the world of a little-known Australian poet.


Belo to Cut 250 Jobs, Most at Dallas Paper

DALLAS Sept. 29, 2004 - Media owner Belo Corp. said Wednesday that it would cut 250 jobs, mostly at its flagship newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, and that an internal investigation shows the projected


Comic actor Charles Nelson Reilly, a lauded Broadway performer and campy game show guest in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Los Angeles, a representative for the actor said on Monday.


GUWAHATI, Oct. 2. - At least 30 people were killed and over 50 injured as suspected extremists triggered twin explosions in Nagalandâs commercial hub of Dimapur this morning.


US power firm Exelon says PSEG merger in doubt

US energy firm Exelon Corp's planned merger with the Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.(PSEG) is now in doubt because of regulatory questions about the deal, company documents showed.


Given the impact and growing inter-connectedness of the world media, it is not surprising that Trinidadians, more than ever, are aware of the state of our world.


Libyan singer Ayman al-Aathar wins the Middle East's pop contest, beating Palestinian Ammar Hassan.


Sports Briefing | TV Sports: Time Warnerâs N.F.L. Proposal Spurned

The NFL Network yesterday spurned as a âgimmickâ Time Warner Cableâs proposal to offer the league-owned channelâs eight regular-season games on pay-per-view. Time Warner said the league could have set the price and collected the revenue from the service. Robert D. Marcus, a senior executive vice president of Time Warner Cable, wrote to the network saying that the proposal would guarantee that âno interested fan is unable to watch these games on our systems.â The network and Time Warner have been unable to reach an agreement for full-time coverage of the channel on digital basic. In a letter to Time Warner, Steve Bornstein, the president of the network, wrote, âUnfortunately, it seems that TWCâs content acquisition department cannot grasp that the NFL Network is more than eight games.â.


I sindacati chiedono miglioramento qualita' e occupazione


Ill. Plant Blasts Blamed on Worker Error

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Explosions that killed five employees at a central Illinois chemical plant in 2004 were caused by a worker mistakenly opening a valve on a high-temperature processing unit, a federal agency said Tuesday.  The U.S.


Tim Burton trionfa nella categoria musical e commedie


Il ministro, "stiamo preparando un futuro costruttivo"


Hydrogen Production Method Could Bolster Fuel Supplies

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


Military ordered to stop requiring anthrax shots

WASHINGTON A federal judge ordered the Defense Department to stop requiring members of the armed forces to be vaccinated against anthrax without their consent.


Everything possible is being done to find five Britons abducted on Tuesday, Margaret Beckett says.


Lenovo moves marketing services to India

Lenovo Group has moved worldwide marketing services such as creative development to a new hub it has established in Bangalore, India with marketing communications firm Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide.


Transmission BitTorrent Software Gets A Leopard Makeover

Version 1.0 of Transmission, one of the most popular file-trading clients for the Mac, has been released. Users sharing files over BitTorrent get a number of updates specific to Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard.


Around World, Praise and Resignation for Bush Win

It was a race in which the rest of the world claimed an enormous stake. And as the American presidential vote count today tilted and then tumbled toward President Bush, leaders


California regulators approved a plan yesterday aimed at drastically reducing emissions from cars and trucks over the next 11 years of gases commonly believed to cause global warming.


INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY: Pre-trial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of prisoners taken in the US "war on terrorism" are "designed to convict", says one expert.


The British Broadcasting Corp. began showing excerpts from its news and entertainment programs on the YouTube video-sharing Web site Friday, becoming the first international broadcaster to ink a major deal with the Google Inc.-owned portal.


Hamas makes arrests over kidnapped BBC journalist

Hamas said Monday it had made arrests in Gaza over the abduction of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who has been held by extremists in the territory for 112 days.


Pakistani PM-elect takes parliament confidence vote

Pakistani Prime Minister- elect Shaukat Aziz here on Saturday secured vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA), the powerful lower house of the parliament,a requirement under the country's constitution.


Despite talented team, "Wimbledon" is no love match

the British production company responsible for such glossy romantic comedies as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Notting Hill" â-aving a go at the underdog


Il ministro dell'Economia Ã¨ a Bruxelles per la riunione dell'EcofinSoddisfazione per Alitalia: "Abbiamo scelto la strada giusta"                                          Padoa-Schioppa: "Sulle pensioni il governo non Ã¨ in ritardo"                                                                                "La base Ã¨ il memorandum firmato con i sindacati che ha molto valore"Ottimismo per il Pil 2006: "AndrÃ  meglio del previsto, tra 1,7 e 1,8%"


La console Nintendo offre divertimento ad un costo contenuto


The Claim: Cayenne Peppers Can Cure Headaches

People who suffer from chronic headaches have been known to try all sorts of pills and home remedies.


Two third-party presidential candidates asked a federal court Thursday to force a second recount of the Ohio vote, alleging county election boards altered votes and didn't follow proper procedures in the recount that ended this week.


India's VVS Laxman hits his third century in Sydney Tests as the tourists reach 216-3 replying to Australia's 463.


Most N.Korea funds in Macau bank transferred: reports

Most of the North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank have been transferred, South Korean and Japanese news agencies said on Thursday, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.


The Democratic-controlled Senate Thursday began debating a huge spending bill covering about one-sixth of the federal budget as the final step in completing the unfinished budget business inherited from Republicans.


United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package-delivery company, will buy CNF Inc.'s Menlo Worldwide Forwarding business for $150 million, the companies said Tuesday.


Explosives Found in Russian Plane Wreckage

Russian investigators said Friday that they found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of the two planes that crashed almost simultaneously earlier this week killing 89 people. It was the strongest indication yet that terrorists were behind the twin tragedies.


Marlins' Cabrera States His Case, Wins in Arbitration

Miguel Cabrera becomes the first player to win in salary arbitration this year as the Florida Marlins' all-star third baseman is awarded a $7.4 million salary on Saturday.


The Netherlands, the New Tax Shelter Hot Spot

Forget the Cayman Islands. The new hot spot for tax shelters is the Netherlands, which has drawn assets from the Rolling Stones, U2 and Sun Microsystems.


McDAID's THE TEXT BIG THING ; MAY 24 GENERAL ELECTION IRELAND DECIDES

By DECLAN FERRY; PAT FLYNN  CANDIDATES all over the country were using every means possible to get their supporters out yesterday.   Donegal North East TD Dr Jim McDaid used the joy of text to deliver his message through mobile phones.


Barkley's career being rounded out perfectly

Because he was so charming, so controversial, and so doggone quotable, those qualities came to define Charles Wade Barkley. The fervor with which he tackled life, whether it was dropping 30 points on the Celtics, beating a purple dinosaur in a little one-on-one on ``Saturday Night Live," or tossing a drunk patron using ethnic slurs through a plate glass window, ...


LONDON, England -- Arsenal have suffered a major setback ahead of important domestic and European games as defender Sol Campbell has now been ruled out for a further three weeks with an Achilles injury.


A musical version of the film Desperately Seeking Susan is set for the West End, featuring songs by Blondie.


FILDERSTADT, Germany  - The top four seeds reached  the semi-finals of the Filderstadt Grand Prix Friday, with only  French Open champion Anastasia Myskina being taken to three  sets.


The clock is running out on a highly publicized prediction that a major earthquake will rip through Southern California by Sunday.


Short-term interest rate futures fell on Friday after August jobs growth came in close to Wall Street forecasts and strong enough to make another Federal Reserve rate increase in September almost certain.


Cost of nuclear decommissioning rises to 73 billion pounds: report

The cost of decommissioning ageing nuclear plants has soared by 12 billion pounds to 73 billion over the past few years, a report said Wednesday.


Cosmonauts aboard the international space station struggled for a second day Friday to try to reboot failed computers that control the orbiting outpost's orientation.


The permanent replacement for late DJ John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show goes on air on Tuesday.


Teenage girls are more likely than boys to have engaged in creating most kinds of online content, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.


Florida State tight end Donnie Carter will miss the upcoming season with a torn right knee ligament, coach Bobby Bowden said Saturday.


Modena, 19:06 - CALCIO, MODENA: PERNA NON SI E' ALLENATO

Allenamento mattutino per il Modena in vista della gara con il Rimini. Solo terapie per Frey (esami ...


'Berlusconi non ha mai usato l'aggettivo traditore'


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Arafat Stays in Coma, Row Looms Over Burial Site

Yasser Arafat remained in a coma on  Friday as a row brewed over where he would be buried and  questions loomed about who might succeed him.


Giving steroids to head-injury patients not only fails to improve their chances of survival but actually appears to increase their risk of dying, a large international study has found.


London 'gherkin' becomes Britain's most expensive office block

The landmark London skyscraper popularly known as the "gherkin" has become the Britain's most expensive place to work, after Swiss reinsurance giant SwissRe sold the building for over one billion dollars.


The obesity epidemic has a simple solution. If you want to lose weight, either eat less, or breathe more.


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Shia bombed as Sunni party quits Iraq election

A suicide bomber killed 15 people and injured four dozen others outside the headquarters of Iraq's main Shia Muslim party on Monday.


Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices.


SAP Reports 15 Percent Rise in 3Q Profit

SAP AG, the German business management software maker, reported a 15 percent jump in third-quarter net profit Thursday, citing increased sales across the globe.


Londra, 14:43 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; STAMPA INGLESE: IL LIVERPOOL VUOLE FOGGIA

"News of the World", tabloid molto diffuso in Inghilterra, scrive oggi che il Liverpool sarebbe pron...


Whether he is willing to scratch it out now -- or even has the authority to do so -- will determine whether there will be a National Hockey League season.


Study confirms 2006 human-human spread of bird flu

A mathematical analysis has confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza spread from person to person in Indonesia in April, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.


Chinese puzzled over long hunt for Veerappan

Beijing, Oct. 20 (PTI): The long hunt for forest brigand Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, has left many a Chinese puzzled. "Why did India take such a long time to capture Veerappan," is a question many had been


American Motherhood and the Question of Home Birth

âThe Business of Being Bornâ is a passionate ground-level examination of home childbirth.


Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.


Unable to sell his house in suburban Phoenix's anemic real estate market, Jason Winterholler rented to a couple who paid the deposit in cash and didn't haggle over price.


Hospitals across the Washington region are mounting increasingly aggressive defenses against a virulent bacterium resistant to antibiotics that turns seemingly minor skin abrasions, cuts and sores into serious, even life-threatening, infections.


A former job applicant is suing the CW television network in Los Angeles for the alleged plagiarism of her novel.  Staci Robinson alleges that an executive at Kelsey Grammer's production company lifted her unpublished work and turned it into the new series The Game.


Real Madrid: presentato ufficialmente Luxemburgo

E` stato presentato ufficialmente Vanderlei Luxemburgo; l`ex ct del Santos prenderÃ  da subito in mano le redini del Real Madrid, e guiderÃ  da subito la squadra nei prossimi impegni ufficiali. Ovviamente


Tentative Accord Reached in Najaf to End Fighting

Aides to the country's most powerful Shiite leader said they had reached a tentative agreement on Thursday to end the three-week siege in this holy


The U.S. military said Monday that it accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq south of Baghdad.


The United Nations said Friday its investigators have discovered three mass graves at a northeast Congo military camp containing the bodies of 30 people, including women and children, who were allegedly killed by soldiers. The dead were found at a military camp in eastern Ituri province after witnesses accused troops of killing dozens of people two months ago, U.N. spokesman Kemal Saiki said.


Cyclone seen worsening Mozambique floods

Cyclone Ivan is expected to lash  Mozambique with heavy rains when it reaches land, worsening the  flooding that has engulfed parts of the southern African  nation.


Santa Is Packing More Sofas and Less Jewelry

Online sales of holiday stalwarts like jewelry, watches and flowers have dropped from last yearâs levels, while sales of more practical items like furniture and appliances have climbed.


Kraft, the maker of Oreo cookies, Cheez Whiz dips and Toblerone, yesterday further reshaped its image as a producer of healthy foods by announcing a deal with the author of a popular diet.


Most, if not all, of you have read or been in heated debates over why or why not higher clocked microprocessors are better than their "comparable" competition.


Smiling Yasser Arafat with his doctors from Tunis, Egypt and Jordan, Oct.28. Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has agreed to be flown to Paris for medical treatment on Friday morning, Palestinian officials said on Thursday.


Electrician Pelosi convicted of killing Long Island millionaire

Daniel Pelosi swallowed hard and buried his head in his hands when a jury delivered its verdict Monday: guilty of the second-degree murder of millionaire financier Ted Ammon.


Stocks ended down for a third day on Friday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its worst week since August, as worries over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial services shares lower.


Brits, French, Germans give Iran 'last chance'

Cuban trade embargo? Not for Vermont cows. Britain, France, and Germany to offer Iran nuclear technology if it ends uranium enrichment efforts.


Roethlisberger contrite, say's he's lucky

Ben Roethlisberger apologized to the Pittsburgh Steelers, fans and his family on Thursday, hours after being released from a hospital, saying he was fortunate to be alive and pledging to wear a helmet if he ever again rides a motorcycle.


Army Rushes to Harden Iraq-Bound Vehicles

The army is seeking more production  of the most fully armor-protected "Humvee" military vehicles,  defense officials said on Friday, after a soldier's complaint  to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that troops had to use  scrap metal to protect vehicles in Iraq.


At a creaky 24 years old, Brad Boyes is the graybeard of the Bruins ' No. 1 line.


Nearly 8,000 sex offenders have been given cautions across England in the past five years, the BBC discovers.


A top aide of Bangladesh's ex-PM Khaleda Zia is arrested for trying to lead a street protest, police say.


Microsoft Acquisitions Head Bruce Jaffe to Leave

Microsoft has announced the resignation of its head of acquisitions, Bruce Jaffe, two days after the company bid US$1.2 billion for enterprise search expert Fast Search & Transfer. Jaffe will retire on Feb. 29, the company said.


Profit fell 94 percent in the third quarter as sales fell in the companyâs cell phone business, but it forecast better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.


Why put a 1.2MW turbine in the ocean when you can get away with smaller ones that cost less?


com. But Moore, the reigning NCAA Division I champion from UNLV, roared back over the last four holes to overtake List and win the championship 2-up.


Canada celebrated the victory, but the joy was tempered because the N.H.L. is set to impose a lockout on Wednesday because of a labor dispute with the players association.


Spanish Leader Denies Gain From Bombings

Spain's prime minister, heckled Monday by opposition lawmakers, angrily denied his Socialist party instigated anti-government rallies on the eve of a general election to reap political benefit from the Madrid train bombings.


Zero-day Flaw in Solaris Allows Remote Attacks

Security experts are warning of a zero-day vulnerability with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris 10 and 11 OSes.


By Jeannine SteinTHOUSANDS of kids play soccer for fun, but years-long involvement with the game can have more health benefits than routine physical activity.


Corpo trovato in laguna a Venezia, domani l'autopsia


Iraq Withdrawal a Priority for New Ukraine Leader

Ukraine's president-elect promised on Monday to make withdrawing his country's troops from Iraq a priority as soon as he takes office, after eight of its soldiers were killed in an explosion.


Fans of Star Trek will be able to explore the final frontier in a multi-player online game based on the TV series.


Taiwan to host online patent auction in October

On the theory that one company's unused intellectual property is potentially another firm's treasure, a Taiwanese research institute is preparing for an October auction of patents for various electronics technologies.


When Saddam Hussein was dragged out of a hole in the ground, many expected the insurgency would soon be buried. Monday morning, the skies over Baghdad prove it's anything but.


TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman appeared Saturday at a holiday toy giveaway sponsored by a black advocacy group, weeks after publicly apologizing for using a racial slur.


Philippoussis misery continues with Tokyo exit

Mark Philippoussis's miserable run of form continued on Monday with a 6-3 6-4 defeat by Czech Tomas Zib in the first round of the Japan Open.


New animated film The Incredibles is to receive its official UK premiere in London's Leicester Square on Sunday. The Disney/Pixar film tells the story of a family of superheroes who are forced to give up their powers.


A coalition of privacy groups asked the government to set up a mandatory do-not-track list for the Internet.


A regulatory panel's Thursday decision not to recommend approval of Proctor & Gamble Co.'s sex-drive patch for women slammed shares of BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc.


The use of alcohol in TV soap operas could be desensitising teens to the dangers of alcohol, a report suggests.


U.S. researchers say they have coaxed hearts from dead rats to beat again in the laboratory and said the discovery may one day lead to customized organ transplants for people.


Blast in Pakistan kills at least 2, wounds judge

MULTAN, Pakistan  - A bicycle bomb exploded near a flyover in the central Pakistani city of Multan on Friday, killing two policemen and wounding several including a anti-terrorism judge, police and officials said.


Microsoft fixes fifteen flaws with six patches; four considered critical

Blog: Critical patches include those for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail,  Win 32 API, and the Schannel Security Package.


EDITORIAL: Mighty Big Holes: Any Agreement to Expand Phosphate Mining in Beaufort County Must Minimize the Inevitable Environmental Damage

By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Giant machines have been digging phosphate from the soil of Beaufort County for two generations. Now those who run the huge strip mine near the community of Aurora want to expand operations into 2,500 acres of nearby protected wetlands.


Iraq's government has fulfilled only nine out of 18 benchmarks on governance and security, the US says.


Picchi temperature mercoledi' a Bologna e Pescara


Two top Palestinian election officials resigned Saturday, saying they had been pressured by the campaign of Mahmoud Abbas and intelligence officials to abruptly change voting procedures during the presidential election.


Operation puts Greenwood out of Six Nations

Will Greenwood is out of the Six Nations Championship, and the Christmas news gets worse for the England coach, Andy Robinson. Like Greenwood has done, Gloucester's wing James Simpson-Daniel is to have a shoulder operation next week.


BlackBerry Adds Diversions, Counting on Sales

Phone carriers hope the new BlackBerry Pearl will finally persuade consumers to send data on their cell phones.


N.F.L. Roundup: Griese Saves Bears, and Maybe Their Season, With Late Drive

Pinned on the 3-yard line and out of timeouts, the Chicago Bears seemed doomed on their final drive. That was before the audio cut out in Brian Grieseâs helmet.


HOUSTON - The last of four former El Paso Corp. natural gas traders charged with making false reports used to calculate the index price of natural gas has pleaded guilty, US Attorney Michael Shelby announced Friday.


One by One, Narratives Reflecting Lifeâs Mosaic

Whether they are old-fashioned narratives, playful improvisations or comic-strip-like tales told in pictures, the stories in this collection, edited by Zadie Smith, force us to re-evaluate that old chestnut âCharacter is destiny.â


Spanish set to allow therapeutic cloning

Spain is set to become one of only a   handful of countries to approve therapeutic cloning, despite   opposition from the Catholic Church.


Pilgrim's Pride Corp. , the No.  2 U.S. chicken producer, will buy rival Gold Kist Inc.   for a sweetened offer of $21 per share, or $1.1 billion, the  companies said on Monday.


Election Day begins, goes all month long

Never mind the first Tuesday in November. Every day from now to Nov. 7 is Election Day somewhere in America.


GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed 12 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after reaching a deal with Korean and Indonesian negotiators on the release of the 19 Christian volunteers.


Why Vista will take a back seat for a few years

The new waiting game Comment Vista is a step forward in security, but many businesses will be stuck with Windows XP for years to come, due to the cost of upgrading, the value of existing assets, and compatibility issues that trump security features.â¦


In effort to attain global domination, cat weighing three apples approaches luxury camera market. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Livorno, 10:47 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: CRISTIANO LUCARELLI ALLO SHAKTAR

Cristiano Lucarelli lascia il Livorno. L'attaccante ha firmato un contratto di tre anni a 4 milioni ...


Cheney and Rumsfeld are two of the most hawkish members of President George W. Bush's cabinet and key architects of the. Washington-backed war that overthrew the Taliban in the wake of the


Barnsley's on-loan defender Ronnie Wallwork is stabbed several times in an incident at a bar in Manchester.


EU decides to start Turkey's accession talks next October

The European Council decided on Thursday night in Brussels to start Turkey's accession talks as of Oct. 3, 2005. Speaking to a press conference after Thursday's prolonged meeting


Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O said on Tuesday it   expects third-quarter revenue to be at the bottom half of its   forecast range due to weakness from two of its biggest   advertising segments, sending its shares down as much as 13   percent.


Before you chase foreign investments, consider a few things first.