Match play event has richest prize at a cool $1.8 mil'

World No.1 Vijay Singh will play Bernhard Langer, who captained Europe to victory in last month's Ryder Cup, in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, near London, this week.


Da parte del pubblico ministero Guariniello

TORINO - Il pubblico ministero Raffaele Guariniello ha chiesto due condanne al processo per il presunto abuso di farmaci da parte della Juventus. Il pm nella sua requisitoria davanti al tribunale di. Torino


Gold miner Goldcorp Inc. on Friday said its board is willing to review and evaluate a takeover offer from Glamis Gold Ltd. that would break up its friendly merger agreement with Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.


FAA computer glitch causes flight delays

A cascading computer failure in the nation's air-traffic control system caused severe flight delays and some cancellations Friday along the East Coast.


Europe's main stock markets continued their recovery in early trading on Friday following steep losses earlier in the week caused by fears of a US recession.


Give the e-mail spammer a life-time of internet pop-up messages

This may be a calumny on Leesburg, Virginia, but somehow it doesn't sound like the sort of place we would associate with a liberal judiciary.


Philadelphia joins the list of cities mulling wireless Internet ...

For about $10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot.


Israel Pulls Most Forces Out of North Gaza-Witnesses

The Israeli army pulled most of its forces out of northern Gaza on Friday, scaling back one of its biggest offensives in four years of conflict that began 16 days ago and that has killed more than 100 Palestinians.


UNICEF seeks one billion dollars to help AIDS orphans

The UN children's agency UNICEF plans to launch a major campaign to raise one billion dollars to help AIDS orphans whose numbers are expected to continue to swell until 2010, an official said.


Garrison Keillor has gotten a restraining order against a Georgia woman he claims has made telephone calls and sent him explicit e-mails and disturbing gifts, including a petrified alligator foot and dead beetles.


Roger Federer struggles to come to terms with winning his third Grand Slam of 2004 at the US Open.


British Troops Head North for Mission Near Baghdad

British troops and armor rolled north  from Basra on Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad  and free up U.S. troops for a widely expected attack on the  Iraqi rebel-held city of Falluja.


An arrest warrant against a Sunni Cabinet minister is another step by the Shiite-led government to marginalize the country's Sunni minority, the official's political organization said Wednesday.


Le reazioni politiche all'inchiesta giudiziaria su Sandra MastellaCicchitto e l'opposizione: "Mai arresto fu piÃ¹ mirato"                                          Prodi telefona a Mastella: "SolidarietÃ " Dini: "Un fatto sconvolgente"


New Drug Cuts Tuberculosis Treatment Time In Half

A new drug identified by researchers at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development may revolutionize the way tuberculosis is treated around the world.


All'ordine del giorno valutazione opportunita' strategiche


The government of Zimbabwe says extra security guards will be on duty to prevent any demonstrations during the treason verdict against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.


OMICIDI: IN AUMENTO IN ITALIA (+9,7%), TORNANO QUELLI DI MAFIA

ROMA - Inversione di rotta per gli omicidi in Italia: aumentano e allo stesso tempo tornano, raddoppiando, quelli di mafia. In un anno, il fenomeno ha infatti registrato un incremento totale del 9,7%, passando


BEIJING, Feb. 28 The Year of the Pig has turned into the year of the baby.


Bush hopes Bulgarian HIV nurses will be freed soon

U.S. President George Bush said in an interview aired on Friday he hoped the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV would soon be freed.


Who will be chosen to replace Terry McAuliffe as DNC chair?


NEW YORK  - ABC and the NFL aren't  taking any chances with this week's kickoff show, the first  time football has had an entertainment-style revue since the  notorious "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime  show in February.


India passes out condoms at porn movie halls

AHMEDABAD, India  - Health officials in western India are distributing condoms outside cinema halls screening illegal pornographic films, to promote safe sex and curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS.


U.S. Crashes 94-90 to Lithuania in Men's Basketball

The United States crashed to its second  defeat in the Olympic men's basketball tournament Saturday when  a late shooting spree by Sarunas Jasikevicius propelled  Lithuania to a 94-90 victory.


"Price Is Right" winner claims new car a wreck

The price was all wrong for one contestant on "The Price Is Right," who claims the TV game show and its authorized auto dealership tried to pass off a rehabilitated wreck as a new car she won.


Insurgents launch attacks against police stations in Anbar ...

Insurgents launched deadly attacks Sunday against police stations in western Anbar province for the second day in a row, killing at least 22 people, police and hospital officials said.


Gartner: Microsoft beats PalmSource in PDAs

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants (PDAs) using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE operating system have surpassed those using PalmSource Inc.


Witness: Disney Paid Ovitz 'Unreasonable' Amount

Walt Disney Co.'s multimillion-dollar contract with Michael Ovitz was unreasonable and one of the most generous ever, a compensation expert testified on Monday for shareholders suing the board to recoup as much as $200 million.


The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening for January, according to studio estimates Sunday.


The European Commission plans to announce a formal proposal settling a long-running antitrust case against the world's largest soft drinks maker Coca-Cola


Stocks tumbled on Tuesday following recession worries that sparked a global equities sell-off, but the market regained some ground amid optimism over a surprise interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.


Mutual-fund adviser Bridgeway Capital Management Inc. and its president, James Montgomery, have agreed to pay almost $5.2 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges of illegally overcharging mutual-fund customers, the regulator said Wednesday.


Bolton cash in on profligacy at the Palace

On what was expected to be a day to remember, Andy Johnson had a match to forget as Crystal Palace went down to a 1-0 defeat to Bolton at Selhurst Park.


SUZUKA, Japan: Qualifying for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix has been postponed to the morning of the race due to a typhoon and torrential rain.


OPEC sends conflicting signal on need for deeper cut

OPEC ministers sent conflicting signals on Saturday on whether the group needed to reduce oil production further to bring markets back into equilibrium.


Brown says Britain "getting to bottom" of bomb plot

Investigations stretching from Britain to Australia are "getting to the bottom" of a cell behind failed car bombings in London and Scotland, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday.


Sales of existing U.S. homes surged by an unanticipated 3.1 percent in September as low mortgage rates fueled home buying, a trade association said on Monday.


Rio shares surge on talk books opened to BHP

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Rio Tinto's   shares surged on Wednesday amid market talk that an improved offer had prompted the firm to open its books to suitor BHP Billiton   and media reports which said Rio had signaled a price at which it would sell out.


ISLAMABAD: After the historical Supreme Court verdict to free Zardari on bail, PPP stalwarts have stepped-up efforts to persuade the spouse of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto to lead anti-government rallies slated to begin from Peshawar on December 6, under the


Change in Goldman Index Played Role in Gasoline Price Drop

A Goldman Sachs announcement that it was reducing its largest commodity indexÂs weighting in gasoline futures may have helped the decline in gas prices.


A U.S.-led team of scientists says the samples of comet dust returned to Earth early this year suggest some cosmic theories may have to be reconsidered.  The samples were collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stardust mission that was launched in 1999.


Israel Says Removal of Arafat 'Closer Than Ever'

"There is no room for Arafat among us, and the time will come when we will remove him... and that day is closer than ever," Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said.


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Judge Rejects Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A federal judge on Friday struck down a ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, calling it a "prejudged, political" move that sought to exclude the vehicles from all national parks...


Origami peace gesture met with violence in Thailand

A creative peace offering has been met with renewed violence in the troubled south of Thailand. Hours after 50 Thai army planes dropped some 100 million Japanese-style origami cranes over the predominantly


Tarantino's B-Movie Favorites on Show at Venice

Quentin Tarantino is in town to present a retrospective of Italian films, but don't look for masterpieces from the likes of Federico Fellini or Luchino Visconti in the line-up.


Genealogy site uses DNA and social networks to trace ancestors

A new genealogy Web site uses DNA to help trace family histories and lets customers use a social network to communicate findings with family and friends.


Many members of the Bank of Japan policy board agreed in early July that there was uncertainty in the outlook for adjustments in the American housing markets because of subprime mortgage problems, minutes of the central bankâs meeting of July 11-12 showed. Some members said it was not highly likely that the subprime loan problems would severely affect credit markets, the minutes showed, but if that were to happen, there was a âpossibility that global financial and economic conditions could be badly affected.â The nine-member board agreed by an 8-1 vote to keep the overnight call rate target at 0.50 percent. The policy makers maintained the view that the United States economy would probably achieve a soft landing toward the end of the year.


Flanked by a television crew, three young women huddle around a keyboard on an airy sound stage trying to out-sing each other.


Laptop Computer Use Increases Testes Temperature, Could Affect ...

The temperature of a man's testes increases by an average of nearly three degrees Celsius -- enough to impair fertility -- after one hour of laptop use of a portable computer, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Human Reproduction.


Movie Studios Plan Lawsuits This Month Against Online Pirates

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood studios say they will file hundreds of lawsuits later this month against individuals who swap pirated copies of movies over the Internet.


Four in ten teenage girls have considered plastic surgery, a survey by Bliss magazine says.


US warns Kiev to hold fair presidential vote

The United States warned Ukraine to hold fair presidential elections this month, threatening unspecified punitive measures against the ex-Soviet republic's leadership.


Former teen heartthrob Scott Baio is taking another stab at series television with an NBC sitcom project about a fortysomething who moves in with a guy in his 20s and turns his life upside down.


Cynthia Nixon 'very happy' with her female lover!

NEW YORK: Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon, who is reportedly in a long-term relationship with another woman, has revealed that she is 'very happy' with her life.


Prime Minister Tony Blair vigorously denied on Wednesday that he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war, rejecting growing demands in Parliament to apologize for misleading his country.


In the Nov. 3 BC-ELN--Texas Glance and BC-TX Exit-Poll Excerpts, The Associated Press overstated President Bush's support among Texas Hispanics. Under a post-election adjustment by exit poll providers Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International, 49 percent of Hispanics in the state voted for Bush, not a majority. The revised result does not differ to a statistically significant degree from Bush's 43 percent support among Texas Hispanics in a 2000 exit poll.


Balkan states ready to increase participation in NATO operations

Albania, Croatia and Macedonia said they were ready to increase their participation in NATO operations and pledged to further develop cooperation in their bid to join the alliance.


BELGRADE, Nov 17 (IPS) - Two reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in  Bulgaria that are considered dangerous will shut down Dec. 31.  And just in time, as Bulgaria joins the European Union the next  day, together with neighbour Romania.


Kofi Annan wants to return to see 'all parts' of Sri Lanka

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said here he wished to return to Sri Lanka to "see all parts of the country" amid reports he had been blocked by the government from visiting rebel-held zones in the north.


Tech worker dies in vat of sulfuric acid

An 18-year-old worker at a circuit board factory in Redwood City, Calif., apparently passed out over a vat of acid, fell in and died.


Chiron Gets FDA Warning on UK Flu Vaccine Plant

Chiron Corp., which had to scrap its  flu vaccine this season due to contamination, said on Friday it  has received a warning from U.S. regulators in connection with  its shuttered vaccine manufacturing plant in England.


GAZA CITY -- Israel killed the military chief of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a Gaza City airstrike yesterday that drew vows of revenge and could complicate efforts to end a huge Israeli offensive.


Former finance minister and President Pervez Musharraf's key loyalist Shaukat Aziz took the oath of office as the country's new prime minister, one day after his parliamentary election was boycotted by the entire opposition.


ualcomm, the world's second-largest maker of microprocessors for cellphones, received a lesson in stock market jitters on Friday.


Remicade Benefits Some with Early Arthritis

For people in the beginning stages of rheumatoid arthritis but who have a poor prognosis, early treatment with the drug Remicade can pay dividends, according to the results of a small study.


FEMA will replace locks on as many as 118,000 trailers used by Gulf Coast hurricane victims after discovering the same key could open many of the mobile homes.


Ex-Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says Iran-US relations can only be improved through dialogue.


The corpse of the European Constitution is coming back to life and staggering around the EU's corridors of power.


For Marketing, the Most Valuable Player Might Be YouTube

The Internet, digital video recorders, mobile devices and other technologies are giving a strong postgame presence to the annual roster of Super Bowl commercials.


DRDO testfires naval version of Prithvi-III

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 27: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today test-fired a naval version of the indigenous Prithvi-III medium-range missile at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur.


Glacier Grows in Mount St. Helen's Crater

While earthquakes, steam and magma are getting all the attention on Mount St. Helens these days, the volcano's most unique feature could be the icy epitome of slow motion that has sprouted on its flanks in the last two decades: its glacier.


Federal Election Commission lawyers proposed Friday that presidential campaigns be allowed to use limited individual donations to cover the costs of recounts like the one that occurred in Florida in 2000.


Serbian government claim comes amid fears that the move will trigger renewed instability in region


A military judge refused to dismiss charges against the only officer accused of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, rejecting defense arguments that a senior officer had illegally influenced the case.


Who needs a promotion when you can just retire?


Israel kills top Hamas official in Damascus

Israel claimed responsibility Sunday for a car bombing in the Syrian capital that killed a senior member of the Hamas movement. The official Hamas Web site and Israeli security sources confirmed that Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil was killed Sunday.


With Jim Zorn in place as the team's head coach, the Redskins turn their attention to free agency and trimming their payroll by $16 million to get under the salary cap.


Shooting the messenger hasn't worked out for anti-spam forces -- not only is the messenger all but bulletproof, someone out there is actually buying the products it advertises. A growing movement believes that targeting those e-commerce sites is the more effective more for eventually cutting down on junk e-mail.


BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six countries that


Computerized Babies Offer Real-Life Experience

PANAMA CITY -- Ashley Johns sat on the floor feeding her baby a bottle. Nearby, Patris Lewis and Tynisha Jackson tended to their little ones. The girls are 11 and 12 years old, and their babies are computerized.


Indonesia buries quake victims, aid flows in

SOLOK, Indonesia  - Scores of victims of deadly earthquakes in Indonesia were buried in West Sumatra on Wednesday, as aid flowed in for thousands displaced after their homes were flattened.


Megite Updates with Launch of Megite 2.1

Megite, a real time news & blog aggregation service, has  tweaked their blog news ranking technology with the following ‘2.1′ updates: 1. A more aggressive clustering algorithm is introduced and users should see more related information for a big news item. 2. Broad the coverage and users can see rich information in the context of a [...]


The Saudi oil minister inaugurated a new production plant on Sunday and renewed the largest oil exporter's support for stable prices by noting that Saudi Arabia was maintaining about two million barrels in spare output capacity.


Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has not ruled out making a further signing before the transfer window closes at the end of August.


Relatives wept as the remains of victims from a suicide bombing at a funeral were placed into coffins Wednesday, while police increased the attack's death toll by four to 36 killed in Baghdad's deadliest attack since August


ElBaradei Says Unclear if Iran Nuke Plans Peaceful

It is unclear if Iran's nuclear  ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm  evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as  Washington asserts, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tuesday.


Bush, Kerry have similar postwar strategies

President Bush says U.S. forces will stay in Iraq as long as necessary but no longer. John Kerry says he wants to bring U.S. troops home but will not "cut and run" before the country is stable. Despite differences over how the United States went to war, either man as president would pursue a similar strategy now, their campaign statements show.


In March, NASA launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.


Hunt fans step up protests ahead of the Labour conference with a gathering at the home of Commons leader Peter Hain.


The recent failure of a potential blockbuster drug designed to increase so-called 'good cholesterol' raises important issues about diet and heart health. What is HDL, anyway?


And so the great real estate boom has ended. Left in its wake are anxious sellers and hopeful renters, fidgety buyers and freebie-wielding developers, deserted open houses and blocks crowded with for-sale signs, scaled-back retirement plans and first-time homes that suddenly seem within reach.


Britain holds back Black Wednesday secrets

The British government has delayed the release of secret Treasury documents relating to Black Wednesday, the day in September 1992 when the British pound crashed out of Europe's exchange rate mechanism, the Financial Times said.


Top 10 Things Overheard at the Holiday Office Party

Irregular hors d'ouevres, scheduling mishaps, and the stockbroker's eternal dilemma.


The head of meatpacker Swift & Co. said federal officials wanted a high-profile example of an immigration crackdown when they staged raids at its plants in six states in an identity theft investigation late last year.


Le punte piu' alte si registrano in Campania e Molise


First Oil Taken From Freighter Off Alaska

Salvagers have begun removing oil from tanks on a freighter that broke apart last month off Alaska, spilling most of its estimated 442,000 gallons of fuel onto the shoreline.


Kenya's violence chokes flow of goods to the region

Security concerns are preventing fuel and other goods from leaving a key port.


US gov't set to tap oil reserve for loans

The Bush administration is set to approve requests from two refineries to borrow oil from the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make up for supplies


Toll Brothers Inc. reported on  Thursday quarterly earnings that nearly doubled, buoyed by  growing demand for its luxury homes, and the company raised its  forecast for 2005.


NEWS Corporation would continue to grow its publishing business in Australia following the company's move to the US, chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch stressed yesterday.


Clashes between US forces and Shia insurgents across Baghdad's Sadr City leave at least 33 people dead.


Russia Launches Supplies to Astronauts in Orbit

A Russian spaceship blasted off on  Friday carrying vital food and water to two astronauts whose  supplies have been rationed because they were running so low,  Interfax news agency reported.


Empoli, 18:53 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: PER IL CHIEVO ADANI KO, RAGGI OK

Il tecnico dell'Empoli, Gigi Cagni, dovrebbe tornare al 4-2-3-1 per la gara interna con il Chievo. I...


New social website tempts the inquisitive

The online social-networking world is crammed with websites where college friends, nurses, moms, and even cat lovers can mix and mingle. Tomorrow , a Cambridge company called Wis.dm joins the fray, offering an online hangout for the inquisitive -- a social network where it's not who you know, but what you know.


All-in-One Telecom Packages: The Savings Donât Come Simple

âBundlingâ sounds sweet, doesnât it? Like swaddling a baby. But donât let it fool you â the communications version of it is not such a simple pleasure.


There's a ray of sunshine in all that doom and gloom.


Celebrata da vescovo di Lourdes e da cardinale di Marsiglia


Intel releases Pentium 4 EE 3.46, 925XE chipset for 1066 MHz FSB

Intel today announced a faster Pentium 4 of its high-end Extreme Edition (EE) series as well as an updated PCI Express chipset now supporting FSB1066.


Man threatens to run over Katherine Harris, of 2000 Florida fiasco fame

Police arrested a man who threatened to run over US Representative Katherine Harris, the former Florida Secretary of State blamed by critics for much of the 2000 presidential election debacle.


In February 2003, less than a month before the US invaded Iraq, Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse walked into a Pentagon meeting and with a quiet comment started what could be the end of her career.


SK Telecom, EarthLink in $400 Mln Mobile Deal -- NYT

EarthLink Inc., the No. 4 U.S. Internet service provider, plans to announce a $400 million joint venture with South Korea's SK Telecom Co. to offer mobile services in the United States, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.


The animated children's holiday film "The Polar Express" is a creepy movie anyway, and the creepiest part is the way it depicts the North Pole.


Shaky Longhorns lucky to survive against Arkansas State

Colt McCoy threw two first-quarter touchdown passes and No. 4 Texas stumbled through a sloppy 21-13 season-opening win over Arkansas State last night in Austin, Texas, narrowly avoiding yet another huge upset on the day.


A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 30 others near a market in Baghdad's Shi'ite district of Sadr City on Saturday, Iraqi police said.


Merck "good" cholesterol drug meets trial goals

VIENNA/NEW YORK  - Merck & Co's combination pill to raise "good" HDL cholesterol with less facial flushing -- a common side effect of HDL drugs -- met its main goals in a late-stage test, researchers said on Sunday.


John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton tussled over accepting campaign contributions from powerful health care groups Monday at a forum on cancer that attracted four Democratic hopefuls.


Widow urges trial of 'friendly fire' officer

Â· Iraq death was completely avoidable, says coronerÂ· Corporal's wife hits out at MoD for not apologising


Procura generale Cassazione chiede trasferimento funzioni


Pennington Progresses; Bradway Signs Deal

The Jets were just full of surprises Thursday. General Manager Terry Bradway acknowledged that he had received a two-year contract extension, and Coach Herman Edwards


Earnhardt sales up despite DEI defection

On the day he announced he was leaving his late father's company, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fretted over fan reaction. He worried the "Red Army" wouldn't understand his decision, and the loyalists would resent him — maybe even boo him — for walking away from Dale Earnhardt Inc. But based on souvenir sales in the three weeks since he made his decision, NASCAR's most popular driver had nothing to be concerned about.


Tennessee starting safety Brandon Johnson was suspended indefinitely because he fired a gun into the air near campus.


Fave pastime is frittering away the kids' inheritance On-line shopping is the nation's favourite use for a PC, and over-55s are the UK's most frequent computer users, according to an on-line survey sponsored by Microsoft.â¦


Algerian Al Qaeda Ally Says Appoints New Leader

Algeria's largest Islamic rebel group  with ties to al Qaeda said it has appointed a new chief, known  as an explosives expert, as it tries to regroup following the  loss of key leaders in recent gun battles with authorities.


PalmOne Inc. is beefing up its new Tungsten T5 handheld with more memory in an attempt to make the device more appealing to business users who need access to data-intensive applications.


An ex-leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Col Karuna, is jailed for nine months in the UK for identity fraud.


Package deal: IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) added its 14th board member, Michael L. Eskew, chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Service (nyse: UPS - news - people ), on Tuesday.


KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. government warned its citizens to keep a low profile Monday after a car bomb hit a private American security firm, killing up to 11 people in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital in two years...


Practical advice for start-ups, with a high-tech angle

In ''The Art of the Start," author Guy Kawasaki has accomplished something rare: He's written a how-to business book that is simultaneously smart, practical, and fun to read. There's lots of useful information in this book for start-up entrepreneurs.


Under Glare of Scrutiny, a Game Is Toned Down

The redacted version of Manhunt 2 coming to market this week with a rating of M for Mature seems to retain at least 99 percent of the original content.


A Wharton Dean Is Named to Lead the Conference Board

The Conference Board, a business research and consulting group that publishes some of the nationâs leading economic surveys, has selected Jonathan Spector as its chief executive.


Chinese court dismisses trademark suit against Google

Court finds that Google China began using name "Gu Ge" before other company registered it.


Lights out in Gaza after Israel blocks fuel

Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies and closed the border to the Hamas-run territory.


'Fiendish' Trojan pickpockets eBay users

It's new and improved. And it just nabbed $8,600. Miscreants have unleashed a new strain of a sophisticated Trojan that targets eBay users by feeding them spoofed web pages containing fraudulent information about high-ticket purchases, The Register has learned. It has already contributed to an $8,600 loss by one eBay member.â¦


Microsoft Enters the Desktop Search Wars

Microsoft today introduced MSN toolbar Suite. The software will allow users to search the contents of their hard drive, including Microsoft Outlook e-mail, calendar items, contacts and Office documents.


Myanmar dissidents stage prison hunger strike

Some dissidents arrested in a fierce crackdown on protests in military-ruled Myanmar have gone on hunger strike over police refusal to treat a protester with a broken leg, an activist said on Friday.


CDC Director: Some Flu Vaccine Can Be Given To Public

WASHINGTON -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are some cases in which the general public can receive flu shots, given that tens of thousands of doses could otherwise go to waste.


Movie critics cite Get Carter, the 1971 gangster film starring Michael Caine, as the greatest British film.


A man found dead in the sea wearing canoeist's gear might have been hit by a ship, coastguards say.


Motorola wins dismissal of some Iridium claims

A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed some claims brought by unsecured creditors of Iridium against Motorola Inc , saying the market had not been misled about valuation of the failed satellite phone venture.


Malta is the least corrupt country among the new EU member states, according to Transparency International, the global watchdog devoted to curbing corruption.


Suicide Attacks, Bombings Kill Dozens in Iraq

BAGHDAD, June 7 -- Suicide attackers and car bombs struck targets in central, western and northern Iraq on Thursday, leaving  at least 24 people dead and 42 wounded, Iraqi security officials said.


Colpa delle riforme di politica agricola e domanda cibo


Wall St set for gains as techs prepare for rally

US stock index futures indicated a higher open for cash stocks on Wall Street on Tuesday thanks to falling crude prices and better-than-expected earnings from IBM and Texas Instruments.


Nokia to bring digital TV to mobile phones

By 2006 you will be able to watch television on your Nokia phone. Within two years as many as 20 different TV channels will be made available, Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's general manager of Multimedia, told the


Short-lived German park files for bankruptcy

Space Center Bremen, Germany's space-themed indoor park, has closed its gates and filed for bankruptcy less than one season after opening.


NBA to dump new ball for old leather version

The National Basketball Association will return to using leather balls rather than the microfibre composite version that brought numerous complaints from players, NBA commissioner David Stern announced.


It looks likely that Ukraine will hold a new election as it awaits a supreme court verdict on electoral fraud.


By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 28--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was between 50 and 70 percent contained Wednesday evening, but heavy winds threatened to strengthen it.


The Argentine rebel who led the assassination of Nicaragua's military ruler in 1980 dies at 65.


Kasyanov "should be barred from election"

Russian opposition challenger Mikhail Kasyanov should be disqualified from a March 2 presidential vote because of forged registration documents, the secretary of the Central Election Commission said on Thursday.


2007: A Search Odyssey? Keynote Conversation with Matt Cutts

At SES London, Google's most famous engineer shared his thoughts on search spam, personalization, and the future of Google.


OAKLAND, Calif. - Feeling unbeatable and ready to take on anybody, the Boston Red Sox can't wait for the playoffs to start...


Black lawmakers are likely to lead key committees in the new, Democrat-led House, and that means issues such as Hurricane Katrina relief, hate crimes and voting problems are likely to get much more attention.


A judge on Friday sentenced a father whose 12-year-old daughter was burned in his home methamphetamine lab to more than 10 years in prison.


A trial of a new type of schizophrenia drug shows promise in patients.


Hot cars and a cool CEO saved Nissan. But has success taken the edge off the brand's potential?


Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses the US and the West of exaggerating the conflict in Darfur.


We'll hide all the blank disks, promise The Data Sharing Review - announced by Gordon Brown after the loss of 25m records from the child benefit database - is calling for input into how government departments and businesses use and share private information about British people.â¦


Totti: 'Addio alla Nazionale per motivi di salute'

Il capitano della Roma abbandona. ''Non voglio creare problemi al gruppo azzurro. E siccome la salute è la cosa piÃ¹ importante, ho dovuto fare una scelta e il giallorosso ha sempre la priorità'


Pleasanton, the East Bay city that has evolved from a farm town to a corporate nexus, may be one step closer to losing its biggest employer and having to cope with the ensuing void.


Israeli Says Country Will Become Isolated

Israel is set on a collision course with the European Union and could turn into a pariah state, like South Africa during the apartheid years, if the Mideast conflict is not resolved, Israel's Foreign Ministry warns in a confidential 10-year forecast.


President Bush yesterday seized on Sen. John Kerry's remark that terrorism should be reduced to a "nuisance" like prostitution that doesn't define Americans' lives, saying it showed


By Roselee Papandrea, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jan. 31--When the Jacksonville City Council decided earlier this month to fix Dewitt Street, City Manager Kristoff Bauer told the group that Elizabeth Lake's water levels would remain the same.   He was mistaken.


Several shots were fired inside a   downtown Montreal college on Wednesday and initial reports from   the scene suggest at least two people were injured, television   networks said.


Elizabeth Taylor on Tuesday dismissed tabloid reports that she was being treated for Alzheimer's disease or was gravely ill.


Manchester's Ricky Hatton beats Jose Luis Castillo with a stunning a fourth-round knockout in Las Vegas.


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Weight Loss Helps Women with Ovulation Problem

NEW YORK  - Weight loss appears to improve  egg release in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome  (PCOS), a disease involving enlargement of the ovaries often  associated with obesity, menstrual problems, and infertility,  new research shows. This could increase their chances of  becoming pregnant.


Registrato ad agosto crescente pessimismo in Usa e Europa


Description: In the wake of a vote to pull Jewish settlers and soldiers out of Gaza, rabbis are saying not a chance. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on why the rabbis are so adamantly opposed to the possible evacuation order.


D'Alema ritiene probabile un richiamo per consultazioni


The Pope's controversial speech on Islam, electoral success for  the far right in Germany and Sweden's election upset all make headlines in Europe's newspapers on 18 September.


NEW YORK - In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve (search) Tuesday raised its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent, its third rate increase in a row.


AMD's 2005 mobile push off to early start

Gericom and Packard Bell NEC plan to use the Mobile Sempron 3000+ chip in new notebooks before the end of the year, but AMD's new processor looks unlikely to overturn Intel's solid advantage in the notebook market.


Iran fuel rations spark anger, pump stations burn

Angry Iranians torched pump stations and hurled abuse at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government after the world's fourth-largest oil exporter said it was imposing fuel rationing on Wednesday.


Hitachi to form hard drive company with Toshiba, Fujitsu?

Rumors are swirling that the companies will join forces in storage. It makes more sense than the alternatives, observers say.


Verizon Wireless will buy NextWave licenses

TRENTON, NJ - Verizon Wireless is buying wireless-spectrum licenses covering 23 US markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion.


Justice Dept. Says Microsoft is Behaving, California Disagrees

In its regular progress report for Microsoft's compliance with the terms of its antitrust settlement, the US Justice Dept. stated today that it believes that since the settlement, there's significant evidence of a more competitive market unhindered by the presence or conduct of Microsoft.


ABC stations ban "Saving Private Ryan" for fear of indecency fines

More than 20 ABC television affiliates banned broadcasting the Hollywood war movie "Saving Private Ryan" to mark the Veterans Day Thursday for fear that it could lead to indecency fines.


Dan LeFevour threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns and Damien Linson had 186 yards receiving to help Central Michigan beat Ohio 31-10 in the Mid-American Conference championship game at Ford Field on Thursday night


Eleven months after winning two consecutive at Wrigley Field to take the pennant, the Florida Marlins returned yesterday and split a doubleheader with Chicago.


Bush, Putin discuss upcoming G-8 meeting

President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Kosovo and other international issues by telephone Monday ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations next week.


Calvin Darden, a young stockbroker, boasted a flashing smile and celebrity clients. But what happened to their money?


The video rental company takes a pointed swipe at Netflix -- but will it matter?


Vanuatu's John Frum movement, the world's last surviving cargo cult, marks its 50th anniversary.


People's Choice Awards Adds New Categories

The People's Choice Awards have added new categories to the upcoming ceremony, including favorite movies, favorite smile and favorite cartoon star.


eBay bidding ends at $28,000 for 10-year-old sandwich with image

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. Half of a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has sold on eBay for 28-thousand dollars.


Schoolchildren are reluctant to use badly-maintained toilets in case of bullying, campaigners say.


Barbarians at the gate: Wasserstein upsets the old guard at Lazard

Bid 'em up Bruce appears to have cut a deal with the chairman to float his investment bank. But the partners may have other thoughts, as Miranda McLachlan reports.


Asian shares mostly higher as rally continues

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday, extending a tentative recovery as investors went fishing for bargains after Wall Street rebounded following a week of losses.


Kon-Tiki Replica Includes Modern Gadgets

Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl sailed his Kon-Tiki balsa raft across the Pacific to prove a theory about ancient mariners, a team that includes his grandson plans to recreate the 101-day epic voyage — although the craft will have solar panels, a satellite navigation system and a link to the Internet.


Life for English pair who murdered Pakistan-born taxi driver

Two 19-year-old men were jailed for life for the racially-aggravated murder of a Pakistan-born taxi driver in northern England, who was beaten to death after being lured into a trap.


Insurer Resolution drops its support for a Â£4.9bn offer from Standard Life after rival Pearl buys a quarter of its shares.


It’s Martínez’s Health, Not His Performance

Pedro MartÃnez said after a 65 pitch bullpen session that he did not feel any discomfort in his right calf muscle.


China's Leaders Cash in on Deng's Centennial

Late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping loathed the cult of personality, but on the 100th anniversary of his birth on Sunday Communist Party leaders almost deified


NI blame game leads nowhere, Brady warns

The Catholic Primate of Ireland, Archbishop Sean Brady, has said that the blame game will not lead anywhere in the bid for a final agreement in the Northern peace process.


Mahathir 'frustrated' with corruption in Umno

KUALA LUMPUR - Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said he is utterly frustrated that the Malay party he helped develop into Malaysia's dominant political force has become riddled with corruption and bribery.


Pro wrestler Benoit kills family then himself

Professional wrestling superstar Chris Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son before hanging himself from his weight machine, authorities said on Tuesday.


A deal on sharing EU passenger data with the US will help fight terrorism, says US security chief Michael Chertoff.


Japanese Toddler Rescued Four Days After Quake

In a drama played out live on Japanese television, a two-year-old toddler was rescued Wednesday, four days after a deadly quake triggered a landslide that buried the car carrying him and his family.


ADV: The Sprint PCS Fair and Flexible Plan

Miscalculating your wireless minutes can cost you money. The Sprint PCS Fair and Flexible Plan adjusts to your usage every month so you can save up to $300 a year. Activate and save!


The top U.S. official in Baghdad said Monday that nationwide elections would be held in Iraq early next year as scheduled regardless of how large a U.N. presence the world body manages to send to oversee the vote.


Kerry at his best when he leaves Mr. Nice Guy at home

TOLEDO, Ohio - The back-and-forth seemed more appropriate for a press-bashing Republican rally than a John Kerry health care forum.


A former Bosnian Serb general and close aide to war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is reportedly arrested.


iPod contract maker sues journalists for defamation

The contract manufacturer of the iPod music player has filed lawsuits against two Chinese journalists who wrote articles about working conditions at factories where iPods are made, according to Chinese press reports.


North Korea Not Yet a Nuclear Weapons State: Seoul

North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korea's unification minister said on Monday.


AMD and IBM collaborate on strained silicon

AMD and IBM said today they will begin using a strained-silicon transistor technology designed to augment processor performance and power efficiency.


China appeals to Taiwan's leader to allow 'one-off' direct flights to and from Taiwan during Lunar New Year.


Police in Australia are cleared of blame for the death of Thomas Hickey, 17, which sparked race riots.


The human side of the firefighters' lives

Ladder 49 is the story of firefighters and the sacrifices they make in saving people. Unlike a standard action flick (although it does have plenty of that), the film focuses on the effect


At least six crew members are killed and one is missing after a  South Korean cargo ship hits a breakwater in Japan.


China set to become world's champion exporter in 2008: trade body

China will wrest the "world's champion exporter" title from Germany as early as 2008, the federal foreign trade body BFAI has predicted.


Indonesia's main island of Java was hit  by further flooding on Tuesday, bringing the total number of  dead or missing people from recent rain-related disasters to  121, officials said.


The talk-show host discusses going back to work during the writers' strike, the new threat to TV and another New Year's Eve


That rough, husky tone to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's voice didn't come from the campaign trail.


NBA-Nowitzki Cools Off Heat with 41-Point Display

Dirk Nowitzki registered an NBA season high 41 points as the Dallas Mavericks handed the Miami Heat their first loss of the season 113-93 Thursday.


Dillard's Posts Narrower 2nd-Quarter Loss

Dillard's Inc. (DDS.N) on Wednesday reported a narrower quarterly loss as the department store operator cut costs.


Wenger ready to make Petit a Gunner again

LONDON  - Arsenal are on the verge of handing former Highbury favourite Emmanuel Petit a short-term contract as Arsene Wenger bids to shore up the Gunners crumbling defence of their Premiership title.


BRITAIN'S world record holder Paula Radcliffe ran away with the closest women's winning margin in the history of the New York City marathon yesterday.


Kidnappers in Iraq have freed a seven-year-old boy a week after seizing him while on his way to school.


Ex presidente punta indice contro politica economica governo


Foreign Doctors Find Arafat Has Flu -Confidant

A second group of foreign doctors has found that Yasser Arafat, taken ill last week, was suffering from the flu, an Israeli Arab politician said on Sunday, adding the Palestinian president was on the mend.


NEW YORK - The presidential pup made his convention debut Wednesday night in a spoof on the movie "Rocky," showing the pooch hitting the campaign trail.    Delegates saw a video that opened with White House advisers Karl Rove and Andy Card in a heated debate about how to improve President Bush's poll numbers among an important bloc - dogs...


Rock guitarist Eric Clapton has set aside his "rebellious streak" to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.


Leader Says Rebels Responsible for Siege

Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series terrorist attacks in Russia but put ultimate blame for a school massacre on Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Brief: Infineon challenges Rambus patent-infringement suit

German chip maker Infineon Technologies has filed a motion to dismiss a patent-infringement suit by Rambus.


Typhoon Xangsane, flood toll reaches 169

Flooding killed dozens of people in the  days after Typhoon Xangsane raked the Philippines and Vietnam,  officials said on Thursday as the combined death toll rose to  at least 169 with 79 others missing.


George Carlin Entering Drug Rehab Clinic

Comedian George Carlin is entering a drug rehabilitation facility to shake his dependence on wine and a painkiller.


ELYRIA, Ohio - It took authorities just 12 hours to hear about and stop a man's eBay offer to sell his vote.    James Pengov, 36, of Elyria, said he was hoping to land enough money from selling his vote to pay medical bills...


Electronic Arts gains from console demand: Barron's

Recent launches of new video game  consoles from Sony (6758.T), Microsoft  and Nintendo  (7974.OS) are benefiting game maker Electronic Arts Inc.  , which is aiming to garner 20 percent of total game  sales, according to Barron's.


Back With a Vengeance: The Music of the Night

The screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical lacks both authentic romance and the thrill of memorable spectacle.


Studio: tedeschi primi per la cura nel vestire


Ohio e-voting system security bashed in new state report

Ohio's e-voting systems are unreliable and insecure and should be changed, according to a new report done at the request of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.


Laptop Makers Push Size, Price Limits to Gain Sales

Notebook PC makers are stretching the boundaries of light-weight and low-cost computing.


A driver caught speeding at 172mph - the fastest recorded by police in the UK - is to be sentenced.


VATICANO - La Pontificia UniversitÃ  Urbaniana celebra i 500 anni della nascita di San Francesco Saverio, Patrono delle Missioni: ÂLo spirito missionario nasce e cresce solo se si Ã¨ profondamente radicati in GesÃ¹ Cristo, morto e risorto per noiÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂVi do un cordiale saluto e benvenuto come Gran Cancelliere di questa UniversitÃ , come Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli ma anche a titolo personale, perchÃ© mi sento veramente commosso...


Secondo Les Echos le economie raggiungeranno i 400 milioni


Petrova Upsets Defending U.S. Open Champ

NEW YORK - Justine Henin-Hardenne lost her U.S. Open title and her No...


Authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of two additional suspects in an attack on bus that killed 28 passengers and wounded 14, while thousands of soldiers


Ending a trial that has gripped America for nearly two years, the jury that convicted Scott Peterson of murdering his wife and unborn baby has recommended he be executed for the crimes.


Prime Minister John Howard said a former public servant had not backed the claims by former adviser Mike Scrafton about the children overboard affair.


Parties huddle in final push to strike deal

A final decision on whether the Rev. Ian Paisley's DUP and Sinn Fein can reach a deal this year to restore devolution and implement the Good Friday agreement should be known next week.


England go out of the Women's World Cup in China after a 3-0 quarter-final defeat to the USA.


Prison Guards Find Basketball Full of Pot

McALESTER, Okla. - Basketballs are usually puffed up with air, but somebody found a way of inflating one with a substance usually associated with puffing of another kind...


Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany apologized on Wednesday for a leaked speech in which   he admitted lying about the parlous state of the economy to win   April's election.


Norcia, 20:11 - CALCIO, C1/B; PERUGIA: RITIRO PUNITIVO DOPO LA SCONFITTA

Non c'è piÃ¹ Gaucci, ma il Perugia perde il pelo (appunto il presidente) ma non il vizio. Dopo...


Betty Coughlin said she was torn between Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. Then the former New York mayor came to town Sunday and made his pitch to her and dozens crowded into a tavern.


Non-aligned envoys in Iran to see nuclear sites

Six envoys representing the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations arrived in Iran on Saturday to visit nuclear sites as part of an effort by Tehran to show "transparency" over its disputed atomic project.


Patriots Begin Title Defense with Narrow Win Over Colts

The New England Patriots began their quest for successive Super Bowl titles with a tight 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the opening game of the NFL season in Foxboro Thursday.


Organised crime gangs are targeting students in a bid to recruit skilled hackers, says a report.


Media Invited to See Shuttle External Fuel Tank Ship From Michoud

The External Tank that will help launch Space Shuttle Discovery on its Return to Flight mission is expected to roll out Thursday afternoon, Dec. 30, from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans to


A new study shows how important it is for the elderly to ensure they receive an annual flu shot. Dutch researchers analyzed the health records of 26,071 individuals aged 65 years or older from 1996 through 2002, of whom 3485 died during follow-up.


To them, sports brings fame, and much more

Take a second and imagine life without sports. Pretty scary, huh? "Don't even want to go there," said Teryn Ashley, a 1996 graduate of Brookline High School.


Canberra, 11:24 - Tennis, Canberra: esordio positivo per la Garbin

Esordio positivo per Tathiana Garbin nel torneo Wta di Canberra (cemento, montepremi 110mila dollari...


Argentine teen shoots dead four classmates

A 15-year-old youth opened fire on classmates at his school in southern Argentina, killing four students and injuring five others, authorities said.


Grace responds to letter about investigation

WR Grace & Co., a Columbia-based supplier of silica products, alerted shareholders Friday it received a letter saying it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation.


Italian-American Friendship Fest set this weekend near Aviano

Summer is synonymous with eating outdoors and attending festivals in many parts of the States.


The Tennessee Titans want a Nevada judge to quash a lawsuit seeking damages for a strip club employee paralyzed in a triple shooting that followed a fracas involving suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones.


Ruthless Ireland send England back to square one

Head coach Brian Ashton has admitted that England have a huge task ahead of them if they are to mount a credible defence of their rugby World Cup crown after a record 43-13 thrashing at the hands of Ireland.


On waterfront, big industrial sites planned

Three companies this week proposed using two sites on the South Boston Waterfront for large-scale maritime or industrial projects.


'Comune politica agricola serve a tutta la societa' Ue'


David Dorman, AT&T's chief executive, is determined to turn voice over Internet Protocol into an HBO-like service that it can sell.


Analysts dispute general's assessment of broken insurgency in ...

Retaking Fallujah has "broken the back of the insurgency," the US commander in Iraq said Thursday - an assessment far more optimistic than other analysts' views and even a Marine Corps intelligence report.


Iraqi troops backed by U.S. attack helicopters fought militants for several hours in central Baghdad on Friday as new figures showed a leap in the number of Iraqis killed in violence in November.


A suicide car bomber kills at least six people and injures nearly 30 others in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.


A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door.


An undated file photo released by Editions 1of French correspondent Georges Malbrunot, right, of Le Figaro newspaper, and French freelance radio reporter Christian Chesnot, of Radio France Internationale (RFI).


Shaq helps Heat to best start in franchise history

Shaquille O'Neal promised to bring a championship to Miami. And although it's way too early to be thinking about titles, he can't wait to show off his new team to his old Western Conference rivals.


African mini summit on Darfur opens in Libya

An African mini summit on the Darfur issue, which brought together leaders from Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria and Chad, opens in Tripoli, capital of Libya, Oct. 17, 2004.


NCAAB Wrap: Top-Ranked Illinois Remains Unbeaten

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored 26  points and pulled down eight rebounds, as top-ranked Illinois  stayed unbeaten with a 70-59 victory over No. 20 Wisconsin at  Assembly Hall.


Comcast customers report sharing disruptions; venture capitalists go shopping and more.


MOSCOW -- Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year - but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany.


Mistrial declared in $10 billion suit against Motorola

Motorola Inc.  said on Monday  that a Florida court declared a mistrial in a $10-billion  misappropriation case brought against it by SPS Technologies  Corp. as the jury could not agree on a verdict.


JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials appealed yesterday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel's unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.


AFC Enterprises to Sell Church's Chicken

Fast-food restaurant franchisor and operator AFC Enterprises Inc. on Monday said it agreed to sell its Church's Chicken brand to private equity firm Crescent Capital Investments Inc.


Super Bowl dreams bid to muscle out off-season woes

After an off-season filled with turmoil and controversy, the NFL bids to put the spotlight back on the field when the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts kick off the new season against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday.


The move appears to bring an end to 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory.


Blue Chip forecasts slowed consumer spending this year

U.S. consumers will curb spending this year after being hit by continued troubles in the housing sector, but business investment is set to pick up, adding to economic growth later this year, according to a survey of economists released on Sunday.


Let us be very clear: It's too good to be true.


A teenager dies after the car he was driving plunges down an embankment, landing at the edge of a railway line.


Tsunami Aid Focuses on Isolated Sumatran Areas -UN

Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.


GLENN HODDLE will not have to face a Hawthorns hate mob when he takes over as West Brom boss. Hoddle became public enemy No 1 with fans at his former club Southampton earlier this season.


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With online sperm and egg trade and social networking sites like Bebo, Facebook and MySpace, we already create and date on the Internet -- so why not "cremate" online too?


Beirut rejects UN resolution ahead of Lahoud vote

BEIRUT : Beirut rejected a UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, as lawmakers prepared to vote to change the constitution to allow pro-Damascus president Emile Lahoud to serve another term.


FDA says reviewing Merck, Schering-Plough drug

U.S. health officials said on Friday  they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck  & Co Inc  and Schering-Plough's  cholesterol  medicine Vytorin following the drug's failure to work better  than a generic drug in a study of plaque build-up in neck  arteries.


A car bomb tore through a square in central Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 31 people as it struck two buses carrying Shiites on their way back from an annual pilgrimage, police said.


British attempts to free Hess from Spandau thwarted by Russians

Britain made repeated efforts to free Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's one-time deputy, from Spandau prison but each time were thwarted by the Russians, show newly released documents on the internment of Adolf ...


The new US secretary of state is expected to try to heal transatlantic rifts with a major speech in Paris.


Decision time nears for NIreland parties: Ahern

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern warned that Northern Ireland's bickering parties had just days to decide whether to back new proposals to break the stalemate in the peace process.


Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study

A number of studies showing that circumcision among men reduces their risk of infection from the AIDS virus has raised the hope that the procedure would also benefit their female sexual partners.


The identity of a man is being scrutinized by the authorities in Iraq in an effort to establish whether or not one of Saddam Husseinâs top lieutenants has been arrested.


Boston technology services firm Keane Inc. , still recovering from the resignation of a chief executive accused of sexual harassment, yesterday said it had fired the executive many on Wall Street had expected to succeed him.


A Torre del Lago, scene e costumi di Ugo Nespolo


If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters will never again have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House.


Developers of the NetBeans released the second beta iteration version 4.0 software last week, squashing more than 900 bugs found in the first beta release.


Video game makers are straying from virtual blood-and-guts battles to letting people play at being rock music stars.


Satellite internet service providers are often the only alternative to dialup in far-flung areas. The battle with latency still rages, although companies are making gains in upload speeds. By Elliot Borin.


Honeypot Project finds unpatched Linux PCs stay secure online for ...

MANHASSET, NY - The average unpatched Linux system survives for months on the Internet before being hacked, a report recently issued by the Honeypot Project claims.


As the Wikipedia considers changing its policy on who can edit entries, Bill Thompson wonders if this makes it a different thing.


UK employees who did unpaid overtime in 2004 would have earned Â£4,650 for their efforts if they had received a wage, the TUC says.


"Tony Blair's conference speech ... his 10th as leader of the Labour party, demonstrated why he is still the political conjuror of the day.


Governors worried about damage to the economy and complained about years of neglect on energy policy after an Alaska oil field shutdown, but offered far different solutions on Monday.


A man freed from prison after DNA exonerated him in a rape case has been charged with trying to hire someone to make a witness in another case "disappear," according to police records.


Talkative Jackson is the spirit of St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - For several weeks, the St. Louis Ramsâ slide was enough to silence even their unofficial spokesman. Virtually every week, reporters crowd Tyoka Jacksonâs locker.


Vodafone to guarantee BlackBerry service in the UK

In light of the recent string of outages of RIM's e-mail system for BlackBerry users, Vodafone UK has announced that it will be using a third party's solution to prevent future BlackBerry outages, and package it as a premium service.


Man Utd striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, 34, is set to announce his retirement from football on Tuesday.


An American researcher claimed Sunday to have discovered the remains of the legendary lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea, but Cyprus' chief government archaeologist was skeptical.


When giant robots attack New York City, the military calls in "Sky Captain" Joe Sullivan (Jude Law) to save the day. Armed with his trusty plane and his weapons inventor, Dex (Giovanni Ribisi), Joe is forced


One of the most successful business leaders in the North-East has won a prize in the Quoted Company Awards in London.


Top-Seeded Pavel Struggles to Win at Milan

Top-seeded Andrei Pavel of Romania struggled to get past Gregory Carraz of France 7-6 (0), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3) Wednesday in the first round of the Milan Indoors tennis tournament.


The UN says it is optimistic that none of the survivors of the Asian tsunami will lose their lives due to hunger.


Despite lawsuits, digital music downloads grow

Despite success in suing people who download music illegally and in reaching deals with personal networking sites like YouTube, the music industry is still bleeding millions of dollars in sales to online piracy.


EarthLink layoffs signal change in muni Wi-Fi

InfoWorld - EarthLink's announcement that it will lay off 900 people is a blow to broadband competition, but some industry followers say it doesn't signal the end of municipal Wi-Fi.


Iran Says Uranium Facility Almost Complete

TEHRAN, Iran Oct 24, 2004 - A uranium conversion facility in Iran is nearing completion, a top official said Sunday, only days after European countries offered a deal in which Iran would reportedly have to give up all nuclear activities.


roundup Before Java, mashups, Web 2.0 and other modern spins for developing applications, there was Cobol.


Bud Selig still hasn't made out his lineup card for Barry Bonds. With Bonds only five home runs from breaking Hank Aaron's career mark, the commissioner was adamant Tuesday that he hadn't decided whether to attend the record-breaker.


A 'News of the world': volevo rimettermi alla prova


GONAIVES, Haiti - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops following Tropical Storm Jeanne. The death toll nearly doubled to 241 Monday evening after dozens more bodies were recovered...


The Cassini spacecraft maps the tallest mountains yet seen on Titan, Saturn's major moon.


Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista

Test of 15 antivirus packages shows failures in four. Microsoft pledges improvements; McAfee says its updates weren't included.


Polls open in France's parliamentary election

Polls opened Sunday in the second round of France's parliamentary elections, with some 35 million registered voters choosing National Assembly deputies in the 467 constituencies where there was no winner in the first round a week ago.


After seven years and two billion miles, probe draws near to Titan

Space scientists are anxiously awaiting the moment, early tomorrow, when a small package is sent on its way to Titan, one of the moons of Saturn.


La piccola ha 20 mesi, il racconto al vaglio della Polizia


NEW YORK  - Treatment with an ultralow-dose  of the hormone estradiol, administered as a patch, reduces the  rate of bone loss in older women without promoting the build-up  of cells in the uterine lining, which is associated with an  increased risk of cancer, according to a new report.


Livorno, 15:55 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; SPINELLI: METTIAMO I GIOCATORI A DIETA

Il presidente del Livorno Aldo Spinelli, nel corso della trasmissione "La Politica nel Pallone" su G...


Doctors' Long Hours Can Increase Risk of Errors

Description: The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a study that finds a connection between medical errors and sleep-deprived doctors.


Abbraccio "riparatorio" dopo forzata rinuncia Sapienza


Ue: Barroso getta la spugna e chiede un mese di rinvio

Il presidente designato della Commissione europea Jose' Manuel Durao Barroso ha chiesto uno slittamento del voto di investitura della sua squadra da parte del Parlamento Ue, durante un incontro con i socialisti svoltosi stamane.


ECONOMISTS have warned that French President Jacques Chirac - s pledge to resume tax cuts in 2006 puts the country at risk of breaching EU budget deficit limits.


Union Expects 15,000 to 20,000 G.M. Workers to Take Buyouts

The head of the United Automobile Workers union added that General Motors would replace nearly all of the workers with lower-paid employees.


Il presidente palestinese Yasser Arafat ha incontrato in ospedale alcuni dei funzionari palestinesi che lo hanno accompagnato a Parigi, dove sta curando le sue precarie condizioni di salute. L'incontro Ã¨ stato interpretato come un.


The 14 terrorism suspects transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention center from overseas CIA prisons arrived in good health, the prison commander said Thursday.


Children may be charmed by the talking animals in 'Racing Stripes.' Adults may find the film exasperating.


Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discovering a way to turn off the effect of specific genes.


While the city of Spokane is racing to get out of federal court, the local Catholic Church is plunging head-long in, and now the fate of the Spokane Diocese rests in the hands of a federal judge.


Jewish and Protestant leaders clashed over Israel as the heads of several major U.S. Jewish organizations condemned the Presbyterian Church's decision to begin selective divestiture in companies operating in Israel.


NEW YORK  - Middle-aged women may be able to sleep their way to a trimmer body, new study findings suggest.


Indian PM seeks nuclear blessing in Japan

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is headed to Japan to seek support from the major civilian atomic power for the controversial US-India nuclear cooperation pact.


China expresses "respect" to Ukraine's presidential result

China on Tuesday expressed "respect" to the latest Ukraine's presidential election result. "China and Ukraine are friendly countries.


Software Maker Witness Systems to Be Acquired By Verint in $950 Million Deal

By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Feb. 13--Shares of Witness Systems, whose software monitors  customer-service phone calls, surged 20 percent Monday on news the  Roswell-based company agreed to be acquired by Verint Systems in a deal valued  at $950 million.


Puja Gupta among top 10, Riyo Mori is Miss Universe

Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, became the new Miss Universe late Monday at a gala held at the National Auditorium as Miss India Puja Gupta finished among the top 10 beautiful women in the contest.


Dollar at 8-month lows against euro on US deficit, oil jitters

The dollar remained mired at more than eight-month lows against the euro and six-month lows against the yen, as oil prices spiked ever higher and investors continued to fret about the US' record high current account deficit.


Continental Air raises roundtrip U.S. fares $10

Continental Airlines Inc  raised U.S. domestic fares to offset soaring fuel costs, increasing the price of round-trip tickets by $10, a company spokesman said on Friday.


Pacific Rim leaders ended a two-day summit with pledges to push ahead with negotiations to lower global trade barriers, seen as impediments to the world's economic growth.


Hearings continue in Princess Di inquest

Lawyers representing the father of Princess Diana's boyfriend on Monday asked for a six-month delay in starting an inquest into the couple's death — a request that drew little sympathy from the coroner.


Know Your Components When Buying a Laptop

By MICHAEL HIMOWITZ  Here's what to look for in components when buying a laptop.  Screen size: The size and shape of the liquid crystal display will determine the ultimate quality of your laptop experience. Like all computers and TV sets, laptop screens are measured diagonally.


SBC may well capitalize on AT&T's name, ready cash and long distance network.


UPDATE 1-S&P revises Poland outlook to stable from negative

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday revised its credit ratings outlook on Poland to stable from negative supported by strength in export growth and an improvement in the country's fiscal performance.


Intervista al viceministro dell'Economia Vincenzo Visco"La Finanziaria Ã¨ l'imposta di successione di Tremonti"                                            "Tra un anno restituiremo i soldi che chiediamo oggi"                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


"Road Home" too long for some New Orleanians

Roy Montague stood outside the government-supplied trailer in front of his New Orleans house and pointed across the street to a line of rotting homes virtually untouched since Hurricane Katrina 15 months ago.


Honda's Shares May Rise on Outlook, Return to Shareholders

Shares of Honda Motor Co., Japan's third-largest automaker, may gain after the company raised its full-year earnings forecast based on a weaker-than expected yen and as it plans to boost its return to shareholders ``mid-term.


Mitsubishi UFJ to face sanctions in U.S.

U.S. financial authorities will likely  take disciplinary action against Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ  Financial Group (MUFG) (8306.T) for slack monitoring of  suspected money laundering, a source close to the matter said  on Wednesday.


I find Rocky Anderson's crusade to "stay in the news cycle" a little over the top. His arguments against the "crimes" of the Bush administration are a little like the pot calling the kettle black.


Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday he will decide in the next two days whether there is a realistic chance Congress can get the Sept. 11 intelligence reorganization bill completed before Election Day.


Kerry May Court Lawmakers to Join Cabinet

Governors, campaign advisers and former presidential foes could end up in top Cabinet posts in a John Kerry administration, perhaps joined by a retired general and even a Republican or two.


San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Tech Notebook Column: Changes Expected in Mobile Phones

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 11--Ensconced in the plush Hotel Valencia at Santana Row last week, Ericcson's CEO and President Carl-Henric Svanberg joked during an early morning meeting that Americans get up far too early to work out.


Jarno wants to bounce back strongly in Monza

The Italian will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing race in Belgium with a strong performance at his home race in Monza.


South Africa's embattled police commissioner resigned Sunday as president of Interpol, a day after he took an extended leave of absence from his police duties, the international crime-fighting agency said in a statement.


No verdict yet from remaining Libby jury

After the judge dismissed one of its members, the jury finished a fourth day of deliberations Monday without a verdict in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


OSAKA - Baseball officials and players averted a strike at least for this weekend following two days of negotiations after ballclub owners approved a merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes.


The prospect of defeat should seem alien by now to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. But a loss Sunday to the Pittsburgh Steelers wouldn't qualify as much of an upset even though the Pats have won 21 games in a row.


Merkel warns German partner party against lurching left

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday accused the Social Democrats, partners in her "grand coalition," of lurching to the left after they called for a rollback of key reforms.


People struck down by a stomach bug sweeping the country are urged by doctors not to go back to work for 48 hours.


AIG Says SEC May Sue for Not Disclosing Transactions

American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, said the Securities and Exchange Commission may sue it for failing to disclose that the regulator is probing transactions with two unidentified insurers.


THE Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage today of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10, including six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women, were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq.


The mother of a British girl who disappeared four months ago in southern Portugal is to be named a formal suspect in the case Friday, a family spokesman said, a shocking twist to a case that has gripped much of Europe.


Bhutto's rise carved path for Pakistani women

But analysts say the slain leader was adept at transcending the politics of gender.


Missing holidaymaker David Page proposed to Sharon Howard of St Ives the day before the Asia earthquake struck.


Spielberg helps spoil China's hope for a politics-free Olympics

The Hollywood director resigned this week as artistic adviser to the Beijing games to protest China's Darfur policy.


Lieberman touted for homeland security chief

US President George W. Bush was being urged yesterday to name a high-profile political adversary - former Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman - as the US's new secretary of homeland security after the weekend withdrawal of his first


Nokia posts strong third quarter earnings

Nokia announced Thursday an 85 percent rise in third quarter net profit to 1.56 billion euros (2.22 billion dollars) as it solidified its position as the leading mobile phone maker with 39 percent of the market.


Possessed: Not a Believer, but Just in Case...Om

Buddha statues are the inspiration for Rudolf Stingelâs new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.


Judge appointed IBM's infringement complaint about some Asustek Computer products will be investigated by the US International Trade Commission (ITC).â¦


Country music outcasts The Dixie Chicks, who jeopardized their career by criticizing President Bush, won all five Grammy Awards for which they were nominated on Sunday, including the coveted album of the year.


U.S. and Iraqi Forces Battle Resistance in Samarra

Gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold today after the start of what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of several cities in Iraq.


The bodies are no longer being dragged from houses and buildings toppled by Hurricane Katrina, but nearly two years later many in the medical community think the storm is still killing.


Karzai's supporters believe his victory at election guaranteed

CAIRO, October 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai is confident in his victory at the direct presidential election in the country on October 9, his spokesman Hamid Elmi said on Tuesday.


Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a human ancestor more than one million years old.


A 36-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of French student Amelie Delagrange.


Powell May Push China for Information on New York Times Researcher

US Secretary of State Colin Powell may press Beijing for information regarding a New York Times researcher arrested for allegedly passing state secrets to foreigners.


Shares of Sequenom Inc. surged Wednesday after the biotechnology company said it discovered a genetic marker that can identify people likely to develop breast or prostate cancer.


NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war ...Comment


Coughlin Not Pleased With Manning's Progress

New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin isn't coddling his prized rookie quarterback. After Eli Manning completed only six of 21 passes and threw two interceptions in Sunday's


Iran signals refusal of nuclear freeze: EU diplomat

Iran has indicated to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana it will not freeze its most sensitive nuclear work and major powers will consult later this week on sanctions, a European diplomat said on Wednesday.


MercoledÃ¬ riunione decisiva del tavolo politico sulla TavSi lavora all'accordo su un tracciato alternativo                                            Ultima chiamata per la Torino-Lione Padoa-Schioppa: "Pronti a decidere"                                                                                di PAOLO GRISERI


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¦


8 Environmental Groups Start Ballast Water Lawsuit

By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 21--The legal battle over ballast water from oceangoing ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups started a lawsuit against shippers under the national Clean Water Act.


Venezuelan Gunmen Snatch Mother of Tigers Pitcher Urbina

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Armed Venezuelan gunmen  kidnapped the mother of major-league baseball pitcher Ugueth  Urbina after breaking into the family's home near Caracas,  police said on Thursday.


A medley of new mobile phones helped Motorola Inc. boost income by 34 percent at the close of 2004, handily topping Wall Street forecasts and capping a successful debut for new CEO Ed Zander.


Officials Aim To Reform National Police in Iraq

Efforts are underway to weed out up to  one-quarter of Iraq's national police who are thought to be sympathetic to militias involved in sectarian violence, a key U.S. general said.


Two former Nigerian governors are charged in an Abuja court for alleged corruption and money laundering.


The Army report released yesterday detailed 44 alleged episodes of abusive behavior by military and civilian personnel at Abu Ghraib. Among them:


Apple Is Cutting Price of Some Online Songs

The new price of 99 cents per song sold online without copy protection puts Appleâs iTunes store closer in line with its rivals.


Ground-breaking French film Indigenes heads the nominations for the country's leading film awards, the Cesars.


Astronauts Install Robotic Arm on Station

The two space station astronauts left their orbiting home in the hands of ground controllers Wednesday and floated outside to install an experimental robotic arm and inspect vents that might be causing air-supply equipment breakdowns.


Iran Says It Has Missile with 1,250-Mile Range

Iran can launch a missile as far as 2,000 km (1,250 miles), a senior official was quoted as saying Tuesday, substantially increasing the announced range of the Islamic state's military capabilities.


Mexico's Fox: US Senate immigration reform 'monumental'

Mexican President Vicente Fox called an immigration reform bill passed by the US Senate &quot;a monumental step&quot; in a special address to California's legislature.


Issues call for evidence A parliamentary organisation is planning an inquiry into the Transformational Government strategy.â¦


Failed Bid Is Setback for Growth at Nasdaq

The Nasdaq Stock Market faces the task of rebuilding its foreign expansion strategy after the emphatic rejection this weekend of its second unwelcome bid to acquire the London Stock Exchange.


Arizona Man to Drop Mike Tyson Car-Beating Charges

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.  - An Arizona man who claims his  car was attacked by Mike Tyson, said on Friday he will drop his  criminal complaint against the ex-heavyweight champion for  damaging the vehicle outside a local nightspot.


Barclays Bank announces a record pre-tax profit of Â£7.14bn in 2006 - up by 35% on the previous year.


NY Gov: Turn NYC railyard into a Rockefeller Center

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday gave developers 90 days to bid on the 26-acre West Midtown railyards, where Gov. Eliot Spitzer said he hoped to create a new Rockefeller Center.


Mayor Michael Bloomberg all but conceded defeat Tuesday on his plan to reduce traffic by charging drivers extra fees, saying the state Legislature's failure to act was a "terrible setback" for the city.


Bear kills one, injures seven seriously in Romania; two separate incidents

CLUJ, Romania  - A female brown bear mauled one man to death and seriously injured seven others Saturday near the Transylvanian city of Brasov before being shot dead by local hunters, Romanian officials said.


Obese People Generate Bigger Health-Care Bills

TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese people have higher health-care costs than those who aren't obese, says a study in the Oct. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.


Ernie Els will try to mark his 35th birthday tomorrow by winning the World Match Play title at Wentworth for a record-breaking sixth time, and with it collect golf's biggest cheque of Â£1million yet again.


Dutch Steelmaker LNM Buying Ohio-Based ISG

Privately-owned Dutch steelmaker LNM Group said Monday it plans to merge its two main divisions, Ispat International NV and LNM Holdings NV, and then take over U.S.-based International Steel Group Inc. in a deal that would make it one of the largest steel companies in the world.


As Vietnam gets richer, locals trade bikes for cars

Lai Yonghua pops the hood of a small, white sedan parked on the side of the road as a steady stream of scooters buzzes by.


JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip Oct. 2, 2004 - Israeli troops and aircraft hit hard at Palestinian militants Saturday, killing at least 10 on the third bloody day of a massive Israeli incursion into the


Johannesburg - The African National Congress carried an article in its online journal on Friday accusing top United States officials of treating Africans like guinea pigs and telling lies to promote the sales of a key Aids drug.


Qaeda recruit Padilla sentenced to 17 years

Jose Padilla, a Chicago gang member once accused by the Bush administration of plotting a radioactive bomb attack, was sentenced by a U.S. court on Tuesday to 17 years and four months in prison for supporting terrorism.


White House unveils new climate strategy

The White House unveiled a long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology.


Big Changes Seen in Choice for Homeland Security

Administration and Congressional officials said Friday that President Bush's selection of Bernard B. Kerik as the new secretary of homeland security


The U.S. Olympic Committee is contesting an international ruling which could cost Michael Johnson and the rest of the U.S. 1,600-meter relay team their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics.


British brewer ups pressure on Carlsberg over Russian venture

British brewer Scottish and Newcastle said Tuesday it has submitted a detailed claim to an arbitration court to secure control of Russian joint venture BBH amid a bitter row with co-owner Carlsberg.


A luglio, registrato un rialzo molto sopra le stime


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Solidarity was the key word at Tuesday's meeting between NHL Players' Association notables and executive director Bob Goodenow.


Four Muslims killed, three wounded in Thai south

YALA, Thailand  - Four Muslims were killed -- and one of them beheaded -- and two soldiers were wounded seriously in two attacks in Thailand's rebellious Muslim-majority far south, police said on Tuesday. Three village security guards and a village headman were ambushed and shot dead in Yala, one of the three southern provinces caught up in nearly four years of separatist insurgency in which more than 2,100 people have been killed.


A girl found abandoned in Australia by her fugitive father is reunited with her grandmother.


Science & environment: Three withdraw from international body over failure to back GM crops as a solution to global hunger


Per 9520 Boccassini e Colombo rischiano disciplinare Csm


Heath Ledger autopsy results due in 10-14 days

The sudden death of film star Heath Ledger stunned fans and family from Hollywood to Australia on Wednesday as New York City's medical examiner conducted an autopsy that proved inconclusive.


Poor planning, air strikes by coalition forces and a "climate of violence" have led to more than 100,000 extra deaths in Iraq, scientists say.


AppleStore shut for 'update' - new kit coming?

Watch this space Apple's online AppleStore - it's US incarnation, at least - has temporarily shut its doors to customers pending an update. This typically happens when the Mac maker's just about to announce new products.â¦


Report: Kidd Not Expected Back Until December

New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd continues to recover from surgery on his left knee and will reportedly be sidelined until December.


La meta' sono donne, la via la macchina per le primarie


Actor Brad Pitt becomes a special ambassador in Nelson Mandela's fight against HIV and Aids in Africa.


Germany says it is willing to help Iraq set up government ministries and write a new constitution after the poll.


The family of a British man who died in a fall from a Mexican hotel, speak of their shock at the tragedy.


Bush, Kerry, Parties Spend $40M on TV Ads

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


With the agitation by Maoist rebels rising by the day, Dabur India Ltd has decided to suspend operations at its Nepal subsidiary - Dabur Nepal Ltd.


Bush heads to APEC after surprise Iraq trip

After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests.


Udine, 18:52 - CALCIO, UDINESE: 3-1 NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test infrasettimanale per l'Udinese, che in vista della gara di domenica a Catania ha affrotnato la ...


Barcellona, 14:54 - CALCIO, MESSI IN QATAR SENZA PERMESSO: BARCELLONA SECCATO

Il Barcellona ha chiesto spiegazioni al suo attaccante Lionel Messi che domenica aveva partecipato a...


Actress Julia Roberts will play the part of a spider in a new film version of children's classic Charlotte's Web.


Aragones criticized for racist remarks about Henry

Spain coach Luis Aragones drew criticism in the country's press Thursday for his alleged racist comments about French striker Thierry Henry.


Thousands take to the streets of Taiwan's capital, Taipei, in protest at plans to buy $18bn in arms from the US.


Sure, Apple is expected to report healthy earnings on strong Mac and iPod sales, but the buzz is still about the iPhone.


Microsoft Sued Over Broken Xbox DVD Drive

A video game fan upset over a failed disc drive in his Xbox video game console has sued Microsoft Corp. on behalf of all Xbox owners across the United States.


U.S. Anglican Leader Says Gay Union Ban Unlikely

The leader of Anglicans in the United  States said Sunday he thought a ban on the blessing of same-sex  marriages was unlikely as the Anglican Church struggles to  resolve a potential schism over homosexuality.


As people gathered online to discuss the horror of the South Asian tsunami on sites known as Web logs, some bloggers said it had to be the government's fault.


Bush Apologizes to Wiccan Soldier's Widow for Meeting Slip-Up

President Bush has apologized to the widow of a Wiccan soldier after she was excluded from a Nevada meeting this week that the president held with the families of soldiers killed in combat.


Torino, 17:53 - CALCIO, TORINO; AMICHEVOLE: 8-0 AL BORGARO

Il Torino ha battuto 8-0 il Borgaro in un'amichevole disputata oggi pomeriggio: due gol di Masashi O...


Gov't commits 50 million pounds for specific Iraq projects

The Government committed 50 million pounds in specific bilateral aid projects for war-torn Iraq from a total 544 million package that London has pledged to spend by March 2006.


France shed almost half of its 44 percent stake in Air France KLM on Thursday, kicking off a wider deal that could see its remaining stake cut to below


Sony and Nintendo shut the door on Manhunt 2

The Manhunt 2 controversy continues. After Take-Two acknowledged recently that their game had received a [preliminary "Adults Only" rating] from the ESRB, spokespersons from both Sony and Nintendo confirmed that the game would not find itself a home on their console systems should that rating stand.


UK Government Set to Pass Bill Banning Fox Hunting With Dogs

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's government today will use fast-track rules to push a bill through the House of Commons that would ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.


England spinner Ashley Giles has returned to England to be with his wife Stine after she was diagnosed with an unnamed illness.


Era in prigione per concorso in evasione, associazione sovversiva, tentata rapina e ingiuria al tribunaleRusso Spena (Prc): "Una gioia enorme". La Russa (An): "In libertÃ  il peggio della criminalitÃ "                                            Indulto, scarcerata Silvia Baraldini Gioia a sinistra, critiche dalla Cdl


LONDON Oct. 5, 2004 - Flu shot shipments by a major vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities Tuesday just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries that there will be enough vaccine this year.


For Democrats, the Front Lines Shift to Virginia

Both campaigns once regarded Obama as well-positioned to sweep next week's first-ever regional primary, but Clinton sees opportunity in Virginia.


A bordo due satelliti per le telecomunicazioni


With flying feet and a unique style, Thailand's Tony Jaa is ready to take on Jackie Chan and Jet Li


people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. In a second dawn attack in the capital on Friday, guerrillas killed at


Bill Overhauling Intelligence Faces Uncertain Fate in Senate

The Senate opened a floor debate today and moved toward a final vote on a bill endorsed by 9/11 commission leaders.


Digital TV Converter Box Rebate Announced

The Commerce Department approved a plan Monday that would allow every U.S. household to be eligible for two $40 coupons that could be used towards the purchase of a digital-to-along converter box beginning in January 2008.


Curse of the Bambino? Boston doesn't know from jinxes

Curse of the Bambino? Please. As jinxed ballclubs go, your Red Sox can't even crack the top two. OK, so your heroes haven't won the World Series since Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees.


Romanian parliament approves new government

The liberal coalition government led by Romanian prime minister-designate Calin Popescu Tariceanu won a vote of confidence on Tuesday night from both houses of Parliament.


U.S. to invite Syria, Saudi Arabia to peace meeting

The United States will invite the members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference it plans to hold this year, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.


Sudan accuses US of political manipulation

Sudan's foreign minister yesterday accused the Bush administration of trying to woo African-American voters and diverting attention from Iraq by seeking to stir up international action over the Darfur crisis.


12 September 2004 (RFE/RL) -- The clashes broke out on Haifa Street in central Baghdad as the US military pressed on with new offensives aimed at retaking control of insurgent-held areas.


Three people accused of scamming Microsoft Corp. by buying sharply discounted software intended for educational institutions and reselling it to nonacademic customers were convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges, federal prosecutors said.


Britain, Israel hold out prospect of Mideast talks

Britain and Israel today held out the prospect of a West Asia peace conference in London after the Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat on Jan. 9. Britainâs Daily Telegraph


Jet Is Diverted to Detain Man in Security Case

The Department of Homeland Security ordered a United Airlines jet flying from London to Washington rerouted to Bangor, Me., on Tuesday afternoon so it could intercept


French rappers urge suburb youths to cast their vote

What do thumping beats and rap music have  to do with France's presidential election?


Through the final seven innings, the Philadelphia Phillies' bullpen successfully nursed a one-run lead. Shane Victorino scored from second base on an infield single and chased down a 420-foot fly for the final out. With their season on the brink, the Phils came through with a clutch win. It wasn't enough.


Maintenance Failure Blamed for Tuesday's Flight Delays

The FAA says its failure to do routine maintenance caused the shutdown of a critical air traffic communications system that delayed dozens of flights in the Bay Area.


The Yankees' relentless pursuit of Randy Johnson was finally rewarded Thursday, as a three-way deal with the Diamondbacks and Dodgers will send the Big Unit to the Bronx, according to two major league sources.


Hopes deal will help US consolidation Australian firm Computershare has purchased Monaghan-based software business Datacare for â¬12m.â¦


China Eastern grounds Bombardier-built planes following crash

BEIJING - c Bombardier Aerospace has sent an investigative team to China after one of its planes crashed Sunday, killing 54 people.


Swiss drugs firm Novartis says it is cutting about 2,500 global jobs in a bid to cut costs.


Russia's military chief says Moscow is ready to defend itself preventively and with nuclear weapons.


Tuesday's vote in the Israeli Knesset in favor of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for unilateral withdrawal of settlers and soldiers from Gaza was a historic moment in the history of Israel.


Car bomb kills 10 in Iraq's Diyala: police

A suicide car bomber killed 10 people and wounded 30 in a busy market in a volatile region northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.


Reggio Calabria, 17:31 - CALCIO, REGGINA: CONVOCATI PER IL TORINO

Walter Mazzarri, tecnico della Reggina, ha convocato 18 giocatori per la gara di domani contro il To...


Unable to Acquire Dampier, Knicks Settle for Baker

Isiah Thomas, the Knicks' president, settled on his backup plan for a backup center, re-signing Vin Baker.


Okay, I'm not seriously suggesting Microsoft is paying off Netcraft to produce positive survey results (although this is certainly a standard operating procedure for Microsoft). But something is odd, if not rotten, in the state of Netcraft.  I have often cited Netcraft web server surveys as evidence that open source beats closed source. The Netcraft surveys almost always showed Apache leading Microsoft IIS by a wide margin, and showed Apache growing as Microsoft IIS market share was shrinking.  Lately, however, Netcraft began to claim that Apache market share has been shrinking rapidly while Microsoft IIS has been gaining the market share lost by Apache. Netcraft even proposed that, "Microsoft's recent gains raise the prospect that Windows may soon challenge Apache's leadership position."  Microsoft IIS may displace Apache as the most-used web server?  Could this really be true, or is this reporting from the Bizarro world?  And does anyone else find the wording rather odd?  "Windows" may challenge Apache?  Huh?


Ravens Put 'Prime Time' on Inactive List

Prime Time won't be playing in prime time this time. Deion Sanders was on the inactive list and missed a chance to strut his stuff on "Monday Night Football."


Video: Mischievous Monkeys Steal Fruit, Booze in India

Watch a group of macaques run amok in a market, raid an empty kitchen, and ransack a bootlegger's cache. Then you'll understand where the phrase "monkey around" comes from.


Mercedes comes to Motown with "modest" SUV

German luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz unveiled a small sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Saturday to pursue a profitable niche market as more carmakers target upgrades in off-road models for urban drivers.


Lee Carsley's second-half goal gives Everton victory against Liverpool.


Extra checks on voting machines rejected

A federal advisory panel on Monday rejected a recommendation that states use only voting machines that produced results that could be independently verified.


San Benedetto del Tronto, 13:27 - CALCIO, C1/B: SAMBENEDETTESE, ESONERATO CALORI

E' stato esonerato dopo l'ennesima sconfitta (5-1) l'allenatore della sambenedettese (C1/B) Alessand...


Incendi, il resoconto Ã¨ un bollettino di guerra

Strana ma reale coincidenza: soffia impetuoso il maestrale e di nuovo Ã¨ ancora allarme rosso per gli incendi. Ieri per tutto il pomeriggio Alghero Ã¨ stata sorvolata da un Canadair che ha prelevato acqua


An Indian security team looks at arrangements to keep cricketers safe in Bangladesh.