ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan took aim Thursday at Jamaica and possibly Florida after killing 23 people in five countries and devastating Grenada, where police fired tear gas to stop a looting frenzy and frightened students armed themselves with knives and sticks...


Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage

With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball playersâ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.


Oracle on Wednesday will introduce Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2, which is being characterized as a significant upgrade to the product with improvements in Java, Web services, and identity management and the addition of RFID backing.


Three top police officials among 19 killed in Iraq

MOSUL: A US aircraft dropped a half-tonne bomb on Mosul on Saturday after insurgents attacked a US patrol that was trying to capture an insurgent arms dump, a military spokesman said.


Kodak to Close Australia Plant, Cut Jobs

Eastman Kodak Co.EK.N, the world's  largest maker of photographic film, will close a Coburg,  Australia, plant that makes color photographic paper at the end  of November, cutting about 600 jobs and causing a $105 million  charge.


WASHINGTON - In a spy investigation that could strain U.S.-Israeli relations and muddy the Bush administration's Middle East policy, the FBI is investigating whether a Pentagon analyst fed to Israel secret materials about White House deliberations on Iran.    No arrests have been made, said two federal law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation...


Sub-Saharan Africa is still bearing the brunt of the HIV/Aids epidemic, a UNAids report reveals.


Marco Rizzo, riunione Cda su nomine sia pubblica


International troops in East Timor search for Maj Alfredo Reinado, who escaped during a raid on Sunday.


Taiwan did have plutonium-related experiments several decades ago for the development of nuclear power, but none was about extracting plutonium as an ingredient for nuclear weapons, and the


La rassegna 'Seduzione all'opera' aperta fino al 23 gennaio


World oil demand will rise faster than expected to 2012 while production lags, leading to a supply crunch, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.


NKorea accuses Japan of revising defense policy towards militarism

North Korea on Sunday accused Japan of using anti-terrorism moves as an excuse for militarism which put the Korean peninsula at risk of invasion.


Ex-astronaut testifies in love triangle case

Former NASA astronaut Lisa  Nowak, charged over an alleged attack on a romantic rival,  testified on Friday that police searched her car without her  consent as she sought to have some evidence thrown out.


Queen Elizabeth sympathizes with disaster families

Queen Elizabeth II offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in the Asian tsunami disaster or are still waiting for news of the missing.


UN says Iran appears to have frozen nuclear activities

VIENNA, Austria - Iran appears to have suspended all activities linked to uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear arms, the head of the UN atomic watchdog agency said Monday.


Two men are arrested by police investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in an alley.


Labour begins recruiting people who could take key roles in an election campaign, the BBC understands.


Nella fascia verde per i veicoli piu' inquinanti


China says ban on tiger trade 'not forever'

China will eventually lift a ban on the trade of tiger bones, state media reported Tuesday, a move that wildlife experts believe could wipe out the endangered species in the wild.


Somali Islamists threaten AU peacekeepers

A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.


Now that the Weinsteins have what they want â independence â they canât seem to achieve what they keenly desire â success on their own terms.


Virtual Computing: Still a Learning Experience

The popular technology promises to make computing easier, but it takes time to get up to speed.


Traveling this Thanksgiving may not be as easy as it was last year. And that is both good and bad news. On the upside: The long lines at airports


L'immobiliarsita sentito a Regina Coeli dal Gip per poco piÃ¹ di un'oraHa ammesso di essere il dominus del sistema societario ma ha promesso di ripianare il crac                                            Primo interrogatorio per Coppola "PagherÃ² fino all'ultimo euro"                                                                                I soldi ottenuti da alcune societÃ  potrebbero essere gestiti dalla Procura L'imprenditore non mangia dal giorno dell'arresto: presto in infermeria


Hamas gunmen ambush Gaza convoy, four killed

Palestinian Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamist group said was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard unit in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and four people were killed, local residents said.


This weekend's early switch to daylight-saving time was billed as a little re-enactment of the Y2K computer problem at the turn of the millennium. And as it happened, the daylight bug appeared to have equally minor results.


Partners Weigh In On Firefox, IE Faceoff

Solution providers applauded the Tuesday launch of Firefox 1.0 as the first viable competitor to Microsoft Internet Explorer, even though they expect the browser's publisher to face an uphill battle.


Indexes rally on strong data as turbulence ebbs

Stocks jumped on Friday as surprisingly strong data on home sales and factory orders relieved anxiety about the economy and bolstered confidence after weeks of market turbulence.


Movies about the war in Iraq take pride of place in this year's London Film Festival line-up.


Gateway on Friday unveiled a PC designed to stay cool even when handling applications that use a lot of power. The 700GR computer features Intel's balanced technology extended, or BTX, architecture, in which


UK detainee says Guantanamo torture still going on

A British detainee held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has made fresh allegations about a regime of torture and humiliation inflicted on detainees by their US captors


Two suspects freed over failed British car bombings

Two suspects in the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month have been released without charge, British police said Sunday.


Found this really cool search engine (Koders ) via ResearchBuzz:   "An article at Newsforge pointed me to Koders ( http://www.koders.com ) a search engine for finding programming code. Nifty. The front page allows you to specify keywords, sixteen languages (from..."  This is pretty dead on.  I had a similar idea about 3 years ago I was calling SourceEngine which for a while was my Alexandria  project under Jakarta.  Some of this technology morphed into Gump .  Heres one innovation which I don't think Koders has picked up yet; use source includes as indegree to compute a CodeRank.  There you go... I'm giving you guys that one for free!  This is the Google innovation but applied to source code ...


prices to record highs and presented the US-backed interim government with is biggest crisis yet. "Bring those Americans here to fight hand to hand," said one militant, biting his finger for emphasis.


Baghdad, 2 dicembre 2004 -Un'autobomba Ã¨ esplosa oggi nel centro di Baghdad davanti agli uffici della compagnia irachena per la telefonia mobile, la Iraqna. Non Ã¨ chiaro al momento se l'obiettivo dell'attentato


Zaheer leads Indian fightback v Australia

India's Zaheer Khan removed openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer, pegging Australia back to 103 for three at lunch on the first day of the third test on Tuesday.


San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Brad Kava Column: Kava: KTRB-AM Lineup Includes Mancow, London

By Brad Kava, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 28--The owners of the Bay Area's newest radio station, KTRB-AM (860), don't quite know what to call the new format that will start March 15.


Genova, 16:49 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAROTTA: TROPPI ATTACCANTI, QUALCUNO SARA' CEDUTO

La Sampdoria ha troppi giocatori nel reparto offensivo. E' l'opinione del direttore generale doriano...


Arms Inspectors Said to Seek Access to Iran Sites

Inspectors are requesting access to sites where intelligence suggests that Iran may be working on atomic weapons.


NY Mayor To Antiwar Protesters: Shop Till You Drop, Too

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- Why worry about antiwar views, anarcho-syndicalist politics and "Dump Bush Now!" placards when something serious is at stake -- like money? ...


The 7th straight drop was caused by concerns that foreigners may cut holding of U.S. assets.


Video game exploits death of past president

In light of concerns about video game violence, the release of a controversial new game isnât helping the issue. Very different from the games that are usually released each week, âJFK Reloadedâ was released Monday.


Martha Stewart took prison life in stride yesterday, taking a solo walk around the grounds of her new home and receiving two visitors.


Music: I Hear America Dancing, and the Sound Is Just Like Tap Shoes

âThe Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacularâ might bring a sneer to the world-weary, but also an unspoken sense of wonder that so many people could be making so many other people happy.


Phila. Warns Parents About Baby Smothering

Eight accidental infant smothering deaths in 18 months has led Philadelphia health officials to warn parents against bringing their babies to bed with them.


Prosecution lawyers are criticised for failing to inform victims of crime when charges are dropped or changed.


Wizards owner Abe Pollin declares Monday that "it is time" for his team to not only make the playoffs but to make a postseason run this season.


Comcast Unveils Plans Phone Service Plans

The nation's biggest cable company said it plans to roll out phone service nationally within the next year and a half in its bid to become the primary alternative to local phone companies such as Verizon Communications. -The Washington Post


David Coulthard could have a Formula One future in 2005 with the new Red Bull Racing team. Red Bull completed a takeover of Jaguar on Monday and are expected to retain the services of Christian Klien.


Mercedes-Benz Motorsport announced today that former Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen will race in the German based DTM series in 2005.


16/11/2004 Junk food adverts have been banned on TV before 9pm in an attempt to fight Britainâs obesity crisis. Health Secretary Dr John Reid believes the move is necessary to protect youngsters watching early evening television.


Red Sox rally to secure first playoff spot

The Boston Red Sox became the first Major League team to secure a playoff berth when they rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 on Saturday.


Mars craft sends detailed surface images

A spacecraft equipped with the highest-resolution camera ever to orbit Mars has begun sending highly detailed images of a giant canyon on the red planet's surface, NASA said Friday.


Ray Kurzweil, an inventor fascinated with the connection between humans and computers, says that emerging trends in biotechnology are opening a realistic path to immortality.


The Mason County band Bobaflex hooked up with Sevendust and is out crisscrossing the country this December, pounding out their energetic, melodic metal nightly for a sea of fans.


Si tratta di 3 mld di Btp quinquennali e 2 trentennali


Late goals from Darren Bent and Pablo Counago send Ipswich top of the Championship.


Miss Universe, Olympians in Australia Poll Bout

The first face-to-face bout in  Australia's election campaign was staged inside an airport  hangar on Wednesday with prime ministerial contenders sparring  with Miss Universe and hundreds of Olympians before a phalanx  of cameras.


Myskina Wins Three to Edge France for Fed Cup Victory

In what many expected to be a 5-0 whitewash for the Russians, the Fed Cup finale came down to the final doubles match Sunday in Moscow, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera "The Crying Game" Zvonareva edging Marion "Roly Poly" Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6(5), 7


Nobel laureate and DNA pioneer Maurice Wilkins dies

LONDON One of the scientists involved in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA has died. Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 for his role in what's considered one of the most important discoveries in science.


British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.


Doctors reject claims that Chile's ex-leader Augusto Pinochet has exaggerated his illness to avoid prosecution.


Journalists and politicos have been trying off and on for a decade now to suss out exactly what George W. Bush did in the National Guard more than 30 years ago.


An emerging long-range,  high-speed wireless technology is expected to spread quickly  and be available globally within two years, a key backer of the  so-called WiMax technology said on Tuesday.


Scandal, 717 Plane Wipe Out Boeing Profit

Boeing Co.  on Friday said it plans to end production of the 717 airliner and raised cost estimates for a U.S. Air Force tanker program, resulting in charges of $615 million, likely wiping out fourth-quarter profit.


Japanese car giant Honda creates an extra 700 jobs at its Swindon plant, taking the workforce to 4,900.


Officials said a decision on a date for elections would be announced Wednesday, as an opponent of President Pervez Musharraf called for him to resign immediately.


Americans are cool to mobile data services

(InfoWorld) - U.S. cell-phone users are staying away from mobile data services in droves, according to research company IDC. Almost three-quarters of respondents (72.5 percent) in an IDC online survey didn't use any data service other than text-messaging in the third quarter of this year, said analyst Lewis Ward. The company asked 2,506 teen-age and adult users about their attitudes toward data services. Data services are too expensive, respondents said. Mean consumer data spending on data services was about $3.70 per month, with the average young consumer spending more, according to IDC. But even among 18-to-24-year-olds, 47 percent complained about price. In general, U.S. consumers have been slower than those in other countries at adopting mobile data services. The first significant data service, SMS (Short Message Service), was a big hit in Europe and Asia before it was widely adopted in the U.S. Higher per-minute voice costs and lower data prices in those regions have helped drive adoption, Ward said. Today, SMS is a relatively bright spot for U.S. mobile data use. According to the survey, 47 percent of users sent or received an SMS in the third quarter. But Ward said he was surprised to learn how many of those messages come from subscription news and information services. About one-quarter of the messages in that period came from such services, which mobile users sign up for to receive news, sports, financial and other information, according to the survey. About one-fifth of consumers bought a ringtone during the quarter and one tenth bought a wallpaper or a game. But in a written-response portion of the survey, a small percentage of respondents not only didn't use mobile data services but were vehemently opposed to them, Ward said. Some were worried that they degraded voice calls by taking up network capacity, which is not possible on most types of cellular networks. One wrote, "I don't use any of these" followed by seventeen exclamation points, Lewis said. However, Ward sees the U.S. catching up to other parts of the world over the next several years as a more open market lowers prices. At the moment, carriers mostly control what content and services their customers can get, using a "walled-garden" approach. "As the mobile Internet matures, I think it'll become very difficult for carriers to control all aspects of the business model, as they more or less can in the current environment," Ward said. Third-party offerings, some of them free and supported by advertising, will force down prices and help increase adoption, he said. The U.S. is likely to even lead the charge on some mobile services. For example, instant-messaging services that U.S. consumers have widely embraced on their PCs are starting to catch on with the country's mobile users as well, communicating both among themselves and with PC users, Ward said. (IDC is a division of International Data Group, the parent company of IDG News Service.)


Polish rightist demands communist secret files on president

WARSAW, Poland  - A Polish legislature panel investigating allegations of high-level bribery broadened its mission this week, demanding the release of communist-era secret files on President Aleksander Kwasniewski and 31 other officials.


UK supermarkets fingered in crap petrol probe

Yet more rage for British motorists Supermarkets in the south-eastern UK presented a fresh target for motorist anger today, as reports circulated that the grocery chains had been selling contaminated fuel.â¦


Hatchery to Leave Port: Land Part of Dredge Project

By Sara Kennedy and Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 13--PORT MANATEE -- A state fish hatchery at the port is relocating and is looking for a new facility site that will be the flagship for an expanded statewide program just beginning to take shape.


Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was forced to cancel a trip to a provincial capital after a rocket hit near the landing site for his helicopter.


German investor confidents slides on high oil prices

Investor confidence in Germany has declined more sharply than anticipated, a major economic think tank said, as high oil prices put a damper on hopes of a continuation of the nascent recovery.


NATO to study fast move to complete Afghan handover

NATO defense ministers will on   Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the   alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of   all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.


Flu Shot Shortage Highlights Crisis, Officials Say

Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.


Bush defends economic record in key election state

US President George W. Bush defended his economic record in voter-rich Pennsylvania in an effort to overcome Democratic challenger John Kerry's advantage on a topic Americans consider crucial to the election.


Accra, 09:52 - CALCIO, GHANA: LE ROY NUOVO CT

Il francese Claude Le Roy è il nuovo ct del Ghana. Prende il posto del serbo Ratomir Dujkovic...


Linux cluster companies attract new funds

com November 4, 2004, 6:00 PM PT. Organizations are replacing aging servers with newer more-powerful boxes, often Linux--based, and theyâre also investing in storage.


Armed Robbers Steal Munch's 'The Scream' in Oslo

Armed robbers on Sunday stole a version of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "The Scream," regarded by many as his most important work and an icon of existentialist angst, from an Oslo museum.


BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces yesterday raided a lollipop factory being used to make bombs, finding boxes of explosives and 2 tons of fertilizer in the basement of the facility in northern Iraq, an Iraqi officer said.


Anil Sharma's multi-starrer Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo has an item number. But this item number is different in the sense that it will be performed by a male artist and will be in praise of Lord Shiva.


Nortel to file restated results next year

Nortel Networks said today that after months of trying to untangle faulty financial results, it won't file its 2003 and first-half 2004 results until early next year.


Bush Says U.S. Safety from Terror 'Up in the Air'

ALAMOGORDO, N.M.  - President Bush said it is "up  in the air" whether the United States can ever be fully safe  from terrorism, prompting an attack from Democrat John Kerry's  campaign that Bush was sending a mixed message.


OPEC's core Gulf producers will  recommend the cartel raise supply quotas by one million barrels  a day, four percent, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd  al-Sabah said on Wednesday.


Russia delays Iran atom plant work as tensions rise

Russia will delay the building of Iran's first nuclear power plant as Tehran is behind with payments, a Russian atomic industry source said, as pressure grew on Tehran to curb its disputed nuclear activity.


Bush to Seek Budget Cuts, Except in Child Health

Dozens of popular health, housing and education programs would be eliminated or sharply reduced under the budget that President Bush plans to announce on Monday.


Barak in runoff to lead Israel's Labour Party

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won on Tuesday the first round of the Israeli Labour Party's leadership election and will face an ex-security chief in a runoff vote next month, official results showed.


Syndrome Predicts Heart Disease in Healthy Adults

Middle-aged adults who do not yet  have heart disease but have a spectrum of symptoms called  metabolic syndrome are very likely to also have clogged  arteries, researchers said on Monday.


Business & money: Banks may be forced to seek huge injections of fresh capital as the credit crunch shows no sign of abataing


After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle Corp. Monday morning announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft Inc.


Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual  pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism's sacred Western  Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by  waiting photographers.


Apple to open first European retail store in London

LONDON  - Apple is to open its first retail store in Europe on Saturday, a state-of-the-art boutique in central London selling the latest products from the US computer and technology group.


U.S. Looks to Europe for Low Drug Prices

U.S. states that have looked to Canada to help their residents win steep discounts on prescription drug prices are turning to Europe for the same deals because the Canadian government is considering shutting off the southbound flow.


Auburn's BCS gripe understandable, but it can't claim a tough ...

You know, I had a feeling I got ripped off by those landscapers last summer. It was like they didn't even do any work. Guess I shouldn't have hired those Ohio State football players.


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip (VeriChip) that will be implanted in humans and used for medical purposes.


Adobe's Narayen sees growth in video, mobile

With itsÂ acquisition of Macromedia in late 2005, Adobe Systems won control of the Flash technology that has become a nearly ubiquitous way of authoring and viewing interactive and multimedia content on the Web. Now, the 25-year-old software company with deep roots in creative applications and an iron grip on electronic documents thanks to its de facto-standard PDF document format, has its eye on development and content presentation across all sorts of platforms and devices.


Washington Baseball Fans Await Word on Expos

Baseball fans in the nation's capital were anxiously awaiting formal word on Wednesday that the financially beleaguered Montreal Expos would relocate to the city for the 2005 season.


Apple is holding another of its special events - for which read high-profile product announcement - next week, where CEO Steve Jobs will be joined by U2' Bono and The Edge to unveil U2-themed iPods, pre-loaded with the band's new album.


Katrina victims sue U.S. over failed floodwalls

Victims of some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans sued the federal government on Thursday charging negligence in the construction and maintenance of floodwalls on the 17th Street Canal.


Bernanke: pressioni inflazionistiche in attenuazione


3 Weigh Joint Bid for British Grocery Chain

Three private equity firms announced they were considering a bid for J Sainsbury, Britainâs third-largest supermarket group.


"Nice" girls Dixie Chicks finish first at Grammys

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.


Small College Debates Its High-Tech Gamble

Small, poor and 45 minutes from the nearest town with a shopping mall, West Virginia Wesleyan College couldn't attract enough students to fill its classrooms and improve its struggling finances. To survive and thrive, it needed to stand out. The answer, college leaders decided, was technology.


The British and Irish prime ministers meet Sinn Fein as efforts continue to restore devolution.


Computer Task Group's Profits Increased 57 Percent in Quarter ; Firm is Expanding Its Stock Buy-Back Program

By Fred O. Williams  Lucrative technology projects and lower employee benefit costs helped Computer Task Group Inc. lift its fourth-quarter profits to $1.1 million, up 57 percent from a year ago.  Sales for the quarter were about level with last year, at $78 million.


Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghan blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber on a   bicycle killed four Canadian NATO soldiers handing out   notebooks and pens to children in southern Afghanistan on   Monday, a day after NATO declared the area free of Taliban   insurgents.


Haditha Marine regrets dead, but says force needed

CAMP PENDLETON, California  - Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the U.S. Marine squad leader accused of leading a November 2005 massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, said on Thursday that he regretted the deaths but insisted he had acted properly to keep his men alive.


The Rolling Stones have canceled their second Spanish gig in as many   days, putting an end to plans to perform in the country on their   hiccup-prone A Bigger Bang world tour.


World renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a founder of the school of philosophy known as deconstructionism, has died, the office of French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday.


From the big bang to the search for ET, a new PBS miniseries seeks the meaning of life, the universe and beyond. The show brings together the latest research on ancient frozen moss, far-flung meteors and organisms that live in boiling water. By Jason Silverman.


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KHARTOUM, Aug 22  -- Since early 2003, Sudan's western Darfur region has been in the throes of armed conflict between government forces backed by Arab militias and several rebel movements.


Londra, 20:10 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON: FERRERO E GASQUET AGLI OTTAVI

Lo spagnolo Juan Carlos Ferrero, testa di serie numero 20, si è qualificato per gli ottavi di...


More Australian women are being struck down with breast cancer than ever before but a new survey shows one in ten cannot name any symptoms of the disease.


Today, "Peer to Peer" (P2P) is inextricably linked to file sharing. But another "P2P" was once the subject of great buzz.


Update 11: EU Head Office Backs ECB Warning on Euro

The European Union's head office on Tuesday echoed comments by the European Central Bank chief, warning that "excessive volatility" of the euro's exchange rate against the US dollar could damage economic growth in Europe.


Dr. Ali Ajram had no more milk to give his baby girl, so he sent her away with his wife and three other children. Now he's running out of drugs for his patients.


Los Angeles, 10:04 - CALCIO, USA: CONFERMATO UN MESE E MEZZO DI STOP PER BECKHAM

Un mese e mezzo di stop per David Beckham. Il giocatore del Los Angeles Galaxy, infortunatosi nel co...


Striving to keep pace with crossover-minded rivals, cable operator Charter Communications (CHTR:Nasdaq - news - research) hammered out phone-service arrangements with two big carriers and a consultant.


China to host first stewardess beauty pageant

Beijing, Sept 4. (PTI): China will host the first International Stewardess Beauty Pageant in early November in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong Province, the organisers announced today.


Suicide bombers penetrated the headquarters of allied forces in Iraq for the first time yesterday, killing 10 people and provoking an urgent review of security in Baghdad's Green Zone.


Huge effort urged to curb epidemic of obese kids

Washington -- To fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, the nation must enlist virtually every aspect of society to reduce the amount of junk food children eat and get them exercising more, the National Academy of Sciences said Thursday.


Unita' di crisi ne sta verificando autenticita' e data


India's most wanted criminal, who once boasted of cutting up his victims and feeding them to fish, has been shot dead in an hourlong gunbattle with police in a jungle in southern India.


Gunbattle near PMâs rally venue, two militants killed

The police and the security forces killed two unidentified militants after a nearly three-hour-long encounter over a hillock near Dalgate, only a few hours before the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singhâs scheduled public meeting at the SK Cricket Stadium


US reacts calmly to North Korea saying it created nuclear weapons

STATE DEPARTMENT A calm response from the Bush administration to claims by North Korean that it has turned the plutonium from eight-thousand spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons.


The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross.


The venerable network has earned mountains of profit for its parent, General Electric Co. It has won eight of the past nine seasons by delivering the audience


Perth - Justin Langer weathered Shoaib Akhtar's opening pace barrage and counter-punched with his 21st Test hundred to guide Australia from 78 for five to 357 for eight at stumps on Thursday on the opening day of the series-opener against Pakistan.


Threadneedle What next for Deutsche Bank? The financial institution...

WHAT next for Deutsche Bank? The financial institution has announced the appointment of a number of executives to leading positions just below board level, and the financier with Deutsch in its name has ...


Time Warner to pay $510m after AOL's fraud charges

LONDON - Time Warner, the world's largest media company, is to pay out $510m (Â£260.9m) to US authorities following two federal investigations into its internet unit AOL.


Celebrity magazine Hello! plans to appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay more than $1.9 million to a rival for printing unauthorized photos of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, a lawyer for the magazine said Thursday.


Robber jailed after forgetting card at bank

A bank robber who was arrested because he left his account card at a branch where he had checked his balance just before holding it up was sentenced to four years in jail.


U.N. envoy to send Kosovo plan to Security Council

A senior U.N. envoy will send his independence plan for the Balkan province of Kosovo to the Security Council this month after failing on Saturday to find a compromise between Serbs and ethnic Albanians.


How do Tibetans feel about the 14-year-old boy chosen by Beijing to one day replace the Dalai Lama?


Rain and strong gales will continue to batter parts of Britain and cause flooding after a stormy night.


Mobile companies develop new, faster 4G technology

Global mobile operators and  device makers are betting that the next level of transmission  technology will ramp up mobile phone usage in a way that  third-generation technology has so far failed to do.


Madonna fends off fans and protesters to finish her retreat

Madonna, the Catholic pop diva turned Jewish mystic, ended a five-day retreat last night with 2,000 fellow searchers in the comfort of a five-star Tel-Aviv hotel.


UK's HSBC eyes Federated's card operations -report

British bank HSBC (HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research) is interested in buying the $3 billion store and credit card operations of US retailer Federated Department Stores Inc.


NComputing CEO Stephen Dukker writes that a computer cannot exist independent of basic economic realities that govern the world.


VoIP Gains Ground With Bank of America Deal

The largest Voice-over-IP business deployment revealed to date presents new opportunities for both the bank that's using it and the services provider that's implementing it.


Hurriyat Conference delegates arrive in Nepal for conference :

Kathmandu, Dec 11 : A two-member delegation of Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq arrived here today to attend a meeting of Kashmiri leaders from two sides of the Line of Control (LoC), being organised by Pugwash, a US-based think tank.


Journey to a Record: Frustration Starts to Show as Bonds Hits a Snag

Barry Bonds, who is idling at 751 home runs, is 0 for his last 20 and has no homers since July 3, a stretch of 23 at-bats.


A Casavatore (Napoli) uccisi membri del clan Di Lauro


Terrell Owens warmed up for practice Friday, then went to see a trainer about his injured ankle.


More than 40 rebels and 10 government troops die in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military says.


Maybe the next time a Boston pitcher takes a no-hit bid into the ninth inning, he'll listen to catcher Jason Varitek. Curt Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter Thursday, losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right field after Schilling shook off his catcher.


Eating healthfully is one of the first parental challenges that expectant women face. Not only is it important to hit all the right nutritional notes, there's also the question of how much weight to gain. Eating for two is often misinterpreted as a license to overeat, but gaining too many pounds ...


Roy Halladay back in form to lead Blue Jays in 4-2 victory over ...

TORONTO (CP) - Roy Halladay was back in form Saturday afternoon, throwing eight innings of one-run ball in the Toronto Blue Jays' 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees.


Google Inc. slashed the size of its  closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less  than $2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has  been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years.


Thatâs Tracy McGradyâs answer to questions about whether or not he will look to keep his scoring up despite joining Houston and Yao Ming.


Return to Flight on Track Despite Setbacks

NASA is making progress in its return to flight efforts, despite suffering setbacks from a recent rash of hurricanes that have pummeled the nation's space coast, according to the task force overseeing the agency's work.


An empty subway train backed into an occupied one yesterday, injuring 20 people, transit officials said. The occupied train had pulled into one of the city's


British interest rates stayed at 4.75  percent for the fourth month running on Thursday, but  economists are split over whether the Bank of England will  raise borrowing costs again next year.


Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update

Stalks you, sir The introduction of new features on social network site Facebook has sparked a backlash from users. Design changes to the site violate user privacy and ought to be scrapped, according to disgruntled users who have launched a series of impromptu protests. One protest site is calling for users to boycott Facebook on 13 September in opposition against a feature called News Feed, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers.â¦


Forza Italia diversa da oligarchie. Oggi nuovo statuto FI


Responding sharply to the reports that the Abhishek-Aishwarya link-up is part of the strategy to keep


Con uguale reddito, vita diversa a seconda del luogo


Intel Announces Milestone for Shrinking Chips

By MATTHEW FORDAHL    SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Contradicting fears that the semiconductor industry's pace of development is slowing, Intel Corp...


A group of Scottish scientists to create a centre of excellence in a bid to stop the threat of avian flu.


Shrugging off the boos and jeers that delayed the start, Shawn Crawford led a United States sweep to win the Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres.


Ericsson returns to quarterly profit as world markets show growth

Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson reported a return to net profit in the third quarter, lifted by healthy growth in its international markets.


Gates Steps In to Defuse Clinton-Pentagon Dispute

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates sought to defuse a row between a top Pentagon aide and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday over her request for details of plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.


NEW YORK - Coca-Cola Co. will refocus its attention on staunching a sales slump, as well as restructuring a profit-sharing arrangement with Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.


Fire and Wizards clash in Open Cup Final

Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - The Chicago Fire and Kansas City Wizards, the last of 163 teams, meet on Wednesday night at Arrowhead Stadium in the final of the 2004 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup to decide who will lift the Dewar Trophy.


Bengals' Pollack Taken Off Field on Cart

CINCINNATI -- Bengals linebacker David Pollack hurt his neck while making a tackle Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, and was taken off the field on a cart to get precautionary X-rays.


For state employees in New Jersey, the weeklong, unexpected break is over. State workers were heading back to work Monday after a government shutdown temporarily halted most state services last week and closed Atlantic City's 12 casinos for three days.


Chileans remember  President Allende who died in the 1973 coup, as Gen Pinochet faces abuse claims.


Two newspaper reporters who went to see the Boss perform at a political fund-raising concert got in trouble with their own boss.


Irish Out to Protect Home Turf Against BC

Notre Dame is out to protect its turf against Boston College on Saturday.


AROUND THE PANHANDLE: Panama City Woman Dies in Three-Car Crash

By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Feb. 4--INLET BEACH -- A three-car accident Friday night injured two people and killed a Panama City woman.  Ruth J. Lakey, 75, of Panama City, died shortly after 9:30 p.m.


Suit seeks to limit stints of 8 US soldiers

WASHINGTON, DC - Eight American soldiers have filed a lawsuit to win their release from the United States military, saying they are being kept on duty longer than their terms of enlistment specified.


The Nationals may get between $4 million and $10 million for the naming rights to their new stadium, which would be one of the most lucrative in baseball.


In operazione della Guardia di Finanza a Roma


NBC's Ebersol Survives Plane Crash in Colorado

Dick Ebersol, the chairman of NBC sports was among the passengers on a plane that crashed and burst into flames on a Colorado runway during takeoff.


UN Says May Have Spotted Rwandan Troops in Congo

The U.N. mission in Congo said on  Wednesday it had spotted 100 soldiers, thought to be Rwandan,  in the east of the vast Central African country but Kigali  declined to say whether its troops had crossed the border.


Parents Often Naive About Children's Drug Use

MONDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Parents are largely unaware of their children's alcohol and drug use, new research says.


U.S. sending 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan

The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.


SAN FRANCISCO -- If Barry Bonds is back with the San Francisco Giants next season, and that still seems to be a big if, owner Peter Magowan said the slugger will not be the centerpiece of the roster any longer.


Si ferma personale Alitalia e Aeroporti di Roma


Ukrainian Presidential Election Ends in Dead-Heat

The race to be Ukrainian president ended in an dead-heat today, forcing a run-off contest later this month. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his reformist challenger Viktor Yushchenko were less than a


De La Salle coach, players, take snapped streak in stride

CONCORD, Calif. They lost for the first time since 1991, but there's no bitterness on the De La Salle High School football team.


Police briefly detained Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Monday for the third time in two weeks, accusing him of drug trafficking, his spokesman said.Comment


A suicide attacker blew himself up near the office of Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring several more, officials said.


The pound draws closer to the $2 barrier, hitting a new 14-year high of $1.9748 before retreating slightly.


Supporters gather to mourn the death of Imad Mughniyeh, while a rally marks the anniversary of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination


Worker Shortages Threaten Health Advances - Report

A shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives around the globe is threatening health initiatives and could have dire political and economic consequences, public health experts said on Friday.


Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang shuts down the OriolesÃÂ to getÃÂ his 17th win of the seasonÃÂ in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.


Democracy Will Triumph in Iraq, Allawi, Bush say

President Bush and Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi say democracy will prevail in Iraq and that free elections will take place as scheduled in January.


Eddie's the daddy, says ex-Spice Girl Mel B

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown says she is in no doubt that Eddie Murphy is the father of her unborn child, days after the actor and comedian said he wasn't too sure.


Nagpur: Australia were 103 for 3 at lunch on the first day of the third Test against India at the VCA ground here on Tuesday. Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann, both at 11 runs, were at the crease at the break.


Weaver reunites with Cameron for "Avatar"

LOS ANGELES  - Sigourney Weaver is reteaming with director James Cameron for a role in his upcoming sci-fi adventure "Avatar" for 20th Century Fox.


Single Mothers 'Not Very Good,' EU Candidate Says

Italy's disputed candidate for EU justice  and security commissioner, under fire for calling homosexuality  a sin, has said single mothers are "not very good."


O.J. Simpson arrested in Vegas hotel break-in : CNN

Las Vegas police arrested former football star O.J. Simpson on Sunday in connection with a hotel room break-in, CNN said.


Porn in China: Death by success takes on a new meaning

The phenomenon of "death by success" -- in which a website is brought down by strong user interest -- is well known online but has taken a new twist in China.


JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 31 -- Saudi Arabia's most popular blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, has been detained for questioning, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed Monday. It was the first known arrest of an online critic in the kingdom.


The US is the originator of over 42% of the worldâs unsolicited commercial e-mail, making it the worst offender in a league table of the top 12 spam producing countries published yesterday by anti-virus firm Sophos.


GROZNY, Russia Under heavy security and with few voters visible in this hushed and abandoned capital, the republic of Chechnya on Sunday held a special presidential election, a step toward replacing a predecessor who was killed by a bomb.


Giants Sack Warner; Name Manning Starter

Stop referring to Eli Manning as the New York Giants' quarterback of the future. The job is his, now and for seemingly years to come.


September 24, 2004 - Congress extended three of President Bush's most popular tax cuts by lopsided margins Thursday night.


Sadr Political Bloc Calls for Overhaul of Iraqi Cabinet

BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 -- The political bloc of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demanded a shake-up of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's cabinet on Sunday, the latest challenge to the country's increasingly beleaguered unity government.


EMC to offer SaaS backup and recovery service

InfoWorld - Leveraging its October 2007 purchase of Berkeley Data Systems [BDS], EMC announced this week that it will offer an enterprise backup and recovery solution, MozyEnterprise, over a hosted SaaS platform for desktops, laptops, and remote servers.


GIs in Afghanistan battle harsh elements

Life with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment in southern Afghanistan is a battle not only against a stealthy and stubborn enemy but against some of the earth's harshest natural elements.


Picking the Right Toys Isn't Child's Play

SUNDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- When you're Christmas shopping for toys, ignore the latest fad, experts say. Instead, choose toys that promote healthy childhood development and reinforce personal relationships.


Dutch police arrest 8 in filmmaker murder probe

The Dutch police authorities have arrested eight suspects concerning the killing of the famous film maker Theo van Gogh, Radio Netherlands reported Wednesday.


Canada says 44 North Koreans who sought asylum at the Canadian embassy in Beijing in September have now left China for a third country.


MEDIA:  Watch That Box for Al Jazeera, and More

LONDON, Sep 21 (IPS) - The appearance of an English language service    from Al Jazeera television will mark more than expansion of a  company;   it will come as one of the biggest challenges yet to  the dominance of   Western news providers, academics say.


Federal Reserve chops another half point off interest rates - to 3% - in bid to head off economic recession


Scarce Vaccine Back Up to Full Supply, CDC Says

A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get


An Irrepressible, Irresistible Rebel on a Roll

Despite occasional detours into sentimentality, this Irish film is better than the usual three-stage journey of courage, heartbreak and redemption.


ATLANTA -- Notre Dame actually won a defensive struggle, scoring just enough points to avoid a major upset at the start of its most anticipated season in years.


Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson is asking for help in finding a Swedish cellist swept away in the South Asian tsunami.


Sports of The Times: âFire Isiahâ? Not Everyone Is in Agreement

Some fans have made Isiah Thomasâs ouster a crusade; a smaller number have made his firing a silly indulgence.


Council tax is to rise by 4.2% across England and Wales, according to a study commissioned by the BBC.


Israeli peace overture follows Gaza destruction

By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. KHAN YUNIS REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP - The sights, sounds, and emotions in Gaza Sunday were those of war, not of the turning point toward peace


Jaret Wright's debut with the Orioles was brief Sunday, allowing a hit and a walk in one inning against the Mets as he works his right arm into shape.


WASHINGTON — House Republicans sought Tuesday to quash an undying Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, hoping with a vote to kill legislation that would do it, and the rumor as well.


In Ivory Coast's unrest, resentment isn't only against the French

DAKAR, Senegal The news reports streaming out of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's once-shining metropolis, seem like a throwback to a bygone era: white men and women cowering in their homes, black men and women rampaging through the streets, European soldiers


The composer and musician shares his stylish essentials.


Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, will be deployed to Iraq, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday.


Climbers Expected to Be Fine, Thanks to Dog, Radio Beacon

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. -- Because of a high-tech electronic gadget and a big, warm dog named Velvet, three climbers rescued after a harrowing fall and a night in the wind and cold high on Mount Hood are expected to be fine.


MP3 site settles for $10 million with RIAA

The Recording Industry Association of America has reached a $10 million legal settlement with a Spanish company that briefly offered MP3s online for just pennies a song.


IAEA report on Iran may undermine US demands

A new report on UN inspections in Iranâs nuclear facilities may undermine the US demand to send Tehranâs nuclear file to the UN Security Council this month, diplomats said on Wednesday.


Rio Ferdinand admits his career will remain unfulfilled if he fails to add to his solitary Premiership title triumph with Manchester United.


Toby Young, author of âHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People,â will soon see his memoir on the big screen.


Qantas buyers move to sooth fears over record takeover

The private buyers of Australia's flag carrier Qantas have insisted they were not corporate raiders, as jitters mounted a day after one of the biggest airline takeovers in history was unveiled.


(InfoWorld) - Facebook became the latest entrant into the online video battle Thursday, opening its Facebook f8 platform to outside developers and partners in an effort to gain ground on social networking rivals. The move allows third parties to develop functions for Facebook, including video, advertising, and retail capabilities. Part of the system will use the company's own markup language, creatively titled Facebook Markup. Since News Corp. bought rival MySpace in 2005, Facebook has struggled to keep pace. Last year, Facebook declined a $1 billion acquisition offer from Yahoo, instead choosing to go it alone in hopes of a better offer or greater solo success. Thursday's announcement could push Facebook more towards becoming a commercial provider of social networking tools, rather than attempting to take on MySpace as a consumer play. Allowing outside parties to begin selling advertising on Facebook could also help the company to monetize its audience, estimated by comScore NetworksÂ at just over 23 million visitors per month. Self-starting advertisers and retailers could build their own applications or retail functions, saving Facebook the effort while still providing revenue.


Iraq's Shi'ites Mull PM Choice as Hostage Pleads

An Italian journalist taken hostage in Baghdad made an emotional appeal for her life and called on foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape released by insurgents on Wednesday.


Top races in Tuesday's primary elections

Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:


Peace Deal Failure Could Lead to New Election

Northern Ireland could be facing fresh Assembly elections if the DUP and Sinn Fein fail to reach agreement on a peace deal, it emerged today.


Rooney slams sticky Toffees as Man Utd set transfer in motion

Everton striker Wayne Rooney has slammed his club's handling of the transfer request that is likely to see him in a Manchester United shirt before Tuesday afternoon.


Phil Mickelson mastered a strong wind to shoot a 3-under-par 68 yesterday for a one-stroke lead over Gregory Havret after the third round of the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond GC in Luss.


Retail sales over Thanksgiving weekend good for some

The far north Scottsdale Target store rang up better than expected sales during the three days after Thanksgiving. At Superstition Springs Center in Mesa, Bath and Body Works sold out


Diversified U.S. manufacturer Emerson Electric Co  reported on Friday that orders rose 5 percent to 10 percent for the three months ended in July, continuing its earlier trend.


Renee Montgomery scores 26 points and top-ranked Connecticut stays unbeaten by rallying to beat No. 3 North Carolina, 82-71, on Monday night.


(InfoWorld) - Just a few days after the introduction of a search engine that works primarily using human labor, Google says, "Me too." "People think of Google as pure algorithms," said Matt Cutts, search quality engineer at Google, speaking at the Search Marketing Expo in Seattle on Monday. "We've recently begun trying to communicate the fact that we're not averse to using some manual intervention." Cutts' comments follow the launch Wednesday of an early version of Mahalo.com, a new search engine that operates using people who dig through the Internet manually looking for quality sites. Mahalo.com currently can deliver results for 4,000 popular search terms with plans to reach 10,000 terms by the end of the year. Workers weed out spam sites, sites with overbearing advertising, pages that regurgitate information without giving appropriate credit to the source, and sites of unknown origin. Over the last couple of months, Google has altered some explanations on its Webmaster Guidelines pages to reflect changes it may make in how much human interaction affects its search results, Cutts said. Google has changed the wording in places from saying that certain functions operate 100 percent using the company's search algorithms to now saying more vaguely that the company uses scalable and robust techniques, he said. "We're trying to make the distinction that humans are a wonderful way to improve search quality, but we have to do that in a way that is scalable and robust. Our Webmaster Guidelines have changed to reflect this possibility," he said. Some Google functions do fully work using the algorithm. For example, the algorithm designed to prevent Google bombing, where people cause certain sites to rank, usually for an obscure or humorous search term, uses no human intervention, Cutts said. "The Google bomb algorithm is completely automatic," he said. It runs once every three or four months, he said. Google uses human interaction for a variety of different functions such as acting on spam, he said. "Google does reserve the right to use humans in a scalable way," he said. Additional human interaction might come if Google decides to allow anyone to report people who buy links in order to try to improve their search rankings. "I wouldn't be surprised if we add something on the Webmaster console to report that," Cutts said. He also said that Google may rewrite its guidelines to include more detail about the types of techniques that could get sites banned. Currently, the guidelines include often vague instructions, such as to avoid link schemes designed to boost a site's popularity. That can include a number of different tactics, which Google doesn't spell out. "It would be great to start giving more examples," Cutts said.


Israeli helicopters fire missiles at northern Gaza

Israeli helicopters fired at least eight missiles at the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing one Palestinian and wounding six others, medics said.


A judge rejects a bid by Michael Jackson's lawyers to delay or dismiss a child molestation case against him.


Mozilla security takes axe to redundant code

Slim is in Mozilla Corporation has hired a former security strategist from Microsoft as part of its efforts to improve the security of its software, in particular its flagship Firefox web browser software.â¦


One of the UK's rarest breeding ducks almost halves in the past decade, a new survey reveals.


Innocence Lost, on a Battlefield Somewhere in Africa

âEzraâ is a scorching portrait of an African child who is kidnapped and turned into a soldier for a rebel militia.


A decades-old street festival in San Juan's colonial district will dedicate its 2008 celebration to Ricky Martin.


Martin's 10th inning homer lifts Dodgers

Russell Martin homered to lead off the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Giants 1-0 on Sunday night after Greg Maddux and Jason Schmidt matched zeros for eight innings.


Bob Sanders' big hits have finally paid off in a big way. The two-time Pro Bowler signed a five-year contract extension Friday, a deal that will keep him with the Indianapolis Colts through 2012 and makes him one of the league's highest-paid safeties.


Time to Close Gaps in Emergency Communications

No matter what the disaster -- hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack -- the nation's first responders get to the scene soon after. Which is why it's such a crime when these people can't communicate with each other.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Market Week: Guessing the Size of a Rate Cut

A light economic calendar should provide traders with an ideal opportunity to speculate about how big a cut in interest rates is likely to be.


U.S. calls arrest of Chinese activist "disturbing"

The United States said on Monday the arrest in China of prominent AIDS activist and human rights campaigner Hu Jia was "disturbing" and Washington had raised his case with the authorities in Beijing.


Arctic nations agree to 'modest' response to climate change

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - Arctic nations said changes in the world's polar regions are a concern but they fell short of committing to specific actions to slow down or adapt to warming.


Fla. Boy Sought in Amber Alert Found Safe

An 11-year-old boy was found safe Friday in Georgia, three days after he disappeared with a convicted child molester who had been living with him and his father in Florida.


Leaders Spotlight Gap Between Rich, Poor

Poverty is "the most destructive weapon of mass destruction," Brazil's president said Monday as world leaders spotlighted the growing gap between rich and poor and the often devastating impact of globalization on millions of people trying to eke out a living.


PeopleSoft Directors Reject Oracle's Offer

The board of PeopleSoft Inc. yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.'s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price.


A fire swept through a five-story condominium complex on New Year's Eve, killing one man and forcing fire crews to leave the building before they could determine whether other people were trapped inside.


Brooke Smith scored 20 points and freshman standout Candice Wiggins added 10 in the second half to help No. 4 Stanford pull away from Washington for an 82-60 victory Thursday night.


Beckett Wins 19th as Red Sox Pound Yankees

Josh Beckett pitches three-hit ball over seven innings, leading Boston to a 10-1 win that drops New York 5 1/2 games back of the first-place Red Sox.


Synthesia (Pardubice, Czech Republic), chemical company, has over 1 mil t of waste from chemical production at its plant. The waste, which comes mainly from the 1950's-the 1990's, should be disposed by 2010. The removal of the waste, which will be paid by the state, will cost, more than CEK 3 bil.


Bergamo, 16:31 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; DEL NERI: COME ARSENAL VALORIZZIAMO GIOVANI

Domani a Livorno sarà un'Atalanta d'emergenza: dopo Carrozzieri, Guarente, Inzaghi e Doni (sq...


Bill Hartnett got accustomed to the screaming. As Microsoft Corp.'s manager of software sales to financial services companies, Hartnett used to get pelted with complaints about the security and reliability of Microsoft's products.


A bomb attack on an Algerian military  convoy killed one soldier on Saturday while the head of the  main secular opposition party escaped unhurt from a separate  attack nearby, a security source and the political party said.


Manning knows his Super Bowl win won't silence critics

Peyton Manning knows a Super Bowl victory, a Most Valuable Player trophy and even an endorsement from President Bush will not be enough to silence his critics.


Man knew he had TB before flying overseas

A man infected with a drug-resistant form of TB knew he was not supposed to travel overseas but did so anyway, the CDC said today, potentially exposing others to the disease. The man who is quarantined in an Atlanta hospital, however, told a newspaper that health officials who informed him he was infected said they "preferred" he not travel.


Lakers forward Vladimir Radmanovic admits Friday that he lied to the team about how he injured his shoulder during the all-star break.


The steady decline in commercial inventories of distillate comes as traders remain jittery about the strong global demand for - and limited supply of â-rude oil.


U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to easily claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.


Unlike NASA, SpaceShipOne and other private pioneers can afford to ...

SpaceShipOne - as much a work of art as a groundbreaking flying machine â-as recast the mold for spaceflight established by NASA largely because it doesn't have to worry


Microsoft quietly launched its new blogging service, MSN Spaces, earlier this week. The âquietâ launch has already attracted more than 250,000 users to the new service, still in beta.


The Talon has proved its mettle as a bomb-disposal bot. Now the 3rd Infantry Division is taking it to the streets of Iraq with a machine gun attached.


US regulators calls for greater oversight of hedge funds, and more transparency over the way they work.


U.S. Says N.Korea Miscalculating by Stalling on Talks

The United States accused North Korea  Tuesday of miscalculation by refusing to resume talks on its  nuclear programs before the U.S. presidential election while  China renewed a diplomatic drive to end the stalemate.


Berlusconi da Putin, in dacia la notte degli "amici" europei di ...

Questa sÃ¬ che Ã¨ una prima volta. Per la prima volta un capo del governo italiano trepida per l'elezione del presidente degli Stati Uniti nel rifugio sicuro di una dacia alla periferia di Mosca. Padrone di casa un ex kapÃ² del Kgb.


Trainee primary school language teachers are to spend a month's placement overseas.


Sul fronte contratti, 'pronti riaprire tavolo con sindacati'


Marat Safin has progressed to the final of the Paris Masters with a straight-sets victory over an angry Guillermo Canas of Argentina.


ABC News Rejects Offer to Interview Paris Hilton

ABCâs decision followed a flurry of accounts about the methods used by the Hilton family to try to place the interview at either ABC or NBC.


Microsoft Might Not Fully Benefit from Purchase

It's only natural that Microsoft would want to develop and sell software supplemented by technology from its latest acquisition, anti-spyware company Giant Company Software.


Milano, 17:39 - F1: KARTHIKEYAN CONFERMATO ALLA WILLIAMS ANCHE PER IL 2007

Il pilota indiano Naraian Karthikeyan correrà per la Williams anche nel 2007, era stato ingag...


Munch masterpiece 'The Scream' stolen from Oslo museum

A version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen from an Oslo museum by two armed and hooded robbers, police said.


The company that owns The Venetian megaresort and a hotel-casino in Macau is aiming at an initial public offering price of $21 a share, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


On Dec. 16, the couple met down the aisle at Chanterelle, a New York restaurant while Rabbi Robert N. Levine pronounced them husband and wife.


Porsche Sales Rise 4%, Company Confident About Growth

Porsche AG, Europe's most profitable carmaker, said it's ``confident'' about growth in the current fiscal year after four-month sales rose 4 percent as the company sold more 911 sports cars and Cayenne sport-utility vehicles.


It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger. The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs.


Sluman leads Chrysler Championship after record 62

Palm Harbor, FL (Sports Network) - Jeff Sluman fired a course-record, nine- under-par 62 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Chrysler Championship.


Sorry to ruin any beliefs you diehards may hold, but it appears true Yankees are made, after all, not born. Take Jon Lieber. He did not develop with the heritage in his blood.


Vehicles that electrolyze water onboard to produce hydrogen fuel could provide an easier alternative to fuel-cell vehicles and building out a hydrogen infrastructure. In Autopia.


ZIKKIM, Israel  - A rocket launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday wounded 30 soldiers in Israel, an attack likely to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to crack down on the Hamas-controlled territory.


Iberdrola to buy Scottish Power for 11.6 billion pounds

Scottish Power has accepted a takeover bid worth 11.6 billion pounds by Spain's second-biggest power company Iberdrola, a move which is set to create Europe's third biggest utility group.


Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug. 20-26. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.


NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Microsoft once again  is looking to eat the lunch of longtime rival Apple Computer,  this time in the digital music arena.


One of nation's hottest coaches, Tedford will shock nation and ...

The T-shirt was the brainchild of Bob Rose, the University of California's aptly named executive associate athletic director for communications, and it speaks to the school's football revival on numerous levels.


Su Vanity Fair fondatore Occhipinti ripercorre sua carriera


China Mine Blast Kills 62, Hope for Survivors Fade

Rescue teams tried to reach 86 trapped  miners on Friday after one of China's worst mine disasters in  years killed at least 62 people, prompting calls for action by  the president, state media said.


Xerox quarterly profit rises, shares jump

Xerox Corp , the leading provider of digital printers and document management services, posted on Thursday a 78 percent rise in quarterly profit fueled by growing revenue from financing and supplies, sending its stock up over 7 percent.


One day after his first all-star nod, Antawn Jamison pours in a season-high 35 points to lead the Wizards past the Tim Duncan-less Spurs, 95-87, Wednesday.


Downing Street plays down hopes on Middle East as Blair meets Bush

Downing Street moved last night to play down expectations of a dramatic initiative in the search for peace between Israel and the Palestinians when Tony Blair meets George Bush at the White House this evening.


Britain's Ben Ainslie wins sailing's Finn  class - his second successive Olympic gold medal.


Agrees to pay $13.5 million to a state fund to enforce privacy laws.


CORRECTED - UPDATE 2-Hall hits record 163 to put South Africa on ...

In KANPUR, India, story headlined "Update 2-Cricket-Hall hits record 163 to put South Africa on top" please read in eighth para ...debutant wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile on five... instead of ...debutant wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile on eight.


Highlights of last-minute legislation, including tax and trade provisions, that Congress acted on Friday:


Afghan Officials: Senior Taleban Commander Killed in Attack

The governor of Uruzgan province, Jan Mohammed Khan, says Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar was among three Taleban fighters killed during a raid in Char Cheno district late Saturday.


Indian plans to sell an attack helicopter to Burma threaten an EU arms embargo, a rights group says.


OTC Acne Products as Good as Prescription Meds

Over-the-counter (OTC) benzoyl peroxide cream clears up acne as well as prescription antibiotics -- and at a fraction of the cost, according to new study findings released Friday.


Sony Ericsson setting up R&D center in India

(InfoWorld) - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications A.B. is setting up a research and development (R&D) unit for mobile phones in Chennai in south India. The handset maker announced earlier this year that it was outsourcing its manufacturing to the Chennai operations of Flextronics Corp. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., which uses the brand name Foxconn. By having R&D teams in India, the company will be better able to tap into consumer behavior in local markets, Sony Ericsson said Wednesday. A number of mobile phone vendors are setting up manufacturing, R&D centers, and network operating centers in India, both to take advantage of Indiaâs low-cost labor, and also to target Indiaâs booming mobile phone market. India added 6.57 million mobile telephony subscribers in May this year, taking the total number of subscribers to 178 million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in Delhi. This mobile telephony boom has translated into heavy demand for mobile phones. Over 62 million handsets have been sold in India in the last 12 months, according to internal estimates by Sony Ericsson. The company is targeting production of 10 million phones from India by 2009. The new facility will become part of Sony Ericssonâs global network of R&D units, currently comprised of sites in China, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, the U.S. and the U.K. The company did not, however, provide details of staffing or the nature of the work to be done at the new R&D facility.


Verona, 18:06 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: SILVA REIS ALLA CREMONESE

Il Chievo ha ceduto in prestito alla Cremonese (C1) l'attaccante brasiliano Diego Silva Reis, 20 ann...


Chrysler Group Chief Executive Tom LaSorda has told employees of the struggling automaker that it might take months before questions about a possible sale of the unit of DaimlerChrysler AG  could be answered.


AT&T in talks with Hollywood studios against piracy

AT&T Inc. is in talks with Viacom Inc.  and Hollywood studios to fight online piracy as the phone  company seeks to work more closely with media companies to  expand into video entertainment.


Italian journalist held hostage is killed Al-Jazeera says

An Arab television station said Friday it received a video showing the killing of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who was kidnapped by militants who threatened to execute him if Italy did not withdraw troops from Iraq.


A blaze in a skyscraper in the Spanish capital lights up the night sky but no-one is thought to have been inside.


Jacksonville Jaguars Coach Jack Del Rio has spent the last week trying to fire up his team's fans. With the Indianapolis Colts coming to Jacksonville's


Roma, 14:47 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA: INGAGGIATO SGRIGNA

La Triestina ha ingaggiato l'attaccante Alessandri Sgrigna, 27 anni. Il giocatore ex Bari arriva in ...


Siebel looks to custom-built apps to boost bottom line

In a bid to revive its flagging fortunes, Siebel Systems plans to create customized software packages designed to reach the 75% of the CRM market now unavailable to it.


Rain drenches French Open for second day

The persistent rain at the French Open stopped only long enough for seven more players to complete their first-round victories.


The powerful Hollywood talent agent who walked away from The Walt Disney Co. with $140 million in severance benefits had a meal at Friendly's Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach


Iraq Prepares Assault on Najaf, Gives Rebels Hours

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's defense minister gave  Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender  Wednesday, warning that troops were preparing for a major  assault to "teach them a lesson they will never forget."


Nortel Networks reversed a longstanding position that its revenue growth would exceed the overall market's this year.


Merck Cuts More Jobs as Earnings Decline

Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N, whose  earnings are being hurt by the withdrawal of its arthritis drug  Vioxx, said on Tuesday it has increased the number of jobs to  be cut by year-end to 5,100 from 4,400.


Milano, 23:28 - CALCIO, INTER: ESCLUSE FRATTURE PER STANKOVIC

Nessuna frattura per DejanStankovic. Infortunatosi nel corso della sfida di oggi con il Palermo, il ...


Holiday date vs. A&M remains likely scenario

Arizona State and Texas A&M, ranked 19th and 20th in this week's Bowl Championship Series standings, remain front-runners to play in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego.


Britain's Olympic boxing silver medallist will hold talks with promoters over a possible professional career.


Iran rules out key atomic demand, G8 bristles

Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.


If Mattel apologizes to China, then I guess I have to apologize to Mattel.


Heart attack causing arthritis drug should be withdrawn

A new research published by the Lancet suggests that Vioxx, a widely-prescribed arthritis drug withdrawn on safety grounds in September should have been taken off the market several years earlier.


H5 strain of bird flu found at British poultry farm: government

The H5 strain of the bird flu virus has been found in turkeys at a poultry farm in eastern England, the environment ministry said.


Roma, 17:35 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA; SACCHI: CAPELLO CT ONORE PER L'ITALIA

"Capello commissario tecnico dell'Inghilterra è un grande onore per Fabio e per il calcio ita...


BEIJING -- A flurry of safety warnings about Chinese goods ranging from toothpaste to tires failed to dent the world's voracious appetite for China's exports in June.


Oracle and SAP faced off in a U.S. District Court hearing Tuesday over Oracle's allegations that its archrival pilfered some of its software and support materials.


Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Russian-US crew lands in Kazakh ...

Looking tired but elated, a Russian-US crew completed a six-month mission in space early Sunday with an on-target and on-time landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan.


A death row inmate convicted of murdering seven people was spared a lethal injection when federal courts declined to overrule a stay, frustrating the state's plan for back-to-back executions.


US President George W Bush says he is deeply troubled by treatment of some returning wounded US soldiers.


High oil prices results in lower stock prices

NEW YORK As oil prices surge again, moving above the 55 dollars-per-barrel mark, stocks prices are struggling. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 31 points at 98-hundred-34.


Thai prosecutors file corruption charges against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra over a land deal.


Quake, Tsunami Hit South Asia; 3,100 Feared Dead

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's fifth-largest  quake in a century hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.


Private equity group drums up support for EMI takeover

Terra Firma, the private equity group, said Friday it had secured more than a quarter of the shares in British music publisher EMI in the wake of its takeover offer agreed in May.


XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. , which is planning to merge with rival Sirius Satellite Radio , on Monday said its quarterly loss narrowed as it trimmed costs related to growing its base of subscribers.


Australian commentators fear for justice at trial of 'Aussie Taliban'

Commentators said that justice itself would be on trial when accused Australian terrorist David Hicks faces a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, one of the first four detainees to face the controversial body.


Chargers starting strong safety Terrence Kiel will miss Sunday's game at Baltimore following his arrest at team headquarters on felony drug charges.


Manchester to charge drivers at peak times

Motorists will be charged for travelling during peak times on the busiest roads under a new scheme in Manchester, which was unveiled yesterday.


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Paparazzi, beware. George Clooney has a plan to put celeb-snapping photographers out of business. "Here is my theory on debunking photographs in magazines, you know, the paparazzi photographs," Clooney says in the November issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands Oct. 10.


A Wind-Powered Town, an Energy Bill and a Lot of Hot Air

There's a certain irony in Washington's failure to devise a modern energy policy. This is, after all, the one place on earth that is powered almost entirely by wind.


Georgia's main opposition leader says the authorities are preparing to rig Saturday's presidential election.


Five record companies are suing Sharman Networks, creator of the file-swapping technology Kazaa, for music piracy in Australia's Federal Court.


Paris draws 3.2 million viewers to "Larry King"

Larry King might not have  been Paris Hilton's first choice for her first out-of-prison  interview, but the telecast brought the CNN talkmeister back to  No. 1 in the ratings for a night.


Owens Sprains Ankle in Game With Cowboys

PHILADELPHIA Dec 19, 2004 - Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens could miss at least one game with a sprained ankle. Owens, who entered the weekend leading the NFL with 14 TD receptions, was forced out of


Officers attend custodial dispute that lasted for almost three hours before intoxicated singer reportedly turned children over to ex-husband


Four people injured in bomb explosions in Spain

Four people were wounded on Saturday when two bombs exploded at the tourist localities of Sanjenjo and Baiona, in Galicia, north Spain.


Two men are due to appear in court to face charges in connection with an alleged network of terrorist recruiters.


The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nationâs airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nationâs two biggest wireless phone companies.


Wholesale inflation shot up in 2007 by the largest amount in 26 years even though falling gasoline costs allowed price pressures to moderate in December.


India, Pakistan in Talks to Nudge Peace Process

India and Pakistan start talks on Saturday looking for ways to nudge forward a peace process that appears to be running into problems over their half-century dispute over the Kashmir region.


Almost every pub, cafe and restaurant in England could be smoke-free if new White Paper proposals are approved. Is it good news for you?


Prevista nel pomeriggio per una perturbazione da nord-ovest


When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.


Obesity Drug Burns Off The Fat Successfully

An Australian biotechnology company says its drug to fight obesity induces weight loss with no evidence of the side effects usually associated with existing obesity drugs.


Study says protein p53 weeds out mutations

San Diego scientists have identified a protein in embryonic stem cells that helps weed out mutations as the cells proliferate. Its action may protect a developing embryo from DNA damage that could lead to cancer later in life.


The FDA says that although its decision is to not ban the drug, that possibilty is not ruled out. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The US Food and Drug Administration decided Friday not to recall Celebrex but it has not ruled out the possibility.


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Dow Jones Quarterly Profit Falls, Revenue Rises

Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , which soon could be bought by News Corp.  for $5 billion, said one-time charges lowered quarterly profit, while its digital business pushed up revenue despite lower ad sales at its flagship Wall Street Journal.


DealBook Blog: E*Trade Rises on Modest Sales Loss

The online brokerage said that it sold $3 billion of mortgage-backed securities and municipal bonds, with a modest realized loss of $5 million.


Phil Johnson was a candidate for the Nuggets' coaching job in 2002, when it went to Jeff Bzdelik. Now that Bzdelik is gone, maybe the Nuggets are having second thoughts.


A government committee formed to try to unite the country's sectarian and political groups will hold its first meeting Saturday, a parliament member said.


Team Canada captures World Cup over Finland

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada remains on top of the hockey world after defeating Finland 3-2 in the World Cup of Hockey final on Tuesday.


MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The bone loss experienced by teenagers who use Depo-Provera for birth control appears to be reversible.


Stoccarda, 12:57 - CALCIO, STOCCARDA: CACAU PROLUNGA CONTRATTO FINO AL 2010

Lo Stoccarda ha prolungato fino al 2010 il contratto dell'attaccante brasiliano Cacau, 25 anni. Caca...


John Kerry is giving $250,000 to support Democrats in disputed elections in Washington state and Louisiana and forming a new fund that could help his future political ambitions.


U.S. to blame for attack on its embassy: Syria

The United States and its Middle East   policies are to blame for a recent failed attack on the U.S.   embassy in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was   quoted on Sunday as saying in a German magazine.


Iran's atomic work has no reverse gear: president

Iran has no reverse gear in its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed Tehran was prepared for any eventuality, "even for war".


Injury fears ease for Chelsea keeper Cech

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech escaped serious injury and suffered just bruising to his hip when he limped out of the 1-0 win over Blackburn on Sunday.


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was fighting for survival in a Santiago hospital on Monday as a small group of supporters continued their vigil outside, willing him to live.


Gold mining stocks fall on slide in metal's price

Gold mining company stocks fell on  Monday as the price of the metal dropped below $600 per ounce  for the first time in more than two months.


Hundreds of people have turned out as three teenagers shot dead at school by a fellow student were buried in a town in southern Argentina.


NEW YORK  - New moms who take walks instead of watching TV may lose those post-pregnancy pounds more easily, according to researchers.


Gandhi meets gangster in Bollywood comedy sequel

A rare Bollywood sequel to a blockbuster  comedy about a lovable thug opens on Friday, reviving the  pranks of the gangster who must dodge barbs from independence  icon Mahatma Gandhi this time to win his ladylove.


AMD rocks Intel with, er, four-core demo

We'll show you . . . in mid-2007 In a most anti-climatic move, AMD has fought back against Intel's release of four-core processors with a demo unit.â¦


Police claim parents support youth database

Antisocial behaviour register gets thumbs-up A nuisance youth database described as "an educational tool" has won parents' approval, according to police in Clacton.â¦


One Wired News correspondent cuts his connection to the cable company and doesn't look back. Can the internet supply enough video programming to entertain a family of five? By Robert Lemos.


Steelers Try to Top Second Unbeaten Team

A week ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced a daunting double, playing the NFL's two unbeaten teams, albeit at home. They got through the first half by easily beating New England, ending the Patriots' 21-game winning streak, and now get Philadelphia (7-0).


Tory charm offensive fails in Ealing Southall, while Labour's majority is reduced in Sedgefield.


Pakistan's national assembly is due to debate whether President Pervez Musharraf should serve both as president and armed forces chief.


England make 118-3 against Sri Lanka before play is abandoned for the day in the Champions Trophy.


Two friends created a constellation of 14 Web sites devoted to all fictional things squip: squip news, squip viruses, even squip detractors.


Is genocide just a word in Darfur dilemma?

(FindLaw) -- In response to a question about atrocities taking place in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, "We have learned from Rwanda.


Boeing Net Up, but Outlook Is Curbed by Delays on 787

The company said third-quarter profit rose more than expected, boosted by higher aircraft deliveries, but it scaled back next yearâs forecast due to delays on its 787 Dreamliner.


AllofMP3.com will likely be shut down by Russian authorities as part of its entrance into the World Trade Organization (WTO). But the site is fighting back, providing a legal argument for its continued operation.


Security firms are starting to find loopholes and bugs in the SP2 security update for Windows XP.


In Texas, leftover turkey fat fuels biodiesel cars

PLANO, Texas  - It can't be good for your arteries but it is good for the environment.


Arts, Briefly: Anne Frank Musical Denounced by Relative

Anne Frankâs last living relative has voiced his disapproval of plans for a Spanish musical based on her renowned diary.


Car bomb detonates outside of Iraqi police recruiting station in ...

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Iraqi capital early Tuesday as dozens of people were applying to join the force, killing at least 32 people and wounding 88, officials said.


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Baader-Meinhof killer to be freed in Germany

Picture dated 1977 from the German criminal office Bundeskriminalamt shows German Red Army Faction activist Brigitte Mohnhaupt.Comment


Chief medical officer urges presumption of organ donation to end transplant shortfall

A change in the law so that anyone who dies is presumed to have agreed to donate their organs for transplant, unless they obtain a specific opt-out, was urged Tuesday by Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson.


Rafael Nadal will attempt to finally complete his third-round match against Robin Soderling on Wednesday.


US Assails Venezuela's High Court Scheme

The State Department accused Venezuela on Wednesday of "packing" its Supreme Court to ensure a pro-government majority and said the move calls into question the country's commitment to judicial independence.


GestureTek: Wiimote powers for cell phones. Just maybe not your phone.

GestureTek Mobile could make your phone act like a Wiimote, if only your ordinary phone were so cool. Take a peek at the future of motion navigated mobile games.


What exactly is a family film, anyway? The rating doesnât always tell the story.


Thursday marks the American Cancer Society's 28th Annual Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers unite in the goal to quit smoking permanently.


Playboy Article May Raise Concerns for Google

Google Inc. (GOOG)'s highly anticipated IPO faced a possible stumbling block Thursday with the release of a Playboy interview that the online search engine leader's co-founders gave just before the company filed its plans raise $3 billion with its stock offering...


Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.


The Israeli parliament is set for a second tempestuous day of debate ahead of a vote on whether to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Monday saw Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urge the Knesset to back the planned


Study finds popular music awash in booze, drugs

They have lyrics such as "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" and "Breakin down the good weed, rollin' the blunt/Ghetto pimp tight girls say I'm the man."


Queen Elizabeth II to visit Canada in May

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit Canada from May 17-25, 2005, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announced.


Dismemberment Entree, Heaping Side of Screams

âSaw IVâ is bloody proof that Jigsaw may be dead, but his well of corporeal abuses has yet to run dry.


Calcio, Drogba al Milan? Ecco le ultime di mercato

L'attaccante ivoriano pronto a lasciare il Chelsea. Il bomber francese Henry smentisce l'accordo con il Barcellona


The remains of a primate that could be the ancestor of humans and all the great apes is discovered.


Standard & Poor's Equity Research maintained its "hold" rating for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (nyse: KKD - news - people ) after the doughnut chain reported lower-than-expected third-quarter earnings.


Diplomats hopeful ahead of U.S.-North Korea talks

A top U.S. diplomat said on Friday weekend talks between the United States and North Korea may signal whether the push to end Pyongyang's nuclear programs was beginning to gather speed.


By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 13--Residents of Tacoma's Central Area neighborhoods say they've grown tired of drug sellers and drug users loitering around neighborhood businesses.   People worry about their safety. They're concerned for their children.


IBM plans to start shipping its PCs with a new chip designed to thwart hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information.


Asian share markets were trapped in  narrow ranges on Tuesday as higher oil prices and a sales  warning by chip maker Advanced Micro Devices offset upbeat U.S.  economic and corporate news.


US and Iraqi troops say they have recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul . The US military also said on Wednesday that Falluja appeared calmer while operations to regain


PERA A CASINI, RACCOGLIERE APPELLO CIAMPI SULLE LEGGI

ROMA - Dobbiamo raccogliere l'appello del presidente della Repubblica Ciampi sul ''modo di legiferare''. Lo scrive il presidente del Senato, Marcello Pera, in una lettera al presidente della Camera, Pier Ferdinando Casini.


Jennifer Capriati beats Vera Douchevina in three sets to progress at the US Open.


Buddy Holly's widow is trying to keep the woman whose name was made famous by the 1950s hit song "Peggy Sue" from selling a book about her friendship with the rocker.


The Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to make a strong impression for new interim general manager Cliff Fletcher. Mats Sundin scored with 29.2 seconds left to give host Toronto a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals last night, a day after Fletcher replaced the fired John Ferguson.


Does Social Security cheat black Americans? Yes, President Bush insisted last week. But some Social Security experts say the answer is clearly "no."


THE death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 63, with 103 miners still missing. The Government said yesterday an underground fire and toxic fumes from the blast hampered rescue work.


In Britain, A Respected, If Rowdy, Holiday Ritual

LONDON -- Just before midnight, the well-dressed, 25-year-old financial trader arrived by ambulance at the makeshift hospital tent pitched at a train station in central London. Blood oozed from his scalp, staining his elegant pink-striped shirt.


Circuit City Same-Store Sales Off 5.8 Pct

Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N, the  No. 2 U.S. electronics retailer, on Wednesday reported a 5.8  percent drop in December sales at stores open at least a year  as customer traffic fell below last year's levels.


Britain and America share the same language, but does that mean their TV programs do, too?


Body found at U.N. likely suicide victim: police

Police called to the United  Nations headquarters on Sunday found the body of a female U.N.  employee on the building's lawn, the victim of a suspected  suicide.


After writing about hundreds of individual and class-action lawsuits that have been filed on behalf of consumers who developed cancer, suffered heart attacks or other medical problems from hormone replacement therapy drugs and Vioxx, an FDA employee now


Merito risparmio e capital gain, ma resta divario Nord-Sud


Copy-Protection Game Changes From Whac-A-Mole to Keep Away

Three weeks after sparking an internet user rebellion, the processing key used to encrypt HD DVD and Blu-ray discs is now obsolete -- and the replacement key has been cracked, too.


Javier Bardem signs up for new Woody Allen film

Spain's hottest film star Javier Bardem is to join his compatriot Penelope Cruz in Woody's Allen's new movie, he told Spain's El Pais newspaper on Thursday.


The US denies it gave permission for Turkish aircraft to carry out strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.


England's McClaren needs high-scoring Euro debut against tiny Andorrs

"We need to go up the ladder again after improving against Greece."We need to become a great team.


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


Despite a warning from Jackie Robinson that he would face taunts and threats, Sifford fought the PGA Tour over its Caucasian-only clause until he became its first black member in 1960.


In Beijing Saturday, mourners braved police presence to pay respects at purged premier's funeral.


An 88-year-old man appears in court accused of breaching an anti-social behaviour order seven times.


Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for $160 Million

Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about $160 million in cash, bolstering Yahoo's offering as online music providers prepare to go head-to-head in the download market.


The United States made it into the final of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1997 when their doubles team of Mike and Bob Bryan won against Belarus on Saturday.


Arthur Kornberg, 1959 Nobel DNA winner, dies at 89

Dr. Arthur Kornberg, who won the 1959 Nobel Prize for figuring out how DNA is built, died on Friday of respiratory failure at the age of 89, Stanford University Hospital in California said.


China's great leap up emboldens world's architects

BEIJING -- They have been called invaders, impractical eggheads, and barbarians intent on destroying the feng shui, the ancient art of harmony and balance. They are tripping over themselves to work in China. And like it or not, they are remaking the face of the country.


As millions buy increasingly powerful cell phones, many companies are racing to develop video games to take advantage of the newfound portability.


An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship brought much needed food to a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut living on the international space station orbiting earth.


In the latest round of pilot pickups, NBC has given a cast-contingent order to the comedy "I Love Faron Hitchman," Fox has greenlit the drama "Murder Book," while UPN has given a nod to the drama "The Lot."


As Tiger Woods continues to polish his glittering curriculum vitae, golf fans are licking their lips at the prospect of another so-called 'Tiger Slam'.


PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal authorities announced the largest crackdown on illegal steroids in the nation's history Monday, arresting more than 120 people and raiding dozens of labs that manufactured growth hormone for sale on the black market.


Federal Reserve officials agreed at a meeting in September that they probably would keep raising their benchmark interest rate in coming quarters because of the likelihood of continued solid economic growth.


Tottenham have completed the signing of West Ham's Michael Carrick.


Putin First Russian Chief to Visit Turkey

President Vladimir Putin made the first official visit by a Russian leader to Turkey on Sunday, seeking to boost trade and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries, which have been rivals since the time of the czars and sultans.


D'Ambrosio scrive a Berlusconi per ultimi fondi post-terremoto

Il presidente della Regione Marche, Vito D'Ambrosio, dopo l'incontro di ieri con gli Enti locali ei parlamentari, ha inviato al presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri, Silvio Berlusconi, una lettera in cui chiede al Governo di assicurare le risorse


Troops Guard Relief Operations in Flood-Hit Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - U.N. peacekeepers beefed  up security on Thursday in a Haitian city where more than 1,000  people died in floods, after desperate survivors fought each  other to get at emergency food supplies.


CIA Had Secret Detainee Area at Guantanamo

The CIA once maintained a facility to hold high-value terrorism suspects at the Defense Department's prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the location is not currently in use, according to officials with knowledge of the highly classified operations.


Patients taking a class of painkilling drugs called Cox-2 inhibitors have been advised to contact their GP to review their treatment.


Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.


Nuon Chea, ex numero due dei khmer rossi, Ã¨ in stato di detenzione provvisioria82 anni, ideologo del regime, Ã¨ ritenuto il mandante della maggior parte delle purghe                                            Arrestato per crimini di guerra il braccio destro di Pol Pot


A series of earthquakes, the largest measuring 6.8 on the Japanese scale, have hit northern Japan, killing at least four people and injuring more than 400.


THE VOTE: Polls indicate victory for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist president, when he seeks a second four-year term in elections Oct. 1.


DeepRockDrive offers live streaming, interactive concerts

The Las Vegas-based service hopes to eliminate the headaches and hassles of attending live concerts, by allowing concert-goers to pay a flat fee to watch artists perform live streaming over the Internet.


Russian exile says London police foiled death plot

Exiled Russian businessman Boris  Berezovsky said on Wednesday British police warned him last  month of a plot to kill him and he fled the country, escaping a  threat he said bore the hallmarks of Russia's security service.


Hollywoodâs glamour machine is stuck between a promise that the stars will still show up at next monthâs Golden Globes and a threat that 3,000 picketing writers will chase them away.


S.& P. Home Price Index Continued to Fall in November

Home prices in 20 metropolitan areas fell in November for the 11th consecutive month, as foreclosures and a slump in sales added to the glut of unsold properties.


British researchers in collaboration with the Diabetes Vaccine Development Center in Melbourne will test a vaccine early next year on the patients that could wipe out type I diabetes, the most serious kind of diabetes.


Polls Show Abbas and Barghouti in Tight Race

Three polls indicate that the race for President of the Palestinian Authority is nearly even between Fatah choice Mahmoud Abbas and independent candidate Marwan Barghouti.


Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard, hopes to gain board approval for his IPO plan for the bank on Tuesday and register the offering with the US regulator as soon as Wednesday, the Financial Times reported Sunday.


Del 2,1% in dicembre, Italia negativa a novembre (-0,3%)


New Conductors Speed Global Flows of Money

MANILA -- It was 10:33 p.m. when Dulce Amor Bandoy's cellphone beeped with her favorite kind of message.


Study Finds Possible Targets for H.I.V. Drugs

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease.