U.S. general warns against abandoning Iraq strategy

A senior U.S. military commander warned on Friday against cutting the number of troops in Iraq, saying the Iraqi security force cannot fight on its own and a U.S. reduction would cede progress to the insurgents.


Poll: Americans' Support for Iraq War Slipping

A majority of Americans now say the  war in Iraq was not worth fighting, a view that has driven down  the ratings of President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll  released on Monday.


Branson reaches for the stars in latest venture

LONDON - Britain's Sir Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman by announcing a US$100 million (S$170 million) plan to take well-heeled passengers, with him possibly being among the first, for a sub-orbital ride into space.


The man to watch in Ukraine is the highly popular 50-year-old Viktor Yushchenko, now fighting a rare disease that has disfigured his once handsome face.


Soviet-era compact television sets, known for bad reception and low picture quality, are finally popular - as homes for bats.


Foolish Book Review: "Finding the Next Starbucks"

A veteran analyst provides some salient advice on getting the next big stock.


Kenya govt denounces "genocide" as toll hits 300

President Mwai Kibaki's government accused rival Raila Odinga's party of unleashing "genocide" in Kenya on Wednesday as the death toll from tribal violence over a disputed election passed 300.


Delta bondholders form group to support US Air bid

Some bondholders of Delta Air Lines Inc.  have begun organizing an informal group to support US Airways Group Inc.'s  $8.78 billion takeover offer for the bankrupt carrier, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.


Google, the world's most-used internet search engine, warns that fiercer competition is set to hit sales growth.


EU to Advance with Serbia After Suspect Surrenders

The European Union is set to approve a first step toward closer ties with Serbia and Montenegro Monday after a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect turned himself in to the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ...


The bidding may not be over for the parent of Bell Canada, which over the weekend agreed to a buyout offer of $35.1 billion from a consortium led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board in the biggest Canadian takeover ever.


WASHINGTON - The nation will face "abrupt and painful" consequences unless the government moves quickly to fix the finances of Social Security and Medicare, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday.


Pope Has Difficulty Speaking During Audiences

A tired looking Pope John Paul had  difficulty reading his addresses Thursday at audiences with  Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Romanian President Ion  Iliescu.


Google Bets Big on Bringing Libraries to Web

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it would digitize some of the world's most important libraries in a bold effort that could profit the company by attracting more viewers to its site -- and its ads.


BEIJING - South Korea and the US yesterday sought to play down fears that North Korea might have conducted a nuclear test after reports of a large explosion in the northern part of the communist country.


Milan is to have a code of conduct to protect young models vulnerable to anorexia and exploitation.


Crude oil futures rise ahead of long layoff

Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.


Angels Beat Yanks, Bosox Closer in AL EAST

The New York Yankees are struggling to score and their once-huge lead in the AL East is suddenly shrinking. Manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet...


Woking, 15:41 - F1, MCLAREN: HAMILTON PROLUNGA FINO AL 2012

Lewis Hamilton, vice-campione del mondo di F1 nel 2007, ha prolungato il suo contratto con la McLare...


A Texas Internet company said Friday it gave U.S. government officials the hard drives from a pair of its Web servers leased to online journalists and others.


PeopleSoft prepares for questions at Connect show

PeopleSoft Inc. will kick off its Connect user show on Tuesday determined to focus attendees' attention on its progress in the past year and product plans for the coming one -- and away from the Jaws-like specter of Oracle Corp.


July Durable Good Orders Rise 1.7 Percent

WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - America's factories saw orders for costly manufactured goods in July post the biggest gain in four months, an encouraging sign that the economy is emerging from an early summer funk.


Report: China's currency not manipulated

The Bush administration said Tuesday that China does not meet the technical requirements of a country that is manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages.


Police make about 100 arrests in a major operation against mafia gangs in Italy.


Darfur Rebels Say Peace First, Disarming After

Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region  Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to  their bases before a political solution to the conflict there  has been decided and implemented.


Submarine Crash Shows Navy Had Gaps in Mapping System

A submarine that crashed into an undersea mountain was using old navigation charts that didn't show the obstruction.


As Radio Revenue Declines, Alternate Income Sources Needed

Almost 90% of America still listens to traditional broadcast radio at least once a month, but the daily audience and advertising revenue have been shrinking for this -- and most other -- form of broadcast media over the last decade.


Three-time finalist Paradorn Srichaphan saved two match points Tuesday and scraped through with a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over Christophe Rochus to reach the second round of the Chennai Open.


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Catholic Bishops, After a Divisive Debate, Choose a New Leader

The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States elected Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., to be president of their national conference in an unusually close vote yesterday


Personal computer maker Gateway Inc. said Monday it expects to report revenue and operating loss for its third fiscal quarter, in line with its previous forecast given in July.


China is expected to pass its first  anti-drug law this week to combat drug-related crimes and  reduce the number of abusers, state media said on Sunday.


Two Islamic Jihad militants are killed in an Israeli air raid in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After having some success retracting a balky solar array on Saturday, NASA plans to send two astronauts out to work on it some more on Monday in a fourth spacewalk.


Perche' dovrebbe? Non abboccheremo a provocazione Veltroni


One of two men accused of shooting at five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance pleaded guilty to attempted homicide and other counts Tuesday.


Staff Sgt Ivan Frederick, 38, admitted eight charges of humiliating and abusing the inmates at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad. In one incident he punched a prisoner so hard in the chest that he needed resuscitation.


Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing weather spread sheets of ice over yards and streets, hindering efforts to get the water to drain away.


Seagate's encrypted hard drives on route

Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, announced Monday the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with its new built-in encryption technology.


Mini bus explodes in Baghdad, killing 16

A mini bus exploded near an army recruiting center in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 7, the Defense Ministry said.


Marat Safin, back to his best with a record-equalling third Paris Masters title, hopes to be a match for world No1 Roger Federer next year.


U.S rebuts 9/11 homegrown conspiracy theories

The United States government is   attacking conspiracy theories about the destruction of the   World Trade Center in New York as the fifth anniversary of   September 11 approaches.


THE tournament result is almost a sideshow as Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh slug it out for the world's No.1 ranking in the final round of the $US5million ($7.


Alexander Semin scores the lone goal in the shootout, and the Capitals beat the New York Islanders, 2-1, to end a three-game losing streak.


Killing Of 49 Army Recruits Shows Growing Security Problems

Insurgents have killed 49 recruits of Iraq's National Guard in an ambush as the men were traveling home to visit relatives after completing training.


Le bimbe di 1, 5 e 7 anni, assegnate agli assistenti sociali


Madrid, 23:29 - CALCIO, LIGA: VINCE IL REAL MADRID, SEGNA CASSANO

Il Real Madrid risponde al Barcellona, che ieri si era imposto con l'Osasuna, battendo in trasferta ...


A new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, known as "adware," is circulating on the Internet, according to antivirus company Symantec Corp.


Guglielmo Marchetti sara' amministratore delegato


Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market

Chinaâs auto parts exports have increased more than sixfold in the last five years, signaling a shift from basic goods to higher-value industrial goods.


Republicans Likely to Retain Divided US Congress

Regardless who wins the US presidency, Republicans are likely to remain a key voice in the nation's capital since they appear positioned to keep control of a sharply divided Congress in Tuesday's elections.


Italiani destinano un quarto del loro budget alimentare


Braves and Marlins get success from unlikely sources

The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins got strong pitching performances from unlikely sources on Tuesday, resulting in a split doubleheader for the National League East rivals.


Inspired by Old Masters, and Each Otherâs Artistry

The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was the soloist in a vibrant, brilliant performance of Brahmsâs Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat.


He's played everything from a Wall Street vulture to the president, but these days Michael Douglas is focusing on his favorite role Â father and husband.


Symantec to acquire security consultants @Stake

Symantec plans to integrate @Stake's services and applications into its global professional services offerings, but offered no details on the acquisition.


U.S. Agriculture Department tests confirmed the spread of soybean rust, a yield-slashing fungus, in three more fields in Louisiana, a university scientist familiar with USDA activities told Reuters on Tuesday.


Roy Hibbert scored 20 points, and No. 14 Georgetown dismantled a Top 25 team for the second time in three days Monday night with a 71-53 victory over No. 23 West Virginia.


More Chemical Weapons Scrapped in Russia

The first section of a plant to scrap 6,900 tons of chemical weapons was commissioned Friday in the Russian settlement of Maradykovo.  Itar-Tass reported the weapons had been stored in military depots since 1953.


Users of HD Radio devices will soon be able to 'tag' songs they hear for later purchase using iTunes.


Report Links 9/11 Attacks, Madrid Bombings

An unidentified Muslim militant suspected of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States also ordered this year's Madrid train bombings, a Spanish newspaper said Sunday, asserting the closest link yet between the two terrorist attacks.


Two Officers Convicted for Musharraf Life Attempts

A Pakistani military court convicted  two low-ranking army officers on charges of involvement in  assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf last year,  a military spokesman said on Friday.


U.S. agents make progress in Sudan killing probe

U.S. and Sudanese security agents are close to identifying a suspect in the shooting of an American aid official and his driver in Khartoum, Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.


For any movie outside of the mainstream, the Internet's ability to find and connect with likely fans has been a blessing. But even so, promoting John Waters' latest film, "A Dirty Shame," needed special handling both on- and offline.


A new bridge is to be built across the Firth of Forth, west of the existing suspension road crossing.


BRUSSELS/BANGKOK  - The EU on Wednesday backed Airbus in a row over state subsidies with U.S. rival Boeing Co.  while yet another client of the European planemaker threatened to cancel orders for the A380 superjumbo.


U.S. tries to temper expectations on Iraq progress

A September progress report on the U.S. troop increase in Iraq that President George W. Bush called an important moment for his war strategy is unlikely to be a "pivotal" assessment, officials now say.


The mother of a man among five killed in a crash on the M4 speaks of her "devastation" for the victims' families.


Strage sui binari, 14 vittime                                                                                Sono 14 i corpi recuperati sotto la montagna di lamiere di due treni, un interregionale e un merci con putrelle di acciaio, che si sono scontrati ieri a pochi passi dalla stazione di Crevalcore, a 30 km da Bologna, sul binario unico della linea per Verona. Per identificare 11 delle vittime sarÃ  necessario il test del Dna. La procura di Bologna ha aperto un fascicolo per disastro ferroviario colposo.


Nigeria plans mission to Darfur as Sudan pledges to restore peace

Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo called for lawmakers to approve the deployment of up to 1,500 peacekeeping troops to Sudan's war-torn province of Darfur, as Khartoum pledged to restore order there.


UPDATE 3-Chelsea stay top, Arsenal in 5-4 derby thriller

Dutch winger Arjen Robben was again in inspirational form to keep Chelsea top of the table as the English club and fellow Londoners Arsenal won high-scoring derbies in the Premier League on Saturday.


Serbia And Montenegro: Us Presses Belgrade on War Crimes

Senior US diplomats have told leaders in Belgrade that failure to hand over top war crimes suspects will further deepen Serbia-Montenegro's isolation.


Forbes editors and writers take a look ahead at Washington and the world in 2008


NFL's Vick says guilty in dogfighting case

Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick admitted guilt on Friday in a dogfighting case that threatens the career of one of the brightest stars in U.S. football.


The suspension fulfills a pledge Iran made earlier this month and came days ahead of a key meeting of the agency's board to judge Tehran's compliance with the agency's investigation into nearly two decades of hidden nuclear activities.


Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google settle gambling ads charges with DOJ

The three largest Internet advertising firms will pay a total of $31 million to the US Government, settling allegations by the Justice Dept. that they provided advertising services for online gambling sites.


Microsoft expands program on source code

Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make such source code freely available.


Mosca, 20:23 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: CSKA-PORTO 0-2

Il Porto ha battuto a Mosca il Cska 2-0 (1-0) in un incontro valido per la quinta giornata del giron...


Starbucks, Amazon.com Among Companies Helping Tsunami Victims

Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop chain, said it will donate $2 to South Asia relief efforts for every pound of Sumatra coffee it sells in the US and four other Western countries next month.


Moments in History Survivor of downed U-boat recalls rescue

Charles L. Menius, boatswain's mate second class, still has in his records the report of one of Germany's last U-boats that his ship helped sink during World War II.


Kodak sees restructuring complete by end of 2007

Eastman Kodak Co.  said on Thursday it expected to complete a three-year restructuring program by the end of 2007 that will help it sustain profitability.


Gov't Urges Reporting to Avoid Derailments

The government told railroads on Tuesday they should require their crews to report and document changes to manual switches like the one suspected of causing the derailment of a train carrying chlorine gas.


Days Could Be Numbered for Ex-Guantanamo Kidnapper

Pakistan will hunt down a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who masterminded the abduction of two Chinese engineers, one of whom died after a rescue operation in which


Also: Cell phones won't keep your secrets. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


L'entourage del presidente palestinese manifesta ancora speranza

Il leader ancora all'interno del suo compaund. Israele dÃ  l'ok al ricovero in ospedale e intanto prepara un piano per il dopo-rais. RAMALLAH (CISGIORDANIA) - Incapace di cibarsi da solo o di stare in piedi. Â«ConfusoÂ», quasi sempre addormentato.


A powerful earthquake rocked the south of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, prompting the Meteorology Agency to issue a tsunami warning.


USS Kitty Hawk "did not have approval to visit HK"

The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Thursday the USS Kitty Hawk, banned from entering Hong Kong in November, had not obtained final permission from China before setting off from its home base in Japan.


Jurors deliberating in Phil Spector murder trial

Jurors began deliberating on Monday in Phil Spector's murder trial, going behind closed doors to consider the fate of the pioneering rock producer after an often bitter, five-month court fight over the shooting death of an actress at his home.


In rare move, Gulf ministers urge Syria to withdraw troops from ...

Gulf Arab ministers urged Syria on Monday to respect a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding it withdraw its troops from Lebanon, a rare public intervention in the affairs of a fellow Arab country.


North Korea grounds a fleet of Soviet-era military planes because of the high oil price, South Korea's Yonhap says.


Per inquirenti 'elementi importanti ma non schiaccianti'


Senators threaten to block media ownership plan

Two senators on Wednesday threatened  to introduce bipartisan legislation that would block the  Federal Communication Commission from easing rules governing  media ownership.


Second gold secures legacy for El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj arrived at the Games with a slew of world records â-n the 1,500 meters, mile and 2,000, indoors and outdoors â - no Olympic gold medal.


Opposition holds poll advantage in tight Kenya vote

Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday after a campaign that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition holding a small lead in opinion polls.


The next time you are in your bedroom with your PC plus Webcam switched on, don't think that your privacy is all intact. If you have a Webcam plugged into an infected computer, there is a possibility that


Ventenne romeno arrestato a Floridia, nel siracusano


US FDA Tells Pfizer to Pull 'Wild Thing' Viagra Ads

Pfizer Inc. has been asked to pull  two television advertisements for its Viagra impotence drug by  U.S. officials who say the "wild thing" ads make  unsubstantiated claims about a return of sexual desire.


Hello? Is This the Nursing Home? Long Distance Calling. From Heaven.

Elliot Greenebaum's hardheaded comedy has the guardedly facetious tone of a fake documentary.


Researchers Discover 'Radiation-Eating' Fungi

Finding could trigger recalculation of Earth's energy balance and help feed astronautsScientists have long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use.


Thoughts on a video game in which the assassination of JFK is a matter of fun. By MARTIN SCHRAM, Scripps Howard News Service. The morning of Nov. 22 began just as it did 41 years ago, with an alarm clock's


Imaging Technique May Give Heart Attack Early Warning

It could highlight dangerous plaque deposits in arteries    HealthDayNews -- Plaque deposits that slowly build up on artery walls can break apart, triggering heart attack or stroke. But a new imaging technology developed by Harvard University researchers uses an enzyme linked to arterial plaque to spot these cardiac 'trouble spots' early on...


Tokyo stocks were mixed early Friday as investors avoided significant moves ahead of a long weekend. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen.


Madrid, 08:34 - CALCIO, ROBERTO CARLOS: A GIUGNO VIA DAL REAL MADRID

Roberto Carlos ha annunciato che a fine stagione lascerà il Real Madrid non rinnovando il con...


WORCESTER -- The perfect run tapped off in mid-November with a 16-point victory against Adelphi in Garden City, N.Y.


TURIN, Italy  - Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim  Marinin captured their fourth consecutive European pairs title  on Wednesday with a breathtaking display of acrobatic jumps and  synchronized movements.


'Poisoned' spy case: Italian academic under police guard, tests increase

An Italian academic who met a former Russian spy on the day he fell ill with suspected poisoning was under police guard in London as more people were tested for possible radiation exposure.


Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon's Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions.


Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.


Pitcairns prosecutions a 'set-up', says islander

Pitcairn islander Mike Warren has said he believed the prosecutions of a number of men from the island on sex abuse charges were a British âset-upâ.


Orders to U.S. factories fell by the largest amount in 6 1/2 years in January, reflecting widespread declines across a number of industries.


Monster Worldwide Inc.  said on Wednesday it overstated profit from 1997 to 2005 by a total of $271.9 million, a result of its investigation into historical stock option grants and accounting.


'Million Dollar' Boxer Joins WB Legal Drama

LOS ANGELES  - Jay Baruchel, hot off  his role as a deluded boxer in the Oscar-nominated "Million  Dollar Baby," has been tapped to star as a young prodigy lawyer  in an untitled drama pilot at the WB Network.


Campaigners threaten the government with legal action after a probe into arms deals with Saudi Arabia is dropped.


The Detroit Tigers gave themselves   some breathing room in the American League Central with a 7-2   win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.


CUPERTINO, Calif., May 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that it's bringing the Internet's most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV(TM).


The family of an elderly woman found murdered in her home on Christmas Eve make a public appeal for witnesses.


Homeland Security Employees Feeling the Blues

The employees have spoken. What they have said about job satisfaction has gratified four relatively small federal agencies and sent a jolt through the Department of Homeland Security, which scored last or almost last in job satisfaction, leadership and workplace performance.


AUSTRALIA had activated a contingency plan approved by Cabinet's National Security Committee after reports that two Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.


NATO Deal With Elders Aims to End Taliban Push

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 -- British NATO troops have reached an agreement with Afghan elders aimed at ending Taliban attacks in a southern district where six British soldiers have been killed since August.


Financial data lost on La. college applicants, parents for 9 years

Sensitive data for virtually all Louisiana college applicants and their parents over the past nine years were in a case lost last month during a move, officials said.


Disputing Citizenship's Role for Hispanics in Government Service

Federal employment reports have consistently described Hispanics "as underrepresented in the government compared to the civilian labor force."


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Clashes break out in the southern Iraqi city of Basra between police and members of a Shia cult, officials say.


French striker Henry resumes training with Barcelona

Barcelona's French striker Thierry Henry resumed team training four weeks after he was out injured with back problems, the club announced Wednesday.


One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease.


Film industry files first wave of anti-piracy lawsuits

The seven major studios filed their first wave of lawsuits aimed at ending Internet piracy. The lawsuits for federal copyright infringement were filed yesterday in several cities, including Denver, New York City, San Francisco and St.


New heart guidelines for women stress aspirin

Virtually all women are at risk of heart disease and doctors should more strongly consider prescribing a daily aspirin for their female patients, the American Heart Association said in new guidelines released on Monday.


CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh -- India beat Bangladesh by 11 runs in the opening game of their three-match one-day series, with Mohammad Kaif top scoring with 80 for the tourists.


Kenya vows tougher action to stop killings

Kenya said on Wednesday it would act tougher to reign in post-election violence threatening to spiral out of control in the east African nation's darkest moment since independence in 1963.


Morgan Stanley CEO awarded $40 mln bonus

Investment bank Morgan Stanley's   Chief Executive John Mack has been awarded a bonus worth  about $40 million in stock and options for 2006, according to a  regulatory filing on Thursday.


Apple buyout rumours circulate as iPhone launch nears

Can St. Steve move up a plane? Scepticism about the launch of the Apple iPhone is growing, and it isn't helping the Apple share price. What a coincidence that exactly as things get tougher in the stock market, rumours start appearing that will "cause a 40 per cent premium on the Apple share price"!â¦


Facebook moves to cut down application annoyances

Developers, developers, developers...stop spamming Facebook has changed its rules for developers to cut down on the myriad irritations which have afflicted it since it opened up to third party applications in May.â¦


Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the 2000 winner in a given state, the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results may not total 100 percent because of rounding.


Zapatero calls for cross-party pact against terrorism

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday blamed Islamic radicals linked to Al Qaeda for the March 11 attacks that killed 191 people in Madrid and called for a cross-party pact ...


Elderly Vulnerable in Hurricanes -- Study

Thirteen of the 31 deaths linked to Hurricane Charley in Florida last month were people over age 60, many of them apparently overwhelmed by efforts to clean up after the storm, U.S. officials said on Thursday.


Company warns Remicade may up risk of lymphoma, label changed for second time to reflect hazards. NEW YORK  - Johnson & Johnson is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug


EU doctors visit HIV-infected children in Libya after signals that death sentences on six  medics could be re-examined.


Worries about the sustainability of the US economic recovery were stoked om Sunday after the stores group Wal-Mart, seen as a bellwether for the country's


The pitching staff was spent. The hitters were exhausted. And manager Joe Torre had made enough nerve-racking decisions to last a lifetime.


Bulgaria's centre-right Agrarian People's Union on Saturday re-elected its leader Anastasia Moser to her post, state radio reported.


Drug traffickers eye Guatemala elections

JUTIAPA, Guatemala  - In towns along Guatemala's drug corridor between El Salvador and Mexico, drug traffickers flush with money see this year's elections as a new way to extend their power.


A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has committed suicide, media reported on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support had already dived ahead of a July election.


Chinese NBA player Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets at Shanghai ...

SHANGHAI : Hometown fans of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming will see their hero in action for no more than 28 minutes when the NBA's first ever tip-off in China takes place this week.


La Casa Bianca ne ha anticipato alcuni estratti


Iraqi Interim Government Declares Martial Law

Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.


Progress Software views BPM with Actional SOA tool

InfoWorld - Progress Software is launching its Progress Actional 7.1 SOA management platform Monday, featuring visibility across business processes and into related services and IT infrastructure.


House Defeats Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party's conservative base.


Japan's Mori wins troubled Miss Universe contest

A raven-haired Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday in a contest marked by protests, a banned dress and the withdrawal of one beauty queen on the ground the pageant degrades women.


Espanyol showed that their midweek defeat at Getafe was a mere hiccup as they notched up a third win of the season with this hard-fought victory over the Andalucians.


The 2002 NFL MVP has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least eight weeks. The Oakland Raiders quarterback underwent an MRI on Monday morning and was taken for more tests.


An 88-year-old man who made his neighbours' lives a misery is spared a prison sentence after breaching an ASBO.


The end of the year provides us with the perfect excuse to look back at some of the coolest gadgets that have come out of the consumer electronics giants of east Asia in the last year. As you might expect, the continuing convergence of all sorts of products into smaller and more functional devices was a big theme in 2007. Some of the gadgets also reminded us of the importance of services that often go hand-in-hand with hardware and are a big but often forgotten part of the "cool factor" we attach to such products.Take for example Casio's Exilim EX-S880. Like many other digital still cameras on the market it does a good job of shooting video but Casio innovated by adding in a capture mode that records videos in the format preferred by YouTube. Combined with a desktop application to upload the videos, this means that movies can be online minutes after you've shot them and with nothing more than a couple of mouse clicks.On the hardware side, there's been plenty of impressive gadgets and we've also witnessed the birth of a completely new product category: OLED (organic light emitting diode) televisions. Several companies have been promising these for years and in the end it was Sony that made it first to market. You've got to see this TV to fully appreciate its coolness! At just 3 millimeters thick, the TV was the star of October's Ceatec show in Japan and leads off our look back at the coolest gadgets of 2007.Sony OLED TVWithout a doubt the coolest product of the year was Sony's OLED TV. First shown as a prototype at CES in January, the commercial version came along in October and didn't disappoint -- except perhaps on price. The set has an 11-inch OLED panel and is 3mm thick. OLEDs offer several advantages over LCD and PDP technology, including wider viewing angles, faster response time, and better contrast and colors. However, the technology is difficult to manufacture and the OLED material degrades over time. Sony said the XEL-1 has a viewing life of 30,000 hours, which allows a user to watch eight hours of television every day for 10 years. The television went on sale in Japan on Dec. 1 for ¥200,000 (US$1,750) and promptly sold out. It's not only a cool TV set but perhaps the first product for a few years from Sony that really makes you say "wow." After the turmoil of recent years could Sony finally have its mojo back?Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1It may not look very special at first glance, but pick up the Dynabook SS RX1 (called the Portege R500 in some markets) and you'll immediately realize why it was one of the coolest laptop PCs we saw all year. This 12.1-inch screen laptop weighs just 768 grams in its lightest configuration -- more than 100 grams lighter than Sony's impressive Vaio G laptop. At the computer's heart lies a 1.06GHz Intel Core2 Duo processor and on some models you'll also find 802.11n Wi-Fi. Toshiba has put a lot of work into smart design so that it's thin and light. The laptop has also shed a few grams thanks to the use of a 64G-byte solid-state disk (SSD) in place of a conventional hard-disk drive. It costs around US$2,000.Casio YouTube digital still cameraCasio brought up the first digital cameras with a video mode optimized for YouTube: the Exilim EX-S880 and EX-Z77 . Getting a clip onto YouTube is easy: Shoot it, put the camera in the dock, and click a couple of times on the PC uploader application and you're done. The EX-S880 can take 8.1-megapixel images, has a 3X optical zoom and costs about US$300. YouTube mode has subsequently made it into other Casio models. The Casio deal with YouTube gave them exclusivity until the end of the year so you can look for it in devices from other makers in 2008.NEC Lui concept PCImagine most of the PC innovations you've seen in the last few years thrown together inside a single box and you start to get an idea of what the Lui from NEC is all about. The machine is a PC running Windows Vista that can also act as a home server. It has two digital HDTV tuners, so you can watch one channel while you record another. It has DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) connectivity so that programming -- live or recorded -- can be streamed to other DLNA devices over Ethernet, and it will come with a Blu-ray Disc writer so that TV shows can be copied to disc. Users outside the home can log into the server and access content in the same way Slingbox or Location Free TV works. The PC is due on the Japanese market in the first half of 2008 at a price yet to be announced. NEC is one of Japan's leading PC makers despite not being well known for PCs in all countries.Hitachi Blu-ray Disc camcorderThe first camcorders based on an 8-centimeter Blu-ray Disc appeared in 2007 from an unlikely vendor: Hitachi. The company launched two models , the DZ-BD70 based solely on disc and the DZ-BD7H, which adds a 30G-byte hard disk drive. A single-sided 8 cm recordable (BD-R) or rewritable (BD-RE) disc can store about an hour of footage shot in full high-definition quality (1,920 pixels by 1,080 pixels). The hybrid model can store an additional four hours of high-definition video on its hard-disk drive. The cameras have a 10X optical zoom lens, a 2.7-inch widescreen monitor and a viewfinder. Additionally, the cameras can be used to take still images at up to 4.3 megapixel resolution (2,400 pixels by 1,800 pixels). The DZ-BD70 costs about US$1,299 and the DZ-BD7H about US$1,499.Nissan Pivo 2From Nissan at the Tokyo Motor Show came the impressive Pivo 2 concept car. Fully electric, it has a cab that can rotate through 360 degrees and can also twist its wheels around so that it can move into parking spaces sideways. Equally impressive is Pivo-kun, the robot embedded in the car's dash. Since Pivo-kun is equipped with voice recognition, the driver can ask questions like the location of the nearest parking lot. Its facial recognition has an important safety aspect: It monitors the driver's face for signs of tiredness and suggests a rest if one is needed. More than that, it provides virtual companionship to the driver and that should mean safer roads -- Nissan research shows happy drivers have fewer accidents. Look for cars like Pivo 2 on city streets around 2015.NTT DoCoMo Raku-Raku Phone BasicWe love NTT DoCoMo's Raku-Raku Phone Basic for its lack of gadgets. Developed by Fujitsu, the handset is designed to appeal to users for whom the dizzying array of functions, features and buttons on current phones are just too much. The buttons and on-screen text are bigger than conventional cell phones and there are three dedicated speed-dial buttons. The phone includes a neat-sounding "slow voice" function that can slow the speed of the other person's voice without slowing down the conversation (it slows the speech and shortens the gaps between words to compensate) and "clear voice" which automatically adjusts clarity and the ringtone volume to match the surroundings -- now why don't all phones have that?Samsung TPEG Cell PhoneSamsung Electronics developed a cell phone capable of receiving real-time traffic information using a new system called TPEG. The SPH-B5800 phone can receive and decode the information broadcast using the Transport Protocol Experts Group format, which was developed in Europe in the late 1990s and is already in use in South Korea. The phone updates travel information every five minutes and can also receive TV via the country's Satellite DMB system. It went on sale in South Korea at the beginning of the year for around US$600 and includes a 2-megapixel camera, 330,000-word dictionary and 2-inch color TFT (thin-film transistor) LCD (liquid crystal display) screen. It measures 96 millimeters by 46 mm by 16 mm and weighs 96 grams.World's smallest high-def camcorderPanasonic claimed headlines with what it said was the world's smallest camcorder. The HDC-SD7 measures 52 millimeters by 110 mm by 87 mm and weighs 350 grams. One of the secrets to its small size is the use of an SD memory card as a recording medium. The electronics and socket needed for a flash card take up much less space than a DVD or hard-disk drive. It packs three CCD (charge coupled device) sensors behind a 10X zoom lens and has a 2.7-inch widescreen LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor. It can record full HD (1,920 pixel by 1,080 pixel) MPEG4 AVC/H.264 video at a range of quality levels. At the average 9M bps (bit per second) rate, a 4G-byte SD card can hold up to 60 minutes of video. It costs about ¥140,000 (US$1,175) in Japan.Sony Video Walkman with TVThe year finally brought from Sony a Walkman with video support and then later in the year an upgraded model with mobile digital TV viewing and recording. It's an important addition because Apple's iPod, which is the biggest competitor for the devices, doesn't offer TV reception. The "OneSeg" TV system has proved very popular in Japan and can now be found in many portable gadgets including cell phones, laptop PCs, car navigation systems and even electronic dictionaries. The only difference between the three new Walkman devices with TV is their memory capacity. The NW-A916 has 4G bytes of memory, the NW-A918 has 8G bytes and the NW-A919 16G bytes. Compared to the last players the screen size has been increased to 2.4-inches from 2-inches. They went on sale in November and the NW-A916 costs about ¥30,000 (US$260), the NW-A918 ¥35,000 and the NW-A919 ¥45,000.


Virginia Death Blamed On Remnants Of Jeanne

ATLANTA -- Jeanne hasn't been a hurricane for days, but it's not giving up its stranglehold on East Coast weather. The storm's remnants are now blamed for three deaths.


Platinum and gold records, autographed posters and even a key to the city all went "Bye Bye Bye" at an auction as creditors liquidated the assets of boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman.


The computer games maker behind the popular Lara Croft adventure says sales will be hurt by pricing pressure.


Peoplesoft rejects a takeover bid from rival Oracle for the sixth time in the last 18 months calling the offer "inadequate".


Under the dealâs terms, Blackstone must pay a $170 million breakup fee if certain conditions occur, like a severe decline in Alliance Dataâs financial health.


Heart Attack Patients Skipping Important Meds

MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. heart attack patients are not taking their medications as prescribed, according to new research.


Shi'ite rebels have started handing in weapons as part of a five-day disarmament that hopes to defuse recurring violence in Baghdad.


Well, thereâs at least one person who isnât trying to figure out whether Roger Federer could one day complete a Grand Slam or match Pete Samprasâ career record of 14 major titles: Federer himself.


Nei distributori Shell, rialzo dopo rally petrolio


Cambodia moves closer to electing new monarch as Senate passes key ...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has moved closer towards selecting a new monarch to replace abdicated King Norodom Sihanouk, with the country's Senate approving a bill needed to appoint his successor.


AT&T expands wireless coverage with Dobson buy

(InfoWorld) - The iPhone won't be just for customers living in the big cities. On the day it is introducing the hugely hyped cell phone, AT&T announced it will acquire wireless provider Dobson Communications for $2.8 billion in cash. Dobson, which markets its service under the Cellular One brand, provides cellular services mainly to rural and suburban areas. Its network covers 17 states and has the potential to serve 13 million people. Along with the network, AT&T will get Dobson's 1.7 million customers. The companies say their networks overlap only minimally. The two carriers have had a relationship since 1990, when Dobson began offering roaming services to AT&T. The boards of both companies have approved the deal, and Dobson's majority stockholder has also approved it. AT&T said the deal will help it realize significant annual savings in reduced roaming expenses. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. Because there is little network overlap, AT&T expects to obtain approval by the end of this year. AT&T is only just digesting its acquisition of Cingular Wireless, one of the biggest operators in the nation. Adding Dobson's customers to its ranks of subscribers, AT&T will have 63.9 million subscribers.


Starbucks to give away music as new service starts

Starbucks Corp  said on Monday it will give away millions of songs via downloads starting next month as it launches a wireless music service with Apple Inc .


Soldier's attorneys seek to bar Abu Ghraib material

Attorneys for Pfc. Lynndie England asked a military judge Wednesday to bar the use of the notorious Abu Ghraib photos and England's written admissions in her court-martial next month on prisoner abuse charges.


Dr. Phil cancels his Britney Spears show

Television's "Dr. Phil" McGraw has pulled the plug on plans for a one-hour show that was to examine Britney Spears' latest public meltdown. In a statement posted Monday on his Web site, McGraw said the 26-year-old pop star's situation was "too intense" for him to go forward with the show. He didn't say whether he planned to reschedule.


When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.


AFRICA/KENYA - Ucciso un missionario ghanese dei Padri Bianchi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-  Un Missionario dei Missionari dÂAfrica (Padri Bianchi) Ã¨ stato ucciso sabato 10 marzo in Kenya. P. Martin Addai Ã¨ stato raggiunto da alcuni colpi di arma da fuoco sparati da alcuni malviventi che hanno rapinato la sua automo...


Arafat, La moglie accusa con telefonata ad Aljazeera. Rimandata ...

OLP: leader rimandato il viaggio a Parigi previsto per oggi per far visita a Yasser Arafat gravemente malato. La moglie di Arafat: "Faccio appello perchÃ© siate consapevoli della portata della cospirazione", ha detto gridando Suha Arafat ad Al Jazeera.


Director Neelakantha makes Mister Medhavi within the realm of commercial cinema. Basically a tale of smartness and calculations between the lead pair played by Raja and Genelia the film is slow in parts and does not captivate the audience completely.


Macedonia vote gets green light from OSCE despite fraud claims

SKOPJE : Macedonia's failed referendum to overturn EU-backed legislation giving more autonomy to the ethnic Albanian minority met European standards despite opposition claims of fraud, European observers said.


Facebook buys start-up Parakey for undisclosed sum

Privately held social networking  site Facebook Inc. said on Thursday it has acquired Internet  startup Parakey, run by the co-founders of Web browser Mozilla  Firefox, for an undisclosed sum.


Egypt signs trade deal with Israel, US amid criticism and ...

Egypt wants jobs. Israel wants a meaningful peace. On Tuesday, they signed an agreement that they hope will fulfill both their goals and maintain the momentum for revitalized Mideast peace negotiations.


South Mississippi School Districts Receive Grants for Technology Programs

By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 14--PASCAGOULA -- Sixteen school districts in South Mississippi were awarded grants today from Chevron totalling nearly $3 million.   The grants were awarded at a ceremony at Pascagoula High School.


GREATER LAWRENCE Coach: Tony Sarkis (2d year). Last year's record: 1-10. Playing surface: Grass. Football website: glts.tec.ma.us. Returning starters (10): Juan Franco, OT/DT, 6-1, 250, Sr.; Luis Villafane, WB/LB, 5-8, 170, Sr.; Mike Dinsomore, G/NT, 5-7, 200, Sr.; John Cody, OE, 5-9, 190, Jr.; Nate Adanes, QB/C, 5-8, 160, Jr.; Jason Orsini, C, 5-9, 205, Jr.; Chris Poe, T, 5-10, ...


Kon Ichikawa, Japanese Film Director, Dies at 92

Mr. Ichikawaâs versatility ranged beyond his well-known antiwar dramas like âThe Burmese Harpâ and âFires on the Plainâ to comedies, documentaries and literary adaptations.


Oct. 12, 2004 -- US health authorities are moving to redistribute millions of units of flu vaccine in an effort to direct doses to high-risk persons who are facing severe shortages this fall, officials said Tuesday.


Highlights of exit poll data in the Maryland and Virginia presidential primaries Tuesday:


Tech comes back to sting Yellow Jackets 34-20

ATLANTA - During the American Civil War, General William T. Sherman burnt down the city of Atlanta. Thursday night in that same city, the Virginia Tech football team emulated Sherman, lighting up the scoreboard


Three years after 9/11, Manhattan looks shiny and clean for the G.O.P. convention. But what has become of its icons: its money, its people and, of course, Rudy? An update on a mending metropolis


Phelps turns into cheerleader for American teammates

Michael Phelps eventually was reduced to being a cheerleader. This one was all about Klete Keller. Keller just beat Ian Thorpe to the wall in the second-closest 800-meter freestyle relay finish in Olympic history, giving the United States a gold medal ...


Even though tax money pays for voting machines, the three companies that certify the nation's voting technologies operate in secret. The reason? Their contracts with the voting machine makers specify secrecy.


U.S. Troops Hunt Falluja Rebels, Keep Aid Out

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces hunted  rebels in the devastated Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday as  fighting subsided after a ferocious six-day-old assault.


Employees Sentenced Over Gas Leak in China

Six gas company employees were sentenced to prison from three to six years Saturday over a gas well leak that killed 243 people in southwestern China, one of the country's worst-ever industrial accidents.


Fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.


After 38 Years, Valenti Prepares To Move On

Jack Valenti took a break from cleaning out his office the other day to expound on a subject he knows well: the art of persuasion. Over minestrone soup and hummus at his usual table at the restaurant in the Hay Adams Hotel, Valenti, the 82-year-old dean of Washington lobbyists, reflected on how Washington has changed and how lobbyists should operate here.


Burma's military junta extends the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one year.


A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, injuring more than 190 people, destroying houses and sparking a fire at a nuclear power plant, Japanese media and officials said.


Afghan Bombings Prompt US Travel Alert, Condemnation by Annan

The US issued a travel alert for its citizens in Afghanistan after weekend bombings that killed at least 19 people in the capital, Kabul, and in Paktia province.


UK supermarket chain Tesco  launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes.


US Stocks Up; Pfizer,IAC/InterActive Gain

U.S. stocks gained strength on  Tuesday, getting a boost from Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, after  investor fears of the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Celebrex  were calmed, while IAC/InterActive Corp.'s IACI.O helped fuel  the tech-heavy Nasdaq.


Bird flu has killed a nine-year-old  Thai girl, raising the country's death toll from the disease to  11, a Health Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.


The head teacher of a top-performing private school says coursework should be scrapped because it is open to abuse.


The father of a Hull man who died in last week's floods says fire crews did not do enough to save him.


PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks fired manager Wally Backman on Friday, four days after hiring him despite revelations of two arrests and financial problems in his past, the East Valley Tribune of Phoenix reported.


An information mobile text service is being launched in Kenya to help tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic.


Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth were expected to grace the red carpet for the premiere of the Bridget Jones sequel tonight.


Two-sport star Jeremy Bloom lost an appeal to an NCAA panel on Tuesday to keep his college eligibility as a football player at Colorado while still being allowed to receive endorsements as a professional skier.


Autism Disorder Could Be Caused By Brain Swelling Says John ...

Doctors at John Hopkins' University School of Medicine Department of Neurology / Neurosurgery launched a study of the cause of the genetic disorder which may lead to making a step forward in finding a treatment.


Following a star Celebrity Nativity scene draws ire in U.K.

Christian leaders on Wednesday denounced a Nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.


Far right threatens Dresden bombing anniversary

Elderly residents of Dresden have relived the night 60 years ago when their city was destroyed in a devastating air raid and condemned moves by Germany's far right to hijack the anniversary.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday renewed her pledge to ensure the United States fulfills its obligations to veterans.


Taliban agrees to free S.Korean hostages: Jazeera

The Taliban has agreed to release 19 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan in return for the withdrawal of South Korean troops from the country before the end of the year, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.


Aid officials warned that Gaza, gripped by fuel and electrical shortages, was a few days away from a health and food crisis.


BAGHDAD - Two top aides to ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, including his lieutenant Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," appeared at a pre-trial hearing on Saturday, an Iraqi judge said.


Rumsfeld says US is winning the war as bomb attacks kill 18

Bombs in Baghdad killed 18 people as the US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, declared that America was winning the war against insurgency during a visit to Iraq.


EU considers key role to break Kosovo deadlock

European Union states agreed on Monday  to seize the initiative to try to break a deadlock over  Kosovo's independence hopes that risks exposing rifts in the  bloc over the fate of the breakaway Serb province.


Critics say the top ranks of commanders are filled with "Rumsfeld men." Now the man who replaced Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, must decide how many need to be replaced


Report: U.S. Rentals Unaffordable to Poor

Most Americans who rely on just a full-time job earning the federal minimum wage cannot afford the rent and utilities on a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday.


Two Blasts Rock Kazakh Ruling Party's Headquarters

Two powerful blasts rocked the headquarters of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ruling Otan (Fatherland) party in Almaty's busy central district Sunday evening, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Agency said.


Earnhardt Finally Unveils New Number and Sponsor

Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced Wednesday that his car for Hendrick Motorsports would carry No. 88 and would be sponsored by Amp Energy Drink and the National Guard.


There is still the bike, always the bike. Tyler Hamilton opens the door to his hillside home above the spectacular Sunshine Canyon, puts on his racing helmet and hits the road for six hours, as he has most days for the past decade. One thing, at least, has not changed. One thing is not in doubt.


The 36-year-old star of "Ray," director Taylor Hackford's portrait of Ray Charles that opens nationwide Friday, says he feels at peace with himself and simply wants to pass that good feeling on to others.


Well, maybe not yet. But what does the future hold for those who consider their source code an important proprietary asset? Halloween this year featured more scary stuff than just ghosts and ghouls.


Cricket-Indian TV Rights Up for Grabs Again

A controversial $308 million deal to broadcast India's home cricket matches fell through on Tuesday after the country's cricket board said there was no binding contract and it may re-tender the rights.


Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another Â£23.7m.


DoJ Won't Appeal Oracle's Takeover Plans

Oracle (Quote, Chart) advanced its plans to acquire PeopleSoft Friday after the US Department of Justice said it would not appeal a ruling on an antitrust case that tried to block the merger.


A zero-day flaw in Firefox and third-party Windows patches turn up the heat for Net users. Plus: Buyout boom in security.


Asian governments must promote clean energy such as wind and solar power to maintain their booming economies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.


Domani attese file e code, disagi anche per chi vola


(InfoWorld) - Adobe Systems' Flash video, the format that made Web video a hit, is coming to mobile phones. On Monday at theÂ 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Adobe announced video will be included in Flash Lite 3, the next version of the Flash runtime environment for mobile phones. Licensees should be able to get the new software in the second quarter of this year, and Adobe hopes consumers will see it in action by year's end, said Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for mobile and devices at Adobe. Adding video to Flash Lite will simplify the process of creating and distributing mobile video, which now forces mobile operators to use a fragmented set of special tools, according to Adobe. "The same video tools they use for delivering Web content can be used for delivering mobile content as well," Murarka said. Although relatively few mobile users are watching video on their phones today in most countries, carriersÂ and entertainment companies are starting to bet bigger on the new medium. Last week, a division of Time Warner signed a deal with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson for use of the company's technology to deliver news and cartoons, and U.S. operator Amp'd Mobile signed on Hollywood partners to create original mobile shows. The drive to put short video programs on tiny cell-phone screens follows the exploding popularity of short, relatively low-quality clips on Web sites such as Google's YouTube that use Flash video. With the upcoming version of Flash Lite, carriers and content companies will be able to use the same Flash server for mobile as for Web video as well as the same streaming protocol and the same encoding tools and processes, Murarka said. Videos probably would have to be resized for small handset screens but would not have to be completely re-encoded, he said. This will make it easier and faster to get shows onto handsets, he said. Flash Lite videos can be presented in a variety of forms, including streaming video, downloadable clips, and screen savers, and within Flash-based applications, according to Adobe. In addition, because the video capability is part of Flash Lite, it will be easier to integrate it with software for using video, such as channel selectors and play, reverse and fast-forward controls, he added. More than 200 million phones have been shipped with Flash, Adobe said Monday. That includes both Flash Lite and FlashCast, a client-server platform that lets carriers send content to phones in the background so subscribers can use it even outside the network's coverage area. About 120 million of those Flash phones shipped in 2006, and that was the first year when a majority of them -- about 70 percent -- were sold outside Japan, Murarka said. Japan's NTT DoCoMo was an early adopter of the technology, delivering a FlashCast news and information service called i-channel, which has more than 8 million subscribers, according to Adobe. Â


Ben S. Bernanke sent a strong signal that the central bank will lower interest rates again this month as it attempts to stave off a recession.


Some of the riskiest aspects of working on the television series âDr. Dangerâ occur in the air, not on the ground.


Web site reports that 12 Nepalese hostages were killed in Iraq

A video purporting to show the methodical, grisly killings of 12 Nepalese workers kidnapped in Iraq was posted Tuesday on a Web site linked to a militant group operating in Iraq.


NORTHERN IRELAND S political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.


Bush should put ayatollah atop list of people to thank

The faith-based compromise that has brought an apparent end to three weeks of bitter fighting around the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf should also bring thunderous sighs of relief from the Bush


Ultrasounds are safe for your unborn babies:

[Health India]: London, Dec 3 : Pregnant women can be reassured that there is no evidence that repeated ultrasounds will harm their baby, according to researchers.


Chaos as Arafat is laid to rest in Ramallah

The flag-draped coffin of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been carried through a crowd of tens of thousands of mourners amid the sound of gunfire.


A look at the policies of Senators Clinton and Obama, reveals that the candidates have actually laid out two competing economic philosophies. The fight over health insurance is just one part of their disagreement.


Iran offers inspectors access to records and equipment from two nuclear sites, the UN atomic agency says.


Taiwan's Lee visits Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by Beijing for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, paid his respects at a Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, despite China's objections.


'2007 had perhaps the best work of my life'

Shah Rukh Khan, in an uncensored and extensive interview.


WASHINGTON - President Bush has a double-digit lead in one new national poll, but he's tied with Democrat John Kerry in another. Both campaigns say their own polling has the race close, with Bush's people seeing a slight lead for the president...


AIDS created in Western labs, Nobel laureate says

A Canadian AIDS group said yesterday it is unfortunate that the winner of the Nobel Peace Price, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, had depicted the deadly virus as a biological weapon invented by the West to wipe out Africans.


(CBS/AP) A new national clinical trial will investigate genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by enrolling 50,000 sisters of women already diagnosed with the disease.


The founder of Sports Direct earns more than Â£929m after the retailer sets its share sale at the top of its price range.


Britain's goods trade deficit widens in August

Britain's trade in goods deficit increased to 5.22 billion pounds (7.56 billion euros, 9.37 billion dollars) in August from a revised 4.97 billion in July.


The Japanese car giant is to build its Prius hybrid vehicle in China, to carve out a niche in the world's fastest-growing car market.


Anche in Puglia prevale la Gad, Prodi 'uniti si vince'


For most visitors, all it takes is a plane ticket and then a quick cab ride to reach Hollywood's Chinese Theatre. But Zack Snyder did some time-traveling to end up there on Monday night.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was charged by the Football Association with improper conduct for his behaviour at half-time of their weekend match at home to Portsmouth.


Foster's Group Probably Turned to Second-Half Loss on Charges

Foster's Group Ltd., Australia's biggest beer and winemaker, probably turned to a loss in the second-half after taking charges to restructure its Beringer Blass wine business, analysts said.


How investors fare when closed funds start taking new money again.


By Vanessa Delgado, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 15--In a debate Thursday night, a modern political rarity took place: Political candidates were not able to rebut each other's answers, and decorum and order ran the show.


Intel to cut Prescott leakage by 75% at 65nm

Intel has pledged to reduce drastically leakage effects in its 65nm process, having punched out its first device containing over 500m transistors using the technology.


Text messages could soon be at the heart of a system to help people cope in the aftermath of disasters.


EU's Next Global Target: Google Company May Violate Privacy Laws By Storing User Data

By Kevin J. O'Brien and Thomas  Crampton  Thomas Crampton reported from Paris.  *  In the latest example of a U.S.


The death of their symbol could force the Palestinians to choose between negotiating for the best deal they can get or continue fighting for a dream.


Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father, Don Arden, who managed ELO and Black Sabbath, dies aged 81.


British Airways and Virgin Atlantic passengers may be entitled to refunds if a legal settlement is signed.


In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers

A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl.


Crude futures trade above $49 a barrel after Norwegian supply snag

Crude oil futures traded above $49 a barrel Monday after a gas leak shut down a North Sea oil production platform and as traders weighed concerns about heating oil supplies this winter against


Sinn Fein Says Bug Found at N.Irish Party Office

BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Sinn Fein, political  ally of the Irish Republican Army, has found a bugging device  at offices in Northern Ireland used by leader Gerry Adams,  party sources said Tuesday.


Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson case ask for Martin Bashir's documentary to be shown to jurors.


Rice trip to test waters on Mideast peace

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will test the waters for a renewed push on Arab-Israeli peace when she visits the Middle East this week despite what analysts regard as huge obstacles.


ABC has dropped Miss America, leaving the famous beauty pageant without a network TV outlet for the first time in 50 years.


L.A., Long Ruled by Cars, Becoming a Transit Leader

LOS ANGELES -- Demeaned as a car-crazed megalopolis where people drive two blocks to valet-park at the dry cleaners, Los Angeles is on the road to fashioning one of the best public transit systems in the nation.


Arturo Parisi rassicura l'opposizione: "La sicurezza dei soldati Ã¨ il primo dei nostri pensieri"                                             Prodi: "Nessun cambiamento  per la nostra missione in Afghanistan"                                                                                Il ministro delle Difesa richiama la Cdl alle "corresponsabilitÃ "In settimana il decreto in Commissione al Senato per il sÃ¬ definitivo


Fighting Erupts in West Sudan Despite Accord

Less than two weeks after the Sudanese government and rebels reached a partial agreement aimed at ending the conflict in Darfur, two clashes in that western Sudan


Howard Dean's hard-charging race to head the Democratic National Committee is gaining early momentum that recalls the streaking start of his 2004 presidential campaign.


Sardegna. Quote latte. Tolto il blocco negli aeroporti sardi

C'Ã¨ una piccola schiarita nella vertenza degli allevatori sardi che protestano per il prezzo del latte ovino. Dopo il fermo di questa mattina degli aeroporti di Cagliari e Olbia, infatti, i pastori hanno


Germany's Glagow, Fischer win biathlon events

Germany's Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men's 20-kilometer race.


Presentato a Roma e Milano misurera' traffico commerciale


Pakistani president hails 'blow to terrorism'

Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, says the killing of an al Qaeda militant by security forces is a major blow against terrorism.


More welcome than we'd have hoped More from that lovely bunch of people who we like to think of as creationists-with-a-website. Yes, the Intelligent Designers are back. Having had their bottoms soundly birched in the US, they are now determined to "educate" England's schoolkids about their utterly unscientific counter "theory" to evolution.â¦


French Troops Deploy to Key Points in Abidjan

French soldiers armed with machine guns and backed by armored vehicles deployed to major junctions in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan on Sunday following attacks on French citizens by mobs of militant youths.


Supreme Court to weigh online tobacco sales rift

Blog: Federal courts have dismissed a Maine state law that backers argue is vital to preventing kids from buying cigarettes online. The high court may decide whether to revive it.


Torino, 17:19 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: LEGROTTAGLIE OK PER IL GENOA

L'attaccante dlla Juventus, Vincenzo Iaquinta, difficilmente scenderà in campo contro il Geno...


Blackwell's Book Chain Considers Sell-Off

Blackwell's, the family-owned academic bookseller whose flagship store is at Oxford University, announced Friday it was considering selling some or all of its 61 stores as it reviews its "strategic options."


A Flash presentation illustrates a book on superstring theory, and explains each dimension, from the first to the 10th. In Table of Malcontents.


Sony announced some changes in the PlayStation 3 specification for the Eurasia, Africa and Australia launch set for March 23, including less backwards compatibility than its North American PS3. The change is due to a hardware switch.


Afghan officials say search teams have located the wreckage of a plane missing with 104 people on board.


Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres yesterday waived his demand to serve as vice prime minister in the upcoming coalition, and instead will be a deputy premier.


Judge Rules Against Patriot Act Provision

Surveillance powers granted to the FBI under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush Administration's war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to US security policies.


Bombing in Town Near Najaf, Many Casualties-Cleric

Explosions near a mosque in the Iraqi  town of Kufa killed and wounded many people on Thursday, a  Shi'ite cleric at the scene told Reuters.


Mr. Know-It-All: Undercover GM Food, Over-the-Internet Meds

Learn how to handle genetically modified meals, international drug buys and other sticky wickets.


Afghan mission faces major problems, says Canada

The international effort against   Taliban militants in Afghanistan faces major long-term problems   and cannot succeed by military means alone, an unusually   downbeat Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on   Thursday.


Berlino, 10:34 - CALCIO, KLINSMANN: FORSE IO CT ANCHE AI PROSSIMI MONDIALI

Nel corso di in un incontro Fifa a Berlino tra i tecnici che hanno partecipato all'ultima Coppa del ...


Imprisoned Leader Considering Run in Palestinian Election

Description: Following the death of Yasser Arafat, the most popular Palestinian political figure just might be Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti was convicted in an Israeli court of ordering attacks on civilians and now sits in an Israeli prison cell.


Designs Unveiled for Toby Keith Restaurant

Construction on a $3.5 million restaurant and music hall being built by country singer Toby Keith could begin next month.


Kimberly-Clark Posts Third-Quarter Profit

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday posted a higher third-quarter profit as increased tissue prices helped counter higher raw material costs.


Roger Clemens arrived on Capitol Hill to give a sworn deposition that he hopes will help restore his reputation as the most decorated pitcher in baseball history.


The Atlanta lawyer quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis apologized to fellow airline passengers in an interview aired Friday, and insisted he was told before he set out for his wedding in Europe that he was no danger to anyone.


OECD: Oil Prices Set Back Global Recovery

The OECD cut its 2005 economic growth forecast for the euro zone and other major economies on Tuesday, blaming a "surge in oil prices" and the slide in the dollar.


Genova, 18:28 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: BERTI SI ALLENA A PARTE

Doppio allenamento per la Sampdoria. Non ha lavorato Sergio Volpi, alle prese con lo stiramento che ...


Beyond iPhone, gadgets led year's mobile developments

The 2007 mobile music market could be  summed up in one phrase: "It's the device, stupid."


Kenya's re-election of President Kibaki was "flawed", say EU election monitors in an interim report.


San Paolo, 22:50 - F1, HAMILTON: SONO DELUSO MA TEMPO E' DALLA MIA PARTE

Lewis Hamilton è ovviamente deluso per la mancata vittoria del mondiale. Il titolo è s...


Lo afferma ministro dell'economia, Padoa-Schioppa


By Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb. 15--Goodyear Thailand will spend 30 million baht to promote its new  line of pickup-truck tyres in Thailand.


Berlusconi knocked out by left in tackle by Blair

Prime Minister Tony Blair kicked his Italian host Silvio Berlusconi so hard on the left knee during a game of soccer earlier this month that the Italian premier had to have the injury scanned at a hospital near his vacation villa in Sardinia.


Poetry Prize Sets Off Resignations at Society

The cloistered community of American poetry has, in recent months, become a little less like Yeatsâs Land of Faery, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue, and a little more like Allen Ginsbergâs âHowl.â


Nev. Move to Block Some Dem Voters Fails

Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat.


Update 1: Judge Backs Owens Corning on Exec Bonuses

Owens Corning was well within its rights to offer its top executives bonuses to keep them from leaving the bankrupt corporation, a judge said Wednesday.


Su indicazioni di un pentito riesumato in un cimitero vicino Catanzaro il corpo di un pregiudicatoResta il mistero sulla scomparsa del giornalista: accanto ai resti anche un lungo coltello a serramanico                                          Giallo De Mauro: nella fossa due teschi La Polizia: "Credibile sia sepolto in Calabria"


Back to a Bentley for 007 Author Sebastian Faulks has agreeably announced that James Bond will get back behind the wheel of a Bentley for next year's literary celebration of the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth - entitled Devil May Care.â¦


LIVERPOOL, England -- Steven Gerrard crashed home a stunning half-volley as four-times European champions Liverpool came back to beat Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1 on Wednesday and reach the Champions League knockout stage.


Registrata crescita del 33% pari a 34 milioni


Investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments ...

An investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments based on a personâs genetic makeup has been launched today by the Royal Society, the UKâs national academy of science.


Antidepressant Study Seen to Back Expert

top government scientist who concluded last year that most antidepressants are too dangerous for children because of a suicide risk wrote in a memo this week that a new study confirms his findings.


BT Group plans huge cost savings at business IT unit

BT Group says it plans to reduce overheads at its business IT services unit by 400 million pounds annually.


Federal investigators have identified a design flaw as the cause of last year's Interstate 35W Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people


Second-Ranked Memphis Uses Defense to Rout Rice

Jon Scheyer scored 21 points and No. 7 Duke made eight straight free throws in the final 1 minute 34 seconds to defeat host Florida State, 70-57.


LOS ANGELES  - Like millions of moviegoers worldwide, actor Jack Black fell under the spell of filmmaker Peter Jackson's epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.


A DETAILED plan to revitalise the Middle East peace process will be agreed today as Tony Blair and George Bush attempt to exploit the opportunity presented by Yassir Arafatâs death.


The American Greetings Corporation said Thursday that its third-quarter profit rose 35 percent as a gain from the sale of its reading glass division offset weak sales of cards and gift wrap.


Iraqi Airways flies for first time in 14 years

AMMAN, Jordan Iraq has a fledgling economy, an infant democracy, and now -- an up-and-running airline. Iraqi Airways has resumed international flights for the first time in 14 years.


Space Pioneers Wanted for 520-Day Mars Project

Bored with your job? Fancy a challenge for the next 520 days? A new fixed-term position from the European Space Agency (ESA) may be just the ticket: the agency's scientists are looking for six people to go on a pretend trip to Mars.


Parents of missing Madeleine return to Britain

British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, named as suspects in the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter Madeleine in Portugal, flew home on Sunday insisting they were innocent.


Internet America Reports Second Fiscal Quarter Results

HOUSTON, Feb. 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet America, Inc.


Commissario straordinario parla con Petrucci e Melandri


The Doctor Will See You Now...in Your Living Room

As New York's population ages, several hospitals use house calls to improve care.


(New York-WABC, December 11, 2004) - Bernard Kerik - speaking out today, a day after announcing he's withdrawing his name from consideration to be the next head of homeland security.


Napoli, 18:51 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; DE LAURENTIIS: DOPO STOP, NIENT'ALTRO DA DIRE

"Mi sono complimentato con la squadra, non c'è nient’altro da dire, non fatemi fare bat...


Esplosione misteriosa al confine con la Cina Nube a fungo forse di ...

SEOUL (COREA SUD), 12 SET - Una gigantesca esplosione sarebbe avvenuta tre giorni fa in Corea del Nord nei pressi del confine con la Cina. Lo rende noto l'agenzia di stampa sudcoreana Yonhap citando una non meglio precisata fonte cinese.


Disgraced Olympic shot put championIrina Korzhanenko from Russia has been expelled from the Athens Games after failing a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.


What's behind US strategy shift in Iraq war

Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections.


Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S. bank, said on Friday that second-quarter profit rose, helped by record revenue and expense controls.


Powell Presses N. Korea on Weapons Talks

Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed North Korea on Sunday to return to nuclear disarmament talks even as he branded the communist country a "terrorist state" that has "no respect for human rights."


Bangladesh's chief election commissioner agrees to step aside after weeks of protests, officials say.


UN Publishes Environmental Report on North Korea

The first report on environmental conditions in North Korea such as the quality of water, air, forest, soil, and diversity of wildlife has been published.


Marion Jones failed an initial doping test at the U.S. national championships in June, according to a newspaper report.


Continental Airlines Dec unit revenues rises

Continental Airlines Inc  on Wednesday said consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile, or unit revenues, rose between 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent in December, helped by fuller planes and higher capacity.


Vice President Dick Cheney told supporters Friday that Democrat John Kerry, a senator from the Northeast, doesn't understand their needs.


Harvard University's $12 billion man doesn't wear a tie, takes the subway to work, and eats his lunch in the cafeteria on the fourth floor of the Federal Reserve Building. Jack Meyer is a person of few pretensions, but strong beliefs.


Dg Zadra: +10,8% mutui per prima e seconda casa


Lenovo May Be in Acquisition Talks With IBM

China's biggest computer maker said Tuesday it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure which comes amid reports it might buy IBM Corp.'s personal computer business.


Even though nothing is official yet, the director of the AT&T National says Tuesday he is confident new father Tiger Woods will play in the early July event at Congressional.


The top US commander in Iraq is to deliver his crucial testimony on war strategy in Iraq to Congress.


Britons' favourite drink could hold back Alzheimer's, scientists say

A steaming cup of tea, the relaxing drink of choice for millions in countries such as Britain and China, could help ward off the effects of Alzheimer's disease, scientists said.


As executive director departs Internet Service Provider Biscit has insisted it is "business as usual" after its chief executive left the board.â¦


Il premier, attendo fine inchiesta su presunte onorificenze


Pakistani police released a photograph on Saturday of a suicide bomber who killed at least 139 people, as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto worked out her next step after the bloody start to her comeback campaign.


US smooths way in Fallujah for Muslim relief agency

The fluid security environment has convinced the Red Crescent that it must coordinate its relief efforts with US forces.


The prime minister will address MPs on the Asian disaster, as he tries to quell fresh rumours of a rift with Gordon Brown.


Heavy gunfire breaks out as Colin Powell holds talks in Haiti, forcing his meeting with key figures to be relocated.


Resistant TB case a wake up call for S.Africa

South African officials said the   spread of highly drug resistant tuberculosis to a Johannesburg   hospital was a "wake-up call" to intensify work on defenses   against the possibility of a deadly outbreak.


HOUSTON -- There is a touch of history about this National League Championship Series after all. Even in a matchup that did not have a century of ill will behind it, nostalgia showed up in Game 4. St.


BAGHDAD -- US commanders have acknowledged that their helicopters fired seven rockets and 30 high-caliber machine-gun rounds onto a crowded Baghdad street earlier this week during a battle that killed 16 Iraqis and sparked a heated debate about how civilians often become the victims of US firepower.


Quarterback Tim Tebow grew up in Jacksonville and went to the Florida-Georgia game just about every year. Although he knows plenty about the storied rivalry, his memories are pretty much one-sided Â much like the series has become.


Lovers' Digital Trails Capture Relationships' Ups and Downs

Researchers use an online survey to determine how secure people are about intimacy. But why bother with a survey when online chat and instant messaging are a much better representation of real emotions?


World's top swimmers tackle Olympic distances in shorter pools

The temporary pool set up for the World Short Course Championships is, well, short. Swimmers dive in and a few breaths later, they reach the wall at the other end.


ABN's U.S. sale can proceed, boosts Barclays bid

Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.


Roma, 18:13 - CALCIO: MATARRESE, ROSSI? NON HO VISTO REGOLE SCRITTE DA LUI

''Guido Rossi? Se avesse lasciato un testamento con le proprie regole, avrei potuto dire 'peccato ch...


Russia's state-controlled gas giant Gazprom approved a plan to bid for Yukos' core production unit Wednesday amid reports that the company was negotiating to secure a $13 billion loan from a group of Western banks to support its offer.


A new study confirms what many already knew: Oprah Winfrey's book endorsements are good as gold to publishers.


Milano, 17:19 - CALCIO, MILAN: 19 CONVOCATI PER IL CATANIA

Sono 19 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico del Milan, Carlo Ancelotti, per la gara di domani contro i...


FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warnings

WASHINGTON - All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.    Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating a medication guide for patients to advise them of the risk...


Gianfranco Fini non cede: "Non rinunciamo alla nostra del 13 ottobre"Il leader di Fi: "Tutti insieme per bissare il successo dello scorso anno"                                          Berlusconi: "Manifestazione unica" Ma la Cdl Ã¨ divisa sulla piazza


Justine Henin beats Venus Williams to set up a US Open final against Svetlana Kuznetsova.


Astronomia, dopo un secolo scoperta origine raggi cosmici

Lâorigine dei raggi cosmici? L'esplosione di una supernova. Dopo un secolo di ricerche, si chiarisce l'origine delle misteriose particelle ricchissime di energia che bombardano la Terra dallo spazio e che


FIFA aims to help players prepare for 2006 World Cup

FIFA is looking at ways to help players prepare better for major international tournaments starting with the 2006 World Cup. The Football Committee and Technical and Development


Psychiatric Problems Another Ephedra Side Effect

NEW YORK  - People have reported numerous  incidents of serious psychiatric problems -- including  hallucinations, mania and severe depression -- that may have  resulted from taking ephedra, new study findings report.


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Vienna releases a Russian space agency official who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.


Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the European Union Saturday to lift its ban on arms sales to Beijing imposed after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.


The Mozilla Foundation, which develops both the Mozilla and Firefox browsers and their underlying Gecko browsing engine, has noted that downloads of the Firefox browser have doubled from 3 million for version 0.8 to 6 million for version 0.9.


Spanish anthropologists, intrigued by a single fossil tooth found near a Catalonian village, dug up more of the animal's stony skeleton and announced they have discovered what may be the last common ancestor of ...


U.S. could reverse suspect endangered species rulings

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,  accused of letting a political appointee meddle in the science  of endangered species, said on Friday it could reverse eight  decisions if it finds they were inappropriately influenced by  political concerns.


Investment group Steel Partners II LP on Thursday offered to buy up the remaining stake in aircraft component maker GenCorp Inc., saying the company's board has made "many mistakes" in allocating capital and managing day-to-day operations.


AMERICA/ARGENTINA - ÂNessun fine puÃ² giustificare un intervento che produca la morte e lÂeliminazione di un essere umanoÂ: dichiarazione dell'Istituto di Bioetica riguardo al Disegno di legge che prevede la somministrazione gratuita della pillola del giorno dopo Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Mentre la Camera dei Deputati della Nazione discute un disegno di legge per obbligare Âa somministrare in forma gratuita la pillola contraccettiva di emergenzaÂ, l'Istituto di Bioetica della FacoltÃ  di Scienze Mediche d...


. (antiTainment) Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in December of 1980, made his third bid for parole on Tuesday and was denied.


Scammers are using fake electronic greetings to lure recipients to malicious sites.


Steelers start title defense without Ben

Now we know how much Ben Roethlisberger is worth to Pittsburgh: five points, according to the folks in Vegas.


Inflazione in calo in zona euro al 2,1% a gennaio


Edwards plays up differences with Clinton

NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Presidential candidate John Edwards courted Democratic activists in New Hampshire on Saturday, playing up differences over the Iraq war with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the key primary state.


High Spending Not Enough to Shake Sanders From Top of Polls

Vermont ranks 49th of the 50 states in population, with just more than 600,000 residents.And yet the three major candidates for the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open Senate seat Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic-allied Independent Rep. Bernard Sanders and Republicans Rich Tarrant and Greg Parke Ã¢ÂÂ have so far spent a combined total of more than $9.5 million dollars in the run-up to the Sept. 12 primary.


Boy develops leukemia after gene therapy in UK

A three-year-old "bubble boy" undergoing pioneering gene therapy in London has developed leukemia, marking another setback for the experimental treatment.


PARK CITY, UTAH  - Two films about people working to triumph over personal tragedy took the top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night as the key event for U.S. independent movies honored a new generation of stars.


Afghan President Aborts Trip After Rocket Attack

GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.


Dal 12 gennaio parte la rassegna di moda maschile


CIA Official Suggests Tape is That of Bin Laden

A day after the release of an audio tape, purportedly from Osama bin Laden, a CIA official indicates the voice is likely that of the world's most wanted terrorist.


MPAA Sues P2P Movie Fans to Reduce Piracy

LOS ANGELES  - File-swappers beware. Illegally downloading movies can now get you sued. Like the recording companies, movie studios are fed up with computer users sharing unauthorized copies of


Stress may be sending brain on one-way road to depression

Stress and depression - perhaps the two psychological states discussed most by Americans in recent years - are profoundly linked, top officials at the National Institute of Mental Health say.


NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen opening slightly lower Monday ahead of several earnings reports due out later in the day...


Per due centrali elettriche a Larbaa e Batna


Army Plans to Keep Iraq  Troop Level  Through '06

The U.S. Army expects to keep its troop strength in Iraq at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer.


With a Whisper, Cubaâs Housing Market Booms

Virtually every square foot of this capital city is owned by the socialist state, but the people of Havana are as obsessed with real estate as, say, condo-crazy New Yorkers.


Ministro ai sindacati, 'bisogna scommettere su investimenti'


Life & style: Eating food straight out of the ground rather than off the plane is much healthier for both you and the planet, writes Ross Dobson.


Irritation awaits in the PlayStation 3 game due to glitches and lameness that shouldn't have made it to market. In Game|Life.


Utes off to best start in school history

It took Utah nine games to set a school record for points scored in a season. With two more victories, the Utes can make it an even more memorable year.


Gartner: Microsoft beats PalmSource in PDAs

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


The Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent by  midsession on Friday as broad-ranged selling was prompted by  Thursday's fall on Wall Street due to concern about high oil  prices.


The Philippines remained the worldâs 11th most corrupt nation in a field of 146 countries evaluated by the London-based Transparency International (TI).


SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud

A "massive fraud" by a junior rogue trader has punched a $7 billion hole in the finances of French bank Societe Generale, leaving its credibility in tatters and forcing it to get emergency cash.


In Connecticut House Race, Focus Shifts to Security

The shift is a departure for Representative Nancy L. Johnson, a moderate Republican, who usually focuses her campaigns on domestic issues.


Matt Leinart's shoulder injury is not serious and Arizona coach Dennis Green said Friday that the rookie quarterback might be available for the regular season opener Sept. 10.


Thousands of tons of crude oil spill into the North Sea off Norway as a tanker is loaded, an oil company says.


Genova, 13:31 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CASSANO NON CONVOCATO PER ROMA

Salta ancora una volta il ritorno di Antonio Cassano all'Olimpico. L'attaccante della Sampdoria non ...


Genetic Testing Challenges Medical Ethics

Advances in genetic testing are placing strains on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, as doctors grapple with whether to tell a patient's relatives when the patient has an inherited disease or mutation that could afflict other members of the family.    In an article in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, doctors and legal experts argued against imposing a mandatory "duty to warn" nonpatients...


Despite the recent slew of setbacks threatening their world   tour, the Rolling Stones were back with a bang Sunday night--A Bigger   Bang.


By Karen Branch-Brioso, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Sep. 15--TAMPA -- A 1,937-acre piece of northeast Hillsborough County  farmland and timberland moved a step toward development Thursday.


A typhoon expected to hit Tokyo missed the capital and moved toward northeastern Japan on Sunday after leaving five people dead and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.


Two U.S. Navy sailors were found dead Tuesday morning in their hotel room in Tema, Ghana, the Navy said.


Standard Life is criticised by the Takeover Panel for its statements about its bid to buy Resolution.


Kerry and Bush tied in latest US voter poll

The latest poll of US voters confirmed Democrat John Kerry erased President George W. Bush's lead in the White House race following last week's candidate debate.


NASA completes test flight of super-fast jet

NASA on Tuesday successfully conducted the final and fastest test flight of an unmanned experimental jet, at a record nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or 11,260 km per hour, it is reported.


Music Web sites sponsor concerts, albums

It's been ten years since Radiohead released "OK Computer," and no album since has been "fitter, happier or more productive."


Experts advise no free IVF for obese women in UK

Severely overweight women should be   denied access to free fertility treatment in England and Wales   and obese women must lose weight before being offered the   chance to try IVF, experts said on Wednesday.


Gift of a lifetime: Scotland's richest man to give away Â£1bn before he dies

Â· Multimillionaire has given Â£125m to charity already Â· First step to fortune made selling trainers in garage


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai has suspected skull fracture

Morgan Tsvangirai, who heads the opposition to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's rule, was in intensive care with a suspected skull fracture on Wednesday after what he says was a brutal police attack three days ago.


EUROPEAN football's governing body has authorised the use of artificial pitches for its competitions, UEFA's executive committee ruled.


Two arrested in Hague suspected of terrorist conspiracy

Two people arrested in an apartment in The Hague after a 14-hour police siege are suspected of terrorist conspiracy with the aim of murder, a prosecutor said.


Louisville Is Told Officials Erred On Punt Return

Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese calls Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich Sunday, saying referees erred during a disputed punt return for a late UConn touchdown.


In the opening days of the week-old assault on Fallujah, the Hadra Mohamadiya mosque was a major battleground. The rocket


A US aircraft dropped a quarter-tonne bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul resulting in an "unknown number of enemy casualties" and injuring eight American soldiers.


Health ministers will miss "by a wide margin" their target to cut the number of smokers in Britain by a quarter, one of the Government's leading advisers has warned.


Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Musicmatch Inc. for about $160 million in cash, marking the portal's first major push into the crowded online music market.


In tune with the world's biggest gold coin

Austria on Wednesday unveiled what it called the world's biggest gold coin in honour of the famed Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the APA news agency reported.


President Bush told House Democrats that he did not question the patriotism of those who disagreed with his Iraq strategy.


Civil Society, Free Media the Best Way to Fight Corruption - Putin

MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Civil society and a free mass media offer the best cure for corruption, President Vladimir Putin told a Thursday press conference in the Kremlin.


Bank of Canada Says Oil Prices to Damp Growth, Boost Inflation

The Bank of Canada said it expects oil prices to remain above $50 a barrel until the second half of 2005, damping the country's economic growth and fueling the fastest inflation since the first quarter of 2003.


S.Africa AIDS epidemic is not just a tragic story

Her six small children have bathed in a plastic washbasin,  the dirt yard is swept, the bed is made and Mofokeng is dishing  out a hot breakfast of scrambled eggs and cheese slices before  she prepares for work.


No Reason to Panic Over Flu Vaccine Problem, U.S. Says

Contamination in a British factory that  supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause  some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal  health officials said on Friday.


Sprint Ad Campaign Leaves Nextel's Name in the Dust

Sprint is wiping Nextel from its slogan. After their merger, Sprint Nextel embarked on what analysts said was a disastrous marketing campaign. And problems with Nextel's network prompted an exodus of customers.


Becks in FAKE romp with Spanish prostitute

Gossip-seekers eager to dig up dirt on David Beckham risk ending up at a website that infects their computer with an insidious virus called Hackarmy.


The nation's most surprising team, 15th-ranked Butler, suffers its first loss of the season, falling 72-64 at unranked Indiana State.


Yankees partner arrested for drunk-driving

Steve Swindal, the man tipped to succeed  New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner when he steps down,  was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of  alcohol on Thursday.


Yasser Arafatâs Health Deteriorates Further

Paris, Nov. 4 (NNN): Palestinian officials have said that ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health has deteriorated further.


See the many fish species that may run out by 2048 because of humankind's ever-growing appetite, and learn what can be done to save the oceans.


With more of his slides from the php|works conference, John Coggeshall has posted this listing of his major talks in the past year (or so).


The aid agency which Margaret Hassan worked for before she was kidnapped has closed down all its Iraqi operations and pleaded for her release.


Colombia rebels release tape of hostages

Colombia's most powerful rebel group released a video Sunday with messages from 12 state lawmakers it abducted four years ago, authorities said.


Car nail bomb explodes at primary school

Homemade bomb explodes inside teacher's car minutes before the end of the school day.


NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc.  and  AT&T Inc.  are negotiating potentially sweeping changes  that could scale back their partnership, the Wall Street  Journal reported, dragging Yahoo shares down 5.3 percent.


The San Jose Sharks made the biggest splash on trade deadline day with the capture of forward Bill Guerin, while Edmonton lost 'Captain Canada' Ryan Smyth in a shock move to the New York Islanders.


Oil near new $90 high as dollar sinks, funds buy

Oil held firm within sight of its new $90 high on Friday as another slump in the U.S. dollar to a record low and rising fears over pre-winter fuel stocks lent support to an over 13 percent surge in under two weeks.


Sanderson Farms is a great company trading at a low multiple of its 2004 earnings estimates.


Khodorkovsky charged with money-laundering

Russian prosecutors on Monday brought new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move likely to bury the politically ambitious tycoon's hopes of release from jail before 2008 presidential elections.


At least three killed in Mexico by Hurricane John

LA PAZ, Mexico  - At least three people, including   one Briton, were killed when Hurricane John slammed into   Mexico's Baja California peninsula, authorities said on Monday.