p2pnet.net OT News:- The idea was for helicopter stunt pilots to catch the Genesis space capsule in mid-air and bring it gently back to earth.


South Africa's Justice Ministry will on Monday begin studying a request from Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher, who has been charged in Cape Town with bankrolling an alleged coup plot to topple the government in Malabo.


Primi fuochi alle isole di Tonga, Fiji e Kiribati


Invita i brand a rendere la citta' numero uno moda giovane


Secular Iraq Women Take Up the Head Scarf

Mayada Chazi does not think of herself as particularly religious. She's more interested in talking about boys, reading English novels, or dreaming of visiting New York. But she has taken to wearing the head scarf of a devout Muslim woman.


For all the envelope-pushing Alice Cooper did as a shock rocker, he also knows the good of boundaries, especially for kids.


Half of the nation's anticipated supply of flu vaccine disappeared without warning earlier this week after Chiron Corp., the world's second-largest producer of flu vaccine, announced it won


Rookie wins US PGA event, Hensby ties for sixth

Rookie Ryan Palmer fired a final-round 10-under-par 62 to seal his first PGA Tour victory in the Funai Classic this morning, Australian time.


Microsoft Announces Details for Xbox HD DVD

HD DVD drive for Xbox 360 coming to U.S., Europe in November.


Il dato dei primi nove mesi indica una crescita del 4,4%


Dutch medics call for wider euthanasia laws

A commission of experts assembled by the Royal Dutch Medical Association on Thursday have called for a widening of the guidelines for allowing euthanasia in the Netherlands, to include mercy killings for ...


Calif. Brush Fire Forces 200 Evacuations

By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fast-moving brush fire scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.


Milano. Filippo Inzaghi, attaccante del Milan, si e' imbarcato su un traghetto che lo portera' dall'atollo in cui si trova fino a Male', capitale della Repubblica delle Maldive. Da qui partira' il ponte aereo


Shuttle heads for space station after scan

The Discovery headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a scan showed no damage to the shuttle during the first night-time launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster, mission managers said on Sunday.


With a broken hip and a fractured back, Utahn John Krogh struggled to pull himself away from the wreckage of a fiery Missouri commuter plane crash Tuesday night, his wife told the Deseret Morning News.


Scientists in Uruguay have found the fossil remains of a 2,000 pound (1,000 kg) rodent that lived 2 million to 4 million years ago -- the largest rodent ever found.


The government gives planning approval for the world's first large-scale wave farm off the Cornish coast.


Jury Backs Teacher Who Says Room Made Her Ill

A Montgomery County jury has found in favor of a teacher who said she was driven from her job by mold in a portable classroom at a Burtonsville school.


Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, Sony Ericsson phones ...

Vodafone announced plans for 10 new third-generation handsets expected to hit the European and Japanese markets in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season.


Madrid, 23:38 - CALCIO, SPAGNA; COPPA DEL RE: VALENCIA E GETAFE IN SEMIFINALE

Valencia e Getafe si sono qualificate per le semifinali di Coppa del Re. Nel ritorno dei quarti di f...


From Saturday's earliest light, they looked to salvage a schoolbook here, a cooking pan there, a dust-choked quilt or a shattered picture frame.


A German held hostage by the Taleban appeals for help in a video broadcast on Afghan television.


Retired U.S. General Attacks Kerry Over Bin Laden

The former commander of U.S. forces  in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday disputed Democratic  presidential candidate John Kerry's charge that the Bush  administration let Osama bin Laden escape Afghanistan in 2001.


Finnish EU rapid response force debate heats up

The Finnish debate on the country's participation in the European Union's rapid response force is gathering momentum after President Tarja Halonen on Friday urged caution on the issue.


Timor police chief resigns, no replacement lined up

East Timor's police chief and his two deputies have resigned but no reason was given, the interior minister of the troubled nation said.


Wasghington to be criticized at UN climate change summit in Buenos ...

Over 1500 experts and politicians from 189 countries discuss global warming scenario after Russia ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Bush is the main target of delegates for his anti-ecological policy.


Afghan provincial women's affairs chief killed

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Gunmen on a motorcycle   shot dead the head of a women's department in the southern   Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday, a security official and   a relative said.


Chicago acquired Adewale Ogunleye from the Dolphins on Saturday, giving him a lucrative six-year, $33.4 million deal that included a $15 million signing bonus.


Thompson: More Money Needed for U.S. Food Safety

Outgoing Health and Human Services  Secretary Tommy Thompson on Monday said he was "still not  comfortable" about the safety of the U.S. food supply, despite  an increase in federal inspections of food imports.


Iraq bombers kill 40, sheikhs among hotel dead

A suicide bomber killed 12 people in the lobby of a busy Baghdad hotel on Monday, and the U.S. military said six tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda were among the dead.


Firefox and Beyond: Mozilla President Browses the Future

Ziff Davis - Q&A: As Mozilla launches Firefox for the masses, the group's president, Mitchell Baker, outlines goals for gaining more Web browser converts and focusing on a development platform play.


Saudi Police Kill 4 Militants in Shootout

Saudi police, battling a surge in al  Qaeda-linked violence, killed four militants in a shootout on  Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.


Russians rally against terrorism as Beslan buries more victims of the siege

MOSCOW  - Tens of thousands of people answered a government call and rallied outside the Kremlin on Tuesday in a show of solidarity against terrorism, nearly a week after militants seized a school in southern Russia in a standoff that claimed more than 350 lives, many of them children.


Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s  Wii  was the best-selling video game console in the United States in  January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top  10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.


Litvinenko contact Kovtun critically ill: Ifax

Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of dead Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in critical condition in hospital from radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying on Thursday.


Luca, 5 anni, fino a un mese fa con la prospettiva di vivere tutta la vita sottoponendosi due volte al mese a trasfusione di sangue e di dormire ogni notte, per tutta la vita, con un ago sottopelle per eliminare l'eccesso di ferro che le continue


Al Qaeda videos show boys in mock attacks: U.S.

Al Qaeda videos seized by U.S. forces show Iraqi children younger than 11 carrying out mock kidnappings and attacks, the U.S. military and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday.


Missing From Internet: Avid ShoppersÂ Sharp Elbows

How do you get to be first in line when there is no line? That flummoxed many hopeful buyers at Amazon.com over the weekend.


Basayev Claims Responsibility for Beslan School Hostage Siege

A Chechen rebel commander has claimed responsibility for the school hostage siege in southern Russia earlier this month, during which more than 320 hostages were killed, half of them children.


Textile importers and retailers are suing the US Government to stop a limit on imports from China.


Mall Owner in Australia Seeks Buyers for Company

The Centro Properties Group, which owns 700 malls in the United States, will weigh offers for all of the company or assets including its Australian and United States funds.


Dal recupero dell'evasione 1,4 mld, +50,4 rispetto al 2006


Auburn Slips Back to No. 3 Behind Sooners

Oklahoma is the only No. 2. After a week of sharing the No. 2 ranking with Auburn, Oklahoma edged ahead of the Tigers in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.


Lo annuncia il medico legale, bilancio dispersi scende a 189


Finland's top air guitarist shared the world championship with New Zealand's best at the ninth annual Oulu Music Video Festival.


A frozen sea found on Mars is one of the most promising places to look for life on the Red Planet, scientists say.


Giving birth to a boy can increase the likelihood of severe postnatal depression, a study suggests.


In Sarajevo, skiers hit the slopes again at 'Serb mountain'

Jahorina, the 1984 Olympic ski mountain, was scarred by war and reputation. It's starting to make a comeback.


Al suo posto, come ad di Fiat Automobiles, Lorenzo Sistino


Dow Jones -0,03%, Nasdaq composite -0,09%


Bush Emerges From Debates With a Slim Lead Over Kerry, Poll Shows

President Bush has emerged from the presidential debates holding a slender lead over Democratic nominee John F. Kerry, and despite the challenger's strong performances, the nationally


Animator Selick Draws Support for Unique Vision

If you've heard anything about veteran animator Henry Selick recently, it's probably in relation to his delightful stop-motion sea creatures in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," which opened in New York and Los Angeles last weekend.


Hip-Hop Rhymer Nas Shares 'Street' Stories

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Whether hip-hop artist Nas  discourses on street life, politics or love, you can always  count on one thing: He is not going to pull any punches.


NEW YORK -- Rare Gift scored a 6-length victory over Board Elligible in yesterday's 134th running of the Grade III, $108,000 Ladies Handicap for 3-year-old and up fillies and mares at Aqueduct.


With a winning bid of $28,000, the online casino GoldenPalace.com won the auction for one of eBay's most coveted oddities: a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich, one side of which bears the Virgin Mary's image.


The captain of a Royal Navy warship is removed during a tour of duty to the Gulf amid allegations of bullying.


Silverstone, 14:47 - F1, GP GRAN BRETAGNA: ALONSO LEADER DOPO PRIMO PIT-STOP

Fernando Alonso è al comando del Gp di Gran Bretagna dopo la prima serie di pit-stop. Dopo 20...


Smart investors will ride out the storm with great stocks.


Blackstone Group to buy Hilton for $26 billion

The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.


A Kremlin statement issued earlier today reads that the President signed the Protocol last night. It was approved in Duma, a subwing of the Russian Parliament, and the Federal Council.


Police say excessive drinking is a factor in a rise in the number of rapes and sexual assaults over the last year.


Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to South Africa, meeting President Thabo Mbeki.


Two coaches who have sent football players to Harvard said yesterday they may not send any more there because of coach Tim Murphy's recent dismissal of a wide receiver and his handling of a transfer quarterback.


Nel quartiere di CinecittÃ . Alcune decine di giovanihanno accolto con slogan il comizio del leader del Pdl                                          Roma, Berlusconi contestato Il Cavaliere colpito da un uovo


The weekend after the statue of Saddam Hussein fell, Kenneth Adelman and a couple of other promoters of the Iraq war gathered at Vice President Cheney's residence to celebrate. The invasion had been the "cakewalk" Adelman predicted. Cheney and his guests raised their glasses, toasting President Bush...


Real-Life Fighter Christopher Reeve Dies

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping "Superman" of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52...


The fabric of dreams on show in Max Mara retrospective

Italian fashion house Max Mara has opened its cashmere-lined archives for a new exhibition here that shows the craft and marketing that have made the brand a byword for classy coats.


Jim Creek: One of the Navy's Best-Kept Secrets

By Frantom, Todd  Spruce-covered mountains located on 5,000 largely forested acres provide radio-transmitting capabilities the Pacific submarine fleet. This "state-of-the-art" site has been one of the Navy's top secrets since the 1950s.


George W Bush and John Kerry go into the final three weeks of campaigning after their last TV debate.


Michael Jackson appeared in a video to thank fans for the success of "Thriller," the landmark record the reclusive singer is marking with a 25th anniversary edition.


Freed Australia Terror Suspect Says He Was Tortured

Australian former Guantanamo Bay  detainee Mamdouh Habib said on Sunday he was beaten and  subjected to electric shock torture in Pakistan and Egypt and  degraded by U.S. forces in Cuba during his almost three years  in detention.


The recently retired chairman of the company that runs Bloomingdale's and Macy's department stores was indicted yesterday on charges he lied to state antitrust investigators probing an alleged boycott of big-box retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond by upscale tableware manufacturers.


Walt Disney teams up with a Bollywood film company to make animated films using the voices of Indian stars.


AUSTRALIA ROCK INDIA AS BAD WEATHER HITS PLAY

Only 11 overs were possible on the opening day of the fourth and final Test in Mumbai but that was still time enough for Australia to leave India in some trouble on 22 for two.


Connecticut Governor Having Breast Cancer Surgery

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, who became governor in July when former chief executive John Rowland resigned, will have all or part of her breast removed today because of cancer doctors discovered last week.


The European Union and its allies got the go-ahead on Tuesday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in a row that could stir trade tensions ahead of the US elections.


The Court of Appeal increases the jail term of a man who murdered his baby son in a bakery.


WADA Chief Calls for Hearing Into Jones Doping

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has called for a hearing into allegations former Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones used steroids.


Apple Launches iTunes Music Store in Canada

Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday  launched its iTunes online music store in Canada, the 14th  country in which the popular service is available.


More children found infected with HIV in Kazakh negligence scandal

Seventy-five children and eight mothers have been found infected with the HIV virus due to medical negligence in Kazakhstan, the health ministry said.


Bush tells Putin not to fear missile shield plans

President George W. Bush sought to calm Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday over plans for a U.S. missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, saying on the eve of a big-power summit that Russia had nothing to fear.


Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the laws banning protests in Parliament Square need to be changed.


A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against actress-singer Brandy in a December freeway crash.


RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- In a lengthy address to the Palestinian people, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat admitted Wednesday that his government had made mistakes and offered solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who are under a ...


WHO confirms human-to-human birdflu case

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan but said there was no apparent risk of it spreading wider.


Senate Confirms Rice as Secretary of State on 85-13 Vote

Condoleezza Rice won broad support. The attorney-general nominee cleared a Senate panel in a 10-8 vote down party lines.


La donna, 85 anni, viveva con il marito 91enne in una zona isolataA trovare il cadavere Ã¨ stato il figlio quando Ã¨ rientrato nel pomeriggio                                          Piombino, anziana muore in casa trovata legata e imbavagliata


A Scottish schoolgirl at the centre of a custody battle is due to learn if she can remain in Pakistan with her father.


Astronauts use robot arm for shuttle safety scan

Astronauts used a sensor-equipped robot arm to look for damage to space shuttle Discovery's heat shield on Wednesday as the orbiter headed toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station.


Romania's president-elect  warns he may call fresh elections if his alliance fails to form a new government.


It's too soon to pronounce Howard Stern's jump to satellite radio the end of broadcasting as we know it. But it does mark a seismic shift, the way cable TV's first big successes signaled a challenge to over


UPDATE 2-Gold-backed security streetTRACKS debuts on NYSE

A gold-backed security named streetTRACKS Gold Shares made a much-hyped debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, aimed at attracting the investment capital


Apre il gas per suicidarsi Esplode la casa, tre morti

Vezzano Ligure (La Spezia), 22 settembre 2004 - Tragedia della follia nello spezzino, dove un uomo cercando di suicidarsi ha aperto il gas facendo esplodere la casa dei vicini. Dormiva sereno tra il babbo


Singer Marie Osmond collapses while taking part in an edition of US show Dancing With The Stars.


Appeals Court Reinstates Patent Suit Against Google

Google must face a Wisconsin companyâs lawsuit over a toolbar feature that generates Web links from search data, a federal appeals court decided.


UN initiative falls apart as key rebel group confirms boycott of summit tomorrow.


Cuban TV shows pictures of an apparently stronger Fidel Castro, the first for three months.


Audiences across North America took the bait this weekend in a big way, giving DreamWorks' CG-animated "Shark Tale" the all-time largest October opening with an estimated $49.


Pakistan will meet West Indies in the Champions Trophy semi-final after a last-over victory over India.


Immigration staff have been told not to deport students overstaying their UK visas, in most cases, a memo reveals.


Skype for Pocket PC Allows Free VoIP Phone Calls

Skype Technologies has launched Skype for Pocket PC Version 1.0, which allows users to make Skype voice calls for free using Wi-Fi wireless networking.


Il bilancio provvisorio e' di 18 morti e 24 feriti


The 14-year-old son of NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol was presumed dead Monday after a fiery jet crash that killed two crewmen and left the injured executive and another of his sons begging bystanders for help.


Russia set to respond to British expulsion move

Russia was set to respond on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats in a row over the murder of a Russian emigre amid signs Moscow did not want the affair to rebound on booming economic ties.


La minaccia degli avvocati: se il patto Ã¨ nullo, si ridiscute tuttoMargherita: voglio sapere come Ã¨ stato amministrato il patrimonio di mio padre                                            EreditÃ  Agnelli, accordo in bilico "A rischio il controllo di Yaki sulla Fiat"                                                                                di ETTORE BOFFANO e PAOLO GRISERI


Exhibit focuses on German railways' Holocaust role

An exhibition about the role of German railways during the Holocaust and the 3 million European Jews it transported to death camps opened at Deutsche Bahn's headquarters in Berlin on Wednesday.


Bush Signs Law to Boost North Korean Human Rights

President Bush has signed a law  aimed at bolstering human rights and market reforms in North  Korea, officials said on Tuesday.


Pharmaceutical titan Merck & Co. Inc. yesterday pulled its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx off the market, citing safety concerns, thereby triggering a massive selloff in the company's shares that wiped out nearly US$27-billion of Merck's market value.


UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Pakistan for talks on issues including nuclear arms and trade.


UN, US condemn rebels' violation of cease-fire in Darfur

The United Nations andthe United States on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent violation of a cease-fire by the rebels in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur.


Chris Pronger of the St. Louis Blues pulled out of the World Cup of Hockey on Sunday due to an undisclosed injury, and was replaced on the Canadian team by Jay Bouwmeester of the Florida Panthers.


US Tells Civilians to Flee Rebel Iraqi City

US troops urged civilians to flee Falluja on Friday and launched air strikes on the rebel city ahead of an assault seen as critical to attempts to pacify Iraq before January elections.


Your yield may be just 2% when mine is a whopping 13%. Here's the secret.


Ma nulla ci permette di affermare che calo sara' forte


Sharon Agrees to Pull Back Troops in Gaza

Israel said today that it had begun to scale back its 17-day military operation into the northern Gaza Strip after the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians, but Gaza


The inflation rate unexpectedly fell in September to its lowest in six months, official data shows, bolstering expectations that borrowing costs will not go up again this year.


Kapler says sayonara and heads off to Japan

So it begins, the makeover of the world champion Red Sox. Gabe Kapler yesterday became the first man out when he signed for about $2 million to play next season for the Yomiuri Giants, the Japanese juggernaut that produced home run king Sadaharu Oh and Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui .


British hospital treats all sides in Afghanistan

A petite village woman with dark henna on her hands lies wrapped in a blue sheet at the best hospital around -- a British military facility in southern Afghanistan.


Bluster keeps the ODF / OOXML debate afloat

In anticipation of an international debate over the viability of Microsoft's OOXML document format still slated for February, the company makes a key policy adjustment while leaving third parties to take their argument outside, as it were.


Bridgton to Consider Hiring Harbormaster ; Concerned Lakeside Residents Are Also Asking Town Officials to Write a New Mooring Ordinance.

By JUSTIN ELLIS Staff Writer  Bridgton is considering hiring a harbormaster because of concerns about increased boat traffic and safety on the lakes in town.


SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. cut the suggested retail price of its Zune music and video player by 20 percent yesterday, the same day Apple Inc. released new versions of its iPod media player.


WASHINGTON: NASA's Genesis space capsule slammed into the Utah desert Wednesday after its parachutes failed, leaving doubts if its invaluable cargo of microcosmic solar dust survived the journey to Earth.


A strong earthquake jolted the northwestern Japanese area of Niigata on Monday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The preliminary magnitude was 6.6.


Firenze, 13:24 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: AVRAMOV RINNOVA FINO AL 2011

Vlada Avramov, portiere della nazionale serba, ha prolungato fino al 2011 il contratto con la Fioren...


Web dating service takes scientific approach to love

LOS ANGELES, Feb 13 (Reuters Life!) - If the "happily" has  gone out of your "happily ever after," eHarmony wants to know  all about it.


China says food safety scares threaten stability

China risks damaging its global credibility and provoking social instability if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official said in a rare admission amid a series of scares over tainted products.


Groups: Sprawl Threatens Plants, Animals

Urban sprawl is gobbling up open spaces in fast-growing metropolitan areas so quickly that it could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, environmental groups say.


Felix becomes 2nd hurricane of Atlantic season

Tropical Storm Felix became the second hurricane of the Atlantic season on Saturday night and is expected to gain strength as it moves through the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.


The FBI searched two produce companies Wednesday for evidence of a crime in the nationwide E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened at least 191 others.


For the first time in many European countries, nonprescription drugs are being sold over the counter at outlets other than pharmacies.


Bush makes solemn pilgrimage to war cemetery

President George W. Bush made a solemn pilgrimage on Monday to the graveyard of U.S. war dead and rejected "fatalists or cynics" who doubt the wisdom of pursuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


NetJets orders Dassault business jets for $1.1 bln

Dassault Aviation AVMD.PA on Tuesday   unveiled Europe's largest business jet order worth $1.1 billion   from U.S.-based Netjets, which pioneered the concept of   "fractional ownership" of executive aircraft.


Per direttore generale 'Istituti siano dei veri partner'


PINE BUSH, N.Y. - A teen-age Civil War buff has been suspended from school and faces serious charges after his replica musket was found in his car trunk at school in the Orange County community of Pine Bush...


Lakers Get the Message From Bryant in Win

Kobe Bryant made certain he was with the Los Angeles Lakers in spirit, bombarding his teammates with phone calls throughout the day of their first game without him. Even at halftime, the injured superstar was dialing their cell phones in the locker room. Lamar Odom definitely got Bryant's messages.


Woolworths stores in Britain have stopped selling "Lolita" beds for young girls after a parents' organization complained because of the name's association with the famous novel about a pedophile.


Pope John Paul II will leave hospital on Thursday, "cured" of his throat spasms, the Vatican says.


Infosys & Wipro are incredible, says Microsoft

BANGALORE:Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said he was excited about the work going on in India on the technology front. "I think Indian IT majors like Wipro and Infosys are doing an incredible job.


Harper's gay marriage strategy exposes rift among Conservatives

OTTAWA (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's position on gay marriage may play well with most of his MPs on the surface, but it exposes deep divisions that remain after the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative wedding.


Liverpool's Djibril Cisse was taken to hospital with a suspected broken left leg after being stretchered off against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.


By By Melanie Sill, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun.


China's 1st train to Tibet continues west

China's first train from Beijing to Tibet zipped past coal country and farm fields Sunday, turning farmers' heads while making the slow climb to the Himalayan region's forbiddingly high Tanggula Pass.


Chilean Police, Students Clash Before APEC Summit

Riot police in Santiago, Chile have fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of students protesting President Bush's arrival later this week at an economic summit in the Chilean capital.


Euronext shareholders back the stock market operator's 10.9bn euros takeover by the New York Stock Exchange.


Soham murder detective heads region's honours

THE detective who led the Soham murder inquiry today dedicated his New Year Honour to "every single member of the investigation team" that convicted Ian Huntley.


BOSTON - It started back in mid-November, at the Red Sox Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, when Curt Schilling ended a speaker phone conversation with Tom Werner in front of more than 1,000 people by imploring the Sox chairman to "sign âTek!


By Levine, Art  Lax security at our nation's chemical plants may endanger the millions of Americans unlucky enough to live near them, but it's been a boon for investigative journalism.


NEW DELHI: India will begin withdrawing troops from Kashmir today to coincide with a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh aimed at winning "hearts and minds" in the state, officials said.


EPA sets final Sept. 11 building testing

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to launch its final Sept. 11 contamination cleanup program next month, more than five years after the attacks and following years of criticism that the agency still has not done enough.


Senior Qaeda figure in Iraq a myth: U.S. military

A senior operative for al Qaeda in Iraq who was caught this month has told his U.S. military interrogators a prominent al Qaeda-led group is just a front and its leader fictitious, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.


Chiuso scandalo 'Sexgate', dal 13 luglio in carica Peres


Roma, 21:21 - CALCIO, JUVE; ROSSI: NESSUNA TRATTATIVA SOTTOBANCO

Nessuna trattativa tra Juve e Figc alla base della decisione del club bianconero di ritirare il rico...


Investigation of the cause of the fire on the submarine Chicoutimi begins in earnest today after its safe arrival at Faslane naval base on the Clyde yesterday.


CAIRO -- The Egyptian and Syrian presidents linked calls by the United Nations and Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past UN resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw from captured territory in the West Bank and Golan Heights.


The main attraction at the Project Rebirth Web site is the time-lapse photography capturing the rebuilding at ground zero.


For Harry Anderson, the New Orleans Magic Is Gone

A versatile showmanÂs final local act is a disappearing one.


A Car Bomb in Karbala Is Followed by Another in Najaf

Only days into Iraq's six-week election campaign, an eruption of violence today killed at least 60 people and wounded about 120 others in car bombings in Iraq's two holiest Shiite cities, Najaf and Karbala.


The US Senate approved modifications to the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act Friday, clearing the way for House passage of the bill that would prevent taxing online purchases.


The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs which are used to treat it, a study suggests. Doctors in Japan carried out tests on 50 children who were admitted to hospital with flu in 2002 and 2003.


Russia tightens security for Chechnya election after killings

Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, speaking on behalf of the Russian forces in Chechnya has confirmed that there was an attack in the Chechen capital Grozny.


UK Chancellor Gordon Brown appeals for free trade as he opens talks on the world economy by the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations.


The council has voted to ban the gooey stuff in Tinseltown on Halloween. Council members feel Silly String is nothing to laugh about.


Hu's Latin-America trip finds lots in common

Many Chinese, including myself, probably have a vague idea of what Latin America looks like. President Hu Jintao's ongoing four-nation trip to the region, which has hit headlines lately, has made the image clearer.


Two longtime AIDS activists are seeking to make beautiful music together on Oscar night: Mary J. Blige will join Elton John on stage for a duet at John's AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party Sunday.


Education Minister Jane Davidson denies misleading voters over the cost of free breakfasts for schoolchildren.


Discussion of a Fed Cut Only Stirs Up Concerns About a Weak Economy

Usually cheered by an impending rate cut, investors reacted to the Fed minutes with anxiety that the economy is heading toward a recession.


A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Bush did not overstep his authority when he appointed William Pryor to the bench while the Senate was on a holiday break.


Premier chiama da Usa durante riunione capigruppo Camere


The state has an unusually high number of people with no health insurance, doctors are hard to come by and safety nets are eroding.


The world's largest online service reported junk e-mail declined by more than 75% this year. NEW YORK  - You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service.


What's in a Name ? ; KB Home and Menaul School Disagree on What the Builder Calls the Condos

By RICHARD METCALF Journal Staff Writer  The name of KB Home's first condo project in the Albuquerque metro area, the Villas at Menaul School, has ruffled the feathers of its neighor.  "The name does not reflect our (sales) agreement," said Lindsey Gilbert, head of the Menaul School.


Ernest Gallo, who parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from a public library into the world's largest winemaking empire, died Tuesday at his home in Modesto. He was 97. "He passed away peacefully this afternoon surrounded by his family," said Susan Hensley, vice president of public relations for E.&J. Gallo Winery.


Amnesty slams China over rights in Olympics run-up

China's human rights record has   deteriorated in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, with thousands   of people being executed after unfair trials, Amnesty   International said on Thursday.


Vatican condemns reported arrests of Catholic priests in China

VATICAN CITY  - The Vatican denounced the reported arrests of several Catholic faithful in China last month, calling such actions "a grave violation of freedom of religion."


India contemporary art in demand as country booms

Artist Atul Dodiya is feted at galleries in New York and London where his paintings sell for six figure sums. But it's in Mumbai where he chooses to create art reflecting the tumultuous changes his native India is undergoing.


In an earlier post John Lim pointed out an interesting issue with how certain numbers are handled in PHP - ones starting with a zero:   That's because any number preceded by 0 is treated as an octal number, and 9 is an invalid octal number. [...] The silly thing is that hardly anyone uses octal nowadays, but it continues to be part of the C, C++, Java and PHP standards. The mistake is also very common.   There's not much way around it, he notes - the format's been in use for a long time now and is so ingrained in just about every C-based language out there that it's "too deeply imprinted in modern compiler DNA" to take out.


Adobe fails to respond about a bug un-installing Flash, does not communicate will and tracks users of their CS3 software.


The Atlanta lawyer quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis has a relatively low chance of spreading the disease, possibly allowing him to leave his isolation room for a short time as soon as next week, one of his doctors said Tuesday.


Bishop won't go to trial for sex-abuse charges

Hours after an indictment against former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre was unsealed Monday accusing him of raping two boys in the '70s, the county prosecutor refused


I'm starting to realize that my blog is a bit of a time machine.  For example I can create a blog entry to warn myself about something that WILL happen in the future.    My current NTP  blog entry is a good example.  I wrote this for myself as much as for the people who read my blog (or find me via Google).  I know for sure that NTP on Debian is going to bite me sometime in the future and I'm going to forget WHY.  Then I'm going to (of course) go to Google or my aggregator and search for NTP and then find my blog post.    I've done this about a dozen times now and its saved me a TON of time!


(InfoWorld) - Maven Networks, which provides hosting services for Internet TV, will announce Wednesday plans to add Microsoft's new Silverlight technology as a video delivery vehicle. The company is collaborating with Microsoft on this endeavor. Through Silverlight, Maven's customer base of professional media companies will be able to leverage familiar Windows Media technology as well as workflow automation, publishing, and player creation capabilities of the Maven Internet TV platform. A rival to Adobe's Flash technology, Silverlight currently is in a beta release stage. It provides for cross-platform, broadband video experiences, Maven said. Maven's plans call for supporting Silverlight when it is available later this summer, said Todd Boes, vice president of product management. Templates will be launched in the Maven Internet TV platform to support Silverlight, he said. "That means that [users] can leverage their existing investments in the Windows Media format while at the same time providing new and engaging user experiences," Boes said. Maven customers like Sony use the company's service to build direct-to-consumer video channels, he said. Flash is supported on Maven, but using it requires re-coding of Windows Media video to Flash, said Boes. With Silverlight, this video can remain in the Windows Media format, he said. A Microsoft official cited benefits for content creators. "Our collaboration with Maven will help provide compelling and innovative Silverlight-based solutions for content creators looking to differentiate and maximize their online media offerings," said Microsoft's Sean Alexander, director of Silverlight Media, in a statement released by Maven. "Silverlight ushers in a new level of online experiences with improved video streaming capabilities that can scale up to HD and incorporate rich interactivity, all with a lower total cost to operate."SEE ALSO:Microsoft unveils Silverlight as Flash killerRails creator doubts Silverlight can win converts


In Wide-Open Big East, Rutgers Still Has Chance

After a weekend in which Rutgers beat South Florida and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, the Big East standings are a jumble.


A German breeder believes he has the answer to North Korea's hunger problems: his giant bunnies that can grow to as big as 23 pounds.


French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent tough talk on Iran likely will be a topic of discussion when he meets U.S. officials in Washington.


Rights Group Finds Russia Ignores Sometimes Fatal Military Hazing

Hundreds of thousands of conscripts in the Russian armed services are abused each year under a cruel system of hazing that military leaders have been unwilling to stop, a rights


Capital professor lands lead role with UK Athletics

EDINBURGH University professor Dave Collins was today appointed as the new performance director of UK Athletics. The ex-Royal Marine, who has worked with competitors across a range of sports in the Capital


Amateur code breaker honoured for defeating Colossus

Bestride this An amateur cryptographer from Germany who beat the worldâs first programmable digital computer Colossus in a code-breaking challenge has been honoured for his achievement.â¦


Pakistan Tests Short-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile

Pakistan carried out another test of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Monday as part of efforts to boost defenses, state-owned television said.


No. 9 Oklahoma St. Clocks Colorado 104-86

John Lucas scored 26 points and Jameson Curry had 17 of his 22 in the second half to lead No. 9 Oklahoma State to a 104-86 victory over Colorado on Sunday, the Cowboys' first win here in almost 9 years.


15 October 2004 -- The US military is on high alert in Iraq today at the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which started last year with an increase in insurgent-backed violence.


Iraq's Allawi Seeks to Calm EU 'Spectators' Storm

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi sought to calm European anger on Friday over his description of states that opposed the US-led war to oust Saddam Hussein as "spectators.


UK's Blair Says Weapons Report Shows Iraq Breached UN Rules

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said a US report on Iraqi arms programs shows Saddam Hussein was working to acquire banned weapons in breach of United Nations resolutions, justifying the 2003 war to depose him.


A Kenyan TV station lodges a complaint after images of the first lady slapping an official were seized and erased.


A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid images that could help stop loggers and miners from deforesting the jungle and digging for gold on its vast Amazon reservation.


Venezuela robbers free most hostages, speed off

ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Armed Venezuelan bank robbers sped away from a police siege on Tuesday in an ambulance with a handful of hostages after a deal that freed dozens of other captives in a two-day standoff.


Bright pumpkin faces grin on the glossy black cover of "Martha Stewart Living" magazine this month. But, hey, wait a minute.


Economy More Sluggish Than First Thought

WASHINGTON Aug. 27, 2004 - Weighed down by high energy prices, the economy was even more sluggish than initially believed during the second quarter.


It's official: Sooners, Trojans are going to Miami

BCS says No. 1 USC and No. 2 Oklahoma will play for it all on Jan. 4 in the Orange Bowl. It's official. The Sooners are going to Miami.


The tech sector continues to sit on unstable ground, with Intel Corp. lowering its forecast due to lagging consumer demand for technology products and fueling investor buzz of weakness in the sector.-washingtonpost.com


More Vaccine Coming; FluMist Could Fill Gap

OMAHA, Neb. -- There was good news Tuesday for people hoping to be vaccinated against the flu, and advice for alternatives. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said manufacturer Aventis Pasteur


Wants to rein in war on terror The European Parliament is demanding a say on the computerized front of the US anti-terror war and pressing for a global agreement on inter-government data sharing.â¦


The threat to orangutans from illegal logging may be greater than has previously been predicted.


Pakistan on Monday test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carry nuclear and conventional warheads. "A successful test of the indigenous surface-to-surface solid-fuel missile Hatf-III Ghaznavi, with a range


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Monica Lewinsky and Rebecca Loos shared a stage and revealed how kissing and telling on two of the world's most famous men had changed their lives.


Erin Lawless scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds and No. 21 Purdue beat Western Michigan 74-42 on Sunday.


Golf: Bohn, Ellis open with 63s at Michelin Championship

LAS VEGAS, United States : Danny Ellis and Jason Bohn fired rounds of 63 to lead after the first round of the four million dollar PGA Michelin Championship.


ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday to discuss control of oil resources in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.


Mugabe vows to stay in power as he celebrates 83d birthday

JOHANNESBURG -- Police in Zimbabwe banned demonstrations in parts of the capital of Harare yesterday in an effort to crack down on the opposition as the country's autocratic ruler celebrated his 83 d birthday by vowing to stay in power.


Wrongheaded relief work may worsen the situation of disaster victims, warns the international Red Cross.


First direct flight from United States to Vietnam

SAN FRANCISCO A United Airlines plane has taken off on the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam in almost three decades.


A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths

As of Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at least 1,353 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,056 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.


Indonesia's Megawati faces former general in landmark presidential polls

From the remote jungles of Papua to the sky-scrapers of Jakarta, Indonesia is staging landmark elections which will see the vast Southeast Asian archipelago choose its president for the first time.


Apple cuts iPhone price and revamps iPods

Apple Inc sharply cut the price  of its iPhone on Wednesday and revamped its full iPod line,  including adding a model with a touch screen that can browse  the Web and buy songs wirelessly.


A woman threatened to cut off part of a man's body and leave him for dead, a County Down court hears.


Israel announces measures to ensure what PM Ariel Sharon calls a "free and fair" Palestinian election.


Ex-astronaut challenges police work in Florida case

Former NASA astronaut Lisa  Nowak gave police permission to question her and search her car  through nods of her head and mumbles of consent, the lead  investigator testified in a Florida court on Wednesday.


Warning: âTransformersâ is steering toward your toddlers. At least thatâs the complaint from a Boston-based advocacy group.


Rice says Olmert, Abbas reaffirm commitment to peace

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Israeli and Palestinian leaders reaffirmed a commitment to peace at talks she hosted on Monday and she would return to the region soon.


Kodak posts profit, but digital sales suffer

Eastman Kodak Co., the world's  top maker of photographic film, on Wednesday posted a quarterly  profit as lower costs and strength in its kiosk business helped  overcome a 25 percent drop in sales of digital cameras and  accessories.


NEW YORK  Jane Pauley. The name has been part of the television landscape for decades. Pauley's career has been a steady progression through the NBC hallways, a reflection of her steady Midwestern ...


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

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


The Economy and the Traffic Are Humming in Hanoi, but the Price Is Dirtier Air

Motorcycles have become the symbol of economic freedom in Vietnam, as its economy surges. But they are also a main source, together with cars, of serious air pollution.


Condoleezza Rice To Undergo Uterine Artery Embolization

Fibroids affect 40 percent of women each year. President George W. Bush's pick for Secretary of State, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, will undergo a minor surgical procedure Friday to remove them.


The upstart Houston Texans proved they're never out of any game. The Minnesota Vikings and quarterback Daunte Culpepper showed them what it takes to close one out.


Govt to propose new plan to fight global warming

Japan will propose the development and introduction of technology to save energy and help control global warming at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in December in Argentina.


Tsunami Toll Jumps to Over 125,000, Fear Lingers

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Thursday as millions scrambled for food  and clean water and rumors of new giant waves sent many fleeing  inland in panic.


AOL Aims to Lead Internet Travel Purchases

Aiming to put itself in the vanguard of the Internet travel business, America Online will invest an undisclosed amount in an upstart that threatens to lure customers away from the industry's most dominant players, such as Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity.


The anti-impotence drug Viagra is to be made available without a prescription in some Manchester pharmacies.


Australian bushfires leave grisly trail of environmental damage

Tens of thousands of iconic Australian creatures including koalas and kangaroos may have died in fires that swept through vast tracts of southern Australia this week, environmentalists say.


Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons investigator in Iraq, told Congress today that Saddam Hussein destroyed his stocks of chemical and biological weapons and agents in 1991 and 1992 and


On the surface, speech technologies make a lot of sense. But it may still be too early for them to make it in prime time.


Ukrainian Opposition PM Pledges Toughness

With her trademark blond braid, Yulia Tymoshenko was Viktor Yushchenko's most visible ally in the "Orange Revolution" that paved the way for Yushchenko's victory in Ukraine's fiercely contested presidential race.


Australian golfers Stuart Appleby and Adam Scott are one stroke off the pace at the World Golf Championships (WGC) event in Ireland.


Kenyan Environmentalist Wins Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years.    Maathai, Kenya's deputy environment minister, is the first African woman to win the prize, first awarded in 1901...


These 4 Sites Are Waiting to Be Used: Detroit's Expansive Spots Harder to Sell

By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 18--Bite-size improvements have done a lot of good in downtown Detroit in recent years.   New sidewalks and bus shelters, building facade cleanups and new shops and restaurants have shown how small steps can be beautiful.


Ireland bars South Pacific in rogue dialler crackdown

Ireland is to block direct dialling to 13 countries, mostly in the South Pacific, to combat the growing menace of rogue autdiallers.


Hoping to reclaim some ground won by Internet sites, NBC Universal launched a venture with its affiliated TV stations on Tuesday aimed at providing a legal and profitable way to distribute video online.


Camorra, arrestato il boss Lucio De Lucia

Duro colpo al clan Di Lauro dopo l'operazione che due giorni fa ha portato al fermo di 53 persone nel napoletano. E' stato arrestato nella notte Lucio De Lucia, boss latitante del clan Di Lauro, a Melito, comune confinante con il quartiere Secondigliano.


The family of a woman who died in a fire hours after leaving hospital say more should have been done to help her.


Telescopes spy the closest asteroid flyby ever recorded. Also: European astronomers find a 'super Earth' 300 trillion light years away.... and did DOS trickery foil the Spirit rover? By Amit Asaravala.


Science & environment: Kent set to get first new coal-fired power station to be built in the UK for more than 20 years


Militants holding Alan Johnston says he will not be freed until their demands are met.


National Perspectives: Restoring the Past to Improve the Future

The restoration of a historic theater is part of an array of changes intended to reinvigorate a once-thriving African-American community in Virginia.


It was standing room only at Le Palais des Congrès in Paris as Phil Schiller kicked off Apple Expo 2004 with a rousing keynote introducing the iMac G5. Read a report and view a photo gallery. [Aug 31]


Health officials confirmed on Friday that a dead crow found in North Napa tested positive for West Nile Virus. The bird, which was sent to the lab for testing on Aug. 4, marks the first known spread of the virus into Napa County.


Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards celebrated snagging two coveted labor union endorsements during a stop Monday in central Iowa on Labor Day, while continuing to tout himself as the candidate who cares most about labor issues.


UK MoD: O2 won't help employees serve in Iraq

O2: Of course we will, but we don't support the war Updated The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has mounted a media campaign this week to shame major employers into signing its statement of support for military-reservist employees.â¦


Monster Says It Could Enter Japan by Mid-2005

U.S. Internet job search company Monster Worldwide Inc.  could enter the Japanese market next year as strength in its European businesses allows it to look further afield, the company's founder said on Monday.


Film Review | 'A Bloody Aria': Brutishness Begets Brutishness on the Road

âA Bloody Aria,â by the Korean director Won Shin-yun, is a sort of Asian âDeliverance.â


Charges of Fraud Surface in Georgian Election

TBLISI, Georgia (Deutsche Welle) - Contrary to their previous reports, European election observers said voting fraud took place during Georgia's recent election that returned President Saakashvili to power. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which sent election observers to Georgia, initially said the Jan. 5 presidential vote met international standards. But problems with the election continue to surface. "There was crass, negligent and deliberate falsification during the vote counting," German diplomat Dieter Boden said in an interview published in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper.


BASEBALL ROUNDUP Red Sox Decide Dropping Mueller Is Not an Option

By The Associated Press. Two days after winning the World Series and a day before a parade in Boston to toast the achievement, the Boston Red Sox exercised their option yesterday on


AIG to Pay $126 Mln to Settle SEC Charges

American International Group Inc.  AIG.N agreed to pay $126 million to settle charges it helped  companies fraudulently inflate earnings, the U.S. Securities  and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.


Ancient Mask, 'Olympic' Ring Found in Thracian Tomb

SHIPKA, Bulgaria  - A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed an ancient gold mask and a ring featuring an "Olympic" rower in what he called an unrivalled find in the study of classical antiquity.


Dallo shopping compulsivo, al gioco d'azzardo, al sesso


The results of studies released today show a new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer.


E sale al nuovo record dopo la crisi di due settimane fa


A man is believed to have died when a van carrying welding equipment exploded in County Durham.


Ohio County to End Use of Touch-Screen Voting

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 21 -- Ohio's chief elections officer decided Friday to have the state's most populous county switch to a new voting system in time for the March 4 presidential primary.


Verona, 18:27 - CALCIO, MESSINA; CAVASIN: E' UN PAREGGIO IMPORTANTE

"E' un pareggio importante, sapevamo di trovare una squadra in forma e nonostante questo abbiamo gua...


A Teesside man tells of his upset after being forced to give up his holiday because space could not be found for him on a plane.


Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela who headed Colombia's Cali cartel appears in court in the US state of Florida.


Pollastrini: sono una proposta saggia per il Paese


Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News

NEW YORK - Stocks drifted lower in extremely light trading Monday as a disappointing consumer income report prompted investors to collect profits after two weeks of gains.    While investors were cheered by the Commerce Department's report of a strong rise in consumer spending for July, growth in incomes was nearly flat...


New Tools to Help Patients Reclaim Damaged Senses

An astonishing new technology allows one set of sensory information to substitute for another in the brain.


The iPod Photo which features a 65K color display and iPhoto synching ability, the 40GB model is available for US$499 while the 60GB model sells for US$599.


Lebanon's army is put on high alert after a massive explosion in Beirut kills former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.


Republican Mike Huckabee said the government should stay out of disputes over the Confederate flag in South Carolina.


Airports up and running after FAA problem

LOS ANGELES -- Airport operations were back to normal early Wednesday following a radio failure at a Federal Aviation Administration control facility that tied up travelers for hours.


Ministers are expected to go ahead with airport expansion plans despite opposition from environmentalists.


AMD: tech's longest running roller coaster

AMD's the longest running roller coaster in tech history: 25 years and counting.


Venezuela sees oil majors signing accord this week

ARRECIFE, Venezuela  - A sizable group out of the six foreign oil majors negotiating with Venezuela the nationalization of multibillion dollar projects are about to sign deals, the OPEC member's energy minister said on Wednesday.


China to tighten more if growth stays strong: paper

China will tighten policy more  aggressively if measures already taken fail to cool the red-hot  economy, a central bank official said in remarks published on  Monday.


TORONTO -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed civil fraud charges against a former CEO and three other former top executives of Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.


Illusionist escapes cement box in Times Square

U.S. illusionist Criss Angel appeared to escape on Tuesday from a cement box suspended above Times Square in New York after it crashed to the ground without anyone seeing him emerge.


A CANADIAN seaman aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has died one day after being injured when the vessel caught fire, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin announced today.


Hungarian, Czech Football Clubs Face Disciplinary Action

The European Football Union says it will start disciplinary action against the Hungarian club Ferencvaros and the Czech club Banik Ostrava for separate incidents in this week's UEFA Cup tournament.


A court was expected to hear a plea for bail on Tuesday by the head of eBay's Indian subsidiary Baazee.com, who was jailed in connection with the online auction of a sex video involving teenagers.


Australia reach 62-0, 464 runs behind India, after two days of the final Test in Adelaide.


Dall'America Latina: sinistra radicale sa difendersi da sola


Rock band Deep Purple ask fans not to buy one of their own albums after it was re-released.


On Baseball: Leaving the Light on for the Boss

The Yankees are headed for postseason games, and when they next play at Yankee Stadium, their No. 1 cheerleader, owner George Steinbrenner, is expected to be there to offer inspiration.


Competition in the market for voice services is prompting telecom providers to find new ways to attract and keep customers. RNKVoIP, a division of RNK Telecom, unveiled on Monday a plan to offer


Williams hits two-run homer as the Yankees beat Minnesota 6-4 to ...

Bernie Williams sent a drive soaring to left-centre field, raised his right arm in triumph and circled the bases. Pretty soon, he was home - and so were the New York Yankees.


John-Michael Liles and Joe Sakic score power-play goals in the third period as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2.


Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that his team will be able to put Pakistan under the consistent pressure required to win the second Test.


Juan Pablo Montoya has won the final Grand Prix of the season in Brazil, in his last drive for Williams. Montoya will drive for McLaren next season, and beat his future team-mate Kimi Raikkonen into second place.


Life & style: At last, says Lucy Atkins, prenatal depression is being taken seriously


An American researcher claimed Sunday to have discovered the remains of the legendary lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea.


Home-loan denial rate rose in 2006: report

More Americans had their home loan  applications turned down in 2006 than a year earlier, although  the majority continued to be approved, according to a report  issued on Wednesday by financial sector regulators.


A $1.2 billion program to deploy new radiation monitors to screen trucks, cars and cargo containers for signs of nuclear devices has been delayed by questions over whether Department of Homeland Security officials misled Congress about the effectiveness of the detectors.


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Vodafone launches consumer-targeted Palm Treo smartphone

InfoWorld - As part of a strategy to generate greater revenue from mobile data services, Vodafone Group has collaborated with Palm to launch a smartphone modeled after the Treo 750v but at a fraction of the price and with a newly designed user interface.


MS dirty tricks archive trickles back to life

Good hosting men needed The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to trickle back into view.â¦


Mibtel cede l'1,67%, SP/Mib l'1,64%, All Stars il 2,31%


Tatneft to monthly deliver to Ukrtatnafta 300-350 ths tons of crude in 2005.

Tatneft plans to monthly deliver in 2005 as much as 300-350 ths tons of crude to ZAO Ukrtatnafta (Kremenchug NPZ, Ukraine), Nizhnekamsk NPZ will get 510 ths tons, Moscow NPZ - 150-250 ths tons, Tatneft GD ...


Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats Monday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB officer — Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.


Rangers manager Alex McLeish believes financial restraints are in danger of distorting the shape of his side's championship challenge.


Ex-brokers lose bid to have all fraud charges thrown out

A federal judge yesterday upheld some of the main charges against former brokers at the Boston office of Prudential Securities who securities regulators said hid thousands of improper trades that defrauded dozens of mutual fund companies.


Funeral for Dutch filmmaker amid violence

The funeral is to take place of the controversial Dutch filmmaker amid increasing religious tension.


Robot development conference hits Silicon Valley

Most robotics business conferences are in Boston or Pittsburgh, but Robo Development brings the technology for creating commercial robots to San Jose


World leaders began arriving Thursday in the Chilean capital of Santiago for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation talks. The talks with several prominent world leaders including


President's fate is on the line in Venezuela

CARACAS -- Partisans on both sides are calling it the most polarized and important election in Venezuela's history, a presidential recall referendum today that will determine the course of democracy here and could buffet world oil prices. Both campaigns are also utterly convinced they will win.


Engineering students from Virginia Tech build a robot that will be the first-ever U.S. entry in an international humanoid soccer challenge.


XING and ZoomInfo Bring Together Business Networking and Business Information Search

OPEN Business Club AG (ISIN: DE000XNG8888), operator of the international networking platform XING (www.xing.com), today announced a comprehensive partnership with Zoom Information Inc.


Federazione Pensionati Cisl, penalizzati redditi piu' bassi


UPDATED Two former Hewlett-Packard executives, plus three others outside of the company were indicted with in California late Wednesday on four felony charges. Those named in the indictments include former chairwoman Patricia Dunn.


The dollar rose one percent against the  euro on Friday, bolstered by Washington's pledge for a tighter  budget and strong dollar policy and signs the United States  could accelerate the pace of raising interest rates.


Rockets Knock 76ers Out of Division Lead

Tracy McGrady outperformed the NBA's leading scorer, and the Houston Rockets knocked the Philadelphia 76ers out of first place in the Atlantic Division with a 118-95 victory Wednesday night.


Advance Fee Scams Target Cash-Strapped Consumers

Would-be borrowers in the U.S. and Canada are being bilked out of thousands of dollars by unscrupulous online lenders.


Activists want polar bear on endangered list before Alaska oil sale

Animal activists on Monday pressed the US government to add the polar bear to the list of endangered animal species before the sell-off of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska begins in the coming days.


Berlusconi Ally Sentenced to 9 Years in Mafia Trial

An Italian court found a close political ally and business associate of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi guilty of colluding with the Mafia, and sentenced him on Saturday to nine years in prison.


Procura non precisa se la persona ha legami con Mailat


Julia Said "Ha!": Sweeney's 'Letting Go of God' World Premiere Extends Again

Playbill - The world premiere staging of Letting Go of God by God Said "Ha!" star Julia Sweeney has extended again through Jan. 23, 2005 at Hollywood's Hudson Backstage Theatre.


British police feared airport standoff over Israeli general: BBC

British police failed to arrest an Israeli general wanted for alleged war crimes because they feared an armed standoff at Heathrow airport, the BBC reported Tuesday.


Some of the world's biggest computer firms are accused of imposing unfair contracts on people buying software.


One-time jailed reporter to testify in CIA leak case

A former New York Times reporter who went to jail for refusing to reveal who leaked the name of a CIA operative is expected to take the stand Tuesday in the perjury trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.


Sachsenring, 15:44 - MOTO, GERMANIA; ROSSI: GRANDE OCCASIONE BUTTATA VIA

Valentino Rossi non nasconde la delusione per il ritiro nel Gp di Germania. ''Peccato - ha detto Ros...


INDIANAPOLIS Add center Michael Olowokandi to the list of Timberwolves with off-the-court problems. Olowokandi was suspended indefinitely from the team after he was arrested for refusing to leave Indianapolis nightclub Tiki Bob's early Thursday morning.


US and Pyongyang foresee an end to the weapons standoff as secrecy gives way to the beginnings of openness.


A rogue trader who cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion by making bad stock market bets had been gambling on a much larger scale, officials said Â tens of billions of dollars of the bank's money.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Chris Robinson has canceled plans  for a fall tour with his band New Earth Mud, amid growing  speculation that he may re-team with younger brother Rich under  the Black Crowes moniker.


Iranian diplomats said they made their first visit Saturday to five Iranians that U.S. authorities are holding in Iraq on suspicion that they were training militants there.


Mike Baker looks back at the major events in the education world in England during 2007.


THE IRA today denied any involvement in the Â£22 million raid on the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast. A senior republican source claimed: "We are dismissing any suggestion or allegation that we were involved.


Russia's state-owned nuclear power company said Thursday it was seeking to build Morocco's first nuclear plant, as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed cooperation deals with the Moroccan king as part of an economic mission to expand Russia's African reach.


154 Officers Died in Line of Duty in 2004

Law enforcement organizations reported Tuesday that 154 officers died in the line of duty in 2004, nearly half of them in traffic-related accidents.


Martha Stewart will soon join Donald Trump in crowning a new generation of young moguls on her own version of "The Apprentice."


Bush, Kerry Argue Over Iraq, Taxes, Jobs

ST. LOUIS  - President Bush and Democratic  challenger John Kerry argued about Iraq, jobs and taxes in  their second debate on Friday, with Kerry questioning Bush's  judgment and the president accusing Kerry of crumbling under  political pressure.


A US diplomat who vanished four days ago in Cyprus has been found dead on a remote part of the island, reports say.


Eisner's Exit Plan Good for Disney -Analysts

While fans of Michael Eisner argue that his 20-year legacy of continued financial and stock growth at the Walt Disney Co. is a strong achievement, Wall Street observers say his record is more mixed.


Charleroi, 16:14 - TENNIS, FINALE FED CUP: HENIN BATTE SCHIAVONE, BELGIO SUL 2-1

Belgio in vantaggio 2-1 sull'Italia nella finale di Fed Cup dopo il primo singolare della giornata c...


Verona, incensurato di 40 anni colto sul fatto dalla polizia


Austrian Novelist Jelinek Wins Nobel Prize

Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek, a self-described advocate for "the weak" whose forceful defenses of social and political freedom have frequently clashed with conservatives in her native country, has won the Nobel Prize in literature.


It started with optimism, even innocence. One minute we were guiding cute suicidal lemmings down the path to nemesis. The next, thanks to hurtling technological advances, we were cruising the 'hood in a stolen


Mid-East mediators back the idea of a Palestinian coalition government at talks at the UN in New York.


Rio de Janeiro, 15:08 - CALCIO, RONALDO; EX CT ZAGALLO: E' UN GIGANTE, TORNERA'

Anche Mario Lobo Zagallo, ex ct della nazionale brasiliana, crede che il ritorno di Ronaldo al calci...


Italy In Anguish Over Fate Of Aid Workers In Iraq

ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.


AP: Kerry Fund-Raisers, S. Korean Spy Met

A South Korean embassy official who met with John Kerry fund-raisers to talk about creating a political group for Korean-Americans was in fact a spy for his country, raising concerns among U.S. officials that he or Seoul may have tried to influence the fall presidential election.


The US Central Intelligence Agency indicated it is relatively certain that the voice on an audiotape aired by Al-Jazeera is that of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, an intelligence official said on Tuesday.


Liza Minnelli got out of the wrong side of the bed on Monday morning, and was found unconscious on the floor of her posh New York residence.


With Diabetes, Women Do Worse After Stenting

When people with diabetes undergo coronary artery stenting to open clogs, women are more at risk for major adverse events than men, doctors in Germany report.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that if elected she would consider giving up some of the executive powers President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have assumed since taking office.


President George W Bush says he will work with congressional leaders to find a way forward for the US in Iraq.


The nation's economic slowdown may finally be coming to an end, with both the service and manufacturing sectors showing surprising strength in June even as prices for raw materials rise.


Iraq Group Takes 2 French Citizens Hostage

An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two  French citizens and is demanding the French government end a  ban on Muslim headscarves to free them, Arabic television  station Al Jazeera said Saturday.


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Kenya opposition rally falters as U.S. sends envoy

A planned opposition rally appeared to falter on Friday, giving Kenya some respite from post-election turmoil that has killed more than 300 people.


Dell offers to install its PCs, televisions and networks, and provide extra phone support for stopping viruses and spyware.


Controversial Dutch film director killed in Amsterdam

A Dutch film director, who was making a controversial film, was killed in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam Tuesday morning. Theo van Gogh was killed after being stabbed and shot, Radio Netherlands reported.


Samuel Pahlsson, Dustin Penner and Corey Perry scored third-period goals to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.


J-Lo and Marc Anthony to Sing First Duet at Grammys

Power pop couple Jennifer Lopez and  Marc Anthony will perform their first public duet at the Grammy  Awards this month, organizers of the event said on Thursday.


Let out a scream for best amusement parks!

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The end of summer means the results are in for this year's ''Golden Ticket Awards,'' honoring the best rides and parks around the country.


Sexual violence is being used to terrorise entire communities caught in Colombia's conflict, Amnesty says.


Retired army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's 6th president for a five-year term by the People's Consultative Assembly at the parliament building here Wednesday.


Balancing P2P and Copyright Infringement

Internet file sharing, commonly referred to as peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, allows individuals to trade copies of their digital files over the Internet.


Software giant hopes to challenge Google with new search technology.


Abbas makes one last call for EU support

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a last push Saturday to win European support for lifting a crippling international aid embargo in talks with French President Jacques Chirac.


Under Bush, US workers paid more for less health care: consumer ...

US workers are paying more for health insurance and receiving less than they were four years ago and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical


Apple Inc. has delayed until March the launch of its gadget for streaming video and other content from computers to TVs, but the company would not explain why.


What will hurt more -- the early revelations, or the ending itself?


'I can't find Homebase and I'm very distressed' Cambridgeshire police have come over all Web 2.0 and decided to podcast a selection of entertaining "non" 999 calls in an effort to "curb the number of nuisance calls the police receive".â¦


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The arrest of Ibrahim Eissa and three other opposition journalists is the latest signal of tightening government control, reflecting anxiety over presidential succession.


Lukas Smith's Blog: Opcode Best Practices

In a new post, Lukas Smith mentions (among other things) an upcoming webcast via the folks over at php|architect covering the best practices of using the opcode cache in your applications.    oin us as we host PHP internals developer, Stas Malyshev (Zend) with a presentation on optimizing your use of PHP opcode caching software, be it APC, Zend Platform, or another.   This talk will cover techniques that you can use to squeeze the most performance out of your cache, such as avoiding runtime includes and conditional class declaration.    Register soon because the event happens this Friday (March 16th, 2007) and there is no cost to attend - but you do have to sign up.


Tribune takes control of free daily amNewYork

Tribune Co. said on Thursday it has  acquired full control of amNewYork after buying a minority  interest from the free daily newspaper's management group led  by co-founder Russel Pergament.


MADRID  - Pedro Almodovar's next film will be titled "El Piel Que Habito" (The Skin I Live In) and the cast will include his regular muse Penelope Cruz, according to an interview published Monday in the Spanish press.


Sierra Leone Leads World in Child Deaths

In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before age 5. In Iraq (news - web sites), one in 10 does not make it to a fifth birthday.


Police have arrested a Dutch national on suspicion of supplying thousands of tonnes of ingredients for mustard gas and nerve gas to the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.


Merkel says Iran must meet all demands over nuclear programme

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Iran to conform with the demands of the international community over its nuclear programme "without ifs and buts and without tricks".


Researchers report that in the typical high school gym class — where there are a few jumping jacks before a halfhearted game of softball — students are active for an average of just 16 minutes.


A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease


Warning strikes by workers angry over planned cost cuts at Volkswagen briefly halted output at three German plants on Friday, underscoring the standoff between Europe's biggest car maker and its workforce.


Giuseppe Campesi, di 35 anni, e' deceduto in ospedale


World Business Briefing: Japan: Corporate Spending Slows

Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.


A row over whether only cheese made in Greece can be labelled as feta reaches the European Court of Justice.


A special branch officer admits he may have inadvertently contaminated evidence in a terror trial.


Chadian troops and Darfur rebels launch an attack in Sudan's western region, diplomatic sources say.


Queen to entertain Chirac with Les Miserables during state visit

LONDON  - Queen Elizabeth has booked a gala performance of the blockbuster musical Les Miserables at Windsor Castle next month to entertain French President Jacques Chirac, who will be in Britain to mark the centenary of an Anglo-French friendship treaty.


Arcelor Mittal agrees to revise big iron-ore contract in Liberia

Leading world steel group Areclor Mittal has said it had agreed to a revision of an agreement giving it access to big resourcse of iron ore in Liberia, notably by increasing its investment.


Standing before thousands of Marines, President Bush asked other Americans on Tuesday to make the war their own by helping battle-weary troops and their families.


Page-turners turn into award-worthy pics

David Benioff was sitting on a plane, having a perfectly pleasant conversation with an elderly passenger about his job as a screenwriter, when he mentioned that he was working on an adaptation of "The Kite Runner."


Colombia's president is ready to hold talks to try to end a diplomatic row with Venezuela, an aide says.


By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Dec. 16--BLOOMINGTON -- The city can evict tenants from a Monroe Street property if necessary, according to a McLean County judge's ruling Friday.   The city condemned 408 E.


Serena Williams has her sights set on  regaining the world number one ranking after staging a  miraculous comeback to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in  the Australian Open final Saturday.


IBM aims for top 10 with new Spanish supercomputer

The new supercomputer employs a cluster of 2,520 eServer BladeCenter JS20 systems running the Linux operating system and could be the first supercomputer to get a top 10 ranking using blade server technology.


PARIS, Sept 16  - The French advertising group Havas said Thursday it returned to profit in the first half of the year and plans to undertake a capital increase of EUR 400 million (USD 486 million).


Judge upholds arbitrator's O'Neal ruling

NEW YORK- Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal can play against Detroit tomorrow after a federal judge upheld an arbitrator's decision to reduce the forward's suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pis- tons brawl.


Odds Good That Asteroid Will Hit Mars Next Month

75-1 may be incredibly long odds at the race track, but that's a prohibitive favorite in astronomy. And astronomers say a newly discovered asteroid has one chance in 75 of hitting the red planet at the end of January.


To resolve the question of whether the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene may have rested in two limestone boxes discovered in a Jerusalem suburb, the filmmakers of a new documentary took novel approaches — including turning to statisticians.


A fully-equipped hospital the government refused to open for two years burns to the ground in northern Nigeria.


Yogurt drink settles stomach after antibiotics

A yogurt drink containing "good" bacteria helped patients avoid the diarrhea caused by antibiotics, British researchers reported on Friday.


Nine killed as Myanmar cracks down on protests

Soldiers and police fired into crowds of demonstrators in Myanmar's largest city and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or be shot on Thursday, with nine people killed in the second day of a crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.


Body of one of three missing Oregon climbers found

The body of one of three climbers missing for more than a week on Mount Hood in Oregon was found on Sunday, a spokesman for the Hood River County Sheriff's Department said.


The Securities and Exchange Commission is promoting a legal standard that would make it harder for shareholders to win fraud lawsuits against companies and executives.


Storms Wallop California, Ohio River Valley

Heavy rains and blizzards slammed  California on Saturday, triggering floods and mudslides and  tying up traffic from southern California to San Francisco and  into the Sierra Nevada mountain range.


CHICAGO - A medical school and a group of about 50 breast cancer patients have agreed to settle a lawsuit over a canceled experimental vaccine program that some patients claimed had kept them alive.


of talks aimed at reaching a peaceful settlement to the violent dispute threatening the world's top cocoa grower. enabling him to provide recommendations to all parties.


Microsoft Corp., worldâs largest software maker, increased its market shares of Windows CE, operating system for handheld devices, in the third quarter of this year, stated a research study conducted by Gartner, Inc.


US President Bush says he has lost patience with Syria's President Assad, and rules out opening a dialogue with him.


West, Saudi Arabia unable to confirm bin Laden death

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had   no evidence Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on   a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret   services believed he had died last month.


Kew Gardens says human-induced warming is damaging plant life and calls for emissions cuts.


Cheap labor isn't the only reason for offshoring.


'Resident Evil: Apocalypse' Tops Weekend Box Office

"Resident Evil: Apocalypse," the sequel to 2002's "Resident Evil," based on a video game series about blowing apart shuffling, bio-poisoned zombie attackers, opened at No.


Ronaldo put in an astonishing display of pace, power and skill to inspire Real Madrid to a 6-1 victory over Albacete at the Bernabeu.


Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source

Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is planning to give  up on its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding  defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp  (6758.T), a company source said on Saturday.


Roman beauty secrets revealed in 1,800-year-old tin of make-up

this was the foundation that fashionable women in Roman London would put on their faces before an evening or day out. Scientists


Buffalo, 11:21 - HOCKEY, GOLA TAGLIATA: ZEDNIK IN CONDIZIONI STABILI

Richard Zednik, il giocatore di hockey su ghiaccio rimasto ferito alla gola domenica scorsa durante ...


Doctor's open-heart program has been a local treasure

I thoroughly enjoyed the recent article on Dr. John Armitage and the open-heart program at Mary Washington Hospital ["Vital Medicine," Dec. 12].


Survey says employers to keep drug benefits for retirees, but at ...

WASHINGTON A new survey shows many large employers will keep prescription drug benefits for retirees after the start of the Medicare drug program -- but at lower levels.


Smiling and soft-spoken, Timothy Masters walked out of court a free man for the first time in nearly a decade Tuesday, his murder conviction wiped out by DNA evidence that points to another suspect.


Dallas police have classified Terrell Owens' case as an "accidental overdose," not an attempted suicide, closing their investigation Thursday of the Cowboys receiver's hospitalization.


Openads lets websites keep visits private

The British firm Openads is offering website operators an alternative to giant online ad firms accused of imperiling privacy by amassing data about people's Internet activities.


Long before anyone in the U.S. was taking al-Qaeda seriously, Jean-Louis Bruguiere warned of its danger. His retirement ends an era


Deaths from tsunami pass 120,000; international community donates ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - As the death toll from Asia's earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared past 120,000, nations donated $600 million Cdn toward the world's largest relief effort, but UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said even more would be needed.


Activists are angry after Mozambique's Catholic Church leader says that some European-made condoms are deliberately infected with HIV.


Pharmacare plan touted as freeing up health money

OTTAWA -- A federal pharmacare program would save the Ontario government $3.7 billion annually, freeing up money the province spends on drugs so it can invest in a plan to shorten hospital waiting times, Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday.


Paul Mwesigwa was a child during the rule of Idi Amin, Uganda's former dictator, and like many of his countrymen he finds it hard to write off Africa's most notorious leader as a total villain.


Dump Cleanup Still Lacks Cash: Shifting River Threatens Containment

By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 9--The final cleanup of a dump along the Nooksack River's south fork could cost a half million dollars or more, but no source for that money is immediately available.


It takes courage to buy on days like these. Have what it takes?


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Market awaits Fed words for clues on November

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Treasurys were lower ahead of what's expected to be the Federal Reserve's third interest-rate hike of the year later Tuesday.


Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries were divided Tuesday on whether output should be increased in a bid to boost global supply that might cause prices to drop.


Terror and political crisis beset Musharraf

A fresh wave of suicide bombings killed 36 people and wounded 54 in Pakistan today as the country braced for a key court verdict that could trigger further instability.


Swedes to probe cow-belch threat to planet

Bovine methane menace Swedish researchers have secured $590,000 to determine just how much methane is emitted by belching cows, AP reports.â¦


What makes an IT handbag? Celebrity and magazines

The Hermes "Kelly" and "Birkin" handbags are perennials, while this season Marc Jacobs "Stam" and Yves Saint Laurent "Downtown" handbags are among the ones to be seen wearing, but what exactly makes an IT bag?


Music Review: Resurrecting an Urban Earth Mother

As Judy Kuhn performed 13 Nyro songs on Thursday, she came as close to channeling Laura Nyroâs essence as any performer Iâve heard, with the exception of Rickie Lee Jones.


Fix-income deals hurt earnings at JPMorgan

NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase, the second-largest US bank, has surprised Wall Street with a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings. The bank, which reported the result on Wednesday, attributed the weaker performance to poor results in fixed-income trading.


Juan Rodriguez is the sole winner of Friday night's $149 million Mega Millions jackpot. The 49 year-old was joined by his family Sunday to accept that big check with all those zeros in it.


Virgin Blue budget airline announces fuel surcharge hike

Australian budget airline Virgin Blue announced Monday it will increase the fuel surcharge it adds to ticket prices from Aug. 26 because of soaring oil prices.


Business & money: Fears that shares will end up being nearly worthless.


The babble over how to pronounce `Babel'

An Academy Award contender that no one's sure how to pronounce? "Babel" has seven Oscar nominations, meaning the name of the film will be read at least seven times Sunday night. But its pronunciation has stumped even its biggest star.


China warns of "tough task" in snow relief

CHENZHOU, China  - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting to discuss the worst winter weather in half a century.


Lyons to start as Wallabies seek to bounce back from France defeat

David Lyons will replace the injured John Roe as number eight in Australia's line-up to face Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow on Saturday.


No Need for All-Day Patch to Treat 'Lazy Eye'

FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new study could be great news for children with "lazy eye."


ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT VIOXX . . . but not for the reasons Merck & Co. recommends. Last week a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study found a link with heart attacks, and several large health insurers said


Long Insulated, Fannie Mae Feels Political Heat

Fannie Mae has long been thought untouchable because its management and board are loaded with luminaries from the governmental, lobbying and political world.


Bush visits Fifth Fleet amid Iran tensions

President George W. Bush visited the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet on Sunday amid new tensions with Iran over an incident in which the United States says its ships were harassed in the Strait of Hormuz.


Moody's cuts SBC, BellSouth, and Cingular ratings

Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday cut the debt ratings for SBC Communications Inc. (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and BellSouth Corp.


(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is recalling several thousand laptop computer battery packs because mechanical problems with the pack's latch could lead to overheating of the battery. The recall applies to around 6,000 battery packs that were shipped with its CF-W4G Let's Note W4 laptop computers in April and May of 2005, the company said Tuesday. The recall only applies to machines shipped in Japan. The problems arise if the owner sometimes drops the machine or sets it down on a table very roughly, said Akira Kadota, a spokesman for the company in Tokyo. On such occasions the small spring in the latch can penetrate the battery pack and cause a short circuit that leads to overheating, he said. Panasonic has documented two cases to-date of this happening with the battery packs under recall. "This is veryÂ different from the Sony case," he said referring to recent recalls by Dell and Apple ComputerÂ of almost 6 million battery packs containing Sony-made cells. Sony said the presence of metallic particles inside the battery meant there is a chance that the cells could overheat and catch fire under certain circumstances. The cells in the batteries under recall were not made by Sony or Panasonic, said Kadota. He wouldn't name the battery maker. Panasonic has posted details of the recall on the Internet in Japanese at:Â http://askpc.panasonic.co.jp/info/info_w4.html.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


A confidante of the ailing Palestinian leader has warned Israel that Yasser Arafat's death could bring an end to the peace process.


Cocktails of food additives in children's diets may be responsible for hyperactive behaviour, say researchers.


Singapore stops foreigners from singing complaints

A choir that planned to sing a list of complaints about life in Singapore cancelled its performances after the city-state banned its foreign members from singing, organisers said on Saturday.


Escape From Rebels Leads to a Reunion in Uganda

Ten of 139 girls abducted eight years ago by rebels in Uganda have escaped in recent months and will return to their boarding school after years in captivity.


HK May Restrict Bird Slaughter to Combat Flu

Hong Kong said on Monday it may ban shopkeepers slaughtering poultry after world health experts issued strong warnings that the deadly bird flu virus may trigger the next pandemic.


Deutsche Bank in $87.5 Million Settlement

As part of the deal, Deutsche Bank will pay $7.5 million for allegedly failing to turn over e-mails promptly during the regulators' investigation.


Budge Office Sees Deficit at $368 Billion

The U.S. budget deficit will hit  $368 billion this year even before war costs are added, the  Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, and analysts said  the number shows it would be hard for President Bush to keep  his promise of halving the gap in five years.


Un treno passeggeri in servizio sulla linea Torino-Cuneo Ã¨ deragliato questa mattina intorno alle 7,20 in localitÃ  Madonna dell'Olmo, poco prima della stazione del capoluogo. Secondo le prime informazioni


The race is crystallizing around sharp contrasts as post debate polls show a boost for Kerry.


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Domani primo atto ufficiale della privatizzazione Rai con la firma dell'atto di fusione tra Rai Spa e Rai Holding. NascerÃ  cosÃ¬ la nuova societÃ  Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa. Presso la sede di Rai


Germany Says Italy's UN Stance Will Hurt Europe

Germany said on Saturday that Italy's opposition to its campaign for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council could mean Europe loses out.


Matsuzaka Negotiations Going Down to the Wire

Although Daisuke Matsuzaka would face considerable criticism for going back to Japan because of a squabble over money with the Boston Red Sox, his agent Scott Boras said a return is a strong possibility.


Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.


Claim 9/11 Terrorists Were Identified Is Rejected

The inspector generalÂs office at the Defense Department said in a report that it found no evidence to suggest that the intelligence program, known as Able Danger, identified any of the 9/11 hijackers.


N Ireland peace talks show little progress

Talks to kick-start the peace process in Northern Ireland dragged late into the night on Friday, with all sides due to return to the negotiating table yesterday, officials said.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The LA Dodgers hope a return home can help the club stave off post-season elimination. The Dodgers lost the first two games to the St.


Author Russell Banks sets new novel near his home

American writer Russell Banks set out  to be a painter but abandoned his brushes for a career as a  writer that has spanned five decades.


The father of Madeleine McCann says the sighting of a man seen the night she disappeared is significant.


Slimness vs. cardiovascular fitness: Which is more crucial?

The first, by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, finds that no matter how much exercise a woman gets, if she's overweight, she's at risk of developing diabetes.


Just call him The Duke. Josh Duhamel and his girlfriend, Fergie, are engaged, his publicist said Wednesday.


By David Paul Kuhn. By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Bob Schieffer. (CBS) In a CBS News/New York Times poll out Sunday, President Bush has the support of 49 percent of likely voters to 46 percent for John Kerry.


Global privacy counsel obsessed with male physique A brief summation of Google's new privacy policies. One: Your search data will be made anonymous after it sits on the company's servers for 18 months. Two: Your Google browser cookies will expire if you don't visit the site for two years. And three: a man should not be allowed to hide his "shrinking shoulders" and "protruding paunch" behind a business suit and necktie.â¦


AN investigation has been opened into crowd trouble at Chelsea's League Cup match with West Ham at Stamford Bridge overnight. Police in riot gear were confronted by a section of the West Ham supporters after the match which Chelsea won 1-0.


Warlord admits organising school siege, prompting massive manhunt for Russiaâs most wanted man. Andrew Osborn in Moscow reports.


Judge Refuses Bid To Dismiss Jackson Molestation Case

The attempt to dismiss the case revolving around child molestation allegations against the King of Pop were refused by Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville on Thursday.


Zeta-Jones lawsuit draws worldâs attention to Renoâs Spice ...

News that actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is suing the Spice House in Reno for using her image on its Web site was reported in newspapers worldwide on Tuesday.


Gunmen Wound Top Palestinian Intelligence Aide in Gaza

The deputy chief of the Palestinian intelligence services was shot and seriously wounded in Gaza City today as he drove to his office.


The Congolese government said Tuesday its troops were battling soldiers from Rwanda, pointing to the capture of two forces from its longtime foe as proof that the neighboring country's army had re-entered Congo's east.


Being Overweight May Increase Cancer Risk

Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.


Chelsea and England skipper John Terry is bracing himself for the backlash from Liverpool's derby defeat at Everton when the Reds visit Stamford Bridge for a Premiership showdown on Sunday.


Violence forces US contractor to leave Iraq

US contractor Contrack International has pulled out of a $325 million (170 million pound) Iraqi transportation project because of violence, a US official says.


McDonald's is to convert all its delivery vehicles in the UK to run on biodiesel, using the firm's cooking oil.


Construction manager Kimball Diamond often works thousands of miles from his Burlingame, Calif., office. So he didn't mind paying $19.95 a month for a service that let him remotely control his office computer over the Internet.


La vittima, 33 anni di Crotone, stava frequentando un corso all'universitÃ Lo hanno violentemente percosso poi gli sono passati sopra con la sua Peugeot                                          Ingegnere ucciso a Cosenza colpito alla testa e travolto con l'auto                                                                                Misterioso il movente: non si esclude quello passionale


Blair vows not to quit despite probe uproar

British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed on Friday not to quit before British police finished a political funding investigation, despite growing alarm in his Labour party over the damage the probe is inflicting on the government.


For players with ambitions to develop games, Electronic Arts must appear to be the best place in the world, but there is unhappiness among those living that dream.


Apple sent out invitations to a special event it is holding on September 5, which indicate the company is preparing to launch new iPods in time for the holiday season. It is largely expected the iPods will incorporate a touch-sensitive screen and "Cover Flow" user interface found on the iPhone.


Thrown out of home, Nigerian women find solace in sisterhood

Some 70 women sat on wooden benches in in an old primary school in the centre of Kano, northern Nigeria's largest city, receiving nutrition lessons from an exuberant fair complexioned woman.


Crollo palazzina, le ipotesi: fuga di gas o tentato suicidio

L' esplosione che ha provocato il crollo dei due appartamenti a Vezzano Ligure potrebbe essere stata provocata, seocndo i vigili del fuoco, da una grossa sacca di gas che si Ã¨ raccolta nella cucina di proprietÃ  di Franco Di Mattia, l' uomo di 56 anni


Jennifer Capriati beats fellow American and rival Serena Williams to reach the last four of the US Open.


The UN's disaster chief urges countries to divert small sums spent on emergency relief to tackling disaster prevention.


Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years Friday for abusing steroids and must forfeit trophies that include the 2003 world and US titles in the indoor 200 meters.