Iran absolutely will not engage in nuclear weapons program: EU

The European Union welcomes Iran's new offer to suspend sensitive nuclear activities, saying Tehran should be given a few more months to comply before any tougher action, the Netherlands said on Thursday.


Asked to describe his attitude in his last few months in office, Sen. Mark Dayton cited a line from the 1960s song "Me and Bobby McGee." "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose," he says.


LONDON, Oct 20 (IPS) - Oil-producing countries are among the most   corrupt, a new survey by Transparency International shows.


Ex-Gucci designers to take over Valentino women's wear

Alessandra Facchinetti has been appointed to design all the women's wear lines for Valentino after the Italian couturier who founded the label announced his retirement, the fashion house said Wednesday.


Uraiqat urges vote right for East Jerusalem

"The Oslo peace accords had specified that Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem be allowed to take part in elections. They did vote in the first and so far only elections in 1996.


A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.


Barnes Museum Can Move to Downtown Philly - Judge

One of the world's leading  impressionist art collections can move from the Philadelphia  suburbs to a new downtown location where its financial future  may be more secure, a judge ruled on Monday.


Hurricane Ivan Rages, Prompting Evacuations in Florida

urricane Ivan, hovering southeast of Jamaica, raged into a Category 5 storm this morning as its winds whipped up to 160 miles per hour, and skittish officials in storm weary southern Florida began evacuating some people from the Keys.


Dalla Cina alla Finlandia In campo il 17 novembre

Roma, 22 ottobre 2004 - Dagli involtini primavera al salmone il passo Ã¨ berve. Almeno per la nazionale italiana di calcio. In sostituzione della trasferta dell'Italia in Cina, la Figc ha organizzato un'amichevole


CNN Heroes: Teacher-astronaut's new mission

Three weeks after returning to Earth, teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan cheerfully carried out her first space education assignment Monday, sharing the magic of flying in orbit with children at Walt Disney World.


At least two people have been killed and 18 others injured in an explosion at a concert by an Indian Bollywood star in Colombo. Police said a hand-grenade ripped through the front stands as Shahrukh Khan ended his performance on Saturday.


Singapore and South Korea Sign Free-Trade Pact

Out of the ASEAN summit, South Korea and Singapore said they agreed to form a free-trade deal that covers nine broad areas, including electronics, finance and intellectual property rights.


Intesaconsumatori: nel 2005 rincari per 1.176 euro a famiglia

Continua la lenta erosione dei redditi delle famiglie che, a causa dei rincari di spesa e dell'aumento delle tariffe, dovranno fare i conti nel 2005 con aggravi di bilancio pari a 1.176 euro. E' Intesaconsumatori


Merrill Lynch reports a net loss for 2007 after it is caught up in problems from a slump in the US housing market.


Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: medics

Israeli forces shot dead a 10-year-old Palestinian boy and a militant in Gaza on Friday, hospital officials said as the government vowed it would only end its assault when militants stopped attacking Israel.


There are not enough members of the armed forces to meet the UK's military demands, MPs say.


African bishops threaten split over homosexuality

African Bishops condemned the Anglican Church's stance on homosexuality yesterday and said that they would stop sending priests to be trained in countries where same-sex relationships were accepted.


Data Supports New Meningitis Vaccine -- Panel

A panel of US experts on Wednesday unanimously agreed that a new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, but said follow-up data was needed.


Where to Bury Arafat's Body and the Future of The Palestinians' ...

Arguments over where to bury Yasser Arafat's body leave out opportunities to talk about the future of the Palestinians' soul.


ROMA, 1 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Da ora fino a Natale si apre un periodo d'oro per il cinema d'animazione. Sono molti gli eroi 'disegnati' a sbarcare nelle sale: avremo la belleza di sei titoli. 'YU-GI-OH!' - Il 5


Boardroom shake-up as M&S profits fall 10%

STRUGGLING Marks & Spencer announced a boardroom cull yesterday that further concentrates power in the hands of chief executive Stuart Rose and a small team, as more trading woes were unveiled by the retailer.


Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: medical workers

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday near the border fence with Israel, local residents and medical workers said.


Photos: Segway rollouts, recalls and pratfalls

High-tech hype meets road hazard: The two-wheeler may be better known for its spills than its sales.


WHO: Nigeria's Strike Helps Polio Vaccine Campaign

A general strike in Nigeria has made it easier to reach and vaccinate 35 million children in the country against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.


Paper renews potato jibe at Polish leader

A German paper published photos comparing Poland's president to a potato on Monday on the eve of a summit between Germany, Poland and France -- five months after the three-way meeting was scrapped following a similar jibe.


Government targets Swift & Co. in immigration probe

Immigration agents raided six Swift & Co. meat plants early on Tuesday, temporarily shutting them down, as part of a 10-month federal investigation into identity theft involving illegal immigrants, federal officials said.


Serena Williams beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the Australian Open final Saturday, making a stirring comeback after injuring her back in the opening game.


Former Foes Russia, Turkey Eye Era of Warmer Ties

Russia and Turkey, putting to rest  lingering Cold War tensions, said Monday it was time their  political ties caught up with their booming economic links.


The Times took many by surprise with its announcement that it was abandoning its broadsheet format after 216 years. Few thought it would risk alienating so many of its loyal readers, such


TEL AVIV -- Massive explosions ripped through a hotel last night on the Red Sea in Egypt, near the southern tip of Israel, killing at least 30 and injuring more than 160, many of them Israeli tourists, according to Israeli media reports and Egyptian officials.


Singapore Air plans to buy 18 Boeing 777s

Singapore Airlines Ltd, Asia's most profitable carrier, may use new Boeing Co planes to try to win long-haul passengers from Emirates and Cathay Pacific Airways


Union Boards Back Deal to End Writersâ Strike

The governing boards of the unions representing movie and television writers unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal.


The brokerage house said Monday that Ahmass L. Fakahany would leave effective Feb. 1 as the firm builds a new management team.


Ron Artest scored 24 points, as Indiana defeated Detroit 97-82 in a game that was stopped late in the fourth quarter due to a fight on the court that spilled into the stands and included the fans.


Homer Simpson is to feature in an Channel 4 identity trail appearing before programmes on the station.


City Room: Renaming the Triborough After R.F.K.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer plans to ask the State Legislature to rename the Triborough Bridge, which opened in 1936, for Robert F. Kennedy, the New York senator who was assassinated in 1968.


Marsiglia, 20:04 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: IMPRENDITORE CANADESE RILEVA IL MARSIGLIA

L'imprenditore farmaceutico canadese Jack Kachar è il nuovo proprietario del Marsiglia, prele...


The UK and other nations are to set up a fund to speed the development of new vaccines for poorer countries.


Microsoft Looks to Boost Project Software’s Appeal

Microsoft didn’t include Project in any of its eight official Office 2007 product bundles. But it did add some welcome new features to the project management software, users and analysts said.


Property prices fell further in November, while the time it took to sell a property lengthened, a survey finds.


New Jersey's James McGreevey announces he's gay, had an affair and is resigning. But it's much more complicated than that


US security official killed in Iraq attack

A US security official, assigned to the US Embassy in Baghdad, was killed on Sunday by a mortar attack on a US Army base near Baghdad International Airport, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.


In the immortal words of Casey Stengel: "Can't anybody here play this game?" That was the title of Jimmy Breslin's classic book about manager Stengel and his wretchedly incompetent 1962 New York Mets, an expansion team that lost 120 games.


British woman says she wed bin Laden son

A British woman said Wednesday she has married Omar bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader's fourth son, after they met in Egypt last fall.


Keane signs new five-year deal with Spurs

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane signed a new five-year contract on Monday that will keep him with the London club until 2012.


An Oregon man stopped taking the painkiller Vioxx when it was pulled from the market, switching to Bextra. Then questions about Bextra -- and four other drugs -- sent him back to his doctor with a new set of worries.


ERNIE Els cannot catch Vijay Singh at the top of the world rankings in Scotland this week - but he can overtake Colin Montgomerie and become the biggest money-earner in European Tour history.


Personal Best : Sleep After Hard Workouts? You Must Be Dreaming

An exercise paradox: a walk wakes you up, but hard training will run you down.


A German container vessel with 27 crew runs aground in the Dover Strait, off the coast of Kent.


The U.S. military has agreed to give about $650,000 to three British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter who were injured when an American military truck slammed into their vehicle in Iraq, a lawyer said Monday.


No, Most Hockey Parents Are Not Super Aggressive

NEW YORK  - Although media images of the  irate "hockey dad" might suggest otherwise, most hockey fathers  -- and mothers -- seem to value their children's learning  experience over their win records, a new study suggests.


TEMPE, Ariz. - John Edwards is claiming that if John Kerry wins the White House, paralyzed people like Christopher Reeve will get out of their wheelchairs


Alaa Siyam's limbs are purple from a beating by Hamas police — but he says that won't stop him from joining protests against the militant group's leaders now running Gaza.


A motorcycle officer injured last week while escorting President Bush in the islands died Sunday, police said.


Anti-Bush Bracelets Say, 'Count Me Blue'

After spending 10 days in London with friends who were outspoken about their disdain for President Bush's policies, Berns Rothchild came home wishing she had a way to show the world she didn't vote for him.


Car blast kills one near, wounds 6 in Tel Aviv

A suspected car bomb exploded in a   town south of the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday, killing   at least one person and wounding six others, Israeli rescue and   ambulance services said.


A new report by government researchers finds the number of Americans with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, as Americans have gotten older and fatter.


A bakery worker who stabbed his colleague through the heart in a row over tea breaks is jailed for life.


Six months before NASA plans to return the shuttle to space, officials think they've essentially solved the problem that doomed Columbia in 2003 -- debris coming off its fuel


Toyota is outbid for land But state says developer won't necessarily get site

Toyota has been outbid by a land developer for state-owned property in York Township, but officials say this is one deal that will be decided by more than money.


Hip-hop duo OutKast and rapper Jay-Z are among the main winners at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.


CBS admits "mistake" over memos in Bush military report

CBS star television journalist Dan Rather apologised on prime time television for using dubious documents to back a report that cast doubts on President George W. Bush's Vietnam era military service.


I malfattori lo seguono, rubandogli la pensione appena presa


Supporters Await Plane Carrying Musharraf Rival

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 9 -- On Oct. 12, 1999, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused landing rights to a plane carrying his army chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, setting off a military coup that resulted in Sharif's exile.


Marathoning mice could have Olympian effects on obesity

A molecular switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon runners, a Salk Institute study has found.


First impressions of Firefox 1.0 preview release

Firefox is my second choice for a web browser. Opera comes first. No doubts about that. But Firefox in itself is a pretty decent browser.


BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday and killed at least eight people, most of whom had been taking shelter in a high school that collapsed in southern Alabama.


Siena, 12:31 - CALCIO, SIENA: NEVE SUL CAMPO, ANNULLATO ALLENAMENTO

La neve caduta a Siena ha costretto il Siena ad annullare l'allenamento di questa mattina. All'orari...


The resignation of the Italian Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione would probably have been enough to satisfy the European parliament and pave the way for a positive vote in favour of the new Commission.


Occidental Petroleum rode crude prices and an oil orientation to a solid third quarter.


PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which is trying to fight off a hostile takeover by rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Friday said its board


People in the News: Omni Hotel Manager Says He Has to Wear Many Hats

By Thomas J. Brady, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 11--A.J. Williams III says that being the general manager of a hotel is like being the mayor of a small city.  "Everyone comes to you for different things.


World News > Maoists attack government complex, free prisoners:

As Nepal's government Sunday focused on foiling a Maoist blockade of the capital, the rebels struck in a remote district, killing a security personnel and freeing five prisoners.


The invasion of Iraq was prompted by supposed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons along with the possibility of a nuclear threat.


While low-priced stocks can be cheap for a reason, they might also present some great, overlooked investment opportunities.


InfoWorld - AMD will delay its launch of the Barcelona quad-core Opteron server chip from its expected date in July until October, setting the company back in its effort to compete with new processors from Intel, according to analyst reports.


A Sudanese child gets a drink of clean water at the Abu Shouk camp

To ratchet up the pressure on the Sudanese government - which has promised to disarm Arab militiamen accused of killing 30,000 and forcing more than 1.4 million from their homes â-nited Nations special representative Jan Pronk and British Foreign


Bill Cowher is unhappy former Steelers star Jerome Bettis predicted on national TV this might be his final season as Pittsburgh's coach.


Having overtaken Tiger Woods as the world's premier golfer, Vijay Singh on Sunday pushed Woods further into his wake by claiming the PGA Tour's single-season money record.


Sigma-Aldrich Enhances Internet-Based Bioactive Nutrient Explorer to Improve Customer Access to Nutrition Research Information

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich , a leading $1.7 billion Life Science and High Technology Company, has enhanced its Bioactive Nutrient Explorer.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Sunday, slipping into a berthing port to deliver more solar-powered panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.


Bangladesh's martyrs day clouded by political woes

Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on  Thursday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals  killed during the independence war but the country was focused  on its present day strife ahead of elections next month.


Vicenza, 19:59 - CALCIO, VICENZA: ACCORDO CON PISA PER PASSIGLIA E TREVISAN

Il Vicenza ha preso a titolo definitivo dal Pisa il centrocampista Giovanni Passiglia, 27 anni. La s...


Howard suspended for 2 games after fight

Mavericks forward Josh Howard was suspended Friday for the first two games of the regular season, punishment for a fight with Sacramento center Brad Miller earlier in the week.


Venezuela's president says the Farc guerrillas should not be treated as terrorists, but Colombia disagrees.


Angry Aragones defends himself over Henry remarks

Spain coach Luis Aragones has defended himself against accusations of racism in the wake of his remarks about French striker Thierry Henry, saying his conscience is completely clear.


Massachusetts Institute of Technology's endowment fund posted investment gains of 22.1 percent in the year ended June 30, the school said yesterday, helping the endowment to grow $1.6 billion to $9.98 billion.


Chiron Corporation last Friday provided the following statement in response to an announcement by U.S. health officials on the current influenza vaccine situation.


Powell: Sudan Abuses Qualify As Genocide

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration for the first time on Thursday called attacks in Sudan's Darfur region by government-backed Arab militia against black Africans "genocide."   The designation by Secretary of State Colin Powell came as a U.S. proposal in the U.N...


EON statisfied with market reception to Endesa takeover bid

The chief executive of German utility EON, Wulf Bernotat, has expressed satisfaction with market reception to his firm's takeover offer of more than 41 billion euros (55 billion dollars) for Endesa.


Round of flu shots might be Jeffco's last

Jefferson County residents who qualify for flu shots will have at least one more opportunity to get vaccinated, with shots being given Sunday afternoon at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.


Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje of the hit TV series "Lost" was arrested on a traffic violation in Waikiki this weekend, police said.


Judge Won't Dismiss Myanmar Suit Against Unocal

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday  refused to throw out a lawsuit against Unocal Corp. over human  rights abuses during the building of a pipeline in Myanmar.


Robert Edmiston, a major donor to the Tory party, has been questioned in the loans for peerages inquiry.


Google-UC contract fuels copyright brawl

(InfoWorld) - TheÂ book-scanning contract between Google Inc. and the University of California has made the Association of American Publishers (AAP) even more distressed over Google's project to digitize millions of volumes from libraries. Last year, the AAP sued Google on behalf of five of its members -- The McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson Education, Penguin Group USA, Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons -- alleging massive copyright infringement in the Google Books Library Project. But the University of California contract, released publicly two weeks ago, has the AAP even more dismayed than before, said Allan Adler, the AAP's vice president of legal and government affairs. In particular, the University of California agreement contains eyebrow-raising provisions that don't appear in the Google Books Library Project contract with the University of Michigan, which is also available publicly, Adler said. "Some aspects of the University of California contract that differ from the University of Michigan contract raise additional questions both about Google's liability and the possible liability of the universities," Adler said. Adler points to the University of California contract's definition of university library patron as "all individuals and organizations that the University Libraries serve from their Web sites." The contract lets the university use its digital copies for services offered to its patrons, subject to copyright law. Adler finds that the "patron" definition seems broad and could include the general public, not just faculty, students and staff. The contract also allows the university "to recover copying costs" incurred in providing services to patrons. "What's the extent of copying that this agreement would permit the University of California library patrons to engage in?" Adler wonders. Jennifer Colvin, a University of California spokeswoman, said that some online library services are available to the general public and others are limited to university community members. She stressed that the university hasn't decided how it will use its digital copies, but that the uses will comply with copyright law. Adler also noted that the contract, unlike the Michigan agreement, lets the University of California share up to 10 percent of its Google-provided digitized book collection with other libraries and educational institutions for noncommercial purposes. "There's a much tighter set of restrictions on what the University of Michigan can do with the digital copies it receives from Google," Adler said. The University of California seems to have negotiated access for its copies to a more broadly defined universe of so-called patrons, he said. Asked about the differences between the two university contracts, a Google spokeswoman said that each agreement is individually crafted to meet each partner's requirements. She declined to explain why the sharing limit is set at 10 percent. Adler also saw indications in the University of California contract that Google may have grown more concerned and aware of potential liabilities since late 2004, when it signed the Michigan contract. For example, the California contract stipulates that Google will provide digital copies to the university "via a network connection." Based on the Michigan contract, the AAP assumed Google provides the digitized books to the universities in storage hardware like CDs and hard disks. By hosting the university copies on its servers, Google might be attempting to avoid distributing these copies in a physical format, Adler said. The Google and the University of California spokeswomen separately declined to say how the digital copies are being transferred. The California agreement also forces third-party universities and institutions that gain access to the University of California digital copies to indemnify Google in writing from liability related to how these organizations use the material, Adler notes. Last month, the University of California became the latest institution to join the Google Books Library Project, agreeing to let Google scan and digitize millions of volumes from its libraries. Weeks later, the university publicly released the contract to satisfy a "general interest" in the document, including a request by the IDG News Service. The Authors Guild Inc. and three authors also sued Google for alleged copyright infringement related to the library book-scanning project last year. The AAP and the Authors Guild both allege Google needs to obtain permission from copyright holders before scanning in-copyright books it obtains from the libraries. Google acknowledges that it scans the books and makes their full text searchable by users of theÂ Google Book Search service. However, Google maintains its activities are legal because it only displays short text excerpts and bibliographic information for in-copyright books. To this, the AAP retorts that the very act of making a digital copy of an in-copyright book without permission from the copyright holder amounts to infringement. The AAP also condemns as infringement Google's provision of a digital copy of in-copyright books to its university partners. The AAP also contends Google has no right to store on its servers the text of copyrighted books without permission, particularly because Google is using that copyrighted text to power its Book Search service. The University of California contract is at availableÂ here.Â Â The University of Michigan contract is availableÂ here.Â Other Google partners include Harvard University, Stanford University and Oxford University. There is no money exchange or revenue sharing between Google and the universities, according to Google. Â


Telstra Corp. to Pay Up to A$4.65 a Share in Buyback

Telstra Corp., Australia's biggest phone company, offered to buy back shares for as much as A$4.65 each, the first stage in a plan to return A$4.


Scott Peterson was living two lives. In one he was a jet-setting playboy with his whole life ahead of him; and in the other -- his real life -- he


Europa questa sconosciuta: italiani tra attese e scetticismo. ...

20/12/2004 - Â«LâUnione Monetaria e la Costituzione europea â dichiara il Presidente dellâEurispes, Gian Maria Fara â sembrano essere entrati in maniera stabile nella quotidianitÃ  e nellâimmaginario dei cittadini italiani.


Microsoft Doubles Delay Period for XP SP2 Tool

Microsoft this week updated an administrative tool for delaying Automatic Update and Windows Update rollouts of Windows XP Service Pack 2 from four months to eight months.


Condom mishaps common among young men, study shows

NEW YORK  - Many young men could use a bit more instruction on proper condom use, according to lead author of a new study that found nearly one in three experienced recent condom breakage.


White House resists energy panel request

The White House is resisting a congressional request for an economic adviser to President Bush to testify about the administration's fuel economy proposal.


Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi and Yankees manager Joe Torre were asked Tuesday about a Sports Illustrated article that portrayed the team as being critical with the way Rodriguez handled his struggles this year.


Yankees Want Lieber, but They'll Wait and See

The Yankees will try to negotiate a new contract with Jon Lieber, but declined his option and let him become a free agent.


Tailor AquaPonics Highlights MahaCapital LTD Negotiations and Benefits to Shareholders and the Company

Recently announced Tailor Made Fish Farms, (PINKSHEETS: TQWW)  has entered into negotiations with MahaCapital LTD in regards to  reducing capitalization costs by 50%.  In a closed press conference today with InvestSource Communications, Inc.


New England beat Philadelphia 24-21 to win their third Super Bowl in four years.


U.S.-British "special relationship" questioned

The State Department on Thursday repudiated comments by one of its officials who suggested the U.S.-British "special relationship" was a myth, calling his comments "ill-informed ... and just plain wrong."


Colombia rebels keep hostages and Chavez waiting

Marxist rebels kept hold of three hostages in Colombia on Monday despite a deal to free them after years in secret camps, worrying Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez who negotiated the handover with the guerrillas.


Injured passengers on Air Canada flight stable

CALGARY, Alberta  - All 10 passengers injured when a Air Canada flight hit turbulence over the Rocky Mountains on Thursday are in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, the Calgary Health Region said.


Al-Mansoorian claims responsibility for attack

SRINAGAR: A militant outfit by the name al-Mansoorian has claimed responsibility for the 'suicide attack' in Srinagar. A caller identifying himself as a spokesman of the outfit called a local news agencies


Washington Mayor Signs $1 Billion Baseball Bill

Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly $1 billion stadium  funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on  a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.


France's Sarkozy accused of abusing police powers

Opponents jumped on right-wing French presidential candidate and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy after police made a special effort to find the thieves of his son's scooter.


Police cannot secretly search suspects' computer hard drives over the Internet, a German court ruled Monday.


LONDON/SINGAPORE  - Heightened investor expectations of a U.S. rate cut next month soothed financial market volatility on Thursday as a Bank of Japan policymaker said some of the turbulence had been overdone.


India hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Republic Day on Saturday with a parade showcasing its military might amid tight security across the country, especially in the restive northeast and Kashmir.


Raiders 2006: Art Shell changes attitude

In case the Hall of Fame bust, Super Bowl rings and winning record as a coach weren't enough to earn Art Shell the respect from his Oakland Raiders players, he got their attention another way.


Plus: Microsoft to release three versions of Xbox 2. [News.com Extra]


Il presidente del Consiglio alle esequie di Rosario RodinÃ², 26 anniIl padre del giovane: "Guariniello deve andare fino in fondo"                                          Rogo Thyssen, Prodi al funerale "Prometto, non capiterÃ  mai piÃ¹"


IBM, Honda deliver in-car speech-recognition navigation system

IBM and Honda have jointly developed a hands-free and natural sounding in-vehicle speech-recognition system that will be offered as standard equipment on the 2005 Acura RL.


Albert Schatz, Microbiologist, Dies at 84

In the 1940's, Albert Schatz helped develop the powerful antibiotic streptomycin but later had to go to court to be recognized as a co-discoverer of the drug.


Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to Austria's Elfriede Jelinek

For only the ninth time in the 103-year history of the Nobel Prize, the award for literature has gone to a woman. Elfriede Jelinek was commended for her frequent critiques of consumerism and the subjugation of women.


When he was a boy, Farrow Allen Jr. heard stories about the Atlanta race riot of 1906 from his mother, whose father was hustled out of town to safety at the height of the four-day melee in which 10,000 blacks and whites clashed in the streets.


A Fiom, guai se s'allenta lo spirito confederale


ATHENS, Greece - Brendan Kingman's sixth-inning single sent Australia to a stunning 1-0 victory Tuesday over Japan, putting the Aussies in the gold medal game.


State to retain control as Russia moves to free up Gazprom shares

Moscow, 14 September: Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's decision to liberalize the market in Gazprom shares.


Cagliari, 13:40 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; SONETTI: A FIRENZE MI ASPETTO REAZIONE

Nedo Sonetti si aspetta una reazione da parte del Cagliari nella trasferta di Firenze: "Io non vogli...


Cambodia PM welcomes "Killing Fields" tribunal pact

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday welcomed an agreement by Cambodian and international judges to open the long-awaited "Killing Fields" tribunal.


50 Iraqi soldiers die in ambush, US diplomat killed

A total of 49 new Iraqi army soldiers have been killed in an ambush near the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, which dealt a blow to the interim government's efforts to build Iraqi security forces.


In the midst of furious campaigning, The Associated Press asked presidential candidates to reflect on what they like to do on a lazy day.


Faida di Scampia tra scissionisti e clan Di Lauro


Berlusconi dealt setback as trial judge to stay

An attempt by Italy's former Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi to delay his corporate fraud trial  suffered a setback on Wednesday with a decision that the trial  judge should stay on the case.


The Greeks were shamed again at their own Olympics on Sunday when bronze medal weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was kicked out after failing a dope test.


This American icon seems destined to lag for the forseeable future.


Taiwan's opposition has won a legislative majority in a stunning upset over President Chen Shui-Bian's pro-independence coalition.


Martha Stewart's co-defendant will report to prison early, but his lawyers say they will continue to appeal his conviction for lying to federal investigators about a well-timed stock sale by Stewart, a newspaper reported.


US Requests More Debt Relief for Poor Nations

The United States is calling on international lending institutions to reform their ways of operating so that they can give more aid to poor nations.


N.Korea puts atom monitors' return on hold over funds

A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.


INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers players Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels were free Thursday after being booked on charges in a Feb. 6 bar fight, with their attorneys insisting their clients did nothing wrong that night.


Apple (AAPL:Nasdaq - news - research) unveiled two new editions of the iPod intended to spike sales of the portable music players in the crucial Christmas selling season.


Big Spending for, Well, Poverty      (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - One Vote '08, the national campaign to make poverty a campaign issue in the 2008 presidential election, will spend $30 million in the four earliest primary and caucus states: Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the effort, begun with the help of U2's Bono, a $22 million grant. Campaign organizers say that amount is the "minimum" for the campaign, making it surely one of the biggest issue campaigns thus far announced for the 2008 election cycle.


Blog: The social network for spewing random thoughts is on the road to raising its first round of venture funding.


Even as they contend with criticisms of the way Idaho inmates were treated at a privately run Texas prison, state officials are sending more inmates to a troubled facility run by the same company.


Carpetbagger Blog: Golden Globes Nominations Announced

âCharlie Wilsonâs Warâ and âAtonementâ picked up multiple nods, and Denzel Washington had a huge day.


Israeli Cabinet official says US spy allegations untrue

JERUSALEM -- Allegations of Israeli spying in the United States are false and may be the result of internal conflicts between the Pentagon and the CIA, an Israeli Cabinet minister said yesterday, but analysts acknowledged that damage already has been done to crucial ties between the countries.


Scaroni: risultati eccellenti, nonostante apprezzamento euro


Arafat's decline leads to fears of new violence

A flurry of contradictory information on President Yasser Arafat's illness was leaked on Thursday as the Palestinian leader at various times was said to be brain dead or in a coma, in a stable but serious condition, and then dead - until reports of his


Bush, Kerry Spar Over Missing Explosives

President Bush addresses supporters during a rally at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio).


I familiari del giornalista scomparso nel 1970si sottoporranno ora alla prova del dna                                          Quei resti non sono del boss si riapre il caso De Mauro                                                                                In un cimitero calabrese forse la veritÃ sul mistero dei misteri della mafia


Kyrgyz leader's party wins crushing victory

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's political party won all of the seats in parliament, preliminary results showed on Monday, after a weekend election the opposition has condemned as fraudulent.


Tracks set to monitor injuries to horses

Just over a year after Barbaro shattered his leg in the Preakness, about 30 racetracks across the country are set to launch a new program to record on-track injuries to horses.


Verizon Fios hits 1 million subscriber mark

Blog: Verizon's Fios Internet service has broken the 1 million subscriber milestone.


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.


James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, will reign as celebrity monarch Bacchus during the 2007 Carnival season.


A pass interference call in the end zone wiped out a Cincinnati touchdown Thursday night, leaving the Bengals and the Baltimore Ravens scoreless at the end of the first quarter. Two defenses coming off shutouts had their way for most of the opening quarter in a game that could decide the AFC North championship.


Bethlehem, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end ND Kalu will miss the entire 2004 campaign after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during a Tuesday practice.


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Prodi: "Useremo l'esercito" De Gennaro commissario                                                                                Le decisioni dell'esecutivo. Piano straordinario: tre termovalorizzatori in Campania. Saranno commissariati i comuni inadempienti. Domani vertice a Palazzo Chigi con i governatori delle regioni. Nella notte scontri fra manifestanti e polizia a Pianura. E tornano i sacchetti davanti alle scuole.


OPEC likely to raise output quota by 1 mn bpd

NEW YORK, September 15 (New Ratings) - The core Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have reportedly recommended that the cartel's official output quota be boosted by 4%, or one million barrels per day.


Milano, 18:04 - CALCIO, COLLINA: RIGORE INTER-PARMA NON C'ERA

Nell'incontro avvenuto a Milano tra direttori di gara, allenatori e capitani, il designatore Pierlui...


Written by Anna Masci The war on music downloads continues with an Australian ex-cop being sued by 25 International and six Australian Record Companies for a legal suit amounting to $500 million.


The United States has denied claims from Pyongyang that North Korea has been taken off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.


Open-Source Developers Cheer New Linux Base Standard

The Free Standards Group will announce on Tuesday the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, and that this standard has the support of almost all global Linux distribution vendors.


Oscar telecast producer Gil Cates arrives for the 75th annual Academy Awards in this Sunday, March 23, 2003 file photo in Los Angeles.


Lockerbie bomber wins right to new appeal in Scotland

A Scottish review panel on Thursday granted a Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of a US airliner over Lockerbied the right to appeal for a second time.


Internet access does not make adults more likely to take part in formal education, research suggests.


A milione di Roma nostro rispetto ma stanchi dei soliti riti


Chip Maker Is Nearing Profitability Despite Loss

Advanced Micro Devices inched closer to profitability despite posting a huge loss as it struggled to absorb the huge cost of its acquisition of ATI Technologies.


French bank Societe Generale said fraud by a single trader had caused it a 4.9 billion euro ($7.1 billion) loss and that it would seek emergency funds as a result, shocking battered markets.


Aamir Khan: Yes, I'm doing Raju Hirani's Idiots

"Yes I am doing Raju Hirani's film being produced by Vinod Chopra tentatively titled Idiots,"   writes Aamir Khan in the latest entry on his blog aamirkhan.com thus confirming the speculation about   the fate of Hirani's film.


The Power of One is a new TIME section covering people and organizations making a difference in the lives of others.


Carlos Zambrano gets his career-best 17th win before leaving with cramps, and the Cubs expanded their NL Central lead to 3 1/2 games by beating the Pirates.


Council tenants should receive state aid to help them buy a home and break up "ghettos", a Tory group says.


Brown prepares to succeed Blair as prime minister

Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair on  Wednesday, becoming Britain's 52nd prime minister at the head  of a Labour government suffering in polls because of Iraq and  in need of new life if it is to secure a fourth consecutive  term.


Cheney plane lands in Singapore after minor problem

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's plane, which encountered a mechanical problem after leaving Australia to return to the United States, landed safely in Singapore on Sunday.


Over its first six months, the latest Windows version can't hold a candle to XP. But: Office 2007 sales rock.


Israel marks Blair visit with pledge to renew talks

Tony Blair began his first visit to the Middle East as international envoy on Monday, meeting Israeli leaders who promised to try to revive the long-stalled peace process with the Palestinians.


An Australian journalist - held hostage by an unknown group in Iraq at the weekend - will return to Australia within the next few days.


E.D.S. President to Become Chief a Little Earlier

Ronald A. Rittenmeyer will replace Michael H. Jordan as chief executive of Electronic Data Systems on September 1, several months earlier than expected.


Livorno, 16:31 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; AMELIA: IO ALLA ROMA? CI HO SPERATO

Il portiere del Livorno Marco Amelia, romano e romanista, confessa ai microfoni di Radio Radio di av...


North Korea defectors' capitalist dreams wilt in South

A tasty bowl of cold noodles knows no political boundaries on the divided Korean peninsula and that has helped make defector Kim Yong a successful businessman.


BEA touts industry-specific solutions initiative

BEA Systems on Monday is rolling out its BEA Enterprise Solutions program, featuring the companyâs Solution Frameworks initiative to link BEA WebLogic Platform with partnersâ products for deployment of SOAs (service-oriented architectures).ADVERTISEMENTWhite Paper: Converged Services Spell ReliefDiscover why technical decision makers are turning to IP telephony and VPNs to increase worker productivity while keeping an eye on the bottom line.


Italy Defeats Iraq in Bronze Medal Football Match

Italy's Alberto Gilardino scored the game's only goal in the eighth minute Friday, ending the Iraqis' incredible run in the Olympic tournament and their hopes of winning their nation's first medal since 1960.


A UK-based firm, Remote XT, has created antitheft technology that causes cell phones to emit a high-pitched screeching sound when they are reported stolen by their owners.


Bid to cut Ukrainian president's power fails

Ukraine's fractious lawmakers reached a tentative agreement yesterday to end a political stalemate before a new presidential election this month.


Hands-On Mobile cranks up buzz for Guitar Hero Mobile, coming first to Verizon phones in December 2007.


With the moon on its horizon, NASA sees an increase in the 2006 budget proposed by the White House on Monday, but the 2.5 percent hike is not enough to save the Hubble Space Telescope.


Stars Join Their Voices to Support Live Earth

LONDON, July 7 â They joined forces two years ago to combat global poverty under the flag of Live 8, and rock and pop stars and their myriad fans around the world threw their voices behind a good cause again on Saturday, this time that of raising awareness about global warming through a campaign called Live Earth.


the Eagles, who watched North Carolina State march 72 yards for the winning touchdown (with 46 seconds and no timeouts left), may have some help on the way in the form of senior strong safety Ryan Glasper, who has been idle since the spring, nursing a surgically repaired torn labrum and cartilage in his left hip.


Volkswagen Law faces EU court defeat as Porsche revs engines

The European Court of Justice is expected to rule on Tuesday against the so-called "Volkswagen Law", paving the way for Porsche to take control of the continent's biggest carmaker.


European shares closed at 2-1/2 year highs Friday in the truncated final session before Christmas, led by gains in oil stocks such as BP.


US trade body complies with NAFTA order on US-Canadian lumber ...

WASHINGTON : The US International Trade Commission (ITC) grudgingly complied with a NAFTA trade ruling and issued a statement saying that the US lumber industry is not threatened by Canadian softwood imports.


ATA: Customers Won't Be Affected By Bankruptcy

INDIANAPOLIS -- ATA says it will honor all tickets and maintain its full schedule, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.


BRITAIN: British curbs on TV junk food ads

Junk food advertisements will not be shown on television before 9pm, as part of the British government's plan to fight the country's obesity crisis.


Cendant reportedly near deal to buy Orbitz

There's no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology. Its maintained is position for the past year.


Fed up groveling before your PC? You should be. Imagine an alternate universe where your TV forced you through the same daily humiliations.


Why didn't shares of video rental chain Hollywood Entertainment (Nasdaq: HLYW) move much yesterday on news that Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) plans to make a tender offer for its shares next


Caldas coach Montoya critically shot by robbers

BOGOTA: Top Colombian football coach Luis Fernando Montoya was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday and was in the intensive care section of a hospital in the city of Medellin, according to police and rescue officials.


Unidentified submarine detected in Japanese waters

TOKYO - An unidentified submarine was detected moving in Japanese waters near Okinawa on Wednesday, prompting Japan's Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force team to step up security in the area.


Wall St. Seen Subdued Ahead of Jobs Data

Wall Street was expected to open little changed on Friday in cautious trade ahead of the monthly employment report at 8:30 a.m. EST.


CORRECTED: Argentina dirty-war criminal gets life sentence

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A retired police   commissioner was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for   murder, torture and kidnappings during Argentina's "dirty war,"   in one of the first sentences since amnesty laws were scrapped   last year.


UK game firms face a testing time as they prepare for the next round of games consoles, the industry warns.


H.I.M., APOCALYPTICA, THE 69 EYES To Play Finnish Benefit Concert For Tsunami Relief

H.I.M., THE RASMUS, APOCALYPTICA, NEGATIVE and THE 69 EYES, in cooperation with the Finnish Red Cross, will stage a benefit concert for the victims of the Asian earthquake/tsunami disaster at Helsinki's ...


Islamists take Somalia's third city without a shot

KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces with machine   guns mounted on pick-up trucks took over the strategic Somali   port of Kismayo overnight on Monday without firing a shot,   extending their grip on the south, witnesses said.


New Abbas Palestinian government opens door to aid

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency government on Sunday in a move that could bolster him in his power struggle with Islamist Hamas rivals by ending a U.S.-led aid embargo.


The news seemingly keeps getting worse for Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), but if it can relieve investors' anxiety, the pharmaceutical company stands to be stronger than ever.


Sudan calls for talks after Annan Darfur warning

Sudan said it remained open to talks with the international community after UN chief Kofi Annan warned its leaders could be held to account over the rejection of UN peacekeepers for Darfur.


A Deeper Look at the Azzam Prisoner Exchange

In November 1996 Israeli citizen Azzam Azzam was placed on trial on charges of espionage against Egypt. The Israeli Druze citizen operated an Israeli-Egyptian textile factory and suddenly, found


Un messaggio in rete: "Abbiamo giustiziato le prigioniere italiane ...

Palazzo Chigi invita alla cautela ma la tensione Ã¨ altissima. Poco dopo la mezzanotte (ora italiana), un gruppo islamico ha annunciato, su Internet, l'assassinio di Simona Pari e Simona Torretta. Il messaggio


Album Sales Up for First Time in 4 Years

The music industry reversed a four-year decline as album sales rose slightly in 2004 while overall music sales spiked thanks to a huge increase in digital track sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan.


Patrons of a downtown bar in this city of 24,000 people were surprised when Tim Robbins strolled in and started jamming with a local band.


Overture: So Much More Than Pay Per Click

Overture - So Much More Than Pay Per Click  Overture is known for being the Leader in "Per Per Click" (PPC).Owned by Yahoo, Overture advertisers can reach over 80% of Internet users. If you take  a closer look and pop the hood, you'll find a whole suite of useful tools for ...


The glamorous Principality of Monaco plays host to the opening round of the WRC this weekend, and the Mitsubishi WRC team is ready to kick off its campaign after running shakedown ahead of the famous event.


Peter Crouch is basking in the glory of his match-winning performance for England in Macedonia.


While there cannot be the slightest doubt that the decision to stage the end-of-season Masters Cup at a modest outdoor arena in Texas for the past two years was a huge mistake, the incandescent play of Switzerland's Roger Federer has preserved the


The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday made more of the local phone companies' high-speed fiber networks free from competition rules.


Scientists have successfully measured the wind speeds which pummelled Huygens during its descent to Titan


Ma Grasso contesta il piano di riorganizzazione di Messineo


As Congress stumbles toward Christmas, President Bush is scoring victory after victory over his Democratic adversaries. He has beaten back domestic spending increases, thwarted an expansion of children's health insurance coverage, defeated tax hikes, won funding for the war in Iraq and pushed...


BAGHDAD, Dec. 8. - Insurgents launched a string of assaults around Samarra today, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armoury, officials said.


Ziff Davis - EMC's latest tech acquisition could make the vendor's SAN management software the top of the heap, analysts say. The move could spark a software buying spree among competitors.


Iraqi Government Welcomes Possibility of Sadr Deal

Iraq's interim government Friday cautiously welcomed the possibility of an agreement with rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr to disband the cleric's militia.


Roger Clemens met privately with seven more members of Congress who will hear his sworn testimony as members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


PM urges calm as Gaza factions clash again

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called on rival Palestinian factions to end violence on Friday as gunmen loyal to his Islamist Hamas movement clashed with Fatah fighters on the streets of the Gaza Strip.


Ukraine's PM Taken to Hospital After Egg Attack

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, a leading candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, was taken to hospital on Friday after a protester threw an egg at him in nationalist western Ukraine, reporters said.


With the top seeds tumbling, Marat Safin and Paradorn Srichaphan both advanced into the semi-finals of the inaugural China Open on Friday with solid wins.


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Twists abound as Raiders meet 'Raiders East'

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been dubbed "Raiders East," after former Oakland general manager Bruce Allen joined them this season, two years after ex-Raiders coach Jon Gruden jumped coasts.


'I rapitori capiranno che Giuliana e' per la pace'


Attempting to break a contract impasse with screenwriters, Hollywood producers withdrew a proposal that would have retooled the fees known as residuals.


Go ahead, jump on his back. Pile on. Curt Schilling expects it. He wasn't kidding last winter when he all but assigned himself the job of ending the Red Sox' 86-year championship famine.


MOJAVE -- Burt Rutan's space ship one made its first trip into sub-orbital outer space in pursuit of the $10 million Ansari X Prize.


Hospitals are being told to standardise patients' wristbands to cut out errors in care.


A zoo out there: Wolves, ostriches and eagles populate ...

In heavily symbolic television spots, President Bush's campaign uses prowling wolves to suggest that the country under Sen. John Kerry would be vulnerable to terrorists.


Chelsea's Ghana international midfielder Michael Essien didn't suffer for scoring an own goal in the epic 3-3 FA Cup quarter-final draw with Spurs as on Monday he was rewarded with a new five-year contract by the Premiership champions.


Arsenal can equal Nottm Forest's unbeaten 42-match league record against Middlesbrough.


Alcatel  has expanded its foothold in the key North American market with the acquisition of a mobile software provider and a conference technology business for $277 million.


Hewlett-Packard has announced the next iteration in its Compaq X gaming PC line, which uses the new 3.8-GHz Pentium 4 570. The launch of Intel's new chip was expected, the last entrant in Intel's single-core processor line.


A man shot and injured four police officers during a traffic stop Thursday and fled, triggering a manhunt in a suburban Miami neighborhood, officials said.


A man identified as Osama bin Laden has criticized the Saudi regime on a new audiotape aired Thursday morning. The speaker says that while Saudi leaders blame "holy warriors" for trouble in the kingdom, "the


"Christine" gets full pickup for Season 2

LOS ANGELES  - CBS has given a full-season order to its Emmy-winning comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine."


Thousands flee tense northwest Pakistani town

MINGORA, Pakistan  - Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing a northwestern town and outlying villages because they fear a showdown between the security forces and an Islamist militant Taliban-style movement, residents said.


Fifteen problems Robinson has to tackle to make England great ...

A year after their finest triumph, the world champions' new coach has plenty to sort out to restore their dominance. By Chris Hewett.


Crude Oil Trades Near Record on Concern Chinese Demand is Straining Supply

Crude oil traded near Friday s record close in New York on concern Chinese demand, which helped push oil prices up 70 percent this year, may rise faster than expected.


Kingston companies vote for higher taxes to fund investment

Businesses in a London suburb became the first in the country yesterday to agree to pay higher rates in exchange for a council pledge to pump the cash into local improvements.


Roma, 19:49 - CALCIO, ROMA: AQUILANI VERSO RIENTRO, RECUPERATO ANDREOLLI

Spalletti ritrova la sua Roma. I tredici giorni di riposo concessi ai suoi giocatori, con qualche cr...


US forces have killed at least 17 people in northern Iraq after attacking groups attempting to remove foreign troops and security forces loyal to Baghdad's Washington-imposed government.


The world is an increasingly dangerous place to live in, say police chiefs

VANCOUVER (CP) - Terrorism and the increasing threat posed by organized crime have made Canada and the world a more dangerous place to live, the head of the RCMP said Wednesday.


Edwards Accuses Bush of Failed Leadership

Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday the Bush administration's military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have alienated allies and increased the threat from terrorism instead of reducing it.


Former Pro Bowl tight end Ben Coates , a favorite target of Drew Bledsoe during nine seasons with the Patriots, was named football coach at his alma mater, tiny Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. Coates played in two Super Bowls in his NFL career -- losing with the Patriots in 1996 and winning with the Baltimore Ravens in 2001. He ...


The emergence of a new Internet virus targeting a Microsoft Windows security flaw could cause more damage than usual because the company's system for fixing the problem is so complex that many


BRIELLE, N.J. - An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine...


Video game Halo 3 earns more than Â£84m ($170m) in sales in its first 24 hours on release, says Microsoft.


Roma, 11:58 - CALCIO, ASSEMBLEA SERIE D; ABETE: E' UNA GIORNATA AMARA

Giancarlo Abete, presidente Figc, è intervenuto all'assemblea del Comitato Interregionale pre...


It's not hip-hop. It's blip-pop. That's what the Gameboyzz Orchestra Project calls the sounds it squeezes out of a half dozen Game Boy consoles. [Missing Links]


A study of the humble fruit fly may hold the key to new treatments for human liver diseases and diabetes.


Police hunting an on-the-run paedophile shown on a "most wanted" website failed to act promptly, the BBC finds.


UK Amazon Boss Dreams of a Digital Christmas

Amazon.com's UK chief hopes sales of digital music players and DVDs will propel the online retailer to its best quarter ever as footsore shoppers abandon the high street for their Internet terminals.


Carter Signs Deal to Remain With Nets Through 2010-11

The Nets sign a deal with Vince Carter on Friday that will keep the eight-time all-star in New Jersey at least through 2010-11.


Briefly: EA to take World Cup soccer to Xbox

roundup Plus: IBM chalks up two health care wins...Vonage users dial 311 for city info...Mozilla makes Japanese push...Macromedia offers Flash video tool.


Scientists, police lift lid on fake malaria drugs

Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China.


Intel looks to clarify strategy, execution

Intel Corp. will look to a multicore future during the Fall Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco next week as it tries to leave behind a tumultuous year plagued by product delays and road map revisions.


Iraq Ushers in New Year with Deadly Attacks

Iraq ushered in the New Year on  Saturday the same way it ended the last one -- with a string of  assassinations and bombings by insurgents bent on wrecking a  landmark Jan. 30 election.


The Kremlin attacks the UK's decision to expel four Russian diplomats as "groundless, inappropriate, unjustified".


Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, one of several leaders of state efforts to buy prescription drugs from outside the United States, says he has found at least 30,000 doses of flu vaccine


SANGUINOSA OFFENSIVA A BAGHDAD: 41 MORTI, MOLTI BAMBINI

BAGHDAD - Con una spettacolare offensiva a colpi di autobomba la guerriglia irachena ha seminato morte stamattina a Baghdad. L'attacco piu' sanguinoso in fine mattinata, contro un convoglio militare americano


Pens' Crosby re-examined, return unknown

The Pittsburgh Penguins won't know for at least a few more days how long star center Sidney Crosby will be out of their lineup with a high ankle sprain.


Contro rosso del 2005, deciso anticipo rimborso debito


: Oil prices searched for direction today, supported by worries of a cold snap in the Western Hemisphere but weakened by selling on the bet that OPEC's decision to cut production would not end short-term oversupply.


Anil Ambani gives Rs 1 Cr for relief work

Reliance Industries' vice-chairman and managing director, Anil Ambani, has pledged assistance of Rs one crore to help people affected by the killer tsunami waves that left more than 3,200 people dead in India alone.


Home prices post record annual drop in Oct: S&P

Prices of existing U.S. single-family homes recorded their biggest annual drop in October, suggesting the housing slump is far from over, a national home price gauge released on Wednesday showed.


Brazilian police rescue the sister of footballer Ricardo Oliveira, who had been held hostage for more than five months.


Thai court bans Thaksin, officials from politics

Thai judges banned on Wednesday ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 other top officials in his party from politics for five years.


Mark Calcavecchia gets a one-shot victory Sunday in the PODS Championship after Heath Slocum's four-foot par putt dips in and out of the cup.


European shares nosed up on Wednesday as Ericsson gained on news it had won part of $4-billion Cingular deal and with Glaxo buoyed after Pfizer affirmed its outlook.


Airstrikes kill scores of Afghan civilians: officials

NATO and U.S. airstrikes have killed scores of Afghan civilians this week, residents and officials said on Saturday, deaths likely to deepen discontent with foreign forces and the Western-backed Afghan government.


Nobody was expecting good news to come out of Marsh & McLennan (MMC ) when it announced third-quarter earnings on Nov. 9. After all, the world's largest insurance broker has lost its chief executive -- and


West Virginia quarterback Rasheed Marshall hurt Syracuse with his feet in 2002, rushing for 54 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-7 victory.


"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin's manager John Stainton described the footage of his friend dying as "terrible," according to The Associated Press.


Wall Street places its own interests above yours. Why play by its rules?


UK housebuilder Persimmon reports a 47% jump in first-half profits and says it is well placed to ride out any property market slowdown.


New Web applications--such as wikis, blogs, and podcasts--that foster increased collaboration and communication bring with them a number of new security challenges.


Gary Megson is disappointed being dismissed so fast

English Premiership strugglers West Brom are understood to have approached former Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson as they seek a replacement for Gary Megson.


Joe Gibbs says he will allow players to conduct offseason workouts away from Redskins Park this year and addresses the draft and free agency in an interview at the NFL combine Friday.


When he steps up to accept his party's nomination for a second time, President Bush will present the record of not one but two presidencies: one before and another after Sept. 11, 2001.


Study links ozone, mortality in urban areas

More people died in urban areas when ground-level ozone was higher during the previous week, researchers at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Johns Hopkins report in the November 17 Journal of the American Medical Association.


Supercomputer, auto engineers dig into TVs at Hitachi

Hitachi conglomerate has around 19 different companies, and they are contributing parts and know-how to TVs.


Daniel Petrie, 83, Director of 'Fort Apache, the Bronx,' Dies

Daniel Petrie directed the films "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Fort Apache, the Bronx" and won Emmy Awards during a half-century career in movies and television.


Schwarzenegger Eyes Challenges in New Year

A year ago, newly elected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced a huge budget deficit, an unfriendly Legislature and uncertainty about his administration's direction.


Qaeda Leaders Elusive Despite Pakistan Crackdown

Pakistan appears no closer to crippling al Qaeda or snaring its leader, despite scores of militant arrests in recent months which highlighted


England may never again rely on David Beckham's bending free kicks. Coach Steve McClaren on Friday left him off the squad that will face European champion Greece on Wednesday in an exhibition game.


Life & style: I had an affair with my friend's boyfriend and feel consumed with guilt. Should I confess and apologise?


[TS] Sports of The Times: Some Clues to the Future Emerge From Week 1

So while a result in Week 1 is not necessarily a death sentence or a ticket to the Super Bowl, you can draw some general conclusions from the first day of school.


Acton-Boxboro's state-record 52-game win streak ended with a loss to Bridgewater-Raynham last season. Yesterday, 367 days later, the teams met again and A-B didn't walk off the field disappointed. Akeem Mercury capped two impressive drives with fourth-quarter touchdown runs as the Colonials rolled to a 25-7 victory in Bridgewater.


Specially marked balls used for Ichiro as he closes in on record

US Major League baseball has released to the press the specially marked balls used for when Ichiro Suzuki bats as he closes in on the record for most hits in a season.


West Brom today began drawing up their shortlist of candidates to become their new manager. Gary Megson was relieved of his duties yesterday after telling chairman Jeremy Peace he would not sign a new short


In corso le indagini per identificare gli autori


German papers laments the grand coalition's health reform, while a Spanish paper tackles the British Conservative Party's new path


London equities came off a six-session recovery rally on Tuesday, hitting session lows on renewwd concern at the potential wider implicatons of the subprime lending crisis.


Typical graduate debt in England might rise to Â£15,000 under variable university tuition fees, a report says.


Russian prosecutors are less than three weeks from striking a death blow against the country's biggest oil producer, Yukos â- move widely seen as a politically motivated legal assault.


Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday. Kimmel, along with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and other hosts, had honored the strike that began Nov. 5. He said it was a difficult decision to resume work without writers, but he wants to save the jobs of other staffers on the show.


Home Office figures are expected to show a rise in firearms offences, but a fall in the number of deaths.


Extruder Outputs Rise, Downstream Units Gain Flexibility

Topping blown film news at the show were two unusual dies with rotating core elements, said to make tougher film for downgauging.


Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them. The rise and rise of the country's modern artists


All the action from the finale to the Athens Olympics.


Football fan is banned for racially abusing opposition player

A football fan was banned from attending matches in England and Wales for five years and fined Â£1,000 yesterday after he admitted racially abusing the Birmingham City player Dwight Yorke.


Intel: Too Soon to Say Whether FTC Dropped Antitrust Investigation

In response to a New York Times story this morning that cites unnamed officials at the Federal Trade Commission as having indicated its chairman has decided not to pursue a formal investigation of Intel's antitrust conduct with regard to AMD, Intel spokesperson Chuck Mulloy called the report "speculation."


N.Korea set to shut atom plant in weeks: U.S. envoy

The top U.S. nuclear envoy, just back from a rare visit to North Korea, said on Friday Pyongyang was ready to disable its nuclear reactor in weeks and meet pledges it made in a disarmament deal.


Ban wants to speed up U.N. building renovation

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is  proposing to speed up refurbishment of the iconic United  Nations building to try to keep the much-delayed project within  budget, according to a report issued on Friday.


People should be scared about global warming but the tools to tackle the problems are available, says David Miliband.


Things go from bad to worse for the Miami Dolphins, who lost running back Ronnie Brown for the rest of the season because of a knee injury.


Flat-panel TVs look lovely on a wall Â the cords hanging from them, less so. After a few years of false starts, the industry finally seems close to tackling that problem. At least three dueling wireless technologies for high-definition TVs will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which starts Monday. Manufacturers promise that sets incorporating these technologies will be in stores before the next holiday season.


VENEZUELA:  A New Life for At-Risk Kids, and Music Too!

CARACAS, Aug 24  (IPS) - On tour in Germany after performing to rave reviews  at the BBC Promenade Concerts in London, the members of  Venezuelaâs SimÃ³n BolÃvar Youth Symphony Orchestra and its  wild-haired conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, have made a remarkable  journey from their less than promising social origins.


Hollywood lawsuits to target illegal file sharing

The trade group that represents Hollywood's major motion picture studios is expected to announce Thursday that it intends to file as many as 230 lawsuits in coming weeks against individuals


A child dies and a mother is injured after being hit by a vehicle on an Edinburgh street.


A woman accused of stalking and threatening to kill actress Catherine Zeta-Jones will stand trial, a judge ruled today. The decision means the Oscar winning star and her husband Michael Douglas could return


Business & money: More than 1% of households were hit with some stage of repossession proceedings last year


Satellite imaging program allows computer users to join search for missing aviator Steve Fossett.


Siena, 18:12 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: VANTAGGIO IMPORTANTE MA NON BASTA

Ai microfoni di Sky il tecnico dell'Inter, Roberto Mancini ha commentato cosÃ¬ il successo in trasfer...


Emergency services are at the scene after a light aircraft crash in south east Wales.


Anti-Fraud Alliance formed to fight ID theft, phishing schemes

Five online security software and service providers have formed an alliance to help e-commerce and financial services companies fight online fraud.


Uno the beagle wins early at Westminster

Barking and baying, a precocious beagle called Uno took his first winning steps at Westminster.


Norway FM takes peace message to Tamil Tigers

COLOMBO - Sri Lankaâs president Chandrika Kumaratunga offered to revive stalled peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in a message conveyed to rebels by Norwayâs foreign minister Jan Petersen, her office said on Thursday.


Computer failure grounds United flights systemwide

United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., on Wednesday said a systemwide computer failure prevented flights from being dispatched between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Central time (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT).


RadioShack posts higher quarterly profit

Consumer electronics retailer RadioShack Corp.  reported higher fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by improved gross margin and lower expenses.


Baghdad car bomb kills eight, wounds dozens

BAGHDAD - Doctors at a central Baghdad hospital said on Monday at least eight people were killed and 30 wounded in a car bomb blast near one of the entrances to the heavily fortified Green Zone.


Labour spied on PN with Italian security service equipment

Italys secret services were concerned that bugging equipment donated to Mintoffs government to intercept telephone calls from the Libyan Embassy in the 80s was being used instead to spy on Nationalists, ...


Shots fired at Pakistani leader; mosque siege drags on

Gunmen fired at Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's aircraft as it took off on Friday, while a radical cleric holed up with hundreds of followers at an Islamabad mosque said they would rather die than surrender.


Analysis: OECD paints less than bright outlook

Higher oil prices pose the greatest threat to the world economy next year, but that will be only one of a number of risks facing global growth in 2005, namely depending too much


A housing slump? The Hamptons don't see it

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Forget window shopping the photos of million-dollar manses in the real estate shops on Southampton's Main Street. If you really want to know how the housing market in the Hamptons is faring as summer beckons, Steven Gaines suggests an unusual yardstick.


Marine 'hostage' to be charged with desertion

A US Marine who disappeared in Iraq and then showed up in a purported hostage video before later appearing as a free man in Lebanon, is being charged with desertion, Pentagon officials said Thursday.


Produzione industriale in flessione ad agosto

Secondo i dati diffusi dallâIstat, la produzione industriale Ã¨ diminuita dello 0,8 per cento ad agosto rispetto a luglio mentre Ã¨ cresciuta del 6,5 per cento rispetto ad agosto 2003. Il calo destagionalizzato


Communications equipment maker Ciena  Corp.  reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit  on Thursday on sharply higher revenue and lower expenses,  sending its shares up 7 percent.


Rajkumar Santoshi has always made Ajay Devgan do the unusual.


Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS Spam Plans

Most of the open-source community is finding that it can't deal with Microsoft's stance on spam-protection intellectual property.


Islamabad: Observing that art could play a role in promoting peace and harmony across the border, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said it was due to this reason that he and Indian leaders had introduced "music diplomacy" during his recent visit


About $1.35bn in overdue taxes to be recovered from YUKOS

RBC, 11.10.2004, Moscow 18:23:18.The Moscow Arbitration Court has recovered RUR39.113bn (about USD1.35bn) in overdue taxes for 2001 from YUKOS.


A former asylum seeker who exploited immigrant workers is convicted of money laundering.


Roma: due fratelli lo avevano rinchiuso bloccando la porta


'Prince of a Guy': Halverson Retires After 14 Years As Sewer and Water District Commissioner

By Tom Lutey, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 3--He'd strapped military equipment from parachutes and pushed them out of planes just to see how they'd land.


Marine Faces Reduced Charges in Iraq Killings

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., Dec. 31 -- The Marine accused of leading his unit in killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 will be charged with voluntary manslaughter and other counts, but more serious charges of unpremeditated murder were dismissed, officials said Monday.


Corgi eating artist sets mashed potato target

A British artist who last week ate a  meal of meatballs made from a dead corgi dog in a protest  against animal cruelty said Sunday his next project involved  being buried in a box under a mountain of mashed potato.


La banca ricorda che ha 34 milioni di clienti nel mondo


TEHRAN, Iran -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday rejected demands that Tehran suspend its uranium enrichment activities, saying his government was determined to continue pursuing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.


Bowles, Burr offer plans for health care

Yesterday was Health Care Day in North Carolina's race for the US Senate, as Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Richard Burr rolled out competing prescriptions to treat the nation's health-care system.


Serena Williams is suffering with cramp against Daniela Hantuchova when the rain returns at Wimbledon.


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Hollywood Writer Sues Microsoft Over Yoga Game

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California for purportedly stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio after the software giant sought his


Rafa Benitez finally got some good news as Steven Gerrard's hat-trick helped Liverpool cruise into the FA Cup fourth round with a 5-0 win against crisis ridden League One outfit Luton on Tuesday.


Lo ha annunciato il sottosegratario alla Salute Patta


NFL roundup: Patriots' winning run halted

Rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers ended the NFL-record 21-game winning streak of the New England Patriots with a 34-20 victory.


Study: Most women-owned U.S. firms based at home

Nearly half of all U.S. businesses are   run from home, and most companies owned by women are   home-based, according to a government report released on   Wednesday.


Palazzo Chigi in contatto con presidenza Ue e Ambasciata


Two new switches from Cisco demonstrate a sweeping change in the company's assumptions about the technical knowledge of network managers.


Belgian ISP appeals content-filtering mandate

A Belgian Internet service provider has appealed a ruling that it must block illegal file-sharing on its network in a case that tests two European Union directives concerning copyright and the extent of responsibility that ISPs have for transmitted content.


Sharapova storms through to Korea Open semi-finals

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova needed less than an hour to see off Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-1 and book her place in the semi-finals of the Hansol Korea Open on Friday.


Catania, 20:22 - CALCIO, CATANIA: SOTTIL SI ALLENA CON GLI ALTRI

Andrea Sottil, difensore del Catania fermatosi nel match col Genoa a causa di un infortunio alla cav...


Palm CEO Ed Colligan made the right decision to dump the Foleo. But how will Jeff Hawkins and Palm bounce back from the admission that they badly misjudged the market for a weak laptop?


Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Baghdad

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi government official said on Tuesday.


NEW YORK -- An insurance broker at a subsidiary of insurance brokerage giant Marsh & McLennan Cos. pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal charges related to fraud and bid-rigging and is expected to cooperate in the broad investigation of industry practices.


'I got it wrong" is not a phrase that passes Gordon Brown's lips with any regularity. Indeed, in a dozen years spent monitoring his progress first as shadow chancellor and then as head honcho at the Treasury I can't recall the words passing his lips.


Japanese stocks edged higher Tuesday for a fourth straight session, led by brokerage and oil shares. The Nikkei 225 index gained 3.60 points, or 0.02 percent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to 18,149.90 points, adding to gains of 1.66 percent over the previous three trading sessions.


Court tells McCartney paternity case: "Let it be"

The state prosecutors office in Berlin has dropped an investigation into a complaint filed by a 44-year-old woman who claims Paul McCartney is her father and that the former Beatle manipulated a paternity test in 1984.


LONDON -- Apple Computer's three-month-old European iTunes service came under attack Wednesday from Britain's Consumers' Association, which asked the Office of Fair Trading, a business watchdog, to investigate why the service's prices are higher than


EU, Turkey reach "historic" agreement on entry talks

The European Union (EU) and Turkeyreached an agreement on Friday to start talks next year on the country's membership of the bloc.


Bush Says People of Kosovo Now Independent

President Bush stopped short of a formal recognition of independence in his comments on Monday.


Oscar shortlists seven for visual effects honors

Seven films with sequences ranging from the spy-on-spy battles in "Casino Royale" to the superhero standoff in "X-Men: The Last Stand" are on the shortlist for Oscar nominations for best visual effects.


Virginia Tech looks to start fresh this week as the 18th-ranked Hokies hope to get back on track at home against Ohio.


US January Job Gains Weaker Than Expected

U.S. employers added just 146,000  jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an  unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, but a drop in  job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in  more than three years.


Brazil condemns Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip

The Brazilian government on Tuesday condemned Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip that killed at least 70 Palestinians and injured 250.


Dolphins Owner Undecided About Coach, GM

Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga said he's surprised and disappointed the team is off to the worst start in its 39-year history, but he hasn't made any decision regarding the future of coach Dave Wannstedt or general manager Rick Spielman.


NFL Disability Plan Draws Congressional Attention

After months of complaints from retired players,ÃÂ a House Judiciary Subcommittee will hold a hearing to look into the NFL's pension and disability plans.


Vietnamese appeal "agent orange" suit in New York

Several major U.S. chemical companies are directly accountable for supplying the U.S. military with dioxin, or "agent orange," during the Vietnam War and causing widespread dioxin poisoning, a lawyer for Vietnamese plaintiffs told a federal appeals court on Monday.


: At least 28 people were killed and dozens missing and feared drowned after a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake struck Malaysiaâs northern coast today.


POIPU BEACH, Hawaii - Phil Mickelson tied a PGA Tour record by shooting a 59 to win the Grand Slam of Golf on Wednesday. Mickelson, who only needed 23 putts, missed an eagle putt for 58 on the final hole.


Sassari, 10:59 - BASKET, LEGADUE; DINAMO SASSARI: SI DIMETTE COACH PAOLINI

Riccardo Paolini si è dimesso questa mattina dall'incarico di capo allenatore della Polisport...


Christopher Henry, 2, peers out of a Kmart shopping cart while his mother, Carla, shops in the housewares aisle at the Kmart in Warren, Mich.


Errani, cifra emersa solo a livello incontri tecnici


Padoa-Schioppa, manca sistema di ammortizzatori sociali


International police deployed to East Timor in the wake of unrest in May have formally handed over their authority to the United Nations during a ceremony in the capital.


Blair to return to work after successful surgery

LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived home yesterday after undergoing a successful operation to correct an irregular heartbeat.


Stolen Suitcase That Held Beatle Memorabilia Recovered By Police

Police in Little Rock have recovered a stolen suitcase that had been stolen from George Harrison's sister while she was donating Beatles memorabilia to Bill Clinton's presidential library.


Lue, 27, was on the Los Angeles Lakers championship team in 2001. After spending two seasons with the Washington Wizards, he signed with the Orlando Magic in 2003, averaging a career-high 10.5 points and 4.2 assists a game.


In Search for Manager, a New Leader Emerges

The Yankees will make their final decision on Joe Torreâs successor as manager on Monday and recent developments suggest that Joe Girardi may have the advantage.


Republicans yesterday endorsed a platform for their upcoming convention that takes conservatives stands on several key social issues - including abortion and gay marriage.


FOR so long written off as a perennial contender at Wimbledon but nowhere else, Tim Henman has stood convention on its head this year.


Eavesdropping against law even for parent, court says

In a case of snooping parents vs. their children, a mother's eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between the woman's daughter and her daughter's boyfriend violated the children's privacy, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday.


Pakistan's Sharif says danger hinders vote campaign

Pakistan's perilous security situation is hindering campaigning for February 18 elections with politicians putting their lives at risk when they go out to seek votes, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday.


I nerazzuri, deludenti a Cagliari (1-1), scavalcati dai giallorossi (1-0 sull'Empoli)A San Siro finisce 0-0, per Ancelotti ancora un pareggio                                            Pari dell'Inter, la Roma sorpassa Il Milan senza reti, goleada Fiorentina                                                                                Torna al successo la Sampdoria con il Parma (3-2), Livorno corsaro a Messina


Australia lifts ban on cloning embryos for stem cell research

CANBERRA, Australia -- Lawmakers rejected the moral views of their political leaders yesterday and lifted a four-year ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research.


Gadget site 'guarantees' it, apparently Apple will announce the iPhone on Monday, website Gizmodo has claimed. It cites no sources and provides no details, but a senior staffer guarantees the announcement - which he says was unexpected - will happen, for what that's worth...â¦


Russell Brand is to present next year's Brit Awards, which will be shown live on TV for the first time since 1989.


Competition Gaining on Running Gear Stores

Specialty running stores have managed to survive â even thrive â despite competition from the big chains and online and mail order outlets.


Stocks edged higher Friday as another drop in oil prices helped Wall Street withstand the effects of a disappointing jobs creation report.


Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr. told a Senate panel today that he would resign before putting politics over science.


CommBank in talks to buy stake in Chinese bank

SYDNEY: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. said yesterday it was in advanced talks to buy a strategic stake in China's Jinan City Commercial Bank, based in Shandong Province.


Il giorno dopo il triplice delitto di Brescia, indagini concentrate nella villaGli inquirenti: "Killer professionisti". Si scava nella vita del capofamiglia                                          Il sindaco: "Gli autori della strage non sono extracomunitari"                                                                                Madre e figlio finiti con tre colpi di pistola alla testa


Seas Yield Surprising Catch of Unknown Genes

It took some mighty fine nets, but scientists who spent two years trawling the world's oceans for bacteria and viruses have completed the most thorough census ever of marine microbial life, revealing an astonishingly diverse and bizarre microscopic menagerie.


Altria Group Inc. MO.N on Wednesday  said quarterly profit fell 6.9 percent, as one-time charges at  its Kraft Foods business and a loss in its financial services  unit offset higher tobacco profit.


Pakistan-India peace talks planned despite bombings

Pakistan's foreign minister will arrive in India on Tuesday for peace talks, in a sign the bombing of an India-Pakistan train that killed at least 66 people had failed to aggravate ties between the nuclear rivals.


Two of the yearâs most talked about films - The Passion Of The Christ and Fahrenheit 9/11 â-ave been snubbed by the Golden Globes.


'World sex championships' to defy ban by Warsaw mayor

The organisers of a Polish erotic fair vowed to defy a ban by the Warsaw mayor and go ahead in staging a contest for the woman who can have sex with as many men as possible.


FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Not only is high blood pressure a dangerous health threat, it can harm your sex life.


Edward Bitet fought in World War II, built affordable housing for veterans and taught sixth grade. When the Long Island native retired to Florida, he fulfilled another civic duty by becoming a poll worker. But Bitet, 77, isn't volunteering this year — he says he doesn't trust Palm Beach County's electronic voting machines. He walked out of a county demonstration of touch-screen terminals convinced that software bugs could wreak havoc on Nov. 2.


Broadcaster has agreed to pay a record $3.5M to erase a number of proposed radio indecency fines, including one against the "Opie & Anthony Show" and another against shock jock Howard Stern.- The Washington Post


Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger is to present an Academy Award at this year's ceremony.


GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Ivan skirted Grand Cayman with winds near 155 mph on Sunday, uprooting trees, bursting the banks of canals and flooding some homes on the island as it churned toward Cuba.    The hurricane, which had grown to the most powerful Category 5 storm with 165 mph winds on Saturday, lost some strength as it approached the wealthy and well-built Cayman Islands, which appeared likely to escape its brunt...


Alan Smith netted his sixth goal of the season to earn Manchester United a precious point against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford. Boro looked certain to record a Premiership win against the Red Devils for the


By Eden Laikin, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 19--Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, his brother and son have proposed a multimillion-dollar, 100-condo development for the site of the 50-year-old Sands beach and catering club in Atlantic Beach.


Readers riled at Microsoft Vista antipiracy features

Computerworld readers across the country have written in angered and frustrated by antipiracy features that are included in the new Vista operating system.


"The Mehdi Army is now turning to peaceful struggle. We will have to see in the future -- that could. change. But now it is peaceful," Sadr aide Sheikh Mahmoud al-Sudani told Reuters on Monday.


Love of volleyball keeps Ivan Miljkovic going

Love, not money, has kept Serbia's top  volleyball player Ivan Miljkovic on track for his third Olympic  Games.


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It was 2:16 on Wednesday morning when Michael Barone, an analyst for Fox News Channel, wheeled around in his chair and faced the four people charged with calling the presidential race on behalf of the network.


Connecticut Republican Presidential Primary

Rasmussen Reports - A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Connecticut's Republican Presidential Primary finds John McCain with a sixteen-point lead over Mitt Romney in the Nutmeg State. McCain attracts 42% of the vote while just 26% prefer the candidate from the neighboring state of Massachusetts. Rudy Giuliani picked up 12% of the vote and nobody else reached double digits.


Proposed City Nuisance Ordinances Taking Shape

By Matthew Leblanc, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 12--Nancy Holliday is hoping messy yards like the one near her Columbia home on Jean Rae Drive will soon be a thing of the past.


Registered voters who have been somehow unregistered. Democrats who suddenly find they've been re-registered as Republicans. A flier announcing that Election Day has been extended through Wednesday.


Ministero chiarisce dopo nuove voci liberazione


Where privacy, technology and policy intersect

Also: Tightening the Net on cybercrime. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Baton Rouge, LA (U-WIRE) -- This is it, the last slate of games before the bowl season kicks off. The big games to watch will be the Big XII and SEC Championship games, with Auburn and Oklahoma both looking to get in the Orange Bowl to face USC.


Troubled pop star Doherty admits drug possession

British pop singer Pete Doherty pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing crack cocaine and other drugs as well as two driving offences, after arriving chaotically late at a London court.


Fifteen Iraqi National Guards Kidnapped in Ambush

RAMADI, Iraq  - Gunmen kidnapped 15 Iraqi National  Guards on Friday after ambushing their convoy on a desert road  in the restive west of the country, an officer said.


Myanmar says dissidents tearing country apart

Myanmar's military junta accused pro-democracy and dissident groups on Tuesday of trying to tear the country apart, and urged the public to back its "roadmap to democracy" in a referendum on a new constitution in May.


Rival Technologies Vie for 'Green' Car of Tomorrow

Carmakers presented new-age automobiles at the Paris car show on Thursday that could give much-hyped fuel cells a run for their money in the coming market for vehicles that do less damage to the environment.


Baseball The New York Yankees did accomplish something this year: They lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season. The Yankees were hit with a tax bill of $23.88 million by Major League Baseball in a notice sent to teams late Friday, pushing them over the $100 million mark since the penalty for profligate spending was introduced in 2003. ...


China Closes Strong at Gymnastics Worlds

STUTTGART, Germany  -- It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. It's not often gymnasts blow away the competition like China did.


Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process

The push for coal-to-liquid fuels reflects a tension between slowing global warming and reducing dependence on foreign oil.


Russia succession intrigue follows Putin to Minsk

The president of Belarus discounted  suggestions Russian leader Vladimir Putin could use talks on  rejuvenating the idea of a merged post-Soviet state to create a  power base after he steps down next year.


European shares hit fresh six-and-a-half year highs on Monday amid gains in the financials sector.


Japan, US sign missile defence agreement

TOKYO: Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs - an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyoâs strict postwar pacifism.


Pentagon worries about China weapon test

China is improving its capacity for launching surprise military attacks along its border areas, reflecting its view that preemption is necessary when confronting a more powerful enemy, the Pentagon said Friday.


N.F.L. Program Gives New Meaning to a Set Formation

The players selected to participate in what the N.F.L. is calling a broadcast boot camp are hoping to avoid the sometimes awkward transition from professional athlete to ordinary citizen.


What was shaping up to be a Fantastic face off between two   summer blockbusters has turned out to be nothing more than a close   encounter of the studio kind.


The UN Security Council agrees to help investigate the murder of Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel.


This week we look at more of the improvements made in Camtasia Studio 5. Specifically, we're going to look at clips, stability improvements, changes in frames per second (fps) for better editing, editing procedures, working with callouts and new transition options. By Nathan Segal. 1130


It's a long way from pac-man. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", the latest installment of the popular criminal craze video game, is now on the streets firing up new debate.


Sony is No. 1 in LCD TVs shipped in North America for the first time ever.


Sport: Football: FA settles on Burton as 'preferred' site for construction of National Football Centre


The 7-1 loss cuts Oakland's AL West lead to 1 1/2 games and thrills the Red Sox faithful. By Tim Casey -- Bee Staff Writer. It's not too late to get into a Fantasy Sports League.


US Attorney General John Ashcroft, who had been under constant fire from pro-immigrant groups for his "tough tactics" since 9/11, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, said to be very close to President George W Bush, resigned on Tuesday.


Milano, 17:23 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: KO AL CAMP NOU UTILE PER QUALCUNO

La sconfitta pesantissima contro il Barcellona potrebbe aver lasciato qualche segno nell'ambiente de...


The brother of a senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is found guilty of killing him.


The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are spending their first full day back at their home in the UK.


Padilla was minor player, lawyer tells judge

Even if former U.S. "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla was part of a global jihadist conspiracy, he was at most a bit player and should be treated accordingly, his lawyer said at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday.


Scientists create a human embryo with three separate parents, raising hopes of new treatment for genetic disease.


Japan PM plays catch with China's Wen as ties warm

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda enjoyed a round of baseball diplomacy with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao Saturday, one day after the leaders pledged to build on their rapidly warming ties.


Omaha-Area Man Investigated in H.P. Phone Ruse

The man could be a link between Hewlett-Packard and detective agencies in Boston and Florida hired to ferret out a leaker of company information.


Texas Sex-Ed Texts Barely Mention Contraceptives

Texas education officials on Friday  approved health textbooks for high school students that extol  the virtues of sexual abstinence but only make passing mention  of contraceptives, which critics say violates state regulations  and endangers the health of teens.


Chittagong: Indian captain Sourav Ganguly today sounded alarm bells for Bangladesh when he said that his record breaking batsmen and bowlers were more hungry than ever before and would not move over even for the sake of their younger teammates.


Athens - Two weightlifters from Azerbaidjan have been banned from competitions for life after testing positive for drugs, in the first two doping cases of the Athens Paralympics, officials said here on Wednesday.


Gates research grant to fund malaria drug Engineered version ...

A Berkeley scientist, an Albany biotechnology startup and a unique San Francisco nonprofit drug company will announce today they have received a $43 million grant to develop a cheaper version of a Chinese herbal drug that is considered the most effective


Primo ministro apre conferenza regionale su sicurezza


Strong Holiday Season Lifts Amazonâs Revenue

The online retailerâs revenue was up 42 percent in its fourth quarter and its profits more than doubled, but its  profit margins were lower.


Annie Lennox, Corinne Bailey Rae and James Morrison are to headline a concert calling for global peace in September.


It took a stern lecture, lots of booing and a bureaucrat's breakdown to get the U.S. to sign on


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Secret UN report condemns US for Middle East failures

Envoy's damning verdict leaked as violence takes Gaza closer to civil war.


The Motley Fool - Investing genius Peter Lynch liked to say that to find "tenbaggers," that is, stocks that will increase in value by 10 times or more, you should start by looking close to home. In his book One Up on Wall Street, he also noted he liked to seek out companies in dull, disagreeable industries because they were often overlooked or shunned, giving individual investors a chance to purchase them at a discount.


Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, who   sparred with former President George H.W. Bush and later lost   the state's top job to his son, President George W. Bush, died   on Wednesday. She was 73.


TAMPA, Fla. -- Wal-Mart announced today that it will start a test program in Florida, where it will sell generic prescription drugs for $4 for a 30-day supply. The test will start tomorrow in 65 Tampa Bay-area stores and is to expand to the whole state by January.