Is the world doing enough for quake areas?

Relief agencies are continuing attempts to send supplies to areas affected by the tsunami disaster. Is the aid getting through? Have you contributed to the appeals?


Florida Residents Urged to Flee Hurricane

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - About three-quarters of a million residents of Florida's east coast were urged to evacuate - again - as Hurricane Jeanne churned westward Friday and threatened to become the fourth hurricane to pound the state in the last six weeks...


RBS-led group offers more cash in $98 bln ABN bid

LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - The takeover battle for ABN AMRO  heated up on Monday with the Royal Bank of Scotland  consortium boosting the cash element of its 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) offer.


Tumor-Diary BBC Journalist Dies at Age 37

BBC journalist Ivan Noble, whose online  diary about his brain tumor treatment touched hearts around the  world, has died at the age of 37.


Patients Turn to No-Interest Loans for Health Care

Zero-interest financing for medical procedures has become one of the fastest-growing parts of consumer credit.


Hollywood's Odd Couple: Cage and Bruckheimer

In a town where friendship is  fleeting, a star who once feared being labeled wacky and an  action movie producer with a Midas touch have become a  solid-gold team that this week again tests its box office power  with their fourth collaboration, "National Treasure."


The British-born astronaut Michael Foale is rewarded in the New Year Honours with a CBE in the diplomatic list.


NEW DELHI, July 5 -- When Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more rigorous background checks on foreign doctors applying for visas to work in Britain, panic spread through India's medical community, whose highly skilled professionals have always found it easy to work and study abroad.


Gilbert & George l'arte della provocazione

Una grande retrospettiva alla Tate di Londra celebra la geniale coppia di artisti che si sono definiti 'sculture viventi'


Furto di dati e identità cosÃ¬ l'hacker ti ruba la vita

Indirizzi, password, codici delle banche, vecchi documenti. Nasce una nuova generazione di ladri. Armata solo di tastiera


Microsoft starts public test of rival to VMware

Microsoft Corp  said on Thursday  that it has begun public trials of new virtualization software  that will compete head-on with programs from VMware Inc  , saying the tests are starting ahead of schedule.


Jaret Wright was 15-8 with a 3.28 ERA for the Braves in 2004. ...

NEW YORK -- The Yankees gave Jaret Wright a birthday present on Wednesday, officially signing the right-hander to a three-year contract.


Krugle ships 2.0 version of code search engine

Krugle shipped on Tuesday an upgrade of its enterprise code search appliance for software development teams that is designed to offer improved scalability and search accuracy.Krugle is also now offering prospective customers the ability to evaluate the product on VMware before purchasing it.Krugle Enterprise 2.0 is sold as an appliance and can be configured to work with a variety of software change management systems, including ClearCase, Perforce, Microsoft's Team Foundation Server, Subversion, and others, according to Krugle. It also can crawl flat-file systems and code archives, according to the company, based in Menlo Park, California.Results can be viewed through a Web browser, but Krugle also offers support for searching directly from the Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment). There is an application programming interface for creating other integrations as well. "We have a first-class integration with Eclipse, and the next cab off the ramp will be [Microsoft's] Visual Studio," said Matt Graney, senior director of product management.Michael Coté, an analyst with Redmonk, said Tuesday that it is important for software like Krugle to be tightly linked with a developer's core environment."If it can't be crammed into the IDE, the experience that's in front of the software developer every hour of the day, I think it won't get the face time it needs to be worth it," Coté said. "As an example, project management software that doesn't have a touch-point in IDEs tends to only be looked at by managers, and then developers have no idea about the overall project status."However, it may in fact be easier to scan code results in a browser window, according to Graney. "From a real-estate point of view, Eclipse is a busy sort of environment," he said.Users can use Krugle to search code repositories in a variety of ways, such as for a specific project, or solely for the comments that developers place with code upon check-in. The engine can also recognize various code features, such as function calls and class definitions.It supports more than 40 languages, according to the company. There is also some reporting capability built into the product, such as a "heat map" function that provides a snapshot of activity levels among various projects."We've been really impressed with it," said Patrick Hendry, CEO of Thuridion, a software consulting company and early beta user of the 2.0 release. "It definitely saves us time. We haven't sat down and quantified how much we're saving into dollars, but clearly that's happened."Hendry's company is aligned with Visual Studio, not Eclipse. It hasn't yet built an integration with Krugle, but may down the road if it becomes a paying customer, Hendry said. "We'll probably take a look at that. It's not a must-have, but it would probably be nice to have."The Scotts Valley, California, company mostly creates software for publishers who then sell it, Hendry said. Thuridion has "a large body of code" at any given time -- some three million to four million lines of code, excluding comment documents, he said.Thuridion "very briefly" considered other vendors but felt Krugle returned better results, he said.Subscription pricing typically begins at about $25,000 per year and scales up depending on the size of the code base, the number of users and how often the code base is crawled.Krugle was formed in October 2005. Its competitors include Koders and Google. The company also runs a free site, www.krugle.org, which can be used to search more than two billion lines of open-source code. The krugle.org index can also be accessed through the enterprise product.


Election organisers are creating an independent panel to investigate whether Afghanistan's first-ever presidential vote was marred by fraud.


Microhoo! marriage hits Google salaries hard

Job ad points to tough times ahead Pity if you will poor old Google, which last week suffered a terrible shock when it discovered that a possible unholy alliance of Microsoft and Yahoo! might challenge its bid to control the known universe.â¦


Pay increases for Britain's top bosses has risen, a survey by the consultancy firm Deloitte finds.


'US arms to Islamabad could impact India-Pakistan ties' (LEADS ...

[India News]: New Delhi, Dec 9 : India Thursday expressed concern at a US decision to sell sophisticated weapons to Pakistan, saying it would adversely affect the "sensitive" India-Pakistan peace process as well as growing India-US ties.


Militants kill at least seven Pakistani soldiers in a tribal area near the Afghan border, the military says.


Karzai leads in vote as 1/4 ballots counted

The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has been heading his rivals in the vote counting for the sixth consecutive day as he received 61.


Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said he was quite scared entering last night's big showdown with Syracuse and longtime rival and friend Jim Boeheim.


FCC Seeks $1.43 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Episode

After a brief lull, the Federal Communications Commission recommenced its battle against provocative television shows late Friday, proposing a $1.43 million fine against ABC and its affiliates for a February 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue." (Read the FCC s...


Gary Sheffield stood behind his controversial comments about Joe Torre, Barry Bonds and the New York Yankees before the game, then put the focus back to his on-field performance.


Gia' arrivati 140 mila ordini, in vista aumento produzione


Worldwide athletic-goods giant Nike, Inc. announced Thursday that University alumnus and current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Philip H. Knight will step down as CEO, effective Dec. 28.


Amazon.com and iTunes have joined the growing number of online venues selling movie files. USA TODAY's Mike Snider clicks through the latest way to get flicks.


Madrid, 13:33 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: ROBINHO POTRA' GIOCARE CONTRO IL MAIORCA

Il Real Madrid potrà utilizzare Robinho nell'ultima gara di Liga contro il Maiorca, decisiva ...


Fund Puts Premium On Well-Run Firms      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Manage the company well and its stock price will follow is the way Richard Weiss picks the holdings of $1.14 billion Wells Fargo Advantage Common Stock Fund  (NASDAQ:STCSX - News).


Alitalia auction on the brink as Air One pulls out

Air One has pulled out of the bidding for Alitalia  citing impossible conditions, leaving Rome's plans to auction the loss-making carrier in tatters ahead of Monday's deadline for final offers.


African-Americans boost Clinton lead, poll finds

Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead is growing among African-American Democrats and particularly among black women, a CNN/Opinion Research Poll shows."Black women don't just vote their black identity," explains CNN political analyst Bill Schneider. "They also vote their identity as women."


On Wednesday, playing their patient, opportunistic game, Detroit crossed the scheduleâs halfway mark with a victory over Dallas, a distant second to the Red Wings in the Western Conference.


The US says it will press for a new set of sanctions on Iran for defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium.


Yukos could still rescue its main asset with help from US judge

Yukos can succeed in postponing the auction of Yuganskneftegaz on December 19 if the court rules in its favor in the case where the Russian oil giant seeks US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


A man who identified himself as a freelance reporter was arrested outside the Los Angeles home of Brad Pitt on Wednesday, police said.


Explosion rocks Manhattan, revives 9/11 memories

An underground steam pipe exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, shaking buildings, creating a towering geyser of debris and sending pedestrians fleeing in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.


There is no news of Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, after his arrest on Saturday.


Global oil prices raced to fresh highs on Friday, carrying US crude close to $49.16 a barrel up 46 cents, driven by escalating violence in Iraq and unabated demand growth from China and India.


A Little Doll That Could (Gut, Stab, Set on Fire)

There is not a single scary moment in all of "Seed of Chucky," so its laughs are welcome, though most of the humor falls flat.


Order me a mojito with your table's touch screen, please

High-tech bar at London's University of Westminster lets students skip the usual hassles of grabbing a drink. Photos: Skipping the bar line


President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation's intelligence community will "improve America's ability to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists," while Democratic critics said the election-season moves fall short of what is needed.


From Quarterback to Tackle, Montgomery's Talent Is Big

In his second NFL season, the Redskins' Anthony Montgomery has gone from a project drafted in the fifth round who spent most of 2006 inactive to a starting defensive tackle.


Saudis Shift Toward Letting OPEC Aim Higher

Over the last year, Saudi Arabia has quietly endorsed a shift in strategy of pushing for oil prices higher than those of the last two decades.


Primato storico a 11.727,66 punti, in salita anche Nasdaq


Divided Bosnians vote how to live without help

Deeply divided Bosnians went to the  polls in a general election on Sunday to choose the leaders who  will guide their country after a decade of international  supervision.


RIGHTS:  EU and India Agree 'Strategic Partnership'

BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (IPS) - The European Union and India have signed an  unprecedented âstrategic partnershipâ deal amidst concerns over  India's human rights record.


At least 10 people died Friday in a fire at a home for the elderly in western Austria, according to a news agency report.


The tifosi couldnât have asked for anything more in first practice at Monza, with Michael Schumacher leading a Ferrari 1-2. As usual, Anthony Davidson was best of the rest for BAR, ending up just 0.4s off


Crude futures rose Tuesday as traders awaited US oil inventory data, and analysts said the market fundamentals were pointing to higher prices in the coming weeks.


Nasdaq retracts statement on U.S. OK of Dubai deal

Nasdaq  said it erred in releasing a statement earlier on Friday that said the U.S. government cleared a deal giving Dubai's state-owned stock exchange a minority stake in Nasdaq.


Chrysler to recall 600,000 SUVs, pick-ups

DETROIT, United States  - Under pressure from US regulators, DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group said it would recall more than half a million trucks over ball joint defects that can cause the wheels of the vehicle to separate from the body.


Israel fumes at Straw's floral tribute to Arafat

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah on Thursday, initiating a new diplomatic rite certain to vex many Israelis.


Gateway is returning to Japan and will be launching some new desktop and laptop computers for the new market. Leveraging the distribution channels of its eMachines brand, the company now offers its new line


Windows XP SP2 Automatic Update due tomorrow

Windows XP users with Automatic Update enabled will have a rather hefty download tomorrow (August 25), as Microsoft plans to release Service Pack 2 for Windows XP via Automatic Update.


Anglicans 'in Interpretive Free-Fall' Over Their Future

By Cathy Lynn Grossman  Tensions between the worldwide Anglican Communion and its liberal U.S. branch, the Episcopal Church, continued Tuesday as both sides fell to arguing over the requirements listed in documents released by the top bishops of the 77-million-member Communion.


Brescia, 14:32 - CALCIO, CORIONI: NON SERVE STARE FERMI

Il presidente del Brescia, Gino Corioni, dopo il blocco dei campionati seguito ai tragici incidenti ...


Osservatorio del mercato immobiliare, frena corsa prezzi


As the Web giants invade each other's territory, the auction site yanks its ads from Google. But eBay may not even need them


C.I.A. Report Finds Its Officials Failed in Pre-9/11 Efforts

Among those criticized is George J. Tenet, the former C.I.A. chief, whom President Bush awarded a Medal of Freedom.


AT&T Embraces Voice-over-Internet Telephony

AT&T is attracted to Voice over IP because Internet telephony is cheaper to offer to businesses and consumers and requires less upfront investment than the old copper wire and traditional switching networks.


AUSTRALIA will provide $2 million to assist in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.


Google's universal search results will provide savvy Web site owners and marketers additional opportunities to gain valuable placement within search results.


It's like that television ad, "Another loan lost to Ditech." This was another week lost to the Republicans. George W. Bush's proven failure to fulfill his National Guard duties


Utahn filled with pride at sight of Indian parade

WASHINGTON - Watching a procession of 20,000 American Indians from across the continent march down the National Mall on Tuesday to herald the opening of the new Museum of the American Indian, Forrest Cuch of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe was overwhelmed.


U.S. trade gap in Oct narrows most in 5 years

The U.S. trade deficit in October  narrowed by the biggest amount in nearly five years, as oil  import prices plunged for a second consecutive month and  exports edged up to a new record, a Commerce Department report  showed on Tuesday.


Fanning: Napster Guru Unveils Legal File-Sharing Technology

Talk about changing your tune: Shawn Fanning, whose Napster software made it possible for music lovers to get songs over the Internet without paying for them, is going legit.


Disgraced congressman was popular in Hollywood

WASHINGTON  - Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, embroiled in a scandal involving explicit messages he sent to young aides in Congress, easily moved between the world of conservative politics and the liberal entertainment industry as he became one of Hollywood's go-to guys on Capitol Hill.


Lucinda Antal, of Liverpool, England, right, tests lipstick shades on her hand at the Face store in New York Sunday Nov. 28, 2004, assissted by salesperson David Kalahiki.


Heathrow kicks off 'fingerprint fast-track' security checks

Tracking with a soupcon of fast... The Telegraph reveals that the UK government is plotting fingerprinting of air passengers as a matter of routine, to check the identity of departing passengers and to tighten up border controls for incoming. Which, given the firmness of the regime's plans for ID cards, is scarcely news in the long term - but in the interim, turkeys are apparently being asked to volunteer for Christmas, now.â¦


Oil prices reach new record high of $53.40 pb

NEW YORK, October 8  - Crude oil price increased to a new record high of $53.40 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) today, marking the fourth consecutive day of new record high levels.


On This Rock, Build a Future for Musicals

There are signs that audiences and artists are more at ease with the marriage of rock or pop music and traditional narrative theater.


Political spouses have traditionally wielded their influence in private. But in this race, all the rules will have to be rewritten


For the first time in six years it is now possible to take out a savings account earning at least 7% interest.


Minority boys get the least amount of sleep among children aged 8 to 11, says a study in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.


The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board. The country's national carrier announced Wednesday that it will transport a juvenile cinereous vulture to Beijing on March 21 to help return the rare bird to its natural environment in Mongolia.


Irish premier Bertie Ahern celebrates 10 years as leader of Fianna...

Irish premier Bertie Ahern celebrates 10 years as leader of Fianna Fail today, but will not be resting on his laurels just yet.


BAGHDAD, July 16 -- Two car bombs killed at least 80 people in a busy commercial area in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, police said, while U.S. military officials announced a major push south of Baghdad to try to disrupt the supply of arms and fighters into the capital city.


Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was named chairman Tuesday of Generation Investment Management, a new London-based fund management firm that plans to create environment-friendly portfolios.


Army medic denies desertion in Iraq case

A U.S. Army medic on trial  for refusing to return to Iraq with his unit pleaded guilty on  Tuesday to going absent without leave and missing his  deployment but denied charges of full desertion.


NASA schedules fourth spacewalk for Atlantis crew

One down, three to go Almost as soon as the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis completed their first spacewalk, NASA announced that the mission to the International Space Station will be extended by two days to make time for a fourth excursion into hard vacuum.â¦


Lamar Hunt, Football Pioneer, Dies at 74

Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, son of a famous and wealthy Texas family who became a pro sports visionary and author of the term "Super Bowl," died Wednesday night at a Dallas hospital.


Atlantis makes pre-dawn landing in Florida after successful ISS mission

Space shuttle Atlantis has made a pre-dawn landing here after a successful 12-day construction mission to the orbiting International Space Station.


Annika Appeals to All Golfers in New Book

Ernie Els was intrigued when he saw the cover of the book, showing Annika Sorenstam looming large with a club over her shoulder and a smile on her face.


'Googleizing' libraries won't replace books

This week Google Inc. down in Mountain View, wading in dough from its stock offering, announced it would use some of the money to put millions of volumes from the country's great libraries online where anybody can use them.


Brief: Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 -- At Last

TechWeb - Mozilla delayed releasing Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 to give developers more time to fix bugs.


Explore Business Opportunities in Central Europe

Explore business opportunities in central Europe and celebrate the Phoenix sister city relationship with Prague, Czech Republic during a business delegation visit to Prague April 1 - 9. The Phoenix Sister ...


Ex-SAP exec Agassi gets into electric cars

The venture is backed by a large Israeli holding company that has pledged $100 million.


Afghan Leader's Running Mate Survives Taliban Attack

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for Saturday's historic presidential poll escaped unhurt  on Wednesday when a bomb set off by Taliban guerrillas narrowly  missed his car as he headed for an election meeting.


High Goals for Reducing Emissions in New Jersey

The New Jersey Legislature passed a bill Thursday that set ambitious goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Through thick and thin, President Bush has consistently extolled the virtues of lowering taxes to make the economy stronger.


Iran sanctions rattle 2008 White House hopefuls

New US sanctions on Iran Thursday sent shockwaves through the 2008 White House race, in which Tehran is fanning foreign policy rows among saber-rattling Republicans and war-wary Democrats.


Zimbabwe police still beating, torturing opponents: Amnesty

Zimbabwean police are still beating and torturing human rights activists and opponents of the government despite mediation efforts launched by fellow African nations, Amnesty International said Friday.


Immigration amendment aimed at day labor

Home Depot is tired of being forced by local governments to accommodate the day laborers who turn up in its store parking lots seeking construction work. So the Georgia-based company turned to Congress for help.


If Hockey Is Out, Best Thing on Ice May Be a Computer Game

A cable channel plans to resurrect each of the 1,230 regular-season games listed on the league's defunct 2004-2005 schedule by setting them in motion on a video game console.


Chinese grapple with obesity, herbs not a solution

Unhappy with her weight, Charmaine Tong decided two years ago to try a slimming tea, which supposedly contained only traditional Chinese herbs.


Nintendo DS a major upgrade from Game Boy machines

SACRAMENTO BEE. NINTENDO has been on top of the handheld gaming market for 15 years. Its various Game Boy machines have sold more than 100 million units since the first model.


php|architect: Pro::PHP Podcast - Newscast for August 2007

php|architect has posted the latest episode of their popular PHP podcast, the Pro::PHP Podcast - the newscast for August 2007.   Join hosts Sean Coates & Paul Reinheimer (and special guest Morgan Tocker) as they cover PHP news.   Topics covered in this episode include:   the discount for php|works PHP's move to correctly use HTTP status messages the Mambo Project's move to CakePHP the mysqlnd libraries   You can download the show directly from here or you can subscribe to their feed to get this and lots of other great PHP content brought right to your aggregator.


DURHAM, North Carolina (Sports Network) - Alvin Pearman ran for 223 yards and a touchdown on 38 carries and Wali Lundy added two touchdown runs to lead 14th-ranked Virginia to a 37-16 win over Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference at Wallace Wade Stadium.


BEA let the bid's deadline expire, as it promised it would, and Oracle won't rule out another try.


Rashard Lewis made the go-ahead 3-pointer, and the Seattle SuperSonics beat the New York Knicks 100-99 Tuesday night when Stephon Marbury missed a free throw with 0.9 seconds left.


EULESS, Texas - A robbery suspect was caught after leaving his wallet on the store counter - and then going to the police station to pick it up.  Joseph Fahnbulleh, 22, of Arlington, remained in the Euless City Jail on Thursday night with bail set at $30,000. He faces a robbery charge.


Xerox works deal with start-up to rival Google

The Palo Alto Research Center and Powerset Inc. are working to develop a natural language search engine expected to live by year's end.


Gunmen Seize Two Americans and Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a  Briton from a house in an affluent central Baghdad neighborhood  Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of  abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


Three Chinese Communist Party Leaders Step Down

BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- The Chinese Communist Party announced Sunday that three of its most powerful leaders were retiring, making way for a new generation including the eventual successor of President Hu Jintao as head of the world's most populous nation.


Movie Review | '49 Up': Checking In on BritainÂs Children of 1964

The latest chapter in Michael Apted's documentary series shows that at 49, lives reveal more about marriage and the life cycle than about class.


After Fardeen Khan and the cocaine scandal, itÂs Vijay Raaz and the marijuana scandal in Dubai.


The government unveils a Â£33m package aimed at supporting carers of elderly or disabled relatives.


New Zealand launches sexual health campaign

"No Rubba no Hubba Hubba" (meaning "no condom, no sex") is the message being promoted in a campaign launched at the Parliament Monday to stem the high rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in New Zealand.


Renault's 5,000-euro car to go on sale in western Europe for 7,500 euros

French car maker Renault said that its budget 5,000-euro (6,000-dollar) Logan, currently aimed at developing markets, would soon go on sale in western Europe, but at 7,500 euros.


Japan confirms fourth bird flu outbreak this year

Japan has confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu since the beginning of the year, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.


India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile

NEW DELHI Aug. 29, 2004 - India test-launched a surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons Sunday, a defense ministry spokesman said.


World Business Briefing: Germany: VW Narrows American Loss

Volkswagen narrowed its North American first-half loss by reducing discounts and warranty claims and concentrating on sales of the most profitable models, the company said. Volkswagenâs sales have fallen this year in the United States as the company prepares new models for 2008. The company sold 91,743 vehicles in the United States in the first five months, a 4.4 percent drop from a year earlier. Sales in 2007 will be flat, Mr. Hallmark said.


Israeli Helicopter Fires 2 Missiles at Gaza Camp

An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles  on Thursday at a target in a Gaza refugee camp, shortly after  an attack near an Israeli army base in the central Gaza Strip  that killed five people, witnesses said.


McKellen gives remarkable performance in Lear

Many of us saw each  installment of "The Lord of the Rings" just to watch Ian  McKellen portray the lean, white-bearded and mysterious wizard  Gandalf.


Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers.


Source: Bears trade Thomas Jones to Jets

The Chicago Bears reached a preliminary agreement to trade running back Thomas Jones to the New York Jets on Monday for a second-round draft pick.


Australia captain Ricky Ponting says his side are not looking beyond the crunch game against southern hemisphere rivals New Zealand.


Meanwhile, a second unofficial fix is out as attacks on Internet Explorer users are reportedly increasing.


A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said.


Saunders expects to be back with Pistons

Flip Saunders expects to be back as coach of the Detroit Pistons next season.


Michael Jackson asks TV stations to stop playing Eminem's new video, which ridicules the pop legend.


Carnival to buy Italian-made cruise ship for 565 million euros

Carnival Corporation, the US cruise liner group listed in London, said it had exercised an option to buy a new vessel from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at a cost of about 738 million dollars.


Clinton to Campaign with Kerry in Pennsylvania

Former President Bill Clinton, who is recovering from heart bypass surgery, will campaign with Democratic Sen. John Kerry next week in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.


US film registry releases list of 25 inductees

In late 1988, the United States Congress passed landmark legislation creating the independent, nonprofit National Film Preservation Foundation, a public-private partnership to benefit the film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical


Time Warner Inc.'s AOL on Monday plans  to announce that it will offer two new NBC programs on its Web  site a week before their broadcast TVpremiere.


JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's environment minister charged yesterday that US-based Newmont Mining Corp. "cut corners" to boost profits at its Indonesian gold mine and expressed confidence the government will win a criminal case accusing executives of causing pollution.


Writersâ Strike Tests the Mettle of 2 Outsiders

The president of the writers guild and his lieutenant are deliberating a question that may bode ill for both: Is their rebellion over?


Microsoft's Next Step Toward Vista Release

Microsoft issued its first release candidate of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, called RC1, taking a major new step toward releasing the OS on schedule.


X-ray machines that screen airline passengers' shoes cannot detect explosives, according to a Homeland Security Department report on aviation screening.


Plays nice with Oracle Salesforce.com is today expected to take its latest step towards improving integration with third-parties' software, including business rival Oracle.â¦


Festival-goers prowl New York streets Saturday in a street game you win by shouting out the right warm fuzzy.


The dollar fell against the euro on  Tuesday as dealers waited for U.S. trade deficit figures to  decide whether to buy back the U.S. currency again.


Africa brings Sudanese parties to the table as UN sanctions loom

ABUJA : The African Union will bring Sudan's warring government and rebel armies into talks with regional power-brokers aimed at heading off a mounting humanitarian crisis in the province of Darfur.


Israel backs away from claims about UN truck

JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday backed away from an accusation that the United Nations allowed a vehicle to be used to transport a rocket for Palestinian militants.


Candidates Spar After Contentious Debate

ELYRIA, Ohio - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states...


Se la chitarra di Pat Metheny sfida il piano di Mehldau

Due virtuosi per una collaborazione rara e intensa, un nuovo album da scoprire e il prossimo tour per portare avanti il progetto. Ce li racconta, in video, il chitarrista americano


NATO leaders back ties with Balkans trio

NATO offered Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro on Tuesday the first step on the road to membership despite unresolved concerns over war crimes, and said other Balkan countries could expect firm invitations to join in 2008.


Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa.


3D television could be in homes within three years, according a research consortium.


Just hours after President Vladimir Putin sent Gazprom shares soaring by indicating he backed ending the long-derided dual trading system for the gas giant's shares


UPDATE 1-Haas holds halfway lead, Woods lurks

Veteran Jay Haas edged closer to his first PGA Tour win for more than 10 years on Friday with a four-under-par 66 for the halfway lead at the Tour Championship.


Graduatoria su servizi, mal di traffico e inquinamento


Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Tulsa, Okla., anyone?


A series of blasts hit the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said, a day after Ugandan peacekeepers started arriving in the lawless Horn of Africa country.


Roma, 17:24 - CALCIO, LIPPI: CANNAVARO PALLONE D'ORO? PREMIO A TUTTO IL GRUPPO

Mancano poche ore alla consegna del pallone d'oro a Fabio Cannavaro. Marcello Lippi, tecnico della n...


Summary: Czar's Wine Collection for Sale

FOR SALE: Hundreds of bottles of sweet and fortified wines from the personal cellar of Nicholas II, Russia's last czar.


By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.


Strong 7.5-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra

A strong 7.5-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, sparking a local tsunami alert and triggering panic, US meteorologists and residents said.


Remember When You Wanted Your Own Ms. Pac-Man?

When arcade games are in the recreation room, no coins are necessary.


Greenspan comments spark surge in pound against the dollar

The dollar suffered a renewed bout of selling after the US Federal Reserve's chairman Alan Greenspan hinted that a further depreciation in the US currency may be necessary to bring the US current account deficit down.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is wary of the threat posed by Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard as his side attempt to get their English Premiership title defence back on track at Anfield.


At least 10 dead in Afghan blast, including US national, Nepalese ...

KABUL : About 10-15 people were killed when a truck bomb ripped through downtown Kabul in an attack targetting a US security firm, a police officer at the scene told AFP.


Xerox profit rises on high-margin color systems

Xerox Corp , the leading provider of digital printers and document management services, on Thursday posted sharply higher quarterly profit, fueled by solid sales of higher-margin color systems.


Tribu' del Waziristan annunciano fine tregua con governo


"I talked to my partner Anthony Anderson, and he told me how good they were," the Tennessee Tech forward said of Miami's three-guard trio of Robert Hite, Guillermo Diaz and Anthony Harris.


The 2008 White House campaign of John McCain falters as two top aides quit, amid concerns on fundraising.


MPs express concern about critical comments made by the Afghan president about the UK.


FACTBOX-New global steel giant emerges after Mittal deal

Ispat International (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) (IST.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will merge with LNM Holdings and Ohio-based International Steel Group Inc.


NY pension funds press big Web companies on rights

New York City employee pension  funds are calling on two top Internet companies to do more to  protect free speech in repressive countries, joining a year-old  campaign by human rights groups.


A quarterly survey of U.S. chief executives showed they plan to increase hiring and capital spending, despite recent soft economic data, concerns about sluggish job growth and high energy prices.


Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan

A bomb ripped through a U.S. patrol in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers and wounding another, a reminder of the country's insecurity after a newly resolved hostage drama.


Court Dismisses Case Challenging Voter ID

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously dismissed a  legal challenge to the state's voter ID law.


Archivist finds riginal Lincoln document

The National Archives on Thursday unveiled a handwritten note by Abraham Lincoln exhorting his generals to pursue Robert E. Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg, underscoring one of the great missed opportunities for an early end to the Civil War.


IBM: like the Web, virtual worlds will be become business friendly

Blog: At an event at the MIT Media Lab, IBM executives and virtual world experts sketch out the potential and pitfalls of virtual worlds for business and society.


The small Alpine state of Slovenia faces a big task in steering EU business for the next six months.


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Update 4: Qwest to Pay $250M to Settle SEC Charges

Qwest Communications International Inc., the regional telecommunications company, agreed Thursday to pay $250 million to settle allegations that it engaged in "massive financial fraud" by improperly booking $3.


Democrat Barack Obama has a new ad in Iowa that seeks to distinguish him from his rivals on curbing lobbyists, improving health care and ending the war in Iraq while casting voters as the agents of change.


Family-friendly 'Shark Tale' stays afloat

Shark Tale, the animated underwater comedy, continued to rule theaters this weekend, bringing in $31.7 million, according to box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI.


Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader alleged to have cost his bank billions of euros, is police custody, reports say.


Asian shares slump as U.S. mortgage woes spread

Asian shares slumped on Wednesday, tracking heavy losses on Wall Street amid fears a crisis in U.S. mortgage lending is spreading to the wider economy.


T-Mobile: Don't legislate consumer privacy rules

Blog: A wireless company executive warns Congress against new laws that would control the way wireless companies handle their subscribers' personal information, saying they'd be out of date "as soon as the ink is dry."


Iran has resolved questions from the UN's nuclear watchdog about its plutonium experiments, Tehran says.


Firoz Nadiadwala and Ahmed KhanÂs Fool N Final seems to be nothing short of an extravaganza, at least for those who love powerful, elegant vehicles or just plain thrilling means of transportation. Take a peep into Fool N Final to find out what modes of enchantment you can expect.


Sprint Nextel Rolls Out Shopping Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled on Thursday a new service that allows mobile handset customers to buy and compare a wide range of products over their phone.


Babies whose mothers use a type of anti-depressant may be born with withdrawal symptoms, research suggests.


Ecuador president demands lawmakers accept firing

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa ordered 57 lawmakers on Friday to accept a court ruling that fired them, intensifying a power struggle with Congress in the politically unstable Andean country.


A causa di spese incomprimibili e perdita potere acquisto


Lugovoy's patron says Britons are cheats, bandits

Russian ultra-nationalist leader  Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Tuesday said Britain was a nation of  cheats and bandits, and had no right to seek the handover of  Andrei Lugovoy, a candidate standing for Zhirinovsky's party.


Ex-Chief of China Food and Drug Unit Sentenced to Death for Graft

The former director of Chinaâs top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death on Tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes.


Gli incontri avvenivano in un lussuoso locale del Nolano


Somali gunmen attack Ethiopians, kill official

Somali insurgents shot dead a local official on Thursday and attacked Ethiopian troops overnight just hours after a second attempt to start a peace conference was postponed, residents said.


Stocks Rise on Drop in Oil, Fed Comments

NEW YORK - A drop in oil prices and reassuring words from the Federal Reserve sent stocks higher Monday, raising hopes that Wall Street would be able to extend its recent rally.    Investors were cheered by a dip in oil prices, which backed off of the $50 per barrel mark at Friday's close of trading...


Jenson Button has revealed contractual "differences" prompted him to quit BAR and join Williams for next season. The Englishman is in the middle of a tug of war between BAR and Williams over his future after


South African police raided a downtown church Wednesday night where hundreds of Zimbabweans had taken refuge, hauling people in pajamas to a police station in scenes reminiscent of apartheid-era raids


Rule Change to Help Smaller Companies Raise Funds

In a move that will make it easier for small and medium-size public companies to raise money, federal regulators are about to the ease rules on the sale of restricted shares.


There is outrage in Venezuela as a man accused of torturing and raping a woman is acquitted.


Germany's Merkel opposes blanket EU limit on vehicle emissions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pledged to oppose a strict European Union limit on cars' average carbon dioxide emissions, arguing that different models should face different caps.Comment


The Giants crushed the 49ers with a big-play defense that forced four turnovers. The Giants are now 5-2 for the fourth season in a row under Coach Tom Coughlin.


WHO WILL BE THE WINNING TEAM? THE LAWYERS

The legal battle: The election might be held on Tuesday, but voters could be forced to wait until weeks after the polls close to find out who the winner is.


The U.S. Veep gets a rude Kabul surprise after he travels to the region to ask the reluctant and increasingly cranky Pakistanis to crack down on al-Qaeda and the Taliban


Chelsea has beaten Aston Villa 1-0 on a goal by Damien Duff, retaining its five-point lead in the Premier League. Defending champions Arsenal, in second place, defeated Fulham


Moto Gp, in Qatar rocambolesca vittoria di Gibernau

QATAR (2 ott. 2004) - L'inedito GP del Qatar si risolve con la vittoria di Gibernau su Edwards al termine di una giornata rocambolesca. Prima della gara c'Ã¨ il giallo: Rossi e Biaggi vengono retrocessi in


The minimum wage rate has increased, but many people in the UK do not get the right amount for their work.


Topical Spray May Treat Premature Ejaculation

TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A topical anesthetic spray that's applied to the penis delays ejaculation by five times as long and could offer a new treatment for men with premature ejaculation, European researchers report.


Milano, 20:13 - CALCIO, MILAN: ANCELOTTI IN SEDE PER RINNOVO

Carlo Ancelotti è da poco piÃ¹ di un'ora nella sede del Milan, in via Turati, per l'incontro d...


Prince William will be on parade in front of the Queen as he graduates from Sandhurst Military Academy.


Oil eases under $59, eyes U.S. gasoline stocks

Oil prices eased back below $59 a barrel as investors focused on U.S. fuel data due later on Wednesday that is expected to show a rise in gasoline stocks in the world's top consumer.


People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.


A Nigerian militant group says it has killed nine government soldiers in a gun battle in the Niger Delta.


Gibraltar backs new constitution for greater local autonomy

Voters in the tiny British dependent territory of Gibraltar voted in favour of a new constitution modernising relations between the 'Rock' and London to allow greater autonomy in local affairs.


The price of US crude oil has eased in early trade, after breaching the $50-a-barrel mark on Friday. Light sweet crude for November delivery fell 42 cents from Friday's $50.


Battle drags on in Florida over Anna Nicole Smith

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Lawyers for former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and her mother jousted over her corpse on Tuesday, making little headway in legal skirmishing over where she should be buried.


Premier,'non mi ha detto niente'.Manager,parleranno le carte


New Faces on Knicks Have Wilkens Smiling

Knick Coach Lenny Wilkens steered away from predictions Thursday, but he found more to like than not to like as he surveyed the coming season.


Venice to ban rice at weddings over pigeons

Throwing rice at newly-weds will soon be banned in Venice as the city steps up its fight against pigeons soiling its squares and chipping away at monuments.


Russia seeks vote ban for opposition challenger

Liberal former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a Kremlin foe, should be barred from Russia's presidential election because some of the signatures supporting his candidacy were forged, election officials said on Thursday.


Weis says winning is bottom line at Notre Dame

Charlie Weis says his job as Notre Dame's new football coach is to raise expectations and win games. It's as simple as that.


The negotiators agreed today on the logistics of shutting down and sealing the nationâs main nuclear reactor.


Sakhir, 16:52 - F1, TEST BAHRAIN: FERRARI DA RECORD NONOSTANTE GUASTI

Grandi prestazioni ma poca affidabilità della Ferrari F2008 nei test in corso sul circuito di...


Kevin Brown already apologized to the New York Yankees for his foolish injury. This was an even better way to make up for it. Backed by Derek Jeter's three RBI and a relentless


Taylor Dent defeated Australian qualifier Peter Luczak 6-3, 6-2 in a rain-delayed first-round match at the China Open on Tuesday. In another completed match before rain postponed play, Israel's


Mets Pay Full Fare but Show They Mean Business

Everyone believed Carlos Beltran was a lock for the Yankees, but it was the Mets who presented him as their new $119 million, free-agent prize center fielder.


HAVANA, Aug. 26 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how he is feeling, at a time of persistent rumors of his death.


Fresh spinach may be back in stores soon

It's safe to eat spinach grown outside California's Salinas Valley, federal health officials say, and the leafy greens could return to produce shelves in a few days.


Along the coast from Texas to Maine, insurance costs are doubling or tripling as part of continuing fallout from Hurricane Katrina.


All week, the Boston College football team has insisted it has focused all its attention on Brigham Young. It's been Brigham Young and nothing but Brigham Young.


While Britain limits access, Japan expands coverage of the top-selling treatment.


Breast cancer theory supports African folklore

Scientists who have proposed a  controversial theory that surgery to remove a breast tumor may  actually help the cancer to spread said on Wednesday their  ideas may also explain why black women have been more likely to  die of breast cancer in the past.


NASA rejects drunk astronaut claims as "legend"

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Wednesday rejected claims that drunk astronauts flew on spaceships and jets, and the head of the U.S. space agency dismissed one tale of high-flying inebriation as "urban legend."


CENTRAL AFRICA:  Not Ready to Negotiate Trade with Europe

BRUSSELS, Jun 4 (IPS) - Central Africa seems an unlikely candidate for a  free trade deal with the European Union.


Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for order amid the violence that erupted in the West African nation over the weekend.


Smooth, smiling John Edwards is sounding more like the traditional vice presidential candidate, calling President Bush a con artist and Vice President Dick Cheney a hypocrite, and all but labeling both Republicans liars.


Texas inmate executed for couple's murder

An inmate was executed Wednesday for the drug-related slayings of a south Texas couple in 1995. Officials cut his final statement short after he tried to argue with the victims' relatives.


Want to lose weight? Don't forget to hit the sack

For years, weight loss experts have preached the importance of cutting calories and getting more exercise. Now a growing body of research is pointing to a third possible key to weight control: Get a good night's sleep.


MOSCOW - Russian police investigating the deadly Beslan school siege are looking inside their own squad house: One of the attack organizers was allegedly a former cop who disappeared six years ago.    He wouldn't be the first to turn traitor...


Titanic Founder Fears for Future of Great Wreck

Undersea tourists and souvenir hunters are hastening the decay of the Titanic, says U.S. explorer Bob Ballard who discovered the world's most famous shipwreck nearly 20 years ago.


Irish police arrest three N. Ireland paramilitary suspects

Three people suspected of being members of a dissident group opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process were arrested in Ireland and were being questioned under anti-terrorist laws, police here said.


Let's chip in on the two sides of Intel.


The attorney general considers appealing against the non-custodial sentence of a paedophile.


Chinese leader in war-battered Liberia, under the spotlight over Sudan

President Hu Jintao of China has arrived in Liberia ahead of the most important stage of his African tour when he meets with Sudan's leaders about oil supplies and the Darfur conflict.


Kibaki, giant of Kenyan politics, in last fight

OTHAYA, Kenya  - With a political career as old as his nation, President Mwai Kibaki faces a verdict on his progress leading east Africa's biggest economy and efforts to fix years of corruption at his final election battle this month.


Toshiba create dual layered DVD/HD DVD disc

Toshiba has announced a dual layered disc that will playback both HD-DVD and DVD formats strengthing its offering in the battle of the next generation DVD formats.


UPDATE 1-Late goal gives N.Ireland 3-3 draw with Austria

A goal deep into injury time by Stuart Elliott salvaged a 3-3 draw for Northern Ireland in a pulsating World Cup qualifier against Austria on Wednesday.


Enemalta is expected to end the current financial year with a loss of Lm11-12 million, some Lm7 million more than projected, owing to the rising oil prices, Public Investments Minister Austin Gatt told a ...


French confirm body found in river is that of Israeli diplomat

Experts have confirmed that a body found in a river in northwest France is that of Israeli diplomat David Dahan who went missing last month.


Sharon Phones Abbas in Highest Contact for Years

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon phoned Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to congratulate him on his election as Palestinian president and offer cooperation, the highest-level contact between the sides in nearly four years.


LONDON  -- David Beckham is sticking to his plan: He's bound for the Los Angeles Galaxy next month -- regardless of what anyone says.


Milano, 14:48 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: VOLEVAMO INIZIARE LA STAGIONE COSI'

Il tecnico del Milan Carlo Ancellotti commenta l'ottimo inizio di stagione dei rossoneri che, con tr...


GB's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms go for gold in badminton on Thursday.


Imeem Buys Social Music Service Anywhere.FM

The social networking service has made its first acquisition, a small one in online social music service Anywhere.FM.


Google Works to Torpedo Microsoft Bid for Yahoo

Google is making an unusually aggressive effort to block Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo.


Spotting the clues to buy before stocks rise.


Barry Bonds didn't win it. Neither did Roberto Clemente. Since the National League Rookie of the Year award was first handed out 57 years ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates have never had a winner.


At this city hall, there's a standard procedure for moving cubicles: IT gets the plans in advance to make sure power, phones and data will be handled properly. But one department has other ideas.


TechEd 2007: Security MVP Demos Broken Wireless Access Protocols

ON THE SCENE - During an updated version of one of the more popular sessions at TechEd each year, senior security engineer and Microsoft MVP Marcus Murray demonstrated the use of some very simple hacking tools that can enable not-so-knowledgeable people to work their way to revealing the passwords of domain administrators in as little as 15 minutes.


Gael GarcÃa Bernal: Just Another Homeless Young Star

Gael GarcÃa Bernal's life may be in a bit of disarray, but his career is not. He's got two big films opening soon: "The Motorcycle Diaries" and "Bad Education."


In the makeup trailer for "CSI: Miami," the coroner and the murder victim sit side by side.


Nobel, per la Medicina a Richard Axel e Linda Buck

Stoccolma, 4 ott. (Adnkronos) - Il premio Nobel per la Medicina 2004 Ã¨ stato assegnato dall'Assemblea Nobel dell'Istituto Karolinska di Stoccolma ai due scienziati americani Richard Axel e Linda B. Buck per


White House candidate John Edwards criticized President Bush in a televised response Thursday for failing to pull out of Iraq, but also spread some of the blame to the Democratic-led Congress.


Jobless Claims Rise, Holidays Less Jolly?

The number of Americans who can't find employment creeps higher.


News of AIG federal inquiry drags blue-chips into the red

US BLUE-CHIP stocks slid lower yesterday, pulled down by industrial bellwether Caterpillar, but technology shares remained higher after EBay posted strong earnings.


Berlusconi salira' con Bossi, domani ne parlera' con Fini


Pfizer Shares Rise on Celebrex, Aleve Trial Data

Pfizer Inc. shares rebounded on Tuesday as a study of Alzheimer's patients found that its arthritis drug Celebrex carried no increased cardiovascular risks, differing from


ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Hawks waived center  Jelani McCoy Tuesday and activated guard Royal Ivey from the  injured list.


Intel Corp. INTC.O on Thursday  canceled plans to introduce its highest-speed desktop computer  chip, ending for now a 25-year run that has seen the speeds of  Intel's microprocessors increase by more than 750 times.


'One Red Flower,' a Vietnam Musical, Blooms in Arlington; Florence Lacey Is Mom Who Won't Forget

Playbill - One Red Flower, the revised musical by Paris Barclay once called Letters From 'Nam, begins previews Aug. 17 at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, a stone's throw from the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.


Xmas shopping for in-memory database software IBM announced this morning that it will buy privately-held database software developer Solid Information Technology for an undisclosed sum.â¦


Airport Security Adjusts To New Rules on Liquids

Security was relatively smooth at U.S. airports yesterday, as travelers adjusted to new rules allowing them to bring aboard planes small amounts of liquids and gels in their carry-on bags. But it took some flexibility on the part of authorities to make things work. Many people did not know about...


At least 278 blood donors in India's north-eastern state of Tripura were found to be HIV-positive, fuelling fears that blood supplied from blood banks in the region could be infected with the killer virus that causes AIDS.


Community News: Official phpBB.com Podcast

The phpBB development team have released an announcement about a new podcast that the application's developers will be creating.   We are now live after much discussion and work internally with the first episode of the Official phpBB Podcast!   The first episode has been posted to the official podcast website and includes talk of browser cookies, COPA vs COPPA, jaber support, PHP5 support and board/category/forum/subforum differences.   You cna check out this latest podcast in this post or subscribe to their feed (either normally or in iTunes) to get this and future episodes.


US Forces Move Deeper Into Fallujah; Clashes in Mosul

US and Iraqi forces are pushing deeper south into the city of Fallujah on the fifth day of a joint offensive to drive out insurgents.


'Happyness' is hard-earned in Will Smith drama

This story of a father trying to help his son is supposed to be heartwarming, but feels a bit cold-blooded.


Sony to Launch Smaller PS2 Console Oct. 26-Report

Japan's Sony Corp is expected to unveil a smaller version of its popular PlayStation 2 game console on October 26, The Hollywood Reporter said on its Web site, citing retailers and industry analysts.


Troubled IKB bank to get 1.5-billion-euro rescue package: minister

The government will lead a fresh rescue package worth 1.5 billion euros (2.3 billion dollars) for troubled German lender IKB, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said Wednesday.


Leon Chevalier's Blog: Improve website load time by 500% with 3 lines of code

Leon Chevalier has posted about a class he's developed (you can download it here) that can help to speed up the load times for your site.   There are 4 relatively easy ways by which you can speed up the time it takes a browser to download a page. Following on from my post on joining CSS and JavaScript files, I have written a PHP script which will automatically do all of the above.   He gives example code of the class in action and includes some screenshots of the benchmarks from the YSlow Firefox extension showing the improvements.


Russia Begins Process to OK Kyoto Protocol

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and General Electric's Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt, left, seen during talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.


Former Michigan State star and NFL wide receiver Mark Ingram, a key to the New York Giants' 1991 Super Bowl victory, has been sentenced to one year in jail for stealing a credit card at a Michigan golf course.


Bobby Frank Cherry, convicted of killing four black girls in a racially motivated bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963, died Thursday in prison. He was 74.


Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting at least four of them in recent weeks to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn't wasted amid a national shortage.


Intel cuts prices on chips, laptop to sell cheaper

Intel announced on Sunday the prices for its Pentium M processors by 34 percent. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker introduced lower prices on its Pentium M processors


Fossil found in China may go back 230 million years

WASHINGTON - A newly discovered fossil may be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.


Internal Fighting Resumes Among Palestinians

Gunmen killed a prominent Hamas militant just outside the courthouse in Gaza where he worked.


Cargo ship blasts off with food for international space station ...

MOSCOW - A Russian spacecraft blasted off Friday with vital food and water for the two men at the International Space Station. Russian Salizhan Sharipov and American Leroy Chiao have been rationing their food


Subhash Ghai has offered his film Kisna to the central government and any state government who wishes to hold a charity premiere of the film in aid of Tsunami victims on January 20.


Police are monitoring a Scottish ferry port as the search continues for a high-risk sex offender.


Greek Police Surround Hijacked Bus Near Athens

Greek police surrounded a bus carrying  26 passengers that was seized by two armed hijackers along a  highway from an Athens suburb on Wednesday, police said.


Man in yellow quits kids super group The Wiggles

The frontman of one Australia most successful entertainers, children's group The Wiggles, quit on Thursday to battle a rare illness.


Gates, Simonyi donate $30 million to massive digital camera project

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project, a public-private project to build a telescope to detect dark matter and dark energy, says it received gifts from Microsoft veterans Charles Simonyi and Bill Gates.


Minors barred from horror film "Saw 3" in France

In a rare ruling, France's minister of culture decided on Tuesday to bar minors from seeing the horror movie "Saw 3" after personally viewing the film which he said contained "incessant and unbearable sadism."


Germany - s Merck in 54m Swedish generics buy

The deal, which must be approved by regulators, will make the German group the number one generics company in Scandinavia, a growing market worth about 600m last year, according to Merck.


Artest Banned for Rest of Season After Ugly Brawl

The National Basketball Association  suspended All-Star Ron Artest for the rest of the season and  Indiana Pacers team mates Stephen Jackson for 30 games and  Jermaine O'Neal for 25 following Friday's ugly brawl.


Iraq Bomber Reportedly Saudi Med Student

The suicide bomber who killed 22 people when he blew himself up in a U.S. mess hall in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was a Saudi medical student, an Arab newspaper reported Monday.


With Role Diminishing, Curry Shows Confusion

After one of the most miserable nights of his career, Eddy Curryâs body language after practice Thursday conveyed what a lost soul he seems to have become.


Yomiuri: N.Korea Preparing Missile Launch

Reports out of Japan claim that there are activities in North Korea implying that the country may be preparing to launch one of its ballistic missiles.


Britain`s Prince Charles has always prided himself on being a man of the people. But with one gruff memo about not all men being equal, the heir to the throne has tarnished his populist credentials.


British soldiers accused of abuse in aftermath of ferocious gun battle.


Abbas, hosting Rice, hints at new government

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bolstered by a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday he might dissolve the Hamas-led government and unity talks with the group were dead.


Goldman Profit Rises 30% on Bond Trading, Banking

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the third- largest US securities firm, said profit rose 30 percent as fixed-income and commodities trading revenue increased by almost $1 billion and fees from mergers advice climbed.


iPhone software-unlocked, easy-to-use tool to follow

Calling all iPhone owners. The first free easy to use - well, relatively easy to use - software to unlock your Apple handset has arrived, mere hours after a rather more tortuous process. Well, almost. It's not quite ready for release, but folk who have seen it claim it does the business.â¦


Allegheny County delivers final flu shots

Today could be your last shot at a flu shot from the Allegheny County Health Department -- at least for now. The county's flu vaccine clinic reopens this morning


Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx and Jamiroquai are added to the BBC's Electric Proms line-up.


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


Half a dozen freshman Democrats took to the House floor one late-October morning to cast their lot with Republicans.


The latest version of KickApps Corp.'s hosted social networking site will allow posted videos to run on Apple's iPhone.


Romney in battle of attrition in White House race

JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Voters had a glimpse into Mitt Romney's strategy for winning the Republican nomination and the White House when he leapt onto the back of a flatbed truck shortly before his victory in Nevada.


U.S. forces attacked insurgent bases in Iraq on Sunday as a leaked memo from the man who sent them there revealed that Donald Rumsfeld believes their strategy is not working and it may be better to reduce troop numbers.


Parents worry about Web but don't stop kids' use

Most U.S. parents said their  children had encountered "issues" like bad language, sex or  advertising online over the past year, but they are not  stopping their kids' Internet use, according to a new study.


It was a Hall of Fame day for the Washington Redskins, with Art Monk and Darrell Green elected to the shrine Saturday. Former commissioner Paul Tagliabue failed to get in for the second straight year.


PRIMEDIA's Automotive.Com Wins Hitwise U.S. Top 10 Award January - March 2007

PRIMEDIA Automotive Digital today announced its Automotive.com  Web site ranked fifth among all U.S. Web sites in the Hitwise Automotive  Classifieds category, based on U.S. visits it received 1Q, January  through March 2007.  The Hitwise U.S.


A Sampler of Nuggets From Abstract to Playful

Alvin Ailey, who died in 1989, is present in all his little-acknowledged variety in the âAiley Classicsâ program at City Center.


A man believed to be a US contractor of Lebanese origin has been seized by gunmen in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police have reported.


A machine that can replicate the spin and swing of bowlers is developed at a UK university.


MG Rover's talks with Shanghai Automotive Industry (SAIC) over a cooperation agreement do not include the Chinese carmaker buying or taking


DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Clearing debris from a bombing, residents of the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast say they are weary of the violence blighting their region and that more democracy and economic growth are the only answers.


Daley praises response to high-rise fire

CHICAGO | Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday praised the Fire Department's response to a stubborn fire at a historic downtown high-rise, hailing a coordinated response that differed in marked ways from a year-ago fire that left six dead.


Monaco, 14:15 - CALCIO, MONACO: ROMA RINNOVA FINO AL 2010

Il portiere italiano Flavio Roma ha prolungato il contratto con il Monaco fino al 2010. L'annuncio &...


Likely Utah voters give GOP incumbent a 2-point jump from his 2000 ...

Anxiety over the Bush administration's handling of Iraq and the economy may have voters in some states second-guessing who to send to the White House.


A thousand feet above a wind-swept, drought-browned valley, a man steps out of a late-70s Ford Granada on a deserted two-lane. He is confronted by a second man, who raises a pneumatic bolt gun to his forehead and deals a fatal blow.


Questioning the Allure of Putting Cells in the Bank

Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be.


Supreme Court rules against trial attorneys' bid to sue third parties.


Two more London addresses are found to have traces of radiation in the wake of Alexander Litvinenko's death.


Microsoft this week said it will sacrifice some key advances it had planned for Longhorn so it can deliver the successor to Windows XP in 2006.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Baltimore Orioles reached terms Wednesday with first baseman Rafael Palmeiro on a one-year, $3-million US contract.


Ex-coach Davis delivers pep talk to Hurricanes

CORAL GABLES Â· The Hurricanes adjourned their final practice before the holiday break with an inspirational speech from a coach, but not their current one.


Bolivia mining violence quelled, minister replaced

HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday night and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Anthony Davis slashed his way to 168 yards rushing and a touchdown and 15th-ranked Wisconsin throttled No. 18 Ohio State's offense in a 24-13 victory yesterday.


Bosnian Muslim's war crimes trial starts

A former Bosnian army commander accused of letting his Muslim fighters kill dozens of Serbs and Croats will be acquitted if judges refuse to allow more witnesses to testify, prosecutors said Monday as his trial began.


Despite Housing Slide, Real Estate Sites Sell

Although most of the real estate industry wishes it could fast-forward through 2008, a few online start-ups are surviving nicely.


Microsoft has licensed its technology for producing wireless networked devices for Vista.


Malaysian 'Gagarin' hopes to observe Ramadan fast in space

Malaysia's soon-to-be first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said on Thursday he hoped to fast aboard the International Space Station as he visits there in the holy month of Ramadan.


Easing Sunday alcohol law led to crashes: U.S. study

Repealing limits on Sunday sales of alcohol may lead to more alcohol-related traffic accidents and even deaths, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Roma, 14:58 - CALCIO, LAZIO; CALLERI: FAREI CARTE FALSE PER RIENTRARE

''Farei carte false per poter rientrare nella Lazio a qualunque livello, mi è sempre rimasta ...


Japan PM to visit China next week amid warming ties

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute unlikely he could face further trouble back home.


The Evacuees: Who Fared Well and Who Didn't

Evacuation has been a struggle and an ever-changing odyssey for hundreds of thousands


Kerry's Poll Position The campaign argues that he's not really ...

PALM BEACH, Fla.âJohn Kerry's campaign professes to be unconcerned about the multiple national polls that have shown a small but discernible downward movement for the Democratic nominee since the third presidential debate.


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Red Cross Tsunami Victims' Web Site Overwhelmed

A Red Cross Web Site to aid anxious relatives locate survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster partially crashed on Thursday after being overwhelmed by some 650,000 hits in its first 24 hours, a spokesman said.


Modena, 20:15 - CALCIO, MODENA: CEDUTO COLACONE ALL'ALBINOLEFFE

Il Modena F.C. comunica di avere ceduto a titolo definitivo all'U.C. Albinoleffe l'attaccante Robert...


Militant Somali Islamist at Eritrea talks

Militant Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in hiding since a war drove his sharia courts movement out of south Somalia at the end of 2006, appeared on Thursday at an opposition conference in Eritrea.


Venezuela opposition refuses to admit defeat

CARACAS -- The Venezuelan opposition yesterday refused to abandon its challenge to last Sunday's vote that gave a landslide victory to President Hugo Chavez, asserting that electronic voting machines must have been tampered with before voting began.


Official: Bin Laden Issues Attack Orders

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Three years after the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, the military does not have a fix on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, but they are believed to still be issuing the orders for al-Qaida attacks, a top American commander told The Associated Press on Saturday...


Demand apology for online slur Monks at China's Shaolin Temple are vociferously demanding an apology from an anonymous Japanese internet user who suggested that a single ninja had once whupped the asses of the kung fu masters at the martial art's spiritual home.â¦


AFRICA/KENYA - Il leader dellÂopposizione Odinga incontra il Presidente Kibaki, ma le violenze proseguono Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- ÂÃ un segnale positivo ma la strada per la pacificazione Ã¨ ancora lungaÂ dice allÂAgenzia Fides una fonte della Chiesa locale da Nairobi dopo lÂincontro del 24 gennaio tra il Presidente Mwai Kibaki e il capo dellÂopposizione ...


Peace talks aimed at ending ethnic violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region are resuming in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Representatives from the Sudanese Government and the two rebel groups are meeting in Abuja but the talks are progressing slowly.


Joe Cole's late winner gives Premiership leaders Chelsea victory at Liverpool.


The Phoenix Suns came into the game averaging a league-leading 106 points. They nearly achieved that mark by the end of the third quarter Sunday night.


Microsoft forms alliance to spread BPM to mid-market

10 vendors of BPM tools have joined the Microsoft Business Process Alliance and agreed to add support for Microsoft's Biztalk server to their products.


Ukraine to have second round of election anyway â official

KIEV, October 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine will have the second round of the presidential election, no matter what results of exit polls may be.


Dwain Chambers will not be able to compete at the Beijing Olympics after missing the deadline to appeal against his lifetime ban.


Recent research at the Schomburg Center about African-American migration could redefine black history.


South, West Most Hazardous for Pedestrians

Cities in the South and West are the most dangerous for pedestrians, with four in Florida earning the dubious distinction of being the deadliest of all.


Walking uphill or down said to aid heart differently

It turns out that whether a stroll is taken uphill or down, the cardiovascular system benefits, a finding that researchers predicted yesterday


Roddick, Henman Bounced from the Paris Masters

Top seed Andy Roddick and holder Tim  Henman, their minds perhaps on next week's Masters Cup, bowed  out of the Paris Masters in the third round Thursday.


As Frances Nears, Fla. Urges Evacuations

MIAMI - Nearly a half-million people were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Frances swirled toward Florida on Wednesday just weeks after Charley's devastating visit, threatening to deliver the most powerful one-two punch to hit a state in at least a century.    Those planning to ride out the storm snapped up canned food, water and generators, while military helicopters and planes were flown out of the area and Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Center said it would close on Thursday...


Denmark will withdraw its troops from Iraq by August, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen says.


Lithuanians prefer anonymity when investing in Belarus

Gradually, Belarus has become somewhat of a new business frontier for Lithuanians.


Genova, 20:15 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: CON MILAN GARA GAGLIARDA

Esordioi di fuoco per il Genoa, atteso domenica dal Milan campione d'Europa. Giampiero Gasperini, al...


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Rushdie "humbled" by knighthood but others upset

Author Salman Rushdie said on Monday he was "thrilled and humbled" to be awarded a British knighthood but he had no comment on anger in Iran and Pakistan where his book "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims.


Hacker exposes private data at UC Computer held personal files on ...

In a potentially huge computer security breach, a hacker broke into a computer at UC Berkeley containing Social Security numbers and other personal data for about 600,000 Californians, the university said Wednesday.


Karzai Vows Fight Against Afghan Opium Trade

Two days after being sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, Hamid Karzai called on his countrymen Thursday to wage holy war against the booming Afghan opium trade, which he described as a worse "cancer" than terrorism or the Soviet invasion of 1979.


Roma, 11:46 - CALCIO, LIPPI: TOTTI DA PALLONE D'ORO SE COSI' AL MONDIALE

''Se Totti avesse avuto questa forma al Mondiale sarebbe stato di sicuro inserito nella corsa per il...


L'Onu: occorre la piÃ¹ massiccia operazione di aiuto internazionale mai realizzata nella storia. Accusa ai Â«tirchiÂ». Il mondo si mobilita per i sopravvissuti della piÃ¹ grave catastrofe naturale del secolo


Federal opposition leaders quietly plot Commons strategy in Montreal: source

OTTAWA (CP) - The three federal opposition leaders met Friday in Montreal to plot strategy for the coming session of Parliament, where the minority Liberal government faces a challenge to hold onto power.


The Dow Jones industrial average fell  on Friday after Pfizer Inc. PFE.N shares opened nearly 19  percent down on trial data for its popular arthritis drug  Celebrex that showed increased risk of heart attack.


Wallace denies wrongdoing in fed anti-spyware case

The man at the center of the nation's first spyware case â- businessman notorious for his junk Internet mailings â -s federal regulators were politically


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Coke Says 2nd-Half Profit Will Miss Target

Coca-Cola warned that its earnings will fall short of forecasts, pointing to competition in North America and poor weather in Europe.


Oil Prices Pull Back as Saudi Arabia Remains Calm

Crude-oil futures gave back much of the previous session's gains today, dropping about 2 percent after seeing no further terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia.


Delay seen at U.N. on drafting Iran sanctions text

Major powers working on a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions on Iran probably will not complete a draft text by the end of the week as expected, diplomats said after another round of talks on Tuesday.


A second lawyer for terror suspects held without charge in British jails resigns.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose unique, pristine voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.


With the Democratic Congress, Groups Gear Up for Fight Over Paid Sick Days

Many Democrats, womenÂs organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days.


Court restores bail for former Pakistan premier's husband

The husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was granted bail Wednesday, a day after he was arrested as he arrived at an airport near Islamabad to address a political rally.


Alta tensione a Malegaon, ministro rivolge appello a calma


Fifty years after leaving Brooklyn, the Dodgers are leaving Vero Beach, Fla., where they have held their spring training for decades.


Pot Charge May Be Dropped Against Anthony

Carmelo Anthony was cited for marijuana possession while boarding the team plane last week, though the Denver Nuggets star says the bag was left in his backpack by a friend.


Player-boss Mark Cooper hopes a pair of lucky boots can help Tamworth win at Blackpool.


IAEA Supervises Iran's Nuclear Suspension

Iran says it has halted all work on potentially weapons-related parts of its nuclear program, honoring a deal with European powers.


Twelve U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military

Twelve more U.S. soldiers were killed in the past two days, officials said on Thursday, as the U.S. military pressed ahead with one of its biggest operations since the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.


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The OECD revised the growth projections for its major members. The growth of the US economy this year is likely to be 4.3 percent, instead of an earlier forecast of 4.7 percent, it said.


com December 2, 2004, 12:29 PM PT. This priority jumped up two spots into second place as CRM returns into the spotlight among top software initiatives alongside directory services and open source.


Finland getting more asylum-seekers - sharp decline in other Nordic...

The number of new asylum-seekers arriving in Finland in the first half of 2004 was about 20% higher than at the same time last year.


Smoking ban screens bigger worries for Irish pubs

Publicans blame Ireland's pioneering smoking ban for their woes, but the evidence is sketchy and the decline of the famous Irish pub is nothing new.


Rumsfeld gets friendly questions in Iraq

The questions from the troops for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were considerably more friendly on his Christmas Eve visit to Iraq than they were on his previous trip to the region a couple of weeks ago.


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Protesters set train on fire in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug. 22. - Opposition activists today set afire a passenger train and clashed with police, leading to injuries to several people and the arrest of some protesters, a day after former Prime Minister


Mourinho faces wrath of Fergie after being let off hook by FA

Jose Mourinho has escaped disciplinary action for accusing Sir Alex Ferguson of influencing the referee's handling of the League Cup semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Manchester United.


An opposition group in India burns the $2,500 "people's car" in effigy, charging that Tata Motors usurped farmers' lands for a factory.


Israel's security minister warns a sacred site in Jerusalem will collapse unless the number of Muslim pilgrims is limited.


Inflation and Trade Data Add to Pressure on China

Chinaâs inflation rose to 6.5 percent in August, an 11-year high, and the trade surplus widened by 33 percent to $24.97 billion, the second-highest monthly level on record.


Damaged Landscape Can Still Be Helpful, Researchers Say

Researchers say that coastal landscapes somewhat disturbed by development can often still adequately perform âservicesâ like storm protection.


Atlantis astronaut collapses at welcome-home ceremony

An astronaut who returned to Earth on the Space Shuttle Atlantis Thursday collapsed twice at a welcome-home ceremony Friday, but flight surgeons said she was fine, NASA said.


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US officials broker a truce between rival factions in the south-western Afghan city of Herat after heavy fighting.


Anti-Kerry Ads Not Unfair, Laura Bush Says

First lady Laura Bush said on Sunday that campaign advertisements accusing Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record were fair.


Officials at Computer Associates International Inc. are trying to upgrade their image in the storage market with a bundled solution that contains many applications that were previously available individually


The system eventually will lead to all patients having an individual electronic record. Online booking will mean doctors and patients can make hospital appointments at their convenience.


Everex throws its hat into the UMPC ring

It's first entrant looks less like the Origami UMPC's pushed by Microsoft, and more like the OLPC XO laptop, however.


Veritas digs out $30m to bury dotcom ghosts

Creative accounting, as well as resume writing Veritas today put to bed an interminable accounting scandal dating back to the dotcom bubble, and the reign of its disgraced CFO Kenneth Lonchar.â¦


I too want to know who sent parcel to me: Ash

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has said she too is eager to know who sent a parcel containing Euros 23,000 (around Rs 13 lakh) to her, why and from where.


Palermo, 19:33 - Calcio, Palermo: col Milan Farias dal primo minuto

SarÃ  un Palermo molto rimaneggiato quello che affronterÃ  il Milan nella gara di ritorno degli ottavi...


Fears that more losses were lurking on the books of European financials sent the sector shuddering lower on Monday and dragged down the wider market.


Hirokazu Kore-eda's harrowing, tender film was inspired by a real event in which four children were left alone by their mother in a small Tokyo apartment.


Germany's 42-year-old Ralf Schumann won the Men's 25m rapid fire pistol final in Olympic Shooting Saturday, adding to the two gold medals he captured at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games.


Microsoft's Xbox could consider Blu-ray support

Microsoft Corp's  Xbox video  gaming unit still fully backs Toshiba Corp's  HD-DVD  high-definition DVD format but could consider supporting Sony  Corp's  rival Blu-ray technology should consumers want  it, an executive said on Tuesday.


Former French premier Messmer dies at 91

Pierre Messmer, a member of the French Resistance who was the country's prime minister from 1972 to 1974, has died at age 91, former President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.


A British solider killed in Afghanistan left a letter for his family saying they should not be angry about his death.


Women's calendar to be streamlined by 2009

A major overhaul of women's tennis will be completed by 2009, the WTA Tour said on Tuesday.


CEO made anonymous attack then bid for firm

The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year.


Poor Shooting Dooms Vanderbilt Against Tennessee

Wayne Chism scored a season-high 18 and had a career-high 18 rebounds to help No. 6 Tennessee beat No. 16 Vanderbilt, 80-60, Thursday night.


Environmentalist dreams of New York rooftop farms

New York is better known for tall buildings and crowded streets than farms but a group of environmentalists say Gotham's rooftops could be used to grow enough vegetables to feed the entire city and reduce dependence on far-away farms.


Civitavecchia, 17:33 - CALCIO, SERIE D/G: SCAFATESE VINCE RECUPERO

Nel recupero della 12/a giornata del campionato di serie D7G, la Scafatese ha vinto 2-0 sul campo de...


US lawmakers to observe Pakistani voting

Three senior U.S. senators traveling to Pakistan to observe next week's elections said Friday that a fair vote is crucial to fighting extremism in South Asia.


Next flu pandemic could kill up to 7 million people, WHO expert ...

The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.


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Italy to recount 700,000 ballots in Senate polls

Some 700,000 blank, spoiled and contested ballots cast in Italy's hard-fought senatorial elections in April are to be recounted in seven of the country's 20 regions, a Senate parliamentary committee said.


For three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs "should view any appointments ... as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees."


Powell Says Darfur No Safer After Genocide Label

Sudan must do a lot more to make its  Darfur region safer, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday, adding that Khartoum had failed to improve security  since the United States last week accused it of committing  genocide there.


Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland Column: Scribble on Your PC

By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 25--Of all the personal technology advances we've seen over the past five years, the Tablet PC serves as a great example about how important marketing is in the world consumer tech.


Asian shares mixed in choppy trade while Europe rallies

Asian share prices were mixed Friday while Europe staged an early rally as some calm returned to global markets following recent volatility which continued overnight on Wall Street.


New US tariffs on shrimp from China, Vietnam may help US shrimpers

Some Chinese shrimp exporters will have to pay discouragingly hefty tariffs of more than 100 percent if they want their products to appear on American dinner tables, the Commerce Department ruled Tuesday.


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MO: ANP SMENTISCE CHE ARAFAT ABBIA PERSO CONOSCENZA

(AGI) - Ramallah, 27 ott. - L'Autorita' nazionale palestinese ha smentito che Yasser Arafat abbia perso conoscenza. La notizia era stata data dalla radio israeliana. L'anziano presidente palestinese si trova


By John Patterson Daily Herald State Government Editor  jopatterson@@dailyherald.com  SPRINGFIELD - A plan to ease AT&T's entry into the cable television market cleared the state House on Thursday, but only after consumer and local government protections were added.


Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer signs a $2.7bn deal to deliver 100 jets to Chinese airline HNA Group.


Instead, our neighbor to the north showed that votes may count, or they may not, depending on how often you count them. We can draw these conclusions from what happened in the Washington election for governor.


US Troops âRefused Dangerous Iraq Missionâ

Washington, Oct. 16 (NNN): Fearing for the worst, some members of a reserve American army unit in Iraq, responsible for transporting food, water and fuel for US-led forces, refused to undertake a convoy mission recently.


License Tangle Limits Most iTunes for Ringtone Use

Although Apple began selling iPhone ringtones via its iTunes Music Store this week, only 8 percent of the store's tracks is available for ringtones. The reason, experts say, is the tangled state of music licensing.


World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday filed suit against toy maker Jakks Pacific Inc. and video game maker THQ Inc._, alleging a bribery scheme involving a lucrative license deal for toys and games based on wrestling stars like The Rock.


A lack of sleep weighs heavily on the body

PEOPLE who sleep less are more likely to be obese, according to research published today. Shahrad Taheri, a scientist at Bristol University, found that people who sleep for five hours a


Italian Minister Withdraws as Candidate for EU Commission

Under attack for calling homosexuality sinful, Italian cabinet minister and papal confidant Rocco Buttiglione said Saturday that he was abandoning efforts to become the


Chattem to buy J&J, Pfizer brands for $410 million

Johnson & Johnson  and Pfizer Inc.  have agreed to sell the U.S. rights to five brands, including anti-diarrhea drug Kaopectate, to Chattem Inc.  for $410 million to satisfy regulatory requirements, Chattem said on Friday.


Reporter's notebook: HP World users disdain offshore support move

This week's HP World is over, and users at the event had a lot of things on their minds.


Grade-school math plus time can add up to big bucks in the bank.


Dell, Microsoft team up to sell (Red) computers

Dell Inc  and Microsoft Corp   are teaming up to release a Product Red computer,  donating up to $80 for every one sold to fund AIDS-fighting  drugs in Africa.


Canada's Supreme Court rejects a law allowing the detention and deportation of foreign-born terror suspects.


President Toomas Hendrik Ilves vetoed legislation Thursday calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the capital, saying the measure violated the constitution.


Microsoft extends Dynamics support, promises roadmaps

Microsoft announced a major support upgrade, clearer road maps for its Dynamics range of business applications and new financing.


Background/ Arafat-free at last, Sharon hints at flexibility

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, convening his cabinet for the first time since the burial of his life nemesis Yasser Arafat, hinted at a measure of flexibility this week, signaling that Israel might allow East Jerusalem Arabs to vote in elections for a


Four decades after he vanished from his Army unit, a frail, tearful, 64-year-old American soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to desertion, saying he wanted to avoid dangerous duty on the Korean peninsula and Vietnam.


Nepal fixes Boeing 757 with goat sacrifice

Hindu sky god duly remedies electrical fault Nepal Airlines has apparently fixed an electrical fault on one of its Boeing 757s by sacrificing two goats in appeasement of Hindu sky god Akash Bhairab, Reuters reports.â¦


Tesco aims to take a bite out of Apple's iTunes

Supermarket group Tesco is launching itself into the world of digital music with an online download service designed to take on the might of Apple's iTunes.


Evidence on Cold Fusion Remains Inconclusive, New Review Finds

In a new review of cold fusion - the claim that energy can be generated by running electrical current through water - the Department of Energy released a report on Wednesday that says the evidence remains inconclusive.


ASIA/MYAMAR - In tutto il mondo le Chiese cristiane pregano per la pace e la giustizia in Myanmar Londra (Agenzia Fides) - Giustizia e pace in Myanmar: Ã¨ questa lÂintenzione di una vasta campagna di preghiera che coinvolge i cristiani di tutto il mondo. LÂiniziativa, lanciata dallÂassociazione Christian Solidarity Worldwide, con sede e Londra, ha...


State of the Art: Apple Offers New Goodies in Leopard System

Appleâs new version of Leopard lists 300 new features, including a Braille font and a Danish spelling checker.


Beckhams Sue Newspaper Over Marriage Claims

Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria are taking legal action against a British tabloid newspaper over an article which claimed their marriage was in trouble, their lawyers said Tuesday


German Film Portrays Hitler's Human Side

A startlingly convincing portrayal of Adolf Hitler in a new German movie about his last 12 days is causing controversy with critics challenging its treatment of the "monster" as a human being.


CIA Had Secret Detainee Area at Guantanamo

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


Napoli, 21:18 - CALCIO, DONADONI: TANTA IPOCRISIA SU DATA INIZIO CAMPIONATO

Roberto Donadoni, a Napoli per il premio 'Etico nello sport', è tornato sulla polemica riguar...


American stocks fell to three-week lows yesterday after oil prices jumped more than $1.50 to above $48 a barrel. Oil was forced up after the release of figures showing a sharper-than-expected fall in weekly


Fake Steve Jobs lashes out against 'invasions of privacy'

Blog: It's all fun and games until someone starts calling lawyers. And unless it's his greatest gag yet, Fake Steve Jobs is no longer amused.


Carmelo Anthony has 24 points and the Nuggets make Michael Cooper a winner in his coaching debut with a 97-92 win over Philadelphia.


Labor language threatens antiterror bill

President Bush and his Senate allies will kill a Sept. 11 antiterror bill if Congress sends it to the White House with a provision to let airport screeners unionize, the White House and 36 Republicans said Tuesday.


Business software maker  Oracle  Corp. ORCL.O said on Thursday it is extending again its  hostile tender offer for all of the common stock of PeopleSoft  Inc. PSFT.O, to Sept. 10.


Nobody can say billionaires aren't competitive: First Richard Branson announces he's going up against Paul Allen in consumer space travel.


Vatican: Pope Improving But to Remain in Hospital

Pope John Paul will remain in  hospital until at least Thursday as a precautionary measure  though his overall health continues to improve, the Vatican  said Monday.


Health Care Workers Union Lashes Out at Sutter for Lockout

Health Care Workers Union, SEIU 250, lashed out Sutter Health for locking out 7,000 caregivers at thirteen Sutter Health facilities Thursday.


Controversial anti-war MP suspended from parliament

Lawmakers suspended George Galloway from parliament on Monday as the MP and prominent opponent of the Iraq war railed against accusations of involvement in the UN oil-for-food scandal.


HEY, BABY! Lady's man becomes an instant dad in the sublime `Kevin ...

a television series with a fretfully contrived premise that turns out to be completely charming. Count your latest unexpected blessing, lucky viewers.


A Rwandan lawyer wanted on genocide charges resigns from the UN tribunal set up to try those behind the 1994 killings.


An exhibition about sex and art at the Barbican in London will only admit over-18s.


Nuclear test means now we can talk: North Korea

North Korea is prepared to return to six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time now that it has "gained a defensive position" with a nuclear test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday.


Relaxation of British gambling laws lures U.S. casino operators

American casino operators are planning a 5 billion pound (7.2 billion euros, $9 billion) punt on Britain becoming the gambling mecca of Europe.


Industry Groups Take  Action  Against Obesity

The vending machine trade association and the Sugar Association are taking the offensive against claims that their products play a role in the nation's growing obesity problem.


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The Senate overwhelmingly approved the intelligence restructuring bill yesterday and sent it to the White House, where President Bush is expected to sign it into law next week, setting in


Fallujah Bombing Targets Mourners of Tribal Figure

BAGHDAD, May 24 -- A lethal suicide car bombing Thursday in the restive city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was meant to undermine and intimidate tribal leaders who have aligned against the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq, local officials said.


Despite 6 refusals, NATO will increase Iraq training staff

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


Egypt on Sunday released an Israeli man convicted of spying in a prisoner swap for six Egyptian students held by Israel, a deal that signaled a warming of relations between the two countries.


Lione, 18:06 - CALCIO, UFFICIALE: GROSSO AL LIONE

Fabio Grosso è ufficialmente un giocatore del Lione. L'ormai ex difensore dell'Inter ha trova...


German leader touts for business in rehabilitated Libya

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder travels to Libya to add impetus to the former pariah state's transition to democracy and finalise several major business deals.


By wire services. Tiger Woods, who surrendered his record 264-week streak as the world's top-ranked golfer to Vijay Singh in September, rose a place to No.


Shares of chip design software company Magma Design Automation Inc. fell Wednesday as the company reiterated its second-quarter outlook but lowered its guidance for the year.


Starbucks stops free iced coffee in Southeast

Starbucks Corp. said on Tuesday it is   withdrawing an offer of free iced coffee to a limited number of   employees and their friends and families in the southeast   United States.


AMD drives mobility& to Acer Ferrari notebook

The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ for thin and light notebooks enables a powerful 32-bit computing experience today with a seamless transition to 64-bit computing.


Ukrainians go to the polls amid cries of electoral fraud and ...

Opposing results from exit polls and early official counting left the likely result of Ukraine's presidential election unclear early this morning.


Warring Afghan Factions Say Cease-fire Holding

A renegade Afghan militia commander and a  spokesman for the governor of the western province of Herat  said on Wednesday their forces were honoring a cease-fire  brokered a day earlier by the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan.