AP: Cubs Close to Sending Sosa to Orioles

Sammy Sosa is close to taking his home run hop all the way to Baltimore.


A British plane was to fly to Colombo with tents and plastic sheets for Sri Lankans who lost homes when giant tidal waves swept over their coastline and other parts of Asia, an official said.


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US Courts Set to Decide Harmony, Gold Fields Scrap

GOLD Fields may launch a new set of legal challenges in New York on top of those launched in SA against the hostile takeover bid by Harmony, which was initiated last month.


Florida radio host on phone for 5 hours with Manitoba man in armed standoff

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. (CP) - A Florida satellite talk-radio host was thrust into the middle of an armed standoff in a Manitoba town early Wednesday when he spent almost five hours on the phone with a suspect who had already fired a gun at police.


Arsenal midfielder Edu lifts the lid on events following the game against Man Utd.


Firms in the Middle East and South Asia face problems after undersea broadband cables were damaged.


Shares of Google Inc. rose as much as 20 percent on Friday, to trade at more than twice the level of it cut-price IPO, after the Web search


Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in Gaza

Israel killed 16 Palestinians, nearly all of them Hamas militants, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a raid the Palestinian Authority said was a "slap in the face" to U.S. President George W. Bush's peace efforts.


Italy prosecutor to appeal U.S. soldier murder case

An Italian prosecutor said on Friday he  expects to appeal a Rome court's decision to drop a murder case  against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent  in Iraq.


Britney Spears entered rehab Tuesday after a bizarre weekend that included shaving her head.


Home Depot raises view as profit tops estimates

ATLANTA, Aug 17  - Home Depot Inc. (HD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, handily topping estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service drove higher ...


Italian hostages possibly sold to Zarqawi group: report

Iraqi kidnappers may have sold two Italian women hostages to militants tied to Al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Deputy Iraqi Foreign Minister Hamid al-Bayati has been quoted as saying.


The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.


WASHINGTON Sept. 4, 2004 - Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.


Kevin Nealon has joined  the cast of Fox's adventure comedy "They Came From Upstairs,"  starring Ashley Tisdale.


Pakistan scholars honour Bin Laden in Rushdie row

Pakistani Islamic scholars honoured Osama bin Laden Thursday in response to Britain's knighthood for Salman Rushdie, as a senior ruling party member said he would not hesitate to kill the novelist.


NBA ROUNDUP: Charges expected today for brawl

Prosecutors in Auburn Hills, Mich., are expected to file charges today against five players and five spectators who fought in a Nov. 19 brawl during a Pacers-Pistons game, The Detroit Free Press reported.


MPs say a government focus on "skills and employability" in England's colleges puts at risk some courses for adults.


HALMSTAD, Sweden  -- All that talk about choke jobs and lost opportunities turned out to be overblown. The Americans have always owned singles, and after yet another Sunday success, they own the Solheim Cup again, too.


Pope beatifies nun who inspired Mel Gibson

The Pope, looking tired and speaking with difficulty, yesterday ploughed into fresh controversy by announcing two startling beatifications.


Despite having spent the morning inching along an icy sidewalk, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted Saturday that she knows when to dig in her heels and when to compromise.


Operazione di 3,8 mld di dollari, Apollo e' l'acquirente


Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa is officially declared the winner of last week's presidential election.


TOKYO, Japan -- Jubilant Jiri Novak celebrated the sixth title of his career on Sunday after staging a 5-7 6-1 6-3 comeback to triumph in the $860,000 Japan Open.


Q&A: New Palestinian Finance Minister on Hamas

The new Palestinian finance minister discusses peace, power sharing and whether Hamas can stay in office if sanctions aren't lifted.


The mysterious poisoning of an ex-KGB spy has heightened debate over the nation's direction.


Allarme in Giappone per l'arrivo di un altro tifone, il 23Â° a formarsi nelle vicinanze dell'arcipelago e con ogni probabilitÃ  il decimo che investirÃ  direttamente una delle quattro isole principali dell'arcipelago, Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu e Hokkaido.


Paul Bigley, brother of the hostage Ken Bigley, said yesterday that a third visit had been made to his home in Amsterdam by a Metropolitan police officer and Dutch anti-terrorist police.


Former Cyclist Indicted in Balco Investigation

The federal grand jury investigating steroid use in sports today indicted a former cyclist, Tammy Thomas, for perjury and obstruction of justice, charging that she lied to another grand jury probing the Balco steroids case.


Vienna, 17:43 - CICLISMO, DOPING: UN ANNO DI SQUALIFICA PER JAKSCHE

ll ciclista tedesco Joerg Jaksche è stato squalificato per un anno dalla federciclismo austri...


Two UK gamers are about to embark on a tour as part of the most lucrative-ever global games tournament.


Seattle signed Jose Guillen to a one-year, $5.5 million contract Monday with a mutual option for the 2008 season, giving the Mariners a starting right fielder and reliable bat in the middle of the order.


Londra, 17:42 - CALCIO, ARSENAL: HENRY SALTA IL DERBY CON IL TOTTENHAM

Thierry Henry salterà l'attesisimo derby di Londra tra Arsenal e Tottenham a causa di problem...


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On Fashion: A Mission Statement in Outline Form

Much about the New York shows always feels superfluous and maybe thatâs because of the showbiz element.


Pippo Inzaghi operato alla caviglia "TornerÃ  a giocare tra tre ...

MILANO, 8 NOVEMBRE 2004 - E' andato bene l'intervento chirurgico alla caviglia sinistra a cui Ã¨ stato sottoposto il giocatore del Milan Filippo Inzaghi. Il calciatore Ã¨ stato operato in artroscopia questa mattina ad Anversa dal prof. Martens ad Anversa.


Nixon, Hoover Bashed Justices in '71 Phone Call

President Richard Nixon described the Supreme Court's June 1971 Pentagon Papers decision as "unbelievable" and "stinking," and vowed "to change that court," during an unusually frank telephone conversation on July 1, 1971, with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.


Hubble Pans Across Heavens to Harvest 50,000 Evolving Galaxies

Several hundred images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have been woven together into a rich tapestry of at least 50,000 galaxies.


Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., agreed Thursday to buy back the sales and marketing rights for Synvisc, a pain treatment for people suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee, from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals of Collegeville, Pa.


The future of a Welsh language school in Powys comes under review, as parents rally to oppose merger plans.


Deputy head of Russian central bank shot: Ifax

Gunmen shot and seriously wounded the   first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank and killed his   driver on Wednesday night in Moscow, Interfax news agency   quoted police as saying.


Presidente congresso ebraico europeo cita episodi italiani


The Red Sox added John Halama to their pitching staff Wednesday, persuading the versatile left-hander to join the World Series champions with a contract that could keep him in Boston through 2006.


Nepal orders the closure of two key offices representing the Dalai Lama in the capital, Kathmandu.


Roma, 19:03 - CALCIO, ROMA: ARRIVA BARUSSO DAL RIMINI, E' UFFICIALE

Ahmed Apimah Barusso è ufficialmente un giocatore della Roma. La società giallorossa h...


David and Victoria Beckham are shortlisted for the funniest double act award from the UK's Loaded magazine.


Fresh Delay Hits EU Software Patent Bill

Hotly-debated plans to allow the patenting of computer-based inventions in the European Union hit a fresh snag on Monday, EU officials said, after concerns by the Polish government.


Thousands of teenagers and teachers protest in Paris against an education reform package.


FDA denies knowing scope of plant's mess

The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday strongly defended his agency's oversight of a flu vaccine factory that was abruptly closed down last week because of safety concerns.


Strike held year after Mexico mine blast

Thousands of miners held a one-day strike Monday, marking the anniversary of an underground blast that killed 65 people and raised troubling questions about mining safety in Mexico.


Consumers cutting back on restaurants: survey

More than half of U.S. consumers plan to eat out less in the next three months due to jitters over declining home values, high gas prices and the overall economy, according to a survey by RBC Capital Markets.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invites Labour leader Shimon Peres to start talks on the formation of a coalition.


Hakim Warrick had 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead No. 6 Syracuse to a 104-54 victory over Northern Colorado on Thursday night in the first round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.


Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged "unswerving support" for his successor at an emotional last meeting of his Cabinet on Thursday, and he said he was leaving at the right time. The session ended with a standing ovation.


(CBS/AP) A study financed by the federal government has found that Vioxx, a popular anti-arthritis medicine, may cause serious heart problems, the Wall Street Journal reports.


UK's Blair Seeks Relaunch After Iraq Woes

Britain's Tony Blair set out his vision for a third term in office on Monday in a bid to shift the spotlight onto domestic policies that win or lose elections and off the divisive war in Iraq.


Iran won't halt atomic work, snubs big powers

Iran said on Tuesday it would never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, a day after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N. resolution to pressure Tehran to back down over its nuclear program.


INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle signed a multiyear contract extension Thursday and added a new title as executive vice president of basketball operations.


The famous painting isn't exactly the type most people want in their home. The image is too grim and full of existential angst.


Princess Di concert tribute sparks TV auction

Tuesday's announcement that  Princes William and Harry are organizing a pop concert to  commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of their mother,  Princess Diana, is set to prompt a bidding frenzy among  broadcasters for the U.K. and international television rights.


Powell Expresses Concern Over Possible N.Korean Test

Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Thursday expressed concern after reports that North Korea might  carry out a new missile test but said it would not change the  U.S. effort to persuade Pyongyang through diplomacy to abandon  its nuclear ambitions.


Japanese stocks fell Wednesday morning as traders sold pharmaceutical and tech issues. The dollar was slightly higher against the yen.


Rival Palestinian factions clash in Gaza, one dead

Palestinian gunmen from the dominant Islamist Hamas group killed a member of rival Fatah on Thursday, witnesses and hospital officials said, in the worst flare-up of factional fighting in Gaza in almost three weeks.


Roma, 20:20 - CALCIO, BECALI: CHIVU ALL'INTER? SERVE UN MIRACOLO

Secondo Giovanni Becali solo un miracolo puÃ² sbloccare la vicenda Chivu. ''Non andrà all'Inte...


Secondo la ricerca il 78% della popolazione non ha intenzione di apprendereun altro idioma. La formazione scolastica ritenuta del tutto insufficiente                                          Gli italiani non vogliono studiare le lingue E i piÃ¹ diligenti sono gli stranieri


Opposition Leader Claims Victory in Ukraine Poll

Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's  rigged presidential election, hailing the beginning of a new  era in the former Soviet republic.


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A Mossul attentato contro partito sunnita, 4 vittime


Inter in campo contro il Basilea per l'Europa

Si disputa stasera, alle ore 21 a San Siro, Inter- Basilea. La partita, ritorno del terzo turno dei prelimainari validi per il passaggio alla Champions League, Ã¨ quindi di grande importanza per i nerazzurri


Jim Leyland has perfected the level head, in his 15th season as a major league manager. Detroit's once-staggering lead in the division race has dwindled, but the Tigers are following Leyland's example and trying to keep their cool down the stretch.


UN rights body to send inquiry mission to Darfur

The new U.N. human rights watchdog agreed on Wednesday to send a high-level mission to Sudan's Darfur to probe allegations of worsening abuses against civilians.


P&G, Colgate earnings up as overseas sales strong

Household and personal care products makers Procter & Gamble Co  and Colgate-Palmolive Co  both reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by sales in emerging markets as the U.S. economy slowed.


Warnings to drink sensibly will be introduced on alcohol by the end of 2008 under a voluntary agreement.


Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)  , the world's top smartphone maker, said on Wednesday  its sales grew about 20 percent in the fourth quarter,  indicating a decline in the growth rate for December.


Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer lost 7-5 6-3 7-6 to third seed Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals on Friday.


Travel: Chun Sue, the author of Beijing Doll, gives us a rundown of her favourite hangouts in the city


EU Med states call for Mideast peace conference

The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.


US troops pushed into the centre of Falluja yesterday, fighting their way from house to house and shooting through bands of militants in their drive to recapture the city that has been the centre of insurgency since the fall of Saddam Hussein.


Tokyo checking suspected kidnapping of Japanese in Iraq

Japan's government said it was trying to confirm news reports that the Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to behead him.


SYDNEY: A sex toy vibrating in a rubbish bin has sparked a security scare and shut a regional Australian airport for almost an hour.


Conservative William Kristol becomes NY Times columnist

William Kristol, a prominent  conservative pundit and magazine editor, has signed on as a  columnist for The New York Times, a publication he has often  sharply criticized, the newspaper announced on Saturday.


David Against Intel and Other Telephony Boards' Goliaths

Zagreb, Croatia, October 1, 2004. In 1999, Intel paid $780M for Dialogic, then leading vendor of telephony boards.


Giants 24, Buccaneers 14: Manning Steers Giants to a Playoff Victory

Quarterback Eli Manning led three powerful and efficient touchdown drives to send the Giants to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in seven years.


Pfizer CEO Defends Celebrex, Won't Recall It

Pfizer Chief Executive Hank McKinnell said on Sunday doctors should be made aware of the health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but the company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.


Arafat family bickers over medical records of Palestinian leader

PARIS Getting to the bottom of what killed Yassar Arafat could shape up to be an ugly family tug-of-war. Arafat's half-brother and nephew want copies of Arafat's medical records from the suburban Paris hospital


Baseball Union OKs Sosa Trade to Orioles

The trade that would send Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles took a step forward Monday when the players' association approved a key change to his contract that is required to complete the deal.


Two congregations are to announce whether they will leave the US Anglican Church in a row over gay clergy.


Clinton dips into pocket to keep up with Obama

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked ahead on Wednesday to a long and bruising presidential battle, and Clinton said she loaned $5 million of her own money to the costly fight to keep pace.


The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinterâs âHomecoming,â a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.


Palermo, 17:34 - CALCIO, PALERMO; BIAVA: OBIETTIVO UEFA

Il Palermo ha ripreso la preparazione dopo la vittoria di sabato con il Livorno. ''La vittoria di sa...


US President George W. Bush telephoned Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams Sunday to discuss US mediation in the conflict in Northern Ireland.


Kerry Says Expand Fannie, Freddie Housing Focus

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said he would expand the low-income housing focus of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but would preserve their government-sponsored status.


Memphis, 12:19 - BASKET, NBA: INFORTUNIO AL POLSO PER LOWRY

Il playmaker dei Memphis Grizzlies, Kyle Lowry, si è infortunato al polso. I Grizzlies dovran...


Ukrainians Choose New President in Landmark Poll

Ukrainians on Sunday choose a new  president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the  ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a  liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.


Work permit quandary for new coach Parreira

New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, hired to spur South Africa to victory on home turf at the 2010 World Cup, has started his job without valid papers.


More women than ever are reporting instances of domestic abuse to a special Scottish Executive helpline.


Kidnappers give Afghans two days to free 26 Taliban

Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the Government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said.


Europe's Interplay With Islam at Crossroad

Europe's complex interplay with Islam appears to stand at a tipping point, and the slaying of a Dutchman who made a movie critical of Islam could indicate one direction in which it is headed.


A blood test to identify the sex of foetuses at seven weeks could cut the need for further risky tests.


IAEA sets deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment program

The United Nations' (UN) nuclear watchdog -- the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- on Saturday adopted a resolution setting a Nov. 25 deadline for Iran to freeze


Dimona suicide bomber had a coffee first

It was not long after the gruff man with darting eyes demanded a cup of coffee at her restaurant that Revital Biton heard the blast.


Adelphia Wants Rigas Family to Repay Billions

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) -- Adelphia Communications wants its founder to pay more than $3 billion the cable company says it's owed.


Want to know how much your boss earns? Or whether your daughter's fiance is in debt?


Adelaide, 10:34 - TENNIS, ATP ADELAIDE: FINALE NIEMINEN-LLODRA

Il finlandese Jarkko Nieminen e il francese Michael Llodra sono i finalisti del torneo Atp di Adelai...


XenSource ropes Symantec into storage OEM deal

Strength in numbers Looking to strengthen its virtualization wares, XenSource has formed an intriguing alliance with Symantec.â¦


Libby Juror Dismissed Over Media Exposure

After a juror was exposed to outside information, the judge ruled that deliberations could go on with 11 jurors.


Dozens of people have thrown stones at a mosque in Kathmandu and tried to set it on fire to protest against the killing of 12 Nepalis in Iraq.


Inchiesta all'ospedale San Lorenzo di CarmagnolaIl piccolo era stato ricoverato per una grave forma di otite                                                  Muore a due anni in ospedale Antibiotico killer o errore umano?                                                                                La tragedia sotto lo sguardo impotente della madre incinta


Denise Lewis says Marion Jones's six-month jail term will send a strong message to other drugs cheats.


12 Palestinians killed in Gaza military operation

As many as 12 Palestinians died in four separate incidents on Saturday in Gaza, another day of escalating violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.


EU to offer post-Kosovo fast track to Serbia

European Union leaders will offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc in a bid to soothe Balkan tensions over Kosovo's push for independence, a summit draft showed on Friday.


Full Story - Several key factors must be correct for a total lunar eclipse. First, we need a full moon. In October, the full moon occurs on the 27/28th.


Google plugs security holes in popular desktop search software that could open up data on a PC to intruders.


A Military Police sergeant from Liverpool has become Britain's first female soldier to die in Iraq, the Army said yesterday. An investigation has been launched after Staff Sergeant Denise


Merrill hires ex-executive Kronthal to sort subprime woes

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  has rehired Jeffrey Kronthal, a fixed-income executive who left the company last year, to help sort through its subprime mortgage problems, the brokerage told employees on Monday.


France told Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas on Saturday it would be "disposed to co-operate" with a  planned government involving Abbas's Fatah and Hamas and seek  support for it from other Western powers.


Bomb Blast In Pakistani Mosque Kills At Least 25

Pakistani officials say a powerful explosion in a Shi'ite mosque in the eastern city of Sialkot has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50.


Facebook, and other social networks, are not suited to mass political persuasion any more than they are for other forms of mass advertising.


9 September 2004 -- Chechen fighters promised today to give $20 million to anyone helping them capture Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Analysis: McCain and Huckabee now rivals

John McCain, meet Mike Huckabee. You're now rivals.


U.S. to Refuse Extradition of CIA Agents

The United States will refuse any Italian extradition request for CIA agents indicted in the alleged abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.Comment


Zeeland's Kaat to be considered for Hall

The Zeeland native made the final ballot of 25 players to be considered by the Veterans Committee. The results will be announced March 2. Kaat, who could not be reached for comment, won 283


Russia will move aggressively into the war against international terrorism by cooperating more closely with the United States. President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced sweeping measures to beef up Kremlin


Continuano le proteste ad Acerra. Due cortei hanno attraversato ieri la cittadina in provincia di Napoli. E il Consiglio comunale fa sapere di aver deciso di intitolare una strada "via 29 agosto 2004", giorno


(CBS/AP) An experienced CIA counterterrorism officer tells Congress the agency is still failing to adequately staff the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a newspaper reports.


Lithuania shuts down pro-Chechen Web site

Lithuania's State Security Department on Monday began investigating the site, which is hosted by Elneta, an Internet service provider in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.


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Historian to Speak at USU for Mormon History Lecture

LOGAN -- The 12th annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture at Utah State University will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Logan LDS Tabernacle, 50 N. Main.  Historian Thomas G. Alexander will present this year's lecture. The event is free and open to the public.


EU gravely concerned about the situation in Darfur

BRUSSELS, Nov 5, 2004 (KUNA) -- The European Union (EU) Friday expressed grave concern over developments in the Sudanese province of Darfur, underlining importance of respecting human rights.


Anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" available on Satellite TV ...

The controversial anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" was available Monday on a Satellite TV and on the Internet on the eve of the US presidential elections.


The Pulitzer Prize will allow newspapers to submit video and interactive graphics as part of their entries for the top award in American print journalism, prize officials announced Monday.


Sequestrato in casa lâindustriale dei pneumatici Marangoni

di Luca Schiavone TRENTO â Un colpo da professionisti messo a segno come in uno sceneggiato televisivo, senza sbavature e con pochissima violenza, un paio di pugni e ceffoni usati solo per fare capire che non scherzavano.


La candidata alle presidenziali 2008 fa il verso all'ultimo episodio della saga televisivaLa clip si conclude con un finale a sorpresa. Gli spettatori "costretti" a visitare il sito della candidata                                            Hillary, un video con Bill e i Sopranos per lanciare l'inno della campagna


Viacom to Sell Music Publishing Unit to Sony/ATV

The $370 million deal includes such classics as âThatâs Amoreâ and âMoon River,â and newer hits by songwriters including Linda Perry and Akon.


The sign at Busch Stadium pleaded: "Will the real Cardinals report and play?" The answer in Game 4, just as in the first three games, was emphatic: No!


Tom Cruise apologises to Brooke Shields for attacking her use of anti-depressants, the actress says on US TV.


Best-in-Class Companies Leveraging Network Access Control to Stop Malware Dead in Its Tracks

BOSTON, Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- IT organizations are under increasing pressure to address the security gaps created by non-managed PCs connecting to the network.


Barclays lifts ABN offer with China, Singapore help

LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.


Qantas rejects $8.6 billion bid, shares fall

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  rejected a A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group , sending its shares down 2.7 percent.


European shares posted their best levels in nearly two weeks, led by pleasing restructuring and earnings news from oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell, but sharp losses among basic producers capped market gains.


Cayman Islanders clambered onto rooftops and kitchen tables Sunday to escape surging the floodwaters of Hurricane Ivan. A monster storm packing 150 mph (240 kph) winds


100,000 miles, one despotic owner So, you've shelled out for the eye-catching L1NUX number plate, and now need a set of wheels worthy of bearing the illustrious open source celebration.â¦


A NZ scientist is honoured for helping to develop sheep that can be used to study Huntington's disease.


OPEC casts a dark eye on the greening of energy

Despite forecasts that show no end to rising demand for crude over the coming decades, oil-producing nations are casting an uneasy eye on the growing number of measures being taken to tackle climate change.


It is going to take a recovery of Lazarene proportions to keep West Bromwich Albion in the Premiership. Their only hope of salvation is next month's transfer


Sidney Lumet unleashes a "Devil" of a thriller

Sidney Lumet, the  83-year-old director of "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon,"  returns to theaters on Friday with the heist thriller "Before  the Devil Knows You're Dead."


Rio Tinto trumps rival's hostile bid for Alcan

Business & money: London-based miner says the aluminium producer's board has agreed its $38.1bn offer.


Boro's Woodgate given green light to talk to Spurs

Jonathan Woodgate is set to join Tottenham after Middlesbrough granted the England defender permission to talk to the London club about a possible move.


A day in the life of U.S. teens: thousands do drugs

A snapshot of an average day in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a report from the federal government.


Coleman Laffoon has filed for divorce after being married to Anne Heche for five years due to irreconcilable differences. He went to court asking for spousal support and joint custody of their 4-year-old son, Homer. They were married in 2001 and they m...


The Cardinals tried to be rude guests in the first World Series game at Fenway Park in 18 years, they really tried. But they accommodated the only offense better than their own a little too much to come out winners.


Ravens Acquire McGahee in Trade With Bills

The Baltimore Ravens today filled their void at starting running back by acquiring Willis McGahee in a trade with the Buffalo Bills.


Dutch food retailer Ahold sells two U.S. chains to Lone Star for US$560M

AMSTERDAM  - Global food retailer Royal Ahold NV said Thursday it will sell two of its U.S. grocery chains, BI-LO and Bruno's, to Dallas-based Lone Star Funds for $560 million US in cash.


Usmate, 15:06 - CICLISMO, MONDIALI; BENNATI: DIFFICILMENTE SARO' CONVOCATO

Nonostante le due vittorie al giro di Polonia, il leader Lampre-Fondital per le classiche Daniele Be...


Basketball Skills Come Slowly to a 7-Foot-9 Center From China

His basketball skills are crude, but Sun Ming Ming still dreams of a career in the N.B.A. and is taking lessons from Gheorghe Muresan, the 7-foot-7 former N.B.A. center.


Kerry: Bush not the leader he claims to be

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is questioning whether President Bush is the exemplary leader he claims to be and points to the war in Iraq as evidence that he is not.


Alpine resorts scramble to beat warmer winters

ANDERMATT, Switzerland  - Army conscripts used to be a common sight in Andermatt, practicing parallel turns or perfecting climbing techniques in case they were needed to defend Switzerland's mountain heart.


Arsenalâs young Gunners will not be fazed by a trip to the City of Manchester Stadium for tonightâs Carling Cup third-round clash at Eastlands, according to reserve-team boss Neil Banfield.


Battiato e l'alienazione Ecco il nuovo album

Il Maestro presenta il tanto atteso lavoro: risposte contro 'il 'vuoto'. Note per riflettere. E magari per reagire. Intervista


On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.


LA STORIA                                            Da Bartali a Domenech  l'eterno derby italo-francese                                                                                di FRANCESCO MERLO


US authorities begin relief operations as south-eastern states continue to assess Hurricane Ivan's impact.


Armitage Says He, Powell Sought Influence

Baring one of Washington's worst-kept secrets, Secretary of State Colin Powell's deputy said he and Powell sometimes went public with their dissenting views to try to influence Bush administration policy.


Notre Dame Officials to Meet Utah's Meyer

Notre Dame began its pursuit of Utah's Urban Meyer, arriving in town Thursday to meet with him about becoming the coach of college football's most glamorous program.


Bruising Oracle-PeopleSoft battle revived by court ruling

A bruising Silicon Valley takeover battle was set for another round after a judge ruled Oracle can pursue its 7.7 billion-dollar hostile takeover bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft.


Report: Schools will increase spending on open source

InfoWorld - Educational institutions will increase spending on open-source software and services over the next few years, but that doesn't mean proprietary software will be left in the dark, according to a new report covering 14 countries.


Vitali Klitschko has knocked out Danny Williams in the eighth round to retain his WBC heavyweight crown and become the premier champion in the division.


State agricultural officials on Friday raised the estimated losses from Hurricanes Charley and Frances to more than $2 billion, or more than 30 percent of Florida's $6.4 billion in annual crop cash receipts.


THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was described as "an intellectual" and "a moderate" by the first defense witness at his war crimes trial.


Paisley appears ready to compromise to secure place in history

Ian Paisley has made a career out of obstructing efforts to find a political accommodation between Northern Ireland's warring communities.


Attorney General sues Marsh alleging corruption

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has sued Marsh, alleging that the world's largest insurance broker steered unsuspecting clients to insurers with whom it had lucrative payoff agreements, and that the firm solicited rigged bids for insurance


Secession raises tensions for Episcopalians

Eight conservative parishes voted to cut ties this weekend over the issue of consecrating gay bishops.


Jason Giambi has an agreement to become the first active Major Leaguer to testify before George Mitchell, baseball's steroids investigator, SI.com has learned. Giambi will meet "promptly'' with Mitchell.


Magna Carta sells for $21.3M in New York

A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta Â the version that became part of English law Â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.


MAN would welcome Volkswagen as shareholder after Scania bid: CEO

German industrial group MAN would be happy to have Volkswagen as a shareholder if the company's 9.6-billion-euro (12.2-billion-dollar) bid for Swedish truck maker Scania succeeds, MAN's chief chief executive has said in an interview.


Conflicting reports over blast in Iraqi city

Iraqi police and a community leader said a bomb blast near a soccer field in the city of Ramadi on Tuesday killed 18 people, mostly children, but the U.S. military said it was unaware of such an attack.


Haas, Clarke, Kelly share lead at Tour Championship

That was the question during the first round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Thursday afternoon. The answer is: Not at the top of the leaderboard.


BAGHDAD -- Browsing the shelves of a cosmetics store in the Karrada shopping district, Zahra Khalid felt giddy at the sight of Alberto shampoo and Miss Rose eye shadow, blusher, and powder.


15 Ex-Brokers Accused of Misleading Action

The state has charged 15 former brokers for Metropolitan Investment Securities Inc. with allegedly making misleading recommendations to thousands of older, unsophisticated investors who were trying to save for retirement.


Army hospital flooded with Green Zone explosion victims

Little remains of the once-popular Green Zone Cafe except overturned tables, body parts, shattered glass and shreds of plastic sheeting â-eminders of Thursdayâs deadly


Su rivalutazione pensioni.Sindacati: mobilitazione prosegue


Ukraine's PM Yanukovych refuses to admit defeat in the presidential poll, claiming election abuses.


Volcano stirrings carry memories of son killed there 24 years ago

"They've closed down the observatory there for a while, just to be safe," Alice Johnston said. The observatory is the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Johnston Ridge, about 5 miles from the volcano.


Canadian observers in Ukraine prepare for hard work, "uplifting experience"

EDMONTON (CP) - Canadian observers heading to Ukraine for that country's election Sunday expect history to unfold before their eyes - and to leave them inspired by the sight.


A RECOVERY tug equipped with divers and airbags was last night on its way to a rendezvous with the upside-down 98-foot yacht Skandia, which was abandoned by her crew on Tuesday and left drifting unmanned in the Tasman Sea.


A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank.


Mitsubishi Chemical to Take Full Control of Mitsubishi Plastics

Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.  said Thursday it plans to take full control of Mitsubishi Plastics Inc. , a subsidiary of group firm Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., on Oct. 1 through a friendly tender offer by the plastic maker's parent.


Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to explain to the Commons his decision to recognise the loyalist Ulster Defence Association's ceasefire.


Powell seeks Asian support in dispute over N. Korea's nuclear ...

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea - Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Seoul on Monday, beginning the final leg of a three-nation swing meant to shore up support in the dispute over North Koreaâs nuclear ambitions.


Native Americans Urge Congress to Pass Health Bill

On the grounds of the US Capitol in Washington Wednesday, and just a day after the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, Native American leaders called on members of Congress to address the urgent issues facing Native


Girls and women prisoners are verbally abused while transported in vans along with males, a new report says.


Militants in Iraq Kill UK Hostage, Video Shows

Militants in Iraq beheaded British  hostage Kenneth Bigley, three weeks after kidnapping him to  press a demand for the release of women held by U.S.-led  forces, a video seen by Reuters showed on Friday.


Polls closed in Switzerland's general elections on Sunday after a bitter campaign marked by a riot and charges of racism levelled against the biggest party, the far-right Swiss People's Party's (SVP).


China's parliament passed a law  Saturday banning the buying or selling of blood to prevent the  spread of AIDS and outlawing discrimination against victims of  infectious diseases, state media said.


CARSON, Calif. -- The US soccer team keeps on winning, even though the Americans are not impressing.


Hearings of former Iraqi officials begin

Ali Hassan al-Majid(L), better known as "Chemical Ali", and Sultan Hashim, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's defense minister, handcuffed but looking healthy, were interrogated separately in a big room.


Boeing's announcement that a laptop theft exposed information on 382,000 current and former employees nudges the total number of exposed records in the United States past the 100 million mark. Since last year. In 27B Stroke 6.


Rapper Coolio in reality TV series at Oxygen

LOS ANGELES  - Rapper Coolio, who topped the pop charts in 1995 with the Grammy-winning tune "Gangsta's Paradise," will star in a reality TV show for women's cable network Oxygen.


Dutch minister sparks row with Sharia remarks

Comments by the Dutch justice   minister that Sharia law could be introduced if two-thirds of   the population supported it have unleashed a political storm in   the Netherlands, where immigration is a hotly debated issue.


FDA Searches Worldwide for More Flu Shots

Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at a British manufacturing plant.


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

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


Overall Black & White works forgettably, like the just-mentioned Jagjit Singh song: it makes you seek succour in Karz or Taal.


Soviet Hockey Great Ragulin Dies Aged 63

The Soviet Union's most successful ice  hockey player, Alexander Ragulin, has died aged 63, his former  club CSKA Moscow said Thursday. One of only two players along  with Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretyak to win 10 world  titles, Ragulin also claimed three consecutive Olympic gold  medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972.


Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare breast flash earlier this year during the nationally televised Super Bowl football game will cost 20 CBS stations that aired it a combined $550,000 for violating indecency rules, U.S. communications regulators said Wednesday.


Milano, 19:31 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: IN EUROPA TUTTO PIU' DIFFICILE

Il tecnico dell'Inter Roberto Mancini, archiviata la sedicesima vittoria consecutiva in campionato, ...


Under its newly crowned CEO, UPS will put the buyback peddle to the metal.


ATLANTA -- It sounds like a freakish ailment from a horror movie: Sores erupt on your skin, mysterious threads pop out of them, and you feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you. Some experts believe it's a psychiatric phenomenon, yet hundreds of people say it's a true physical condition. It's...


Madrid, 21:05 - BASKET, EUROPEI: RUSSIA IN SEMIFINALE

La Russia si è qualificata per le semifinali degli Europei di basket battendo nei quarti la F...


Bush tours damage of deadly Ala. twister

President Bush got a birds-eye view Saturday of Alabama's tornado damage as his Marine One helicopter followed the deadly storm's path and flew over the battered high school where eight students died.


By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 11/12/2004). Chiron, the US drug company that bought Liverpool-based flu vaccine manufacturer PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, yesterday received a warning letter


Ukraine Awaits Presidential Runoff Result

Voters in Ukraine waited in the early-morning hours on Monday for clear results of the runoff presidential election between two candidates who represent very


Pile-high sell-cheap squared Tesco has clasped Dell to its sizeable retail bosom, and will begin punting the firm's computers from next month.â¦


US junior rider wins silver at cycling worlds

Rebecca Much of the United States won the silver medal in the junior time trial Monday at the road cycling world championships. Tereza Hurikova of the Czech Republic was the winner, following her bronze medal on a mountain bike Sept.


Roma, 18:32 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: BILANCIO POSITIVO, SONO CONTENTO

Un bottino di 42 punti al termine del girone d'andata, proprio come l'anno scorso. Ma l'Inter non &e...


Foxx Hears Sweet Song of 3 Globe Nominations

LOS ANGELES  - Jamie Foxx isn't exactly  a showbiz newcomer, but until Monday morning, he had never  notched a Golden Globe nomination.


Commandos storm Russian siege school as children flee

Russian special forces stormed a school ending a three-day hostage crisis and freeing hundreds of children, parents and teachers held without food or water by rebels demanding independence for Chechnya.


Women, blacks beat smokers, Mormons in U.S. race: poll

Being female or black is less of a liability for U.S. presidential candidates than being over 72, Mormon, twice-divorced or a cigarette smoker, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll issued on Tuesday.


New Treatment for Urinary Incontinence Reported

Urinary incontinence in women can be  corrected by transplanting the patient's own muscle-derived  stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it, scientists said  on Monday.


Nevada teachers have filed a legal challenge that could curb the influence of the state's largest union in its Democratic caucus later this month.


Gunmen Demand Peru President's Resignation

Gunmen led by a retired army major overran a police station in a remote Andean city Saturday, vowing to remain inside until Peru's unpopular president leaves office. At least seven police were wounded in the shootout.


The firm which controls embattled Russian oil giant Yukos says it will sue the government for $28.3bn.


Charges dropped for SAfrica investigator

Officials dropped charges Monday against the senior investigator whose corruption probe led to the suspension of South Africa's national police chief and escalated tensions between prosecutors and police.


Indonesia Shares End At Record High On New Cabinet

JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesian shares ended at a record high Monday on continued foreign buying amid expectations that President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will form a market-friendly cabinet to fix the nation's economy, dealers said.


Ibrahim Jaafari, a former exile and a physician, appears poised to become Iraq's new prime minister.


Khamenei: U.S. won't bring Iran "to its knees"

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the United States would not be able to bring Iran "to its knees" in a row over sensitive nuclear work the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.


2 Accounts of Sex Tapes as Doctor's Trial Starts

A Navy doctor who served as a sponsor for U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen "violated the trust" of the students by using surveillance equipment installed in an air purifier at his Annapolis home to make "secret sex tapes" of them, a Navy prosecutor said yesterday at the start of the doctor's...


TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Networks Lack Pakistan Staff

Of the U.S. television networks, only ABC and CNN had full-time personnel in Pakistan when the former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday. NBC, MSNBC and Fox News Channel relied on phone reports from free-lance producers immediately after the assassination. The free-lancers are commonly called stringers, and they are routinely employed for [...].


Man Utd's Howard says willpower helps Tourette's

A steely will helps Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard keep opponents' shots from finding the net and also enables the American to keep at bay symptoms he suffers from Tourette's Syndrome.


New York may ban iPods while crossing street

New Yorkers who blithely cross the street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could soon face a $100 fine.


Designers, Payless do the high-low thing

The Payless people are hoping that the editors, stylists and other tastemakers at New York Fashion Week look down. If they do, they'll see shoes crafted by the designers of Abaete, Lela Rose and Alice + Olivia, done specifically for the mass retail chain.


Dozens of Syrian military vehicles carrying hundreds of troops crossed back into Syria from Lebanon Thursday as part of a redeployment plan.


R&B singer Usher has won eleven awards at Wednesday night's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, at the MGM Grand. American Idol presenter Ryan Seacreast hosted the awards.


A state assistant attorney general received a report a year ago that graphically detailed the sexual abuse of inmates at a youth prison but declined to pursue the case because of jurisdictional concerns, according to e-mails obtained Friday by The Associated Press.


NEW YORK -- Stocks fell in early trading Friday as bond yields remained elevated and stocks fell overseas.


Steve Kerr talked, the Phoenix Suns listened.


Hurricane Jeanne, a dangerous Category 3 storm, has roared ashore just east of Stuart on Florida's east coast. The fourth hurricane to hit Florida in six weeks, the center of Jeanne


Former rebel becomes Chad's defence minister

Chad named the former rebel leader Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim as its new defence minister on Sunday in a major reshuffle of the volatile central African country's government, national radio reported.


With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.


Japan on Friday reported its fastest rise in core consumer prices in almost a decade as sky-rocketing energy costs help to lift Asia's largest economy out of years of deflation.


A.J. Feeley was the better quarterback early. Then Drew Bledsoe began to pick apart the Miami Dolphins' defense.


Is the state trying to take over the role of the parent asks  the BBC's Mike Baker?


Is a homeowners' association looking over shoulder?


WHO warns of global outbreak of bird flu

SHANGHAI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a global outbreak of avian influenza unless greater efforts are made to fight the disease in countries already affected


Mozione doveva essere messa ai voti domani pomeriggio


Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt at the US Open for his third Grand Slam title of 2004.


Medicare Spending Caps Cause Seniors to Stop Meds

TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Some American seniors stop taking medications for chronic health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes when they exceed spending limits in their Medicare prescription drug plans, new research shows.


Baseball At the team's Elite Camp workout yesterday at Minute Maid Park, Houston Astros prospect Koby Clemens spoke out in defense of his father. Roger Clemens was accused by his former trainer in last month's Mitchell Report of using steroids and human growth hormone in 1998, 2000, and 2001, allegations the seven-time Cy Young Award winner vehemently denies. "It kills ...


A former Taiwanese president visits the Yasukuni war shrine in Japan, despite objections by China.


Da qui nasce processo rilancio nostra economia


Blog: It's finally released in the good ol' U. S. of A.


Pimco to launch $2 billion distressed debt fund: report

Pacific Investment Management Co is planning to launch a $2 billion distressed-debt fund, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday.


Microsoft's security software has failed an independent test to see if it can spot Windows viruses.


Post-Cold War chill hangs over Bush-Putin summit

Six years ago, President George W. Bush said he gazed into Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul. Now he just wants to see if they can get along.


FCC Chair Advocates Hands-Off Approach to VoIP

US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says that after the presidential election he will try to wrest regulatory control of voice over IP from the states because to thrive as a business, the technology needs a single, easy-handed


The hunt to find Baghdad's prisoner of hate

It is one of Baghdad's most exclusive neighbourhoods. BMWs and Mercedes cruise the streets, chandeliers hang above shop windows packed with luxury goods, large villas sit behind high walls.


House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery


Mantova, 17:14 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: 5-0 NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test infrasettimanale per il Mantova, che sul sul Centrale Te ha affrontato la formazione Primavera....


Mama Was a Riot Grrrl? Then Pick Up a Guitar and Play

There is a developing under-age music circuit in New York, where bands too young for driving licenses have CDs, Web sites and managers.


A judge should order the destruction of two condo towers being built for an oceanfront resort that carries the name of Donald Trump, according to a lawsuit filed by a Miami architect who claims the billionaire and a hotel developer took his design.


Secret Service Data Compromised in T-Mobile Hack

Hack exposed information on 400 customers, including a U.S. Secret Service agent.


Kenyan Environmentalist Wins Peace Prize

IHURURU, Kenya - When Wangari Maathai got word she had won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, she was campaigning to protect Kenya's forests and distributing food to villagers suffering from drought - the same work she's been doing for decades.    Maathai was in the countryside - just one hill away from her childhood home - when told she had won the $1.3 million prize, joining a club that includes Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and the Dalai Lama...


La crisi e' stata salutare,datemi 5 anni.La Tav? La faremo


Nokia demos first mobile call using IPv6

HONG KONG -- Nokia Corp. has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), a version of the protocol that will help to improve the quality of VOIP (voice over IP), streaming video and other applications delivered to wireless devices, the company said Tuesday.


Canada threatens to halt shipments of drugs to US

Canada's top health official warned yesterday that his government may try to stop prescription drug shipments to US consumers if the trade keeps growing.


Labour's deputy leadership contender Jon Cruddas says it is time for the party to move on from Blairism.


Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of drawings and writings by the Renaissance master, has been infiltrated by mold, officials said Friday.


Developing Countries Grew More Biotech Crops in â07

Farmers in 12 developing countries planted biotech crops in 2007, and for the first time outnumbered the industrialized countries where such crops are grown.


AT&T, Yahoo downplay report partnership at risk

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - AT&T Inc. and Yahoo  Inc.  are negotiating how they could expand a broadband  promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and  advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.


Sri Lankan officials said Wednesday they will send troops to Haiti to assist the UN peacekeeping mission there. Nearly 750 soldiers from the small island nation off the coast of India with join 8,000 UN troops


Iraq's Sunnis Should Get Some Government Posts, Senators Say

Some members of the Sunni Muslim minority in Iraq should get positions in the new government following next month's elections, US Senators Carl Levin and Richard Lugar said.


Chelsea usher in post-Mourinho era at Old Trafford

A new era without Jose Mourinho gets underway at Old Trafford for Chelsea on Sunday, as they play their first Premier League match under new manager Avram Grant against Manchester United.


AT&T, Vonage Cut Prices on Internet Calling

AT&T Corp.  and Internet telephone provider Vonage said on Thursday they were cutting prices for their residential Internet calling services by $5 per month, the strongest signs yet of a price war in the nascent market.


Mexico on Monday proposed creating a regional organization to promote and evaluate human rights throughout Latin America, a mechanism meant partly to depoliticize conflicts with Cuba over the island's human rights record.


Future smokers may be programmed in womb

Future smokers may be programmed in the womb to take up the habit later in life, research published on Tuesday said.


Iraqi PM calls regional meeting for March 10

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.


The US has become a major importer of illegal ivory, according to a report by a UK animal welfare charity.


Russia's anti-trust body said on Saturday it had approved the state oil firm Rosneft's purchase on Thursday of the obscure buyer of the key production unit of beleaguered YUKOS oil company.


He helped wreck a McDonald's restaurant, campaigned for the French presidency and now is refusing food to protest genetically modified corn.


A failure to significantly reduce poverty and inequality is straining democracies across Latin America, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday.


Two foreign employees of the  Red Cross are abducted in Wardak province in southern Afghanistan, police say.


Owen on track for crack at critics and Wales

Michael Owen is confident of recovering from a back injury in time to line up for England against Wales in Saturday's World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford.


U.S. shield makes Europe "powder keg": Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe would turn the continent into "a powder keg".


Suspected London car bomb could have killed, injured

A suspected car bomb found in central London was packed with nails and petrol and could have caused "significant injury and loss of life" if it had exploded, British police said Friday.


Â· Simplified treaty could be put to British electorate Â· Minister says Brown will not prejudge summit deal


While IPv6 networking gear might be slow to take off, institutions like Bucks County Community College are finding it valuable.


BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Raymond Goethals, the Belgian coach who steered Marseille to the European Cup in 1993, has died aged 83. Goethals was taken to hospital at the weekend, but media reports did not give the cause of death.


Raja Bell made a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left and hit two clutch free throws to lead the Utah Jazz over the Charlotte Bobcats 107-105 on Tuesday night.


She's been surrounded by celebrity just about all of her life, but Jamie Lynn Spears would have you believe she's just another teenager blown away by the fact she gets to travel to Los Angeles to make TV shows, and they sometimes let her keep the clothes she wears on set. But then Britney Spears' kid sister, still kidlike and disarmingly polite at 13, makes a pretty good case for her innocence when she recounts her reaction to learning she would be starring in her own TV show.


Hedge fund tells Ceridian it can top takeover deal

Ceridian Corp.'s  biggest shareholder, William Ackman, told the board on Thursday that he can come up with a better deal for shareholders than a proposed $5.3 billion takeover bid management hammered out.


AUSTRALIA would push for new charges against one of the Bali bombers who is set to escape punishment for his crimes, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said last night.


The mobile developer disbands the unit that developed the short-range wireless technology used in some cell phones and notebook PCs.


LONDON- Defending champion Arsenal rallied past Middlesbrough 5-3 Sunday, matching a 25-year-old record of 42 league games without a loss in the top tier of English soccer.


Europe Proposes Binding Limits on Auto Emissions

E.U. officials told leading automakers to make deep cuts in emissions or face fines that could reach billions of euros. But automakers promised a fight.


European stocks shrugged off sharp drops in Asian markets Wednesday after a tumble on Wall Street fanned investor fears that a U.S. recession would sap demand for Asian exports.


An independent inquiry recommends sweeping changes to investigations into sudden infant deaths.


Retailers expect the day after Boxing Day to be busier as bargain hunters continue the chase for cut-price items.


Obihiro, 15:10 - RALLY, GIAPPONE: GRONHOLM AL COMANDO DOPO PRIMA GIORNATA

Il finlandese Marcus Gronholm (Ford) è in testa al Rally del Giappone dopo la prima giornata....


LionsGate: Piracy a major deciding factor for Blu-ray support

Don Reisinger spoke with the President of LionsGate to see why he chose Blu-ray.  And the answer he got, disgusted Don.


Shares in Asia fell, with Japan and South Korea down around 1.5 percent, as concerns over the health of the U.S. economy came back to haunt stock markets, sending investors to seek a safe haven in bonds.


Rescue teams race to reach second-hand submarine

HEAVY seas and high winds were last night hampering an operation involving British and Irish ships to rescue a Canadian submarine with 57 crew on board.


Waltrip washed out of truck race by rain

Rain washed out qualifying for the NASCAR truck series race on Friday, causing the starting grid to be set by owner points and leaving Darrell Waltrip out of the field.


Kerry says gaffe will not stop him from running in 2008

Senator John Kerry has said a gaffe last month widely seen as a slight against US troops in Iraq would not deter him from considering the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.


US military task force guilty of detainee abuse: US memo :

Washington, Dec 8 : An official US memo has described how American special operations task force abused prisoners in Iraq and then threatened the Defence Intelligence Agency agents, who witnessed the mistreatment, from reporting it.


Joe Gibbs' much-anticipated second term as Washington Redskins head coach opened yesterday with a hard-fought 16-10 triumph over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


Three car bombs in central Baghdad killed at least 40 people and wounded 86 as they shopped at a fruit and vegetable market on Saturday.


Microsoft Reassigns Several Top Executives

The company placed new executives in charge of operations facing fierce new competition from Google, Apple and cellphone makers.


By Don Mecoy, The Oklahoman  May 25--Dell Inc. will begin selling desktop computers in Wal-Mart next  month, but that should have no effect on the direct consumer sales at Dell's  Oklahoma City operation, a company spokesman said Thursday.


Novell is putting open source and identity management centre stage at its European user conference this week. The networking firm announced that Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), which includes Novell's


The French seem to take intermittent pride in being the homeland of the satirist Voltaire.


Britney's bungled performance drives big traffic to MTV

Internet's version of rubberneckers gather in big enough numbers to break MTV.com's previous best days for traffic.


Paolo Bonolis, conduttore del programma, Paolo Bassetti, presidente di Endemol Italia (societÃ  produttrice della trasmissione), insieme con autori e dirigenti della striscia quotidiana, sono uniti in conferenza stampa per difendere "Affari tuoi" dalle


President Karzai Leading Afghan Election

KABUL, Afghanistan - The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.    Karzai, Afghanistan's stopgap president since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, had captured 62.6 percent of the 1.04 million ballots counted by Monday - about 13 percent of the vote...


James L. Brooks may be the best at what he does, turning slick sitcom story lines into engaging big-screen fare.


A man claims he saw three men armed with a gun moments before two teenagers were shot dead.


N.Korea returns remains of kidnap victim

Japanese lawmakers called for sanctions against North Korea after the government decided information provided on 10 missing kidnap victims was not credible.


Two men fail to have their convictions overturned for the manslaughter of four rail workers.


NTT DoCoMo plan TV shows for phones, report says

NTT DoCoMo Inc , Fuji Television  Network Inc. , Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.   and other companies will team up to develop television shows  for mobile phones, the Nihon Keizai business daily reported on  Wednesday.


No Big East player has consistently controlled Pitt star Aaron Gray, at least until now. Louisville's solution: Make two players do it.


Floyd Landis has been officially stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after being found guilty of doping, a cycling source told Reuters on Friday.


Canadians Blank Greece in Olympic Baseball

Justin Morneau was promoted to the big  leagues before the Olympics and didn't travel to Athens but a  bobblehead bearing his likeness was with the Canadian baseball  team Wednesday when they beat Greece 2-0.


Memphis, 10:44 - TENNIS, WTA MEMPHIS: SUCCESSO DELLA WILLIAMS

Venus Williams, testa di serie numero 7, ha vinto il torneo Wta di Memphis (cemento, montepremi 175....


Canada's PM says Dalai Lama "not a call girl"

When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he'd met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader.


Ex-Enron executive sentenced to 2 years in prison

The former chief operating officer of Enron Corp.'s broadband Internet division, Kevin Hannon, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for his role in the fraud that led to the giant energy company's collapse, a court official said on Monday.


Washington added to Live Earth concert series

Washington has been added as a host city for this Saturday's worldwide series of Live Earth concerts, former Vice President Al Gore, a co-organizer of the shows, said on Friday.


Blue Hills manages to slip past Southeastern

While a flock of seagulls flew gracefully above, the Southeastern and Blue Hills players slid all over the field yesterday. Warrior Matt Standbury was able to slip in on a 2-point conversion to preserve the Warriors' undefeated regular-season record with an 8-6 win in nonleague action.


Five slain prostitutes were mourned Thursday at a memorial service, and police identified one victim as a woman who told reporters days before her death that she was afraid of a suspected serial killer but ...Comment


More Palace Guards Expected for Pistons' Next Home Game

NEW YORK - Security at the Palace of Auburn Hills will be beefed up Sunday night when the Detroit Pistons play their first game since Friday night's riot that led to the indefinite suspensions of three Indiana Pacers and one Detroit player.


Getty Museum to Return 2 Greek Treasures

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced Monday that it would return to Greece an ancient gold wreath and a marble bust that Greece claims were illegally spirited out of the country.Comment


A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay yesterday claimed he had been subjected to "vindictive torture" and death threats by the US authorities.


Low-glycemic diet allows for more of certain carbs

Only some forms of carbohydrates are the true enemy in the battle of the bulge, researchers reported last week. Mice primarily fed carbohydrates that are low in sugar or are broken down slowly lose drastically


Rescue teams and troops headed on Thursday for Indonesia's Sumatra coast as aftershocks continued to pound a region where a powerful earthquake the night before killed six people and perhaps many more.


Net neutrality on Congress's fall agenda?

Blog: A day after a federal agency urged against new rules for broadband operators, Democratic leaders in Congress say they're not giving up on enacting the divisive anti-discrimination laws.


Peter Gustafsson may be a platinum blond who is more well known for his colourful headgear than his golfing prowess on the European Tour but the Swede scorched into a one-shot lead in the second round of the Dunhill Championship.


An influential Sunni clerical organization urged Shiite Muslims on Monday to cancel a march toward a destroyed shrine in an Iraqi central city, warning that such a move will further enflame sectarian hatred.


Life & style: Women will be able to get the contraceptive pill from their high street chemist under new plans


Codacons premia Invasione barbariche, Buona domenica ultima


Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code

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


The National Transportation Safety Board will announce within two months the findings of its investigation into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which killed 265 people on Nov. 12, 2001.


Top U.S. General Balks at Key Intelligence Changes

The chairman of the U.S. military's  Joint Chiefs of Staff has asked lawmakers to give less budget  authority to the national intelligence director than has been  proposed by the commission that investigated the Sept. 11  attacks and backed publicly by the White House.


A British man awaiting execution in Pakistan writes to Tony Blair pleading for his help to save his life.


Castro recovering, will keep leading, Cuba VP says

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony on Friday for his 80th birthday but Cuba's vice president said he was getting better and would continue leading the communist island.


Irene Reid, Singer, Bandleader and Actress, Dies at 77

Irene Reid was a singer who toured and recorded with Count Basieâs band and appeared on Broadway in âThe Wiz.â


Greater Focus Needed to Rebuild Tsunami-Hit Aceh

Aid groups, foreign armies and Indonesian officials have prevented disease and starvation from engulfing tsunami-hit Aceh province, but closer cooperation is needed to rebuild shattered livelihoods, government and aid officials said.


WHITE PLAINS, New York  - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday for lying to federal prosecutors about her steroid use, a stunning downfall for the five-time Olympic medalist.


NY Times Earns Slip, See Better Ad Trends

The New York Times Co. (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported lower quarterly net profit on inconsistent advertising sales, but said that ad trends have


NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores helped send stocks mostly lower on Monday as investors still worried that oil prices, which dropped some from last week's highs, would


Suspects in Britain Bomb Plot Linked by Family, School, Work

LONDON, July 7 -- The ambulance crew was on a routine call: A boozy reveler at the Tiger Tiger nightclub had fallen and banged his head.


Ministro a sindacati e azienda, tavolo puo' saltare


Raymond Felton vs. Chris Paul. Rashad McCants vs. Justin Gray. Sean May vs. Eric Williams.


Nortel, LG Electronics to Create Venture

Canada's Nortel Networks Corp. signed an agreement Monday with South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. to set up a joint venture to manufacture and market high quality telecommunications equipment.


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has nominated Australia as one of the countries where recent house price increases are difficult to explain in terms of economic fundamentals.


Howard Stern, one of the most popular U.S. radio personalities, on Wednesday said he will broadcast his show on Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.  beginning in 2006, after being dropped earlier this year from several stations that objected to his often off-color humor.


OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec 30, 2004 - After three vote tallies and 58 days of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington's governor-elect on Thursday.


Aug. 29, 1949: First Soviet Atomic Test Stuns West

The Americans think the USSR is at least several years away from exploding its first atomic bomb. The Americans are wrong.


A court in the Indian city of Mumbai finds a man guilty of causing the worst explosion in the 1993 attacks on the city.


When the attackers jumped two randomly selected young boys in Sweden, they were careful to catch everything on tape.


At this morning's analyst conference, AMD executives said they may scale back some on R&D. But earlier in the week, partner IBM unveiled a plan that could help fill the gap: a way to rework existing 45 nm parts designs for 32 nm.


Flush with cash from high oil prices, Venezuela's president is pushing his leftist vision across the region.


The star will give away his lucky bracelet.


Grammy-winning musician Gilberto Gil said on Thursday he likes his job as Brazil's Minister of Culture and would like to keep it, but his days as a composer are coming to an end.


At age 42, Roger Clemens has done it all for the Astros this season. Tomorrow, he will do something he hasn't done all season - pitch on three days' rest.


Even with a big lead in the NL East, the Atlanta Braves aren't taking anything for granted.


TV images of Dink murder suspect probed by police

Turkey launched an inquiry into footage  showing a teenager charged with the murder of a  Turkish-Armenian journalist posing with the Turkish flag and  security officials after his arrest, police said on Friday.


I'm A Celebrity star Kerry McFadden and former Westlife singer Brian are having marriage problems, it is confirmed.


Kerry: Bush 'Aggrandized, Fictionalized' Saddam

Democratic challenger John Kerry ripped into President Bush on Thursday for a pattern of deception on Iraq that made up Saddam Hussein as a threat to the United States.


Queen Elizabeth II told a state banquet in Germany Tuesday that both nations should look beyond simplistic stereotypes to build an enduring friendship.


(Sports Network) - The much-improved Orlando Magic will take aim at their fourth win in five games tonight, when they take on the Washington Wizards at the MCI Center.


Warner Bros. to release 10 high-definition films

Warner Home Video said on Wednesday  it will release 10 high-definition titles on September 26,  including six in the Blu-ray format and four in the competing  HD-DVD format.


Chirac and Blair discuss hopes of repairing ties

French President Jacques Chirac met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair Thursday for talks on improving trans-Atlantic relations and the importance of pushing forward the Middle East peace process.


Police Capture Suspect in Illinois Capitol Shooting

A former college student suspected in  Monday's slaying of a security guard at the Illinois state  capitol building was captured on Tuesday as he was knocking on  doors of homes nearby, police said.


A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that magician David Copperfield raped and threatened a Washington state woman at his estate in the Bahamas, a newspaper reported.


First woman bishop in Cuba won't copy men

The Rev. Nerva Cot, the first woman bishop named by the Episcopal Church in a developing nation, said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership of her rapidly expanding congregation in Cuba.


Wartime Comrade Questions Kerry's Vietnam Record

One of presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam war comrades, who had appeared to back off his criticism of Kerry's war record, recanted on Friday and said, yes, in fact he did question whether the U.S. senator deserved his medals.


Losses are growing for the book retailer Borders Group Inc. as it faces a difficult sales environment and a shortage of exciting new releases.


Arts & entertainment: At the age of just 18, Laura Marling may be Britain's most promising singer-songwriter. She tells Jude Rogers about her dark, bold music


People here hope for peace, unity in Middle East

(November 12, 2004) - In the hours since Yasser Arafat's death, it seems one question has been on the world's mind: What will it mean?


Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the


Google will make the software programs available offline, in a move that will challenge Microsoft and its office productivity tools.


Provvedimento riguarda un boss del Palermitano


One day after claiming a second term, President Bush gathered reporters to discuss his priorities for the next four years. According to the President, his domestic goals include making his tax cuts permanent


NOTIZIE FLASH: 1/A EDIZIONE - LA CRONACA

Milano. Sono almeno sei per il momento i casi di pazienti uccisi da Sonya Caleffi, la 34enne infermiera dell'ospedale ''Manzoni'' di Lecco, in stato di fermo per omicidio plurimo aggravato. E' quanto emerge


Nvidia GPU in video-centric iPod, too MP3 player chip maker PortalPlayer will see one of its media processors integrated into Apple's much-rumoured iPhone, a US analyst has claimed. And since PortalPlayer should soon be a Nvidia subsidiary, the deal, if true, is good news for the graphics chip company too.â¦


U.S. Raid in Iraq Kills 11; UK Hostage Said Beheaded

FALLUJA, Iraq  - A U.S. air strike aimed at  foreign militants led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed 11 people  in the Iraqi city of Falluja Friday and insurgents later said a  British hostage held by Zarqawi's group had been beheaded.


The Dallas Cowboys are taking their distinctive hole-in-the-roof design with them to their $1 billion new stadium.


The U.S. has recently shared new intelligence with the International Atomic Energy Agency on key aspects of Iran's nuclear program that Washington says shows Tehran was directly engaged in trying to make a bomb, diplomats said Thursday.


Pirates 5, Mets 3: Tears Shed by Martínez Are Not of Joy

After three disappointing innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pedro MartÃnez lowered his head to weep in the dugout and the Mets will have to wait another day for a chance to clinch the division.


Kuznetsova beats Davenport to reach Bali final

DENPASAR, Indonesia  - Svetlana Kuznetsova   retained her unbeaten record at the Bali International when she   overcame defending champion Lindsay Davenport 7-6 7-6.


Appeals court ruling upholds Net phone taxes

In split decision, judges OK extension of taxes to VoIP but agree with some arguments about the rules being unfair.


Eating fatty fish warded off kidney cancer in study

Swedish women who ate fatty fish like   salmon, mackerel and herring at least once a week had a   significantly lower risk of kidney cancer compared to consumers   of lean fish, researchers said on Tuesday.


Intanto spunta Zaleski, da sempre vicino a Bazoli


Sport: Tennis: World No2 Rafael Nadal was sent crashing out of the US Open by fellow Spaniard David Ferrer after a four-set fourth-round slugfest.


Alisher Saipov, an Uzbek journalist critical of President Karimov, is shot dead in the Kyrgyz town of Osh.


Auto Industry Arguments Against California's CO2 Rule — Just Hot Air?

The auto industry says it can't meet California's proposed C02 emissions regulations and argues the state has no authority to adopt them anyway. Proponents of the tougher regulations say the industry is blowing smoke.


Dopo ore di interrogatorio, ma non e' chiarito il movente


More Than 1,000 Federal Income Tax Refund Checks Returned ...

Oklahoma City - The Internal Revenue Service is looking for more than 950 Oklahomans whose federal income tax refund checks totaling more than $741,000 were returned to the IRS as undeliverable by the Postal Service.


Roma, 11:41 - CALCIO, ABETE: FAVOREVOLE A PLAYOFF E PLAYOUT

Il presidente della Figc, Giancarlo Abete, promuove l'attuale formato dei campionati: "Sono sempre s...


In both Israel and America, minorities in the Jewish world are attempting to impose their will on the majority. The outcome of these efforts will do much to determine the future course of Jewish politics.


'Ghost' who haunted Italian castle gets jail

A Polish woman who pretended to be a ghost and "haunted" an Alpine castle was sentenced to four months in prison by an Italian court.


Roma, 13:46 - CALCIO, ROMA: SI SVUOTA L'INFERMERIA

Si svuota l'infermeria della Roma. Tra i convocati per la trasferta di Reggio Calabria ci sono anche...


U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 50 suspected Taliban militants in an airstrike on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the force said Monday. Residents claimed dozens of civilians were killed.


Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered Friday to repay the team more than $8.6 million for breaching his contract.


The Home Secretary's decision to allow Peter Sutcliffe to visit the site of his father's ashes attracts widespread condemnation.


Nepal Army Kills 22 Maoists, Rebel Blockade Begins

Nepali soldiers killed 22 Maoist rebels in a fierce gun battle in the west of the country on Thursday, the army said, as a partial blockade of Kathmandu by the rebels reduced traffic to a trickle on two key highways.


President Bush on Monday nominated Lester Crawford to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.


With no more FCC at his heels, Howard Stern could get really dirty on satellite radio. But will the fans follow? Would you buy a satellite radio system to listen to Howard Stern?


BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.


Accident Involving Bombardier Crj200 in China

A China Eastern Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet was involved in an accident at about 8:20 am China local time (12:20 GMT) today while the aircraft was en route from Baotou to Shanghai.


After the Lebanese parliament failed to muster a quorum, the vote for president was postponed until Oct. 23.


Two of the 14 men arrested last weekend on suspicion of participating in terrorist training camps have been released from custody, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.


Remarks about the U.S. economy and its possible effects on the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.


Dato leggermente migliore delle previsioni


Napoli, 18:15 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: IN GRUPPO ANCHE NAVARRO

Seduta pomeridiana per il Napoli. Lavoro tecnico tattico chiuso da una partitella in famiglia con l'...


The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.


Flu Spray Most Effective for Children, Study Finds

A live virus in a nasal spray is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease.


AN explosion ripped through a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in an eastern Pakistani city during Friday prayers, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens of others, police said.


Republican John McCain tried to lump Mitt Romney with Democrats who want a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.


Attesa per i dati Usa sulle vendite al dettaglio a novembre


Barroso tinkers with EU team to break stalemate

Jose Manuel Barroso, the new EU commission president, won the backing of EU leaders last night for a mini-reshuffle of his team which should resolve an institutional crisis that has paralysed the union for weeks.


County prosecutors in Michigan reject request to charge Michael ...

A request by Michigan Republicans that filmmaker Michael Moore be charged with violating election law has found little sympathy among county prosecutors.


Twelve Palestinians, 3 Israelis Die in Gaza Violence

Twelve Palestinians and three Israelis  were killed Thursday as tanks thrust deep into the Gaza Strip's  largest refugee camp for the first time after a rocket attack  killed two Israeli children in a border town.


U.S. oil companies monitor Felix, output unharmed

U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas  producers were monitoring powerful Hurricane Felix as it  churned through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, but none had  reported reduced offshore production or evacuated workers to  onshore locations.


Court Upholds Peru Terrorism Sentence for New Yorker

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights upheld a 20-year conviction imposed by a Peruvian judge on Lori Berenson, a New Yorker convicted on charges she helped rebels plot an attack on Congress.


Bush admits Iraq car bombs are taking toll

US PRESIDENT George Bush has admitted that repeated car bomb attacks by insurgents in Iraq are taking their toll on efforts to rebuild the country.


Lycos Europe To Spammers: It's Pay-Back Time

Lycos Europe NV is offering Internet users a way to stick it to spammers with its new screen-saver software, called "Make Love, Not Spam.


Ukraine's opposition leader urges the international community to help ensure the new presidential vote is fair.


Cycling: Perez takes second stage in Spain

SIERRA NEVADA, SPAIN - A second consecutive stage win for Spaniard Santiago Perez in the Tour of Spain cycling race propelled him into third place overall today.


CIA agents ordered to stand trial for Italy kidnap YOUTH

CIA agents ordered to stand trial for Italy kidnap swept clean in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley in a file photo A Milan judge on Friday ordered 26 Americans, most of them believed to be CIA ...Comment


Olympic chiefs have ruled out cutting ticket prices despite poor attendances.


Asylum seekers sent to Australia's Christmas Island

Australia has begun talks with Indonesia  and Nauru over the fate of 85 asylum seekers rescued from the  Indian Ocean, the government said on Saturday as media reported  that the group would be sent back to Sri Lanka.


New world number one Vijay Singh wins the Canadian Open after a play-off with home hero Mike Weir.


Dollar Stalls Ahead of Employment Figures

The dollar was stuck in familiar ranges on Wednesday as the market awaited U.S. employment figures, while the yen came under pressure from another round of soaring oil prices.


Take away the glut of turnovers, and Bill Callahan says Nebraska's transition from the triple-option to the West Coast offense has gone smoothly.


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National Lottery players will be able to buy their tickets on their mobile phones, operator Camelot will announce.


Dutch Trafigura settles toxic waste case

A Dutch-based oil trading company paid $197 million to secure the release of three executives from an Ivory Coast prison and settle claims that it dumped toxic waste that killed at least 10 people in the West African nation.


Russia's Orthodox churches are due to hold services for the many victims of the school siege in North Ossetia.


A week later, the tape of the fight between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit fans sticks with me like a bad dream. I am still stunned to watch Ron Artest bound over rows of courtside chairs to attack a fan


Blue Chips End Barely Up, Oil Caps Gains

U.S. blue-chip stocks ended barely  higher on Friday as a spike in oil prices to near-record levels  pared earlier gains and renewed concerns about the effect of  high energy prices on consumer spending and corporate profits.


Another whale shark died early Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the huge, rare fish.


Mauresmo cruises to straight-set victory

NEW YORK Â· No. 2 women's seed Amelie Mauresmo of France advanced to the fourth round of the US Open, defeating No. 31 seed Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-2, 6-0 Friday.


Canada Says No to Americans Wanting Flu Vaccine

As a result of a serious flu vaccine shortage, large numbers of Americans have been crossing the border into Canada to get their flu jab.


Several people are reported killed in a large blast in Nazran, in the troubled Russian republic of Ingushetia.


opentaps Open Source ERP+CRM 1.0.0 Preview 5 Released

ERP and CRM suite, including eCommerce, inventory, warehouse, order, customer management, general ledger, MRP, POS. Database independent service-oriented architecture (SOA).   The opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM application suite released version 1.0.0 Preview 5 today.  There have been over 1,300 commits since the release of Preview 4 at the end of July.  Significant enhancements include:  * Integration of Pentaho business intelligence suite into opentaps for integrated reporting * Integration of newer JasperReports modules * Ebay and Amazon.com order integration * Support for paychecks and payroll features * Integrated postal address validation in CRM module and support for bulk postal mailing labels * New Ajax pagination tool * Screens for customer, commission, and vendor agreements and contracts * Cash drawer for tracking cash transactions * Credit limits feature * Improvements throughout the order entry, warehouse, and purchasing applications.  In addition, an online manual for opentaps is now available at:  http://www.opentaps.org/docs  As opentaps 1.0.0 is still under active development, all users and developers should use subversion's svn update to stay up to date.   opentaps is an open source Java ERP and CRM system which is compatible with Windows and Linux and all major databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MS SQL Server.  opentaps can be downloaded from SourceForge.net at:  http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=145855


Cancer drug experiments are much safer now, study finds

Patients volunteering for early trials of experimental cancer drugs may be far safer today than their counterparts were a decade ago.


Si' definitivo a conversione decreto su illeciti contabili


A senior military leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, was killed late Thursday in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.


The incoming Democratic chairman of  the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to  combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time  trampling of American rights.


"The proposal Blockbuster is prepared to make is clearly in the best interests of Hollywood and Blockbuster shareholders as well as consumers," says Blockbuster CEO John Antioco.


(November 10, 2004) - The Monroe County Health Department and Monroe County Medical Society announced today that 15,000 more flu shots have become available for this area's high-risk population.


Basilea, 17:42 - CALCIO, NAZIONALE SVIZZERA: HITZFELD FIRMA 2 ANNI

Il tedesco Ottmar Hitzfeld sarà tecnico della nazionale svizzera per due anni, a partire dall...


Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola Inc.  said on Tuesday that it would cut 1,000 jobs and take charges of about $50 million for severance benefits as it tries to increase productivity.


Neighbours put brave face on after shake-up

BANGKOK, OCTOBER 20 : Southeast Asia, defenders of Myanmarâs democracy roadmap, put on a brave face on Wednesday after Junta hardliners dashed hopes for reform and once again embarrassed their frustrated neighbours.


California cities and counties sue Microsoft for antitrust

SAN FRANCISCO Several California cities and counties, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, are suing Microsoft for what could amount to billions of dollars.


Germany's economy expands just 0.1% in the third quarter as weak exports offset a growth in domestic demand.


An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse challenges an oft-repeated conspiracy theory about 9/11.


Microsoft blames spammers for Hotmail charges

In a move which Microsoft claims will help fight spammers, MSN Hotmail users are facing charges if they want to access the email service via the Outlook email client.


U.N. backing could help Japan extend Afghan mission

A U.N. resolution to be adopted this month could help clear the way for Japan to extend its naval mission in support of U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan -- a move keenly sought by Washington, a diplomatic source said.


Australia PM visits East Timor for crisis talks

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor on Friday to pledge support after an assassination attempt on the country's president, Jose Ramos-Horta.


New Jersey Nets' Alonzo Mourning makes a move on Philadelphia 76ers' Marc Jackson (25) during the first quarter, Thursday night, Oct. 28, 2004 in East Rutherford, NJ (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun).


Chip maker Broadcom Corp.  received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from an investigation into its historical option granting practices, according to a filing.


Healthy Wisconsin residents most likely won't get flu shots this year, after a surprise announcement by British health officials Tuesday halved the United States' flu vaccine supply.


Edwards' Down-Home Style Fills a Gap for Kerry

Democratic Sen. John Edwards wasn't born a millionaire, and he doesn't let voters forget that.


Google Desktop Outshines Windows' File-Search Capabilities

Google is famed for its Web search engine, but over the past few years it has acquired a different role: Microsoft's No. 1 foreign aid donor.


The decision by Pakistan's president to stay on as military chief has angered leading politicians of the religious right.


Sri Lanka Calls for Aid as Tsunamis Leave 5,000 Dead

Sri Lanka appealed for international aid after declaring a state of disaster, as tsunamis unleashed by an undersea earthquake yesterday left more than 5,000 people dead and half-a-million homeless in the Indian Ocean island.


Labour leader Gordon Brown plans to reduce the influence of trade unions within the party, the BBC learns.


No mechanical glitch caused Africa crash

A preliminary investigation into a plane crash that killed 114 people in Cameroon last month has found no evidence of mechanical failure, Cameroon authorities said in a statement posted Friday on a government Web site.


Governatore Bankitalia, manca ancora scatto produttivita'


Musharraf calls for debate on Kashmir options

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Monday called for a national debate on ways to resolve the Kashmir dispute, with options to include independence or joint control of the region, Dawn reported Tuesday.


Kerry Hammers Away on Explosives as Bush Shifts Focus

Both candidates are making their final blitzes through several swing states in the waning hours of the campaign, delivering punchier and sharper critiques.


A UN human rights expert charged with corruption in Bangladesh is remanded in custody.


"Sopranos" creator defends uncertain ending: report

Many "Sopranos" fans were furious at Sunday's unresolved ending, but show creator David Chase said he didn't mean to annoy anybody, and for those left wanting more he didn't rule out a movie based on the series.


Melanoma often seen before Parkinson's disease

NEW YORK  - Rates of malignant melanoma and   skin cancer are increased before a diagnosis of Parkinson's   disease, new research suggests. This casts doubt on the notion   that levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease may contribute to   the observed higher risk of malignant melanoma in such   patients.


IBM's profit growth shows tech recovery hanging on

IBM, a barometer of trends in the computing business, has reported a solid quarterly performance that pointed to modest if uneven improvement in the corporate technology sector.


The Dead Talk, and There's Plenty of Static

The nominal thriller "White Noise" is worthy neither of Michael Keaton's talents nor even a desperate horror fan's attention.


Twelve dead, including nine British tourists, in Jordan bus accident

Twelve people, including nine British tourists, were killed when their bus overturned and crashed into a truck near the ancient city of Petra, a Jordanian official said.


Japan Game Makers Count on Mobile Gear for Growth

Japanese game makers, faced with a shrinking local market and increasing competition from overseas rivals, are pinning hopes on mobile platforms such as handheld machines and cellphones to stir up demand.


More Search Products Prowl for Market Share

We need a search engine to find all the search engines. Two more Web-query services launched last week, Accoona and Blingo; their initial performance, however, suggests market leaders Google and Yahoo don't have reason to worry yet.


Londra, 17:53 - CALCIO, EURO 2008, INGHILTERRA SENZA LAMPARD

Dopo Rooney e Beckham, l'Inghilterra perde anche Lampard. Il centrocampista del Chelsea non ha recup...


Firefox Browser, a Microsoft Rival, Fully Released

The free Firefox Web browser, which has chipped away at the market dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Internet Explorer, has been readied for a full release including new features designed to make it more


Rio de Janeiro, 23:32 - CALCIO, MEDICO BRASILE: PER RONALDO STOP DI 2 SETTIMANE

Ronaldo ha bisogno di due settimane per smaltire l'infortunio al ginocchio che lo tiene attualmente ...


Sexual abuse not just a Catholic problem: Vatican

Sexual abuse of children is not just a Catholic Church problem and other institutions should take steps to acknowledge and deal with such "wickedness" within their own ranks, the Vatican said on Tuesday.


TiVo Inc. pioneered digital video recording as a new way of watching television - when you want it. Now it could be TV where you want it, too.


"Harry Potter" works box office magic in debut

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" worked like magic in its U.S. box office debut, whipping up $44.8 million for the biggest Wednesday ever, according to studio estimates released on Thursday.


Sting of Bug Bites Can Linger Into Adulthood

By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Contrary to popular belief, not all kids who are allergic to insect stings outgrow their sensitivity.    Some people whose allergies left them in fear of bees, wasps, and the like as children still react to their stings as adults, but a new study offers relief: Allergy shots given in childhood can protect them for up to 20 years...


SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Intel Corp. on Thursday  said President Paul Otellini, a marketing expert, would replace  Craig Barrett as chief executive, at a time when the No. 1  microchip maker looks for markets beyond personal computers and  for new technologies to speed up PCs.


A ban on smoking in movie theaters, shopping malls, pubs and other public places in England will take effect July 1, the government said Friday.


FDA committee rejects P&G female sex drug

A US regulatory advisory panel has rejected Procter & Gamble's female sexual dysfunction patch, saying the potential long-term risks of the hormone treatment outweighed the benefits.


Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, a staunch supporter of Ukraine's so-called Orange Revolution, said Friday that he will travel to Kiev for the New Year holiday to show his support for backers of ...


Milano, 18:18 - CALCIO, FIFA; MILAN: MALDINI ATTACCA BLATTER E PLATINI

In un intervista rilasciata a Panorama, Paolo Maldini  critica senza mezzi termini il presidente del...


Tony Blair will try to lift Labour's eyes towards the looming general election in his keynote conference speech.


Five natural wonders of the world are nominated for inclusion on the UN World Heritage List.


MILITANTS have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline after taking two French journalists hostage in Iraq and demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.


Norwalk virus outbreaks on the rise in Calgary

A Norovirus outbreak in Calgary appears to be spreading, as the health authority got word over the weekend that six patients and seven staff members at Foothills Hospital have symptoms of the illness.


Hrothgar Parallel LM/MCMC Minimizer: Initital Release

Hrothgar is a parallel minimizer and Markov Chain Monte Carlo generator by Andisheh Mahdavi of the University of Victoria.   Hrothgar v0.9 is released today under version 2 of the GNU GPL. A PDF manual is available.