Jose Canseco's autobiography accusing several top players of steroid use and charging that baseball long ignored peformance-enhancing drugs appeared to be a hit on its first day in bookstores.


Gov. James E. McGreevey used his farewell address to tout the accomplishments of an administration cut short by scandal, apologizing for "mistakes in my judgment" but not for coming out as a "gay American."


Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of leading the nation from "the edge of greatness to the edge of the cliff."


Afghans say 7 police killed in U.S.-led strike

JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan mistakenly killed seven policemen in an air strike after Afghan forces came under attack from the Taliban and asked for help, a provincial official said on Tuesday.


Norwegian petroleum companies Statoil ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA elbowed into the global fray for oil yesterday with a plan to form a state-controlled giant that would be the world's largest offshore oil producer.


Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest media company, on Wednesday reported an 8 percent drop in third-quarter net profit as it set up a


Awards or money: It's hard to earn both at the same time.


The Sweater Only a Mom (and Analyst) Could Love

Getting a gift is like being set up on a blind date-like it or not, your friend or family member is sending you a message telling you in a coded way what they think you want, what you deserve and, on some level, who they think you are.


Iraq's Interim National Assembly Sworn-in

The 100-member assembly, which represents the country's ethnic and religious diversity, will oversee the government until elections in January.


The future of the controversial new EU commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione remained in the balance today, after it emerged that MEPs had voted against him taking up his justice and home affairs post - or any other.


Spyware Slayer vendor pays six-figure fine in Wash. suit

Two companies selling a program called Spyware Slayer will pay over $200,000 in fines and fees for violating Washington State's spyware and consumer protection laws.


President Bush, trying to recover from a stinging setback on immigration, will personally try in a visit to the Capitol next week to revive the embattled plan for legalizing millions of unlawful immigrants.


Jessica Rostedt, right, of the US fights for the ball with Zurine Gil Garacia of Spain during the first half of their U-19 Women's World Cup Championship match at Surakul Stadium in Phuket, southern Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004.


Israel to Permit Arafat to Go to Ramallah Hospital

Israel has agreed to let Palestinian  President Yasser Arafat go to a hospital in the West Bank city  of Ramallah if necessary and allow Jordanian doctors to come  and examine him, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday.


Oil prices rise after Saudi attack, halting three-day plunge

NEW YORK  - Global crude oil prices rose after gunmen stormed a US consulate in Saudi Arabia, arresting a three-day, 13-percent price slide.


OAKLAND, Calif. -- Prosecutors are expected to ask for a continuance in the case of Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco at a preliminary court hearing scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.


Dunkin' Donuts has a new pitchwoman: TV personality Rachael Ray . As the Canton chain looks to expand nationally and get beyond its doughnut heritage, Ray's philosophy of better-for-you food seems to make her ideal for the role.


The European Commission's first step towards resolving one of its largest trade disputes with the United States came in the form of a promise by outgoing Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.


Commission expected to resume probe over proposed deal after suspending it in April, source says. BRUSSELS  - The European Commission is expected to resume its probe of software group Oracle Corp.


Palermo, 16:50 - CALCIO, PALERMO; SIMPLICIO: NON SIAMO IN CRISI

Fabio Simplicio sostiene che il Palermo non è in crisi pur ammettendo che 4 sconfitte consecu...


Mention shareholder rights or excessive executive pay and the typical U.S. chief executive reflexively drops into a defensive crouch.


Ukraine's opposition agrees to lift siege of government buildings in Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko signed a compromise agreement Wednesday that obliged his supporters to lift their siege of government buildings, but he said they would stay in the streets until a deal is reached on a new vote.


Braves, Astros Meet in NL Division Series

The Killer B's, Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell, will try to show they can come through when it matters most when their Houston Astros face the Atlanta Braves in the NL division series opener Wednesday.


Blackstone partners may avoid tax on IPO gain: NYT

Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on  $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public  offering last month, the New York Times reported on Friday.


Schwarzenegger Allows Rare California Execution

Citing "grisly and senseless  killings," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined on Tuesday to  grant clemency to murderer Donald Beardslee, setting the stage  for California's first execution in three years.


'Sideways' and 'Aviator' Lead Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave seven Golden Globe nominations to "Sideways" and another six to "The Aviator" on Monday.


Oracle may cut its offer for PeopleSoft as much as one-third

Oracle Corp. is thinking about cutting its offer for PeopleSoft by one-third to a one-fourth. Oracle Co-president Safra Catz made the statement Monday, citing PeopleSoft's 2004 performance as the chief reason


Eur OK, EU diplomats decide in single-currency spelling debate

BRUSSELS  - European Union diplomats agreed Tuesday that the name of their single currency, the euro, could be spelled differently in the 25 member countries.


Poll finds SA less corrupt than last year

South Africa is slightly less corrupt than it was last year, but more corrupt than it was in both 2002 and 2001, according to figures released on Wednesday by the global anti-corruption


THE Taleban yesterday threatened to launch attacks during todayâs swearing in of Hamid Karzai as Afghan president. The inauguration was set to take place at Mr Karzaiâs fortress-like palace in Kabul, with


Blockbuster ending late fees at company-owned stores

Blockbuster Inc., the largest US video-store chain, will stop charging late fees at its company-owned stores to try to stem three consecutive quarters of declining sales and fend off a challenge for customers from Netflix Inc.


Mets 12, Nationals 6: Wright Leads Mets Past Nationals

David Wright's three-run homer capped a six-run fifth inning as the Mets rallied past the Washington Nationals on Saturday.


Boston, Yankees Scoreless After One Inning

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees were scoreless after one inning of play in Game 6 of the AL championship series on a cold, blustery Tuesday night in the Bronx.


Bachchan urges greater global warming awareness in India

Indian film superstar Amitabh Bachchan issued a warning over the dangers of climate change Thursday at the official launch of an awards ceremony here known as the Bollywood Oscars.


Four men are due in court after a series of police raids targeted an alleged terrorist recruitment network.


Investment firm dissolves Vail Resorts stake

VAIL, Colo. Vail Resorts Incorporated says one of its largest shareholders is dissolving its stake. Investment firm Apollo Advisors owns almost 18 percent of Vail Resorts.


NL Wrap: Dunn Goes Deep as Reds Tame Cubs

Adam Dunn hit his 44th home run of the season as the Cincinnati Reds dealt the Chicago Cubs a blow to their National League wild card aspirations with an 8-3 win at Wrigley Field on Tuesday.


Jury Nearly Set for Enron Criminal Trial

Opening arguments in the first criminal  case against former Enron Corp. employees are set to begin  after a federal court spent Monday whittling down a panel of  Houston-area residents to find an impartial jury in the city  still stinging from the company's downfall.


Deepening a rift over global warming policy, some European partners are accusing the Bush administration of trying to weaken a report that warns the Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet.


Oracle launches identity governance project

(InfoWorld) - Oracle on Wednesday announced a new project to tackle one of the thorniest problems facing enterprises: the proliferation of sensitive identity information across enterprise networks. The Identity Governance Framework is an initiative to develop specifications for sharing identity data across heterogeneous applications. The project has the support of identity and access management (IAM) vendors Ping Identity, Sun Microsystems and Securent, as well as CA and Novell. The framework and will eventually be turned over to a standards-setting body, according to Amit Jasuja, vice president of product development for Oracle's security and identity management products. The Identity Governance Framework (IGF) grew out of Oracle's efforts to integrate identity and access management technology it acquired from Thor Technologies, OctetString and other companies, Jasuja said. "We realized that a solution that just works with the Oracle stack is not what customers need," he said. Instead, problems such as lost data on laptops and identity theft point to the need for overarching standards that govern all the sensitive data squirreled away in data repositories across an enterprise, such as human resources, customer relationship management and custom-built internal applications. Oracle estimates that between 60 and 80 percent of sensitive data reside in these kinds of repositories, rather than in better protected enterprise databases, he said. "Finding out where all that information is turns out to be a huge forensic exercise," Jasuja said. "You have to root through every application repository and application logic and code to figure out how the [sensitive data] is being used." IGF addresses that problem by establishing a governance model that allows organizations to create "contracts" between applications and repositories of identity data. The model would cover how data flows within an enterprise and outside the enterprise to supply chain or business partners, he said. IGF has the following four components: -- CARML, the Client Attribute Requirement Markup Language, is an XML-based language used by application developers to define contracts that specify how applications can use certain kinds of data. -- CARML API is an Application Programming Interface that application developers can use to consume identity data in a way that conforms to the policies that govern that data. -- AAPML or Attribute Authority Policy Markup Language, defines policy rules regarding the use of identity-related information from an identity source. -- Identity Service is a service for securely accessing identity data from multiple identity sources based on established policies.Â  Open source and standards groups, including Eclipse.org and OASIS, are also working on the problem of federating identity information, but OASIS' SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language) and Eclipse's Higgins Trust Framework are more about creating consistent user identities that work between systems, rather than managing sensitive data, he said. "Nobody's asking whether I can propagate a social security number outside my country boundary and put it into system somewhere else," he said. Still, Oracle believes that IGF properly belongs under the umbrella of some standards setting organization, he said. The company plans to reach a deal to hand off its API, as well as AAPML and CARML work to such a group within the next 90 days or so. While Jasuja wouldn't say which group Oracle was considering. However, he acknowledged that a top concern is the speed with which the group can shepherd the IGF specifications through to standards. Both OASIS and Eclipse are possible partners for IGF. Notoriously slow IEEE is not high on the list of groups that might take over Oracle's work, he said. "Our goal is to take this into a standards organization as quickly as possible to get the (intellectual property) stuff figured out, and not sit around and waste a lot of time and energy," he said.


Russians run migrants from town in race violence

Dozens of wrecked market  stalls rot in the rain and a restaurant stands burned and  looted, its windows boarded up.


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Rain adds to exhaustion as earthquake-hit Japan fears landslides

Rain has triggered fears of fresh landslides in the Niigata region hit by Japan's deadliest earthquake in nine years as exhaustion was wearing down tens of thousands in shelters.


Abbas welcomed by leading gunman in refugee camp visit, Israelis ...

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas rode on the shoulders of the West Bankâs most famous gunman during a campaign stop, prompting questions of whether Abbas is playing campaign politics or identifying with


Goosen Does Unthinkable and Gets Woods Thinking

When Tiger Woods and Jay Haas faltered, Retief Goosen knew how to finish. Capping a satisfying year for Goosen, and a frustrating year for Woods, Goosen captured the Tour


With bells ringing and horns blaring, the Navy on Saturday commissioned the lead ship of its latest class of fast-attack submarines specifically designed for post-Cold War security threats.


Everything but the sandwiches Considering the technical complexity of modern commercial aircraft and the operational complexities of running any airline service, it may seem surprising - especially to anyone steeped in the ways of business and/or operational automation - to consider the level to which a commitment to paper is maintained.â¦


Assembling nanomaterials with the help of innocuous viruses could lead to threadlike Â¬batteries and photovoltaics that can be woven into clothing.


Microsoft to offer improved tools to search books

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday  it would offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on  the Internet as the company battles Google Inc. for advertising  dollars from Web-based services.


New Program Turns Consumers Into Spam Vigilantes

Lycos Europe debuted a new weapon in the war against unwanted e-mail Tuesday, by launching a screensaver designed to overload the Web sites featured in spam messages.


Mastella: sono da riformare, spero Parlamento se ne occupi


Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're being portrayed

The first thing Pete's Wicked Ale founder Pete Slosberg does when he gets to work is to type his own name into the Google Internet search engine to see if anything is being said about him or his new company, Cocoa Pete's Chocolate Adventures.


U.S. Hopes Israel Will Not Expand Gaza Offensive

By Saul Hudson SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States hopesIsrael will quickly end its massive offensive in Gaza withoutexpanding the operation, Secretary of State Colin Powell saidon Monday.


Cans and bottles of sugar-sweetened colas, lemonade and fruit drinks, which many people think can be drunk with impunity, are today implicated as a major cause of obesity and linked to a rise in diabetes by scientists in the United States.


FBI's Hoover planned mass U.S. jailings: report

Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan in 1950 to suspend the right to habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty, The New York Times reported on their web site on Saturday.


Two activists convicted of libeling the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not get a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.


Forty-nine pitches. Joe Nathan hadn't thrown that many in more than four years.


Dallaglio stokes England's quest for redemption

Sport: Lawrence Dallaglio and other old hands face a last chance to make a respectable World Cup defence, writes Robert Kitson.


Portugal begins school year with schools shut after computer glitch

Thousands of students in Portugal were forced to stay home on what should have been the first day of the new academic year because the education ministry failed to assign some 50,000 teachers to their schools on time due to a computer glitch.


Blog: Recent events underscore how many companies want to help bring computing to the world's children--so long as they can make money.


Biggest diamond in 13 years goes to market

A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in 13 years and the 15th largest in the world, went on sale in Antwerp on Wednesday after being uncovered in Lesotho in southern Africa, the owners said.


Microsoft promises to refund gamers who have experienced problems with its new Xbox Live video service.


A suicide bomb targeting a US military convoy in Baiji kills 14 as violence erupts in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland.


A strike by rebels shut down more than a third of Nepal on Tuesday, including Kathmandu, the latest stoppage in their campaign for a communist republic after last month's crippling road blockade of the hill-ringed capital.


American Express weighs lawsuit vs Visa, MasterCard

SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- American Express said Monday that in light of the Supreme Court's decision against Visa and MasterCard, it will seek partnerships with US banks.


Yet more URL manipulation mischief 02 has plugged a security hole that allowed customers to view text messages sent by other UK subscribers online.â¦


Il ministro difende la diffusione dei testi delle telefonate


Blue Jays rally as right-hander is strong for five frames

Kevin Brown gave manager Joe Torre exactly what he was looking for, even if the skipper had to see it on television. Brown may not have been efficient, but he


Roma, 18:29 - Calcio, Inter; Mancini: forse Ã¨ la partita della svolta

FelicitÃ  Mancini a fine gara. "Se potessi giocare sempre cosÃ¬ per me sarebbe molto bello - ha detto ...


Tiger plays through agony of back injury to show inner drive

Tiger Woods produced one of the most remarkable rounds of his glittering career yesterday. A four-under-par 68 on the first day of the AmEx World Championship at Mount Juliet


By ALICIA CHANG  LOS ANGELES - A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.


Seahawks Defeat Packers 21-3 in Preseason

Fourth-string quarterback Seneca Wallace led Seattle on two touchdown drives and the Seahawks took advantage of Tim Couch's dismal debut for Green Bay in a 21-3 exhibition victory over the Packers on Monday night.


An Indian tribe that says it was swindled out of land by the son of Pennsylvania founder William Penn cannot have any of it back, a federal judge ruled.


WWDC will feature new MacBook Pros, but no iPhone

A Wall Street analyst is predicting an assortment of new MacBook Pros and a good look at Leopard at next month's Worldwide Developers Conference.


Road pricing petition saved by Super SIM

While the crap is beaten out of the housing market Letters Surprisingly, not much has been troubling you this week, but the trawl of the mailbag did uncover one topic that's driven you right round the bend - Tony Blair's latest online petitions website, which this week chalked up more than one million signatories protesting against the mooted introduction of road pricing. Pull over, road rage to follow:â¦


David Blaine stunt ends with a crash in New York

David Blaine's latest stunt ended with a crash on Thursday when the performer escaped from shackles in a gyroscope 50 feet above New York's Times Square ...


Will the Beslan massacre unify - or divide - the West in the global war on terrorism? The massacre of school children by Islamic terrorists in the North Osettian town of Beslan horrified the civilized world.


DreamWorks announced today that it has decided to move its release of Shrek 3 from November 2006 to May, 2007. "We believe there are more than a half a dozen strong release windows available annually for our


The sharp increase of beef recalls involving E. coli raises questions about whether the Agriculture Department has given the meat industry too much leeway to police itself.


American Duo Wins Opening Beach Volleyball Match

American Misty May gave team mate Kerri  Walsh an ideal 26th birthday present with an easy victory over  Japan in their opening match of the Olympics beach volleyball  tournament on Sunday.


Stocks were mixed Wednesday as Federal Reserve policymakers met and investors looked ahead to another hike in interest rates. In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial


When Louise Lombard landed a role as the new crime-scene investigator on "CSI," a producer suggested she prepare by visiting a morgue.


Abbas plans Palestinian elections after Hamas "coup"

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he will order early parliamentary and presidential elections in response to what he called last month's "coup" by Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.


'Let it end here': Diana death plea strikes chord in Britain

With Prince Harry's heartfelt tribute to his mother ringing in their ears, the press made sympathetic noises Saturday over a call at her memorial service for her to be left in peace, 10 years on.


Pakistan is due for a two-month long tour of Australia, which include three test matches in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. They would also be playing a triangular limited-over series with West Indies completing the numbers.


NASA Announces Space Station Year-End News Conference

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov host a news conference from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 29, live on NASA TV, starting at 11:45 am EST.


Albanian envoy, ex-US lawmaker to arrive – October 08

Friday, October 08, 2004 Albanian ambassador to the U.S. Fatos Tarifa and former North Carolina congressman David Funderburk are expected to arrive today on Saipan for a three-day visit.


Britain's Armed Forces are under-funded and over-stretched say former military chiefs and senior politicians.


Jason Priestley, star of '90s TV series "Beverly Hills, 90210," is a proud father.


By Sandra Barrera\\ Staff Writer  Drinking fluoridated water may ruin your baby's smile.


Pregnant pop star Lily Allen refuses to design a range of maternity wear as it would give fans the "wrong message".


No. 15 Purdue ends long drought at South Bend

The players in black and gold hugged and screamed and raced to the southeast corner of Notre Dame Stadium, where a group of Purdue Boilermakers had never celebrated in the last 30 years.


Esplode deposito abusivo Crolla una palazzina: un morto

Salerno, 13 settembre 2004 - Un morto, una palazzina crollata e una chiesa danneggiata. E' questo il risultato della forte esplosione che si Ã¨ verificata questa mattina, intorno alle 10.00, all'interno di


'Within our reach' to sell 6m by April 2007, prez states Sony's plan to ship 2m PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide by the end of the year and a further 4m PS3s by the end of March 2007 is still "within our reach", company President Ryoji Chubachi told reporters this week.â¦


British economic growth slowed considerably in the third quarter of 2004, hit by a poor performance from the industrial sector.


Leave the gun, remake the cannolis? Days after city health officials proposed outlawing trans fats in eateries, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the ban and tried to drag Robert De Niro into the debate because the actor's restaurants do not use the harmful man-made oil.


Hurd to hold briefing on HP analysis of spying scandal

(InfoWorld) - In one of his first public acts to address the burgeoning Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) spy scandal, Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd plans to brief reporters Friday about the findings of an analysis conducted by the company's law firm. HP retained Morgan, Lewis & Bockius for the outside analysis of the company's actions in trying to find the source of a boardroom news leak. The scandal led toÂ the resignation of company Chairman Patricia Dunn, who will turn over that job to Hurd in January. Dunn and Hurd have said they knew about the operation, but insist they never approved of the possible illegal methods used by third-party investigators to obtain communications records of reporters and some HP employees and directors. "What began as an effort to prevent the leaks of confidential information from HP's board room ended up heading in directions that were never anticipated," Hurd said in a written statement. However, company e-mail records seem to indicate that both executives knew about the investigators' "pretexting" practices while they were going on, according toÂ recent stories in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Pretexting involves pretending to be someone to obtain their telephone records. In Friday's meeting, a representative from the law firm will share its findings, describing "exactly what took place and when," Hurd said. Dunn has also saidÂ she will share more information about the episode, promising to "set the record straight" about allegations that she oversaw the illegal operation. Morgan Lewis will also represent the company in government inquiries such as criminal investigations by the California and Massachusetts attorneys general, and by the U.S. House of Representatives. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has said that he has enough evidence to indict certain people at HP and its contractors with crimes related to their methods in obtaining private phone records of reporters, board members and other employees. Â


Pfizer to Halt Advertising of Celebrex to Consumers

Pfizer plans to immediately stop advertising Celebrex, its best-selling arthritis pain reliever, to consumers after a study linked it to an increased risk of heart attacks.


DAL MONDO CORDOGLIO, DOLORE MA ANCHE POLEMICHE

ROMA - Il giorno dopo l'ecatombe nella scuola Numero 1 di Beslan, in Ossezia del Nord, e la furiosa reazione di Mosca alla richiesta di spiegazioni da parte della presidenza di turno olandese dell'Ue, l'Europa da Maastricht oggi ha ribadito ma anche


Police could pursue suspects across the Irish border under plans being proposed by the DUP.


The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 1,096 Alabama taxpayers, including dozens from the Decatur area, whose income-tax refund checks could not be delivered.


Air Force GPS Satellite Roars Into Space

The mobile service tower (MST) was retracted from around the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, exposing the vehicle as the countdown entered its final hours before liftoff.


A deal between US mobile firm Verizon and social networking site YouTube will extend the service to handsets.


bizpile writes "Ireland has decided to take some extreme measures to crack down on one type of online scam. They have decided to suspend direct dialing to 13 countries (mostly South Pacific Islands) in order to halt the use of auto-dialers.


U.S. newspapers that spend more money  on their newsrooms will make more money, according to a study  released on Wednesday, which questioned the wisdom of the media  industry's trend of cutting jobs to save costs.


Milano, 18:15 - CALCIO, LEGA: ASSEMBLEA SERIE B APPROVA RIPARTIZIONE RISORSE

La serie B ha approvato l'accordo sulla ripartizione delle risorse economiche. L'annuncio è s...


Myskina Wins Three to Edge France for Fed Cup Victory

In what many expected to be a 5-0 whitewash for the Russians, the Fed Cup finale came down to the final doubles match Sunday in Moscow, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera "The Crying Game" Zvonareva edging Marion "Roly Poly" Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6(5), 7


A suspect in an alleged UK-wide terror plot tells a court he bought fertiliser knowing it would be used for bombs.


Powell: US doesn't accept Ukraine results

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said today the United States does not consider legitimate the results of elections in Ukraine, which the opposition says was marred by fraud.


Mike Green scored 1:27 into overtime for his third point of the game to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Green, who also had two assists, redirected a pass from Michael Nylander past Carey Price for his 11th goal.


Top two aides quit McCain's 2008 campaign

Republican John McCain's top two  aides left his struggling U.S. presidential campaign on  Tuesday, dealing a sharp blow to the Arizona senator and  casting doubt on the future of his 2008 bid.


Report: Internet surpasses TV as media choice

A report from the Online Publishers Association (OPA) reveals that 45.6 of 18-54 year-olds will turn to the Internet, rather than the TV, as first choice for home entertainment.


Europeâs first lunar spacecraft, SMART-1, has successfully cruised into orbit around the Moon. It entered orbit late on Monday, while making its closest approach so far - passing about 5000 kilometres above the lunar surface.


The last 12 months have been one of the best years in video game history, both critically and commercially.


Man City midfielder Joey Barton is charged by the FA after he bared his backside to Everton fans.


Drug addiction worldwide appears to be slowing down for almost every kind of illicit drug, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said on Friday.


La Honda ha presentato un "umanoide" in grado di correre e ...

Arriva dal Giappone e si chiama Asimo. Si tratta di un robot, o per meglio dire di un umanoide, capace di muoversi in un modo che ricorda sorprendentemente quello di un essere umano. Mostrato al pubblico recentemente


Consumers would appear to be more cautious, if we can believe the Conference Board's US consumer confidence index for October, released Oct. 26.


Hosts Bangladesh suffered another humiliating innings and 99-run defeat against touring New Zealand in the first Test of the two-match Pan Pacific Sonargaon Test series that concluded soon after lunch on the 4th day Friday at Bangabandhu National Stadium


Napster founder introduces new file-sharing service

Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster, worldâs first file trading peer-to-peer network, is back in full force to legalize music swapping with his new venture.


Soelden, Austria - Anja Paerson picked up where she left off last year, winning the season-opening World Cup giant slalom in solid fashion on Saturday.


La flotta collega l'isola a Livorno e Piombino


Il quotidiano titola in prima pagina "Il ministro vuole l'eutanasia per legge"Ma si tratta di un errore con Maurizio Turco, deputato della Rosa nel pugno                                            Gaffe del Giornale, il direttore chiede scusa ma a Liva Turco non basta: "Dimettiti"                                                                                Maurizio Belpietro ha ammesso lo sbaglio, ma attacca: "Grave se la politica interferisce con la stampa"


The nightmarish beginning to a controversial redeployment has rekindled criticism of Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to shift the 850-strong Black Watch Regiment from the relative calm of Basra to Iraq's deadliest area.


Madrid, 23:10 - CALCIO, SPAGNA; COPPA DEL RE: REAL MADRID ELIMINATO

Il Real Madrid è stato eliminato negli ottavi di finale di Coppa del Re. La squadra di Schust...


Capello - Totti un amore finito Botta e risposta senza freno

ROMA, 21 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Veleni romani. Prosegue la polemica a distanza tra Francesco Totti e Fabio Capello. Oggi Ã¨ stato il giorno del batti e ribatti, prima Ã¨ stato il turno del capitano della Roma, sulle


Books of The Times: Anxiety, Illustrated

This collection brings together nearly three decades of Roz ChastÂs cartoons, which capture the oddness, discontinuity and plain absurdity of the world around us.


Pfizer looks to spin off cream of Japan lab

Pfizer Inc , the world's largest drug maker, said on Friday it is in talks with investors about spinning off its Japanese research and development laboratory, albeit as a much smaller organization.


Congolese warlord Germain Katanga faces the International Criminal Court, only the second suspect to do so.


ISU Students Learn From India Chemical Disaster

India's worst chemical disaster in history continues to haunt citizens twenty years later. More than a hundred thousand Indians still suffer from health problems.


The move will allow Intercontinental Exchange to expand into nonenergy commodities for the first time.


Ford says Tata front-runner to buy European brands

Carmaker Ford  said on Thursday that India's Tata Motors  was the front-runner to buy its European brands -- Jaguar and Land Rover.


China rejects U.S. warning on toothpaste

China called a U.S. warning to consumers to avoid Chinese toothpaste because it may contain a poisonous chemical "unscientific, irresponsible and contradictory."


Militant gets 18 years for Bali bombings

Judges sentenced an Islamic militant to 18 years in prison Thursday for his involvement in the 2005 Bali bombings that killed 20 people — the second verdict in the terrorist attack in as many days.


Nintendo's Wii top U.S. seller in January: NPD

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


Gannett Aided by Broadcast TV Ad Revenue

Media company Gannett Co. Inc. GCI.N  on Wednesday said quarterly profit increased 6 percent, powered  by political advertising gains at its broadcast TV stations  that more than offset ad declines at its flagship USA Today  newspaper.


Looking for a way to separate the keepers from the duds? Look no further.


IAC/InterActive Corp. plans to split itself in two by spinning off online travel service Expedia.com and related businesses into a company called "Expedia," saying IAC's public perception as a travel company was hindering its growth.


A new study offers some relief to parents of picky eaters: Itâs not your cooking, itâs your genes.


Thai rescuers retrieve bodies from plane wreck

PHUKET, Thailand  - Thai rescue workers dragged the last bodies on Monday from the charred wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed while trying to land in a fierce monsoon storm on the resort island of Phuket, killing 89 people.


SK Telecom Selects Staccato Communications As Partner to Deliver the First Worldwide Deployment of Ultra Wideband WPAN Mobile Phone Services

Staccato Communications and SK Telecom, the largest mobile phone and  broadband operator in Korea, today unveiled plans for the global  delivery of Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless personal area network (WPAN)  mobile phone services.


Scarlett Johansson struts her stuff in cleavage-baring dresses on the red carpet, but in real life, she'd rather remain a mystery.


Wal-Mart to add more part-timers, wage caps: NYT

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more staff on nights and weekends, The New York Times reported on Monday.


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â¬200m in dodgy dealing German police investigating Siemens' telecoms unit have made two further arrests and reckon suspicious transactions could total as much as â¬200m.â¦


First "Hobbit" edition to go under the hammer

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - One of the first editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" is expected to fetch over 30,000 pounds ($58,560) when it goes up for auction next month.


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The just-completed World Series, in which the Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals for the franchise's first crown in 86 years, finished up as the highest-rated Series since 1997, according to Nielsen Media Research.


Bush Says US Safety from Terror 'Up in the Air'

President Bush said in a television interview the United States was safer from terrorism but whether it can ever be fully safe was "up in the air.


Contraceptive pill 'less effective' in obese women

The contraceptive pill is less likely to work in women who are obese or overweight, according to new research. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that overweight women


An auction of items belonged to the late French President Francois Mitterrand, including his famous black felt hat, raised nearly $220,000 for his widow's charity.


I'm Not Really Running, I'm Not Really Running...

Using mental tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line faster.


Soy nuts reduce blood pressure and cholesterol

One half of a cup of soy nuts  each day may work as well as anti-hypertension medication to  lower blood pressure, a new study in postmenopausal women  demonstrates.


Hungarian prime minister calls for offensive against extremism

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany called Wednesday for an offensive against neo-fascism after a string of extremist outrages, the latest of which targeted a gay government official.


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Diplomatic missions in Uganda call on the government and LRA rebels to resume stalled peace talks in Sudan.


US actress Claire Danes is to make her Broadway debut later this year in the role of Eliza Doolittle.


Shabani Nonda scored a crucial late volley to keep Blackburn's UEFA Cup hopes alive as Bayer Leverkusen secured a 3-2 first-leg victory at the BayArena.


Vasseur takes stage as Sinkewitz tests positive

MARSEILLE, France  - Cedric Vasseur clinched the host country's first win in this year's Tour de France with victory on the 229.5-km 10th stage on Wednesday.


Thefacebook.com, a Web site that began 10 months ago, is now the most popular way to either network or waste time for a million college students.


Author Alan Hollinghurst Breaks Social Boundries, Wins Booker ...

Author Alan Hollinghurst has won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for 2004 with his novel "The Line of Beauty.". "The Line of Beauty" is a colorful tale about an Oxford University graduate living in the London


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Call Made from Phone of Abducted Italian in Iraq

A friend of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who was kidnapped in Baghdad on Friday, received a call on Saturday from Sgrena's telephone but it was unclear who was at the other end of the line.


President Bush nominated former New  York police commissioner Bernard Kerik on Friday to head the  U.S. homeland security department and accepted the resignation  of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson as part  of a broad Cabinet overhaul.


In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All

By all evidence, outrageously bad dreams are a universal human experience.


CAMEC launches offer for Canada's Katanga

London-listed Central African Mining & Exploration launched a formal offer for Katanga Mining Ltd on Wednesday, but Katanga Chief Executive Arthur Ditto said he was not interested.


Despite having no DNA match from John Mark Karr, prosecutors say they will keep searching for JoBenet Ramsey's killer


Aging: For Uninsured, Medicare Makes a Healthy Impact

Uninsured people 55 and older significantly reduce their risk of declining health after they enroll in Medicare at 65, a new study suggests.


Report faults Virginia Tech response in shootings

Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report on Thursday.


Women can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, the government declared Thursday, a major step that nevertheless failed to quell the politically charged debate over access to emergency contraception.


Exxon expects Russia to widen its Sakhalin license

ExxonMobil XOM.N CEO Rex Tillerson   told Reuters on Tuesday he expected Russia to live up to   agreements to enlarge the territory of the Sakhalin 1 project   to include new oil discoveries.


UK minister criticizes Kremlin after ex-spy death

A British government minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia as media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death of an ex-KGB spy.


Southwest and Continental post higher profits

Southwest Airlines Co  and  Continental Airlines Inc , two of the largest U.S.  carriers, posted higher quarterly earnings on Thursday as  fuller planes and fare increases helped offset soaring fuel  costs.


The EU's decision to back a single standard for TV on mobiles could see the UK fall behind, warn analysts.


Saints 23, Falcons 3: An Emotional Recovery

The Louisiana Superdome reopened to a full house in New Orleans Monday night, with fans cheering the opening of the front gates as if the Saints had already won.


Guard of British diplomat shot dead in Athens

A Greek police officer guarding the private home of Britain's military attache to Greece was found shot dead in northern Athens early Friday, police said.


Singapore's parliament votes against a controversial proposal to decriminalise sex between men.


As she had done every morning for a week, Mecka Ibrahim brought the lips of her howling infant to her breast, hoping the milk would flow again.


UE: BERLUSCONI, NON E' VERO ALLARME SU RAPPORTO DEFICIT-PIL

Ischia, 22 ott. (Adnkronos) - ''Non e' vero che Ecofin abbia lanciato l'allarme sullo sforamento del 3% del rapporto tra deficit e Pil''. Lo ha detto il premier Silvio Berlusconi nel corso della conferenza


England prop Phil Vickery will be out for six weeks with an eye injury.


Microsoft wins patent case with Timeline

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft won a round in its battle with patent licensing company Timeline. On May 29, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed Timeline's accusations of patent infringement, ruling that Microsoft's patent licensing agreement with Timeline is valid. The case dates back to 2005 when Timeline sued ProClarity for patent infringement. A few months later, Microsoft acquired ProClarity, and shortly after that, Timeline added Microsoft to the ProClarity suit. In the suit, Timeline claimed to have terminated its contract with Microsoft based on breach of contract and charged the software giant with patent infringement. In the May 29 ruling, the judge decided that Timeline couldn't terminate the licensing agreement based on its breach of contract claims. As a result, the court ruled that the licensing agreement was valid and thus Microsoft wasn't infringing on any patents. Since the ruling, Timeline filed a breach of contract suit against Microsoft in Washington State Superior Court, it said in a June 4 press release. It also may appeal the district court ruling. Microsoft lost an earlier separate battle against Timeline. In 2002, an appeals court ruled that Microsoft couldn't allow its customers to combine their own code with Microsoft products if the added code resulted in a process that infringed Timeline's patent. The Timeline patents relate to technology used in database software, and Microsoft used them in its Small Business Financial Manager product. Timeline recently changed its focus from a developer of software applications to a company dedicated to licensing its intellectual property. Timeline did not return calls seeking comment. Microsoft also has not replied to requests for comment.


ATHENS, Greece -- American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 51.25 seconds.


South Africa's Gold Fields buys 14.4% of exploration firm Comaplex ...

CALGARY (CP) - A subsidiary of South African miner Gold Fields Ltd. has bought 14.4 per cent of the shares of Comaplex Minerals Corp.


Racist attacks cast shadow over French liberation celebrations

Paris partied to celebrate the 60th anniversary of liberation from Nazi occupation yesterday, but its mayor warned that, faced with a recent surge in racist and anti-semitic attacks, the city needed to recover the courage it had shown in the summer of 1944


"Little Miss Sunshine" wins indie film awards

"Little Miss Sunshine" won the top prize at the Spirit Awards, the art-house world's equivalent of the Oscars, on Saturday, a day before the underdog comedy competes in four categories at the Academy Awards.


U.S. Casualties Rise in Iraq; 10 More Dead

American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the U.S.-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. As of Tuesday evening there, 10 American troops had been killed in action and an undisclosed number wounded — a toll described by a senior U.S. commander as very light.


Steve Nash helped the Phoenix Suns overturn a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit and post a 114-105 road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.


Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has ordered an investigation into last week's U.S.-Iraqi raid of a major Sunni Muslim mosque in Baghdad, his office said Monday.


Speeding YouTube motorcyclist escapes prosecution

A British motorcyclist escaped prosecution on Friday, after allegedly posting a video of himself speeding at 100 m.p.h. on YouTube.


Pharmacist groups warn against drugs-from-Canada program

The pharmacists' associations in Missouri and Illinois have begun a campaign warning that a new multistate program for getting drugs by mail from Canada violates federal law and risks public health.


The Australian government is cracking down on welfare recipients in coastal areas where unemployment is high.


Judge throws out $51 mln Vioxx award as excessive

NEW ORLEANS/NEW YORK  - A judge on Wednesday threw   out a $51 million jury award against Merck & Co. Inc., calling   it excessive for a former FBI agent who suffered a heart attack   while using the drug maker's Vioxx painkiller and ordered a new   trial on damages.


Double Russian Air Disaster 'A Terrorist Act'

Suspicions grew today that terrorists were to blame for the twin airline crashes, with a top official saying terrorism was the main theory and many Russians insisting the double disaster could not be explained by mere coincidence.


Witness Says Ovitz Was Discussed in 1995

GEORGETOWN, Del. - Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner discussed the possibility of hiring Michael Ovitz as president with two directors and a major shareholder as early as May 1995 - almost five months before


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Media & professional: Sarah Churchwell: The row over racism has obscured the fact that the series' producers are doing women a real disservice.


Crude prices race toward $55 US; market braces for US oil ...

Oil futures prices briefly topped $55 US a barrel Wednesday after a report showed American supplies of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil and diesel, shrank for a fifth straight week, heightening fears of a winter-fuels crunch.


Super Bowl ads draw more fire for insensitivity

Television advertising standards came under fire again this week after several groups called some Super Bowl commercials offensive and demanded they never be aired again.


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Adobe builds web conferencing into Acrobat

Rounds up the collaboraters with V.8 Adobe's cash cow, Acrobat, gets a makeover in November, upgrading a version number to 8.0, and gaining a new companion.â¦


Too much video gaming not addiction, yet

The American Medical Association on Wednesday backed off calling excessive video-game playing a formal psychiatric addiction, saying instead that more research is needed.


Red Sox' Japanese Sensation Is Diced by Unknown Oriole

Orioles outfielder Jon Knott is so unsung he can't be found in the team's media guide, but he dominates Red Sox sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka on Sunday with a home run and a single.


Microsoft Office development platform ups and downs

Attendees at the Microsoft 2008 Office System Developer Conference this week are leveraging development capabilities in Office System, but cite issues such as getting used to the new ribbon-based Fluent UI in the 2007 Office release.A sampling of attendees at the San Jose, Calif. event revealed mostly satisfaction with Office System. Most were Microsoft business partners developing applications for Microsoft's SharePoint platform for collaboration and business processes."I bought into it. I'm drinking the KoolAid," said Jeff Modzel, technical architect for SunGard Higher Education."Our customers are colleges and universities and their constituents, which are students. Kids very much want collaborative environments for their classes. SharePoint's an easy solution to that problem," Modzel said.He described Office System as an "excellent" development platform, although he noted difficulties in writing an Excel 2007 add-in prior to getting the newly released Visual Studio 2008 platform.The new ribbon-based Fluent UI in the Office package takes some getting used to, Modzel said. "The first handful of times I used it, I did not like it and the more I used it the more I liked it," he said.Consultants at developer OTB Solutions also mentioned issues with the ribbon. The people who hate it the most are the people who are very familiar with the old Office platform, said Dick Federle, consultant at OTB.? But he still likes the feature. "The neat thing about the ribbon is since it?s context-sensitive, you're only seeing what's important for what you're looking at, at the time, said Federle.Another consultant at OTB gave the ribbon a thumbs-up. "It's become familiar. You can use it and extend it," said OTB consultant Jen Glass.OTB has been using SharePoint as an application development platform. "We saw with the new SharePoint platform that it was actually ready for enterprise applications," Federle said. For example, OTB has developed a health insurance claims auditing system that processes more than 1.5 million transactions a month, he said.Developers, though, must adapt to using configuration capabilities in SharePoint rather than resort to coding, Federle said. "There are a lot of capabilities and a lot of problems you can solve with SharePoint through configuration without having to write any code," he said.At FirstBank, the company is currently running Office XP and is looking to migrate to Visual Studio Tools for Office and Office 2007, said Greg Mestas, distributed applications manager at the company.While features such as the ribbon UI in Office 2007 may make things easier for developers, Mestas is not so sure what the benefit is for end users."Most of our people use Word and Excel, and Word and Excel are still Word and Excel," Mestas said. "They've had a lot of the same features release over release. So the biggest benefit for us [in migrating] is staying on a supported platform, to put it bluntly," he said.The bank is starting a pilot project on SharePoint for office automation. "We're trying to get rid of all that paper and all that manual process and create some workflows and InfoPath forms as a replacement," Mestas said.An official at SharePoint applications developer Consejo applauded Microsoft's Open XML document initiative as a benefit for Office application development."Their whole Open XML is proving to be very comforting to most developers because in the old days, when it was binary, that not necessarily ideal," said Virgil Pate, development manager at Consejo.Also, the ribbon UI makes it simpler to modify the user interface, he said. But Microsoft could have done a better job in migrating users to the ribbon, Pate stressed.Recalling his company's experience with SharePoint, Pate said it is easy to get started developing extensions, but support has been slow, he said.Pate expressed caution about the Office Live platform, in which Microsoft offers online versions of software. While calling Office Live a great idea, Pate wondered about its security and reliability. "If they ever start to go down or start to have lag time, it's going to hurt them," he said.Another developer, Marcin Geborik, of developer Computer Plus of Krakow, Poland, cited good experiences in developing for SharePoint but found difficulty in working with Microsoft Office Project Server."As a matter of fact, Project Server's API is just not good," Geborik said.Meanwhile, Microsoft with version 2 of Office Live Small Business this week restructured the offering, providing users with a free domain for the first year as well as a free Web site. After the first year, the domain costs $14.95.?Subscribers get 100 free e-mail accounts each with 2-2.5GB of storage, as well as services such as contact management.Also, Microsoft with its Unified Communications platform plans to bulk it up with instant messaging capabilities that can find persons linked in a workflow chain.


Court refuses to toss out Leonard LIttle's DUI case

The Missouri Supreme Court today rejected Leonard Little's request to throw out a felony indictment against him on the grounds that the law authorizing the charge is unconstitutional.


Tiananmen Square was decorated with Chinese and Russian flags Thursday morning as president Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a three-day visit.


Kentucky Sen. Bunning in Flap Over His Health

Kentucky's largest newspaper on Thursday urged Republican Sen. Jim Bunning to answer questions about his mental health because his behavior as he seeks a second term is troubling voters.


Bank of England governor Mervyn King can expect tough questioning when he faces MPs on Thursday.


Minister offers apology for touchy remark

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen (é³åå±±) yesterday apologized for the words used to condemn a comment by his Singaporean counterpart who warned against Taiwan independence at a United Nations meeting last week.


Vitamin fad could cause early deaths, say scientists

CARELESS use of vitamins, taken by millions in the belief that they promote good health, could be causing thousands of premature deaths, scientists have warned.


P. Diddy Unhappy With Campaign Schedules

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is ready to play travel agent for the presidential candidates. During his swing state Vote or Die! tour, the 34-year-old hip-hop mogul said he was disappointed President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry aren't stopping in urban areas during their campaigns.


Time Warner Will Split Off AOL Dial-Up Business

On Wednesday, Time Warner said it will split off AOL's remaining dial-up business.


Treasuries Dip But Selling Momentum Slows

US Treasury debt was down a sliver on Monday, but four straight days of selling appeared to be sputtering out as investors awaited key events like a speech from


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Sorenstam leads in bid for record fourth straight Mizuno title

Annika Sorenstam moved into position for her record-tying fourth consecutive Mizuno Classic title, shooting a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round.


At least 300 dead in Philippines' floods and landslides

At least 300 people have died, and another 150 are missing, in floods and landslides unleashed by a storm which struck the northern Philippines.


Peacekeepers fire on troops at river-border

Bukavu/Nairobi - United Nations peacekeepers have fired on troops trying to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Rwanda, the UN-funded radio station Radio Okapi reported on Wednesday.


Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, Clinton's campaign said Monday.


IBM Emerging Tech Watch: Self-Healing Software Diagnoses IT Problems Based on Symptoms

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software that helps developers and solution providers build self-healing capabilities into their applications -- features that could save IT staff up to 80 percent of time previously spent resolving issues manually.


TURKEY:  Islamic Party Wins in Landslide

ISTANBUL, Jul 23 (IPS) - Turkey's governing Justice and Development  Party (AKP), with its roots in Islam but professing to be secular  and conservative, won a landslide victory in general elections  Sunday. What it does in coming days will determine how long it  stays in office.


German firms upset over plans to slash Iraq debt

BERLIN: German construction firms yesterday slammed plans by the Paris Club of creditor nations to wipe out 80 per cent of Iraq's debt, warning that individual companies might seek to seek legal action against the German government to protect their claims


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Bushâs Air Guard stint started well, then faded into mystery

John F. Kerryâs service in Vietnam and his postwar testimonials have been targeted all summer by Republican-funded critics and veterans groups - so much so that for several months they have obscured George W. Bushâs much-criticized Vietnam-era


Microsoft bids $1.2 billion for Norway's Fast

Microsoft Corp  has offered to buy Norwegian Internet-search software firm Fast Search & Transfer  for 19 crowns per share, valuing it at about $1.2 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.


Talkback: What are your cell phone commandments?

InfoWorld - Technology may update and improve at a staggeringly fast rate, but some tech stories always seem to remain relevant no matter what new developments arise -- or even because of new developments.


Europe heads to beach, America heads to work

As Europe's workers take a few weeks of holiday this summer, their American colleagues will be lucky to get a few days off work, says a report published by the European Trade Union Institute.


In Bahrain, Democracy Activists Regret Easing of U.S. Pressure

MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 26 -- Bahrain's government has touted parliamentary elections here as a model for regional reform and a milestone for democracy. But critics say the polls are similar to those in many Arab countries: designed to give the appearance of democracy while maintaining the...


Time Warner says YouTube, Facebook overvalued: FT

Media companies looking to acquire  Internet sensations YouTube and Facebook would need to take a  "big leap of faith" to pay current valuations on the takeover  targets, Time Warner Inc's boss was quoted as saying in an  interview.


Palestinian leaders expected in Paris Monday

The three members of the caretaker Palestinian leadership say they will visit Yasser Arafat at a hospital near Paris, despite angry comments from Arafat's wife.


Ray Charles, posthumously nominated for seven Grammys — including album of the year for "Genius Loves Company" — will be honored in a tribute at next month's awards show.


U.S. to face Mexico in CONCACAF Gold Cup

The winning streak is hardly foremost in their minds — getting to the World Cup is another matter. Riding a 30-game unbeaten run, the U.S. women try to qualify for the 2007 World Cup when they face Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Wednesday night.


Israel ends offensive in southern Gaza, 11 Palestinians killed

Israeli army troops withdrew from the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis before dawn on Sunday after a two-day incursion left 11 Palestinians dead and more than 50 others wounded.


Suit blames video game for N.M. slayings

Family members of three people slain by a 14-year-old on newsman Sam Donaldson's New Mexico ranch sued the makers of the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" on Monday, claiming the crimes would not have occurred had the teenager never played the violent game.


TV Review | 'Comanche Moon': Out West, Where the Ladies Are Consumptive and the Men Confused

âComanche Moon,â like âLonesome Doveâ before it, upends the classical code of the film western, one that prizes the heroâs commitment to chastely maintaining the social order as the ennobling alternative to intimacy.


China says it's deeply concerned at Japan's defence move

China has voiced concern over Japan's overhaul of defence policy that eased a decades-old ban on arms exports and suggested a shift from a defensive posture.


An Old Journey Forged in Pain; A Remembrance Born to Heal

St. Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn held a commemoration to express the grief of the slave trade from Africa to the New World.


MPs will call for Tony Blair to be impeached for "gross misconduct" over the Iraq war on Wednesday.


US jury says Wyeth drug caused woman's breast cancer

A jury on Wednesday awarded a woman $1 million and her husband $500,000 in compensatory damages after finding that Wyeth's hormone replacement drug Prempro was a cause of her breast cancer.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stuck a toe in the presidential race Friday, taking strong issue after Republican Mike Huckabee accused the administration of having an "arrogant bunker mentality" on foreign policy.


EADS offices raided in insider trading probe: source

Police raided the French headquarters of EADS, the company that owns Airbus, as part of a probe into alleged insider trading by top executives of the group, a company source said.


A man was sentenced Friday to 100 years in prison for recording his sex acts with at least 120 children in Cuba and Ecuador, and distributing the videotapes and CDs to customers in the United States.


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Madonna and Gucci sponsor at fundraiser at the U.N. for Unicef and Malawi that raised $5.5 million, and elevated the celebrity quotient of New York Fashion Week by an order of magnitude.


Rell Makes Three Appointments to Improve Juvenile Services

ARTFORD, Aug. 17 - Gov. M. Jodi Rell has chosen a national expert on juvenile justice to oversee part of the state's troubled juvenile services system, in one of three appointments announced on Tuesday to address problems at the ...


Symbian slimeware spreads slowly A strain of mobile malware targeting Symbian-based phones is "actively infecting" a small number of smartphones, according to security vendor Fortinet.â¦


Bush administration was out of touch with reality in Iraq

No chemical weapons. No biological weapons. No nuclear weapons. No facilities for producing them. No imminent threat to the United States or any other country.


It could be argued that it is time for Yankees Manager Joe Torre to go. But it is hardly Torreâs fault that the front office does not seem to feel Don Mattingly is ready to take over.


Critics lambast Robert Lanza for claims he and his company made about their stem-cell work. Now he takes his argument to the Senate. In Bodyhack.


Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue's painkiller drug that's a frequent target for theft.


Soldier Says Mission Not Refused From Fear

A soldier from an Army Reserve unit whose members refused to deliver fuel along a dangerous route in Iraq says he and others did not act out of fear, as the soldier's father has said.


Two Authors of N.F.L. Concussion Study Dispute a Conclusion

Two of the five co-authors of a paper published in the journal Neurosurgery said research on concussions in football should not be applied to high school and college players.


Ruehl Will Be Artist Louise Nevelson in 'Edward Albee's Occupant' in 2008

Playbill - Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl will star in the world premiere of Edward Albee's Occupant, directed by Pam MacKinnon, May 6-June 29, 2008, in an Off-Broadway production by Signature Theatre Company.


Children warned of social Web site dangers

Police launched a Web site on Tuesday to  warn children as young as eight about the dangers of putting  their personal details on social networking sites such as  MySpace and Bebo.


West Indies captain Brian Lara has been cleared of serious injury after taking a nasty blow in the the back of the neck by a delivery from Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.


The holidays are here, and investors are wondering: Will Santa put some jingle in their pockets this year? So far, so good. Since President George W. Bush's Nov. 2 reelection, the stock market has roared, sending


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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.


ROME, Oct 29  - French President Jacques Chirac urged the head of the incoming European Commission Friday to take "the appropriate decisions" to resolve a row over his EU executive team which has left the EU in limbo.


A recent report from market research firm NPD places iTunes in third place among all music retailers.


We've passed the midway point here of this week-long affair, and we're noticing the effect that the more practical, toned down, brass-tacks Microsoft - without a glistening new operating system hovering twelve months into the future - is having on attendees.  We look at our five "flashpoint" topics we introduced on Friday, to see how well we were able to pre-gauge the mood of the conference.


Muslims Said Practice Polygamy in Britain

Thousands of Muslim men in Britain may have exploited a loophole in British law banning multiple marriages by holding religious marriage ceremonies in mosques, Islamic leaders said.


Colombia's foreign minister resigns over scandal

Colombia's foreign minister resigned on Monday after her senator brother was arrested on charges he conspired with illegal paramilitary groups in a political scandal hurting U.S. ally President Alvaro Uribe.


Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo are in a battle for the No. 1 ranking at the WTA Championships this week at the Staples Center, however, both players downplay the faceoff.


Wal-Mart to open 18 more stores in China

Wal-Mart plans to open 18 new stores in China by the end of next year, as new rules permit foreign retailers to expand into smaller inland cities.


Stocks Headed for Flat Start; Oil Slides

U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat  market open on Tuesday, as a slide in oil prices took pressure  off the market after a sell-off in the previous session.


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Two Koreas agree to meet, paving way for aid

North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to restart high-level talks, paving the way for food aid to resume after this week's breakthrough energy-for-disarmament deal with Pyongyang.


Apple's iPod touch uses the same name as HTC uses for its iPhone competitor, but the head of the Taiwanese company won't say yet whether his company will sue.


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Roger Daltrey, 60, Sings for New Generation

It's almost 40 years since Roger Daltrey first hollered, "Hope I die before I get old" and captured the anger and frustration of his generation.


At Home, Codey Is Sworn in to Finish McGreevey's Term

Richard J. Codey, the president of the New Jersey Senate, was sworn in as acting governor last night at a private ceremony at his home, surrounded by family members.


Bill France Jr., who transformed NASCAR from a small Southern sport into a billion-dollar conglomerate during his 31 years as chairman, died Monday. He was 74.


Market Values: History Offers Hope and Fear for Kodak

The business in which Kodak made its name, film processing and conventional photography, is in decline.


Kostelic wins first World Cup race in nearly two years

Croatia's Janica Kostelic won her first World Cup race in nearly two years, charging through steady snow and choppy conditions to beat Anja Paerson by more than a second Saturday in this season's first World Cup slalom.


Fresh challenge at Bob Hope for holder Hoffman

American Charley Hoffman knows he faces a totally different challenge when he defends his Bob Hope Classic title in Palm Desert, California this week.


Stocks of a powerful painkiller used to treat thousands of NHS patients may run out in the next few weeks, government has warned.


Third Oxfam Formula 1 Auction offers 24 items of Renault F1 Team memorabilia

For the third year in succession, the Renault F1 Team is joining forces with Oxfam, the international development charity, to raise money for its work around the world.


Regulators look at two online ad takeovers: report

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft Corp's  planned acquisition of aQuantive Inc  as well as Yahoo Inc.'s  proposed deal to take full control of Right Media Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


He becomes 1st to reach plateau in season earnings after win at Chrysler, his 9th of year. Vijay Singh will need time for this to sink in.


Citing Cancer, Chief Resigns at McDonald's

McDonald's announced that Charles H. Bell was resigning as chief to focus on his battle with cancer, and will be succeeded by James Skinner, the vice chairman.


Army Examines Possibility of Private Medical Contractor

Whom do you turn to when the enormous number of military contract employees in Iraq creates problems for the U.S. Army as it tries to fight there?


Haleh Esfandiari discusses her interrogation and imprisonment inside Iran.


N.Korean diplomatic couriers tear-gassed in Finland

Finnish police used tear gas to evict  two North Korean diplomatic couriers from a train after they  refused to show their tickets or identify themselves.


U.S. Tsunami Aid May Be Billions of Dollars - GOP Senator

The United States may eventually  spend billions of dollars to help Asia recover from last week's  devastating tsunami, a leading Republican U.S. senator said on  Sunday as the Bush administration battled criticism it had been  slow to respond.


Actress Phina Oruche becomes the fifth contestant to be voted out of ITV1's I'm A Celebrity... reality series.


Major League Roundup: Verlander Helps Tigers Inch Closer to Indians

Gary Sheffield, Carlos GuillÃ©n and PlÃ¡cido Polanco hit home runs against C. C. Sabathia yesterday, giving the host Detroit Tigers a 12-3 victory against the Cleveland Indians.


Allied Raises Spirits with Positive Update

Drinks giant Allied Domecq was today toasting the success of spirits such as Ballantineâs whisky and Malibu rum as it issued an upbeat trading statement.


TORONTO (CP) -- Up to 400,000 Canadians might be driving Ford vehicles with faulty door latches that could lead to serious injury or death, according to a $527-million class-action lawsuit commenced Tuesday against Ford Motor Co., Magna ...


SCUOLA: MARCHE, ALLO SCIOPERO HA ADERITO IL 70% DEL PERSONALE

Ancona, 15 nov. - (Adnkronos) - Ha aderito il 70 per cento degli insegnanti delle scuole materne, elementari, medie inferiori e superiori della scuola nelle Marche allo sciopero indetto per oggi da Flc Cgil


The chemistry felt special right from the start of the January 1983 recording session when pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette began playing "The Masquerade Is Over," a standard covered by singers from Billie Holiday to Stevie Wonder.


T-Mobile Announces Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement

Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.


Early Ovarian Surgery Linked to Dementia

NEW YORK -- Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests.


Business software maker Siebel Systems Inc.  on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit, after a year-earlier net loss, driven by a healthy rise in license revenue.


Psychological Distress More Common with Diabetes

NEW YORK  - Adults with diabetes are considerable more likely to experience depression, anxiety and other disorders that cause serious psychological distress than those without diabetes, researchers report.


South Africa level series against England

South Africa completed a 196-run win over England on the fifth day of the third Test at Newlands to draw level in the five-match series.


There is a fortune to be made from selling naming rights to New Yorkâs five Mafia families.


SHANGHAI Rubens Barrichello won the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday, but while he occupied Michael Schumacher's accustomed place atop the podium he could not take his teammate's place at the center of attention.


Eminem is recovering from a bout with pneumonia that sent him to the hospital. "Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor's care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia," the rapper's publicist, Dennis Dennehy, said Tuesday. "He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home."


Two Killed in Afghan Protests Over Ousted Governor

Two people were killed in clashes on  Saturday between U.S. and Afghan forces and stone-throwing  protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing  a regional governor, hospital officials and witnesses said.


Torino, 23:41 - CALCIO, JUVE; RANIERI: VITTORIA NON CAMBIA MIO GIUDIZIO

Un esordio da incorniciare per la Juve e per il suo tecnico Claudio Ranieri. "La squadra ha fatto il...


New York, 11:04 - FOOTBALL, NFL: RISULTATI

Risultati della 17/a e ultima giornata della regular season del campionato americano di football (NF...


Oil cartel Opec said yesterday it would increase its official output by 1m barrels of oil a day from November, but oil prices still rose as the cartel noted it was already pumping more than it should.


Mike Huckabee said Monday he wouldn't run a TV ad he'd prepared blistering Republican rival Mitt Romney as dishonest. Then he showed it to a room packed with reporters and cameramen.


India software giants wary of US slowdown

India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once red-hot sector faces tough times in 2008.


John Howard says he will not step in to block the planned $8.8bn takeover of Australian national airline Qantas.


Twenty-seven of the 56 schools with bowl-bound football teams graduated less than half their players, according to a study released Tuesday.


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Hamm Admits He Will Be Shocked if He Loses Gold

Olympic all-round champion Paul Hamm  admitted he would be stunned if he lost the gold medal he was  awarded in Athens following a judging error.


BLADE Network Technologies Delivers New Combination Fiber/Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch for HP BladeSystem C-Class

BLADE Network Technologies Inc. (BLADE), the leading provider of network switching infrastructure for blade servers, announced its new Layer 2/3 blade switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class featuring high-performance, "in system" switching and routing across 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports.


President Bush, faced with complaints from Republicans as well as Democrats about higher cost estimates for a new Medicare drug benefit, said Friday he would veto any attempt to change the law.


Iraqis walk among buildings damaged by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. The Iraqi government Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish


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Russian sites using new IE bug to install spyware

An Internet Explorer vulnerability first reported yesterday is already getting a workout. Malware utilizing the hole for installation is turning up on various Russian porn sites, with more trouble expected.


The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen


Per l'Italia la flessione e' dello 0,4 a 92,7 punti


Maris's Son Seeks Probe Into Canseco Drugs Claims

RALEIGH, N. C.  - Former home run king Roger  Maris's son wants baseball authorities to investigate  accusations by former slugger Jose Canseco that he used  performance-enhancing drugs with some of the sport's top  players, including Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi.


At UN, Bush defends decision to invade Iraq

President Bush went before a skeptical hall of world leaders Tuesday to mount a vigorous defense of the war in Iraq, telling the United Nations that the Iraqi people are


BT grows global presence but shares fall as investors doubt former monopoly can play in US market. LONDON  - BT Group PLC will buy Infonet Services Corp.


Lebanon war report could pressure Olmert

A report to be released Wednesday about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year.


A girl and her father are winched to safety after falling into a river below a waterfall in mid Wales.


Heather Mills joins TV's "Dancing with the Stars"

Heather Mills, estranged wife of  former Beatle Paul McCartney, has joined the next group of  celebrities who will strut their stuff on the ABC television  hit "Dancing with the Stars," the network said on Wednesday.


Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada's second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a majority stake of US-based Banknorth Group Inc.


By Anonymous  Spectacular one-day outings to celebrate the greenest, breeziest month  1 TOFINO, B.C.  A HIDDEN HOT SPRINGS COVE It's rare to find hot springs near the coast.


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Gunmen shoot Palestinian intelligence chief

reforms. But sponsors feared nothing would come of it because President Yasser Arafat had withheld. Gunmen fired from two moving cars as Abu Rajab drove to his office in Gaza City, witnesses said.


There is some magic in the fraternity of presidents. For the most most part they forgive one another for the insults they have endured on the political battlefield.


Prosecutors are seeking to admit evidence of singer Michael Jackson's "prior sexual offences" in the forthcoming child molestation trial.


Federer, Henin-Hardenne named ITF champs

Roger Federer and Justine Henin-Hardenne were selected the International Tennis Federation's world champions on Monday.


Microsoft launches desktop rival to Google

The battle for search-technology supremacy extended to new front today when Microsoft launched a tool for finding files stored on personal computers.


Ex-WorldCom Directors' Settlement Challenged

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- In an unusual legal move, a group of Wall Street banks has challenged the settlement announced last week between 10 former WorldCom Inc. directors and plaintiffs in a class-action shareholder lawsuit filed after WorldCom collapsed into bankruptcy court in 2002 following charges of widespread accounting fraud.


Officials worry about virus in blood supply

TORONTO - Health authorities in Canada are trying to determine what measures need to be taken to ensure the safety of the country's blood supply after learning a little-understood primate virus can be transmitted through blood transfusion.


Raytheon profit rises on higher missile sales

Defense contractor Raytheon Co.   on Thursday reported higher fourth-quarter profit,  helped by higher revenue from its missile programs.


$1 bln Alltel-Midwest deal gets antitrust OK

U.S. antitrust authorities on   Thursday approved rural telephone operator Alltel Corp.'s   AT.N $1.075 billion deal to buy Midwest Wireless Holdings.


Snipers and police security teams took up positions around Ankara airport as Pope Benedict XVI arrived for his first visit to a Muslim country. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shook hands with the pope at the foot of the plane. But dozens of Turks demonstrated against the pope, denouncing his visit to Turkey and saying he was not welcome.


Using Technology: Blogs About Business Travel Begin to Feel the Power

Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of business travelers who write blogs have learned that their Web journals are more than online platforms to blow off steam.


Jens Lehmann is determined to lead Arsenal back to the Champions League final to make up for the bitter memories of his side's defeat against Barcelona in Paris.


Over 25,000 families in Indonesia are still waiting for new homes two years after the tsunami, Oxfam warns.


U.S. health care spending seen doubling in 10 years

U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.


A prescription cannabis medicine made by UK biotech firm GW Pharmaceuticals is set to be approved in Canada, sending its shares more than 8% higher.


Sports: Rangers reliever arrested over stadium incident

OAKLAND, Calif. Texas reliever Frank Francisco has been arrested by Oakland police on a charge of aggravated battery. He threw a chair into the stands during the ninth inning of last night's game in Oakland, injuring two spectators.


Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage "Charlie's Angels" and "Dynasty" to "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place," died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.


The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday cut its 2004 forecast for US economic growth to 4.3 percent but raised its growth predictions for the euro zone and for Japan.


Tremor felt in Singapore as quake hits Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, panicking residents in West Sumatra province and sending slight tremors to neighboring Singapore.


The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 on Sunday to win the club's first Super Bowl title in 36 years.


AMERICA/MESSICO - Nuova iniziativa per introdurre l'eutanasia in Messico; il Card. Rivera contro il suicido assistito ed a favore di tutto quello che riguarda il Âmorire beneÂ CittÃ  del Messico (Agenzia Fides) - Come parte della loro agenda Âanti-vitaÂ, dopo essere riusciti giÃ  a depenalizzare l'aborto e ad equiparare le unioni omosessuali al matrimonio, i deputati del Partito della Rivoluzione Democratica (PRD) hanno pres...


Fallujah: US troops tightened their grip on Fallujah but clashed with rebels in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul, where gunmen roamed the streets, and in the capital where one US soldier was killed.


A study testing whether Celebrex or naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted Monday after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking naproxen, an over-the-counter pain reliever on the market for nearly 30 years.


Ivan Noble, the BBC journalist who has been writing about his treatment for a brain tumour, dies aged 37.


Dancing on Bubbles In a Takeover Stampede

NEW YORK They say on Wall Street that no one rings a bell telling you that it's time to get out. But if you've got any sense -- or any sense of financial history -- two recent transactions might bring a faint ringing to your ears.


Gordon Brown announces the cancellation of the Â£80m debt owed to Britain by Mozambique.


JAKARTA - At least 13 people died in the crash of an Indonesian Air Force helicopter into a hill in the Central Java town Wonosobo on Thursday afternoon, an Air Force spokesman said.


St Louis, Missouri - Boston Red Sox players and their devoted fans have spent decades wondering what their emotions would be after the seemingly cursed club won a World Series title for the first time since 1918.


Karzai overcomes obstacles on way to final victory in Afghan polls

Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai, having gained over 54 percent of the votes counted so far,has successfully surmounted all the barriers towards final victory,an official of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said.


Wildlife managers are looking to contraception as a way to control nuisance animals.


Scientists say they have developed an effective vaccine against malaria that could be ready for use in six years.


Street gangs are blamed for the abduction of a dozen children in broad daylight in the capital.


Microsoft Reassigns Several Top Executives

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


The United States agrees to wait after a deadline expires for all EU member states to lift restrictions on GM crops.


In lieve calo all'apertura dei mercati valutari


There is always a sense with Arsenal that they are playing not just the opposition but also themselves. Twice they went ahead on Sunday through moments of inspiration from Thierry Henry; twice


Spettacolare 3-3 all'Olimpico fra Lazio e Lecce

Spettacolare pareggio all'Olimpico fra la Lazio e il Lecce. Gli ospiti si fanno raggiungere per ben due volte da una Lazio che non ha mai smesso di lottare. Il primo tempo Ã¨ stato dominato dai pugliesi che


Honeywell to Buy Novar to Expand in Building Products

Honeywell International Inc., the world's largest supplier of building controls, agreed to buy Novar Plc for 798 million pounds ($1.53 billion) to expand its security, fire and ventilation-systems business in Europe.


Microsoft Will Alter Vista Operating System

The changes are in response to a complaint by Google that a feature of the operating system is anticompetitive.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, faces a federal probe after the company said a technician intercepted text messages and improperly recorded phone calls with a New York Times reporter.


Oil prices close above 50 dollars for the first time

NEW YORK For the first time, oil has settled the day priced at more than 50 dollars a barrel. In New York, crude for November delivery rose 48 cents and closed at a record 50 dollars, 12 cents a barrel.


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BELGRADE, Sep 11 (IPS) - Serbian health authorities have finally confirmed  what was long suspected -- the nation tops the list in Europe for  lung cancers.


Soe Win named new prime minister of Myanmar

Myanmar, also known as Burma, has confirmed the ousting of its prime minister Khin Nyunt. A senior figure in the country's ruling military junta, said he has been replaced by a deputy to one of the top two generals in the country.


Cosa Nostra contraria al provvedimento di clemenza: la scarcerazionedi decine e decine di cani sciolti era vista con preoccupazione                                          E i capi mafia dissero "L'indulto ci rovina"                                                                                di FRANCESCO VIVIANO


A New Hope for Endangered Fish: Surrogate Breeding

There are many ways to try to save endangered species, including freezing sperm and eggs for breeding programs. With fish, though, that approach is limited.


Multiple Ultrasounds Appear Not to Affect Early Childhood ...

It appears that concerns about the effects of repeated ultrasound exposure on early childhood development are unfounded. In an Australian study released this week, researchers report that babies who were exposed


Bush, Rumsfeld Try to Soothe Angry U.S. Troops

President Bush said on Thursday U.S.  troop concerns about inadequate equipment for Iraq combat are  being addressed and he did not blame soldiers for raising the  issue with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.


The dollar falls to yet another all-time low against the euro, after further weak US economic data.


Group Teaches Animal Tracking to Urbanites

Jason Davis knelt in a snow-filled ditch beside a frozen gravel road, the bill of his baseball cap nearly touching four small marks in the snow. As he examined the marks, more than a dozen other animal trackers gathered around. The trackers are volunteers with Cascadia Wild, which has organized the Wolverine Tracking Project for the past five years to bring urbanites closer to nature and gather information about animal species in Mount Hood National Forest.


Trojans Hang On to Spoil Stellar Day for Cal Quarterback

Aaron Rodgers tied an N.C.A.A. record by completing 23 consecutive passes, but he watched his last three attempts sail off target in the final minute.


Republicans will hold their 2008 presidential convention in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, choosing a location in the politically pivotal Midwest.


GAZA: The Palestinian Islamic militant group, Hamas, called on Tuesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, saying it could add to the isolation of Israel and the United States.


Equilibrium. Alla faccia di questo titolo del secondo episodio di Eros (quello diretto da Steven Soderbergh), ieri mattina alle dieci al popolo festivaliero sono saltati i nervi, tanto per marchiare con il


Apple Releases Two New iPods and Updated iTunes

Apple has done it again. Today apple released its iPod photo a Special edition U2 iPod and an updated version of iTunes. The iPod photo has been rumored for some time now but many didnât expect a release of the iPod photo until next year.


UK manufacturers' costs fall more than expected in January and at the fastest annual pace in more than four years.


Road to the top always goes through Woods

Golf's landscape can change quickly. Phil Mickelson had a two-shot lead with three holes to play at the U.S. Open. He looked like a lock to win his third straight major and head to Hoylake for a shot at his own Grand Slam, and a spot in history that was supposed to be the private domain of Tiger Woods.


North Korea' state radio says US President George Bush is trying to turn the world into "a sea of battle fires".


Due sono gravi, ancora non si conosce causa deflagrazione


Johnson Delights the Nats By Taking a Healthy Stance

Manager Manny Acta and General Manager Jim Bowden witness what offseason reports had been telling them -- that Nick Johnson is back and tearing the cover off of the ball.


Race to Bring Tsunami Aid to Aceh Survivors

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world's largest  peace-time relief effort zeroed in on remote northern areas of  Indonesia's Sumatra island where possibly hundreds of thousands  of tsunami survivors have yet to receive aid.


The UAW union ends its strike at General Motors after reaching a tentative deal with the carmaker.


Comcast, Time Warner announce financial deal

Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. on Monday announced an agreement on what could be the first step of giving Comcast a way to redeem its stake in Time Warner Cable Inc.


Gilead Sciences 3rd Quarter Profit Rises

Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD.O on  Thursday reported higher quarterly net profit on increased  sales of its HIV drugs.


West Wing star Stockard Channing is charged with drink driving after being stopped by police in the US.


U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Indonesia's Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A U.S. military  helicopter helping the tsunami relief effort crashed near Banda  Aceh airport on Monday, briefly disrupting aid operations, but  military sources said no one was killed.


Abramoff Allegations Make Brown a Legit Threat to Doolittle

Eight-term Republican Rep. John T. Doolittle of CaliforniaÃ¢ÂÂs 4th District has not faced legal repercussions stemming from his past association with now-convicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Still to be determined, though, is whether there will be any serious reverberations on Nov. 7 Ã¢ÂÂ when voters go the polls in a Republican stronghold that the conservative Doolittle has dominated in his past elections.


The NFL Europe League has pulled the plug on the Scottish Claymores in favour of another German team. The Claymores have been part of the NFLEL since 1995, posting an average attendance of 10,799.


Blog: Former Googler hired back by Microsoft reveals the dark side to working at Google


Attorneys for Jose Rodriguez told Congress the former CIA official won't testify about the destruction of CIA videotapes without a promise of immunity


Si pensi al futuro, ai giovani e alla crescita italiana


Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular yesterday in a cool rain, warm sunshine, and blustery conditions for an 8-under


EU urges NKorea to quickly end nuclear weapons program

The European Union, Japan, the United States and other world powers Wednesday urged North Korea to swiftly dismantle its nuclear weapons program, in statements at a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog.


The head of Iran's judiciary issues a order that no executions be carried out in public without his permission.


NEW YORK  Â Art is hot. Despite turmoil in the financial markets, there are no signs that the art market is softening. The fall auction season in New York saw robust prices across most categories, with postwar and contemporary works in particular going through the roof. It seemed like a new record was being shattered every time an art auction was held.


News.com Extra: Electrifying Tesla coil art

Plus: NASA hunts rats for public health. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Moroccan IT engineer arrested over fake Facebook account

Authorities unamused by Prince impersonation A Moroccan IT worker faces jail for setting up a Facebook account in the name of Prince Moulay Rachid, the second in line to the country's throne.â¦


Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart has delayed announcing whether he will return to Southern California for his senior season or turn pro, saying he will reveal his plans Friday.


Ohio wants special car plates for sex offenders

Lawmakers in Ohio said on Wednesday they want to force convicted sex offenders to use a fluorescent-green license plate on their cars so they can be easily identified.


Fear Is Spread by Body Language, Study Says

Menacing body posture can be as threatening as a frightening facial expression, according to new research. The finding may explain how fear spreads.


'Everyone's a critic' takes on new meaning when Internet fan sites and blogs enter the mix.


Norway's FM begins Sri Lankan peace salvage bid

Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen arrived here to launch his latest initiative to save Sri Lanka's faltering peace process as officials played down expectations of a breakthrough


China's leader celebrated the fifth anniversary of Chinese rule over Macau on Monday, praising the former Portuguese colony for its success under China's "one country, two systems" policy that integrated the capitalist territory into the communist state.


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Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

A small clinic in Manhattan that handled the cases of thousands of sickened 9/11 recovery and cleanup workers is coming under scrutiny over its performance.


Running turned humans into what they are today, U. of U. biologist ...

The thousands of runners who step up to the starting lines of marathons each year may be following in the footsteps of our earliest human ancestors.


DAMASCUS, Syria - A car bomb killed an operative of the Palestinian militant group Hamas as he turned the ignition Sunday, and Israeli security officials acknowledged that the Jewish state was involved.    Sunday's killing was the first by Israel of a Hamas member on Syrian soil and came after weeks of Israeli warnings that members of the Islamic militant group would not be safe anywhere...


Blair to undergo operation to fix irregular heartbeat

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would enter the hospital for an operation to correct an irregular heartbeat that was first diagnosed a year ago and has recurred in the last two months.


World ; EU rules out talks without Turkish law reforms

Until recently the assessment was widely expected to be positive, but that has been thrown into doubt by the failure of the Turkish parliament to adopt the new penal code because of controversy over a proposal to criminalise adultery.


Civil war monument to British volunteers stolen

Monument to British dead in Spanish civil war is torn down and carried away by rightwing extremists.


Naked Pamela Anderson May Grace Billboards

A naked Pamela Anderson will beckon from Chinese billboards in a new anti-fur campaign — if the former "Baywatch" star can get past the censors.


Casino operator Stanley Leisure says it has agreed a takeover offer from Malaysian gaming firm Genting.


Mascot demoted for acting the goat on parade

The six-year-old mascot for a British army battalion has been demoted in disgrace for acting the goat during a parade in full view of dignitaries.


Egyptian troops pull back, Gazans flood over border

RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops kept their distance from the breached Gaza border on Saturday a day after a security guard was shot in the foot, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream unhindered into Egypt.