Ja Rule and Lil Wayne have been arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in separate incidents, police said. The best-selling rappers were arrested Sunday night shortly after Lil Wayne's concert at the Beacon Theatre. It wasn't immediately clear whether Ja Rule had also performed.


Carter vows full effort despite unhappiness

In his first public statements since a trade demand last month, the Toronto Raptors star defiantly refused to soften his position yesterday, but insisted that he would still play hard for the team he wants to leave.


Atlantis landing delayed after mystery object spotted

NASA decided to delay space shuttle Atlantis' landing by 24 hours after a mysterious object that may have come off the orbiter was spotted floating below it.


Hungary banned the sale of its signature spice, paprika, on Wednesday and told people not to use whatever supplies they had at home after more than a pinch of moldy toxin was found in products sold by three companies.


The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday night that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses when policies cover both.


Toshiba to replace 340,000 Sony-made batteries

Toshiba Corp. said on Tuesday it would   replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries worldwide, the   third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony Corp. in less   than 40 days.


Sebastian Larsson's winner puts Birmingham top of the Championship.


Review: Not much is new in 'The Groomsmen'

If you've seen previous Edward Burns comic dramas about troubled romance and strained friendships, you've pretty much seen his latest, "The Groomsmen."


Itanium powers world's fastest Solaris box!

The shock, the horror IDF No IDF would be complete without a healthy dose of Sun Microsystems bashing.â¦


Litvinenko witness Kovtun has acute poisoning: Ifax

Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of poisoned  Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is suffering from acute  radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency said on Friday,  citing his medical notes.


U.S. economic activity should pick up for the rest of this year and into 2008 as the drag from a decline in the housing market dissipates, the International Monetary Fund said Friday.


Werder Bremen consider selling Haristeas to Ajax

German champions Werder Bremen may be prepared to sell Greek international forward Angelos Haristeas to Ajax Amsterdam, the Bundesliga club's sporting director said on Wednesday.


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


The controversial attempt to attack spammers by bombarding their web sites with traffic from thousands of individual PCs is over. After a week of heavy criticism of the company's plan to launch denial-of-service


Roma, 16:35 - CALCIO, ROMA: FISIOTERAPIA PER PANUCCI E VUCINIC

Allenamento mattutino per la Roma, con il tecnico Spalletti che ha lavorato su possesso palla, rapid...


A man dies and six others are missing in a fire at a seafront hotel on Blackpool's central promenade.


Chittagong - Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mashud hit solid half-centuries, but failed to stop India from posting an 11-run victory over a fighting Bangladesh in the first one-dayer here on Thursday.


Reality guru Burnett ready for martial arts combat

Reality producer Mark  Burnett is developing a primetime series involving the  bone-crunching sport of mixed martial arts.


Mythology fans eagerly await the posthumous release of J.R.R. Tolkien's Children of Hurin, which continues his Middle-earth mythology


Users & analysts: Will Sun's MySQL buy drive down database prices?

Will Sun's $1 billion buyout of open source database vendor SQL drive down pricing on enterprise databases from IBM, Microsoft of Oracle?


British food authority to check if infected poultry reached shops

Britain's food safety watchdog is investigating if meat infected with the avian flu virus entered the food chain following an outbreak of the disease on a farm run by Europe's largest poultry producer.


Tom Brady was flawless at the start and off the bench, too. With his team winning easily, Brady came out of the game early in the fourth quarter Sunday, then re-entered to throw a team-record sixth touchdown pass, capping unbeaten New England's 49-28 rout of the winless Miami Dolphins.


Pope, Muslims meet in bid to defuse anger

A meeting with Muslim diplomats Monday was Pope Benedict XVI's latest effort to mend relations after remarks about Islam and violence that ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.


Protest mocks Kosovo leaders, demands independence

PRISTINA, Serbia  - Hundreds of ethnic Albanians demonstrated in Kosovo on Saturday, trampling on effigies of the province's leaders and calling for an end to the diplomatic deadlock over its demand for independence.


In nailbiter, No. 14 Auburn hands No. 5 LSU its first loss since ...

AUBURN, Alabama (Ticker) -- Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville received a sweet - if highly improbable - gift on his 50th birthday. With 74 seconds remaining, John Vaughn successfully converted his second extra


Amazon, TiVo to test movie downloads direct to TVs

Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. will  begin testing on Wednesday a service that lets users watch  videos rented or bought over the Internet directly on  televisions, as part of a trend to link personal computers and  TVs.


Music: Whatâs Going On? Everything Soul Is New Again

Classic soul makes a comeback. Look for it by its new name: pop, hip-hop or R&B.


Taiwan leader says wants unconditional peace with China

Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China to end decades of hostility and defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid.


Stocks Seen Higher; Oil Steady at $50 Bbl

U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Tuesday, with beaten down shares tempting investors and oil  producer stocks bolstered by crude oil prices breaking through  the $50 a barrel mark.


37-year-old Shemar Moore of the CBS series "Criminal Minds" was sentenced to probation and community service in a plea deal. Moore pleaded no contest in an alcohol-related speeding case that took place June 1, according to the California Highway...


Dollar Rebounds But Tone Is Wary on Jobs

The dollar rebounded on Monday after  last week's heavy sell-off but analysts were uncertain if the  rally would hold after fresh economic data suggested the  December U.S. jobs report due Friday might not live up to  market expectations.


OSLO, Norway - Confronting a grocery store with its promise to pay shoppers a bonus if they found any products with expired freshness dates, two enterprising teens turned a 7,000 kroner ($1,030) profit by loading up shopping carts with out-of-date beer they weren't old enough to buy.    The boys, ages 14 and 15, got their reward despite being underage, the Oslo daily Verdens Gang reported Tuesday...


(InfoWorld) - Google will open a research and development center in Shanghai, stepping up its effort to build a bigger search business in China. Google hasÂ struggled in ChinaÂ to create the dominance it enjoys elsewhere in the world. It took 19 percent of the country's search market revenue in the first quarter, compared with 57 percent for market leader Baidu.com, according to Analysys International, a telecom research and consulting company. A spokeswoman for Google in China, Marsha Wang, confirmed the plans for an R&D lab Friday. She declined to say how many people it will employ or provide other details. Google and its U.S. rivals, Yahoo and Microsoft, haveÂ faced political difficulties in China, for agreeing to censor search results. In addition, their services are sometimes hard to access from inside the country. Yahoo's Flickr division said this week that its service was being blocked in China. Â


Like the surface of every NHL rink, the sheet at TD Banknorth Garden is 85 feet wide.


Bush Vows to Speed Up Aid for Gulf Coast

President Bush made his 14th trip to the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina struck in the late summer of 2005.


City Room: Is New Yorkâs Economy Due for a Hit?

Also in the Morning Buzz: a posthumous Medal of Honor for a Navy seal from Long Island, a landlord-tenant dispute at the Windermere in Hell's Kitchen and the impact on cargo carriers of falling water levels in the Great Lakes.


Kenseth holds off Kyle Busch to win Aaron's 312

Nextel Cup regular Matt Kenseth held off an emotional Kyle Busch in a two-lap sprint to the finish, winning the Busch race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.


Debate round-up Thank you to all who took the time to comment on the recent article "Mobile email: Let's have a heated debate." Although there are some differences of opinion, nearly all our commentators felt that mobile email is a valuable tool.â¦


Quindicenne accusato violenza sessuale e lesioni aggravate


Tiger Woods has become a father for the first time after his wife Elin gave birth to a baby daughter.


Bush offers N.Korea peace deal, scolds Myanmar

President George W. Bush said on Friday the United States would be willing to consider a formal peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up its nuclear weapons program.


Fred Thompson didn't enter the 2008 presidential race Tuesday, but he talked like he was getting close to jumping in.


Foolish Book Review: "More Than You Know"

The Motley Fool - In May, I had the opportunity to hear Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason (NYSE: LM - News), speak at the NanoBusiness Alliance's annual conference in New York. It was my good fortune that his new book had just come out, More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places, and he was signing copies afterward.


Mortgage lenders have obeyed demands that they stop charging excessively high mortgage redemption fees.


News.com Extra: Gamers' maximum geekery at Penny Arcade

Also: Technology and the Bill of Rights. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Oregon Rep. Admits to Inexcusable Behavior

A Democratic congressman in a tight re-election race admitted Tuesday that while he was a college student 28 years ago, he was disciplined by school officials for "inexcusable behavior" toward an ex-girlfriend.


Tests Show No Mad Cow, Cattle Prices Rise

An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in expectation of the news.


Crude oil price surges to record high over global supply concerns

Crude oil futures prices briefly hit a record high Tuesday as worries persisted over supplies and unrest among key producers. Crude oil for November delivery shot up as high as $50.


Ubuntu doesn't measure up to Mac OS X or Windows for average users, influential WSJ tech reviewer concludes.


Di fronte un lungo travaglio, costruire alternativa valida


Crusaders try to regroup after a year of anguish

WORCESTER -- The emotional tumult of a 1-11 campaign is behind them. It's a new day for Holy Cross's football team. The Crusaders have a new coach, former Lehigh defensive coordinator Tom Gilmore, and a renewed sense of enthusiasm. But the Crusaders lost more than just 11 football games last season (their most losses since the 1-10 campaign of 1975). ...


Aperti i casting per portare sul palco il film di Argento


Seguira' S.Sede e avvenimenti che interessano cattolici


Anlaysis: Yukos seeks legal asylum in US

Over the years Russia's embattled oil company Yukos has morphed into a respected corporate citizen of the world and is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States on the


Amgen Inc. AMGN.O, the world's  biggest biotechnology company, on Wednesday said quarterly net  profit fell on acquisition charges but adjusted earnings rose  21 percent on strong sales of its drugs for anemia and  arthritis.


Sater & Sheik's 'Spring Awakening' Dawns in World Premiere  at Atlantic Theater Co.

Playbill - Composer Duncan Sheik's throbbing, evocative alternative pop music accompanies the hormonal rhythms of the adolescent heart in the new musical, Spring Awakening, opening Off-Broadway June 15.


Harmony Gets 10.8 Percent of Gold Fields

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said Monday it had acquired 10.8 percent of Gold Fields Ltd.'s shares through the first phase of its hostile US$6.6 billion (euro4.9 billion) takeover bid.


Oil prices held steady on Thursday as data showing stubbornly low US heating fuel supplies ahead of winter stemmed a rout of nearly $10 since late October.


IP Desk Phone Sales Top $500 Million in the Fourth Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group

A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for  market information about the networking and telecommunications  industries, indicates that IP desk phone market posted strong results in  the fourth quarter of 2006, growing 31 percent year-over-year to exceed  $500 million.


N. Korea Economic Sanctions 'One Option' -- Japan

Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North Korea were "one option," but added that care was needed in deciding whether Tokyo should take such a step immediately.


Rescuers pull only bodies from Brazil plane crash

Rescue workers in Brazil pulled charred bodies from smoking wreckage and damaged buildings on Wednesday after about 200 people were killed in the country's worst air disaster.


Chone Figgins had six hits, including a game-winning RBI triple in the ninth inning that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 10-9 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.


South Asia is a long way from Pittsfield, but many area residents still want to help in the wake of Sunday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, which, as of yesterday, had


Notebook: Storm players delayed 6 hours at LA airport

PHOENIX - The Storm must be wondering what more can happen to them. For the second time this week, an unavoidable life predicament has challenged their strength.


Calcium supplements may increase the risk of a heart attack in older women, New Zealand research suggests.


MoD trumpets 'Innovation Strategy' for buying kit

5 pillars, 6 towers, 4 centres and 'ginger groups' Analysis In the wake of the recent, highly-controversial departure of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) kit-purchasing chief - erstwhile drugs'n'sweets multimillionaire Lord Drayson, who claimed he was quitting to race bio-alcohol cars - there has been a good deal of silence from the MoD war-tech offices.â¦


Children's Place ex-CEO says could bid for company

Children's Place Retail Stores Inc  former Chief Executive Ezra Dabah said on Thursday he was confident he could make a bid to buy the company for $24 a share, sending its shares up 18 percent in pre-market trading.


Citadel, Walt Disney modify ABC Radio merger deal

- Citadel Broadcasting Corp.  and Walt Disney Co.  modified the terms of the merger between Citadel and ABC Radio, reducing the amount of cash to be retained by Disney by $300 million.


A RUGBY player who suffered horrific injuries in a division five league game four years ago, is suing the WRU and its insurers.


The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean region in a decade has laid waste to the island of Grenada, it emerged today. The storm inflicted most of its damage on Tuesday, but the havoc created by the


SEATTLE -- US trade authorities, prodded by The Boeing Co., reignited a long-dormant trade war Wednesday by filing a complaint before the World Trade Organization accusing the European Union of buoying aircraft maker Airbus with $15 billion in illegal


Milano, 16:24 - CALCIO, INTER: NESSUNA PLUSVALENZA NEI NOSTRI BILANCI

Attraverso il proprio sito internet, l'Inter nega irregolarità in merito alle notizie circa l...


Recreational workouts may ward off breast cancer

Getting plenty of recreational  activity may reduce women's risk of developing breast cancer  after menopause, and exercise appears to have the most powerful  preventive effect on the most aggressive type of tumor.


Obesity is rising sharply among US preschoolers

The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.


After Khel, which he directed for Suniel Shetty three years ago, thereÂs plenty of  ÂconfusionÂ in director Yusuf KhanÂs mind and life. And why not? ThatÂs the title of YusufÂs next film.


Valentino, Versace, Alberta Ferretti, Gucci e Giorgio Armani


Four soldiers killed in north Lebanon camp battle

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.


Jonathan Byrd shot his second successive five-under-par 66 on Friday and joined Jeff Sluman on top of the leader board after two rounds at the Chrysler Championship.


Decisione alcuni sindacati autonomi, altre sigle in sciopero


Briton finds ethical jewellery good as gold

"Customers don't realize that one wedding ring weighs 10 grammes and causes three tonnes of toxic waste," says Greg Valerio, whose company aims to follow fair trade coffee with ethical gold jewellery.


One month old, 2007 has already witnessed some remarkable climate shifts


Activist Peter Tatchell is removed from the Holocaust Memorial Day service after he stages an asylum protest.


Killing off the application-independent internet Allot Communications, an Israeli outfit which does high-end bandwidth shaping and network traffic management gear, has brought out an even bigger Service Gateway device. Aimed at the service provider (SP) or large enterprise, this is capable of handling over 20 Gbit/s of traffic.â¦


Hurricane Felix, packing winds of up to 80 mph (130 kph) gained strength early Saturday, as it churned in the Caribbean just north of the popular vacation destination islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.


Navy's football team will be playing nearly 3,000 miles from home today when it meets New Mexico in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco.


Mastella chiede che partecipino anche aree di Dini e Bordon


Penn State Tells 80,000 Students To Chuck IE

A public university with an enrollment of over 80,000 puts the kibosh on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. A public university with an enrollment of over 80,000 put the kibosh this week on Microsoft's Internet


Bus with 26 passengers hijacked in Greece

A hijacked bus is seen on a street some 30 kilometres north of Athens December 15, 2004. Greek police forces surrounded the bus after two armed men hijacked it early Wednesday morning with 26 passengers


AWG agrees $4.1 bln bid, gets other approaches

The battle for control of UK water firm AWG Plc  heated up on Monday despite the company's agreement of a 2.2 billion pound ($4.1 billion) offer from an investment group called Osprey.


Teenager Fujikawa aims high in first Waialae start as a pro

Hawaiian teenager Tadd Fujikawa goes into this week's Sony Open knowing that victory would be the only way to eclipse his astonishing performance as an amateur in last year's tournament.


Mortgage ads show no sign of credit woes

On aol.com this week, the Internet-based loan company Lending Tree offered "bad credit options" and a $425,000 loan for only $1,376 a month. Countrywide Financial Corp. , the largest US lender, declared "Bad Credit? Call Today. Refinance or Tap into Your Home's Equity" in an online ad from its Full Spectrum Lending Division.


London shares close lower, M and S weighs on FTSE as figures fall short

Leading shares closed lower after Marks and Spencer lost nearly 20 percent of its value after revealing it had endured its worst quarterly performance in several years, while BP was on the back foot after analysts slashed forecasts.


Tunguska study: Small asteroids pack a wallop

A computer simulation shows fast-moving fireball amplifies the damage done by a smaller asteroid impact, Sandia National Laboratories researchers conclude.


Rock star Doherty fined for drugs possession

Rock star Pete Doherty has been fined 770 pounds and banned from driving for four months for possessing illegal drugs, including crack cocaine and heroin.


NASA's best effort to find a missing Mars space probe have failed, scientists said Tuesday as they began to lose hope for the 10-year-old planet-mapping workhorse.


Health Officials Try to Calm Parents About Staph

Some parents kept their children out of a Brooklyn middle school a day after learning about the death of a student who had been infected with a drug-resistant strain of bacteria.


Ailing Rukeyser Exits CNBC 'Wall Street'

CNBC said Friday that its host, financial journalist Louis Rukeyser, won't be returning to the show that he left this year because of his health.


A teenager is jailed for six years for causing the death by dangerous driving of a man in Belfast.


Annuncio della portavoce della compagnia di bandiera russa


FDA Warns of Supplements Containing Viagra Ingredient

The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Tuesday not to buy or use nonprescription supplements known as Actra-Rx or Yilishen because they contain


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents slaughtered 11 Iraqi soldiers and declared yesterday that Iraqi fighters will avenge women and children killed in US strikes on the guerrilla stronghold of Fallujah.


John Lim has posted about an interesting bug he's come across when working with the output of two strings that should look the same:   Someone reported a bug in ADOdb, the open source db library i maintain. I went crazy for half an hour until i realised the problem.   According to him, "if you expect the above code to produce the same values, you are sadly mistaken". His example gives an interesting result for the first echo statement - not echoing the 9 in the first character like it seems would make sense. Check out his post for the code and try it out for yourself.


Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto protocol today, breathing new life into the international environmental treaty.


Jays extend reeling Mariners' slide to 9

Matt Stairs and Gregg Zaun each hit two-run homers, A.J. Burnett pitched seven sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat slumping Seattle 6-4 on Sunday, sending the Mariners to their season-high ninth consecutive loss.


Officials from six nations and the European Union signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact Tuesday to build a nuclear fusion reactor aimed at developing a cheaper, cleaner and safer energy source.Comment


Juncker set for 'Mr Euro' post to push claims of EU currency

Three months after ruling himself out as a potential European Commission president, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, is about to emerge as "Mr Euro", the new figurehead for the EU's single ...


New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.


Kurdish politicians seek to distance themselves from the PKK but tensions still remain high, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports.


European Companies Join In Boosting Linux Security

A consortium of European companies, including Linux-distributor Mandrakesoft, has been awarded a three-year, $8.6 million contract to boost security of the open-source Linux operating system, the companies said Thursday.


Voters were going to the polls in Estonia to elect a new parliament, the Deutsche Welle reported.Comment


Over the 3 debates, Kerry has been consistent

After the third and final debate of this presidential campaign, the race in many ways can be reduced to this: a contest between the lovers and the haters.


Firenze, 13:26 - CALCIO, MATARRESE AGLI ARBITRI: DIRIGETE COL SORRISO

Il presidente della Lega di serie A e B Antonio Matarrese  ha lanciato un messaggio agli arbitri che...


Florida needed some trickery and a second-half surge to beat Kentucky for the 20th consecutive time. Chris Leak threw two touchdown passes, DeShawn Wynn had a second consecutive 100-yard game and the fifth-ranked Gators defeated the Wildcats 26-7 Saturday night.


A guerrilla marketing campaign for a cartoon show about a box of french fries and his milkshake pal set off a scare that nearly shut down Boston's commercial district yesterday, as bomb squads closed highways and two bridges in search of what turned out to be magnetic-light versions of the cartoon...


N. Korea urged to cease missile test plans

North Korea lashed out at the United States over its plans to build a missile defense shield Tuesday but did not directly address concerns that it is preparing to test-fire a missile capable of reaching the United States.


Two Turkish hostages were freed by Iraqi militants Sunday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said, less than a week after the men's employers said they were ending operations in Iraq to save the lives of their employees.


Pope Criticizes U.S. Embargo Against Cuba

Pope John Paul repeated his  condemnation of the U.S. economic embargo against  Communist-ruled Cuba on Saturday, saying the island nation  needed proper conditions for its development.


Londra, 15:54 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON; LA GARBIN AL SECONDO TURNO

Battendo la cinese Zi Yan col punteggio di 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tathiana Garbin, testa di serie numero 21, ...


Investigators Unearth Grim Clues to Convict Saddam

HATRA, Iraq  - Investigators have conducted their  first scientific exhumation of Iraq's "killing fields,"  discovering hundreds of bodies which they hope will help  convict Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity.


Schwarzenegger to order troops to border

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed Thursday to send the California National Guard to the Mexican border, ending a 17-day standoff with the Bush administration.


Sprint to sell 3 Motorola phones in November

Sprint Nextel Corp. S.N, the No. 3   U.S. wireless provider, on Tuesday said it would begin selling   three slim phones from Motorola Inc. MOT.N in early November,   about two years after its biggest rival, Cingular Wireless,   started selling Motorola's popular Razr phone.


NetSol Technologies Profiled in Lehman Brothers' IT Services Publication

NetSol Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTWK), a U.S.-based, multinational provider of enterprise software and services for equipment financing, today announced that it was recently profiled in Lehman Brothers' IT Services publication, "The New New Markets," Asia Edition, by Alan Hellawell.


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Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan was in for a surprise as her boyfriend Calum Best flew down from London when she celebrated her 21st birthday on Monday.


Mohammed Enters List of Favorite UK Boys' Names

Mohammed has joined perennial favorites Jack and Joshua as one of the most popular names given to British boys in 2004, a sign of the country's growing ethnic diversity and a legacy of Muslim immigration decades ago.


Tropical Storm Florence will send  dangerous swells over the eastern U.S. coastline as the  unusually broad cyclone churns northwest in the Atlantic toward  Bermuda, forecasters warned on Thursday.


New Grads: Online Info Can Become Digital Dirt

By JOYCE LAIN KENNEDY  Q. Allow me to add to the advice you gave a parent for a college- graduating daughter who seems to be slow looking for employment.  Our firm recruits for upper-management-level positions.


Iraqi leaders have agreed on a unity   government to be presented to parliament on Saturday,   negotiators said on Friday, adding that the key interior and   defense ministry portfolios would be filled later.


A tall, blonde trainee teacher has been chosen as this year's Miss Switzerland out of a field of 16 candidates.


Beer-guzzler must pay for brew he drank after hiding in Czech pizzeria

PRAGUE, Czech Republic  - It will be the most expensive keg of beer he's ever had.


The dollar fell to a four-week low  against the yen and held near a recent one-week low versus the  euro on Monday after weak U.S. jobs data fanned questions about  future interest rate hikes in the United States.


Local residents arrive to examine a destroyed building in the center of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday morning, Oct. 12, 2004 following an US air strike.


Combinazione: 21-30-33-45-62-70, Jolly 57, Superstar 3


Evangelist Billy Graham was in fair condition following surgery on Wednesday at a North Carolina hospital to update a device that drains fluid from his brain, hospital officials said.


Business & money: Company retirement funds were recovering from their deficit problems. Then came the new share plunge. Jill Insley and Heather Connon report


Don't Get Hung Up Over Basket Boob ; Question Time

By Carolyn Spray  Q I forgot to mix Osmocote into my hanging basket compost and they are now ready to hang outside. What can I do?  A Osmocote and other controlled-release fertilisers are available as plugs of granules stuck together.


Mostra foto direttore moda Vanity Fair Usa


Liza Minnelli's Ex-Bodyguard Makes Claims Of Coerced Sex

Did Liza Minnelli coerce her former bodyguard to have sex with her in order to keep his job? In newly unsealed court papers as part of his $100 million lawsuit against her, M'Hammed Soumayah said he began


Japanese troops will spend extra year in Iraq

TOKYO - Japan's cabinet decided Thursday to extend the country's deployment of non-combat troops in Iraq by one more year.


Considering how far behind Steve Stricker and Phil Mickelson are in The Tour Championship, Tiger Woods does not even have to win the tournament to claim the $10 million Fed Ex Cup prize.


Schumer Visits Troops in Iraq on New Yearâs Eve

Senator Charles E. Schumer spent New Yearâs Eve in Baghdad as he made his first visit to the war zone to meet with troops from his home state as well as military commanders.


Abu Mazin escapes assassination attempt in Gaza

Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, has escaped a failed assassination attempt on Sunday evening after three gunmen broke into the tent where condolences are offered for the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Gaza and chanted slogans deploring Abbas and


Google today launched a beta test version of Google SMS, this new service will allow US wireless users to query Google for almost any type of information.


(BBC) -- The European Union enlargement chief has voiced satisfaction with Turkey's reforms as Ankara presses for formal negotiations on its EU membership bid.


EU court overturns freeze on Iran group's funds

Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday annulled an EU decision freezing the funds of an exiled Iranian opposition group that argues it was wrongly placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.


Bush to visit southern states hit by deadly tornados

President George W. Bush said Friday he would tour areas devastated by deadly tornadoes in the South as US and Canada reeled from a winter storm system that killed at least 22 people.


Supersonic Brahmos missile successfully testfired

India successfully  test-fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, the head  of the test operation said.


Con General Electric e le torri eoliche piu' alte degli Usa


Hackers could bypass security warnings and download malicious content.


Poll: Americans Hopeful on 2nd Bush Term

A majority of Americans say they feel hopeful about President Bush's second term, but those hopes are clouded by doubts about when the bloodshed in Iraq will end.


US Army funds hydrogen-fuelled drone aircraft

To join DARPA airship-bot flotilla 12 miles up Fuelled by a seemingly inexhaustible stream of federal military/security research cash, the US flying-robot industry seems to produce fresh wonders every day.â¦


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Americans will mark the fifth   anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Monday with somber   ceremonies across the country and at the sites of the   devastation in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.


Mercury from vaccines disappears quickly

Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.


Bush puts CIA prisons under Geneva Conventions

U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of CIA detainees, on Friday ordered that agency interrogators comply with the Geneva Conventions against torture.


Serbia Prodded to Face War Crimes Issues

Chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, international law experts and human rights activists gathered in Belgrade on Friday to review Serbia's shortcomings in dealing with war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan conflicts.


It was another year and another gold trophy for the girls of Gardner High. Ignited by 119 points in the morning's first three events, including three victories, the Wildcats rolled at yesterday's MIAA Central/South Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships at MIT's Zesiger Sports Center.


Ty Wigginton's two-out infield single drove home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Wednesday night.


The chief of the Organisation of American States, accused of corruption in Costa Rica, quits two weeks into the job.


Making Good on California's Global Warming Gambit

Environmentalists insist the strict new limits on emissions will be a boon to the economy, but businesses will have a daunting task meeting the state's ambitious goals


Mount St. Helens clears throat with steam eruption

Mount St. Helens belched a roiling plume of gray-white steam and ash Friday, more than a week after a flurry of earthquakes warned the volcano was reawakening.


Phoenix Residents Asked to Boil Water After Storms

City officials asked 1.4 million  residents in the Phoenix area to boil their tap water on  Tuesday after sediment-laden water from storms swamped a  treatment plant.


The Sporting News - It was a minor deal -- Mike James and Justin Reed to Houston, with Juwan Howard going to Minnesota -- but, symbolically, it was big. That's because the trade was completed a full two weeks before the NBA draft, extraordinarily early for an offseason swap. "That's not something you see," says one NBA general manager. "Usually, you wait for something like that. But I think a lot of teams are eager to get started on making changes."


Texas Court Reverses Child-Killer Yates Verdicts

Andrea Yates, the Houston mother  serving life in prison for drowning her five children in a case  that shocked America, had her murder convictions overturned by  a state appeals court on Thursday because of flawed testimony  by an expert witness.


Music fans from across the world are expected to attend the funeral of legendary DJ John Peel.


Radical Cleric's Militia 'Still A Threat to Iraq'

Failure to disband the militia of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr could be storing up trouble for the future, Britainâs former envoy to Iraq warned today.


New Zealand a Noah's Ark for Conserving Bizarre Birds

New Zealand has reached a major milestone in its 110-year effort to save many native birds from extinction and reintroduce them to their old mainland habitats.


John Updike has won yet another literary award. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is this year's recipient of the Rea Award, a $30,000 honor for making a "significant contribution to the discipline of the short story as an art form."


Work begins on an ancient mound near Jerusalem's holiest site, a move expected to raise tensions.


The Irish Republican Army no longer poses a security threat after decades of fighting British rule in Northern Ireland, the province's ceasefire watchdog said on Wednesday.


Woodlands Strikes Deal to End Annexation Threat: Plan Allows Community to Vote on Governance and Become Regional Economic Partner

By Renee C. Lee and Matt Stiles, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 8--Voters in The Woodlands could decide as early as next year whether to take the first steps toward self-government under a deal that also would remove the possibility of annexation by Houston, local officials announced Thursday.


Google Gadget Ads: the next small thing or the next big hype for advertisers?

In the midst of the buzz around Google's Gadget Ads, a new McKinsey & Co. report draws some unexpected conclusions: Advertisers are still reluctant to shift dollars online because of the "absence of meaningful metrics and adequate capabilities."


Brazil, India, China and Russia are driving global telecoms growth, a report by UK watchdog Ofcom suggests.


Ford chairman pleased with plans to return to profit

Ford Motor Co's  Chairman Bill  Ford on Sunday said the automaker's plan to return its North  American operations to profitability in 2009 is "progressing  very well."


Yahoo CEO tries to reassure shareholders

Coming off Yahoo Inc.'s toughest year since the dot-com bust, Chairman Terry Semel remained upbeat Tuesday as he faced shareholders who have watched their investments shrivel while rival Google Inc. sprinted further ahead in the online advertising race.


Russia Assures Bush It Will Boost Oil Exports

President Bush on Monday received assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country would boost production and export of oil as prices hover near record levels.


Indonesia's Sumatra pounded by quake, aftershocks

BENGKULU, Indonesia  - Indonesia's Sumatra island was pounded by aftershocks on Thursday after a massive earthquake killed at least eight people and buried many others under collapsed buildings.


Gay minister joins Obama concert in S.C.

In response to an uproar from gay activists, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Thursday added a gay minister to the lineup for its weekend gospel tour.


Doctors are testing a radical new way to help smokers quit: a shot that "immunizes" them against the nicotine rush that fuels their addiction.


Amazon.com was accused in a lawsuit of infringing a Cendant patent for a Web site feature that makes recommendations to consumers based on past purchases.


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Prices for arabica coffee rallied 14  percent on Monday chased higher by commodity funds as concerns  about a decline in the number of bags in U.S. warehouses were  reinforced by an earthquake in major grower Colombia.


Edwards Says Democrats Will Fight for Every Vote

Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, signaling that the party still hoped to win the close-fought U.S. election, said early on Wednesday that it would "fight for every vote."


In Autism, New Goal Is Finding It Soon Enough to Fight It

Across the country, thousands of toddlers are joining studies that could signal new hope for a baffling childhood disorder.


Cassini fires thrusters to deflect its path

NASA has confirmed that the Cassini mother ship, which carried the Huygens probe, has successfully adjusted its course to avoid collision with Saturnâs moon Titan.


Community News: eZ components 2006.2beta2 Release

Some eZ components news as passed on by Tobias Schlitt today - they've released the second beta for this 2006 edition of the component system:   In this second beta of the eZ components 2006.2 the major highlights are the addition of a flash driver for the Graph component, the addition of many new features to the IMAP transport in the Mail component, and support for PostgreSQL and SQLite for the DatabaseSchema component.   You can get the latest information about the release here (as well as updated docs) and a full changelog for the release can be found here and the one for beta1 (with more of the 'cool features' listed) here.


Bandits Bungle Robbery Amid Door Confusion

SYDNEY, Australia - Three hooded bandits in eastern Australia bungled a robbery when they apparently mistook a restaurant's sliding door for a swinging one, police said Monday.


As Paul Jones mentions, there's a sort of force in the PHP community that seems to be pushing back at the Smarty templating system and calling it unnecessary.    He points out Hasin Hayder's post on the subject. Hasin (ironically author of a Smarty book) has recently come to the conclusion that there "is no need to use an external template engine like smarty".   Some nice guys over there developed smarty and it saved life of a lot of developers (i mean developers). But that time is over. Seriously why the hell I need to learn a new templating language when a "echo" does the thing much better.   Judging by the responses to both Hasin's post and Paul's post it seems like quite a bit of the PHP community agrees (including Michael Kimsal, Harry Fuecks and Brian Lozier).


The airwaves that carry billions of calls, text messages and e-mails have become one of the hottest corporate properties. Not only are they in demand  by a nation of 240 million mobile-phone users, they are also in short supply.


Britain: London Gets Tougher on Gas-Guzzlers

Drivers of 4x4s, high-powered sports cars and other high-emission vehicles will have to pay $49 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel-efficient vehicles will get a free ride, said the mayor, Ken Livingstone. Mr. Livingstone, left, who introduced the daily congestion charge on trucks and cars entering central London in 2003 to cut traffic and pollution, said the change is primarily aimed at the big cars owned by people in wealthy parts of the capital. The changes will come into effect in October. Mr. Livingstone said that 17 percent of the cars that visit each day, about 33,000, will pay the $49 charge, while 2 percent will go free. The remaining 81 percent, along with trucks, will continue to pay the current $16 fee.


High Oil Prices Might Be A Blessing In Disguise

The absolute price of oil has reached a new high. The growth     of the economies in China, India and the rest of Asia are increasing the demand     for oil. There are production problems in Venezuela (strikes and sabotage), Norway (strikes), Nigeria (civil war), Iraq (sabotage) and Russia (internal politics). Hurricane Ivan and other hurricanes this year disrupted     production in the Gulf of Mexico and transportation of oil in the Atlantic.     In the next decade Eastern Europe will also require more oil to feed its growing economies. The price of crude oil has led to     prices of above $55 a barrel and lifted heating oil to a record and     natural gas to a 20-month high. Though prices may eventually fall a bit, they are likely to remain higher than we were once     accustomed.    However, all is not gloom and doom.


Backstory: For new lawmakers, a room with no view

A humorous look at what may await incoming freshmen members of Congress.


Captor helped hostage make a futile dash for freedom

BRITISH hostage Ken Bigley may have been on the run for up to 12 hours after making a dramatic escape from his captors before he was caught and beheaded.


Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with the Sprint Corporation, a deal that would form the third largest cellphone company in the nation.


Tyson Cuts Fiscal 2004 Earnings Forecast

Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN.N) on Monday cut its fiscal 2004 earnings forecast because of weaker-than-expected demand for chicken and beef and unexpectedly steep raw material costs.


IAEA Sets Deadline For Review Of Iranian Nuclear Program

VIENNA  - The UN nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution setting a November 25 deadline for a full, definitive review of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme, a UN nuclear agency spokeswoman told reporters.


Two Hells Angels motorcycle club members were sentenced Friday to at least a year in state prison for their roles in a deadly brawl with rival biker gang members at a southern Nevada casino in 2002.


Oil Up as Ivan Threatens U.S. Facilities

World oil prices climbed on Monday as  companies operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico braced for  output disruptions from powerful Hurricane Ivan.


Convictions of Samsung Executives Upheld

A court on Tuesday upheld a 2005 conviction of two Samsung executives on charges that they helped the only son of its reclusive chairman, Lee Kun Hee, inherit control of the conglomerate.


Ex-banker Quattrone faces likely prison time at sentencing ...

Frank Quattrone, the master dealmaker of the 1990s technology stock boom, faces a likely prison sentence Wednesday, four months after he was convicted of obstructing a federal investigation.


The leaders of Thailand's military coup discuss the appointment of a new civilian prime minister.


Pakistan secures Turkey's support for Mideast peace initiative

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said that he won backing from Turkey for his plan to form a group of Muslim countries that will work towards peace in the Middle East.


Houston Has a Problem with Rain at ATP Masters Cup

The rain-plagued ATP year-end event, the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston, got wet again Wednesday as play has yet to begin as of 3:30 pm EST.


Court Rules Rights Case Against Pinochet to Go Ahead

SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean appeals court ruledMonday that murder charges against former Chilean dictatorAugusto Pinochet in a major human rights case filed this monthcan move forward.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas were making a new push Wednesday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire


Experimental Vaccine Halts Prostate Cancer in Mice

FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental prostate cancer vaccine has stopped the progress of the disease in 90 percent of the mice who got it, California researchers report.


Rumsfeld Praises Rice, Hadley Nominations

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld praised President Bush's two nominations today to the national security team: Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Steven Hadley as national security adviser.


ESA Seeks Candidates for Simulated 'Missions to Mars'

ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic challenges.


Honduran police arrest a suspected member of a notorious youth gang over a massacre on a bus.


Qaeda militant said extradited by Turkey to U.S.

A senior al Qaeda militant once earmarked by the group to lead its wing in Iraq was arrested by Turkey about 18 months ago and was extradited to the United States, an al Qaeda leader said in remarks aired on Thursday.


A Marine Corps sergeant under investigation in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha is accusing Rep. John P. Murtha of defaming him in public comments about the case.


Du Cille Named Chief of Post's Photography Department

Michel du Cille, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime editor and photographer at The Washington Post, has been named assistant managing editor for photography, it was announced yesterday.


Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico, with parts of Mexico and the US on severe weather alert.


One way to alienate moderate Muslims: deport Cat

Cat Stevens, the pop artist best known for his songs "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken" in the 1960s and 70s, was detained onboard a flight from London to Washington when US transportation


India calls for military alliance at naval summit

India called for an alliance of navies to boost security at sea at its first naval summit Thursday with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean.


Camille Little scores a season-high 24 points and La'Tangela Atkinson adds 19 for second-ranked North Carolina in an 89-51 victory over Wofford on Wednesday.


David Greene struggled early but finished with 213 yards passing and two touchdown passes, to lead No. 3 Georgia to a 20-16 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.


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Google admits omitting Chinese news links

Internet search engine Google has been accused of censoring the Chinese news service that it launched two weeks ago. Web hosting company Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT) reported that Google's Chinese news


Mechanism for Intein C-Terminal Cleavage: A Proposal From Quantum Mechanical Calculations

By Shemella, Philip; Pereira, Brian; Zhang, Yiming; Van Roey, Patrick; Et al  ABSTRACT  Inteins are autocatalytic protein cleavage and splicing elements. A cysteine to alanine mutation at the N-terminal of inteins inhibits splicing and isolates the C-terminal cleavage reaction.


Apologetic South Korean hostages return home

ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death.


Newspaper endorsements for President Bush, a Republican, or Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat, in the 2004 presidential campaign:


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A Georgian politician is arrested for corruption after alleging the president ordered him to plan  assassinations.


Salty sea dog scales the mountains of Ithaca

To BGAN at the beginning... Blog Suppose you had to test a brand new bit of wireless Internet gear. Specifically, an Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network satellite modem.â¦


The longtime manufacturer of disc duplicators ships the first Blu-Ray


Jags Turnaround Gives Them AFC South Lead

There are several reasons the Jacksonville Jaguars have gone from 1-6 at this time a year ago to their current 5-2 record. The answer given by most players is just one word: confidence.


Nicolas Massu from Chile reacts after making a point against Slovakia's Karol Kucera, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, during their first round match of the BA-CA tennis trophy in Vienna.


Northwest Airlines Corp. pilots will take a 15-percent pay cut during the next two years to help the airline survive in an industry beset by high fuel prices and low-cost competition.


The girlfriend of an unarmed man who was killed when police sprayed 50 bullets at his car the day he was to marry her said Monday she's not angry.


US consumers are still worried about their jobs and income, the University of Michigan's index of consumer confidence indicates.


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R&B Singer Usher Leads US Music Award Contenders

R&B crooner Usher, the year's best-selling recording artist, led the field of candidates for the 32nd annual American Music Awards with four nominations, organizers said on Tuesday.


Rescuers try to save whales after 80 die in mass stranding off ...

SYDNEY : Rescue teams struggled Monday to prevent a pod of about 20 whales beaching in an area off Australia's south coast where 80 whales and dolphins died after stranding themselves at the weekend.


Senate kicks off weekend showdown on Iraq

Senators are debating whether to pass a resolution opposing President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. Democrats want a simple vote on the measure, passed yesterday by the House. But it is not clear if they will have the 60 votes necessary to move ahead.


Baghdad death squads kill 60 as bombs kill 22

Police recovered 60 bodies over the   past day across Baghdad, most bound and tortured, officials   said on Wednesday, highlighting how sectarian death squads are   still plaguing the Iraqi capital despite a major security   drive.


Pixar Shares Jump to Record High on Results

Shares of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. on Friday rose to a record high, a day after the company posted a 70 percent quarterly profit increase, driven by strong home video sales for "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters, Inc.


US Special Forces Punished for Iraq Prisoner Abuse

Four US troops serving on an elite special operations task force have been disciplined for abusing prisoners in Iraq, including unauthorized use of Taser electric-shock weapons, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.


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G4 talks collapse, throw trade round into doubt

POTSDAM, Germany  - Talks between four of the world's big trade powers collapsed on Thursday, throwing the future of global WTO talks on free commerce into deeper crisis.


Turkish women gain voice in fight to stay secular

Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey's secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer's elections.


GuideStar International Formed :: PNNOnline :: the nonprofit news and information resource

GuideStar, the national database of nonprofit information, has announced the creation of GuideStar International.


Bank confirms talks to obtain control of S. African bank

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British bank Barclays on Thursday said it is in talks to buy a majority stake in South African bank ABSA. Free!


Infineon, ProMOS reach accord in tech transfer spat

The German semiconductor maker Infineon has settled a technology transfer dispute with former Taiwanese partner ProMOS Technologies, Infineon revealed.


Chisinau mayor issues written pledge not to leave city

Chisinau mayor and leader of the opposition Democratic Moldova election alliance Serafim Urechean has made a written pledge not to leave the city without permission from law enforcers.


William Rehnquist, the chief justice of the US Supreme Court, suffering from cancer, will reportedly be absent when the court reconvenes Monday.


For Cards' offense, timing is everything

After the Cardinals' victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, first baseman Albert Pujols was asked why the Cardinals are so successful at bat with two outs.


The first effective malaria vaccine promises to save millions of lives. Scientists were jubilant last Thursday when results of the trial involving children between one and four years in southern Mozambique


The Pentagon shuts down e-mail accounts after a hacker manages to penetrate the system.


Kenyan leader warns of rampage crackdown

Kenya's president threatened a tough crackdown Monday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest what they called his sham re-election Â a bloody convulsion threatening what has been East Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy.


Wildfires swept through Greece Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record high temperatures that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.


West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers will officially open the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.


Latest iMac on the way, iPod growth behind forecasts

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- As Apple Computer shares trade near their highest levels in a year, industry analysts are assessing the chances for significant company announcements at the company's European trade show in Paris next week.


TV viewers couldn't wait for their "American Idol" fix, turning out 33.5 million strong for its season debut.


FBI Charges Hacker With Selling Stolen Windows Source Code

A Connecticut man was arrested Tuesday by the FBI and charged with selling stolen source code of Windows NT and Windows 2000. William P. Genovese, 27, of Meriden, Conn.


China eliminated from World Cup qualifying

China was eliminated from qualifying for the 2006 World Cup despite a 7-0 victory Wednesday night over visiting Hong Kong, with Kuwait finishing first in the group on the fifth tiebreaker.


President Bush presents his 2006 budget to Congress - seeking cuts across a wide range of government departments in a bid to lower the record US deficit.


African leaders pitched on Monday for more trade and investment from Asia, saying they were pushing through economic and political reforms that will open up business opportunities in the continent.


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CHINA will begin holding jury trials for the first time next year as part of court reforms, it was revealed today. The measures were announced by Chinaâs highest court after a meeting last week on improving


Rasmussen Reports - For the first time since May, State Attorney General Mike Beebe's lead in the race for Arkansas governor is back to double digits. The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Beebe leading Asa Hutchinson 49% to 38%.  Hutchinson had closed to within four points of Beebe in August's poll.


A 14-year-old Arkansas boy, the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump, is home for Christmas.


British Soldier Guilty in Iraq Abuse Case

A British soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of beating an Iraqi captive, but he and two others pleaded innocent to all other counts as their court-martial opened on charges they mistreated detainees in a case triggered by photos published in the British press.


If John Steinbeck's fictional Joad family had actually existed, they'd probably be just about the last people interested in watching an opera.


Blair Rules Out Iraq Civilian Death Toll Probe

British Prime Minister Tony Blair  rejected a call Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the  civilian death toll in the U.S.-led war in Iraq.


Opposition supporters blockade Bangladesh capital

Thousands of opposition supporters blockaded the Bangladesh capital as part of a growing campaign to force electoral reforms before the next general election, police and officials said.


Nymex crude oil prices soar to 50 dollars per barrel

Nymex crude oil surged to a record of 50 dollars per barrel Monday as traders concerned that the petroleum production in the Gulf of Mexico would not return tonormal soon.


Greece's culture minister has angered architects and conservationists by clearing the way for the demolition of a landmark art deco building to improve the view from the new Acropolis museum.


Researchers say Sony software makes PCs vulnerable

Software included with high-end memory  sticks sold by Sony Corp  can make personal computers  vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, according to  researchers with two Internet security firms.


Delta CEO presents long-awaited plan to board

CHICAGO, Aug 18  - Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein presented his long-awaited plan for the airline's future to board members on Wednesday, a strategy that could determine whether the struggling carrier ...


CVS Corp.  on Thursday  again sweetened its $23.9 billion takeover bid for Caremark Rx  Inc.  with an increased dividend, calling the new  proposal its "best and final" offer for the pharmacy-benefits  manager.


Celtic star Stilian Petrov has urged the Parkhead board to hand a number of top players new contracts before they live to regret letting them go.


ETA Sets Off Bombs Across Spain; No Serious Injuries

The Basque separatist group ETA set off a series of bombs across Spain Monday, but no one was seriously injured in the resurgence of violence by the outlawed guerrillas, Spanish officials and media said.


Obama and Huckabee sweep into New Hampshire after wins

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Fresh from big wins in Iowa, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee swept into New Hampshire on Friday for a four-day battle for the next prize in the U.S. presidential race.


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Zarqawi named as bin Laden's man in Iraq

Osama bin Laden praised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Monday, dubbed him al-Qaida's Iraqi head and said cooperating in the Iraq elections would be the act of an infidel.


Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is suffering from pneumonia, his office confirms.


U.S. Treasury yields held near six-month lows on Thursday, though the market was struggling to extend recent hefty gains in the face of profit-taking.


The halls of Laurel Mall are lined with vacant storefronts. Some are empty shells; others are masked by new drywall and paint. Even the food court was deserted on a recent afternoon. And the enormous parking garage that sits on Route 1 and is supposed to serve as the mall's grand entrance is almost never full, a testament to decades of neglect and the fickleness of retailers....


The project, valued at EUR7 million over three years and funded by the French Ministry of Defence, will be conducted by a consortium which includes Bertin Technologies, Surlog, Jaluna, Oppida and Mandrakesoft.


Videogame: Erotic Tycoon imprenditori a luci rosse

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Potential MFS deal could fetch $5 billion

TORONTO -- Sun Life Financial Inc.'s Boston-based MFS Investment Management unit could be worth $4 billion to $5 billion, analysts estimate, but some also see risks in merging or selling the US money manager.


MP3.com founder to start new music venture

MacCentral - Michael Robertson, the founder of MP3.com and head of desktop Linux company Linspire Inc., on Thursday next week plans to launch a new music download company and service called MP3tunes.


TV host and actor Gary Collins was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after a crash that police blamed on another driver, an 89-year-old man.


A 92-year-old man died of a heart attack after a junior doctor gave him a drugs overdose, an inquest hears.


Appeals Court: Moussaoui Can Question Terror Suspects

An appeals court ruled Moussaoui can submit written questions to suspects being held as enemy combatants as he tries to prove he wasn't involved in the Sept.


EveryScape's 3-D Maps Take You Inside Landmark Buildings

EveryScape's 3-D maps go one step further than Google: They let you explore the insides of buildings, too. The service, launching next week, will give virtual explorers views of restaurants, hotels and landmarks in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Seattle.


Lawyer: Ex-attorney general to aid Saddam

AMMAN, Jordan -- The head of Saddam Hussein's legal team said Wednesday that he has enlisted the aid of former US Attorney Ramsey Clark in the fallen dictator's defense.


A Belgian court said on Friday it  would wait until after the new year to decide whether to uphold  an injunction blocking Web search leader Google Inc.   from reproducing snippets of Belgian press reports.


Medicare Drug Plan to Help Poorest Elderly Most

Medicare's new prescription drug coverage should help most elderly, including some of the poorest beneficiaries, save money, but nearly a quarter will pay more for medicine, according to an analysis released on Monday.


A new Hannibal Lecter book and a movie based on the book are already planned for the coming years. The novel called "Behind the Mask" by author Thomas Harris is set to hit bookstores in fall 2005. It is a prequel to the three other Hannibal nove...


Microsoft Shareholders OK $32 Bln Payout

Microsoft Corp.  shareholders cleared the way on Tuesday for the world's largest software maker to pay out the largest corporate dividend ever next month and welcomed news of a blockbuster first day of sales for its video game "Halo 2."


Asian markets advance after the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years.


âSarah Landon and the Paranormal Hourâ swan-dives into the tween-teenage market dominated by the behemoths Disney and Nickelodeon.


DAVID HARDAKER: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced he's to be admitted to hospital later today Australian time for a heart procedure.


LA archdiocese agrees $660m payout for sex abuse victims

Â· Judge to be asked to approve largest award  Â· Agreement made shortly before costly civil trials


Automakers Sue to Block Emissions Law in California

Toyota, General Motors and seven other automakers filed suit to block California's new greenhouse gas regulation, which was approved by the state in September.


Six convicted French aid workers fly home from Chad

N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children flew out of the African nation on Friday bound for France where they are due to serve their sentences in jail.


You are going to hear a lot over the next few days from jury consultants who are going to opine about what sort of jurors each side wants to select in the Kobe Bryant rape case.


Deploying Children as Weapons of Mass Affection

In a tightly contested election, the appearance of the Bush twins at the convention was serious politics, a testament to the urgency with which candidates are fighting to sell their character to the public.


Jerry Pate handled the howling wind to win the Turtle Bay Championship on Sunday, closing with a 2-under 70 for a two-stroke victory over Jim Thorpe and senior rookie Fulton Allem.


The New York Mets and the Minnesota Twins reached a tentative agreement for Johan Santana Tuesday, capping months of deliberations over the two-time Cy Young award winnerâs future.


Feud of the Week: Busch vs. Johnson vs. Gordon

Kurt Busch leads Jimmie Johnson by 18 points and Jeff Gordon by 21 heading into Sunday's season finale at Homestead. Kurt Busch has finished in the top 10 in eight of the past nine races.


Mark McNulty rallies to steal Schwab championship; Hale Irwin wins ...

Mark McNulty and Hale Irwin had roughly the same thought as they collected their big trophies and bigger cheques: How did Tom Kite let all this great stuff slip away at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship?


Green Day Top the Charts Punk rockers topple rapper Nelly with ...

Green Day claimed the Number One spot on the album chart this week by selling 267,000 copies of American Idiot, according to Nielson SoundScan.


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Spanish Scientists Discover Fossil of Ancient Ape

Description: The fossil remains of an ancient Spanish ape may help explain a key event in evolution. Scientists say the skeleton offers clues about how our ancestors stopped swinging from trees and started walking upright.


Chile's Supreme Court will examine claims the judge investigating General Pinochet came under state pressure.


Unmanned aerial vehicles and other remote-controlled weapons are part of a high-tech arsenal the U.S. military is developing to help minimize casualties in battles with insurgents.


TechWeb - Passwords, the dominant form of securing enterprise assets, are a failure, a research firm says.


Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner's office announced Thursday.


ELISTA, Russia  - The Dalai Lama arrived Monday in Russia's Buddhist region of Kalmykia for a long-awaited visit. The revered 69-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader flew into Kalmykia at 1300 GMT from New Delhi.


Summary: Artifacts Israel says were forged

The James ossuary, a burial box bearing the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.". - The Yoash inscription, a tablet from about the 9th century BC, inscribed with 15


Barry Bonds' record ball auctioned for $752,467

Barry Bond's record-breaking home run ball was auctioned for more than $750,000, well above what sports memorabilia experts had expected the ball to fetch, the auctioneer said on Saturday.


Dynegy announces $135 million acquisition

HOUSTON Dynegy Incorporated today announced it'll pay 135 (M) million dollars to buy ExRes SHC Incorporated. That's a subsidiary of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation.


A business course on cutthroat capitalism disguised as a slacker comedy: Thatâs the kindest way to describe Michael Lehmannâs âFlakes.â


For the second time in days, Chinese authorities have ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak — drawing criticism from animal lovers but also support from many who say it's the only way to contain a disease that kills more than 2,000 Chinese a year.


Federal regulators ordered airlines to inspect the wings of more than 700 Boeing jets in response to a fire that destroyed a plane after it landed in Japan last week, officials said yesterday.


Six Georgian servicemen killed, seven wounded in South Ossetia

MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Six Georgian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in a fierce overnight fighting in Georgia's rebel province of South Ossetia, reports reaching here said on Thursday.


Two people arrested in an international investigation into child abuse pictures are to appear in court.


Famous faces and unknowns, conservatives and liberals, business leaders and nonprofit activists turned out Wednesday for the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative to talk about climate change, poverty, health care and education.


Polygon shapes on Mars rock add to evidence of water

Curious polygon shapes on the surface of Mars are among the latest evidence clearly suggesting the presence of water, and some of it may have appeared there even after the surface was bombarded by objects from distant space.


A Unique Atmosphere: Cranberry Glades Botanical Area Offers Highland Bogs and More

By Rick Steelhammer, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 24--In a brisk September breeze, fluffy white heads of cotton grass, more often associated with Arctic terrain, sway on long stems atop lumpy tussocks of vegetation rising from the open expanse of tundra-like peat bog.


WASHINGTON - Drafts of a report from the top U.S. inspector in Iraq conclude there were no weapons stockpiles, but say there are signs the fallen Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had dormant programs he hoped to revive at a later time, according to people familiar with the findings...


Seattle Times Brier Dudley Column: Microsoft's Moves Spur Visions of CEO Raikes

By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times  May 24--Excerpts from the blog   Directions on Microsoft analyst Rob Helm speculated that Friday's reorganization of a key part of Microsoft positioned Jeff Raikes to become Microsoft's chief executive someday.


Vinovo, 16:24 - CALCIO, JUVE: TEST IN FAMIGLIA CON OLIVERA E ALMIRON

Secondo giorno di lavoro per la Juventus di Claudio Ranieri dopo la pausa natalizia. Questa mattina ...


Porn Star Hits It Big as Bestselling Writer

She's got two bodyguards, four  dogs, a surgically enhanced double D-cup bust and an almost  600-page book on the best-seller list.


Luciano Pavarotti's widow denounced the "unseemly" gossip swirling in the Italian media alleging financial and family problems, saying Saturday she felt compelled to set the record straight for the sake of their young daughter.


Analysis: $388B spending bill full of surprises

Congress came to a final agreement Saturday night on a massive $388 billion measure funding 13 federal departments for fiscal 2005, but not without some last-minute problems for


ElBaradei denies charges of collaboration with Iran

VIENNA - UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei angrily denied Saturday charges he had collaborated with Iran ahead of publishing written reports on his investigation of the Islamic Republicâs controversial nuclear program.


Arsenal host north London rivals Tottenham in Saturday's early Premier League game.


Foreigners Admire Bulgaria's People, Nature, Cuisine ... |read|

Lifestyle: 4 December 2004, Saturday. Foreigners are fond of Bulgaria's nature, cuisine and people, a recent survey shows.


Walmart.com debuts sub-$500 Linux laptop

Wal-Mart has added a sub-$500 Linux laptop to its online store. The $498 Balance laptop comes preloaded with Linspire's desktop Linux operating system and is claimed to be the lowest priced laptop on the market


Kerry Says Bush Broke Promises From 2000

Democrat John Kerry said Friday that President Bush didn't keep the promises he made as a candidate four years ago, and pledged to do better if elected.


Terry S. Semel, the ex-chief executive who is credited with reviving Yahoo and then losing touch, is leaving the companyâs board.


Candidates seek to strike chord with crowds

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Clinton has one. Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney too. Each contender in the presidential race has some special line about family, or faith, or war-time sacrifice - some turn of phrase that consistently strikes a chord with crowds.


Cavaliers' Catterton Transfers to James Madison

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. 23 -- Robbie Catterton, a sophomore safety expected to play an important reserve role this season, quit the Virginia football team Saturday night, unhappy with the amount of playing time he was told to expect this season.


Cheers, jeers and overcoming fears in golf's ultimate contest

The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.


Powell and Gay cruise through on fast Osaka track

OSAKA, Japan  - Jamaica's world record holder Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay cruised through their 100 meters heats at the world championships on Saturday.


UN chief Kofi Annan warns Sudan it will be responsible for any worsening of Darfur's humanitarian crisis.


Gaza rocket wounds about 30 Israeli soldiers

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday wounded some 30 soldiers in Israel in an attack likely to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to take strong action in the Hamas-controlled territory.


U.S., Australia Battle for Softball Gold

Tanya Harding jumped up, shrieked with delight and wrapped her arms tightly around Australian catcher Marissa Carpadios as the two kicked up dust with a dance in the infield dirt. The Aussies were guaranteed one more game at the Olympics — and another shot at the United States. This time for a gold medal.


Qantas 'must open its register' if BA sells

QANTAS should open up its share register rather than seek another airline owner if British Airways ever decided to sell its stake, Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said yesterday.


Augusto D'Angelo - "DON ANDREA SANTORO" - Un prete tra Roma e l'Oriente - Ed. San Paolo Roma (Agenzia Fides) - ÂEÂ una bella storia, quella di don Andrea, e non solo per i cinque anni in Turchia. E una storia che fa scoprire la spiritualitÃ  e la vita germinate negli anni dopo il Concilio. Don Santoro non Ã¨ un teologo nÃ© un intellettuale...


Aid groups not free to speak about Darfur: poll

Most aid agencies in Darfur cannot speak openly about the humanitarian situation in the violent west of Sudan for fear of jeopardizing their work or being thrown out, a Reuters AlertNet poll showed on Thursday.


In a finding that challenges longstanding assumptions about stature and status, new research suggests that height makes virtually no difference in how schoolchildren view each other.


Fallujah Strike Breaking Insurgency, General Says

The US-led attack on insurgents in Fallujah, now in its second week, has ``broken the back of the insurgency,'' according to documents uncovered in house-to-house raids in the city, said Lt.


Casa Bianca rende nota decisione del presidente


PIKA Technologies Announces CommLogik As Latin American Distributor

OTTAWA, May 30  /PRNewswire/ -- PIKA Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of plug-in media-processing hardware and software, today announced that CommLogik Corporation, a value-added computer telephony distributor, will distribute its products in Latin America.


Pakistan says Islamist militants behind Bhutto attack

The Pakistan government blamed Islamist militants for twin blasts early on Friday that killed 133 people as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto drove through masses of supporters in Karachi.


Aviation Hall Names Five Inductees for 2007

By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer  The first American woman in space and the founder of FedEx are among five air and space legends the National Aviation Hall of Fame has picked as its 2007 enshrinees.


US resists Kyoto talks at international climate conference

BUENOS AIRES - The United States resisted calls on Monday for talks on the Kyoto Protocol at an international conference here on climate change.


Granger paces Indiana to victory over Portland

The Indiana Pacers continued their recovery from a long losing streak with a second straight victory, Danny Granger inspiring the win with 29 points in a 101-93 triumph over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.


Eighteen British troops are being tested amid fears they were given blood which was not properly checked.


Empoli, 15:20 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: MERENDA IN CAMPO, RAGAZZI CONTRO VIOLENZA

Iniziativa dell'Empoli contro la violenza. Si chiama "Quarto tempo" e riguarderà i Pulcini. D...


The US tells a UN conference on climate change it has no intention of joining the Kyoto Protocol in the near future.


Gearlds, No. 10 Purdue beat Arkansas St.

Katie Gearlds scored 17 points to help No. 10 Purdue beat Arkansas State 67-61 on Friday night.


More than 20 people are moved from their homes after a large fire in Trecwn, Pembrokeshire.


Gunman takes hostages at Colorado school

A gunman, possibly a parent, who said he   had explosives opened fire at a Colorado high school on   Wednesday, taking at least four hostages and prompting the   evacuation of hundreds of students, police said.


Oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel  on Monday, approaching record levels as worries about the  stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded  concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.


Nokia says it will incorporate Google search engine in cell phones

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Google to incorporate the Google search engine in its handsets.


A Drunken Night in Iraq, A Soldier Is Left Behind

The sun had not yet risen in Taji. A young Army soldier lay alone in the dirt. She was alive, but barely. Her ribs had been crushed; her spleen, ruptured. Her right side was marked by the angular tread of a tire.


OETA 'Festival' Pledge Drive Begins Tonight

By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor  The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) launches its annual "Festival" pledge drive at 7 p.m. tonight on KOED, channel 11.


Doctors Visit Arafat As His Health Worsens

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004 file photo.


Backers of a Philadelphia Wi-Fi project are worried that a bill going through the state legislature would spike a plan to blanket the city with free or inexpensive wireless access. [Broadband Blog]


Bill Parcells celebrated the touchdown with a big smile and his fist thrust high in the air. The Dallas Cowboys coach had turned the trick that put his old nemesis on the ropes.


California football Coach Jeff Tedford received a new five-year contract Monday to lead the Golden Bears through the 2009 season. The new deal replaces his existing agreement, which had three years remaining.


Eddie Murphy has been loved, hated and ignored but now he is back with Hollywood heavyweights rallying around him for his career-redefining turn in "Dreamgirls," a role that may win him an Oscar.


Howard Stern has long had two words for the Federal Communications Commission — and in 15 months, he can finally utter them on the air. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media," perhaps the most influential radio voice of the last 20 years, is shifting his salacious act to satellite radio and freeing himself from the increasingly harsh glare of federal regulators.


An artist who visited President Bush's home-town burger bar for a film on Texas and created a wallchart linking acid-house music and brass bands, has been named the Â£25,000 ($67,200) winner of the 2004 Turner Prize for contemporary art.


U.S. Blue Chips Near Flat; Verizon Weighs

U.S. blue chips were lower on Tuesday,  as a drop in phone company Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  overshadowed a brokerage upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N  and a three-session drop in oil prices.


Greenland criminals take road back to society, not prison

Some 20 people gather for a lunch of whale meat and potatoes inside a large wooden building facing a frozen fjord bathed in sunlight. No, these are not tourists on vacation, but rather criminals serving time in one of Greenland's open penal centers.


Betting industry urges EU action vs German ban

Europe's online gaming  industry filed a complaint with the European Commission on  Tuesday, saying Germany's ban on online gambling breaks EU law  on the free movement of services.


Americans worry Chinese-made toys unsafe: poll

The vast majority of Americans surveyed say they associate China with unsafe toys, and they are divided on whether they trust major toymakers to ensure products on store shelves are safe, according to a MSN-Zogby poll released on Monday.


Antifungal Keeps Yeast Infections at Bay

A once-a-week regimen of an antifungal medicine can reduce the rate of recurrent yeast infections in women. The therapy is far from a cure, but it's better than other


Merck Seeks Over-The-Counter Cholesterol Drug

Giving consumers access to cholesterol-lowering drugs without a prescription could expand use of the medicines and help fight the U.S. heart disease epidemic, drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. told an advisory panel on Thursday.


Prodi survives first of two confidence votes

Italian prime minister wins chamber of deputies backing but faces closer decision in senate


Bali, 12:32 - TENNIS, WTA BALI: SARA ERRANI CONQUISTA LA SEMIFINALE

Sara Errani batte la giapponese Aiko Nakamura per 6-1, 6-2 e si qualifica per le semifinali del torn...


Oil fell more than $1 a barrel on Friday from its $100 lifetime high as gloomy U.S. jobs data heightened concern about a slowdown in the world's top consumer that could dampen fuel demand.


Nortel again delays financial data: 'beyond a normal mortal's ...

TORONTO (CP) - The accounting calamity at Nortel Networks Corp. deepened Thursday as Canada's largest technology company again delayed its financial statements and restatements.


New reliability rules put a charge in IT spending by utilities

New federal regulations that could result in fines of up to $1 million a day for utilities that suffer blackouts are prompting an increase in IT spending, particularly on cybersecurity technology.


Il governatore siciliano e' accusato di favoreggiamento


Greenspan: Let more skilled immigrants in

WASHINGTON -- Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said allowing more skilled immigrants to work in the United States would help keep the income gap from widening.


What's a Red Sox fan to do now that the Curse is over?

Not to be macabre, but we are heading into a Halloween weekend. It occurred to me that if the best way to find an apartment in a crowded city is to check the obituaries (remember this regrettable collaboration


Modena, 22:06 - CALCIO, MODENA: PRESI LOMBARDI E OKAKA

Il Modena che ingaggiato il difensore Stefano Lombardi e l'attaccante Stefano Okaka Chuka. Lombardi,...


Lennon cast as anti-war hero in new documentary

U.S. conservatives were outraged when   country music band the Dixie Chicks criticized President George   W. Bush.


A woman who killed herself and her sister's two small children by walking into oncoming interstate traffic had a minor car accident and State Police cited her just hours before the double murder-suicide.


alzheimer's Medicare to pay bills for some brain scans

WASHINGTON - Medicare will start paying for specialized brain scans in some patients to help determine if they have Alzheimer's disease, the federal agency that runs the reimbursement program announced yesterday.


Apple works on labor issue at iPod plant

Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday it was working to resolve a dispute over alleged labor abuses by an iPod manufacturer in China.


To mark the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME and Dan Neil,  automotive critic and syndicated Los Angeles Times columnist, look at the auto industry's greatest lemons


Last chance for drivers at Homestead-Miami

This week we are headed to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Ford 400. Last year, this 1.5-mile track was rebuilt with a new variable banking system, creating three separate racing grooves varying from 18 to 20 degrees of banking.


Fewer people are living in extreme poverty in the East Asia-Pacific region, the World Bank said Tuesday.


Exposure to perchlorate, a widely used industrial chemical found in U.S. drinking water, may prevent some women's thyroid glands from functioning properly, a government study has found.


Major powers want Iran action in October

Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad on Wednesday signaled a willingness to negotiate as   major powers said Tehran had until early October to agree to   suspend its nuclear program.


The appointment of an Italian executive to Acer's presidency is a symbol of the Taiwanese firm's increasingly global view.


Union in talks with UK airport operator on strikes

Union leaders are to hold talks with  airport operator BAA  on Monday in an attempt to avert  a series of strikes that could cause widespread travel chaos in  January.


U.S. troops must defeat enemy in Iraq: Rumsfeld

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise farewell visit to American troops in Iraq and told them U.S. forces must stay until the enemy is defeated.


South Africa's President Mbeki says the leadership battle in his party is causing more bitterness than ever before.


Alando Tucker, who missed all but four games last season with a foot injury, scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead No. 21 Wisconsin to an 81-42 exhibition victory over Wisconsin-Parkside Wednesday night.


Chirac visits UK to mark centenary of Entente Cordiale

French President Jacques Chirac arrived in London on Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at marking the 100 anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, a 1904 pact that ended centuries


Communications giant Telstra Corp announced yesterday that its chief executive Ziggy Switkowski would step down early as Australia's largest corporation prepared for its full privatization.


Blistering sun main threat so far for Amazon swimmer

Blistering sun and river debris, not the Amazon's crocodiles or piranhas, have been the main adversaries of Slovenian Martin Strel so far in his 3,375-mile (5,430-km) swim down the world's greatest river.


Slovenia's Tina Maze beat favourite Anja Paerson to win the second World Cup giant slalom of her career on Wednesday. Maze overturned a deficit of 0.33 seconds from the first leg to defeat last season's champion Paerson by 0.12 seconds.


On its face, Super Bowl XLII might seem non-competitive, with the Patriots a heavy favorite. But the game has generated one of the most fascinating choices ever regarding rooting interest: Would you rather see the historic perfection of the Pats going 19-0, or the historic upset that derails them one game from football immortality? Read more in [...].


THE opposition Taiwanese Nationalist Party snatched a shock victory in legislative elections on Saturday in a sharp voter rebuke to the increasingly radical push for independence from mainland China by President Chen Shui-bian.


Sudan's main foes say peace deal imminent

Sudan's government and main rebel group are ready to clinch a final deal to end more than 20 years of war within days of talks resuming next week, spokesman for both sides said, a day before the UN Security Council opens a rare meeting in Nairobi on the country's peace process.


Norwegian mediators meet reclusive rebel chief to revive Sri Lanka ...

By SHIMALI SENANAYAKE Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka . Norwegian envoys held a key meeting Thursday with the reclusive Tamil Tiger chief to bring the rebels and Sri Lanka's government closer


'Dpef 2007 e Finanziaria 2008 conterranno riduzioni fiscali'


Pan-European bourse operator Euronext   ENXT.PA said it would ask shareholders to vote in December on   its merger plan with NYSE Group NYX.N as it posted a surge in   quarterly profits, albeit below analysts' forecasts.


Economic ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally agreed to beef up their commitment to push ahead the program of


By Doreen Carvajal  Perhaps it is fitting that a 50-second video clip of an ear- shattering explosion of 13 shortwave radio antenna towers on the Spanish Costa Brava is getting viewers on the Web site YouTube.


A car bomb has destroyed the Baghdad offices of Arabic, Al-Arabiya television station leaving at least seven people dead and scores wounded.


VATICANO - ÂA tutti va data, per la grazia dello Spirito Santo, la possibilitÃ  di incontrare la Parola viva che Ã¨ GesÃ¹ CristoÂ: il Papa al Consiglio Ordinario della Segreteria Generale del Sinodo dei Vescovi CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂI grandi compiti della ComunitÃ  ecclesiale nel mondo contemporaneo - tra i tanti, sottolineo lÂevangelizzazione e lÂecumenismo - sono incentrati sulla Parola di Dio e nello stesso tempo sono da essa giustificati ...


Libya court to deliver nurses' HIV case verdict

Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor could face the firing squad if a Libyan court convicts them on Tuesday on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.


Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has said that 'major neglect' by US-led forces led to the killing of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents at the weekend.


With Justice Pick, Bush Hopes to Avoid a Fight

President Bush opted to try to avoid a confirmation fight by nominating Michael B. Mukasey to be attorney general, concluding that the retired federal judge shares his approach to national security issues, but without the appearance of partisanship, administration officials and others close to the...


Bachchan and Black are creating the kind of impact that has never been experienced in the Indian film industry.


Middlesbrough captain Gareth Southgate admitted after the 2-0 UEFA Cup defeat to Villarreal in Spain âweâve had an education tonightâ.


TO the casual observer, Oracle v. PeopleSoft, the case unfolding in Delaware Chancery Court, is just the latest round in an ugly and long takeover fight between two software giants.


Economic growth slowed a bit in the final stretch of 2004, expanding at a still respectable 3.1 percent pace. For all of last year, though, the economy clocked in at its fastest clip since 1999, a compelling sign that the recovery is more deeply rooted.


Kmart Holding Corp. may have found its best "Blue Light Special" ever: retailing rival Sears Roebuck & Co. Still, many experts questioned whether the $11 billion buyout would keep the blue lights flashing


The Fantasy World of a Mysterious Artist

Jessica Yu's excellent documentary explores the life and work of Henry Darger, one of the world's best-known outside artists.


Britain's crime, terrorism chief steps down from Blair's Cabinet

Britain's top law-enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair's Cabinet, resigned yesterday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover's nanny.


Trade data shows that rising prices for imported oil widened the US trade deficit in October.


Reggie Sanders comes through with a pinch-hit RBI single in the 11th, giving the Cardinals a three-game sweep of the Dodgers with a 6-5 victory.


Motorola Foresees 20% Surge in Sales This Year on Strong Demand

By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb. 9--Motorola is upbeat about the local mobile handset market this  year, forecasting sales growth of 20 percent in line with its global forecast.


Yushchenko, his victory all but assured, faces major obstacles as ...

Reformer Viktor Yushchenko, whose victory in Ukraine's presidential election was all but assured Monday despite his opponent's threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia


Melbourne, 09:43 - TENNIS, AUSTRALIAN OPEN: FUORI KUZNETSOVA E CHAKVETADZE

Risultati del terzo turno del singolare femminile dell'Australian Open: Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)-Sv...


Federal prosecutors on Thursday identified the co-founders of the Broadcom Corporation as âunindicted potential co-conspiratorsâ in an investigation into the illegal backdating of stock options.


Anti-spyware company in court on bullying charges

The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked a federal court to shut down an operation that it said disables users' computers in an attempt to bully them into buying anti-spyware products.


A man jumped to his death Friday from the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, one of Manhattan's busiest tourist destinations, police said. The apparent suicide forced police to briefly close the landmark on Fifth Avenue to tourists in New York for the holiday weekend.


Justice Dept. Approves Cingular-AT&T Deal

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday  said it approved Cingular Wireless' $41 billion plan to buy  AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the country's biggest  mobile provider, but it must sell assets to protect  competition.


The president signed into law legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol.


Nortel to cut fewer jobs, trim real estate space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (REUTERS) - Nortel Networks Corp. said today that its cost-cutting plan will save $500 million in 2005, and even more in future years, as it cuts fewer jobs than forecast but plans to eliminate some of its real estate space.


At age 8, Erica Robertson bounded into the Sportsmen's Tennis Club in Dorchester and declared that she was going to be a professional tennis player.


Milano, 23:55 - CALCIO, MILAN, RONALDO: UFFICIALE ROTTURA TENDINE ROTULEO

Il Milan ha comunicato la diagnosi ufficiale per l'infortunio subÃ¬to dall'attaccante brasiliano Rona...


Sharapova Unstoppable at Australian Open

Maria Sharapovaâs 7-5, 6-3 victory over Ana Ivanovic earned her a third Grand Slam singles title to go with those she won at Wimbledon in 2004 and the United States Open in 2006.


Prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed slightly higher Monday on bargain hunting, traders said. The key Hang Seng Index rose 39.


Intel versus ARM for the mobile computer

Intel will always have AMD to worry about in the PC business. In the mobile world, however, it's shaping up a bit differently.


Accra, 20:09 - CALCIO, COPPA D'AFRICA: SORTEGGIATI I GIRONI

Sono stati sorteggiati ad Accra, i gironi della fase finale di Coppa d'Africa che si svolgera in Gha...


Genova, 18:07 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CASSANO TRA I CONVOCATI

Antonio Cassano è stato convocato da Walter Mazzarri per la sfida che la Sampdoria giocher&ag...


Peoplesoft rejects a takeover bid from rival Oracle for the sixth time in the last 18 months calling the offer "inadequate".


An EU summit could re-package the draft constitution as a simple treaty, German officials suggest.


Advertising: Wary of Infringing Rival Games, Take-Two Calls Up Footballâs Golden Oldies

The video game company Take-Two Interactive Software has found a way to get back into the lucrative business of publishing football-oriented games.


NASAâs Mars rovers have had their missions extended by a further six months after weathering the Martian winter solstice, NASA announced on Tuesday.


French Hold Fresh Crisis Meeting on Iraq Hostages

The French government held a crisis meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.


First Minister Rhodri Morgan tells BBC Wales he is concentrating on a deal with Plaid, but his door is open to the Lib Dems.


U.S.-Iraqi forces ittle resistance in Baghdad

U.S. and Iraqi forces met little resistance as they swept through Baghdad on Friday in their biggest crackdown on sectarian militias and the U.S. military said it had no sign that the al Qaeda leader in Iraq had been hurt.


President Bush should consult with Democrats on Supreme Court nominees to ensure a smooth path to Senate confirmation, incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Sunday.


Democrats Give 'Pre-Buttal' to Upcoming Bush Speech

The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress challenged President Bush on Monday to draft an "exit strategy" in Iraq and work with them in his drive to revamp the Social Security retirement program.


Montezemolo: aspettavamo tagli coraggiosi, non solo entrate


Consumer confidence bounced back unexpectedly in May, helped by optimism about the job market.


Pro-Aristide Riots Erupt for Second Day in Haiti

Violence erupted in Haiti Friday, as supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide took to the streets for a second straight day, demanding his return.


Talbots names Liz Claiborne president as CEO

Liz Claiborne Inc.  President Trudy Sullivan is leaving the company to become the chief executive of Talbots Inc. , the apparel companies said on Friday.


Napoli, 17:53 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; REJA: PER NOI NON CAMBIA NIENTE

Edy Reja sperava di festeggiare oggi la promozione in serie A e invece il suo Napoli dovrà fa...


A new research lab at the prestigious Parsons design school aims to develop video games with a conscience Â called "serious games" Â and study whether playing them can be a force for social good.


Everything involving the Washington Nationals stalled yesterday. No uniforms were unveiled. Fans were offered the opportunity to get refunds for tickets, rather than the chance to make new purchases.


U.S and Britain warn of sanctions in Iran nuclear case

The United States and Britain said on Tuesday Iran could soon face sanctions because it showed no sign of halting sensitive nuclear work, while the EU said the latest talks had been helpful but had brought no ...Comment


Europe's top wine-producing countries could be forced to dig up many vineyards under proposed EU reforms.


In seguito alle violente manifestazioni di ieri


Big Losers, but Can Viewers Keep the Pace?

Some find the contestantsâ drastic weigh loss on âThe Biggest Loser,â the NBC reality series, undermining for its viewers also trying to lose pounds.


Putting the recent collapse in perspective.


Microsoft on Thursday will release a Technical Refresh build of Office 2007 Beta 2, which originally debuted to the public in late May. The update brings to the table a number of performance and reliability improvements in all Office applications.