Chiron (CHIR) said Wednesday that it had written off $91 million in flu vaccine inventory and warned in its most pointed language yet that it may not be able to supply the USA next year either.


GOP expected to hold House; Senate at stake

Republicans are expected to hold on to their House majority tomorrow, but the Senate is turning into a nail-biter, with nine races in play that could upset the party's precarious hold on power.


Donovan, Noah downplay incident at Vandy

Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan and star forward Joakim Noah downplayed incidents that happened in a 83-70 loss at Vanderbilt.


Clinton's Surgery Nothing New, Yet Unique

With heart disease by far the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, former President Bill Clinton was hardly alone in his need for bypass surgery.


U.S. bomb kills 3 British soldiers in Afghanistan

Three British soldiers were killed by a bomb dropped by U.S. aircraft supporting them in a battle against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the British military said on Friday.


Torino, 20:25 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: RISSA TRA TIFOSI PER POSTI ALL'OLIMPICO

Una cinquantina di tifosi della Juventus hanno dato vita ad una rissa nella zona dello stadio Delle ...


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  gives his troops a free hand to crack down on Palestinian militants.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Cable television upstart Current Media Inc. plans to go public later this year, giving investors a chance to assess the entrepreneurial skills of its co-founder, Al Gore.


Sallie Mae says buyers believe takeover threatened

The investor group led by J.C. Flowers & Co. that agreed to buy out student loan firm Sallie Mae for $25 billion said proposals to cut government subsidies to student lenders could threaten the deal, Sallie Mae said on Wednesday.


LOS ANGELES Sept. 22, 2004 - Russ Meyer, producer-director who helped spawn the "skin flick" with such films as "Faster, Pussycat!


Bush Said to Be 'Fit for Duty' After Exam

President Bush was declared "fit for duty" on Saturday by a team of doctors who gave him his annual physical exam. Bush, 58, visited the National Naval Medical Center in the Washington


Wolfmeyer acquitted in murder-for-hire plot

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A Missouri woman was acquitted of charges she helped NHL player Mike Dantion hire a hit man in a failed plot to kill his agent.


Celera Genomics Group, a segment of Applera Corp., on Tuesday said its first-quarter loss widened by 25 percent on lower revenue.


Gip Torino accoglie richiesta pm su misura cautelare


Uninsured Americans Up by 1.4 Million in '03

Aug. 26, 2004 -- An estimated 45 million Americans don't have health insurance, and that number is rising faster than the number of Americans with insurance, according to a new report released today by the US Census Bureau.


Abdullah Mehsud refuses to meet tribal jirga

PESHAWAR: There were no negotiations between a Mehsud jirga and militant Abdullah Mehsud over the release of two Chinese hostages on Tuesday, but talks between a 24-member peace committee


Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra lodges a Â£81.6m formal takeover bid for Manchester City.


Google Profit Up, Stock Rises, No Outlook

Web search leader Google Inc.  GOOG.O, in its first earnings report as a publicly held  company, on Thursday posted quarterly net income and revenue  that more than doubled on strong Web search advertising.


Figures reveal 1,300 prison officers guilty of misconduct over six years

Home Office reluctantly reveals five worst jails with security breaches among most common offences.


Many unhappy returns Thursday marked the first anniversary of the infamous Storm Worm. Created by a Russian-based criminal network, the malware rapidly infected millions of PCs in Europe and North America and continues to be a problem.â¦


Centinaia di seguaci del Rastafarismo ad Addis Abeba


Negotiations on Pakistan Power-Sharing Deal Stalled

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 1 -- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said Saturday that negotiations on a power-sharing agreement with Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, were at a standstill but that she would return from exile regardless of whether the two strike a deal.


Marathon majors aim for season-ending race

Organizers of the world marathon majors are considering launching a season-ending race that would bring together all the top marathoners for an annual big-money showdown.


Tutti i Canadair in volo, numerosi roghi al Centro-Sud


"High School Musical" star appears nude in Web photo

A newly posted nude photo of wholesome "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens has caused an Internet stir and raised a new publicity challenge for the Walt Disney Co.'s squeaky-clean flagship cable network.


The immediate future of the computer industry -- and its biggest players -- took center stage Tuesday after IBM announced it is selling its PC business to a Chinese technology giant.


Dassault has revealed that the French government is trying to undo a Â£6bn UK defence deal with Saudi Arabia.


Il ministro: 'abbiamo smentito i giornali di oggi'


The hi-tech ePassport could make forgery and identity theft easier, BBC Click discovers.


10 killed in gas explosion in French apartment building

A gas explosion tore through a five-story apartment building in eastern France, killing 10 people and injuring 12, authorities said Monday.


Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their babies from asthma and other allergies.


A Chinese health official once hailed   as a hero for his work in fighting the spread of SARS has been   jailed for life for taking "huge" bribes from vaccine   distributors, state media said on Saturday.


Bombs kill 14 including Baghdad volunteer leader

Two suicide bombers struck in a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people including the leader of a U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrol, an Interior Ministry source said.


Actor, ex-Sen. Thompson edges to presidential run

Hollywood actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson tentatively has decided to run for president and will begin raising money to gauge support, according to a long-time friend and political adviser.


Karnataka to investigate political links of Veerappan

Bangalore, Oct 19 - Within hours after the jungle terror unleashed by Veerappan was brought to an end with his killing, Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh today announced that a probe would be conducted to uncover the political patronage and


Contestato un imponibile aggiuntivo di 60 mila euro


Sundance dealmaking turns cool, but "docs" are hot

PARK CITY, Utah  - The Sundance Film Festival entered its second week on Monday amid a cooling market for buying films, while documentaries stole the spotlight and Hollywood insiders defended the indie spirit of star-filled movies like "What Just Happened?"


Homes and businesses with speedy connections increased from 28.2 million to 32.5 million lines during six-month period ending in June 2004, report says.


Actor and Neighbor Told to Stop Suing Each Other

A New York judge told Sean Connery and a neighbor to stop bickering over renovations at the Upper East Side house they share.


Comptroller Says Personal Accounts Not Panacea

The creation of personal investment  accounts advocated by President Bush would not be a cure-all  for the problems facing Social Security, which needs other  reforms as well, the U.S. comptroller general said on Monday.


12 Nepali Hostages Reportedly Killed in Iraq

A website posted footage of 12 Nepali hostages being executed by Islamic extremists who had kidnapped them in Iraq, in a graphic mass killing that brought new urgency to a French government campaign to win the release of two abducted journalists.


Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama dug in Wednesday for a campaign unlike any other, a woman and a black man drawing record voter turnout in an unpredictable race for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Arsenal seek fresh home comfort against Wigan

Arsenal aim to continue their unbeaten record at the Emirates Stadium when they host Wigan in the Premiership on Sunday.


Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lives up to his name, becoming the first beagle to win best in show.


WebMD Health in content partnership with CBS News

Health information provider WebMD  Health Corp. said on Monday it signed an agreement with CBS  News under which WebMD will provide its branded content and  resources to the CBS Evening News, The Early Show and  CBSNews.com.


HOUSTON - Colorado coach Gary Barnett earned a small measure of redemption on Wednesday, capping a scandal ridden season with a 33-28 victory over UTEP and it's similarly embattled coach, Mike Price in the Houston Bowl.


Chips that help a computer's main microprocessors perform specific types of math problems are becoming a big business once again.


The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair today to discuss the up-coming Leeds Castle negotiations.


Government minister promises anti-P2P laws The target of yesterday's high-profile file sharing raid in Middlesbrough has been released on bail pending further investigation, Cleveland police said this morning.â¦


Monza, 19:24 - F1, TEST MONZA: HAMILTON IL PIU' VELOCE DAVANTI A RAIKKONEN

Lewis Hamilton con la McLaren - Mercedes è stato il piÃ¹ veloce al termine della prima delle t...


Arab television has aired a video of the director of CARE International in Iraq, pleading for her life. Margaret Hassan, who's done humanitarian work for 30 years in Iraq, was kidnapped earlier this week.


Milano, 11:48 - CALCIO, ROMA; SENSI: CAMPIONATO NON E' FINITO

Rosella Sensi, amministratore delegato della Roma, rimane ottimosta nonostante una sconfitta nel der...


Amp'd Mobile Bankruptcy Casts Shadow On MVNOs      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The joint venture of EarthLink  (NasdaqGS:ELNK - News) and SK Telecom   doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Walt Disney's   Mobile ESPN, which shut down last year, or Amp'd Mobile, which filed for bankruptcy reorganization protection on Friday.


Appendix attack sidelines Roethlisberger

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had an emergency appendectomy after becoming ill before practice yesterday and will miss Thursday night's season opener against Miami.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Separate roadside bomb attacks killed four American soldiers in Baghdad, as American troops and Iraqi soldiers stepped up pressure on Sunni insurgents before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan this week.    Last year, insurgents sharply increased their attacks against U.S...


Pistons Win in 2OT Two Nights After Brawl

Tayshaun Prince's dunk with 16.5 seconds left lifted the Detroit Pistons to a 117-116 victory in double overtime over Charlotte on Sunday night in their first game since their brawl with Indiana.


Apollo raises offer for Huntsman to $28/shr: WSJ

Private-equity firm Apollo Management  raised its offer for U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp.   by 75 cents a share Sunday night to $28 a share, The  Wall Street Journal Online reported on Monday.


Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $5.5 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.


Wall Street Journal to rename Saturday section: report

The Wall Street Journal will rename its Saturday leisure section, the first significant step taken since Rupert Murdoch's News Corp agreed to buy the Journal's parent, Dow Jones & Co., the New York Times reported in its online edition.


G.M. to Show a Vehicle That Drives by Itself

Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself.


Benazir Bhutto's party was to discuss a successor to the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday and decide whether to contest an election due in little over a week, as controversy swirled about just how Bhutto died.


Sars, "probabile" contagio umano in Thailandia

Una donna Ã¨ morta dopo essersi presa cura della figlia malata. Le autoritÃ : nessuna prova che il virus sia mutato. BANGKOK - Ore di ansia in Thailandia per il sospetto contagio dell'influenza dei polli da una bambina di 11 anni alla madre.


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

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


Warner Music Group sold $700 million of notes on Friday, and the proceeds will go directly to the company's private-equity owners, market sources said.


A Festival With Plenty of This, That and the Other

Boundaries of geography, genre and taste are tested and occasionally trampled in the ninth edition of Film Comment Selects.


Report: Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich sells final stake in ...

Basic Element, the holding company controlled by aluminum baron Oleg Deripaska, is close to acquiring full control of Russia's biggest aluminum maker, Russian Aluminum, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.


From Wales, a box to make biofuel from car fumes

The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.


Ghana leader looks set to win second term

Accra - Ghana's leader, John Kufuor, is expected to win a second and final four-year term when voters in the world's second-biggest cocoa grower choose their leader in a presidential election on Tuesday.


Space Station crew become "Weightless-Watchers" with low food ...

With food supplies becoming critically low onboard the International Space Station, the astronauts have been told to cut back on their food consumption.


Michael Jackson Taken to Hospital on Way to Court

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Pop star Michael Jackson  was taken to a hospital emergency room with the flu on Tuesday  and his child molestation trial was suspended for a week, the  judge in the case said.


Forget about The Curse. And for the moment, forget about the first two games in the American League Championship Series. They're history now and have little if no impact on what comes next.


Sixteen Pakistani soldiers killed in ambush

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - Militants attacked a Pakistani security force convoy near the Afghan border on Wednesday killing 16 soldiers a day after 16 people were killed in a suicide-bomb blast in the capital.


Equatoguinean "mercenary" trial starts without Zimbabweans

afrol News, 23 August - The trial against 14 foreigners, allegedly plotting a "mercenary invasion to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema," started today in Equatorial Guinea's capital Malabo.


Panda inconsolable after crushing new-born twin

BEIJING  -Staff at a zoo in southwest China are in  mourning after a sleep-deprived panda dropped her two-day-old  baby and crushed it to death, local media reported on Friday.


Jamaal Tinsley quietly has been proving his doubters wrong this season. The point guard had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as the Indiana Pacers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-95 on Friday night.


Ask Jeeves Inc. has made three significant enhancements to its search engine, as the Emeryville, California company continues to take aim at its much larger competitors


Picked-up pieces while wondering if anyone at the Super Bowl thought to get a photograph of John Hannah standing next to Joe Montana . . .


AMD Announces New Mobile Chip For Notebooks

Advanced Micro Devices announced its plans for a new lineup of mobile Athlon 64-bit processors intended for thin and light notebooks.


Nokia says joint 3G phone project on track

A joint project to develop a blueprint  of a smartphone for fast 3G networks by Symbian, Freescale  , Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Elektrobit (EBG1V.HE) is on  schedule, a senior official at Nokia said.


Paul Pierce finally played last night for the first time in more than seven weeks. The result was no different than the last time he had worn No. 34 for real and the Celtics are now inching achingly, agonizingly closer to record book Armageddon.


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Eight shot dead in Beirut opposition protests

Eight Lebanese opposition supporters were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst street violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by political conflict.


Bush Nominates New Transportation Secretary

Mary E. Peters is a former top highway official who backed new approaches to traffic control.


Dutch museums put their surplus art on eBay

Part of the Dutch national art collection featuring some 1,000 paintings, statues and other objects has gone on sale through Internet auction site eBay, officials said Friday.


Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers

The suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied.


Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 : Cricket Board today said batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who has been declared match-fit, will play in the third Test against Australia beginning in Nagpur on October 26.


Profits at Premiership champions Arsenal soar and the club says construction of its new stadium is running ahead of schedule.


L.S.U. Tumbles, Auburn Rises in A.P. Poll

Defending B.C.S. champion L.S.U. dropped eight spots to No. 13 in The Associated Press media poll after losing 10-9 at Auburn on Saturday.


Agassi sent into retirement, seeds tumble

Andre Agassi's glittering career came   to a tearful conclusion when he lost in four sets to German   qualifier Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open third round on   Sunday.


Republicans are demanding a list of voters in Washington state's most populous county as the party considers a court challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire's razor-thin victory in the governor's race, officials said Monday.


Barclays said it had struck a deal with the China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.


Sadiq Khan, the MP allegedly bugged as he visited a constituent in jail, welcomes an inquiry.


BT profits fall 30% hit by the costs of its restructuring programme, but it makes 35% of broadband connections.


Depending on where you're standing, the growing skyline of the new Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center is looking like either a boon or a bane.


Cassano, schiaffo da Sensi: Â«Non so se lo tengoÂ»

Il presidente della Roma ipotizza un futuro senza il talento barese: Â«Ci sono dei problemi che non mi aiutano a tenerlo: problemi caratteriali, non finanziari. MartedÃ¬ scorso contro il Bayer ha fatto una partita da schiaffiÂ».


The deposed chief justice of Pakistan says President Musharraf is an "extremist general" for sacking him.


Vijay Singh was hard at work at the Canadian Open on Wednesday, two days after a disappointing loss to Tiger Woods.


PRIMEDIA is in the process of selling off assets to pay down its huge debt, but there is little growth in its remaining assets.


Bangkok, Sept. 28 (VNA) - The Health Ministry of Thailand on Tuesday confirmed that Pranee Krongkaew, 26, died on September 20 of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza.


IBM unveils location-based business finder technology

When deployed by mobile phone service providers, the business finder technology allows a consumer to find and use the nearest, most highly rated and available service vendors like plumbers, electricians, carpenters or doctors.


Europe ; Serbia calls on UN to annul appointment of Kosovo PM

âHe (Haradinaj) is a war crimes suspect, and Serbian authorities will face numerous difficulties ... with such a person,â Kostunica said.


Greeley Police Notify Residents of Third Sex Offender to Move to Town This Year

By Vanessa Delgado, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 22--Three of the 44 people named as sexually violent predators in Colorado have moved to Greeley in the last six months.


Fianna Fail leader Bertie Ahern is re-elected as taoiseach in the Irish Republic for a third term.


Pentagon to Propose Bigger Military Death Benefits

Under pressure from lawmakers for  better treatment for U.S forces serving in Iraq and  Afghanistan, the Pentagon plans to increase survivor benefits  for families of service members killed in war, a Pentagon  official said on Monday.


The biggest case yet of humans possibly infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organization to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment of the global stockpile for the first time, officials said Saturday.


Police are looking for three men after a hit-and-run in Edinburgh which led to the death of a 10-year-old boy.


Arraignment Waived for Thrashers' Heatley

A judge has waived the arraignment for Atlanta Thrashers forward Dany Heatley, who has been charged with vehicular homicide and five other counts in the 2003 wreck that killed a teammate.


Pats' Branch to Miss Sixth Straight Game

New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch will miss his sixth straight game because of a knee injury.


The former Florida secretary of state looks to be headed for a Senate primary win. So why is her own party laughing?


Carlyle to Lead Investors in Bid for Chip Packager

A private equity consortium plans to make a $5.5 billion bid for the worldÂs biggest microchip packaging firm, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.


Tony Danza will reprise his lead role as Max Bialystock in the Las Vegas version of Mel Brooks' hit Broadway show "The Producers," he told The Associated Press on Monday.


Phishers use DNS tricks to direct users to bad sites

The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to their deceptive sites.The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) said in a new report Thursday that it saw a sharp rise in November in malware that directs users to DNS (Domain Name System) servers controlled by phishers.DNS servers play a crucial role in locating Web sites. The servers translate a domain name into an IP (Internet protocol) address, enabling a Web site to be located and accessed through a browser.Often, the phishers will set up their own DNS server that works fine most of the time but can redirect to their own malicious site.Tainting a person's DNS settings is particularly dangerous since the user probably won't notice the redirection, the APWG said."The fraudulent server replies with 'good' answers for most domains, however, when they want to direct you to a fraudulent one, they simply modify their name server responses," the report said.Phishers are also employing malware that modifies an internal PC file called the hosts, which is used to match domain names of Web sites with IP addresses.When a person visits a Web site, the browser checks the hosts to see if it has an IP address for a particular domain name. If the hosts file is corrupted or hijacked, the browser can be directed to fetch a different Web page than the one the user intended to go to.Both attacks -- also known as pharming -- are dangerous, since a user may be typing in the correct URL (uniform resource locator) but be directed to the phishing site.The APWG reported that the overall number of unique phishing sites declined in November, but 178 different brands were targeted, a record number. By comparison, 120 brands were used in phishing attacks in October. The highest previous total was in April 2007, when 174 brands were targeted.More Middle Eastern and European financial services companies were spoofed in phishing schemes, APWG said. The financial services industry is the most targeted for fraud, comprising 93.8 percent of all phishing attacks.


UK Insurer launches networking site for over-50s

British Insurance and holiday company  for the over-50s Saga has launched a social networking Web site  for silver surfers in a bid to emulate the huge popularity of  MySpace, Bebo and Facebook.


Arts & entertainment: Why do people always think writing is autobiographical, asks Mark Ravenhill.


His ankle had been sore for the last few days, so Al Horford would have had an excuse to sit out the three-minute run up and down the court. But Horford, his gray practice shirt drenched with sweat from a 1 1/2-hour workout at the Celtics' training facility yesterday, chose to participate in the final drill of the ...


Mosca, 20:43 - VOLLEY, EUROPEI: ITALIA-FINLANDIA 3-2

In una gara valida per il gruppo D dei campionati Europei di volley, l'Italia ha battuto la Finlandi...


Anxious Night Falls on Japan After Quake Kills 21

Thousands of weary and frightened residents of northern Japan were spending a second night in shelters, cars or in the open on Sunday after Japan's deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 21 people.


Roma, 14:10 - CALCIO, ROMA: NONDA AL GALATASARAY

La Roma ha ceduto al Galatasay l'attaccante congolese Shabani Nonda, 30 anni. Il giocatore ha firmat...


England midfielder Sean Wright-Phillips has no idea whether he will replace the suspended and injured David Beckham against Azerbaijan on Wednesday.


For some, municipal bonds can far outpace Treasuries.


It had been a topic of such intense speculation, and for so long, that when China did finally raise interest rates, the move was something of an anti-climax.


US President George W Bush sets up a panel to check the safety of imported goods, after a series of scares.


South Africa stage a second-half rout to beat a valiant England in the second Test in Pretoria.


Margaret Hassan, said to be a British-born Iraqi national, the director of CARE International's operation in Iraq is seen in this image made from video footage made on May 20, 2003.


U.S. Cites Poor Water Quality on More Airliners

The U.S. government has found for  the second time in recent months that water from a sampling of  commercial aircraft galleys and bathrooms was not safe for use,  regulators said on Wednesday.


Media maker finally notices nobody uses floppies anymore Media manufacturer Verbatim has bought SmartDisk, a US-based vendor of portable and external disk drives and flash readers. The deal was agreed last month and finalised yesterday.â¦


A bionic hand, controlled by the patient's mind and muscles, goes on the market


Don Imus is being sued for more than $4 million by an advertiser on his former show who says the radio shock jock badmouthed the company and called its commercials for a book by the late President Gerald Ford "cheesy."


Indy Racing Leagueâs Final Week Is Truly a Fight to the Finish

The Indy Racing League will culminate when the Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti tries to hold off Scott Dixon and Kanaan for the championship.


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Bringing Higher Quality to the Basic Sedan

HUME, Va. Here along the winding back roads of Fauquier County was evidence of General Motors Corp.'s renewed vigor.


Bush Disappointed Intelligence Reform Failed

SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush expressed  disappointment on Sunday that an agreement on intelligence  reform collapsed in the face of Republican opposition and vowed  to renew pressure on Congress to reach a deal this year.


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - Andy Reid will get a few more chances to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl. The Eagles on Wednesday signed Reid to a four-year contract extension through the 2010 season.


Seize the day with a wake up call from "Jeeves"

A good butler knows just how to rouse  one after a boozy night and now anyone can wake feeling  pampered to the indulgent tones of the consummate valet.


A key suspect in the trial of 29 people over the 2004 Madrid train bombings denies involvement.


Possible second case of mad cow found in US

The US Agriculture Department say they may have found a second case of mad cow disease in the United States. The department says that so far, test results are "inconclusive.


THREE YEARS after 9/11/01, presidential politics is driven by fear of terrorism and war in Iraq. 9/11 represents horrifying failure of America's defense that happened on George Bush's watch.


A group of families of September 11 victims yesterday told Congress to scrap the entire intelligence overhaul effort this year and start over next year rather than pass the


Iomega rolls out new portable, RAID, and multi-interface drives at Apple Expo in Paris.


Billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn raised his stake in BEA Systems, as he ramps up the pressure to push the company's board into selling the enterprise applications software maker.


Wakefield baffles White Sox for 16th win

Tim Wakefield's knuckleball baffled the Chicago White Sox and sent the surging Boston Red Sox to another victory.


A group of British scientists believes people should be viewed as 'superorganisms,' made of conglomerations of human, fungal, bacterial and viral cells. It's a sensible view, given that human bodies contain more than 500 bacterial species. By Rowan Hooper.


Adrian Fernandez beat Bryan Herta by 0.0716 of a second at the Delphi Indy 300 yesterday in Joliet, Ill., for his second victory in a month, but it was overshadowed by a scary crash late in the race that sent Buddy Rice's car skidding upside down along


Ten years after it was born out of the carnage of three California mass shootings, the federal assault weapons ban is fading out of existence Monday.


Having been informed that the leaders of this University have decided in favor of my departure, I hereby offer to resign and retire early from my position of Director of Athletics effective November 30, 2004.


Even though this barely touches the topics of this site, it is well worth mentioning that the Mozilla Firefox browser has finally reached the 1.0 milestone.


The home secretary is to set out plans to crack down on those who "groom" people on the internet for extremism.


When the Talk Is Terse, a Twitch Speaks Volumes

Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through "Fear X" like a toxic mist.


Londra, 20:24 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: UEFA MOTIVO DI GRANDE ORGOGLIO

Palermo pronto a sfidare il West Ham. Guidolin non vede l'ora: ''E' motivo di grande orgoglio e sodd...


British prime minister to press Sudanese government on Darfur conflict

KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan agrees to a joint withdrawal of government and rebel forces in Darfur and will accept a big increase in international ceasefire monitors, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday after talks with the country's president.


U.S. Expat Voters Out in Record Numbers in Germany

American expatriates in Germany are turning out in record numbers for the presidential election, spurred on by the German public, U.S. military commanders or a newfound sense that every vote could be decisive.


Golden Globes favor cable TV, new series

If there was any doubt before, the Golden Globes have sounded a clear message: This year, the best TV is on cable.


The homeland security boom is funneling billions of dollars to antiterror tech makers, problems with accountability and coordination. A News.com special series.


ADV: $175,000 Mortgage for Under $730/Month

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


At Woods Center, high scores OK - in class

For all the heralded power with which he plays golf and the dramatic lengths to which his tee shots have gone, it is a drive of perhaps 150 yards that provides a definition to Tiger Woods's life.


The presidents of Congo and Rwanda could meet soon to calm renewed tensions between the neighboring countries, according to presidential aides.


Village sells street names to raise cash

A cash-strapped Hungarian village is  offering the chance of immortality to anyone willing to pay to  have a street named after them, and it's hoping world famous  celebrities apply.


Indonesian police say they've confirmed the identity of the suicide bomber who attacked the Australian embassy in Jakarta last month, killing himself and nine others.


Italy's military presence in Iraq will continue despite abduction

Italy will do whatever is possible to secure the release of an Italian freelance journalist kidnapped byIraqi insurgents, but will not bow to demands to withdraw its troops, the Italian government said Tuesday.


By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Bob Schieffer. (CBS/AP) President Bush and Sen. John Kerry swapped charges over a looming shortage of flu vaccine and the future of Social Security as they


WASHINGTON -- Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, a species already


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N.Korea Says Has Made Nuke Weapons, Shuns 6-Way Talks

North Korea declared on Thursday for the first time that it possessed nuclear weapons and said it was suspending participation in six-way talks on dismantling its nuclear programs for an indefinite period.


Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO, Canada's  second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a  majority stake of U.S.-based Banknorth Group Inc. BNK.N,  while also boosting its dividend and reporting a 17-percent  rise in profits.


There was the Aussie leading the race. There was the American with the Aussie-themed daughter named Sydney hanging tough in second.


Police say they are confident of finding the  'racially-motivated' killer of an Iraqi Kurd in Swansea.


Slayings in Mexico put focus on vigilantism

MEXICO CITY -- The images are chilling: A young man, his face bloody and swollen, struggles to tell a television reporter that he is an undercover federal agent, then a mob burns him and another officer alive on camera.


Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent.


Tearjerkers about dead  spouses who haunt loved ones seem to be all the rage. In "Grace  Is Gone," a father and two daughters cope with the loss of Mom  in Iraq. In "Things We Lost in the Fire," a mother and two  youngsters mourn the death of the husband and father.


Napoli, 18:11 - MARADONA JR: COGNOME NON E' PESO, MI VOGLIONO IN SPAGNA

"Il mio cognome non è un peso, vivo a Napoli in maniera tranquilla, anche se è vero ch...


Given what Sergio GarcÃa has achieved in his career already it is difficult to believe he is only 24 years old. He had a 67 yesterday, four under, to share the Volvo Masters lead with his fellow Spaniard


Pentagon divided over pace of withdrawal from Iraq and the need for more forces in Afghanistan.


Report: 5 Pacers, fans face charges today

Oakland County (Mich.) prosecutors Wednesday are expected to charge five Indiana Pacers and five fans for the brawl at a Detroit Pistons-Pacers game


Calcio: Siena, Taddei reintegrato ufficialmente in squadra

Pace fatta tra Rodrigo Taddei e il Siena calcio. Paolo De Luca, presidente dei senesi, ha dato il suo placet al tecnico bianconero per utilizzare il giocatore brasiliano. "Ho giÃ  comunicato a Simoni che Taddei


Hysterectomy raises incontinence surgery risk: study

Women who have undergone hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, are at higher risk of urinary incontinence that needs to be corrected by surgery later on, a 30-year Swedish study has found.


The 61st Venice Film Festival ended with a big roar of approval for   Vera Drake.


With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of last year's unusually high death rate among youngsters.


Dutch champions Ajax have finally found a replacement for departed attack fulcrum Zlatan Ibrahimovic by landing Greece hero Angelos Charisteas from Werder Bremen.


The condition of baby Ben Marshall who was airlifted to hospital in Liverpool has deteriorated.


Firenze, 19:11 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: LUPOLI FUORI DA LISTA UEFA

La Fiorentina ha presentato la lista Uefa. Fsnno parte della lista Federico Balzaretti (17), Dario D...


Israel's PM Ehud Olmert said its Lebanon war strategy was drawn up months in advance, a newspaper claims.


Obituaries for newspapers are already being written in the United States and much of Europe, with the rise of the Internet and shrinking attention spans listed as the causes of death. But the news hasn't made it to India.


Advertising: A Year for Quick Hits and Fast Flops as Campaigns Broke New Ground

In 2007, a growing number of marketers, agencies and media owners forsook the tried-and-true in favor of new ways to reach elusive consumers.


Operazione sarebbe organizzata da BHP Billiton e Rio Tinto


U.S. Planes Hit Iraq's Falluja, Guns Deal Expanded

U.S. warplanes hit the rebel- held  Iraqi city of Falluja overnight as part of a drive to thwart  expected attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and  ensure security for national polls due in January.


Canadian navy to dock submarine fleet in wake of fire

The Canadian navy announced Tuesday it will dock its submarine fleet in the wake of a fire that crippled the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi.


Even environmentally aware people are unwilling to reduce the amount of flying they do, research shows.


Sponsorship woes still dog Martin heading into new year

OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin knew it wouldn't be easy to explain the sponsorship scandal to Canadian voters.


China enters peak period of trade disputes

With the fast growth of China's foreign trade after the WTO accession, China has entered a peak period of trade disputes with foreign countries, said officials with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.


The yen held close to the previous  session's four-week high against the dollar on Thursday while  the dollar held steady on the euro as investors awaited U.S.  labor and manufacturing data due later.  The Japanese currency  rose to a high of 109.28 per dollar late on Wednesday, as cross  currents in the market, mainly from a steep sterling fall,  forced yen sellers to buy the Japanese currency back, pushing  it higher against the dollar.


U.S. returns stolen pre-Columbian artifacts to Peru

The United States returned ancient pottery, gold jewelry, burial shrouds and hundreds of other stolen pre-Columbian artifacts to Peru on Wednesday after they were seized in a Florida smuggling investigation.


Pope Benedict XVI removes restrictions on celebrating the Latin Tridentine Mass, despite concern from Jewish groups.


Derek Jeter settled his case with tax officials, who had said the New York Yankees captain should have paid three years of taxes as a New York state resident.


Register Hardware Â£1,250 Daily Draw: five Nokia E65 phones to be won

Your chance to win with Reg Hardware Competition Nokia's brand new E65 handset. You can read Register Hardware's review of this mobile phone here, but why not try and win one too? We've got five of these bad boys to give away... one every day this week.â¦


Beyond Iraq: The First Lady, Back in Africa

If three words could sum up President Bush's foreign policy legacy, they would be: Iraq, Iraq, Iraq. But if first lady Laura Bush has her way, historians also will remember the president's determination to fight deadly diseases in Africa and other parts of the developing world.


Freddato ieri notte vicino a casa a colpi di lupara da due sicariEra considerato un elemento di spicco delle cosche                                            Mafia, omicidio a Partinico ucciso boss del palermitano


The House of Representatives approved legislation that would base the amount of aid low-income college students receive as federal grants on their overall educational costs rather than just tuition.


Block meets file 3PAR and Network Appliance have signed an agreement to consolidate their block and file storage services into a single SAN/NAS pool.â¦


Red Sox and Yankees, the matchup they wanted

From the instant Aaron Boone's home run cleared the left-field wall last October, the Yankees and Red Sox have been building to this.


IBM to hold Israel news conference after XIV reports

International Business Machines Corp  said it will hold a news conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon but gave no details on what it would address.


Webware darling Farecast is adding hotel price analysis to its existing airfare prediction service.


Per i 175 anni della compagnia un regalo per sessantamila


U.S. group says factory Wal-Mart uses abuses workers

A U.S. watchdog group has called on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to put a stop to what it says is worker abuse at a factory in the Philippines that makes apparel for the retailer.


Rare Blood Infection Surfaces in Injured U.S. Soldiers

An expectedly high number of U.S. soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in military hospitals, Army doctors reported on Thursday.


Macintosh sales rise and two new software programs fill big holes in the computerâs landscape.


The American swimmer, who won eight medals in Athens this year, was stopped by police after he sped through a stop sign. A state trooper in Salisbury, Maryland, saw signs of intoxication in the 19-year-old


Haiti Policeman Killed in Street-Clearing Raid

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haitian police and U.N.  troops moved into a slum neighborhood on Sunday and cleared  street barricades that paralyzed a part of the capital.


Iowa Congressional leaders said they look forward to working with Mike Johanns, currently Nebraska's governor, who is President Bush's nominee for agriculture secretary.


Chad rebels attack strategic eastern town

N'DJAMENA  - Chadian rebels attacked the eastern regional capital of Abeche on Saturday in their latest strike against President Idriss Deby's rule, and aid workers based there said some insurgents had entered the town.


Â· Assistant head says pupils gain wide range of skills  Â· NUT representative says scheme is step too far


In Europe, Apple Faces Hurdles to iTunes Movie Rentals

The European market rules will force deals to be made one country at a time.


An explosion levels a petrol station near a ski resort in West Virginia, killing at least four people.


Israel approves release of 170 Palestinian prisoners

Israel has approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners, most of them Fatah members, as a goodwill gesture towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.


Two-year effort nets online safety pact between MySpace, state AGs

MySpace and 49 state attorneys general have agreed on a plan to protect underage social network users from online predators.


Viry: The spiritual home of the V10 engine

In 1976, Renault Sport was established in Viry-ChÃ¢tillon 20km south of Paris. Since 1992, this factory has been Renaultâs F1 engine development arm.


Senior service providers retool business model with eldercare technologies

Blog: Eldercare service providers point to changing their business models with the aid of technology.


Updated Creative Manager Pro is optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch and ready for next Mac OS.


Un fuoristrada e una vettura sulla provinciale 13

MODENA - Un terribile incidente stradale avvenuto nella notte sulla provinciale 13 nel Modenese Ã¨ costato la vita a cinque persone. Intorno all'una un fuoristrada ha avuto uno scontro frontale con una vettura


Al-Jazeera TV broadcasts what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting 9/11 hijackers.


India claw their way back after batting collapse

Mumbai: India clawed back after a miserable batting display to restrict Australia's first innings lead to 99 runs and keep themselves afloat in the fourth and final cricket Test here on Thursday.


Nigeria denies responsibility for delay in Bakassi pullout

Nigeria's government denied responsibility for a delay in pulling its forces out of the disputed Bakassi peninsula as a deadline set by the United Nations expired and a new timetable was awaited.


LOS ANGELES  - From Orange County to Manhattan, Bravo is set to bring viewers more insight into how the other half lives.


Wrigley 4th-quarter profit up, raises dividend

Wm Wrigley Jr Co  on Monday posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by sales overseas, and announced an increased dividend.


Today's dolls too provocative, says survey of Moms

With fashion dolls decked out in   knee-high boots, mini-skirts and midriff baring shirts a common   sight these days, a new survey finds a majority of mothers   believe many toy dolls available for young girls today are too   provocative.


HBO shows score four Writers Guild nominations

HBO was the only  television network with two shows apiece in both the dramatic  and comedy series categories of the Writers Guild Awards, which  announced TV nominations Wednesday.


Mass. settles with financial services firm over stolen laptop

Ameriprise Financial Services has agreed to pay Massachusetts $25,000 in connection with the theft one year ago of a laptop that contained sensitive data on 158,000 customers and 68,000 current and former Ameriprise employees.


Japanese government plans fresh help for quake-affected areas

Japanese government set out Tuesday fresh steps, including a revision to a disaster relief law, to help survivors hit by a series of deadly earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture as


Perceptions: Study on Hormone Risks Fades as Years Pass By

Two years after a major study revealed the risks of hormone replacement therapy, few women remember the pros and cons of this treatment.


Washington Mutual posts $1.87 bln Q4 loss

Washington Mutual Inc , the largest U.S. savings and loan, suffered a larger-than-expected $1.87 billion fourth-quarter loss on Thursday, battered by mortgage defaults and write-downs.


Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington 5 and 4 yesterday to move into the final of the World Match Play Championship in Virginia Water, England, and stay on course for a record sixth title.


Birding Column: Robins at a Pyracantha Party

Birder Mathew Tekulsky recalls how American robins and other species visited his California yard for a few weeks in January, when a pyracantha bush produced its ripe berries.


Google offers business software via subscription

Web search leader Google Inc. has  begun delivering a set of essential business software tools to  paying subscribers, in a move to widen its appeal to corporate  customers, the company said on Wednesday.


FBI raids office of Bristol-Myers CEO: paper

Agents for the Federal Bureau of  Investigation raided the office of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   Chief Executive Peter Dolan as part of a criminal  antitrust probe, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday,  citing a person familiar with the matter.


The dot-bomb survivor is down to its last $700,000. Also: Viacom partners with a second Chinese media company & hellip;. Boeing downplays the speed of the airplane market's recovery & hellip;. and more.


Oil falls, OPEC concerned about world economy

Oil prices fell on Monday on expectations of higher U.S. refinery production and after remarks by OPEC that it is ready to pump more oil if needed.


The US Women's National Team and its living legends realized their destiny Thursday with an overtime strike from Abby Wambach to defeat Brazil 2-1 in the Gold Medal Match at the 2004 Olympic Games and reclaim their place as the top team in the world.


Pescara, 19:26 - CALCIO, PESCARA: PROBLEMA MUSCOLARE PER GONNELLA

Doppio allenamento per il Pescara in vista della gara di venerdÃ¬ prossimo a Crotone: il tecnico Amma...


He Won't Coach Mississippi; Saban Talks to Dolphins

San Francisco 49ers Coach Dennis Erickson withdrew his name from consideration yesterday for the head coaching vacancy at the University of Mississippi, the day after interviewing for the job.


Canada's mountain parks try different ways to reduce wildlife carnage

EDMONTON (CP) - Wardens in Jasper National Park call the short stretch of blacktop "disaster point."


AMD's Spansion unveils new flash memory products

Spansion LLC, the flash memory joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Fujitsu Ltd., unveiled two products that introduce a new design into Spansion's lineup and expand the density of its current products, the company said Tuesday.


During this presidential election campaign, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are wrangling over a lot of things, but at least one important subject isn't getting the concentrated attention it deserves on the campaign trail or from Washington.


GLASGOW, Scotland  - Szabolcs Huszti scored two goals as Hungary defeated Scotland 3-0 on Wednesday in an international friendly.


The Buffalo Bills can become the second team in league history to clinch a playoff berth after an 0-4 start - but they still need help.


First woman in space dreams of flying to Mars

The world's first female astronaut  Valentina Tereshkova, marking her 70th birthday on Tuesday,  says she still dreams of flying to Mars -- even on a one-way  ticket.


Iran Expects to Be Acquitted in Next UN Nuclear Report

TEHRAN/VIENNA  - Iran said on Wednesday it has  cleared up all major outstanding ambiguities over its nuclear  program to reassure the world it was not trying to make an  atomic bomb, but diplomats at the U.N. disagreed.


Film su saga emigrazione del '900 premiato a Venezia


More Than 750 Companies Join Nokia for Business Channel Program to Deliver Business Mobility

Nokia (NYSE:NOK), a world leader in mobile communications, announced recently that more than 750 mobility, business voice and security companies worldwide have joined the Nokia for Business Channel Program since its introduction just three months ago.


Lo scoppio ha causato danni a centinaia di metri di distanza


Hidden Springs Harvest Festival a Family-Friendly Event

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 25--The 10th annual Hidden Springs Harvest Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 7-8.


Device Useful for Excessive Menstrual Bleeding

NEW YORK  - A tiny device that is placed  inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an  effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem  called menorrhagia, new research shows.


Julian Tavarez's 2-2 slider to Carlos Beltran was theoretically a good pitch Sunday afternoon. It was low, outside and traveling 81 miles per hour.


Roundup: Canada's Weir increases his lead

The only birdie putt Mike Weir made yesterday in the Canadian Open came at a good time, a 6-footer on the 18th hole that gave him a three-shot lead and left him


Dr. Michael R. Treat is hard at work on an invention he hopes will change the way surgeons work in the operating room - an automated helping hand.


He may have won re-election and a majority in both houses of Congress, but George W. Bush shouldn't expect a free ride on Capitol Hill.


British Airways fined for mistaking hockey star for hooligan

British Airways was fined 67,000 roubles (around 2700 dollars) by a Moscow city court on Tuesday in favour of former Russian ice hockey great Pavel Bure.


Betrayal: Sam Rockwell To Star as Ill-Fated Apostle in 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'

Playbill - Sam Rockwell - the actor who starred as Chuck Barris in the film "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" - will take on the title role in the upcoming world premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.


Ecco i risultati della 25a giornata della serie B.


White House says Iran has not met its obligations

The White House said on Thursday that a U.N. watchdog report shows that Iran has not met its obligations to halt its nuclear fuel program.


Svimez: per trovare impiego costretti a spostarsi


US, India break 'logjam' in nuclear talks but final accord elusive

The United States and India have "broken a logjam" in talks to forge an implementing agreement for their landmark civilian atomic deal but a final accord remains elusive, officials said Thursday.


Lo chiede il presidente di Farmindustria Sergio Dompe'


Now Cingular Wireless LLC gets to reap the rewards -- and face the challenges -- of its new status as the nation's biggest cellular provider.


OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham will start selling his tax package to voters in south-east Queensland today. Mr Latham announced Labor's long-awaited tax policy yesterday, delivering tax cuts of up to $8 a week


Alcatel-Lucent fourth-quarter results disappoint

(InfoWorld) - Alcatel-Lucent's revenue fell for the fourth quarter and the company plunged into loss. The performance was disappointing, but theÂ long-term prospects of the mergerÂ of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies remain positive, the company said. Fourth-quarter revenue dropped 16 percent year-on-year on a comparable basis, to â¬4.42 billion ($5.83 billion as of Dec. 31, the last day of the period reported) from â¬5.25 billion, while revenue for the full year fell to â¬18.25 billion from â¬18.57 billion. Although the merger was onlyÂ completed at the end of November, the company provided pro-forma figures as if the merger had taken place on Jan. 1, and restated earlier figures on a comparable basis. On that basis, the company made a net loss of â¬618 million in the fourth quarter, compared to a net profit of â¬381 million a year earlier. For the full year, net profit fell to â¬522 million, down from â¬1.67 billion on a comparable basis the previous year. The disappointing performance was due to uncertainty among customers and staff about the outcome of the merger, and to a highly competitive market in North America during the fourth quarter, the company said. As it proceeds with the integration of Alcatel and Lucent, the company expects to realize cost savings of â¬600 million this year, and a total of â¬1.7 billion in cost savings within three years of the merger. The savings will come from optimization of its supply chain, and the elimination of duplicate resources and products, and around 12,500 jobs. Post-merger, the company makes around three-quarters of its revenue from carrier products. Revenue of â¬1.47 billion came from fixed-line telecommunications equipment in the fourth quarter, â¬1.24 billion from wireless equipment, and â¬510 million from converged products. Enterprise networking equipment accounted for â¬410 million, and services for â¬740 million. Demand was particularly strong for enterprise IP telephony equipment in Europe, the company said.


PC hard drive system could warn of tsunamis

A tsunami detector built from ordinary PCs linked over a peer-to-peer network has been demonstrated in Austria.


A total ban on smacking in England and Wales is rejected by ministers, after a review suggests parents oppose it.


Kanye West, Usher, Alicia Keys and Ray Charles were about as hard to predict as rain in Seattle. But such choices reveal as much about the increasing relevance of the awards as they do about their continued blind spots.


Alex Rodriguez Opts Out of Contract With Yankees

Alex Rodriguezâs announcement appears to signal the end of his career with the team.


No Kokanee Fishing: State Shuts Lake Coeur D'Alene seasonBan Aims to Reverse Salmon Population Slide

By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Sep. 19--Kokanee fishing has been banned on Lake Coeur d'Alene until the Idaho Department of Fish and Game sees a boost in the feisty salmon's population.


After stringing out his decision for months, Hollywood actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson declared his candidacy for U.S. president on Wednesday, formally entering the 2008 White House race with a TV interview as his Republican rivals gathered for a debate.


Astronaut Bill Oefelein was in orbit aboard the space shuttle in December when he was sent a steamy e-mail from a girlfriend awaiting his return: "First urge will be to rip your clothes off, throw you on the ground and love the hell out of you."


Ministero: non si potra' anticipare la prima elementare


Authority: si conosce liberalizzazione ma paure di rincari


3 Palestinian Activists Face U.S. Charges

WASHINGTON - A Hamas leader and two other suspected members of the Palestinian militant group were indicted on charges they participated in a lengthy racketeering conspiracy to provide money for terrorist acts in Israel, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Friday.    The three activists allegedly used bank accounts in the United States to launder millions of dollars to support Hamas, which the U.S...


BRUSSELS The incoming European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, on Monday criticized the United States for failing to stick to bilateral talks to resolve a dispute over government aid to Boeing and Airbus.


Britain to demand some visitors give biometric data

Britain said on Tuesday it plans to  force non-European foreign nationals to register identity  details such as fingerprints and iris scans from 2008.


Forget piddling around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer's hottest, "must have" low-tech phenomenon — the latest Harry Potter novel.


Seizure of medical records upheld in Limbaugh case

Rush Limbaugh's medical records were properly seized by investigators seeking information on reported illegal drug use, an appeals court ruled yesterday.


The Discovery crew may have to perform an unscheduled spacewalk to fix a stuck solar panel on the space station.


Il costo delle importazioni nel 2007 aumentera' del 5%


Food crisis could loom after Africa floods: Red Cross

The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.


Barack Obama declared Thursday he's the only candidate who can bring true change in Washington, hoping to persuade Iowa voters to give him the first victory in the Democratic presidential race.


Russia's S7 signs $2.4 bln Boeing 787 deal: report

Russian airline S7, formerly called Sibir, has signed a $2.4 billion contract for 15 Boeing 787 "Dreamliner"  planes, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted a company statement as saying on Tuesday.


Really? : The Claim: People Shouldnât Stand Too Close to a Microwave

Many people continue to wonder whether standing next to a microwave while itâs on can expose them to radiation.


Key questions answered on the EU's planned Reform Treaty, and the intergovernmental conference that will negotiate it.


Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced today that it has achieved high-speed packet transmission 1Gbps in the downlink in a laboratory experiment using 4G mobile radio access equipment.


Jameel Sewell is the unquestioned starting quarterback for Virginia and is charged with reinvigorating a team that finished 113th in the country in total offense last year. U-Va. kicks off its season Saturday at Wyoming.


Willis agrees to 3-year deal with Tigers

Dontrelle Willis looked at the Detroit Tigers' snow-covered field and his familiar smile grew even wider. The former Florida Marlins pitcher and California native wasn't about to let the white stuff or frigid temperatures spoil his big day.


Woods Banks on Early Return of Injured Caddie

Tiger Woods is optimistic his caddie  Steve Williams will be able to return to work later this month  despite having injured his hand in a racing car accident in New  Zealand last Friday.


Almost 300 officers from forces across the UK are assisting Suffolk Constabulary in their hunt for the killer of  five women.


The European Union gives food firms a year to stop junk food ads aimed at children and improve product labelling, the FT says.


Players from both teams brawl late in Clemson's 29-7 victory over South Carolina. Coach Lou Holtz, 67, dives into the pile as peacemaker in his regular-season finale with the Gamecocks.


Customers download 100,000 copies of Bento in just 30 days

Created expressly for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento, the personal database from FileMaker, has caught fire. As FileMaker announced this morning, customers eager to experience the easy-to-use applications have downloaded more than 100,000 copies of the preview release in just 30 days. Whatâs more, Bento has received excellent reviews. A reviewer at Networkworld.com, for example, said of Bento, âI, for one, never thought Iâd see a database able to achieve that level of simplicity. Yet another reason to consider a Mac?â


Saints 42, Cowboys 17: Signature Victory in Saintsâ Season of Renewal

The Cowboys looked overmatched by the New Orleans Saints, unable even to slow them during much of the second and third quarters.


The music industry reacts angrily at a decision to give away the new album by Prince with a tabloid newspaper.


Sony on Monday said it is lowering the cost of its upcoming Blu-ray player to $499 USD. Although it claims the $100 price drop is due to falling production costs and growing demand, Sony's move is likely more in response to rising sales of HD DVD players.


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


ATHENS -- Erik Vendt's Olympics ended in the morning yesterday, when he ran out of gas in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for tonight's final of the 1,500-meter freestyle, where he's the world bronze medalist.


Pakistan may allow film on slain journalist Pearl

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  - Pakistan may consider   granting permission for the shooting of a film about slain U.S.   reporter Daniel Pearl, an official said on Thursday.


Focus Media Appoints Dr. Zhi Tan As President

Former Framedia, UTStarcom and Microsoft Executive Brings Professional                            Management Expertise    SHANGHAI, China, Feb.


Fans fork out $3,400 to chat with Jackson in Japan

Excited fans got the chance to meet Michael Jackson in Tokyo on Thursday -- but only those who could afford to pay 400,000 yen ($3,400) for the privilege.


La proposta di legge dell'Unione esaminata il 13 settembredalla commissione Affari costituzionali di Montecitorio                                                  E' scontro sul conflitto d'interessi Marini: "Una legge non punitiva"                                                                                Per il presidente del Senato serve un "quadro preciso"Bonaiuti: "Vogliono impedire a Berlusconi di fare politica"


Hamas made a strong showing in local elections in the West Bank, the first time the Islamic terrorist group competed at the polls, according to preliminary elections results obtained Friday.


Rising Mexican actor Bernal takes revolutionary approach to ...

Gael Garcia Bernal is Mexico's Tom Cruise, an actor with range and sex appeal who may become an international box-office star.


Student kills self at Philadelphia high school

A student killed himself with a rifle at his suburban Philadelphia high school on Tuesday, school authorities said.


Christopher T. Broady appeared last week on a wanted poster under the words printed in bold: "PRISONER ESCAPE."


EUROPA/SVIZZERA - Conferma del Direttore nazionale delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Card. Ivan Dias, Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli, in data 6 ottobre 2006 ha confermato nellÂincarico di Direttore nazionale delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie in Svizzera per un q...


Michael Jackson has been hunting for real estate on Maryland's Eastern Shore as he searches for a vacation home, a publicist for the pop star said.


Business & money: Shares in Dulux paints owner jump more than 15% on hopes of takeover battle.


The release of existing-home sales numbers on Thursday highlight a slow week for economic data.


Aid workers say they are still struggling to reach or even locate displaced people after the tsunami in Aceh.


Striking health workers aim for Labour support in their bid to a block the sell-off of the NHS supply agency.


Jeff Sluman and Jonathan Byrd were tied for the lead at the Chrysler Championship, both knowing the tournament really doesn't start until the weekend.


Government's expenditure less than projected

The government's expenditure for 2004 was Lm1 million less than projected, the Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationalist Party (PN) Lawrence Gonzi said.


Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Software Patents And Open Source

TechWeb - The EFF says the Patent Office is using the wrong standard and awarding too many inappropriate software patents.


The first tests on hi-tech equipment that will be used to provide data on the current state of Arctic ice are successful.


Hurricane Frances spins into Bahamas after battering Turks and ...

The ferocious winds of Hurricane Frances flung debris and kicked up powerful surf in the sparsely populated southeastern Bahamas on Thursday, while people in the main population


Intel may have lots of PC software developers at the ready for new mobile devices, but software for handhelds requires a different train of thought, according to ARM.


Israel tested a missile on Thursday, prompting talk about its ability to launch nuclear strikes on Iran, while the Iranian president said Israel would regret any attack.


Your LIFE: Basket CASES ; GARDENING Pippa Has Presented Her Own Series, Growing Science, on Radio 4 for Three Years and is a Regular Panelist on the Station's Gardeners' Question Time. She's Also Written Many Books Including Pippa Greenwood's Gardening Ye

By PIPPA GREENWOOD  SPLASHES of colour bring a garden to life and now's the time to brighten your patch using all the shades in the floral paintbox. Hanging baskets, window boxes, wall baskets and patio containers bursting with summer bedding plants are all great value and easy to do.


Rihanna, Shop Boyz still not budging atop Hot 100

NEW YORK (Billboard) - For a fifth straight week, Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" are locked in at the top two spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the former scoring a sixth week at No. 1.


Pilot fish is sitting at her desk when she overhears a user talking to the guy two cubes down: It seems that when this user logged onto her machine that morning, none of her files were there.


Giustizia, Rutelli vuole il Â«dialogoÂ» con il governo. L' ...

I mesi passano, Francesco Rutelli non cambia idea: bisogna conquistare il centro, inventarsi un riformismo, sperimentare nuove dialoghi impossibili, nuove acrobazie. A cominciare, perchÃ© no, dalla giustizia.


AFRICA/GUINEA - Il Parlamento della Guinea respinge la richiesta del Presidente di prolungare la legge marziale Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Il Parlamento della Guinea ha respinto la richiesta del Presidente Lansana ContÃ© di prolungare la legge marziale imposta il 12 febbraio allÂindomani della proclamazione dello sciopero generale da parte dei sindacati,  a segui...


TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd will need to fork out an additional US$344.5mil (RM1.31bil) next year on top of the US$314mil and US$156mil it is paying for stakes in Indonesiaâs Excelcomindo (Excel) and Indiaâs Idea Cellular respectively.


Free download to 'popularise classical music' Brit violinist Tasmin Little will next Monday do a Radiohead and release her latest recording online in an attempt to "popularise classical music", as Reuters puts it.â¦


The UN Security Council must impose sanctions on the Sudanese officials and pro-government Arab militia behind ethnic cleansing in Sudan's Darfur region, a human rights group and aid agencies said Monday.


Scientists say they are closer to developing a vaccine against a winter vomiting virus.


Fallito colosso energetico russo il cui patron e' in carcere


Foreign doctors questioned over British bomb plot

Police were holding eight people on Tuesday, at least four of them foreign doctors, over a suspected al Qaeda plot against Britain that has triggered a manhunt stretching as far as Australia.


Americans worried about economy, blame Bush: poll

Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the state of the US economy and blaming President George W. Bush, according to Gallup poll figures released.


Apple Inc.  is expected to show a 35 percent surge in quarterly profit this week, but the focus will be on just two days: the last 48 hours of June when its highly anticipated iPhone went on sale.


No case against nurses in Katrina deaths

The district attorney has dropped the case against two nurses in the deaths of four patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina.


On Tuesday evening, the candles can be blown out and the peace flags folded up, not in mourning but in joy as Italy celebrates the news that Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, kidnapped on 7 September, have been ...


The government starts the process of selling its one-third stake in the firm responsible for the UK's nuclear programme.


Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday pointed to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as fresh evidence of the ongoing battle against terrorism that underscores the need to keep President Bush's Republican allies in control of Congress.


FDA Reviewer Says 5 Drugs Need Closer Scrutiny

A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on the market need closer scrutiny.


NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Tuesday with the family of the man who was killed on his wedding day in a barrage of police gunfire as he left his bachelor party, and investigators questioned a third civilian witness.


The average American should expect to work forever.


Saddam Hussein's palace is the only British base in Basra after troops withdraw from police headquarters.


Norwegian police recover renowned Munch paintings

OSLO -- Two years after the brazen daylight theft of national artistic treasures from a museum, police announced yesterday they recovered the Edvard Munch masterpieces ``The Scream" and ``Madonna."


The pace of U.S. home building rose in November as new home starts climbed 6.7 percent, rebounding from a sharp decline in October while building permits fell 3 percent, a government report showed on Tuesday.


Sosa exits before game, angering management

When his Cubs teammates were taking the field Sunday for the final game of the season, Sammy Sosa already had taken off. And now it is possible Sosa has played his final game as a Cub.


I due Canadair della Protezione Civile portano tende


After Warning, Contractor Got Bank Tower Job

City investigators cautioned against using the company that was hired to tear down the Deutsche Bank building.


Monitor maker aims s.book sub-notebook at Asus Eee PC

Better spec, higher price Fancy Asus' tiny Eee PC but put off by the equally diminutive spec? Monitor specialist Belinea's s.book micro laptop may be just the ticket: it's got the same 7in screen as the 4GB Asus, but comes with double the memory, 20 times the storage capcity and a 1.2GHz CPU.â¦


'Little Miss Sunshine' wins indie film awards

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


State control harming Russian economy: OECD

Expanding state ownership is a "step back" for the Russian economy, the OECD has said in a report that raised concerns over the sustainability of Russia's current boom.


Germany debates security after foiled bomb plot

German politicians called for tougher anti-terrorism measures and immigration rules on Thursday after police said they had foiled a plot by Islamist militants to carry out massive bomb attacks.


Donors to the Palestinians are asking  whether the change of leadership can let more light into Palestinian finances.


Firenze, 17:25 - CALCIO, PANCALLI: BORRELLIO GARANZIA ASSOLUTA

Luca Pancalli è contento di avere ancora Borrelli alla guida dell'ufficio indagini della Figc...


Source Named in Case of Rhode Island TV Reporter Facing Jail

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - A U.S. television reporter  facing prison for refusing to reveal the identity of his source  in a bribe case may have gotten a big break because the source  has voluntarily identified himself to officials, documents  showed on Wednesday.


John Sterling, the president and publisher of Henry Holt & Company, is stepping down and will become executive vice president and editor-at-large at Macmillan.


Iraq panel urges push for Israel-Arab peace

President George W. Bush must push for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace as part of a U.S. effort to defuse broader regional tensions, an elite panel on the Iraq war urged on Wednesday.


Orlando homeless laws stir heated debate

At Lake Eola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.


After several injury-plagued seasons with the Orlando Magic, 34-year-old Grant Hill will put off retirment and instead agree to a two-year contract with the Suns, his agent said.


2 Paintings by Picasso Are Stolen in Paris

Police said the two oils, âMaya With Dollâ and âPortrait of Jacqueline,â are estimated to be worth about $66 million.


Opponents of President Bush take to the streets of New York for a protest march ahead of the Republican convention.


Il valore dei ricavi attorno ai 153 milioni


Hurricane Frances spared NASA's depleted shuttle fleet but ripped away siding from a towering landmark Kennedy Space Center facility, exposing the critical enclosure to the


EU, Coke Strike Deal, End Antitrust Probe

Coca-Cola agreed to a range of concessions on Tuesday that the European Commission said would be enough to wrap up a five-year antitrust case against the world's largest soft drinks maker.


Lawyers prepare to hit Pacers with legal blow

First, it was uniformed players throwing punches with fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills during the Pistons-Pacers game Friday night.


TROUBLED china maker Royal Doulton has revealed that it has held talks about a takeover by rival Waterford Wedgwood. Stoke-based Doulton, which said in March that it would close its last UK factory in the


NEW YORK - Investors shrugged off rising crude futures Wednesday to capture attractively valued shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 2 percent ahead of Google Inc.'s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 110 points...


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Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary

The Florida Democratic Party says it will move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 against the wishes of the national party.


VIENNA -- Iran said yesterday that it would press ahead to build a nuclear reactor despite the decision by the UN's nuclear agency against giving technical assistance to the project.


Qualcomm Inc  is aiming to file on Monday or Tuesday for an emergency stay of a U.S government ban on importing certain phones containing its chips, general counsel Lou Lupin said on Friday.


Cap Harnesses Human Thought to Move PC Cursor

Before the new finding, many researchers previously assumed that only invasive brain-computer interfaces, in which electrodes are surgically implanted into the brain, could control complex movements.


SUPERWEBINAR: Cisco's 40-Gig CRS-1- Light Reading Test Results

Overview: This webinar will provide insight into the results of the first independent industry evaluation of Cisco's 40-Gig core router, the Carrier Routing System (CRS-1).


Kyoto Protocol Clears Key Hurdle in Russia

Steam and smoke rise from cooling towers on the outskirts of Moscow, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Friday, moving the sweeping environmental


Alstott out four weeks with sprained knee

The Tampa Bay fullback felt his right knee pop when he was tackled for a 4-yard loss during the second half of a 19-7 victory over Chicago and will be sidelined at least a month with a sprained medial collateral ligament.


Preliminary research suggests that benzene emissions from gas stations and auto repair shops may increase the risk of leukemia in children by four times.


The 13 people who will spend three months on an island in New Zealand for the BBC's Castaway are revealed.


Mike Leigh's 1950s drama Vera Drake is named best film at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.


Bergman Reveals Secret Daughter in Painful Memoirs

Film director Ingmar Bergman revealed in a book published Monday he had a secret love-child in an extra-marital affair in 1959 with a Swedish countess.


'One is not advocating that you have to necessarily come back to the country to repay what it has done for you. But give your country a thought.' Ashutosh Gowariker discusses Swades.


Who decides? In our recent mobile state of the nation survey, we asked you about what was important in a mobile device. In many respects, the results were pretty predictable in that, surprise surprise, battery life and decent voice capability were top of the list:â¦


U.S. stocks rose in a broad-based  advance on Friday morning, as oil prices eased, data showed  factory activity last month met economists' estimates and  technology shares extended recent gains.


Indice Dow Jones segna -0,09%, Nasdaq fermo, SP -0,04%


EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK) is the latest company to bridge the Internet and the telephone. It's offering Voice over Internet Protocol (or VoIP) service for free to its customers, as it announced in a press release today.


Il presidente della Banca centrale Usa Bernanke al Congresso"L'economia crescerÃ  ad un tasso inferiore al potenziale"                                          La Fed: "Crisi mutui, danni per 100 md crescita rallenta ma no recessione"


News.com Extra: Harmonix's punk-rock design process

Plus: The one-world video game challenge. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


A majority of adults are obese or overweight in most European Union nations and kids increasingly contributing to make Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said Wednesday.


Check Point's new product will create a sandbox around your browser, and also provide antispyware and antiphishing protection.


Houston Chronicle to lay off 5 pct of work force

The Houston Chronicle said on Tuesday it will lay off about 5 percent of its work force, the latest round of job cuts in a U.S. newspaper industry hit by declining advertising sales.


Older Epilepsy Drugs Have Birth Defect Risk -Study

Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy  need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from  treatments used to control their seizures, researchers said on  Tuesday.


Remember the controversial smooch that raised a storm sometime back?


The Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen sat down this week with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to discuss rising tensions with Somalia's Islamic Courts, and the state of democracy inside the country.


Romney facing challenges in presidential bid

In a topsy-turvy Republican race for the 2008 presidential nomination, conservative favorite Mitt Romney suddenly found himself under threat in the key states of Iowa and New Hampshire on Monday, less than two weeks before voting begins.


CBS plans to announce on Wednesday that it is trying one of the first serious experiments with cellphone advertising that is customized for a personâs location.


England took a positive step towards putting the glittering Clive Woodward era behind them and moving on when Charlie Hodgson inspired the demolition of South Africa - England's sixth successive


Science & environment: Billionaire inventor wants the addictive office tool to run every family's day.


North Korea bank issue nearly resolved: report

The transfer of North Korean funds in a Macau bank, whose delay has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal, should be completed this week, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted a senior South Korean official as saying.


Indonesian soldiers are routinely torturing suspected Acehnese rebels, Human Rights Watch says.


100,000 Civilian Deaths Estimated in Iraq

One of the first attempts to independently estimate the loss of civilian life from the Iraqi war has concluded that at least 100,000 Iraqi civilians may have died because of the U.S. invasion.


A first half strike from Patrick Vieira gave Arsenal a crucial win away to Newcastle, which closes the gap at the top of the Premiership to five points.


Roma, 16:23 - CALCIO, AIA: CINQUE GLI ARBITRI DISMESSI, SEI PROMOSSI

Sono cinque i direttori di gara dismessi al termine della stagione appena conclusa. Lo ha annunciato...


Sudan accepts non-military UN support in Darfur

Sudan has agreed to accept non-military support from the United Nations for the African Union peacekeeping force in its war-torn Darfur region, a top AU official said after talks in Nigeria.


The Serious Fraud Office reviews evidence in the GMTV phone-in scandal that may lead to criminal proceedings.


CORAL GABLES, Fla. - After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry will get their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath...


GHANAIANS weighed stability against a lack of prosperity at elections today for president and parliament, with a record turnout anticipated despite disturbances that left at least one person dead after partisan tensions erupted in the north.


Ostaggi, liberato il diplomatico iraniano

15.49: Liberato dalla guerriglia il diplomatico iraniano rapito il 4 agosto scorso in Iraq. L'uomo, stando a quanto riferito dalla televisione iraniana "Al-Alem", Ã¨ sano e salvo e si trova nell'ambasciata iraniana a Bagdad.


Corpi trovati nel pomeriggio, entrambe originarie del Salvador


Napoli, 14:52 - CALCIO, PROCURATORE FOGGIA: VUOLE SOLO IL NAPOLI

Pasquale Foggia sembra destinato a lasciare il Cagliari alla riapertura del mercato. ''Per lui non s...


The biggest stars at the Hollywood Christmas Parade this year will be the marble ones under the feet of spectators.


In an out of court settlement, Sun Microsystems has agreed to pay Kodak $92 million to settle the long running patent case involving Java technology.


Hewitt crushes Gaudio to reach Masters semis

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt dispatched Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-2 6-1 on Friday to clinch his place in the Masters Cup semi-finals.


The 3ds Max NIF Plug-in allows 3ds Max users to open or import NIF files and also to export 3ds Max scenes to new NIF files. It is incomplete and likely will always be.      It does support importing and exporting of scene hierarchy, meshes, textures, materials, and skins bound to their skeleton bones, transform animation, limit collision mesh support for Oblivion and more.    Pre-compiled versions of the plug-in are available for 3ds Max 5, 6, 7 and 8. If you have a different version, it should be able to compile from source. Note that there is so just extract the files from the zip into your 3dsmax directory.    Changes in this release:      0.2.7   ----- o All - Add options to disable certain parts of plug via INI * Added so people who only want importer can disable exporter. - Enhancements from NifLib including support for Freedom Force - Max 5 build is available but untested.  o Exporter - Fix bug with NiTriShape export which created corrupted files. - Add option to Update Tangent Space (for Oblivion) - Add option to Collapse Transforms on meshes (mostly a debug aide)


US, EU take to skies in battle of the giants

In a nasty trade battle that could rattle the multibillion-dollar aerospace industry, the US and Europe formally sued one another in the World Trade Organisation over the huge government subsidies paid to their respective aircraft giants, Boeing and Airbus


A Chinese girl arrives in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the province of Hainan.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.


Gli Ulema: Â«I raid non aiutano la trattativa sugli ostaggiÂ»

In attesa della Â«sentenzaÂ» preannunciata dallâesercito islamico per i due reporter francesi Chesnot e Malbrunot, in assenza di notizie o immagini che dimostrino chi ha nelle mani Simona Torretta e Simona Pari, non resta che registrare voci e pareri


ROME, Sept. 15 -- The airline industry shakeout that forced U.S. Airways Group Inc. into bankruptcy this week is rippling through Europe as well, with some forecasters predicting that only a handful of the continent's airlines can survive, and Italian authorities scrambling this week to keep national carrier Alitalia SpA aloft.


Universal comes up with a dull strategy to try to tarnish Apple's shine.


Blair defends war, urges Labour Party to close ranks and fight for ...

Prime Minister Tony Blair tried Tuesday to heal divisions over the Iraq war and unite his Labour Party to fight for a historic third term in power, acknowledging that intelligence used to justify the invasion was wrong but insisting the world was safer


Relaying doctors' first official statement regarding ailing Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's health, a PA spokeswoman said Tuesday that hospital medical staff had ruled out leukemia as a cause for his deterioration in health, and said his


Apple has delivered Production Suite, a real-time set of production tools composed of Final Cut Pro HD, Motion and DVD Studio Pro. Retail versions of Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3 may have already hit the store shelves, but Apple needed to put off releasing Production Studio until Motion was ready.


Mexicans Miss Money From Relatives Up North

After years of strong increases, the amount of migrant money flowing to Mexico has stagnated.


Microsoft is offering new migration tools to tempt NetWare users to move to Windows Server 2003. Along with the tools comes a promise that NetWare customers will get online training and unlimited technical support via newsgroups.


Paulson welcomes banks' steps on subprime debt

ORLANDO, Florida  - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday that moves by some banks, including Citigroup , to bring off-balance sheet investments tied to subprime mortgages back onto their books would help ward off a widespread credit crunch.


Declares war on mechanical humanoids Mobile World Congress The LiMo foundation delivered a clear snub to Google's Android this week as it announced 18 handsets running its version of Linux at Mobile World Congress this week.â¦


Lo ha disposto il Consiglio di Stato dopo il ricorso Airone


Huckabee tied with Giuliani in Illinois: poll

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has surged in support in other early-voting states, is tied with Rudy Giuliani for the lead among U.S. Republican presidential candidates in Illinois, a poll showed on Saturday.


President Hugo Chavez told hundreds of thousands of red-clad supporters Sunday that he will win re-election next weekend by an overwhelming margin and dedicate his victory to ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.


British Publisher Will Close a U.S. Magazine

Emap announced that it would close the American edition of FHM magazine because of the difficult advertising market.


New Washington Stadium Will Cost More, Mayor Told

A new stadium for Major League Baseball in Washington DC will cost around $90 million more than the mayor expects, the city's independent chief financial officer told the City Council Thursday.


Si e' concluso a mezzanotte il vertice di Arcore


Rio de Janeiro, 15:08 - CALCIO, RONALDO; EX CT ZAGALLO: E' UN GIGANTE, TORNERA'

Anche Mario Lobo Zagallo, ex ct della nazionale brasiliana, crede che il ritorno di Ronaldo al calci...


Lindsay Lohan has been accused of driving under the influence after she crashed her Mercedes on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.  Witnesses report the star's convertible jumped a curb at 5:30 Saturday morning into a set of trees.  Lohan quickly left th...


AOL survey finds homes user ignorant to online threats

A survey conducted by internet service provider America Online (AOL) found that 20% of home computers were infected by a virus or worm, and that various forms of snooping programs such as spyware and adware are on 80% of systems.


Tony Blair says the situation in Darfur is "unacceptable" and the world should not just stand by and watch.


NEW YORK In the late 1980s, whiz kids on Wall Street were experimenting with computerized trading programs, using new technology that allowed them to trade millions of shares of stocks and related options simultaneously. By 1987, this "program trading" accounted for about 10 percent of all buying...


Mount St. Helens Blows Smoke on October 1st After Eighteen Years ...

For days the mountain rumbled. And then today, on Friday, October 1st, 2004 at approximately 12:04 Pacific Daylight Time (3 pm EDT) and at 15:14 (6 pm EDT), Washington's Mount St.


WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers meeting in early August recognized that a spreading credit crunch could pose a danger to the country's economic health and that they might have to take action eventually.


College Basketball: Duke Cruises Past Va. Tech

DURHAM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Shelden Williams scored 25  points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds, while J.J. Redick  netted 29 as No. 2 Duke pounded Virginia Tech, 100-65 at  Cameron Indoor Stadium.


China's President Hu Jintao travels to Liberia after signing grants and loans worth $100m in Cameroon.


Good old 'terrestrial radio' still reaches more than 90 percent of Americans age 12 and older, year after year.


Drawn by a case tinged with one of the most hated symbols of Old South racism — a hangman's noose tied in an oak tree — tens of thousands of protesters rallied Thursday against what they see as a double standard of prosecution for blacks and whites.


A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country's commercial cenbter, say


In his 33 years, Ken Davis has had two big chances to change history. The first was 10 years ago in the District, when a man standing next to him started shooting at the White House.


UN OKs resolution to tighten global campaign on terrorists

UNITED NATIONS - Facing a surge of attacks around the globe, the UN Security Council on Friday voted unanimously to step up its campaign against terror but backed away from authorizing a new list of terrorists who could be subject to sanctions and


'Shark Tale' Hooks Movie-Goers With $49.1M

LOS ANGELES - The animated fish story "Shark Tale" swamped the competition, opening as the top weekend movie with $49.1 million and potentially breaking the record for best October debut. John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix's firefighting adventure "Ladder 49" premiered in second place with $22.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...


Il film di e con Robert Davi, una delle piÃ¹ note facce da cattivo Usa, di scena nella sezione PremiereDue ex celebritÃ  musicali (l'altra Ã¨ Chazz Palminteri) si improvvisano criminali da strapazzo                                          Sorrisi, canzoni e "I soliti ignoti" La Festa si diverte con "The Dukes"                                                                                Un omaggio esplicito alla commedia nera all'italiana, con una spruzzata di "Blues Brothers"E con tanti brani di Paolo Conte. "E ora vorrei fare un film con Scamarcio..."di CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Trends & Innovations - Thursday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - More than 5,000 people who don't have fixed addresses are sleeping at 24-hour Internet cafes across Japan. One-third of them are in their 20s, and 23% are in their 50s, a government study found. Net cafe refugees usually rely on their cell phones to arrange temporary low-paying day-hire jobs. In Tokyo, 33% of surveyed people said they lost their homes after they quit their jobs, according to Japan Times. Many said that job hunting is difficult without a fixed address.


Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are coming to town. If things go smoothly at the Republican  National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost  next week, experts say.


La vittima era alla guida della propria automobile, ed Ã¨ stata affiancatada due sconosciuti in sella a uno scooter, che gli hanno sparato contro diversi colpi                                          Napoli, agguato a San Giovanni a Teduccio Ucciso un pregiudicato di 37 anni                                                                                Operazione a Castello di Cisterna e Torre Annunziata contro i clan Ascione-Montella e Birra-IacominoEseguiti 53 provvedimenti di custodia cautelare per associazione a delinquere, omicidi e usura


More of a sketch than a fully developed portrait, "Arakimentari" is an up-close and generally impersonal introduction to the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.


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Megawati urges Indonesians to accept poll results

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An emotional Megawati Sukarnoputri on Tuesday urged Indonesia to accept the results of


A five-megapixel camera. A personal GPS navigator. Storage for 8,000 songs. Shake control of music tracks. These are some of the eye- and ear-catching features on six new phones and three new Bluetooth watches released this week by Sony Ericsson -- about two weeks before the release of the little attention-grabber known as the iPhone.


OPEC plans to discuss raising its output ceiling

VIENNA OPEC oil ministers are meeting on Wednesday in Vienna to consider changes to the group's formal output ceiling even as crude prices remain high despite the cartel's efforts to lower them.


Peru Ex-President Rejects Extradition Call

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday rejected his successor's call, made at the United Nations, for world leaders to press Japan to extradite him to face corruption charges and allegations of involvement in death squad massacres, according to a statement broadcast by news media here.


Wall Street seen opening lower on subprime worries

Shares on Wall Street looked set for a weaker start on Wednesday as concerns about the U.S. subprime mortgage market resurfaced ahead of U.S. housing and key inflation data and a slew of corporate earnings.


U.S. executives are reaping another  year of abundant pay, and the rich rewards are likely to stir  demands for greater disclosure on how and why heads of  companies are compensated.


Cabinet minister Alan Johnson is due in Hull after claims it has become the "forgotten city" of the recent floods.


Liverpool gets late miracle; Ronaldo sends Madrid through

Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - With their backs firmly against the wall Wednesday, Real Madrid turned to Brazilian superstar Ronaldo to save them.


Nuovo provvedimento e' valido fino al 30 ottobre


American Eagle August same-store sales rise

Teen clothing retailer American Eagle   Outfitters Inc. AEOS.O said on Wednesday its sales at stores   open at least a year rose 11 percent in August, helped by   back-to-school sales, and the company raised its quarterly   earnings forecast.


Erano saliti sull'interregionale Verona-Bologna da pochi minutiMuore consigliere di Finale Emilia, sua moglie e sua cognata                                          Andavano a riprendersi i nipoti Muore la famiglia di un assessore


Search firm Yahoo reveals its ambitions to create a "rich web experience" on mobile phones.


Industry Watchers: Don't Think Microsoft Is Down for the Count

Just because Microsoft has said it will comply immediately with a European Court judge's order to follow specified antitrust remedies doesn't mean life will be a bowl of cherries for Microsoft's partners, developers and even its competitors.


City Thins Urban Park to Reduce Fire Danger

By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE  North Cheyenne Caon Park has long been considered one of the jewels of Colorado Springs' urban forest, an oak-and-pine playground for hikers, bikers and nature lovers.


Pediatricians Urge Restrictions on Ads for Sex-Related Products

The American Academy of Pediatrics said children should be exposed to fewer ads for anti-impotence drugs and more for birth control, and in general need to be shielded from an advertising onslaught.


After Furor, Network Solutions Stands by Name Policy

Network Solutions is standing by its controversial policy of automatically registering some domain names that are the subject of searches on the companyâs Web site.


A LANDSLIDE shareholder vote backing News Corporation's move to the US sent shares in the media group up 3.1 per cent yesterday.


The world's fastest-growing economies reject Microsoft

Blog: Microsoft tried to get its new OOXML file format standard ratified by India and Brazil.  It failed.  Now what?


Lawyer for Bush Quits Over Links to Kerry's Foes

The quick resignation suggests that the Bush campaign, which has repeatedly said it has no ties to the Swift boat veterans group, is eager to put the issue behind it.


Armitage Interviewed by Slovak Television, Holds Media Roundtable

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage visited the Slovak Republic September 14 during a five-nation trip to northern and central Europe.


A search is to resume at first light for a plane which disappeared from the radar on a flight from Stornoway to Inverness.


Costretta a stare notte e giorno su passeggino rotto


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A 56-year-old Kurdish woman told of seeing people sickened and dying during an alleged chemical attack carried out by Saddam Hussein's forces, as the genocide trial of the ex-president resumed in Baghdad yesterday after nearly a three-week break.


City Hopes to Fill Key Position: Council Cut Funding for Salary

By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 2--GULFPORT -- For most cities, crafting an astute public message is so vital a position such as public information officer would rarely be vacant for more than a few days.


Greenspan Issues Warning on Retirement Benefits

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices if Social Security and Medicare benefits are not trimmed.