CHARLOTTE, NC -- Bank of America said Thursday it will cut about 4,500 jobs, or about 2.5 percent of its work force, beginning this month as a result of its merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp.


NATO dispatched extra troops to Kosovo for an election today seen by majority ethnic Albanians as a key step toward turning their UN-ruled protectorate into an independent nation.


Air Canada has agreed to buy $821 million of Canadair Regional Jets from Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , the companies said on Monday.


Roma, 17:22 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: GALLIPOLI-CAVESE 0-3

La Cavese ha battuto fuori casa il Gallipoli per 3 a 0 nell'anticipo della 23/a giornata di ritorno ...


Venezuelan cacao farmers hope to get rich

There is sweet renewal on the old cacao plantations that just five years ago lay fallow on these lush mountain slopes along the Caribbean coast. Its mother is a lucrative niche market: organic chocolate.


NL Wrap: 5-Hit Beltre Leads Dodgers to Win Over Mets

Adrian Beltre pounded out five hits,  including his major league-leading 42nd home run of the season,  to guide the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 win over the host New  York Mets in the National League Saturday.


Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Thousands of Palestinian  prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better  conditions on Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he  didn't care if they starved to death.


Pakistani security forces killed 23 tribal militants but lost seven of their own men in fighting after the tribesmen ambushed a paramilitary troop convoy in northwest Pakistan, an army officer said.


Kathy Choi touches a kiosk screen, then looks up at a larger wall screen to see digitally created yellowish-brown mounds snaking through bright green grassland dotted with brilliant blue rivers and lakes.


No Driver's Licenses for Calif. Illegal Immigrants

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have given as many as 2 million illegal immigrants California driver's licenses, saying the measure failed to provide sufficient security provisions.


Ads Urge Lawmakers: 'Fix Yucca Mountain'

By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU  WASHINGTON - The nuclear industry has launched advertisements urging Congress to pass a "Fix Yucca Mountain" bill amid signs such legislation probably is too late for this year.


President Bush marked Worlds AIDS Day on Friday by declaring: "The pandemic of HIV/AIDS can be defeated."


A week-long dangerous dogs amnesty set up by Merseyside Police results in dozens of seizures.


Dispersal of asylum seekers to seven areas of England has been suspended this year amid fears of rising tensions.


A video posted Tuesday on a militant Islamic Web site in the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group showed what it claimed was a Japanese captive and threatened to behead him within


A senior ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was charged Monday with fraud, bribery and perjury in connection with appointments he made as a minister.


In late September, Howard Pien, CEO of biotech Chiron (CHIR ), remarked to a Senate committee on aging that he was confident his company would be able to supply the US market with 47 million doses of flu vaccine.


Doing time in "Lockup" a dangerous proposition

Chances are, field crews  working on most reality shows don't continually put their lives  -- or their subjects' -- in as much danger as the people behind  MSNBC's documentary series "Lockup."


Blair Seeks to Shift Focus Away From Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Blair was hoping use his party's annual conference to switch attention from Iraq to his campaign for a third term in office, but the unrelenting bloodshed in Iraq and the kidnapping of a British engineer are eclipsing the event.


CityDance Ensemble presented an impressively varied program of work by nine choreographers.


Joswiak: "True to What an iMac Has Always Been About"

MacCentral - After Apple unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris this week, Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak gave Macworld editors a guided tour of the desktop's new design. Among the topics of conversation: the iMac's cooling system, why pre-installed Bluetooth functionality and FireWire 800 were left out, and how this new model fits in with Apple's objectives.


A human rights group called for an investigation into the death Thursday of a mentally disabled Palestinian man who had been wounded by the Israelis during a West Bank arrest operation.


Carolinas Rank Low In National Health Report

Atlanta, GA -- North and South Carolina are among several Southern states that ranked near the bottom of a report released Monday.


Italy's nominee to become the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs commissioner failed on Monday to win the backing of the European Parliament's Justice Committee, days after testifying that he considers homosexuality a sin.


US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Iraqi security forces need equipment as well as training and anything NATO allies can do to support them will be helpful.


DaimlerChrysler, GM to Team Up on Engines

General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG, two of the world's biggest automakers, are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid technology for a range of vehicles that will help them compete with hybrid-vehicle leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.


Halliburton Units KBR and DII Exit Bankruptcy

Halliburton Co. on Monday said its  subsidiaries Kellogg Brown & Root and DII Industries have  exited bankruptcy.


A Palestinian TV station kills off a Mickey Mouse lookalike accused of spreading propaganda to children.


Augusto Pinochet was president of Chile from 1974 to 1990 Chile's former President Augusto Pinochet [pictured] has been placed under house arrest on human rights charges.


Intel has four-core Opteron stuffer set for August

Barcelona: 'It could have been a contender' Exclusive Intel looks set to blunt AMD's August Barcelona processor release by handing customers a 2.0GHz version of its four-core Clovertown, The Register has learned.â¦


Labor's task: to get welfare back on track

One of Labor's challenges is to come up with an electorally acceptable proposal for reform in an inefficient, badly targeted family welfare system.


Mickey Hargitay, 80, Actor and Former Mr. Universe, Dies

Mickey Hargitay, the Hungarian-born bodybuilder who won the 1955 Mr. Universe title and married the voluptuous actress Jayne Mansfield, went on to have his own acting career.


Liverpool legend Phil Thompson hailed Steven Gerrard and said the Reds skipper was responsible for one of the club's greatest ever European nights.


Vocal biologist fired from wildlife agency

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has fired a biologist who publicly accused the agency of using bad science to approve construction projects in panther habitat.


Yahoo Maps gets drag and drop re-routing, enhanced business listings

Yahoo Maps gets a great new upgrade that helps users re-route their driving directions.


Hebrew Charter School Spurs Dispute in Florida

A public school has stirred debate over whether it can teach Hebrew without violating the church-state divide.


Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne broke the 100-km barrier for the second time, satisfying the conditions to win the $10 million X Prize.


A senior Chinese official tells the BBC the country's environmental problems have reached crisis levels.


Indianapolis 500: Race Resumes After Rain Delay

Rain delayed the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 for more than three hours on Sunday, with Tony Kanaan taking the lead just before the race was red-flagged after 113 of 200 laps.


China's top court orders judges to be more sparing  with the death penalty, a key source of international worry.


FTC may drop administrative Whole Foods case

The U.S. administrative proceeding  looking into the merger of organic grocers Wild Oats and Whole  Foods Markets Inc.  has not been stopped despite a loss  in district court, but Federal Trade Commission Chairman  Deborah Majoras said on Tuesday the FTC rarely presses on after  losing a court fight.


Stocks Stumble in Fitful Trading; Bond Yields Continue Ascent

NEW YORK, June 12 -- Wall Street plunged Tuesday as investors drove the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 130 points while grappling with a seemingly relentless rise in bond yields.


Cagliari, 19:32 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: RIENTRA FOGGIA, INFORTUNATO COSSU

Il Cagliari dovrà fare a meno di Cossu per la trasferta di Palermo. in compenso Ballardini po...


Ukraine presidential rivals in last appeal ahead of rerun poll

Ukraine's presidential rivals will appeal for votes for the last time ahead of an intensely-watched historic rerun vote, as Russia fired its latest salvo over the West's involvement in the former Soviet republic.


China revises GDP growth rate to 9.69% in Jan-June

China has revised upward its gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 9.69 per cent during the first half of this year due to higher growth in service industries, the state media reported on Monday.


John Calls Taiwanese Photographers 'Pigs'

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Sir Elton John warmed up his vocal chords for a concert Thursday in Taiwan by telling photographers they're a bunch of "rude, vile pigs."   The media ambushed the rock star after he arrived by private plane Thursday shortly after midnight at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. John was angry that police allegedly did not properly restrain the pack and protect him "from the ensuing chaos," a statement issued by the singer said...


Hundreds of students on the University of Michigan campus are part of a research study that could change the way the world looks at influenza.


At work, at play, the Philippines grooves to Papaya beat

MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Prisoners, supermarket workers, even the U.S. Ambassador: none are immune to the "Papaya" dance craze that is inspiring the Philippines to gyrate to its beat.


White House debating new Iraq strategies

In a rush to chart a new course for the Iraq war, President Bush's national security team is debating whether additional troops are needed to secure Baghdad — a short-term force increase that could be made up of all Americans, a combination of U.S. and Iraqi forces, or all Iraqis, a senior administration official said Saturday.


Colorado Episcopal leaders from across the spectrum largely lauded a report Monday from a commission trying to hold together the worldwide Anglican Communion, with different factions finding support for their beliefs in the pages.


Israel's Olmert says to meet Abbas, Rice on Feb 19

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday he would meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on February 19 in a renewed bid to revive stalled peace talks.


NEW YORK - US clothing sellers are suing the US government to force the government to stop imposing limits on Chinese textile imports.


Roma, 13:10 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, TOTTI: RIPORTATE FAMIGLIE ALLO STADIO

"La cosa fondamentale è riportare le famiglie allo stadio". Lo ha detto il capitano della Rom...


Blog, l'inno da rifare e il futuro a idrogeno

La proposta provocatoria di cambiare l'inno nazionale perchÃ© lo cantano tutti male, il convegno del professor Rifkin a Montecitorio e altre storie. I vostri post


Berlino, 19:13 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: SCHALKE KO IN CASA

Capitombolo casalingo dello Schalke in uno dei due posticipi della 23/a giornata di Bundesliga. La c...


During the 48-hour window he had given the University of Washington to get back to him about its job vacancy, Tom O'Brien says he continued doing his job as Boston College's football coach. He never stopped preparing his team for its appearance in the Continental Tire Bowl Dec. 30 against North Carolina, meeting with his staff and, as is the ...


MySQL developers turn to an unlikely source for database tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI visualizes Linux, and the return of Java veteran Kim Polese.


Dec 24, 2004 - Shoppers some holding out for the best bargains, others delayed by winter storms in the Midwest hit the nation's malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts on Friday, the day before Christmas.


Tens of thousands of Germans are expected on the streets of Berlin today for the latest of a series of demonstration which the organisers say will continue until the government withdraws its plans to cut social benefit payments.


Italian earthquake injures at least 5, damages buildings

ROME  - An earthquake shook northern Italy on Wednesday night, injuring at least five people and sending hundreds fleeing homes and buildings to the streets for safety, authorities said.


TV can raise blood pressure in obese children

NEW YORK  - Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who don't spend as much time in front of the tube, the results of a new study shows.


Cisco Systems Inc. this week announced plans to acquire Dynamicsoft Inc., a maker of carrier VoIP software based on Session Initiation Protocol.


Tony Blair's burning of the foreign policy bridges

Tony Blair is a Labour prime minister of Britain who has allied himself with the extreme right in the United States to wage an illegal war in Iraq.


AG fines 2 companies for violating child labor laws

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley fined two companies operating at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield for violating child labor laws. Live Nation Incorporated and Sports Service are accused of having minors work beyond 10 p.m. on school days. They're also accused of employing minors without a work permit and having children work for more than nine hours a day. Sports ...


Also reaching the quarterfinals were second-seeded Joachim Johansson, No. 4 Tommy Haas, and 19-year-old Swedish wild card Michael Ryderstedt.


By NO BYLINE  MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch is paying some GBP 100 million to take a controlling stake in the firm that created the Crazy Frog ringtone.   His News Corporation business has agreed to buy 51 per cent of mobile phone ringtones firm Jamba from VeriSign Inc.


A former Russian security agent who was fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope accused a contact he met hours before falling ill of being involved in the poisoning, according to Russian billionaire and ...Comment


Capoeconomista Ocse, usare maggiori entrate per calo deficit


Up to 500,000 people in Kenya will need aid in the weeks ahead if the political crisis intensifies, the UN says.


The dollar hovered near a two-and-a-half-week high versus the yen on Monday, helped by a positive U.S. jobs report last week and the yen's failure to capitalize on stronger-than-expected corporate spending data.


Roma, 13:33 - BASKET, PESIC: ROMA AVANTI A PICCOLI PASSI

Svetislav Pesic, nuovo allenatore della Lottomatica Rma, Ã¨ stato presentato questa mattina alla stam...


All the evidence points to even higher oil prices in the future

The world's major stock markets tried hard this week to ignore the proverbial elephant at the table -- record high oil prices -- but it is getting harder and harder to do so.


Green show houses are appearing across the country, spreading a message about environmentally conscious building.


A new effort to arrange a deal between the two candidates in the nine-day stand off over Ukraine's disputed presidential election failed this morning.


Senator John Kerry started his Sunday in Ohio, a state many people believe he must carry Tuesday to be elected President of the United States.


Apple to open second Japanese retail store this month

MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. will open its second Japanese retail store later this month in the western Japanese city of Osaka, it said Thursday.


A bacterium that causes an intestinal disorder in cattle and sheep has been blamed for triggering the debilitating bowel condition Crohn's disease in humans.


Newsman Dan Rather is leaving the CBS  network after 44 years as an anchor and reporter with his  departure clouded by a reporting scandal over President George  W. Bush's military record.


Basketball Phil Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA yesterday for criticizing referees after the Lakers' 114-108 loss to Utah Friday. Jackson was quoted in several newspapers about the way the officials -- Derrick Stafford , Derek Richardson and Leroy Richardson -- handled center Andrew Bynum . In the second quarter, Bynum was called for traveling and moments later he ...


Steve Irwin, the Australian TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung in a marine accident off Australia's north coast.


Al via anche campagna informativa promossa da lega tumori


A new study finds that more Americans are using the Internet to find a place to live, thanks to the greater wealth of home listings and other real-estate information online.


Irish Govt Gives UK Hostage Bigley a Passport

Ireland has granted British hostage Ken Bigley a passport following calls from his family who hope that stressing his Irish connections will persuade his kidnappers in Iraq to release him.


HPV is Fueling a Familiar Fight: Social Conservatives Oppose Science Advocates on Vaccine for Schoolgirls

By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 18--AUSTIN -- Advocates of mandatory HPV vaccines for Texas schoolgirls rest their case on sound science -- medical evidence that a few shots could nearly eradicate the sexually transmitted disease and the cancer it can cause.


Not a one-hit wonder from the 1980s, we promise Review The personal multimedia gadget arena is a very crowded one, and there can't be many consumers out there who aren't aware of it. However, it's still relatively young and product innovation is coming thick and fast. A bit of fresh thinking can go along way. And LG is as fresh as they come.â¦


Swiss Reinsurance, the biggest reinsurer, said billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a 3 percent stake and will assume a share of its non-life business, giving Swiss Re's shares their biggest spike in four years. Berkshire will get 20 percent of Swiss Re's property and casualty business over the next five years, Swiss Re said [...].


La nuova âcosaâ di centrosinistra si chiama Gad

Il centrosinistra si riunisce e lancia la sfida a governo e maggioranza. Per farlo si inventa la Gad, sigla che sta per Grande Alleanza Democratica, la nuova âcosaâ del centrosinistra. Eâ stata partorita


Java ârebel frameworksâ -- open source projects with programming models and APIs that do not conform to the JCP (Java Community Process) standard -- are presenting alternatives and supplements to J2EE technologies, according to an industry analyst report released by the Burton Group this week.


The latest Manny Ramirez mystery surfaced Monday when teammate Julian Tavarez said his close friend would arrive late at spring training and Boston manager Terry Francona said that may not be true.


Advanced Medical bids $4.23 bln for Bausch&Lomb

Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  has offered to buy larger eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a rival offer of $3.67 billion from private equity firm Warburg Pincus , the two companies said on Thursday.


Interpol chief slams UK on terror database cooperation

Too much toothpaste panic, not enough checks on suspects The boss of Interpol has slammed Britain's procedures for monitoring suspected international terrorists.â¦


Cheap Oil Not Going Anywhere Soon, Author Says

An oil industry insider, suggesting that petroleums past is a guide to its future, explains his disdain for oil doomsday scenarios.


White Kids More Likely to Be Allergic to Peanuts

Perhaps because of differences in feeding habits, white children appear to be at increased risk for peanut allergy compared with their non-white peers, new research suggests.


Mozambique set to liberalise abortion law

Mozambique is set to end its blanket ban on abortion after the government acknowledged that current legislation was endangering the lives of women in one of Africa's most impoverished nations.


The most expensive film in French history is released to scathing reviews but is proof that there remains a market for its hero


Best International Stock: Syneron Medical

This stock could keep you and your portfolio both looking young and healthy.


Vista creates twice the wealth in US as in Europe

Bigger help desks, good news all round The launch of Microsoft's Vista will create 100,000 jobs in the US, the same as that claimed for Europe, but will bring in almost twice as much cash - some $70bn.â¦


Germany Arrests Two Suspected Iraq Bomb Plotters

German police arrested two men Sunday suspected of plotting an al Qaeda suicide attack in Iraq.


Rockies hope shift to Colorado will shift momentum

The World Series shifts to Colorado for Game Three on Saturday, a move the Rockies hope will also bring a shift in momentum as they trail the Boston Red Sox 2-0 in the best-of-seven Major League Baseball championship.


Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.


Drew Carey, come on down! You're the next host of "The Price is Right."


Celtics End Knicksâ Modest Winning Trend

The Knicks had trouble stopping Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the fourth quarter on Monday, and even more trouble stopping Kendrick Perkins in the first half.


Maracaibo, 10:44 - CALCIO, AMICHEVOLE: VENEZUELA-CANADA 2-2

Venezuela e Canada hanno pareggiato 2-2 in un'amichevole giocata a Maracaibo. In gol per il Venezuel...


Ever since Tiger Woods had that moment on the practice range in November when his swing changes suddenly made perfect sense, his record has been nearly perfect.


Moda: elogio della donna Milano, Parigi e NY le belle

Nonostante le critiche, lo stile del prossimo inverno, visto dalle passerelle, è tutt'altro che volgare. Pregi e difetti delle sfilate al femminile


Kidnappers who seized a three-year-old UK girl in Nigeria have threatened to kill her, her mother tells the BBC.


Consumer watchdog hits out at iTunes pricing

The Consumers' Association (CA) has accused Apple of taking too big a bite out of UK music lovers' money. It has asked the Office of Fair (OFT) to investigate the potential breach of competition law.


Il sondaggio Ipr Marketing per Repubblica.it sul gradimento della nuova formazione politicaNello scontro diretto il segretario batte Berlusconi e Casini. Pari con Fini                                          Partito democratico, cresce il consenso Arriva al 29%, aspettando gli indecisi                                                                                La percezione dell'elettorato Ã¨ di un centrosinistra che guarda al centro di MATTEO TONELLI


Sir, Much has been written recently about the effect on the British market of high continental European wholesale prices for gas.


Chrysler Group on Thursday  said it was considering offering deeply discounted  employee-level pricing on its 2006 vehicles ahead of the launch  of its new Sebring, a revamped mid-size sedan it expects to win  buyers away from the dominant Japanese brands.


A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday.


Rwanda's government plans to limit families to a maximum of three children to curb population growth.


Search Wikia, the widely awaited search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is slated to make its official debut today.


Lampard strikes as England cruise past Wales

MANCHESTER: A stunning goal by captain David Beckham guided England to a convincing 2-0 victory over Wales in their World Cup qualifier at his former Old Trafford home yesterday.


Casual approach, shot selection land Anthony seat on Team USA bench

The question of what's up between coach Larry Brown and nailed-to-the-bench young forward Carmelo Anthony is not, to be sure, the most important one facing the United States men's basketball team. The team's poor shooting -- after going 3-for-17 in ...


I dati emergono da un questionario compilato da oltre 5mila ragazzi tra i 13 e i 22 anniIl 40% conosce un malavitoso. Molti recuperano da soli i beni rubati                                            Camorra, gli studenti napoletani non credono nelle Forze dell'ordine


Italian railworkers to strike over network safety

Railworkers across Italy will strike for 24 hours from Sunday night to protest poor safety levels on the network following a train crash which killed 17 people last week, transport unions said.


A pretrial hearing to discuss the procedures for disclosing classified information in a case against two men accused of supporting terrorists should be open to the public, an attorney for several news organizations argued Monday.


The only thing we might stimulate is a bigger financial mess.


Hospital wards and operating theatres are being cut and redundancies made as the NHS battles with a Â£500m deficit, a survey says.


NEW YORK - Wall Street closed out a dismal third quarter with a mixed performance Thursday after Merck & Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market.


Sheriffâs Fight With Paper Flares Up Again

The two principal owners of the Phoenix New Times were arrested Thursday, but were then released and charges of disclosing information about a grand jury dropped.


A man who wanted to hand-deliver a letter to President George W. Bush yesterday set himself afire outside the White House after guards encouraged him to mail the letter instead.


Quake shook Earth to core, say scientists

The quake that set off the devastating tsunami literally shook the Earth to its core, scientists believe, accelerating its rotation and shortening days by a fraction of a second.


US police are hunting a gunman after two students were shot at a university in Delaware state, officials say.


Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia (middle) delivers a speech to journalists in front of part of Israel's West Bank barrier, near Qalqiliya, 11 January 2004.


COMMENT: Sorting through the accusations

Now that virtually all of official conservatism and the Republican legislative juggernaut have opened up on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, with President George W. Bush's winking acquiescence


Clearwire's CEO discusses subscriber growth, the FCC spectrum auction and whether the company plans to build a nationwide network.


LONDON: Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger is confident his team will qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League despite being held to a 1-1 draw by Panathinaikos at Highbury on Tuesday.


Pakistan arrests one of top three Taliban: sources

ISLAMABAD/KABUL  - Pakistani security forces captured one of the Taliban's three top leaders just hours after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's unannounced visit to Pakistan earlier this week, a senior security official and Taliban sources said.


Breast cancer risk models flawed, study shows

Tools used to predict whether a woman's breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Nude pictures copied from HK star's computer: report

Photos purportedly showing a Hong  Kong actor partially nude with several starlets were copied  from his computer when it was serviced last year and later  distributed over the Internet, a newspaper reported on Monday.


Bloomberg says he is not eyeing White House

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday he was not a candidate for U.S. president in 2008 despite speculation he quit the Republican party to prepare to run as an independent.


There is only a "slim" chance that two Colorado climbers missing since November are still alive in a region of 20,000-foot peaks in China's southwest, an official said Tuesday.


Spain's authorities take the family of former military ruler Franco to court to gain access to his holiday home.


The way a girl grows during her early years may influence her risk of breast cancer, research suggests. A Danish study of more than 117,000 women found those born chubby, but who went on to become tall and lean teenagers had the highest risk.


NAIROBI, KENYA - Somalian officials have started counting votes in a presidential election aimed at returning national government to the war-torn country.


Curt Schilling could have retired after the Boston Red Sox won the World Series last fall, but he quickly agreed to an $8 million contract for one last season. Now, a shoulder injury could ruin the final flourish to a decorated career.


HOLLYWOOD - Forget "Fahrenheit 9/11." This year's most controversial political film is likely to be an R-rated comedy featuring puppets.


Police carry a disabled pensioner to safety after a fire in the bedroom of her home in the early hours.


It's an SD memory card with built-in networking. Sounds cool, but will you spring $100 for it when it's released later this year?


Mets Pay Full Fare but Show They Mean Business

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


The companies say the settlement involves a âlimited cross licenseâ to three Nortel and three Vonage patents, and will not call for any monetary payments by either company.


2008 Democratic hopefuls call for Iraq war's end

Six Democratic presidential hopefuls  courted party leaders on Friday with calls to end the Iraq war  but offered divergent views on how to do it, saying the debate  would be a crucial test of Democratic leadership.


Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) and Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) confirmed a $35 billion merger Wednesday morning, going public with their definitive agreement despite reports that Verizon (VZ:NYSE - news - research) continues to weigh its


Shi'ite List Comes Top in Iraq Election Results

An alliance of Shi'ite Islamist groups  won the most votes in Iraq's election, but the percentage it  received -- 47.6 percent -- was lower than many expected,  according to the final vote tally released on Sunday.


The NBA draft has played a minor role in the turnaround of the Wizards, but they are holding out hope that the 2007 draft will produce a special player.


Civil rights protesters converge on Jena

JENA, Louisiana  - Tens of thousands of black Americans descended on a small town in central Louisiana on Thursday to protest what they say is injustice against six black teenagers charged over a high school fight.


Infanticide trials reexamined in Britain

On Nov. 9, Margaret Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for smothering her 4-month-old son, was acquitted at a retrial.


Cheers! First orders at the Great British Beer Festival

The Great British Beer Festival served the first of an estimated 300,000 weird and wonderful pints from across the globe as a London exhibition hall was transformed into the biggest pub in the world.


A.D. Vassallo scores 14 points and leads a 13-2 run Sunday as Virginia Tech rallies to beat Wake Forest, 63-60.


For Minaya, Lots of Wheeling, Not Much Dealing

When Omar Minaya was the general manager of the Expos, most of his major moves had to wait until January, when he could sort through baseball's bargain bins.


Case Dismissed By Police, but Not By the Public: Man Cleared After Chat, but Family Alleges Vigorous Harassment

By Chris Colgin, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 10--Two years ago, Tommy Cison, a 21-year-old living at his parents' home, entered a Minnesota chat room.   He met "lizzie_luvs_fun_ mpls," who claimed to be a 13-year-old girl but was actually a Perverted Justice volunteer.


United Airlines Thursday launched the first scheduled flight of a US airline to Vietnam in almost 30 years. "Today's launch of direct service to Vietnam marks an historic step in the relationship between the


Nickelback singer eager to play to the game world

Game designers are often called the rock stars of the digital world, but that's a load of hooey. Rock stars are pop gods and they transcend all bounds of genre to find success in the mainstream.


I'm a Montyphile and damn proud of it. Colin Montgomerie is achingly, valiantly, eternally human . If Monty isn't going to speak, well, he isn't going to speak. I was one of the many brushed off when he shot a frustrating 84 in the rain that horrible Saturday at Muirfield two years ago. But when Monty ...


Owner Mark Cuban said his Dallas Mavericks grew stagnant. Reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki agreed.


Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of turning his back on Asia, kowtowing to America and being Australia's most boring leader.


Opsware, a data-center automation software company, and EDS renew a contract worth $50 million.


Homefront: Where Disabilities Arenât Allowed to Win

A 72-year-old nonprofit organization in Manhattan runs job training and employment programs for people with disabilities or mental illness.


Canadian robber caught in mesh of mistakes

Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong for a would-be Canadian robber this week and led to his quick arrest.


The Academy Awards telecast may have Jon Stewart as its host, but the Kidsâ Choice Awards, in which the favorite performers of teenagers and tweens are honored (and then doused onstage with green slime), will have Jack Black, above. Nickelodeon, which will broadcast the 21st annual edition of its so-called âKiddie Oscarsâ from Los Angeles on March 29, is expected to announce its selection of Mr. Black formally on Thursday.


Gunmen in Baghdad have killed a senior Sunni cleric, reawakening fears of sectarian violence in strife-torn Iraq. Sheikh Hazem Zeidi of the Muslim Scholars' Association worked at an isolated Sunni mosque in Baghdad's impoverished Shia suburb Sadr City.


Bridget Jones, Back on the Trail Of Happily Ever After

Yes, it is v. funny. It's just not v. clever. And clever is what made the original Bridget Jones movie such a hoot: The smarty moments (remember the Salman Rushdie cameo?


The philharmonicâs program, âPainters of Sound,â brought together John Coriglianoâs âPied Piper Fantasyâ and Berliozâs âSymphonie Fantastique.â


The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.


A swarm of earthquakes — one a magnitude-5.5 — jolted a remote, sparsely populated area along the eastern Sierra Nevada on Saturday, authorities said.


Investors Are Losing Ground as Insurance Inquiries Expand

Thousands of Marsh & McLennan employees who have bought Marsh stock in the company's employee stock purchase plan or in their retirement plans have seen the stock fall 50 percent.


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RANGERS boss Alex McLeish blasted his side's "amateur" defending after they crashed out of the UEFA Cup last night. The Scots went into the game second in Group F, with a chance of topping it and needing just


Big profits are lurking in big cities for companies willing to change a bit.


In a report published today, the respected British Medical Journal says dogs can smell cancer. The Journal said a comprehensive medical study revealed that dogs can be trained to identify bladder cancer by smelling urine.


Catfish, basa, shrimp, dace and eel from China will be allowed into the U.S. only if proven free of contamination.


New Jersey voters favor gay civil union law: poll

Sixty percent of New Jersey voters support a law allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions, but half oppose a law allowing gay marriage, according to a poll on Thursday.


Hotel Internet provider InterTouch to acquire rival MagiNet

InterTouch, a provider of broadband Internet services to hotels, has agreed to acquire rival MagiNet for $150 million, InterTouch parent NTT DoCoMo said Friday.Singapore-based InterTouch currently serves about 400 hotels in 45 countries and the deal will see its footprint expanded to about 950 hotels in 63 countries. MagiNet, which is also based in Singapore, is largely focused on the Asia Pacific region and itself just completed acquiring Percipia, a U.S.-based supplier of IP telephony systems to hotels.As part of the deal NTT DoCoMo, which is Japan's No. 1 cell phone carrier, will invest $191 million into InterTouch to provide it with the funds to acquire MagiNet and to service debt.The acquisition is scheduled to be completed in February 2008.


Per non creare disagi al Paese, ma manca intesa con governo


Hamas's exiled political leader urges Palestinian unity amid rising tensions and violence between Hamas and Fatah.


OGGI SU INTERNET/CINA - Il Messaggio del Papa per la Quaresima 2008 in lingua cinese (tradotto da Christian Life Weekly) ...


L'uomo era scomparso ieri in mare dopo aver cercato di salvare due piccoliPolemiche sul comportamento dei familiari. Il Comune di Roncade stanzia una somma per la vittima                                            Bosniaco annegato, recuperato il corpo I genitori dei bambini: "Non siamo scappati"


FIFA tell LA Galaxy they must release Beckham

FIFA have told LA Galaxy they must release David Beckham if he is picked for England's friendly internationals next season.


Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta restructured his baseball operations department with two new hires and a promotion on Tuesday.


Strong majority of FDA scientists feel agency does poor job of ...

About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription


Sitestar Corporation (OTCBB: SYTE), a provider of residential and business Internet access, web hosting and value-added products and services, announced today that it has acquired the dial-up subscriber and web hosting customer base and other assets of AlaNet Internet Services.


Carnegie Mellon signs up for robot space race

The Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon, has drawn its first contestant.


Those of us who have always wondered why award shows have to be so infernally long got our answer on Sunday night at the Golden Globes: they donât.


FTC approves Boeing-Lockheed rocket launch deal

U.S. antitrust authorities on Tuesday approved the planned merger of the government rocket launch units of Lockheed Martin Corp.  and Boeing Co.


Randy Moss said Wednesday that allegations he committed battery against a woman are false and that she made the claim to get money from him.


LONDON -- The government said yesterday it was investigating reports that members of a London-based radical Islamic group have been in contact with militants holding a British hostage in Iraq to urge his release.


Argentina Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 9

A fire swept through a crowded Buenos Aires nightclub, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 200, police said Friday.


European stock markets end the week with the FTSE, Dax and Cac losing 2.6%, 4.6% and 5.0% respectively.


State Ready to Pour Water Plan Farmers and Environmentalists Wonder What to Expect in the Draft Proposals

By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Bob Rawlins raises his cattle and cultivates his crops far away from where a battle over the state's water supply could break out next year, but he knows the fallout could affect him and fellow farmers far into the future.


The new epicenter of the global AIDS pandemic is Asia, and its new faces are Asia's young girls and women. This was highlighted by a recent United Nations report on HIV/AIDS and the theme


BRAINTREE -- It was getting late. The sun had set and evening turned into night. Tony Soprano's fate, for better or worse, had been sealed on HBO, and anxious mothers had resigned themselves to the fact that there was no chance their youngsters were getting to bed at a reasonable hour.


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Reaching Out: Emirates Computers Launches Services in Qatar

As part of its regional expansion, Emirates Computers today announced its intention to establish a comprehensive IT and related services operation in Qatar, in partnership with Ebrahim AL Neama Holding, with offices in Doha.  Commenting on the initiative, Mr.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has barred new construction work, building planning and occupancy tenders at West Bank settlements without his approval, documents show.


A trade union for soldiers from Commonwealth countries is to be set up amid claims of racism in the Army.


With polls showing Americans desire of space exploration, NASA has received the green signal from Congress to carry out voyages to Moon and eventually to Mars.


CHICAGO (Sports Network) - The WNBA announced Tuesday that  they will be adding a new franchise in Chicago that will begin  play in May 2006.


Ballpark essentials: hot dogs, peanuts, a well-worn glove and ... Nintendo's portable gaming device? The Redmond, Wash.-based company is making a pitch to turn its portable DS Lite into a baseball staple, bringing interactive technology to fans through a pilot program being tested this season at the Mariners' Safeco Field.


Kellogg's New Policy Is a Threat to Icons

CHICAGO For generations of American children, nothing says Saturday morning like Toucan Sam following his nose for some Froot Loops on the tube. Likewise Tony the Tiger roaring "They're Grrrreat" and Snap, Crackle and Pop whooping it up in a bowl of Rice Krispies.


David "Boomer" Wells blew into his hometown on Friday evening and let on that this is more than likely going to be the last season of a successful, colorful big league career.


Clinton kicks off appeal to fight global problems

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton   called together some of the world's richest and most   influential people on Wednesday in hopes of coming up with more   than $2.5 billion and ideas on how to stop conflict, health   woes, poverty and climate change.


Phil Mickelson says his poor recent form will count for nothing when the Ryder Cup action gets under way.


Architecture: Architectural Shifts, Global and Local

From Athens to Washington, museums jostle one another for a place in the sun.


Bush Surveys Hurricane Damage in Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. - President Bush got a firsthand look Sunday at homes shattered and residents left shell-shocked by Hurricane Ivan as he made his third campaign-season trip to Florida to assess storm damage...


Spain's parliament is predicted to reject a plan to give more independence to the Basque country.


Coca-Cola to buy Glaceau for $4.1 billion

Coca-Cola Co.  said on Friday it would buy vitamin water maker Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash, boosting its lagging position in the race to dominate the fast-growing market for noncarbonated drinks.


25 Dead, 141 Trapped in China Mine Blast

A woman breaks down as she waits for a news about her loved one trapped in the Chenjiashan Coalmine in Tongchuan, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.


Heath Ledger found dead in NYC at age 28

Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28. It wasn't immediately clear if Ledger had committed suicide. He had an appointment for a massage at the residence in the tony neighborhood of SoHo, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.


Reuters Poll: Bush and Kerry Still in Dead Heat

President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry remain tied for the third consecutive day in the  race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll  released on Wednesday.


Swimming: Phelps eases into world short course 200 free final

INDIANAPOLIS, United States : Athens Olympic star Michael Phelps made a relatively relaxed start on the first day of the seventh World Short Course Swim Championship, qualifying second for the 200m freestyle final.


Chinese consumers show little sign of reining in their spending, despite the first rise in core interest rates in nine years.


Briton freed from Guantanamo describes torture, assault, murder by US officials

One of four Britons freed last week from US detention in Guantanamo Bay, described being tortured, witnessing the killing of fellow detainees by US interrogators and receiving threats to his family.


At least nine people were killed and others injured Saturday in two blasts in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, police in that city tell CNN.


Africa puts hope in Darfur talks as Sudan dismisses UN ultimatum

ABUJA : Sudan's government defiantly dismissed a UN deadline for it to disarm its proxy militia in the Darfur region, insisting it would resolve the conflict there through ongoing African Union peace talks.


With Gaza lost, Abbas wins international support

Western powers rallied behind Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday after Hamas Islamists routed his forces in the Gaza Strip and began imposing a new order in the enclave after days of bloody civil war.


Who was behind last week's resort bombing in Egypt?


Britons throw away a third of their food: study

Households are throwing away a third of the food they buy each year -- amounting to 6.7 million tons-worth of rubbish -- according to environmental campaigners.


In discesa anche Parigi e Francoforte, Londra invariata


Nawaz Sharif, the exiled former prime minister of Pakistan, boarded a flight from London to Islamabad on Sunday as he headed towards a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf, who has threatened him with arrest.


Update 1: Fannie Mae Misses SEC 3Q Filing Deadline

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae missed a regulatory deadline Monday for filing its third-quarter financial results after its independent auditor KPMG refused to sign off on the report.


Veteran Hollywood actor Kevin Costner is surprised that his films have failed at the box-office and believes they all "have a chance to be great".


Flags, smoke and tears for the âfather of their nationâ

PALESTINIANS at home and abroad wept, waved flags, and burned tyres in an eruption of grief over the death of Yasser Arafat, the man they consider the father of their nation.


Global Warming May Spur Fiercer Hurricanes - Experts

As Hurricane Ivan and its powerful winds churned through the Gulf of Mexico, scientists told Congress on Wednesday that global warming could produce stronger and more destructive hurricanes in the future.


L'omicidio in un bar. Poi era fuggito in auto, ancora armatoDopo una gigantesca caccia all'uomo, preso a Bologna                                          Preso l'assassino di Ravenna Ieri sera aveva ucciso la sua ex


For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival

Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the schoolâs debating team.


Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest software exporter, said Friday its net profit for the fiscal second quarter that ended September reached US$84 million (euro 67.


US Men Yield Long Dominance Of Basketball

Larry Brown braced himself against the scorer's table, reaching for support on a sinking ship. His best player, Tim Duncan, walked past him toward the bench, having fouled out of the game.


China says U.S., EU need to do more on Doha Round

The main stumbling block in the Doha  Round of global trade talks is the failure of the United States  and European Union to make substantial concessions on  agriculture, China's commerce minister said on Monday.


Poland will listen to Moscow on missile shield

Poland will listen to Russia's arguments but will make its own decision on whether to install a U.S. anti-missile base on its territory, Polish media reported on Sunday.


La sonda Cassini incontra Titano Spettacolari foto dallo spazio

PASADENA - La sonda Cassini-Huygens sta trasmettendo le migliori immagini mai viste di Titano, una delle lune del pianeta Saturno. Le foto sono state scattate durante l'incontro ravvicinato tra Cassini e Titano


S.Africa Police Arrest Thatcher Son in Coup Probe

The son of former British Prime  Minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested in South Africa on  Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a mercenary plot  against the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.


Cytec Industries Inc. is buying the chemicals division of Belgian drugs company UCB in a 1.5 billion euro ($1.85 billion) cash and stock deal, the US specialty chemical firm said on Friday.


Chinese markets fall again amid fears that tough anti-inflation measures are needed to cool its surging economy.


Records Contradict Kerry Critic's Charges -Report

Military records contradict a critic's charge that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry did not come under fire during the battle that resulted in military honors for Kerry, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. and Argentine media reported that one of President Bush's 24-year-old twin daughters had her purse stolen while being guarded by the Secret Service during a visit here.


New Zealand Builds a Nest Big Enough to Save Kiwis

Kiwi numbers have declined rapidly over the past century, as populations struggled with the twin threats of shrinking habitat and expanding legions of new predators.


Top UK government minister David Blunkett, a key ally of Tony Blair, has quit as home secretary, the BBC learns.


How investment in technology firms can help the UK recreate Silicon Valley.


Nel 2/o trimestre 2006 era al 6,5%, ma crescono gli inattivi


Britney Spears needs to be on suicide watch, says aunt

Troubled pop superstar Britney Spears' aunt Chanda McGovern thinks she is in such a dangerous   frame of mind right now that she should be placed on a suicide watch.


U.S. Potter fans mob Harvard Yard for "Wizard Rock"

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - "Harry & the Potters" and other bands in a genre dubbed "Wizard Rock" lit a musical fire under Harvard Yard on Friday night in celebration of the midnight release of the hotly awaited last book in the series.


U.S. court rules against Canon in flat-panel suit

A U.S. court has ruled against Japan's  Canon Inc.  in a patent dispute over flat-panel  displays, saying the company violated the license agreement it  had with Nano-Proprietary Inc. .


The Schroeders adopted Victoria from a children's home in St. Petersburg and picked her up several weeks ago, Bild and ...


US reseller urges 'case-by-case' approach Windows Vista appears to be gaining ground among organisations, with small businesses (SMBs) proving particularly keen to adopt the software giant's latest operating system, according to a new report.â¦


Yushchenko's Task Is To Restore Stability Of Ukrainian Economy

MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev). The presidential runoff in Ukraine on Sunday did not bring any unexpected developments.


BEIRUT -- Prime Minister Fuad Saniora yesterday accused Hezbollah's leader of threatening a coup as the Shi'ite guerrilla group escalated its attempts to oust the government.


Canada plans ships to assert Arctic sovereignty

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Canada will buy at least six patrol ships to assert its sovereignty claim in the Arctic, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday backed away from an election pledge for navy icebreakers that would ply the waters of the Northwest Passage all year round.


Microsoft to Argue EU Antitrust Order Damages Its Trademarks

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will tell a European Union judge the EU's antitrust ruling forcing the company to offer a version of Windows without a video and music


Billy Ray Cyrus apologizes for seatbelt gaffe

Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus  apologized on Wednesday for being filmed in the back seat of a  car with his daughter Miley, who plays Hannah Montana in the  hit Disney series, without wearing seat belts.


Consumer groups slam NBC's antipiracy plea

Blog: Media conglomerate had asked federal regulators to require broadband providers to police their networks for copyright violations, but public-interest groups say the effort is "misguided."


Pakistani forces storm mosque compound after talks fail

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Government troops stormed the compound of Islamabad's Red Mosque before dawn today, prompting a fierce firefight with militants accused of holding scores of hostages, officials said. At least 40 rebels and three soldiers were killed.


Saddam Hussein's trial judge says he was not a dictator, a day after being accused of pro-Saddam bias.


New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary condemns the building by the US of a highway across Antarctica.


A DISAPPOINTING sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc sent US stocks mostly lower today as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilised after last week's highs, would


This country does not look like a country in economic trouble.


Qwest agrees to pay $250 million to settle fraud case

Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) has agreed to a pay $250 million fine to settle a wide-ranging fraud investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Associated Press reported Thursday.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Dwyane Wade scored 27 points and Shaquille O'Neal had his best scoring performance since returning from knee surgery to lead the Miami Heat to a 113-93 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday night.


Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this week, a news report said Saturday.


The first resignations were Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans. The White House press secretary made the announcement, saying the president had accepted the decisions of both men.


'Drug Trials Secrecy Putting Patients at Risk'

Patients are being put at risk because of the secrecy of drug companies which refuse to publish the results of clinical trials, it was claimed today.


MEPs draft ring of flowers for fortress Europe

Caring, sharing police databases The European Parliament has fashioned a wreath of caveats it hopes will brighten up legislative measures designed to raise biometric borders and erect a network of biometric controls for police across the continent.â¦


Cala del 10 per cento il micidiale PM10 e arrivano 2,5 milioni di euronel bilancio comunale. Ma i cittadini restano sul piede di guerra                                          Milano promuove l'Ecopass ecco il bilancio dopo un mese


Stock futures fell on Thursday after Bank of America Corp , the No. 2 U.S. bank, missed quarterly profit estimates, adding to worries about the outlook for the financial sector.


Mixed bag for Putnam Marsh chief's exit met with relief, concern

For Putnam Investments, the end of the Jeffrey W. Greenberg reign at Marsh & McLennan Cos. is bittersweet. His resignation on Monday was greeted with some relief


London shares close flat on NY losses, new record high in oil prices

Leading British shares pared earlier gains to close almost unchanged, weighed by losses on Wall Street, where renewed oil price concerns and earnings disappointments took their toll, dealers said.


By HILLEL ITALIE  NEW YORK - Sorry, e-book fans, whoever you are. You will be able to read the new Harry Potter on paper, listen to it, probably purchase it in Braille. But don't expect to download the text - at least legally.  Author J.K.


Manpower Taxed By Flames Firefighters Building Line Around Blaze

By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS and PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writers  CASTAIC -- Hoping to contain the massive 15-day-old Day Fire, firefighters are constructing a 50-mile line around its flanks -- defying walls of flame that are devouring wilderness as they charge toward a half-dozen communities.


Art Review | 'All the More Real': Those Rumors of Paintingâs Death? Exaggerated

The Parrish Art Museumâs show feels at times like a master class led by artist Eric Fischl, although a somewhat anachronistic one. Painting is hardly dead.


Japan starts clear-up after 21 die in quake

Japan yesterday began the task of clearing up after the biggest earthquake in almost a decade left 21 people dead and more than 2,000 injured.


Decision to endorse concept of "scheme liability" may prove ultimately unfriendly to shareholders.


Armenian PM set to win presidential vote

Armenia's prime minister appeared to have won the country's presidential election, according to Wednesday's nearly complete preliminary results, though the contest was marred by allegations of rigging.


Prime Minister Adrian Nastase obtained the last re-scheduling from Guenther Vergeugen, the EU enlargement commissioner.


Jordan Harrisonâs brash play turns fragments from the life of Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who made movies for Hitler, into a story that is funny and thought provoking.


Doctors plan to perform the first in a series of high-risk surgeries on Wednesday to separate 3-year-old twin girls joined at the head.


Former Gateway executive to lead consumer marketing efforts at Hewlett-Packard.


DENVER -- Ray Allen scored 30 points Tuesday night to help the Seattle SuperSonics prolong Denver's early-season misery with a 106-88 victory.


SpaceShipOne's success has the industry trying to seize momentum ...

No sooner had SpaceShipOne glided back to terra firma, claiming both the $10 million Ansari X Prize and distinction as the first privately funded manned spaceflight, than talk turned to a glorious future: personal space trips .


Le case potrebbero ricevere sanzioni per superamento limiti


US troops in Japan under curfew after incidents: reports

The US military will Wednesday slap a curfew on troops in the southern island of Okinawa after a series of incidents including an alleged rape that has led to new tensions, reports said.


iTunes expands into nine more European countries

MacCentral - Shortly before Apple's special music event on Tuesday featuring Bono and The Edge from U2, the iTunes Music Store was updated with links to allow residents of nine new countries to buy music online. In addition to the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, iTunes now supports Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.


Skilling won't have report to prison: WSJ

A U.S. appeals court will allow ex-Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling to stay out of prison while it considers granting him bail, according to a report published on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Monday.


Singh Stays on Track for Fifth Win in Six Starts

FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania  - World number one Vijay  Singh remained on course for his fifth win in six starts when  he shot a four-under-par 68 in the second round of the $4.2  million Pennsylvania Classic on Friday.


Perfectionists are more prone to developing irritable bowel syndrome  after an infection, a study finds.


Peru's government is considering subsidizing some of this Andean nation's poorest people with direct monthly cash payments, President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday.


2 Paintings by Picasso Are Stolen in Paris

The paintings, which are estimated to be worth a total of about $66 million, were stolen from the Left Bank home of Picassoâs granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso.


Gunmen Kidnap Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad

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


Ministro Lunardi, Italia in ritardo su sistemi sicurezza


Milano, il giudice della Prima sezione civile dÃ  ragione a una donna marocchinache adesso potrÃ  iscrivere suo figlio alla materna. "Quella norma va cambiata"                                          Asili, sÃ¬ al ricorso anti Moratti "Abolire la circolare: discrimina"


Liverpool's Boudewijn Zenden will be out until the new year after surgery on knee ligament damage.


Darren Fichardt birdied four holes in a five-hole stretch en route to a four-under-par 67 on Saturday and a share of the lead with Englishman Paul Broadhurst after three rounds of the Madrid Open.


A UK study of more than 5,000 children rules out any link between the MMR vaccine and autism, say researchers.


The presidential fund-raising season is already well underway. The top five moneybags in both parties--and who hopes to get their checks.


U.S. Still Waiting For Iraqi Forces To 'Stand Up'

The strategy in Iraq, President Bush has said often over the past year, is to stand down the U.S. military as Iraq's security forces stand up.


Categoria incrocia braccia 8 e 21 febbraio, 4 e 16 marzo


I due ministri ricevuti separatamente dal colonnello


U.S., NATO call Putin missile remarks unhelpful

The United States and NATO on Monday criticized President Vladimir Putin's latest attack on a planned U.S. missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead of a Group of Eight encounter with Putin this week.


Long-running comic book series Green Arrow introduces a superhero who has contracted HIV.


Just in case Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) computer users were feeling left out, news reports say that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) intends to develop its Desktop Search application for the Mac platform.


Yudhoyono victory expected to give Indonesia economic boost

Investors were optimistic that former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won a landslide victory in presidential elections and would kick-start needed economic reforms.


Dick Ebersol's passion for the Olympics began as a researcher in the 1960s and led him to help NBC lock up the US TV rights through the 2012 Games.


Joyful tears and frequent applause marked the start of U.S. voting Friday in Iraq's first independent elections in more than 50 years.


Branded food and beverage maker Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission does not intend to recommend an enforcement action against the company in connection with the government's


If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously

Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: There is a north-south divide in the reaction to floods; only when the rich are hit will prevention be pushed up the agenda.


"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.


Intel Delays Launch of Projection TV Chip

In another product postponement, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. said it won't be offering a chip for projection TVs by the end of 2004 as it had announced earlier this year.


The school meals watchdog denies it has watered down its guidelines on healthy food.


Conan to Take Over 'Tonight' in Five Years

NEW YORK - NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes - the planned succession won't happen until 2009...


Libyan court to sit on HIV medics trial on June 20: Bulgaria

A Libyan court will hear an appeal next  week by five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of  infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus, a  Bulgarian official said on Friday.


Petter Solberg reeled in Wales Rally GB leader Sebastien Loeb with a hat-trick of stage wins today. Solberg won three consecutive stages this afternoon to move back into contention for victory after a disappointing start to the rally's first full day.


Genova, 15:23 - CALCIO, SAMP; CASSANO: VOGLIO RESTARE A LUNGO

"Alla Sampdoria sto bene, è impossibile avere problemi. E guardate che io ne avuti con mezzo ...


Russian Officials Investigate Suspicious Campaign Signatures

MOSCOW, Jan. 22 -- Russian prosecutors and election officials said Tuesday they are examining the alleged forging of signatures by the campaign of former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov on his petition to get on the presidential ballot. The probe could lead to the opposition figure being...


America's only flu shot factory in high gear

At a closely guarded mountainside factory, a woman plucks a vial from an assembly line and unceremoniously dumps its shimmering contents into what looks like a metal spittoon.


Blog: Microsoft says selling Linux coupons doesn't constitute acceptance of the new General Public License, and those coupons won't include support for GPL 3 software.


La sorella residente a Venezia da' l'allarme alla polizia


The Archbishop of Canterbury is to address the General Synod after the row over his remarks on Muslim law.


France Telecom denies Google talks about handset

France Telecom on Tuesday denied being in  talks with Google about introducing handsets fitted with the  U.S. Web search leader's software systems.


Yushchenko Presents Ukraine PM, Promises Honesty

KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian President Viktor  Yushchenko, vowing to install a clean government, asked  parliament Friday to approve radical Yulia Tymoshenko as his  prime minister to lead the country into mainstream Europe.


La moglie e l'eurodeputato Cappato: vuol morire in fretta


GM and European workers prepare for clash over restructuring plans

FRANKFURT : General Motors' European restructuring plans are heading for a further rough ride as wildcat strikes to protest the US automaker's plans to slash 12,000 jobs get set to spread on Tuesday.


Ryan Longwell's 33-yard field goal as time expired gave the Green Bay Packers a 34-31 victory over their archrivals on Sunday after the Minnesota Vikings had rallied to tie it with two touchdowns in the final 2:53.


A team of British detectives on Tuesday searched the Paris tunnel where Princess Diana died in a 1997 car crash, hoping the use of the latest high-tech equipment would provide new clues to the accident.


Ci saranno Rice, Blair, BanKi-Moon, Amado, Lavrov


Car bomb kills 10 in Iraq's Diyala: police

A suicide car bomber killed 10 people and wounded 30 in a busy market in a volatile region northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.


La top model ha triplicato il suo reddito annuale


US Social Security Administration Awards $600,000 Technology Contract to IceWEB, Inc.

IceWEB, Inc., www.iceWEB.com  (OTCBB:IWEB), and Blue Coat Systems Inc., (NASDAQ:BCSI),  announced that the US Social Security Administration (SSA) awarded  IceWEB a contract valued at $600,000 for appliances manufactured by Blue  Coat Systems.


People in Britain view the United States as a vulgar, crime-ridden society obsessed with money and led by an incompetent president whose Iraq policy is failing, according to a newspaper poll.


Stuttgart suffered a surprise defeat at struggling neighbour Freiburg in the Bundesliga while Schalke won again, this time over Mainz.


Jobs up 51,000 in September, below expectations

U.S. employers added just 51,000  jobs in September, far below market expectations, according to  a government report on Friday that showed weakness in  construction, manufacturing and retail.


SP Mib -0,45%, All Stars -0,75%, in calo anche Parigi


Russia launches three navigation satellites

Russia launched a rocket sending three navigation satellites into orbit on Sunday, the Russian Space Forces said. Two GLONASS satellites and a new-generation GLONASS-M were brought


Six suspected dangerous dogs are seized and nine people arrested in raids as part of an investigation into dog fighting.


Pakistanis kill 4 foreign militants in border area

ISLAMABAD Pakistani forces killed four foreign militants in a border area Monday, the government said, as President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan visited to discuss the battle against Islamic guerrillas before his October re-election bid.


Writers, studios still on track for deal

The striking Hollywood writers guild remained on track for a possible deal with studios, but specific language of a new contract was still to be resolved, two people familiar with the negotiations said Monday.


Bayer Delayed Warning on Cholesterol Drug--Report

Bayer AG may have known its withdrawn cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol caused a high rate of a serious muscle condition more than a year before it added a warning to its label, according to a prominent medical journal.


Indonesian rescuers battle to reach flood victims

Indonesian rescuers, police and troops in inflatable boats have helped evacuate Jakarta residents stranded in severe floods that have killed 29, as the number left homeless approached 350,000.


Min steals the show and the lead at LPGA

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- If it was a heralded teen ager who brought out the crowd early at Bulle Rock Golf Course yesterday, it was a totally unknown one who left the fans buzzing toward the exits in the evening.


Matsushita seeks to boost strategic product sales, cut more costs

Japanese consumer electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial said it will increase sales of "strategic" products and further cut costs in coming years.


Morgan Stanley sells stake to China amid losses

China agreed to pump $5 billion into Morgan Stanley  as the U.S. investment bank reported a stunning fourth-quarter loss fueled by a bigger-than-expected $9.4 billion of write-downs in mortgages and other assets.


Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.


BYBLOS, Lebanon  - A Lebanese scientist following the genetic footprint of the ancient Phoenicians says he has traced their modern-day descendants, but stumbled into an old controversy about identity in his country.


Charges against three people following a nursing home fire in which 14 people died are dropped.


Delegates from key nations are holding talks in London on new sanctions for Iran over its nuclear programme.


The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday. The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets, team of Chinese national Yao Ming


Jiji Press Daily Japan Business News Briefs

SHARP EYES HIMEJI AS SITE OF NEW LCD TV PLANT--Sharp Corp.  is considering selecting Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, as the site of its new plant for liquid crystal display television sets, informed sources said.


US Midwest Business Growth Slower in Dec

Business activity in the U.S. Midwest expanded in December for the 20th consecutive month but at a slower rate than expected, a report showed on Thursday.


Samsung To Invest in New Generation LCD Plant

Samsung Electronics said its board of directors has approved a plan to invest US$274 million in a second seventh-generation LCD production line at its Asian plant.


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


'Borat,' 'Brokeback Mountain' Listed As Human Rights Victims in '06

By MATTHEW LEE  WASHINGTON - Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh and blood victims were extended to the Internet, award- winning films and noted plays worldwide, the State Department says.


Johnson, Tarver Feast on Roy Jones Defeat

Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver were on stage together, joking about a unification fight for the light heavyweight title. As for Roy Jones Jr., considered by some the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, he was in the back of an ambulance headed to the hospital.


ABC News Sears, KMart to Merge in $11 Billion Deal

Sears, Roebuck & Co. and discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. said on Nov. 17, 2004, that they would merge in an $11 billion deal to form the third-largest US retailer.


Tony Blair is to urge Labour to focus on a fourth election victory, in his final party conference speech as leader.


Oil Rebounds After Expected U.S. Stock Draw

Oil prices rose for a second day on  Wednesday after the U.S. government reported a fresh decline in  lean winter heating fuel stocks.


NEW YORK -- Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."


Sydney is set to be the first city to hold a Live Earth concert, a global event highlighting climate change.


EDITORIAL: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: We Take a Look at Some of the Good, and Bad, People Have Done Recently

By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 25----Thumbs up to Auditor-Controller Robert Stark, his staff, Deputy County Administrator Barbara Kinnison, the staff of Sutter County's Information Services Department, county department heads and the county payroll staff.


French Hopes for Speedy Iraq Hostage Release Fade

Hopes for a speedy release of two French  hostages in Iraq gave way to expressions of doubt and concern  Tuesday after a statement setting out new demands for their  release was posted on a Web site.


Bernanke cautions on raising GSE loan limit

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that increasing the size of loans mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could be problematic and would help only if done swiftly.


Palace Holds Arsenal, Chelsea Goes Two Points Clear

Chelsea went two points clear at the top  of the Premier League after they beat Everton 1-0 and  struggling champions Arsenal were held to a surprise 1-1 draw  by promoted Crystal Palace Saturday.


Tuesday's European papers examine the Madrid bombings inquiry, the crisis in Ukraine and alleged abuses in the Germany army.


What do a T-Rex skull, two stuffed elephants and a meteorite from Australia have in common? They are among the more than 20 popular exhibits included in an adopt-an-artifact program begun this month by Chicago's Field Museum.


Incoming EU Commission chief Barroso finalises a new team, needed to settle a damaging row with MEPs.


Olmert and Abbas discuss Palestinian statehood

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday but discussed core issues only in broad terms, a senior Palestinian official said.


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he wants to increase opportunities for older Americans to contribute to society by creating new volunteer programs.


Bene l'Italia, paese con piu' basso rischio mortalita'


An international team of scientists says it was at Gibraltar 28,000 years ago, some 2,000 years more recently than previously thought.


With Clinton Portis back on the practice field and ready to go, the Redskins want to return to the power running game that brought them success late last season.


"Nuovi mercati asiatici vitali per il futuro dell'Italia"


Take a VR tour of the world's most powerful particle accelerator courtesy of panoramic photographer Peter McCready.


Britain Rules Out Talks as Bigley Pleads for Life

BAGHDAD, 24 September 2004 - The British government yesterday ruled out negotiations with the kidnappers of Kenneth Bigley in Iraq despite a personal appeal from the captive to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.


After almost two decades of refusing to rebroadcast the Live Aid famine-relief concert, organizer Bob Geldof said Sunday he had, reluctantly, changed his mind.


Henman completes double home blow to Spain

Tim Henman got off to a fast start on Wednesday as top seed at the $2.425 million Madrid Masters, sending a second Spanish veteran to a straight-sets home defeat in the second round.


It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon.


Music: Watching a Cyber Audience Watch a Real Orchestra Perform in a Virtual World

For its season opening, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic went to the unusual extreme of building a new hall: a virtual environment in the online world Second Life.


Body found in France resembles missing Israeli diplomat: police

A body found in a river near the northwestern French city of Rouen appears to be that of an Israeli diplomat who went missing last month, police said.


Domani voli a rischio per stop autonomi di quattro ore


Strong Q2 software sales pushed Oracle's total revenue up 28 percent to $5.3 billion.


Beware Before You Dispose of Your Hard Drive

TAMPA, Fla., June 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Computers may have sensitive data that identity thieves would love to get their hands on. Magnets, degaussers, and other x-ray or magnetic techniques do not work, even the large bulk eraser magnets are not effective.


Gaelic games is in mourning following the death of former Derry and Cavan manager Eamonn Coleman.


Many analysts expect the declines to be temporary and believe futures will continue their assault on price records in the days ahead.


National Transportation Safety Board investigators began Monday trying to determine why a tour bus lost its roof and crashed in Arkansas, killing 14 people.


THE public still did not appreciate how frighteningly dangerous crocodiles were, even after the fatal mauling of a German tourist two years ago, a coroner said today.


Mayors agree to wait for gas tax revenue

MONTREAL - Montreal mayor GÃ©rald Tremblay is back from Toronto with a renewed vigour to improve his city's aging infrastructure system.


Georgia accused Russia of "ethnic cleansing"

Russia on Friday deported a planeload of Georgians it said were in the country illegally but Tbilisi said the Kremlin had now added a soft form of "ethnic cleansing" to its sanctions against its pro-Western neighbor.


They start with a single stolen file and pump out pirated games and movies by the millions. Jeff Howe from Wired magazine looks at the 'topsites' that are terrorizing the entertainment business.


What celebs are saying in the blogosphere

Britney Spears' MySpace blog came to life Wednesday with an announcement that Gimme More is available on iTunes, along with a new promo shot of Spears. Former View host Rosie O'Donnell takes on the daytime chatfest in a post challenging the show's claim that ratings are up without her. And Dancing With the Stars contestant Jane Seymour concedes that she had serious nerves for her debut foxtrot this week.


In un'intervista al Gr1 il premier annuncia una "Finanziaria di pace e di sviluppo""Ci saranno tagli alle spese ma arriveranno risorse anche dalla lotta all'evasione"                                          La promessa di Romano Prodi "Ora possiamo tagliare le tasse"                                                                                Sul manifesto di Veltroni: "Nove punti su 10 sono quelli del nostro programma"


TV licence fee 'to fund Welfare For W*nkers'

Ofcom's Nathan Barley Quango flies again It was ridicule from Register readers that helped kill one of the year's daftest ideas. The Â£150m-a-year "Public Service Publisher" quango is Ofcom Chief Ed Richards' pet initiative: he views this bold foray into gimmicky interactive games and Web 2.0-buzzword compliant websites as his "legacy".â¦


China suspends US meat products amid international calls for it to improve food safety controls.


Berlino, 12:37 - F1, MANAGER SCHUMACHER: RISPONDERA' IN PISTA AD ALONSO

Willy Weber, manager di Michael Schumacher, replica alle accuse di Fernando Alonso, secondo cui il p...


A network of gangs is supplying illegal pit bull dogs for fighting in the UK, a BBC investigation finds.


Crude futures prices fell slightly on Friday, capping off a 5 percent decline from a week ago, as worries about low winter fuel inventories dissipate amid rising oil supplies.


FOOTBALL: HEART'S DESIRE OF LEVEIN TO LEAD THE FOXES TO PROMOTION

CRAIG LEVEIN last night admitted that his dream of managing in the Premiership was behind his decision to join Leicester. Levein left Scottish club Hearts yesterday and was unveiled as Leicester's new manager last night.


In attesa che Cassazione decida su competenza per territorio


Messina, 19:48 - Calcio, Messina: problema muscolare per Amoruso

Doppio allenamento per il Messina. Al mattino Mutti ha curato l'aspetto atletico, nel pomeriggio ha ...


One Palestinian is killed and three were injured in Israeli strikes on the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, witnesses say.


BP eyes Prudhoe restart, exec refuses to testify

BP BP.L told U.S. lawmakers on   Thursday that it could restart its giant oil field in Alaska by   the end of October after rusty pipelines forced part of the   field shut last month, though a former senior BP manager in   Alaska refused to testify about the pipeline corrosion.


The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) bans all commercial sales of the rare Asian Irrawaddy dolphin.


Challenger to Afghan president emerges from pack

As Afghanistan's first-ever democratic presidential election gains steam, incumbent Hamid Karzai's biggest challenger is emerging from the pack of 17 other candidates.


Titolo cede il 5,14% tra scambi per oltre 67,8 mln


Spa-Francorchamps, 14:43 - F1, GP BELGIO: FISICHELLA E LIUZZI ELIMINATI IN QUALIFICHE

Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault), Ralf Schumacher (Toyota), David Coulthard (Red Bull), Jenson Button ...


Domani incontro tra Casini e Wu Banguo, numero due cinese


Cisco to roll out branch office networking gear

InfoWorld - Enterprise branch offices increasingly need the same IT tools that the head office has, and Cisco Systems is set to unveil branch networking gear Wednesday to help fill that need.


Tobacco giant Philip Morris/Altria put on its political party clothes recently, but it may soon be dressing for a wake. Under fire from the Department of Justice and facing


EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Jessalyn Deveny, Clare Droesch, and Brooke Queenan combined for 55 points as No. 18 Boston College beat Western Michigan, 71-50, yesterday in the Spartan Classic.


A partnership deal has investors in the small specialty pharma excited.


Two Stranded Climbers Die on Yosemite's El Capitan

Rangers at Yosemite National Park have found the bodies of two Japanese climbers on El Capitan. The pair had been stranded on the rock formation after being caught in an early winter storm.


Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Increased Sarcoma Risk

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of pediatric cancer face nine times the normal risk for developing a sarcoma at least five years after treatment for the initial cancer, a new study reveals.


`The Grudge' emerges as the week's highest grossing flick:

[Hollywood News]: Washington, Oct 25 : Horror flick "The Grudge" emerged as the highest grossing film this weekend after earning a total of 40 million dollars, while the "Shark Tale"which has been reigning at the box office for the past three weeks has


Megola Introduces AF21, a Total Fire Inhibitor

Megola Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MGOA), a leading environmental solution provider, is pleased to introduce one of its newly acquired "Anti-Fire" products, AF21, a water-based, non-toxic, non-corrosive, fire inhibitor.  AF21 does not merely delay the spread of fire; it prevents fires from starting.


New tests find deadly new virus that killed three

A previously unknown virus killed three women who got organ transplants from an Australian donor, and researchers say the technique they used to identify it could lead them to many more new infectious agents.


Online Schooling Grows, Setting Off a Debate

Half a million American children take classes online, and many are attending virtual public schools that are competing with local districts for public funding.


ASIA/INDIA - Emergenza alluvioni in Assam: coinvolto oltre un terzo della popolazione Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - Una grave situazione di emergenza si Ã¨ creata nello Stato di Assam in India, a causa delle alluvioni provocate dalle piogge monsoniche. Le piogge torrenziali delle ultime settimane hanno coinvolto oltre un terzo della popola...


Security is stepped up in the border town of Bukavu after Rwanda and Burundi said they could send troops into Democratic Republic of Congo.


Many casualties in attack on Iraqi forces HQ

A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad has killed four soldiers and wounded scores moe, officials say.


Speaking to a sceptical audience, George W Bush defends his decision...

KIDNAPPERS killed a second American hostage in Iraq last night and said they would behead Kenneth Bigley, the British captive, if their demands were not met.


Ukraine Speaker: Keep Poisoning Out of Campaign

Ukraine's influential parliament speaker  called on Monday for a scandal over the poisoning of opposition  leader Viktor Yushchenko to be kept out of the country's  presidential election campaign.


Once the symbol of all that is raunchy and lewd, Madonna continues to evolve into a vessel of virtue. She's a mom, a children's author and now she is going to participate in a big budget film project just for kids.


Fear of misinterpreting a case of elder abuse may stop some nurses from reporting it, a survey suggests.


Gioielli da favola anche per la Bellucci all'inaugurazione


A10 Networks Named As Top Ten for Next-Generation Network Infrastructure

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 27  /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(R) today announced the IP-to-ID Service within its IDsentrie(TM) network identity management appliance has been named one of the 10 best products for next-generation network infrastructure by Network World magazine.


BREAST and prostate cancer are the types of the disease that sweep most widely across extended families, research has shown. The two tumours head the first âleague


The disappearance of nearly 400 tons of powerful explosives from a former Iraqi military installation has become a heated issue in the presidential campaign and has led to criticism and confusion over when and how the materials vanished, what more U.S. troops could have done to protect them from theft and who, if anyone, is to blame.


British house prices record sharpest fall in 9 years

House prices in Britain fell at their steepest pace in nine years in the three months to September,adding to evidence that the property market is cooling and decreasing the possibility


Many Canadian internet pharmacies supplying Amer-icans with cheap prescription drugs will be forced to close under new licensing restrictions proposed by regulators in the prairie province of Manitoba.


Hospital, Not Race, a Factor in Heart Attack Care

NEW YORK  - Much of the racial and ethnic  differences in the care given to patients hospitalized with a  heart attack can be explained by the quality of the hospital to  which patients are admitted, rather than racial bias, a new  study indicates.


Stocks Surge on Energy Inventory Buildup

Stocks soared Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials rising more than 120 points, as a large buildup in the nation's energy inventories and increased consumer spending sent stock buyers back to the market.


Tony Blair is to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel - whose country is hosting the EU presidency - for talks.


Update 5: Volkswagen, German Union OK Pay Freeze

Germany's biggest industrial union agreed to a 28-month pay freeze in a deal Wednesday with automaker Volkswagen, receiving in return a guarantee that there will be no layoffs before 2011, the chief union negotiator said Wednesday.


Shakira may shake a leg for Bollywood film

Latino pop singer Shakira is interested   in dancing for a Bollywood film that her Indian   choreographer-filmmaker friend will begin shooting this year, a   newspaper reported on Monday.


Australia GP boss dismisses F1 breakaway group

Australian Grand Prix boss Ron Walker says he won't be negotiating with organisers of a rival series being planned by major Formula One carmakers, saying the concept is doomed.


'Bisogna passare dall'elencazione alla realizzazione'


Cile: Corte di appello conferma incriminazione per Pinochet

SANTIAGO - La Corte di appello di Santiago del Cile ha confermato l'incriminazione e gli arresti domiciliari per il generale Augusto Pinochet. L'accusa e' quella di violazione dei diritti umani. Pinochet, pero


The 13th patient to receive the world's first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc.


Russians' grief mixes with anger at officials

Russia on Monday began an official two-day mourning period for more than 300 children and adults killed Friday in the bloody end of a hostage crisis at a school in Beslan in southern Russia.


Thousands more people lost their home in 2007 in the UK than in the previous year, say mortgage lenders.


The unbeaten New England Patriots continue their quest for perfection this weekend as the top-seeded teams join the NFL playoffs.


The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure


More than 40% of wired Americans have used the net for information about the US election, a study finds.


Poll: Kerry Continues to Hold Edge in Pa.

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is maintaining a slight lead over President Bush in the battleground state of Pennsylvania with crucial support from veterans and military families, according to a poll released Wednesday.


An Iraqi journalist was shot dead outside his home in a Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad on Sunday, neighbors and colleagues at his newspaper said.


Rangers' Shanahan released from hospital

Rangers forward Brendan Shanahan was released from the hospital Sunday, one day after he was knocked unconscious and taken off the ice on a stretcher.


Beijing Games fuelling forced evictions: group

Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time the city hosts the 2008 Olympics, many of them evicted from their homes against their will, a housing rights group said on Tuesday.


It is a measure of the seriousness with which George Galloway took his libel action against the Daily Telegraph that in the run-up to the case, he mentioned that he had given


A Modern-Day Charmer Who Lives for the Chase

Unlike the 1966 British film about a carefree womanizer on which it is based, the new "Alfie" doesn't chase social significance Â it just wants us to have a good time.


Singer Britney Spears sues insurance firms that refused to reimburse her for cancelling her 2004 tour.


Su trading compiuto alla vigilia collasso del titolo


Internet firm Lycos UK released free screensaver software that allows users to attack spammers using the same mass mailing techniques the spammers themselves use to fill up the worldâs inboxes.


With just a little bit of hedging, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman all but issued a drop-dead date for saving what's left of the season: this weekend.


Life & style: Marks & Spencer launches autumn/winter fashion collection.


EUROPA/ITALIA - Festa, preghiera e riflessione sulla missione per oltre 1.300 ragazzi che daranno vita allÂIncontro nazionale della Pontificia Opera dellÂInfanzia Missionaria Latina (Agenzia Fides) - Saranno circa 1.300 i ragazzi della Pontificia Opera dellÂInfanzia Missionaria (POIM) provenienti da tutte le diocesi italiane che parteciperanno al tradizionale incontro nazionale che questÂanno si svolgerÃ  presso la chiesa ...


Powell calls for reconciliation between US, Europe

US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Europe Wednesday to reconcile with Washington following their bitter division over the US-led war in Iraq.


Milano, 11:45 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: DEL PIERO GIOCA QUANDO DECIDE RANIERI

Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, presidente della Juventus, in queste ore a Milano per una riunione della Leg...


Attivita' ferma, per evitare disagi lunch-box su voli


Milano, 17:31 - CALCIO, INTER: PROBLEMA MUSCOLARE PER STANKOVIC

Il centrocampista dell'Inter, Dejan Stankovic, rientrato da Belgrado dove si era recato al raduno de...


Ethiopia Struggles to Feed Itself 20 Yrs After Famine

A ragged band of children emerges ghost-like from mists in Ethiopia's highlands, thrusting bunches of carrots at a car full of foreigners.


JFK Spokesman Pierre Salinger Dies in France

Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the  late U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a  distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday,  his family said on Sunday. He was 79.


Ministers to thrash out Iran over dinner in London: diplomat

Foreign ministers of the six major powers will discuss the Iran crisis over dinner in London Friday, a diplomatic source said, although British authorities were refusing to confirm the talks.


Lycos Shuts Down Controversial Screensaver

Lycos Europe has shut down its screensaver, makelovenotspam, which delighted many Internet users with the opportunity to flood spammers' Web sites with junk e-mail.


Indagine punta su Perugia Perquisiti legale ed ex questore

Perugia, 17 novembre 2004 - Sette perquisizioni sono state eseguite dai carabinieri e dalla speciale squadra antimostro della polizia di Firenze su ordine del pm Giuliano Mignini, il magistrato che coordina l'inchiesta sulla morte del medico perugino


Stripped down Longhorn still offers gems

Although Microsoft's Longhorn has been stripped of its unified file system and some other key  technologies, the company said the next Windows release will still be worth the upgrade.


Chrysler Names Ex-Toyota Executive as President

Jim Press, who was president and chief operating officer of Toyota North America, joins Tom LaSorda as a vice chairman and president at Chrysler.


Affordable Computers Available to Students: Cisco Systems to Guarantee Loans

By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--MOSS POINT -- Families with students in the Moss Point School District will be able to buy a reconditioned computer for $200 or a new Dell computer for $500, and Cisco Systems will guarantee the loans for those who finance the purchase.


Red Sox manager Terry Francona wouldnât give away too many of the teamâs postseason roster plans, but he did indicate what seemed


Net profit in the fourth quarter rose to 753 million euros ($1.09 billion), helped by sales of the blood-thinner Plavix in the United States and cost-cutting measures, the company said.


La moneta unica europea passa di mano a 135,65 yen


'Doom 3' Game Unlikely for Xbox This Year - Id CEO

The Xbox version of "Doom 3," the long-awaited PC video game recently released to wide acclaim, is not likely to be released in 2004 dealing a blow to enthusiastic game players who are anxiously awaiting it.


Pressure from Microsoft chairman and shareholder Bill Gates over a sagging financial outlook and news that Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has bought nearly 9 percent of Six Flags, Inc. drove the amusement park company's shares up more than 25 percent Tuesday.


WABASHA, Minn. - There's little doubt that a Stillwater motorcyclist could wind up his Honda sport motorcycle past 180 mph, but members of the motorcycle racing world question whether the State Patrol was correct to cite him for 205 mph last weekend...


KPMG to settle SEC charges in Gemstar audit case

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that accounting firm KPMG LLP will pay $10 million to Gemstar-TV Guide International shareholders to settle allegations it committed improper conduct in Gemstar's audit.


Bush, Kerry Spar on Science, Health Care

Sen. John Kerry on Thursday accused President Bush of slowing scientific advancement after earning a special endorsement from the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, while Bush criticized his rival on health care and medical liability reform in Pennsylvania.


Greenspan: Economy Regaining Some Traction

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday the economy has "regained some traction" after a late spring slowdown that was triggered by a sharp spike in oil prices.


US President George W. Bush accused Senator John Kerry of being dangerously fickle on Iraq, as the Democrat countered in their second debate that Bush had become a "weapon of mass deception" on the war.


US SEC files fraud charges against tycoon Conrad Black

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit accusing the newspaper tycoon Conrad Black and his former top deputy of defrauding shareholders of Hollinger International Inc.


US-led forces have swept through Iraqi hotspots in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key elections in January, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat into the ring.


Gates: Microsoft to Tackle the Spyware Problem

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.âMicrosoft chairman Bill Gates says he's never had a computer virus, but that adware and malware have him ticked off enough that Microsoft plans to do something about them.


Napoli, 17:44 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: SQUADRA SUBITO AL LAVORO

Seduta mattutina per il Napoli, che ha ripreso subito gli allenamenti dopo la sconfitta con il Milan...


India and China's leaders pledge to double annual trade to $40bn by 2010 during talks in Delhi.


Judge taken off Diana driver enquiry for inaction

The French judge supposed to be looking into allegations of evidence-tampering in the Princess Diana death enquiry has been taken off the case after being accused of inaction.


Changing Libya marks 38 years of Kadhafi rule

Libya commemorated 38 years of Moamer Kadhafi's rule on Saturday amid signs the north African nation is cautiously embarking on domestic reform to complement its rapprochment with the West.


The huge loss for Countrywide Financial Corporation was not expected to hinder its $4.1 billion takeover by the Bank of America.


Pakistanis are hopeful about the future and the changes a new government will bring


Firenze, 19:10 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; UJFALUSI: PARLIAMO DEL RINNOVO

Il difensore della Fiorentina, Tomas Ujfalusi, parla degli obbiettivi della squadra e del suo futuro...


The labor dispute between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the union representing the men's national team players will be revisited after World Cup qualifying.


Juergen Klinsmann and the U.S. Soccer Federation are likely to know within a week whether their talks will lead to a deal for him to become coach of the American national team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Tuesday.


Mideast sees Iraq 'disaster,' Annan says

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that most leaders in the Middle East believe the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and its aftermath "a real disaster" for the region.


Cuba detains dissidents at ministry protest

Cuban security police detained seven dissidents who went to the Justice Ministry on Thursday to demand better conditions for Cuba's political prisoners.


Gadget of the week: Catch and hold radio programs

For those who would like more control over when and how they listen to radio shows, whether classical music in the afternoon or a soccer game at midnight, there is a new option from Griffin Technology: the RadioShark.


Police in Spain identify the body of an alleged ringleader of the March train bombings in Madrid.


Cocoa prices down but Ivorian exports still blocked

World cocoa prices were down on Tuesday but off the day's lows as exports remained on hold after mob violence and military clashes in Ivory Coast, the key global supplier, traders said.


It took almost three weeks, but Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finally legalized their marriage in Los Angeles. The pair were secretly married on September 18, however, they didn't officially file their