From the Bush to a Chandeliered Hotel, a Rebel Takes Talks in Stride

SIRTE, Libya, Oct. 28 -- Until 17 days ago, rebel Abdul Majid Dosa was living in the bush of the warring Darfur region of western Sudan. Dosa, 51, would stub out his last cigarette of the day at sunset, he said, so that Sudanese government warplanes wouldn't see the glow.


U.S. Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus appeared before the U.S. Congress on Monday to give testimony in which he was expected to argue against withdrawing the bulk of U.S. forces from Iraq for now.


A rescue operation to remove hundreds of Britons from the troubled West African state of Ivory Coast continues on Saturday. Two RAF Hercules planes flew around 200 people to safety in neighbouring Ghana on Friday, the MoD said.


Two fresh tires helped Dale Earnhardt Jr. win the EA Sports 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway yesterday, but a four-letter word he said in Victory Lane might cost him the points lead.


JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Top hotels in several Asian capitals have stopped ordering sea bass and sole from waters off their tsunami-ravaged coastlines to ease diners' concerns about fish feeding on corpses.


Private forecaster AccuWeather said Friday record-breaking heat was expected to move eastward, resulting in temperatures that could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in New York City and Washington, D.C. early next week.


LAST NOVEMBER, suicide bombers killed 19 Italians stationed at a military police barracks in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq.


Sudan Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt

President Omar el-Bashir called on Sudanese on Saturday to train and prepare to defend their government and country against internal and external enemies, reacting angrily


Behind a standout passing performance by Heisman-trophy winner Matt Leinart, No. 1 USC hammers No. 2 Oklahoma, 55-19, in the Orange Bowl Tuesday night.


Australian stocks: Stocks close lower on banks, insurers

SYDNEY- Australian shares fell 0.3 per cent on Monday, led down by insurer Axa Asia Pacific after it ended buyout talks with its French parent and by a weaker banking sector on concerns over higher interest rates.


Global warming film unites preachers and politics

Coming soon to a movie  screen near you: prayers, politics and a feature-length film,  united in an effort to mobilize religious groups around global  warming concerns in time for the U.S. midterm election.


Si getta nel vuoto con la figlia Lui sopravvive, muore la bimba

POLLUTRI (CHIETI), 27 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Un padre ha afferrato la figlia piccola di 4 anni e con lei si e' gettato da una finestra della propria casa, da una altezza di circa 15 metri. La bambina e' morta sul


Japan steps closer to victim participation in trials

Japan's lower house passed bills on Friday that would allow crime victims and their families to question the accused and recommend sentences, a move critics fear could turn the courtroom into a theatre of vengeance.


News.com Extra: Is RIAA abusing the court system?

Plus: Teens turn to online poker for profit. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


The Taleban are not a threat to Afghanistan's future, despite ongoing violence, President Karzai says.


World stocks routed on fears for economy

World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it.


Bush goal is to polish his style in debate

WASHINGTON The second presidential debate Friday in St. Louis, Missouri, will give President George W. Bush a chance to make stylistic corrections from a first performance that disappointed some Republicans


Helium isotopes reveal hidden stores of geothermal energy.


India's defense ministry confirmed it will begin reducing the number of its soldiers in the disputed states of Kashmir and Jammu Wednesday, the BBC reported.


Canada pulls its submarines out of service

The Canadian navy pulled all three of its submarines out of service Tuesday while officials investigate last week's fatal fire aboard the HMCS Chicoutimi.


NEC introduces a base station and proposes a standard for the wireless technology.


'Nessun taglio e fondi per rientro deficit Regioni'


The Tour de France starts in London with 189 riders riding 203 km to Kent in the race's first leg.


Emotional Henin glad to be back in Paris

Justine Henin, who has been through hard times lately, said on Friday she was delighted to be back in Paris where she will chase a third consecutive crown at the French Open starting on Sunday.


An explosion caused by a short-circuit in the lobby of the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital Thursday injured at least six people, including two foreigners, authorities said.


DAVENPORT, Iowa  - White House hopefuls barnstormed across Iowa in a frenzied plea for support on Wednesday, with polls showing deadlocked races in both parties the day before the state's contest kicking off the process of choosing presidential candidates.


Google wows investors with first results since IPO

Internet search giant Google, which raised $1.7 billion in a highly publicized IPO, announced its first quarterly earnings as a public company Thursday, and the results were stellar. Google reported revenue of $805.9 million, more than double last year's $393.3 million.


IBM starts shipping chips for new Nintendo console

International Business Machines   Corp. IBM.N said on Thursday it has begun shipping the   microchips for Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s 7974.OS new Wii console.


Cisco Systems wants to turn the enterprise data network into an electricity meter.


Five Bids Including One From US Group Submitted for Majority Stake in Czech Telecom

The Czech government's privatization agency received five preliminary bids for a majority stake in the country's dominant telecommunications company, an official said Monday.


Indian Court Grants Bail to EBay Local Unit Chief in Porn Case

An Indian court granted bail to Avnish Bajaj, the country manager of the Indian unit of EBay Inc., who was arrested after a customer posted the sale of a pornographic video on the company's Web site.


Roma, 18:58 - BASKET, LOTTOMATICA: LUNGO STOP PER GIACHETTI

Brutta tegola per la Lottomatica Roma, che perde oper 5-6 mesi il play Jacopo Giachetti, uinfortunat...


Jays send M's to their 8th straight loss

Troy Glaus singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Mariners 2-1 on Saturday, sending Seattle to its season-high eighth straight loss.


The London Stock Exchange receives  a takeover approach from pan-European stock exchange Euronext, the company confirms.


The flash memory maker does fine in camera, but doesn't deliver for investors.


Moore: Health care wasn't always `Sicko'

"The doctor will see you now," says a Hollywood publicist as she opens a door for a reporter at Los Angeles city hall.


Albanian parliament fails to elect a president

Albania's parliament failed to elect a president on Sunday, keeping open the prospect of a snap general election that would set back the country's European Union hopes.


Broken Collarbone Sidelines Lions' Rogers Again

ALLEN PARK, Mich., (Sports Network) - Detroit Lions wide  receiver Charles Rogers will miss the remainder of the 2004  season with a broken clavicle suffered in Sunday's 20-16  season-opening victory over the Chicago Bears.


California bans holding cell phones when driving

California on Friday banned motorists from talking on cell phones unless they use a headset or speakerphone, although the law will not take effect until July 1, 2008, to allow time to educate the public.


The Prince George's County Council will consider additional public dollars for the $2 billion National Harbor development, where construction is already well underway.


Kazaa User Appeals Feds' Novel Use of Child Porn Law to Supreme Court

Relying on a law against advertising child porn, federal authorities win a mandatory 15-year sentence against a Kazaa user for sharing kid porn online. One official describes the crackdown as an "innovative" use of the law, in a case now moving to the U.S. Supreme Court.


McNealy innovates in trade-show theatrics

Scott McNealy for years has relied on Top 10 lists for comic relief during his tech show keynote speeches, but at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco Wednesday, he tried a new stunt. [Missing Links]


Toshiba and Microsoft have no Blu-ray plans

With the news early Tuesday that Toshiba is ending the next generation optical disc war by pulling the plug on HD DVD, the manufacturer said it has no plans to support or manufacture Blu-ray players. Likewise, Microsoft said it has no plans to announce.


Getting armor to troops will take time, Army officials say

WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents are growing more effective and it will take time to get US troops the $4 billion in armor they need for protection, defense officials said yesterday. ''This is not Wal-Mart ," one general said.


Molte discussioni nel dopoderby. Nel mirino delle criticheil fantasista laziale. Dellas: "Non si Ã¨ comportato da uomo"                                                  Di Canio: accusa e difesa "E quando Totti ci purgÃ²?"                                                                                Una partita giocata e vissuta dai tifosi sul filo del rasoioHa rischiato di degenerare ma Ã¨ finita bene. Poi, le polemiche


Robin Wright Penn has filed for divorce from Sean Penn after 11 years of marriage. Wright Penn filed the papers Dec. 21, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple, who live in Northern California, are seeking joint custody of their two teenage children.


Accessorize with a wearable video camera

A start-up wants sports enthusiasts and others to capture video by wearing its tiny video camera.


VIENNA, Sept. 21. - Shrugging off a 35-nation ultimatum, Iran today revealed that it had started converting tons of raw uranium as part of technology that could be used to make nuclear arms.


India, Pakistan End Talks, Disagree on Kashmir

The foreign ministers of India and  Pakistan said on Monday they had made modest progress in talks  to revive a flagging peace process, but the two nations showed  no sign of resolving any differences over Kashmir.


Bush looks to historic parallels for final legacy

In the Lincoln Bedroom, President George W. Bush likes to show off one of the most treasured historical artifacts in the White House, a handwritten copy of Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Gettysburg Address.


Australian Scott Strange overcame fierce winds and lashing rain to shoot a 4-under par 67 Thursday and take lead after the first round of the New Zealand Golf Open.


HBO shows score four Writers Guild nominations

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


Wal-Mart, India's Bharti "very close" to deal

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores  and India's Bharti Enterprises are very close to finalizing a deal for a retail joint venture, Bharti's chief said on Friday.


Bradley Horowitz, a Yahoo vice president who left this week for Google, pens a loving note to his troubled ex-employer.


Consumer electronics chain store Dixons is to stop selling video recorders because of the rise in popularity of DVD technology. The store, which has sold VCRs for 26 years, said that DVD sales had damaged


Under a deal announced Wednesday, Redmond will be the exclusive third-party provider of display, contextual and video advertising for the financial filing site.


Take-Two Interactive Software, publisher of the popular Grand Theft Auto video games, said on Monday that the company would cut jobs and costs.


Area Codes, Now Divorced From Their Areas

It used to be safe to assume that dialing 212 made a phone ring in Manhattan, but in this era of mobile telecommunications, calls connect people, not places.


Vitamin E might make heart disease worse

NEW ORLEANS -- Vitamin E supplements - taken by many Americans in hopes of warding off heart disease - do not work, and may actually make the condition worse, researchers say.


Bhopal Victims Not Fully Paid, Rights Group Says

Almost 20 years after the world's worst industrial disaster, a gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal that immediately killed 7,000 people and


Update: New York launches antitrust investigation of Intel

New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched an antitrust investigation of Intel, and on Thursday, his office served a wide-ranging subpoena on the company.


Knock, knock: It's Houston's new truancy gambit

A city with one of the nation's highest dropout rates sends volunteers door-to-door.


Former shuttle commander rides air waves

Last year, Eileen Collins sat on more than a million pounds of explosive fuel, strapped into a space shuttle.


As part of a month long effort to highlight the dangers of online threats, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and America Online (AOL) released survey results that paint a bleak picture of the home PC security landscape.


THE DEFENSE SECRETARY In Surprise Trip, Rumsfeld Visits US Forces ...

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld flew into Mosul, Iraq, early on Friday in a surprise Christmas Eve trip to visit wounded soldiers after a deadly attack, and at a


Google has released a tool that lets people search documents, e-mails or spreadsheets stored on a PC.


Five Killed, 30 Injured in Spanish Bus Crash

Five passengers were killed and around 30 injured when their bus flipped over after tearing through the central reservation of a motorway in the northern Spanish province of Burgos, officials said on Sunday.


U.S. boxing, once the dominating force  of the Olympics, was dealt another blow to its pride at the  Athens Games but Andre Ward gave a glimpse of what could be.


Sport: Striker wants a transfer next summer, but not before because 'it would be a little cowardly'.


News.com Extra: Mars rover tiptoes into giant crater

Plus: New reputation score follows you online. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Osbournes on Best Behavior for Charity Event

LOS ANGELES  - There was no ham-tossing  or obscenity-spewing in the Osbournes' backyard in Beverly  Hills on Thursday night.


How to find great stocks at great prices.


Plan to Aid Borrowers Is Greeted by Criticism

Analysts said President Bushâs plan to aid troubled homeowners facing foreclosure fell short of the broad reforms needed to help people meet mortgage payments.


Iraq's June civilian death toll down sharply

The number of civilians killed in Iraq fell sharply in June to the lowest monthly total since a U.S.-backed security clampdown was launched in February, Iraqi government figures showed on Sunday.


Red Sox in shape to lift The Curse with historic win

TO CALL it premature elation would be wrong: having spectacularly vanquished the New York Yankees, their smugly superior rivals and progenitors of âThe Curseâ, the Boston Red Sox nation was entitled to party as if there was no tomorrow.


UK mulls blanket ban on unfair commercial practices

Asks retailers for input The Government has asked retailers to comment on draft legislation that will force them to "deal fairly" with customers and other businesses.â¦


The trio will feature in Hriday Shetty's new film, Pal Tham Gaya.


Un cronista de "Il Mattino" trova in Consiglio regionale tre fogliettiSono schemi in cui le poltrone vengono "quantificate" per stipendio, voti e potere                                            Campania, ecco il vero Manuale Cencelli Tanti punti a carica e tutti sono contenti                                                                                A ogni posizione corrisponde un punteggio, ogni partito del centrosinistra ha dirittoa un certo numero di punti in base al proprio peso elettorale


Florida Woman Lies About Baby Tossed from Car

A woman who told police she saw a newborn  boy tossed out of a car onto a street in North Lauderdale,  Florida, is the child's mother and made up the bizarre story,  police said on Friday.


Former President Bush on Wednesday defended the Iraq war and swiped at Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, saying most people are grateful that Saddam Hussein is out of power.


In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this — another presidential race.


Ireland's gold-medal horse fails drug test

It was Ireland's only gold medal in the Athens Olympics, a victory for showjumping on a horse owned by one of the country's biggest tycoons.


U.S. probes Mattel disclosures before recall: report

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the timeliness of toy company Mattel Inc's disclosures before its most recent recall, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Tuesday.


Asia: dopo il sisma, rischio epidemie. Il mondo si mobilita per i ...

Le Nazioni Unite hanno lanciato un allarme per il pericolo di epidemie in Asia meridionale per il gran numero di vittime conseguenza del maremoto che ha investito le coste dell'oceano Indiano. Dagli Stati


Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition will permit multimedia and power management on Intel's minitablet PC platform.


com. Hours after its men's soccer team beat Paraguay for the country's first Olympic gold medal in any sport since 1952, the Argentine men's basketball team made it a double


White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card says he believes that the Food and Drug Administration is doing a "spectacular job." That's hard to understand, given the mounting evidence that something is seriously wrong at the agency.


Societe Generale detailed Sunday how a young trader evaded all its controls to bet some $73 billion Â more than the French bank's market worth Â saying he hacked computers and used other "fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions of dollars in losses.


US soldier killed in eastern Baghdad-military

BAGHDAD, Iraq  One US soldier was killed and several others were wounded in clashes with Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen in a Baghdad suburb Monday, the US military said Tuesday.


Sviluppi nell'indagine per i fatti accaduti nell'ascolano


The New York Giants are changing quarterbacks. Coach Tom Coughlin said Eli Manning will replace Kurt Warner. The Giants' offense has struggled the past two games, and the team lost 17-to-14 to Arizona on Sunday.


More than 300 people died after flash floods and landslides devastated three coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water on Tuesday.


As last-ditch talks over the province's future open in Vienna Wednesday, the paper offers a less divisive view.


Israeli embassy evacuated in Australian capital

The Israeli embassy in Australia's capital Canberra was evacuated on Wednesday after the discovery of a suspicious package containing white powder, a spokesman told Reuters.


If you're Steve Ballmer, don't read this

Blog: While the rest of the nation celebrates Independence Day, Microsoft gets more confirmation that its once legendary domination over the desktop is slipping away.


Egypt begins closing Gaza border, fueling tensions

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from leaving the Hamas-controlled territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade.


Dell recalls 4.4m notebook power adaptors

Dell today asked 4.4m notebook users to return their power adaptors after it admitted these peripherals pose both a fire and electric shock hazard.


Fresh Crews Arrive to Fight Big Su Wildfire

By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 23--High humidity and cool temperatures are helping to hold the Big Su fire steady at about 9,475 acres today, said Matt Weaver, spokesman for the state Division of Forestry.


Violence toward gays, lesbians escalates in the UK

LONDON -- In the early morning hours of Oct. 31, David Morley, a 37-year-old gay bartender, was walking home along London's South Bank with a male friend when he was allegedly beaten to death by several teenagers. Morley suffered 40 bruises, his ribs were smashed, his spleen ruptured.


The Republican-led Senate approved President Bush's choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.


Comment shows Russian impatience on Iran

Russia said Friday it regrets Iran's decision not to halt uranium enrichment by a U.N. deadline, underscoring the growing impatience of one of Tehran's key allies on the Security Council.


US in move towards GPS-based air traffic control

Onboard satnav data to replace scanning radar The US aviation regulator has selected ITT Corp to provide a new generation of GPS satnav-based air traffic control equipment, awarding a $207m, three-year initial contract.â¦


7 hostages released in Iraq; attackers hit Chalabi motorcade

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A militant group in Iraq on Wednesday released seven foreign truck drivers they had held hostage for six weeks after dropping nearly all their demands for the release of prisoners and compensation for the victims of fighting.


Tyson Foods tops product placement survey

Product placements by Tyson  Foods on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and by Sue Bee  Honey and Soft Scrub cleanser on NBC's "The Apprentice: Los  Angeles" topped a survey that measured the most effective  integrations on television in 2007.


State Supreme Court Calls on Assembly to Revise Law

By Edward Fitzpatrick; Journal Staff Writer  The court rejects the appeal of a woman who was injured in a fall in a park, but wants the General Assembly to change wording in the Recreational Use Statute.


The death toll from Typhoon Aere has risen to 24 in Taiwan as the bodies of 15 villagers buried in a mudslide in the island's north are recovered.


Iraqi Officials Consider Extending Voting Period

BAGHDAD - Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month's elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.


EU stops clock on ContentGuard investigation

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has "stopped the clock" on its antitrust investigation into digital rights management software maker ContentGuard, a joint venture between Microsoft and Time Warner, pending further information on the deal, it announced on Wednesday.


Industria, a giugno crescono fatturato e ordinativi

Fatturato e ordinativi dell'industria in calo a giugno rispetto al mese precedente, ma in netta crescita rispetto allo stesso mese dell'anno. Il fatturato dell'industria italiana e' infatti sceso a giugno


By staff writers. TIGER Woods has stepped off the first tee on the life course that is marriage, saying "I do" to his model fiancee Elin Nordegren overnight.


A Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral celebrates the 1944 liberation of Paris from the Nazis.


Taiwan Candidate Promises Looser Tech Transfer

Presidential candidate Frank Hsieh says he would loosen regulations covering the transfer of Taiwanese technology to China.


Earth and Mars are rapidly converging. Relative speed: 22,000 mph. Contrary to  rumor, Mars is not about to swell to the size of a full Moon, but there is something eerie and Martian to look for in the night sky next week.


Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, reported flat nine-month sales figures on Thursday, citing currency fluctuations and other divestments.


Morales party fails to win needed majority

President Evo Morales' party won a majority Sunday in elections for an assembly that will retool Bolivia's constitution but fell short of the two-thirds needed to push through its leftist agenda, according to unofficial preliminary results.


'Dream Team' Can Do No Better Than Bronze

The U.S. lost to Argentina, 89-81, and will play for bronze on Saturday. It is the first time the Americans have failed to win the gold medal since 1988.


Tobias Schlitt's Blog: PHP Documentor for VIM documented

In this new post to his blog, Tobias Schlitt shares some VIM tips with the PHP community, specifically about PHP Documentor integration functionality. He's gone back and documented the functionality now to make it that much easier to use.   Because I had a talk about how to use VIM in respect to PHP source code editing, I took the time during the week, to write some extensive documentation for PDV, the PHP Documentor plugin for VIM.   He's also documented the VIM file type plugin as well, and both are available through his SVN of PDV. There's also to updates mentioned - one about splitting up the .vimrc and file type plugin and added the repository to the official SVNServe list making it easy to check out.


AMERICA/CANADA-TORONTO - Nomina del Direttore nazionale delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Card. Ivan Dias, Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli, in data 9 dicembre 2006 ha nominato Direttore nazionale delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie in Canada (Toronto) per un quinquennio...


Dopo Rita Borsellino, il no di Rita Scopelliti, dell'Associazione dei familiaridelle vittime di via dei Georgofili e della Fondazione Caponnetto                                          Contrada, altre voci contro la grazia "Chiediamo un incontro a Napolitano"                                                                                Chiedono invece "rispetto per le sofferenze subite per 15 anni" i 7 fratelli dell'ex 007Mentre Cicchitto ricorda il caso Bompressi e chiede che "non vengano usati due pesi e due misure"


Coming off a big first year as the Piratesâ closer, Mesa on Thursday agreed to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2006 campaign.


Ministro e Manganelli a Napoli per verifica su patto


HP ex-Chair arrives at courthouse to surrender

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn arrived at a San Jose, California courthouse on Thursday afternoon to surrender to authorities on felony charges of orchestrating spying on company directors and journalists.


Mel C not opposed to Spice Girls reunion

Mel C, who had opposed a reunion of the Spice Girls, has changed her mind.


Ideatrice di un concorso per giovani talenti della moda


Superman and Reeve Define American Heroes

One could bend steel from the moment he arrived; the other insisted, over and over, that "nothing is impossible." One took to the skies heroically and effortlessly; the other was grounded tragically, and battled to stand up again.


Tens of Thousands Cheer Ukrainian Reforms

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters, many of them haggard and shivering after 17 days of round-the-clock street protests, chanted and danced in triumph after parliament approved reforms Wednesday to ensure a fair ballot in Ukraine's repeat presidential election.


Entro la mezzanotte di oggi la risposta agli addebiti


Chiefs Staying Positive Before Home Game

They will be playing at home and this is not a playoff game, so the Kansas City Chiefs have every reason to expect that they will look like a completely different team when they face the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in a tussle between 0-1 teams.


In the West Bank, a Mix of Skepticism, Tempered Optimism and Rejection

BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Jan. 10 -- In a second-story apartment on a normally bustling street that was empty except for the policemen staking out every corner and a teenager shooting baskets on a rim with no net, Youssef Muhammad Jiada and his son echoed a debate raging across the Palestinian...


HervÃ© Gaymard, France's agriculture minister and an ally of President Jacques Chirac, yesterday became the finance minister after Nicolas Sarkozy left to pursue presidential ambitions.


Sudan: Conflict Affecting More People in Darfur Region

The number of people affected by conflict in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur rose to 1.8 million in August, of whom 1.45 million were internally displaced persons (IDPs), the United Nations said on Wednesday.


Oil eases from peaks after BP shuts Alaskan field

U.S. oil eased and Brent backed away  from a new record-high on Tuesday as traders took profits from  a 3 percent surge after BP shut down Alaska's Prudhoe Bay  oilfield, the biggest in the United States, possibly for  months.


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Mauresmo Struggles Past Schnyder at Filderstadt

FILDERSTADT, Germany  - New world number one  Amelie Mauresmo struggled to a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Patty  Schnyder in the second round of the Filderstadt Grand Prix on  Thursday.


Genes may play bigger preemie birth role

Genetics may play a greater role than previously thought in accounting for black women's higher rate of premature births, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found.


Istat: nel 2006 in calo Napoli, crescono solo Roma e Verona


The Pittsburgh Steelers beat Miami 13-3 in a muddy, rain-soaked battle at Pro Player Stadium Sunday. Rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass and Jeff Reed kicked two field goals for the Steelers.


Hurricane damage to Fla. citrus crop even worse than expected

Floridaâs hurricane-damaged citrus crops will be even smaller than originally estimated, officials said Friday, raising the specter of higher prices for orange juice and an even greater scarcity of grapefruit juice.


Is Google's PageRank algorithm changing?

Some of the most popular blogs have seen their PageRank drop almost overnight.


Eurozone ministers accuse US as dollar sinks to new lows

European Union finance ministers pressed for action by the United States to prop up the dollar as eurozone nations expressed their deep disquiet at the parlous state of America's national finances.


STRUGGLING nuclear power generator British Energy alarmed the City again today with a steep rise in operating losses and an admission that the second half of the year will be challenging.


BEIJING: China shut 1600 internet cafes between February and August and imposed 100 million yuan ($NZ18 million) worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations, state media say.


World Remembers Holocaust at Snow-Swept Auschwitz

Dusted by falling snow and surrounded by barbed wire, world leaders mourned the victims of the Holocaust on Thursday, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the biggest Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.


A federal appeals court Monday found that a new Federal Communications Commission policy penalizing accidentally aired expletives was invalid, saying it was "arbitrary and capricious" and might not survive First Amendment scrutiny.


Ignore Those Gunshots. It's Only Traffic Cops.

Having lived in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, I thought I had seen the worst in traffic.


A Fiom, guai se s'allenta lo spirito confederale


In watching Barry Bonds' rapid ascent up the all-time home run chart in recent years, Hank Aaron took the position that records are made to be broken while saying his career mark of 755 homers has stood long enough.


Smithfield Foods to buy Premium Standard Farms

Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD.N, the   largest U.S. producer of hogs, on Monday said it agreed to buy   smaller rival Premium Standard Farms Inc. PORK.O for $693   million in cash and stock to improve its hog production and   processing abilities.


Kuznetsova and Roddick march into last eight

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the U.S. Open's last eight for the first time since winning the event in 2004 when the fourth seed overcame Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2 6-3 on Monday.


Protesters call for Vick to be suspended

Animal-rights advocates and their dogs gathered Monday outside Atlanta Falcons headquarters, calling for the suspension of Michael Vick following his indictment on dogfighting charges.


Turkish Parliament Called Into Special Session on Penal Reforms

Turkey's parliament speaker, Bulent Arinc, has called members back for a special session on Sunday to adopt crucial penal code reforms that are essential to the country's bid for European Union membership.


U.S. Navy vessel arrives in B'desh for relief efforts

A U.S. Navy vessel arrived in Bangladesh on Friday to help relief efforts after the country's deadliest cyclone in 16 years killed around 3,500 people and left thousands missing or injured.


com September 20, 2004, 5:03 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


L'ex premier britannico si occupera' di Medio Oriente


European equities follow Asian markets lower

European equities moved lower on Wednesday, reacting to sharp falls on Asian stocks markets after the Chinese government tripled the stamp duty payable on share trading.


Carlos Lee was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday for outfielder Scott Podsednik, reliever Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named.


InfoWorld - zNextGen, an organization aimed at young mainframe programmers, has gained significant momentum since it was created roughly two years ago through IBM and its user group, SHARE, according to its leaders.


The deal to move the Expos to Washington, DC, is, as Mayor Anthony Williams puts it, "in jeopardy." If it falls apart, baseball will not resume talks with other cities until after Dec. 31, and it's unclear where the Expos would play this season.


I'm one of those people who believe there is an aura around this Red Sox team that will enable Boston to prevail over the Yankees in the latest postseason showdown between these two bitter rivals.


2 Americans, Briton seized in Iraq Civilian foreigners appear new ...

Baghdad -- Masked gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from their Baghdad residence on Thursday in an attack that appeared to herald a new level of danger for foreign civilians in Iraq.


Situazione sara' poi discussa nelle riunioni dell'11 e 12/2


Nearly 380 tonnes of deadly explosives, powerful enough to shatter air planes, demolish buildings, make missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons, are missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations, the interim government has


Steven Spielberg is getting ready for his next close encounter.


Al Gore, largely absent from this year's presidential campaign, is renewing his efforts to help the Democratic Party raise more money as Election Day approaches.


Plus: Gearhead guru: Leading the masses to green cars? Read these stories and more from around the Web at News.com Extra.


California packer makes largest U.S. beef recall

A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 143 million lbs, the Agriculture Department said on Sunday.


Henry helps Arsenal put faulty run behind them

To paraphrase Basil Fawlty in the memorable sketch about Germans, ArsÃ¨ne Wenger did it once and got away with it. The Arsenal manager dropped Jens Lehmann for the


In city after World Cup city, police are reporting no more problems than normal &#151; and this with tens of thousands of impassioned, alcohol-fueled fans roaming the streets.


Democrats in Congress Are Pushing Overdue Requirements to Increase Auto Fuel Economy Standards

The following editorial appeared in the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer on Thursday, June 14:  The veteran oil man George W.


Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined


Turkey's president calls a referendum on a government plan to have his successor elected by the people.


The social networking site MySpace.com is under what one computer security analyst calls an “amazingly virulent” attack caused by a worm that steals log-in credentials and spreads spam that promotes adware sites.


Redskins linebacker Rocky McIntosh tears the anterior and medial collateral ligaments in his knee, an injury that keeps most players off the field for nine months to a year.


Three peacekeepers wounded in suicide attack on Kabul's Chicken Street

Three foreign peacekeepers were wounded, one critically, in a suicide attack on central Kabul's famous Chicken Street, a spokesman for the NATO-led multinational force told AFP.


Robbie Swanson, 7, holds a flag to honor victims of 9/11 during a Freedom Walk Monday in Salt Lake City, part of a Defense Department effort to honor those who serve.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


Interior Official Says She Will Not Try to Recoup Lease Money

An agency official said she had little or no bargaining power to force the oil companies to pay the $1.3 billion lost in royalty payments.


South Africa opens talks as evacuations continue in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Ivory Coast residents emerged from their homes Thursday to survey the wreckage of five days of violent upheaval.


Rain fell in the city for a fourth consecutive day Sunday, assuring that 2007 would not go down as the driest year on record for the drought-stricken Atlanta area.


Real Madrid deny Spanish media reports that coach Fabio Capello was planning to leave the club this week.


Huge Bomb Kills 28 in Police Raid in Baghdad

At least 28 people were killed in  Baghdad overnight when insurgents detonated three-quarters of a  ton of explosives in a house that police were raiding,  flattening neighboring homes.


Channel Five ne ha fatto un documentario


Grandi Wins Second Giant Slalom in 3 Days

Canadian Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup giant slalom in three days Tuesday, while American Bode Miller extended his lead in the overall standings with a third-place finish.


Europe's main stock markets rallied on Tuesday following a modest rebound for Japanese equity prices in Asian trade.


Lennon piano makes appearance at JFK site

The piano on which the late John Lennon composed his famous anti-war song "Imagine" made an odd appearance on Wednesday at the site where President John F. Kennedy was gunned down, competing for attention with conspiracy buffs on the 43rd anniversary of the assassination.


Tenendo conto del rapporto tra raccolta premi e veicoli


Naomi Watts, who co-starred with Law in "I (Heart) Huckabees" understands why. She said he is "the most beautiful man who's ever walked the earth.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has praised the release of several political prisoners in Myanmar, the BBC reported Saturday. Annan also said he hoped others still behind


Nigeria: TV Aims to Make, Export Programmes

Text of report by Nigerian newspaper This Day website on 11 December  With Nigeria being bombarded by all manners of imported broadcast content on television, it is difficult to believe that the country has the distinction of hosting the first television in Africa.


Planning Ahead Helps Control Asthma in Children

MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- Asthma symptoms and the need for emergency medications can be greatly reduced by using a "planned-care method" for asthma in children.


N.Korean Macau fund transfer to begin Thurs: Kyodo

The transfer of North Korean funds that have been frozen in a Macau bank is to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, possibly breaking a deadlock that has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.


TEHRAN -- A fire raged through a crowded mosque in Tehran during evening prayers yesterday after a worshiper's veil caught the flames of a kerosene heater, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 250, Iran's official news agency reported.


Nuance buys T9 text-input tool for mobile phones

InfoWorld - Nuance Communications has agreed to buy the developer of the T9 predictive text input software for mobile phones from current owner AOL.


Organizers of a railroad publicity tour dubbed the "Rx Express" are claiming Amtrak has made them The Little Engine That Couldn't Talk to the Press.


Deputy President Jacob Zuma will act as South Africa's president during the absence of President Thabo Mbeki who will be in Sudan until Saturday, the presidency confirmed on Thursday.


Loyalty study zeroes in on tech stalwarts

Report suggests many giants of the industry have been able to capture lasting feelings of customer loyalty.


FreeCol is an open version of Colonization. It is a Civilization-like game in which the player has to conquer the new world.   FreeCol is an open version of the turn based strategy game Colonization. We have now released version 0.7.3 of FreeCol:  - Some new maps. - Tutorial messages. - Several bugfixes.  Get a full list of bugfixes and new features at: http://freecol.org/bugtracker/0.7.3 http://freecol.org/featuretracker/0.7.3


Nokia integrates Google into its search application

InfoWorld - Nokia will integrate Google's search engine into its own search application on four of its latest phones unveiled at the Mobile World Congress, the companies said on Tuesday.


A U.S. scientist said researchers should be using green chemistry to reduce future risks of nanotechnology.  Around the world, there is a growing urgency about nanotechnology and its possible health and environmental impacts, said University of Oregon Professor James Hutchison.


Robert Green and Paul Robinson proved unbeatable at White Hart Lane today, as Tottenham and Norwich played out a scoreless draw in the Barclays Premiership.


London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal defender Sol Campbell will be out another three weeks as he is struggling to recover from an Achilles injury.


American Shani Davis breaks the track record Sunday in Inzell, Germany, winning his second 1,000-meter race in two days in World Cup speedskating.


Yukos Said to Halt Some Exports to China

Russia's Yukos oil company is suspending oil exports to the Chinese National Petroleum Corp. because it cannot afford to pay transport expenses, a news agency reported Sunday.


Lawyers brawl over Pacers-Pistons suspensions

New York, December 3 - Two weeks after the fact, lawyers for the NBA and the players' union had their own little brawl. Attorneys for the two sides fought before an arbitrator and in federal court Friday, arguing


DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to get about $18 billion in financing in part to address near- and medium-term negative operating-related cash flow and fund its restructuring.


UPDATE 2-ConocoPhillips reaffirms production outlook

No. 3 US oil company ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast higher capital spending in coming years and reaffirmed its production targets, banking on rising output in the Asia-Pacific region.


CNNfn, the financial news cable  network owned by Time Warner Inc., on Thursday said it will  cease operating by mid-December, after fighting a losing battle  against the far larger rival CNBC.


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Obesita' aumenta, malattie cardiovascolari prima causa morte


Overall crime in Scotland fell by 5% in the year to last April, Scottish Executive statistics show.


A 56-year-old is critical after being shot in the stomach by police during an incident at a house in Ebbw Vale.


Former pre-Melbourne Cup favourite She's Archie's chances of running in Tuesday's big race brightened considerably yesterday when she passed a veterinary inspection.


Yorkshire Post Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

THE world was united in grief last night, remembering the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster, as fears grow that survivors will die from disease and the full death toll will never be known.


Fallon back in saddle after posting bail

LONDON - Champion jockey Kieron Fallon and colleagues Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams were back in action yesterday after their arrests over allegations of race-fixing.


Serbia says Kosovo independence sets a dangerous precedent for other states with separatist movements.


Donna denuncia l'ospedale, per i sanitari 'una fatalita''


By Jon Swartz  SAN FRANCISCO -- Days after clashing with Google's YouTube in a public spat over copyright protection, Viacom has found a new partner to air its content online.


DevShed: Am Introduction to PHP Security

Devshed has posted a new article covering one of the hottest topics in the PHP community right now - security.   Security in a scripting language such as PHP is more developer-dependent than language-dependent. In other words, although the language offers you the tools to create secure code, it cannot prevent insecure code. Thus, the degree to which code is secure almost entirely depends on how security conscious a developer is.   The article looks at three security-related topics:  Register globals error reporting code exposure  and for each provides explanation and code where needed to help the reader understand the issues and possible problems with them.


Panic, pain mark end of Russia school siege

Half-naked and bloodied children ran terrified through the street, thirstily grabbing water bottles from medics as gunfire cracked, ambulance sirens sounded, and mothers and children wailed.


When Leon Michelove sits back to enjoy the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, it's obvious to him something about the audience has changed.


Dozens of people are still feared to be missing after a fire on board a ferry in Indonesia four days ago.


Pacific Rim Statement On N. Korea Falls Short Of What Bush Sought

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Nov. 19 -- President Bush arrived in this bustling financial center Sunday after achieving mixed results in his effort to persuade Pacific Rim countries to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.


Mandy Moore aims to inspire life balance online

Mandy Moore has recorded five albums, starred in films and television since she was 15 and launched her own fashion label, but recently she faced a fear shared by many other women -- going on vacation on her own.


CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin America.


Bones found at a prehistoric burial site indicate they belonged to victims of an Neolithic Age massacre, say scientists.


Bush says Russia need not fear US missile shield in Europe

US President George W. Bush sought Tuesday to soothe Moscow's fury at Washington's plans to extend its anti-missile shield in Europe, saying on the eve of the G8 summit that Russia was "not our enemy."


Iran says atomic work has "no reverse gear":agency

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday the country had "no reverse gear" on its way to mastering the technology to make nuclear fuel, Iran's student news agency ISNA reported.


Messina, 19:41 - CALCIO, MESSINA: RIGANO' E ZORO A PARTE

Allenamento di ripresa per il Messina in vista della gara contro il Chievo di domenica prossima. Dif...


Suicide blasts kill 7 after Pakistan mosque assault

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least seven people, including three policemen, in northwest Pakistan, on Thursday.


Verizon Wireless announced yesterday that it plans to buy airwave licenses in 23 markets from NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion in cash, giving the cellular phone giant the ability to carry more calls in some of the nation's largest cities.


Ovitz accused of leaking rumors to press in 1990s

The shareholder lawsuit against Disney leadership took a melodramatic turn Thursday as a plaintiffs' lawyer accused former president Michael Ovitz of leaking


LOS ANGELES -- Mercora Inc., which distributes software for webcasting music, is making a bid for the bourgeoning mobile music market with a new application that enables users of select wireless devices to listen to tracks stored on PCs or other users' computers.


Binge Drinking Raises Death Risk After Heart Attack

Moderate alcohol consumption has long been considered good for the heart, but a new study finds binge drinking doubles the risk of dying after a heart attack.


First take: The 30-inch Apple Cinema Display

MacCentral - A few years back, Apple Computer Inc. touted its hardware and software with the marketing slogan "Think Different." After using the company's latest, greatest and largest Apple Cinema Display (ACD) for the past few weeks, I've come to wonder if maybe that ad campaign has morphed into "Think Big."


Legal challenges mount to Guantánamo tactics

The most prominent case centers on Osama bin Laden's former driver and the military commission that would try him.


Ordinanza di custodia cautelare nei confronti di Roberto Spaccinol'uomo si Ã¨ presentato in caserma accompagnato da due avvocati                                            Omicidio Cicioni, arrestato marito della vittima I suoi legali: "Voleva andare ai funerali"


Australian PM Howard Expects Slim Oct. 9 Poll Win

One week away from a knife-edge  election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared on  Sunday he would be re-elected on Oct. 9, but only just, as  anti-Iraq war rallies urged voters to throw him out of office.


TB case brings warning to air passengers

A man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U.S. government after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights this month, health officials said Tuesday.


(InfoWorld) - The OpenAjax Alliance, formed to boost interoperability in the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) realm, has put forth an aggressive roadmap that recognizes the growing trend toward mashups. Speaking at the AJAXWorld conference in Santa Clara on Monday, Jon Ferraiolo, OpenAjax operations manager and an IBM Web architect, detailed the upcoming release of the OpenAjax Hub 1.0 and the follow-up 1.1 release. Other projects including the OpenAjax Registry and IDE accommodations for AJAX also were noted by Ferraiolo. With the hub, the alliance aims to iron out interoperability issues between AJAX toolkits. "Sometimes, they actually prevent each other from working. They step on each other," Ferraiolo said. Developers can use the hub to integrate multiple toolkits within the same Web page while toolkit developers can use it to allow toolkits to talk to other toolkits. While the 1.0 hub is useful in mashup scenarios where all components come from a trusted source, version 1.1 adds a security layer for untrusted components to protect from any components that might be malicious. The 1.0 version of the hub, to include AJAX library registration and a publish-and-subscribe engine, is due by the end of this year. Version 1.1 is planned for approval next year, although a full implementation is slated to be ready by the end of 2007. "One of the key features [in version 1.1] is secure mashups," said Ferraiolo. "It's very much a security-focused enhancement providing a secure mashup framework," he said. IBM-contributed technology called SMash, for Secure Mashups, is being included in version 1.1. It provides for secure handling of third-party mashup components. Also in the security arena, the alliance has formed an AJAX Security Task Force Version 1.1 also is slated to include publishing and subscribing across frames as well as publish-and-subscribe between clients and servers. Also featured is support for the Comet programming technique to push data from the server to client. Server push is desirable particularly in mashups and portals, according to the alliance. The hub was called "absolutely essential" by attendee and author Dave Mosby. "It provides mechanisms for us to bridge between different components so that they can begin to talk to each other," Mosby said.Â  In other develpments at the alliance, the planned OpenAjax Registry will provide an AJAX toolkit and JavaScript global object registration authority to prevent JavaScript object collision within complex AJAX applications. The registry is to be managed by the OpenAjax Interoperability Working Group. Population of the registry begins this fall. OpenAjax is holding an event this week called OpenAjax InteropFest, in which companies like Microsoft are testing their AJAX toolkits for conformance with OpenAjax. Microsoft, with its Microsoft AJAX Library, has passed the conformance test, according to Microsoft.Â  The alliance also has launched a task force for mobile AJAX with a white paper planned on how to be successful with the concept. Also, the alliance will explore APIs for access to mobile device services. Device APIs would be exposed to JavaScript on these devices. A mobile AJAX workshop is planned for this Friday. "Mobile devices are getting AJAX," said Ferraiolo. An AJAX management task force, meanwhile, is being launched to make sure AJAX applications perform on a consistent basis. Another task force to be formed will focus on searchability to optimize the ability for search engines to find AJAX applications. Another OpenAjax effort is its IDE working group, which will attempt to accommodate multiple AJAX toolkits and IDEs. The alliance is trying to develop a standard XML file that describes JavaScript functions and other APIs, widgets and their properties. This project is intended to assist developers with user interface components such as widget pallets. Code compilation and type-checking on JavaScript functions also would be part of the effort. Proposals from Microsoft, Adobe Systems, and Aptana have been submitted for consideration by the IDE working group. OpenAjax Alliance features members like IBM and Microsoft.


Alleged U.S. Deserter Jenkins Surrenders

Frail but determined, Charles Jenkins surrendered to the United States on Saturday, nearly 40 years after the Army sergeant allegedly defected to North Korea and became a potent propaganda symbol for the isolated communist state.


Sven-Goran Eriksson today admitted he is considering deploying a three-man attack against Wales in tomorrowâs World Cup qualifier.


BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Russian oil company Yukos has halted some oil shipment to the Chinese National Petroleum Corp. because it can't afford the transportation costs, according to a published report.


RAIDERS NOTEBOOK Williams to take Grant's LB slot again

DeLawrence Grant, the one-time defensive end who started the first nine games at linebacker before being benched against the Chargers on Sunday, is likely to be inactive again this weekend against the Broncos.


China Emerging as U.S. Rival for Canada's Oil

Chinese energy companies are on the verge of striking deals in Canada in efforts to win access to some of the most prized oil reserves in North America.


Ivory Coast named a new Cabinet Saturday, replacing the ministers of transport and environment but reappointing most others, after a toxic waste dumping scandal prompted the resignation of the entire 32-member body last week.


Polo Ralph Lauren (RL:NYSE - news - research) beat estimates for its second-quarter earnings, posting a 49% gain. The clothing maker said Wednesday it earned $80.


The US current account deficit falls in the third quarter to the lowest level in two years as US exports surge.


Limited December same-store sales down 8 percent

Limited Brands Inc  said on  Thursday sales at stores open at least a year fell 8 percent in  December.


The US current account deficit widens, showing the world's largest economy is still having to foot a huge energy import bill.


President Bush's commutation of a prison term for a former aide to Vice President Cheney did not play well with the public or even Republicans, a survey found.


Iraqi forces Sunday captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship, Iraq's top information official told The Associated Press.


Unlocked Phones May Be Part of Spectrum Auction

If Americans want to buy cell phones and add mobile applications that they can use with any carrier, they need to watch the FCC.


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


Respinta a Montecitorio la mozione di sfiducia contro il ministro"Colpa dell'opposizione se le opere non si sono realizzate"                                                  A3, Berlusconi difende Lunardi "Fu colpa di eventi straordinari"                                                                                "Quella non Ã¨ una vera autostrada, Ã¨ ingestibile in emergenzaGrazie a chi ha lavorato in quei giorni, sventando la tragedia"


Rights group alleges Hezbollah war crimes

LONDON -- The Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah committed war crimes in its conflict with Israel by targeting civilians with rockets packed with metal ball bearings, rights group Amnesty International said today.


Pop group Busted's theme song for the Thunderbirds movie is voted the UK's Record of the Year.


Bonds Joins Aaron, Ruth in 700-Homer Club

SAN FRANCISCO - As Barry Bonds' numbers rise, the words to describe them become less adequate. When the slugger hit his 700th homer, only daughter Aisha could sum up the history and majesty of the blast...


Milosevic Defiant as Launches War Crimes Defense

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic launched his much-delayed defense on Tuesday against charges of war crimes during the collapse of Yugoslavia


We just published my high-level look at the nascent technology of geotagging, the incorporation of GPS-based location data into digital photos.


Liberal cabinet ministers defend Martin against criticism from ...

Liberal MPs and cabinet ministers came to the defence of Paul Martin Friday against suggestions by ex-minister Alfonso Gagliano that the prime minister made a grave error in abolishing the sponsorship program.


U.S. gives blessing to food from cloned animals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled food from certain cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to using the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.


Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown sets out plans to make the British education system "world class".


Spa-Francorchamps, 13:04 - AUTO, GP2: CHANDHOK VINCE GARA 2 A SPA

L'indiano Karun Chandhok ha vinto gara 2 del GP2 di Spa-Francorchamps. Chandhok ha preceduto lo spag...


Polonia non ha ceduto su veto imposto a iniziativa


Serena Williams recovers from an awful start to her French Open campaign to beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 5-7 6-1 6-1.


Recent Body-Parts Scandals Prompt Review

SAN DIEGO -- The nation's tissue bankers are considering new rules aimed at preserving public trust in their industry, following two recent scandals that made some of them appear more like body snatchers than people who help improve the lives of millions of Americans.


GOP Tries to Rally Support for Bush Budget

White House officials and Congress' top budget writers tried rallying support Tuesday for President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget, but cracks in Republican unity showed as lawmakers digested the plan's proposed spending cuts.


Dean's Bid to Lead Dems Gets Mixed Views

Howard Dean's bid for chairmanship of the Democratic Party has tapped into members' hunger for a fighter who can recruit new supporters, raise plenty of money and inspire enthusiasm in a party out of power.


Be Careful with Google Desktop Search  Google Desktop Search like most Google products makes an awesome first impression. I have tried other desktop search tools, but none of them can match the convenience that Google Desktop Search comes with. It is just a 450K download and it integrates in Google Search ...


On Wall Street, Merrill Leads the Markets Higher

Merrill Lynchâs announcement of a $6.2 billion investment set off a small rally in financial shares.


The European Space Agency signs the industrial contract to build a spacecraft to send to the planet Mercury in 2013.


Air Canada expects to post stronger financial results for the third quarter, despite the impact of higher fuel costs on the airlines bottom line.


MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan  - Pakistan united in mourning on Sunday in memory of about 73,000 people killed in an earthquake exactly a year ago, while survivors vented frustration over the pace of reconstruction.


The new cabinet's program promises dynamism and growth, but reveals little of the implementation details and halts the long drawn-out healthcare and public administration reforms, analysts and observers said ...


Convicted French Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon dies, aged 96, a few days after undergoing heart surgery,


A soldier tells a court martial how Iraqi prisoner abuse was "like watching a football match".


Linux-based Android and LiMo Dominate Mobile-Phone Show

Open-source Linux is coming of age for mobile phones. While Google's Android platform has attracted attention at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain, so has LiMo, another Linux-based platform.


EU: No Accession Talks Unless Turkey Reforms Penal Code

The European Union has made clear to Turkey that it cannot start negotiations on joining the union, until Ankara reforms its penal code.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas announced in an interview published in the US magazine, Newsweek, that they are ready for peace talks.


Rate-cut hopes, commodity shares buoy Wall St.

Stocks rose on Monday as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will cut benchmark lending rates this week and that soaring commodity prices will boost profits of metal and energy producers.


Thompson to resign from East Carolina post

Greenville, NC (Sports Network) - East Carolina head football coach John Thompson is expected to announce his resignation, effective at the end of the season, during a Wednesday afternoon press conference.


Lee Carsley's second-half goal gives Everton victory against Liverpool.


Google Founders Honored By Marconi Foundation  Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who as Stanford graduate students successfully created the Google search engine, have been named the 2004 Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. The two award winners will join a select cadre of 32 of the world's ...


Canada seen as haven for movie piracy: theater exec

Canada has become the new haven for  illegal videotaping of movies, a movie theater industry  executive said on Tuesday.


Ed Vargo, 79, Plate Umpire When Aaron Tied Ruth, Is Dead

Mr. Vargo worked in the National League from 1960 to 1983, including four world series and four All-Star games. He was behind the plate for both Sandy Koufaxâs no-hitter and his perfect game.


'Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore', in scena fino a sabato


Bush calls for release of Myanmar activists

U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists.


Scientists and entrepreneurs call for the creation of a charitable foundation to promote and fund UK stem cell research.


Hiring slowed in July as employers added just 113,000 new jobs, propelling the unemployment rate to a five-month high of 4.8 percent and providing fresh evidence that companies are growing cautious amid high energy prices. Wages grew solidly.


Taiwan Cabinet to Veto Inquiry Into Chen Shooting

Taiwan's parliament approved on Tuesday a bill to set up an independent body to investigate the mysterious election-eve assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian, but his cabinet decided to veto the bill.


Update 1: Manufacturing Growth Slows in October

Activity in the nation's manufacturing sector grew in October for the 17th straight month, but at a slower pace than the previous month, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.


Dour CAPS investors sometimes see a silver lining.


BERMUDA HAMILTON -- Residents of Bermuda installed storm shutters and hauled their boats onto beaches in preparation for Tropical Storm Florence, which intensified yesterday and was expected to become a hurricane as it approached the island. Florence was moving over the open Atlantic and was expected to reach the tiny British territory tomorrow, according to the National Hurricane Center in ...


Sarebbe il modello inglese Paul Sculfor, 36 anni


Sony seen needing consistent PS3 strategy

Sony Corp needs to establish an  unwavering marketing strategy for its PlayStation 3 game  machine to drive growth of its console business, the head of  Japanese videogame publisher Square Enix Co Ltd said.


Per il 2007 disavanzo dovrebbe restare sotto il 3%


Police given one more week to quiz remaining suspects

Police have been granted another week to quiz five people still in custody, who have not yet been charged, in connection with an investigation into the foiled alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets, a police spokesman has told AFP.


Among online daters, there is a rising sense that it's not so easy to download love.


Description: Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who died recently at 82, was perhaps best known for his rousing score to The Magnificent Seven.


Toys R Us expands toy safety notification efforts

Retailer Toys "R" Us said on Wednesday that it is expanding its efforts to inform shoppers of the latest toy recalls after a slew of Chinese-made toys were recalled this summer due to unsafe levels of lead paint.


Free drug samples go to wealthy, insured: U.S. study

Insured and wealthy Americans are more likely than needy patients to get the billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday said.


Air Deccan has signed a deal to acquire 36 planes from Avions de Transport Regional (ATR).


Switch maker introduces a 'Data Center Fabric' architecture

At its annual end-user conference in Las Vegas, Brocade announced its Data Center Fabric product roadmap, a plan to rollout multiprotocol switches and management software that will help more closely connect applications, clustered and virtualized servers to storage.


Keeping a healthy weight may help people live longer by limiting insulin exposure in the brain, US scientists say.


Kerry Says Bush 'Out of Touch' with Americans

SHEBOYGAN, Wis.  - Democratic Sen. John Kerry  accused President Bush of being "out of ideas, out of touch and  unwilling to change" as he kicked off the closing phase of his  White House bid on Friday.


Ex campione del mondo: "Faremo ricorso al Tas"


Kenyan's Painful Path to Nobel Peace Prize

The day before had begun typically for Africa's best known environmentalist. Maathai had joined a long-planned protest by mothers of political prisoners calling for the release of their sons.


World Aids Day marked with parades and stark warnings

Asia marked World Aids Day Wednesday with parades, stark warnings and alarming new data about the spread of the HIV virus which the United Nations warns threatens millions worldwide.


E' successo in Ferrovie complementari nel nuorese


In a trade dispute that could spread to one of Washington state's biggest exports -- apples -- the World Trade Organization gave the go-ahead yesterday for punitive sanctions on US products.


Sandisk results spotlight Irish tax controversy

(InfoWorld) - A recent financial filing from Sandisk in Ireland illustrates the sometimes controversial nature of the corporate tax regime in the country. While Sandisk has joined scores of other companies attracted to Ireland for its low corporate tax rate, the company appears to represent an extreme example of benefiting from the tax environment. In a financial statement filed in Ireland earlier this month, Sandisk Manufacturing, the Irish subsidiary of Sandisk Corp., reported four employees and revenue of $955 million between the period when the company first opened up in Ireland, April 2005, and the end of 2005. Sandisk Corp. had 1,083 employees at the end of 2005 and reported revenue for the year of $2.3 billion. Other U.S. technology companies with offices in Ireland, such as Google and Microsoft, have also had their Irish financial reports scrutinized for generating revenues that appear out of proportion to the number of employees in the country. Google and Microsoft each employ hundreds of workers in the country. "The fact that [Sandisk has] only four people and a billion dollars makes them stick out a bit more," said John Gilsenan, an independent analyst who sometimes consults for IDC Ireland. In the Sandisk example, just four employees in Ireland out of 1,083 around the world appeared to generate nearly half of the company's revenue. The tax regime benefits the Irish government but could become a sore point for other countries. "I certainly don't think that there's any impetus from the Irish government for this to change," said Gilsenan. While the Irish government is likely pleased to earn the tax from companies like Sandisk, the governments where the companies are based might start looking for ways to ensure they can collect their fair share of taxes from the companies, he said. Ireland's low corporate tax rate dates back to the 1950s and its current 12.5 percent rate was set in the 1990s. The tax rate, far lower than in most other countries, has attracted many companies to open operations in Ireland, spurring the current economic boom in the country. In April last year, Sandisk announced plans to transfer its Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters to Dublin and employ 50 people by the end of this year. In a statement announcing the move, it said it already had 12 people working in Dublin managing supply chain and sales support functions for Sandisk. A Sandisk spokesperson was not available to comment on its financial statement or Dublin operations.


In 9 mesi ore sciopero -56,1% e 6,1 mln in attesa contratto


Japan PM to visit China, Korea on Oct 8,9-NHK

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office last week, will visit China on October 8 and South Korea on October 9 for fence-mending summits, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday.


Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday.


Desperate Housewife scores Paris celebrity wedding

The paparazzi are circling, the guests are jetting in and the last touches are being applied at the church before "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria marries French basketball ace Tony Parker in Paris on Saturday.


Bain Capital offers $3.5 bln for S.Africa's Edcon

Bain Capital LLC has made a 25  billion rand ($3.48 billion) buyout offer for South Africa's  largest fashion retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon)   in the country's biggest private equity deal yet.


A California's lifeguard's life not all sun and fun

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California  - The day of reckoning for 53 trainee lifeguards began under "gloom June" gray skies with a 250-yard (250-meter) dash across the sand and a 200-yard (200-meter)ocean swim through six-feet-high crashing waves out to a distant buoy.


Experts Urge More Firms to Make Flu Shots

NEW YORK - If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business of making the inoculations, flu experts say. In a bad year, the stakes could be higher than just saving people from fever, headaches and a runny nose...


Moscow summons a senior UK diplomat to complain about the activities of London-based Russian exiles.


PHOENIX - They were always about history, these 2007-08 Patriots. Most points in history. Most touchdowns in history. First 18-0 team in history. But when it was all over, Bill Belichick's History Boys were a failure. They did not accomplish their goal. They lost the Super Bowl. They blew a lead in the final minute.


Likud holds key vote, Sharon warns of elections [09/12/2004]

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.


Nortel Details Previously Announced Cuts

Nortel Networks Corp. gave details of a previously announced job cut program Thursday, saying it is cutting 1,400 in the United States by next June.


A breast cancer drug could save 1,300 lives a year if more widely used in the UK, research suggests.


Palestinians in Gaza appeal for more aid

Children raced to help parents collect food from U.N. aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip as women sat in the shade near trucks, waiting for their names to be called to receive their food rations.


Six hours before kickoff, doctors removed Shad Meier's appendix, leaving the Tennessee Titans with only one healthy tight end: rookie Ben Troupe.


Chancellor Gordon Brown speaks of how his baby daughter's death shaped his views on improving chances for children.


Rather than begin a second tour of duty in Iraq, an Army medic chooses to face a possible court-martial for fleeing from duty


A European accord on degree systems will lead to a big increase in higher-level courses, it is predicted.


Activists Mount Last-Ditch Bid to Extend Gun Ban

Gun control activists, health care  advocates and law enforcement groups geared up on Tuesday for a  last-ditch effort to prevent a 1994 ban on assault weapons from  expiring next week, but even its most ardent backers  acknowledge the drive is all but futile.


Russia raised the stakes in a spying  row with Georgia on Saturday by suspending a scheduled pull-out  of its troops from the former Soviet state.


Christine Ohuruogu has been given a one-year ban for missing three out-of-competition drug tests.


In Bogota, Hope Lives in a Hospital Crib

BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 1 -- Little Juan David, like so many poor children in this city, might well have been forgotten.


Afghan police say kill Taliban hostage-taker

A senior Taliban commander involved in the abduction of 23 South Korean missionaries was among dozens of insurgents killed in clashes in southern Afghanistan overnight, police said on Tuesday.


Pfizer shares plunge after cholesterol drug fails

NEW YORK/LONDON  - Pfizer Inc.  shares tumbled as much as 15.6 percent on Monday, wiping out nearly $30 billion of market value, after the world's biggest drug maker unexpectedly ended development of its most important experimental medicine.


Court Upholds RIM Patent Infringement, Sends Case Back for Further ...

The three-year patent dispute between BlackBerry device maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent holding company NTP Inc. isn't over yet.


An emergency room might be the last place you'd think would have do-it-yourself check-in.


Mexico no longer ruled by fear, says visiting President Vicente Fox

OTTAWA (CP) - Mexican President Vicente Fox says his country has undergone radical change, and is far removed now from a period when the president ruled through fear.


Eurozone data to show growth based on exports, consumption weak

Data to be released this week are expected to confirm that the eurozone's economic recovery is fueled by strong export demand, not consumption or investment, and that Britain's industrial sector is gaining steam, analysts said.


Paris Hilton gets out of jail for medical reasons

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was let out of jail early and put under house arrest on Thursday, drawing fire from prosecutors and court officials and sparking public debate about celebrity justice.


Unable to extend tax breaks as part of a broad energy bill two months ago, lawmakers are trying to attach some of them to an emergency economic aid package containing rebates for millions of taxpayers.


Jordan's King: Iraq Elections Impossible

The Jordanian monarch said in an interview published Tuesday that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current chaos and that he sees no chances of improvement in the short term.


PARIGI - Sono vivi e stanno bene i due giornalisti francesi rapiti 22 giorni fa in Iraq dalla stessa banda che ha catturato e ucciso Enzo Baldoni. Lo ha detto stamattina il ministro degli Esteri francese Michel Barnier, sulla base di "indicazioni serie".


Connecting to Future: Graduates of Technology Program in Pixley Receive Free Computers.

By Sarah Jimenez, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 2--PIXLEY -- It looked like a typical graduation ceremony.   Proud families held balloons and flowers as loved ones dressed in their best clothes sat on the stage of the Pixley Memorial Building.


NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez isn't in the starting lineup for the New York Yankees' game against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.


Scorsese thriller set to lead box office

LOS ANGELES  - One of the most admired directors in Hollywood returns to gangster turf at the weekend box office, while one of the screen's most enduring monsters will treat moviegoers to his back story.


Mickelson's 59 Captures Kauai's PGA Grand Slam

HONOLULU -- Phil Mickelson won his first major this year, the Masters, in a magical run. On Wednesday, Mickelson had a magical run again.


Yoghurt, unfortunately, is not the answer for thrush

The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.


Rallenta la crescita del credito al consumo negli Usa


400 relay disaster completes Jones' tumble from heights

A botched relay handoff followed her failure to medal in the long jump yesterday evening, making the Athens experience a wipeout for a woman who won five medals at the Games four years ago.


Israelis set up new West Bank settlement

Nine Israeli families staked out homesteads in a valley deep in the West Bank on Friday and promised to bring more settlers to the area that the Palestinians want for a future state.


An Israeli football team with Arab and Jewish players kick off their first big international match with Newcastle Utd.


MoMA Architect Unveils His 'Teacup' in Manhattan

New York's Museum of Modern Art, one of the world's most beloved art centers, returns to Manhattan this week with a $425 million face-lift that has art lovers abuzz but that its architect compares to a humble teacup.


The world is meeting targets on improving access to clean drinking water, but falling behind on sanitation goals fixed at a summit four years ago, the United Nations said Thursday.


Viacom Inc.'s (VIAb.N) MTV Networks on  Thursday said it has begun selling more of its shows at Apple  Computer Inc.'s  iTunes digital media store.


THOSE WHO'VE DECIDED . . . Michael Abany, Mansfield . . . Bryant


Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton's blood samples showed different results — one positive, one negative, his Swiss cycling team said Thursday.


Don't let a funny title like "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" fool you - this latest PlayStation 2 offering from Japanese video game guru Hideo Kojima is serious fun.


Chirac suggests dialogue in Iran dispute

French President Jacques Chirac suggested Monday that the international community suspend the threat of U.N. sanctions in exchange for Iran's suspension of uranium enrichment during negotiations.


Italian government to sell controlling stake in Alitalia

The Italian government has said it would sell half of its controlling interest in flag carrier Alitalia, inviting investors to bid for about 25 percent of the loss-making airline.


So Bill Clinton was right. In an interview with the Financial Times a few months before the US presidential election, the former President said that if the Republicans manage to make the war on terrorism and


Hollywood Defendant Seeks to Act as Counsel

The Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano is seeking to represent himself in his trial for illegally wiretapping celebrities.


History but Little Mystery as NFL Winds Down

The Patriots are still chasing history as the NFL regular season winds down, but nearly everyone else is simply awaiting a predetermined fate.


And re-introduces the single-CPU Power Mac G5


MOSCOW - Russian officials said yesterday that they have detected traces of a high explosive in the wreckage of one of two crashed jetliners, branding it the work of terrorists.


Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.


Jeanne Bears Down on Fla.; Thousands Flee

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne got stronger, bigger and faster as it battered the Bahamas and bore down on Florida Saturday, sending huge waves crashing onto beaches and forcing thousands into shelters just weeks after Frances ravaged this area...


Research suggests that changes in the Sun's activity cannot be responsible for modern-day global warming.


Finanziaria: Bonaiuti, Landolfi Non Aggiornato e Fuori Tempo ...

Roma, 29 ott. (Adnkronos) ''All'amico onorevole Landolfi replico che la sua dichiarazione non e' aggiornata, anzi arriva fuori tempo massimo -dice il sottosegretario alla presidenza del Consiglio, Paolo Bonaiuti-.


Iraq's Sadr Declines to Meet Najaf Peace Delegation

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi  political and religious leaders who want him to call off his  uprising in the holy city of Najaf and other areas.


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

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


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


Reclusive Austrian writer is awarded Nobel Prize

PARIS Elfriede Jelinek, a reclusive Austrian novelist and playwright who is well known in the German-speaking world for works that denounce sexual violence and oppression and rightist extremism in Austria, was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature on


CBS Consolidates Network, TV Studio Arms

Viacom Inc. has reshuffled its executive ranks, placings its Paramount television production under the control of CBS Entertainment President Nancy Tellem.


Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called for Congress to pass an economic stimulus package that could cost as much as $110 billion to help low-income families keep their homes, to subsidize heating costs this winter and perhaps refund some taxes.


A data recovery form is offering free services to businesses and homeowners whose hard drives were damaged in the floods and oil spills that hit Kansas in recent weeks.


Calderon Blocked From Delivering State-of-the-Union

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2 -- President Felipe Calderon, blocked from delivering the traditional state-of-the-union address to his nation's Congress, called Sunday for changing the format of an annual rite that has become a chaotic embarrassment for Mexico.


If your image of a garden club is limited to ladies planting azaleas in the town square, think again: The National Garden Clubs is supporting a reforestation effort that includes areas hard-hit by wildfires and other natural disasters.


The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer rejects claims he has given judges pension perks to ward off mass resignations.


Racial prejudice, most often directed at black people, was behind more than half of the nation's 7,400 reported hate crime incidents in 2003, the FBI said Monday.


"Martedi' non si decidera'", e accusa Zamparini


Sadr Militia Still Controls Iraq Shrine - Witness

NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters appeared to be in  control of a holy shrine in Najaf on Friday hours after Iraq's  interim government said it had overcome a bloody uprising by  seizing the Imam Ali mosque without a shot being fired.


Sudan's Bashir condemns U.S. over sanctions: Sudan TV

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir  on Saturday condemned the United States for pursuing sanctions  against his country over Darfur, the BBC quoted Sudan TV as  reporting.


Vet Who Survived Vietnam Buries Son Killed in Iraq

BOISE, Idaho  - Tom Titus experienced the shock of  watching his best friend die in his arms during the Vietnam War  in 1971.


A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Germany's Alex Cejka and Briton Justin   Rose shared the lead in the Texas Open first round after   returning six-under-par 64s on Thursday.


Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is found dead in Florida at the age of 39, her lawyer says.


Yahoo shares fall on company's uncertain outlook

Shares of Yahoo Inc  fell nearly 9 percent on Wednesday after the Internet company predicted a tough 2008 amid a weakening U.S. economy.


A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms.


Zend Developer Zone: The Standard PHP Library

The Zend Developer Zone has posted a new article/tutorial from Ben Ramsey covering one of the more powerful bits of functionality that's included with PHP5 - the Standard PHP Library (SPL).   As its name implies, the goal of the Standard PHP Library-or SPL, for short-is to provide a standard library of interfaces that allows developers to take full advantage of object-oriented programming in PHP 5. [...] The functionality it provides includes, for example, the ability to define how your objects will react when iterated over with foreach, advanced array access, file and directory access, and advanced SimpleXML object handling. The largest chunk of functionality that the SPL provides comes in the form of iterators.   Ben focuses on the iterators - three different kinds: IteratorAggregate, RecursiveIterator and SeekableIterator. The SPL also comes with a few other built-in kinds of iterators he mentions as well:   ArrayIterator DirectoryIterator FileIterator   As a bonus, he also talks about other "goodies" the SPL has to offer like exceptions, array handling, and file/directory access.   Also, check out Ben's comments on his own blog about the article.


The box score says John Smoltz and Brad Lidge did not figure in this Game 2 thriller. Typical of the "win-at-all-costs" mind-set that the Astros and Braves carried into


Airbus majority owner EADS gives the go-ahead for the 3-4bn euro development of a jet to rival Boeing's planned 7E7.


A shopping mall where five people were gunned down this week reopened Wednesday, as authorities tried to figure out why a teenage Bosnian immigrant committed the rampage and how he got his hands on a gun.


VATICANO - La diocesi di Albano festeggia gli 80 anni del Card. Sodano Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Il Vescovo di Albano, mons. Marcello Semeraro, annuncia che sabato 15 dicembre alle ore 17 presso la Perinsigne Basilica Cattedrale di San Pancrazio Martire, la Chiesa di Albano in preghiera si stringerÃ  intorno al Signor Cardi...


Watchdogs: Don't Scale Back Nuke Cleanup

The US Department of Homeland Security plans to scale back the level of cleanup recommended after detonation of a dirty bomb, policy watchdogs assert.


Pakistan confirms bird flu in Islamabad zoo

Four peacocks and a goose have died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the only zoo in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, an Agriculture Ministry official said on Tuesday.


The head of the U.S. Army's flagship military hospital was removed from his post on Thursday due to problems with the care of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army said.


Healthy Snowpack to Fill Streams, Lakes: Summer Forecast Good News for Farmers, Fish, Recreation

By Mike Prager, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 10--The National Weather Service has some good news for the Inland Northwest: Streams and lakes will be full this summer thanks to a deep snowpack in the mountains.


Karzai to Become Afghan President; UN Says Security Threatened

Hamid Karzai becomes Afghanistan's first democratically elected president today at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Kabul, as the United Nations said warlords and drug trafficking threaten the country's security.


A massive cell-phone battery recall helped drive down the profit of Matsushita, maker of Panasonic brand products, by 17 percent in the second quarter.


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - An 11-year-old boy who told authorities he was upset about being bullied at school took off in the family car on an odyssey that ended more than 200 miles away on the other side of the state...


NEW YORK  - Nearly one third of overweight  or obese teenagers have the metabolic syndrome, a cluster of  disorders that raise the risk of developing heart disease and  diabetes, according to a new report.


Napoli, 16:16 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; PASQUALIN: DALLA BONA E' STUFO

Il procuratore di Samuele Dalla Bona, Claudio Pasqualin, è intervenuto a Radio Goal su Kiss K...


The international Cassini spacecraft began unveiling Saturn's mysterious sidekick Titan with a stream of increasingly sharp pictures of the surface taken during a flyby within 745 miles of the hazy moon.


Actor Sean Penn insists his brother Chris died a natural death related to his weight problem.


Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt loses a legal aid battle to defend a multi-million pound claim against him.


Wizardry of Polar Express gets in way of the magic

Robert Zemeckis' opulent big-screen rendition of Chris Van Allsburg's holiday best seller The Polar Express is so visually dazzling that it's the very definition of Christmas eye candy - and that's the problem.


Beware the populist mash oozing out of Facebook and YouTube

Lies better served as solids And Ninthly Yep. It felt just like that, didn't it?â¦


Siemens AG said Monday it will defer an executive pay hike and contribute the proceeds to a 35 million euro ($44.3 million) fund to help employees of its former cell phone business.


Czech Rep. damaged by arbitration in Nova case - parliament comm.

PRAGUE- In the arbitration proceedings with the firm CME the Czech Republic made a number of mistakes, but it bears no guilt in the damage CME incurred in connection with its investments in the Nova commercial ...


'Lite' beer brand puts fizz into SABMiller profits

The low-carbohydrate American beer Miller Lite, which is locked in a bitter brand war with its rival Bud Lite, was the star performer for SABMiller, helping the brewer to a 28% rise in half-year underlying operating profits.


Housing, growth worries trip up Wall Street

U.S. stocks fell on Monday after data showed the number of unsold homes reached its highest level in more than 15 years in July, adding to concerns about the housing market and consumer spending.


Start-ups came back in style. IPO fever gripped Silicon Valley. Internet advertising rebounded. Blogging went mainstream, as did Internet phone service. Phishers sent a blizzard of bogus e-mails, looking for all the world like they really came from Citibank or American Express.


New Violence Hits S.Thailand After 'Peace Bombing'

Fresh violence flared in mainly Muslim southern Thailand on Monday, only hours after the Air Force dropped an estimated 100 million origami "peace birds" to quell unrest which has claimed nearly 500 lives.


Putin rules out talks with Chechen separatists

Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a link between Russia's policies in Chechnya and the tragedy in Beslan. Britain's Guardian newspaper said Putin is again rejecting calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives.


Islamic Leader Calls for Iraq Resistance

In his most public support of militant Islamists, the leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday called on Iraqis and Palestinians to step up their resistance against the United States and Israel.


Nvidia Graphics Chips Perform Double Duty as CPUs

Graphics chip vendor readies the general release of its CUDA software, while extolling the power of general purpose computing on GPUs.


National Hockey League Locks Out Players

NEW YORK - No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive economic change...


Abortion pill RU-486 to get stronger warning labels

Reports of three deaths and 600 cases of problems such as excessive bleeding and infections in women who took RU-486, the so-called abortion pill, have led to new, stronger warnings


The UN urges an end to the war in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are caught up in the fighting.


UPDATE: Computershare Snaps Up DST's US Registry Ops

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Computershare Ltd. (CPU.AU) says it will still call Australia home after buying a blue chip share registry that will increase its US market share


Bush Opens Talks with Abbas, Urges Israel to Help

President Bush on Monday promised to  assist newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas boost  security and the Palestinian economy, and invited him to the  White House after years of shunning Yasser Arafat as an  obstacle to peace.


Venus and Jupiter witnessed in dawn rendezvous

WITH no planets on view, and with large areas of the southern sky devoid of bright stars, the evening sky at our star map times may not be the most exciting of the year.


Wales end 20-year wait with stunning England Six Nations triumph

Wales dramatically overcame a 10 point deficit to beat England 26-19 in their Six Nations opener as they won at Twickenham for the first time in 20 years here Saturday.


PM banking on economic stability in 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in his New Year message Sunday that his agenda for 2008 would depend on weathering global financial turbulence.


CINCINNATI, Ohio  - A winter storm barreled out of  the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, creating misery for holiday  travelers, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of  people and breaking snowfall records.


A jump shot flew over the Lakers' cuckoo's nest

Now we know why the Detroit Pistons made it look so easy last June. Not just because of their defense or Chauncey Billups' jump shots or Larry Brown.


Why Americans don't buy DVD players that record

Recordable DVD players don't sell well in the U.S.; cable companies are to blame, according to Hitachi executive.


Cassini takes a close-up look at Saturn's giant moon Titan

The international Cassini spacecraft began beaming close-up images of Saturn's moon Titan to Earth late Tuesday. Cassini reached the point of closest approach of about 279,000


Oil prices were hovering close to last weekâs record high today after breaking through the $50 mark again. Production problems in the Gulf of Mexico due to the impact of Hurricane Ivan continued to have


National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Recognizes Clear Channel Radio With Four Marconi Radio Awards

Clear Channel Radio (NYSE:CCU) today announced that three of its stations and a syndicated radio program received 2006 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards, which recognize the industry's outstanding talent and stations in 21 categories.


Samsung's $3.5 billion memory chip factory is the largest such plant in Texas.


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Sudan Agreement Endorsed by US Officials at UN

The US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, says the recently signed peace memorandum between the government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement offers the best


Bush broadens diplomatic efforts on Iraq

President Bush intensified diplomatic efforts on Monday to quell rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, turning to allies as his national security adviser said the conflict in Iraq had entered "a new phase" requiring changes.


Wal-Mart launches movie, TV download service

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday introduced a test version of its new video download service, making it the first major retailer to offer such a service with the backing of all of Hollywood's big studios.


Sears Holdings quarterly net up, but sales slip

Retailer Sears Holdings Corp.   posted a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday,  helped by a legal settlement and other special gains, but sales  declined at both its Sears and Kmart units.


Spain and U.S. progress in Under-20 World Cup, Brazil out

Spain beat Brazil and the United States saw off Uruguay to reach the Under-20 World Cup quarter-finals along with Austria and Czech Republic on Wednesday.


Israeli Forces End Northern Gaza Raid - Army

GAZA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces ended an  operation in the northern Gaza Strip less then 24 hours after  they raided the area to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks  by Palestinian militants, the army said Monday.


Donors Consider Large Rise in Aid to Palestinians

A four-year package of $6 billion to $8 billion would be forthcoming, donors said, if Palestinian elections occurred successfully.


By Kelley Chambers, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Dec. 14--When Marine Corps Col. Adele Hodges was stationed in Norway she was impressed with how far people there could travel by bicycle.   Wednesday the commanding officer at Camp Lejeune saw the same vision for Jacksonville.


Fans taunted black players on England's team Wednesday night during Spain's 1-0 victory in an exhibition game.


Stolen laptop with veterans' data recovered

A stolen laptop computer containing  sensitive information on more than 26 million U.S. military  veterans and service members has been recovered and a  preliminary review indicated no data was taken, the FBI and  Veterans Affairs Department said on Thursday.


Dementia may be three times more common in people lacking a key vitamin, a study suggests.


Enstone, 12:03 - F1, RENAULT: MOTORI ALLA RED BULL NEL 2007 E 2008

Lo aveva già anticipato Flavio Briatore qualche giorno fa, ma ora è ufficiale: la Rena...


The co-founder of Neteller, which processed billions of dollars in Internet gambling transactions for Americans, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of criminal conspiracy.