Why the world isn't ready for the coming influenza pandemic, World ...

A global influenza pandemic isn't something that most people think about on a day-to-day basis. But it could soon become front-page news, if the fears of the World Health Organization are realized.


EU receives Intel's response to antitrust charges

Intel has also asked the commission for the opportunity to respond to the charges face to face in an oral hearing that has yet to be scheduled.


Poll: Older Americans Unhappy with Medicare Changes

Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that indicates the issue could help Democrats win the November vote.


Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry e-mail device, enjoyed a strong second quarter and upped its expectations Thursday for the remainder of its fiscal year.


Rashad McCants scored 27 points and North Carolina rode a sharp first half to a 94-81 victory over Tennessee on Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.


Mr Omar Abdullah, President of the opposition National Conference, and his father, Dr Farooq Abdullah, had a miraculous escape when an IED explosion took place at mourning prayers for a slain party leader at Anantnag town, about 55 km south of here, this


The Red Cross says it has recovered 11 bodies thought to be Colombian lawmakers held by Farc rebels.


A 33-year-old man is handed a life sentence after admitting murdering his seven-week-old baby daughter.


Iraq Shi'ites Debate PM Choice, Allies After Poll

Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh from winning landmark elections, gathered on Monday to choose a candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after failing to win an absolute majority.


Pakistan's Musharraf plans to quit army for presidency

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to stand down from the powerful position of army chief after securing his re-election for a second term in October, a senior official of the ruling party said on Monday.


Hollywood producers pick film award nominees

The Producers Guild of America unveiled nominees for its film awards on Monday picking a range of movies including comedy "Juno" and legal thriller "Michael Clayton" in a key hurdle in Hollywood's Oscar race.


SRI LANKA - ÂNon dimenticate lo Sri Lanka!Â: appello delle Chiese cristiane alla comunitÃ  internazionale per la travagliata isola del subcontinente indiano Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Le Chiese cristiane dello Sri Lanka chiedono alla comunitÃ  internazionale di non dimenticare la travagliata isola del subcontinente indiano, dove infuria in conflitto civile che sta provocando indicibile sofferenza alla popo...


Housing Starts Climb to Nearly 21-Yr High

A jump in starts on single-family housing pushed total U.S. housing starts to a nearly 21-year high in January, but home mortgage applications dipped last week, according to data reported on Wednesday.


The Senator showed off all of his worst traits, but easily beat back Mitt Romney's efforts to knock him off his perch


Presentato dal ministro Turco alla presenza di Napolitano


Vivisimo Search Engine Clusty Offers More Targeted Search  Vivisimo this week unveiled Clusty.com, the first full-service search engine site powered completely by Vivismio's breakthrough clustering technology. Instead of simply presenting long lists of results, Clusty.com groups search results into folder topics, giving users a quick overview of the main themes in ...


Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive believes it's naive to suggest the software giant can eliminate all security vulnerabilities in its various products even though engineers are trying hard to do so.


Feaglesâs Roundabout Route to the Super Bowl

Sundayâs Super Bowl XLII will be the first in 20 N.F.L. seasons for Jeff Feagles and an unexpected return to Arizona, where he was supposed to be enjoying his retirement.


Schwarzenegger laments steroids in his own contest

Some contestants in the largest annual celebration of bodybuilding starting on Friday will likely be on steroids, highlighting how hard it is to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of sport, Arnold Schwarzenegger said of the contest that bears his name.


A woman denies charges of stalking and making threats against film star Catherine Zeta Jones


Sharon to Present Gaza Withdrawal Plan to Parliament

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he will present his controversial Gaza Strip withdrawal plan to parliament on October 25.


Police in Bangladesh arrest former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a raid on her house in Dhaka.


Wade Redden scores with 20.6 seconds left in overtime to lead the Ottawa Senators rally past the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, on Wednesday night.


Free app shares your connection with the world A new piece of freeware can turn a Symbian S60 handset into a Wi-Fi hotspot, removing the need to muck about with Bluetooth connections to get connected when on the move. Just don't tell your service provider.â¦


In Poland, a Jewish Revival Thrives â Minus Jews

In Krakow, a new generation of non-Jewish Poles is rediscovering a culture that was nearly annihilated by the Holocaust.


Scoring Four in Second, Isles Beat the Hurricanes

Marc-Andre Bergeron had two goals and an assist, and the Islanders scored three goals in a 3-minute-39-second stretch of their 4-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.


At least 36 people are reported to have died in landslides in Indonesia, after hours of heavy rain.


The number of personal computers worldwide is expected to double by 2010 to 1.3 billion machines, say analysts.


Rail passengers are missing out on cheap tickets because timetables are being released too late for early discount bookings, a consumer group warns.


What Makes Techmeme Tick? Inventor Gabe Rivera Explains

We talk with Techmeme's founder about how his site aggregates and sorts technology news.


Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington 5 and 4 Saturday in Virginia Water, England, to stay on course for a record sixth World Match Play title.


Catania, 16:32 - CALCIO, CATANIA; LO MONACO: SQUADRA ANCORA SOTTO CHOC

Il dg del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, parla dello stato d'animo attuale dei giocatori rossoazzurri: "...


Review Ordered of Studies Using Celebrex, Bextra

The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday ordered the review of preventative  studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Celebrex and  Bextra, in light of recent evidence they may increase the risk  of heart attack and stroke.


International Summit Urges Pressure for Cuban Democracy

A conference of former world leaders led by former Czech President Vaclav Havel has called for international pressure on Cuba to move the communist nation toward democracy.


MELBOURNE: If Australian confidence counts for anything, Makybe Diva will be in the record books after today's Melbourne Cup. The six-year-old mare was heavily backed yesterday to win the


European shares hits new highs as oil shares rally

European shares surged to new 5-1/2 year highs early on Wednesday as an overnight surge in oil prices lifted heavily-weighted energy shares, helping offset fears of an earnings slowdown at Credit Agricole .


Spears taken to LA hospital after custody standoff

Britney Spears was taken to a Los Angeles hospital early on Friday, after police spent about four hours at her house trying to mediate a custody dispute, according to witnesses.


West Virginia Receiver to Enter NFL Draft

West Virginia wide receiver Chris Henry plans to forgo his senior year to enter next spring's NFL draft.


Disney, Pixar score 'Incredible' opening

Pixar's computer-animated family of superheroes -- rescued The Walt Disney Co. from its 2004 box office free fall with an estimated weekend gross of $70.


La trasmissione di Milly Carlucci si aggiudica il 28,72%


Mukasey Limits Agency's Contacts With White House

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey issued new restrictions yesterday on contacts between Justice Department and White House officials regarding ongoing criminal or civil investigations, implementing his first major policy revision since taking office on Nov. 9.


After six weeks of negotiations, parliamentary maneuvering and White House entreaties, the Senate rejected President BushÃ¢ÂÂs vision of an immigration overhaul, likely killing the legislation until after the 2008 elections.


COPPA UEFA: IL PARMA VINCE CONTRO IL MARIBOR

MARCATORI: 6' pt Maccarone (P), 14' pt rig. Kvas (M), 24' pt Maccarone (P), 22' st Marchionni (P), 46' st Golob (M). PARMA (4-2-3-1): Berti; Ferronetti, Bovo, Cannavaro, Bonera (32' st Potenza); Grella, Bolano


Majority of Poles against U.S. shield plan: poll

More than half of Poles oppose the location of part of a U.S. anti-missile shield on Polish soil, a poll showed on Tuesday, a day after the Polish president said the project was a foregone conclusion.


Review: The best (and worst) films of 2007

The year in film was a mixed bag, though one that holds great promise for the future.


Hobart, 12:36 - TENNIS, WTA HOBART: RISULTATI PRIMO TURNO

Risultati del primo turno del torneo Wta di Hobart (cemento, montepremi 170.000 dollari): Elena Vesn...


Quiet launch Nvidia has quietly rolled out the GeForce 7100 graphics chip family at the bottom end of its GeForce 7 series of GPUs. For now, though, there's only one member - the 7100 GS - but at least three card companies have announced boards based on the part.â¦


Season of goodwill to all IT companies Motorola and Metrologic have settled a half-decade long patent dispute, which the comms giant inherited when it bought Symbol Technologies almost a year ago.â¦


NBC throws big send-off party for Couric

NBC feted "Today" show host Katie  Couric as a departing heroine on her last day on the TV show on  Wednesday as she leaves for her new role as the first female  solo anchor on network news.


Google Partners with Oxford, Harvard & Others to Digitize ...

Google has announcing five new content partners and a massive scanning project that will bring millions of volumes of printed books into the Google Print database.


Mich. Mobile Home With 66 Pets Condemned

CHESHIRE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Health officials have condemned a feces-filled and urine-soaked mobile home inhabited by a 68-year-old woman, her 22-year-old daughter and their 66 cats and dogs. The animals, 39 adult dogs, 14 puppies and 13 cats, were found caked in fecal matter.


California Beach Inundated with Big, Dead Squid

Hundreds of jumbo squid washed up  dead over the last two days in one of southern California's  most popular beach communities, authorities said on Thursday.


Profile: Indonesia's pioneering magazine

Indonesia's news magazine Tempo is one of Indonesia's most respected publications, but, over its 30 year history, it has never been a stranger to controversy.


The cash advancer's stock opens 37% above its initial price.


UnitedHealth posts higher quarterly profit

Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.   said on Thursday that second-quarter profit rose,  helped by higher premium revenue and favorable operating  margins.


Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came under fire on Thursday for choosing to bat first on a tricky pitch after Pakistan's humiliating defeat in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final.


Chafee Gives the GOP Many Reasons to Smile

The Rhode Island senator's key victory may signal that moderates aren't all dead and that incumbents aren't necessarily doomed


HP counsel resigns ahead of House hearing

Hewlett-Packard Co.  on  Thursday said its general counsel, Ann Baskins, had resigned,  effective immediately, ahead of a U.S. House of Representatives  hearing on the company's methods in investigating boardroom  leaks.


Clinton, Romney wins projected in Nevada

COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney were projected to win Nevada's presidential nominating contests on Saturday and voters in South Carolina cast ballots as an unpredictable White House race moved to the South and West.


Iran agrees to total uranium-enrichment freeze

WASHINGTON -- Dropping a last-minute demand yesterday, Iran agreed to fully suspend its nuclear programs and won some additional concessions from Europe for a resolution that excludes many of the Bush administration's proposals for increasing pressure on the Islamic republic.


For those who dread coming back to an e-mail overflow, the solution is often to take time off from leisure to weed the in-box.


Thomson signals exit from displays business

French group Thomson said it was looking for partners for its electronic displays business as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out of the consumer goods market.


Suspected Australian Terrorist Appears Before Military Commission ...

An Australian man accused of conspiracy to commit war crimes is having a preliminary hearing before a panel of US military officers set to prosecute accused enemy combatants on war crimes charges.


R-Calf: USDA Unnecessarily Traumatizes US Cattle Markets 3rd Time ...

( Billings , Mont. ) - For the third time since June, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has created upheaval in the domestic cattle markets and among the consumer population with last week


U.S. cities wage high-tech battle against graffiti

Global positioning systems (GPS),  digital photography and computer databases are joining the  humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti  and catch its shadowy perpetrators.


Coppie di fatto, il quotidiano della Santa Sede replica all'appello dei cattoliciche hanno definito la strategia dei vescovi "di inaudita gravitÃ "                                            L'Osservatore contro gli appelli dei cattolici "La Chiesa ha il diritto-dovere di parlare"                                                                                Attacco alla Bindi, che ha detto "amo di piÃ¹ la Chiesa quando parla di Dio""Bisognerebbe riconoscere che le cose di Dio e quelle degli uomini coincidono"


Weather: Page 43 Business:Page 45 Cartoons: Page 46TONY Blair was at the centre of a security scare last night after terrorists managed to plant a bomb close to his holiday villa.


Global stock markets battered as yen rises

European shares fell sharply in early trade on Monday as a sell-off in global equities snowballed, and the yen hit three-month highs against the dollar and the euro.


Torino, 18:18 - PATTINAGGIO SU GHIACCIO, GRAND PRIX: ORO A LAMBIEL E DOMNINA-SHABALIN

Grand Prix Isu di pattinaggio di figura al Palavela di Torino. Le prime medaglie sono andate, fra gl...


At some stage in everyone's career comes a desire to throw down tools and walk away, and plenty of motivational books say you should resist that temptation. Now, a new book says quitting can be a good strategy.


Congress began clearing the way for passage of legislation that would make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy.


Nova Scotia makes a name for itself as a rigorous enforcer of recycling. Now a study finds that while the province may be spending millions on its garbage program, it's actually saving far more. By Stephen Leahy.


An FBI consultant tells trial jurors an al-Qaeda recruiting video was found on a terrorist suspect's computer.


U.S. government bond prices clung to modest gains throughout the session Wednesday, in a brief reprieve ahead of key retail sales and inflation data.


MARK COLVIN: To the election of a new speaker and it's not the one who everybody expected. It's not Bronwyn Bishop or Bruce Baird.


Rebel cleric among 60 dead at Pakistan mosque

Pakistani forces killed a rebel Islamist leader and more than 50 militants on Tuesday after 15 hours of fighting in an Islamabad mosque compound to end a week-long siege.


I quatto sicari sono entrati in azione nel locale: morti il proprietarioe un'altra persona che era all'interno: indagini della polizia                                            Nuova esecuzione nel Napoletano due uccisi a Frattaminore


Buscemi, Miller in remake of slain director's film

Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller star in a new film exploring the relationship between the media and celebrities in a re-make of a Dutch version by slain director Theo van Gogh.


The Portland Trail Blazers placed forwards Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Darius Miles on the injured list Friday and activated rookie center Ha Seung Jin.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- A mere inch of snow was all it took to cripple North Carolina's capital - and prompt plenty of finger-pointing Thursday as the city thawed from the surprise storm that caused gridlock and left 3,000 students stranded in classrooms overnight.


Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan on Sunday held tough negotiations on Kashmir and other outstanding issues even as Islamabad maintained that it was "not unifocal" and ready to discuss all matters for ushering in peace in the sub-continent.


Women who are clinically obese don't need to diet to improve their health, say UK researchers.


John Doe blogger named Person of the Year

Wiki-fiddlers - it's your hour Few publications in the world take themselves as seriously as Time magazine, and Christmas each year finds it at its most unctuous and self-important, as Time chooses its "Person of the Year". This year, the award for newsmaker of 2006 is given to "You" - the internet user.â¦


Libri: il decimo libro sara' l'ultimo della serie di Montalbano

PISTOIA - Il decimo capitolo sara' l'ultimo della saga del commissario siciliano Montalbano. Lo ha rivelato il creatore del fortunato personaggio, Andrea Camilleri. Lo scrittore, che l'anno prossimo compira


Chicken Manure Stench Holds Town Hostage

FRENCHVILLE, Maine - Northern winds have been sending a stench of manure from across the Canadian border, the people in this St. John Valley town are tired of holding their noses. "It smells like acid or sulfur, and it's really strong.


Dozens of people are trapped in a building in south-western China after it collapsed, officials say.


Titanic Founder Fears for Future of Great Wreck

Undersea tourists and souvenir  hunters are hastening the decay of the Titanic, says U.S.  explorer Bob Ballard who discovered the world's most famous  shipwreck nearly 20 years ago.


Former President Bill Clinton is set to dedicate his presidential library on Thursday, in a ceremony attended by fellow presidents, rock stars and about 30,000 other guests.


Rice in Israel as Hizbollah threatens more attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice started talks in Israel on Saturday to seek a deal on an   international force to end fighting in Lebanon but Hizbollah   charged her trip would only serve Israeli interests.


Karr drives ratings higher for TV gossip shows

The syndicated  newsmagazines got a ratings bump with their coverage of the  JonBenet Ramsey murder case arrest during the week ending  August 20, according to Nielsen Media ratings data issued  Thursday.


Four members of a U.S. Special Forces unit assigned to hunt down former senior government officials in Iraq received administrative sanctions this summer for abusing prisoners with guns that fire an electric charge, the Pentagon said Wednesday.


David Cameron tells Tony Blair that it is in the "national interest" for him to quit as prime minister.


With helicopters pumping out streams of red smoke and boats carrying giant red Chinese characters, and with demonstrators calling once again for the elusive goal of full democracy, Hong Kong marked today the 10th anniversary of its return by Britain to Chinese rule.


Steve Ballmer has been putting the frighteners on Asian governments over potential intellectual property legal actions, should they dare to use Linux instead of Windows.


Greenspan predicts years of oil uncertainty

The world will be living with volatile oil prices for years to come, but this yearâs price spike should not be serious enough to push the US into a recession, US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday.


Cisco Systems (Quote, Chart) will announce a new router family on Tuesday that includes products for small and medium businesses. The Integrated Services Router line delivers converged voice and data applications


Actress Catherine Zeta Jones is suing a US topless club which she says displayed her picture on its website.


Cardinals Bunt and Bash Their Way Into the Series

Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen powered St. Louis back to the World Series with a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the N.L.C.S.


GOP Convention Closes With Milder Protests

A week of rallies, marches and nearly 1,800 arrests left anti-Bush protesters drained and the city refuting allegations that demonstrators were held too long in police custody.


UK monitoring five planes in radiation probe

Britain is monitoring five planes for radiation in an ever widening probe into the poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow.


More than a decade after thousands of construction workers began flocking to the Big Dig, Boston's $14.6 billion roadway project is winding down -- and so are the jobs.


Pope Benedict XVI is due to begin a four-day visit to Turkey, amid protests against recent comments about Islam.


Esami, stipendi, caro-libri Fioroni spiega la scuola

Centinaia di domande via e-mail per una web-intervista al ministro della Pubblica Istruzione: 'Ridiamo orgoglio alla scuola'


U.S. drug consumers no threat to Cdn. supply: federal health minister

VANCOUVER (CP) - Ottawa will not speed the creation of a national pharmacare program to deal with the growing flood of Americans who come to Canada to buy up supplies of cheaper prescription drugs.


The bidding topped $3.7 billion on  the second day of the Federal Communications Commission's  auction of government-owned airwaves, but there were no new  suitors Friday for a closely watched block of spectrum to be  shared with public safety agencies.


Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2

Here we cover important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and legal counsels for the search engines, for both protecting your own trademark material and respecting the trademarks of others.


European antitrust regulators' victory over Microsoft was a resounding smack at the software maker's old business practices, but it left analysts divided as to how the company's new businesses, including Windows Vista, might be affected.


Omar chiede un permesso 'Fatemi uscire di prigione'

TORINO, 13 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Potrebbe uscire presto dal carcere per una giornata Omar Favaro, il ragazzo protagonista di uno dei piÃ¹ gravi fatti di cronaca degli ultimi anni, il massacro di Susy Cassini e Gianluca De Nardo, compiuto il 21 febbraio 2001 a


The US reaches agreement with Europe's 'big three' on a draft UN resolution over Iran's uranium enrichment programme.


A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, will go on sale in North America.


Four years ago, Congress passed legislation authorizing President Bush to go to war in Iraq. Now Senate Democrats want to take it back


Uniformed gunmen snatch 14 at Baghdad stores

Uniformed gunmen driving official-looking trucks snatched 14 people from computer stores in central Baghdad on Monday, in the latest kidnap to fuel fears of sectarian militias infiltrating Iraq's security forces.


A series of bombings ripped through three banks in downtown Buenos Aires Wednesday killing one security guard and injuring a member of the bomb squad.


Former Taiwan President Lee Leaves for Japan

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has sparked furious protests from China.


Blake's Behavior Unnatural After Murder - Witness

Actor Robert Blake's behavior seemed unnatural on the night his wife was shot to death, a witness testified at the "Baretta" star's murder trial on Tuesday.


Cat Stevens 'shocked' after denied entrace to US

Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has demanded an explanation from American officials who threw him off a transatlantic flight.


A Night Out With: Strike Up the Turntable

A night out with Liza Richardson, a professional D.J. who will be the first-ever Oscar D.J.


Vista launch sparks competition between PC vendors

PC vendors are beefing up their IT service offerings to try to capitalize on Microsoft's launch of Windows Vista Enterprise.


Tottenham have confirmed the signing of midfielder Michael Carrick this morning as the former West Ham star was given the green light following yesterdayâs medical.


Foreign ministers and deputy foreign ministers from the Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia-Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina started a two-day meeting on Friday in Ohrid, south of Macedonia, China ...


At Web Site for Journalists, Criticism of a Campaign Article Becomes a Melee

A round of media self-criticism turned into a schoolyard brawl last week, as editors, reporters and bloggers traded insults over a front-page article in The Washington Post.


Malnutrition Rising Among Iraq's Children

Malnutrition among Iraq's youngest children has nearly doubled since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq despite U.N. efforts to deliver food to the war-ravaged country, a Norwegian research group said Monday.


Napoli, 21:36 - PALLANUOTO, FINALE SCUDETTO: RECCO VINCE GARA 3 A NAPOLI

La Pro Recco ha battuto a Napoli l'Atlantis Posillipo 12-10 (3-3; 4-3; 2-1; 3-3) in gara-3 della fin...


US Airways CEO arrested on drunk driving suspicion

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - The chief executive of US Airways Group Inc., was arrested on January 31 on suspicion of drunk driving and had a blood alcohol level above legal limits in Arizona, a spokesman for the Scottsdale Police Department said on Friday.


DEMOCRAT presidential candidate John Kerry said yesterday he aimed to get US troops out of Iraq within four years as the number of Americans killed in the conflict neared 1000.


Morto in ospedale fratello uomo ucciso a Terzigno


CIA Received Recent Detainee From Turkey, Al-Qaeda Says

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, the most recent al-Qaeda operative to be captured and held in the secret CIA rendition program before being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in April, was captured in Turkey late last year and turned over to U.S. intelligence by that government, a senior al-Qaeda figure said in an...


Prehistoric Desert Town Found in Western Sahara

The remains of a prehistoric town believed to date back 15,000 years and belong to an ancient Berber civilization have been discovered in Western Sahara, Moroccan state media said on Thursday.


Deadly car bombs ripped through several neighborhoods in and around Baghdad Thursday killing more than 40 people, many of them children.


3Com Corp. today announced an agreement worth approximately $1.9 million with privately held Tresnet AB, Sweden, to supply Voice Core eXchange (VCX) V7000 IP Telephony Voice Systems and Services for an initial


Defense Minister Robert Hill traveled to Iraq Saturday to meet with some of the 900 soldiers Australia has stationed there as part of the U.S.-led coalition, the ministry said.


Motorola exec Garriques quits to join Dell

Motorola Inc.  said on Friday that Ron Garriques, president of its Mobile Devices unit, has resigned effective immediately.


Jubak's Journal 10 energy stocks -- and when to buy them

Timing is crucial for investors trying to buy into energy stocks. Here are the complex long-, medium- and short-term forces you need to consider, and some of the key names.


Shiites Signal Concern Over Sunni Turnout Amid Violence

A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.


U.S. Dominance in Science and Technology at Risk, Report Says

The United States is still the world leader in scientific innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, the National Science Board reported today.


A big rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the stock market's huge rally in response to that move has many on Wall Street wondering: Now what?


Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.


Bits : The People Inside Googleâs Black Box

A top Google scientist confirms what has been rumored for years: the company improves its search engine by asking thousands of part-time workers to rate Web sites.


Palestinian minister to visit jailed Fatah leader mooting ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian minister without portfolio Kadura Fares said he will visit Marwan Barghuti on Friday to discuss the imprisoned Fatah leaderâs plan to run for the presidency in January.


Spain was bracing for fresh attacks by the Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday after the group called off a 15-month-old cease-fire.


Suns Drop SuperSonics 103-93 in Preseason

Quentin Richardson has expressed his interest in being a starter, but was an effective sixth man Tuesday night, scoring 15 points in the Phoenix Suns' 103-93 preseason victory over short-handed Seattle.


Russian defense chief reserves right to conduct preemptive strikes

Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday emphasized Russiaâs right to conduct preventive strikes against terrorists anywhere across the globe, suggesting it has become common


Warner Music rejects Apple's call for the removal of copy protection software from music downloads.


MILWAUKEE -- Mike Cameron and the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a $7 million, one-year contract Monday.


African Leaders Call for Ivory Coast Arms Embargo

An African crisis summit to discuss unrest in Ivory Coast on Sunday called for an immediate UN arms embargo on both sides in the conflict, as the Ivorian government moved to rebuild its air force.


Canon, Toshiba form joint venture on SED TVs

Canon and Toshiba will establish a joint venture next month to manufacture and market panels for large TVs using SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display) technology, the two companies said on Tuesday.


Dell Founder Backs CEO as U.S. Widens Accounting Inquiry

Michael Dell said today that he deserved a share of the blame for recent problems at Dell Computer and reaffirmed his support for his chief executive, Kevin Rollins.


The dollar held on to its latest gains on Friday after a positive batch of U.S. economic data prompted speculators to buy back the currency before trade trickles down ahead of the year-end holiday season.


Gov. Richardson meets North Koreans in Santa Fe

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson  planned to meet two top North Korean diplomats on Friday in a  session blessed by the White House before talks resume next  week on North Korea's nuclear programs.


TSUNAMI IMPACT:  European Parents Warned Against Adoption

PARIS, Jan 20 (IPS) - Parents across Europe are being warned against  adopting children orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami.


Insights: Possible Link Between Sleep and Risk for Diabetes

When woken numerous times throughout the night, healthy volunteers had trouble regulating their blood sugar.


NFL great Reggie White was honored with a video tribute before the Eagles-Rams game on Monday night, one day after his death. Fans, one of them holding a sign that read "We Love You 92", stood during the memorial and observed a moment of silence.


Congress seeks a successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who will restore faith in the US justice system.


Fredrik Ljungberg believes it is only a matter of time before Arsenal start finding the magic formula to produce strong performances in Europe.


Raptors Nudge Pacers on Late Free Throws

Chris Bosh had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and Jalen Rose hit two free throws with less than a second to go, lifting the Toronto Raptors to a 98-97 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.


DUP leader Ian Paisley is asked to stay away from a memorial service for the victims of an IRA bombing.


Francoforte, 14:51 - CALCIO: GERMANIA, NEL 2007 TEST CONTRO DANIMARCA E ROMANIA

La Germania affronterà il prossimo anno Danimarca (2 giugno) e Romania (13 ottobre). Le due a...


VIENNA: Iran defied the UN yesterday by announcing it has begun converting a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can be used to develop atomic bombs.


An investigation is underway in Pakistan after two airliners carrying hundreds of people - including the information minister - nearly collided.


In a move to protect Spain's image and bid for the 2012 Olympics, Spanish leaders stressed that its citizens and sports fans are not racist.


Less than a week after his ugly sendoff from Paramount, he announces his new backers, including a football mogul


As you may have heard, the latest White House proposal for the federal budget amounts to a bazillion gazillion dollars, give or take a jillion. The great news is that, according to White House calculations, the budget deficit has been cut in half, a feat achieved primarily by running up the deficit...


Has the retailer's outspoken CEO outdone himself this time?


Italy President Holds Talks on New Gov't

The Italian president began talks with political leaders Thursday to discuss forming a new government after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old administration.Comment


Il mondo a tavola riti, precetti e tabÃ¹ sul piatto

Un libro dello chef Kumalè dedicato agli usi e alle abitudini alimentari nelle grandi culture nel mondo.  Attraverso il cibo, una fotografia dell'uomo contemporaneo


BOSTON - Just like the game that seemed it would never end, Boston's season just won't end. David Ortiz's RBI single on the 471st pitch of the game with two outs in the 14th inning capped a second straight amazing comeback in less than 24 hours Monday night and gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the AL championship series...


Kazaa trial opens with 'massive piracy' claim

Kazaa owner Sharman Networks was back in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney today facing allegations that it had not only created the world's largest music piracy network, but also knew for what illegal purpose its software was being put and even


MANCHESTER - Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is set to have a scan later today in a bid to try to find the root cause of his calf problem.


Blair says he is optimistic about talks with Mideast

LISBON -- Tony Blair waded headlong into the murky world of Middle East peacemaking yesterday, dismissing concerns that he would fail like so many before him and announcing that he would travel to the region.


Advisory Panel Warns of Ailing New York Transportation System

The panel warned that New York would lose jobs and its economy would falter if it did not spend more money.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday and said he was âpersonally movedâ by his first audience with the pontiff.


Google Inc. yesterday reported that sales and profit more than doubled in the third quarter -- despite a one-time expense of more than $200 million -- as the company issued its first quarterly financial report since going public.


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WMD mystery deepens as engineer 'vanishes'

A Pretoria engineer implicated in an international nuclear smuggling network has "disappeared off the face of the Earth".


By Godschalk, David R  The Multi-Governance of Water: Four Case Studies Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche, editors. State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2005. 208 pages. $60, $21.95 (paperback).  This is a sobering book.


IBM Gets Flexible with Small Storage Systems

Key to the announcement is the fact that the systems share microcode, said Dianne McAdam, senior analyst at Data Mobility Group. "That means that if I want to make a copy of a volume on the DS6000 I use the same commands as the DS8000.


Two more decapitated bodies found in Haiti as violence continues

Two beheaded bodies, one wrapped in tires and set ablaze, turned up in Haiti's capital, the latest victims of violence fuelled by supporters of an ousted president, officials said Thursday.


Jailed Man Sentenced for Cheese Sandwiches

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A man serving a life sentence for murder was sentenced to three additional years in prison for passing out cheese sandwiches while in jail. Douglas Eugene Wilson, 45, pleaded guilty Monday to possession of contraband and was sentenced by District Judge Thomas Kane.


Novell launches Linux for desktop computers

Novell, one of the popular names in the open-source community, has launched Linux Desktop 9 OS for enterprise computer systems today for lower deployment and management prices.


HOUSTON, OCTOBER26: Hallburton Co. swung to a loss in the third quarter due to $230 million in charges to pay for a settlement of asbestos claims.


3 Dead, 7 Hurt in Iraq Suicide Car Blast

SAMARRA, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Sunday near a joint U.S.-Iraqi checkpoint, killing three people and wounding seven, including four U.S. soldiers in the northern city of Samarra, the military said...


Storms wreak havoc in Europe and Turkey, 23 dead

Heavy storms, landslides,  flash floods and lightning have killed at least 23 people in  Europe and Turkey, officials said on Monday.


EU to attend ASEM summit, but Myanmar remains cloud

The European Union will after all attend a summit with key Asian states next month after resolving a row over military-ruled Myanmar, while insisting it stands firm against Yangon.


U.N.: Sending peacekeepers to Chad risky

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned the Security Council on Tuesday that sending U.N. peacekeepers to Chad carries "serious risks" because of the volatile situation in the central African nation and possible attacks by rebel groups.


Baseball's steroid scandal could be seen coming six years ago. The Olympics have feared the one unfolding now for two decades.


Ever want to growl "shhhhhh!" to someone who's talking way too loudly on a cell phone? Rather than cause a scene, why not express your sentiments in a card? [Missing Links]


Microsoft Renews Push Into Entertainment Products

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its Windows XP Media Center, along with an array of new devices and services


Iraq, violente esplosioni a Kufa: molte vittime

Violente esplosioni e colpi di mortaio sono stati uditi questa mattina a Kufa, vicino alla moschea, e secondo fonti ospedaliere sarebbero almeno 25 i morti e 60 i feriti nellâattacco di oggi. Erano centinaia


For the first time on record, the vaccination rate for black children in the United States has caught up to that of youngsters in other racial groups, the government reported Thursday.


The former Massachusetts Governor has a lot going for him in a Republican primary race - not much of which was on display in the formal announcement of his candidacy


UPDATE 1-Delta Air's pilots reach tentative agreement

Delta Air Lines' (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) pilots union said late Wednesday it had reached a tentative agreement with the airline on cost savings.


Pledges are "flooding in" to help a Ghanaian woman with terminal cancer who was removed from the UK.


Head of US hurricane agency ousted in storm of controversy

The head of the high-profile US National Hurricane Center (NHC) was ousted on Monday following a storm of controversy over his harsh criticism of his employers and a near-mutiny by forecasters.


Bribes Helped Bombers to Russian Planes -Prosecutor

Bribery and negligence by officials  helped Chechen suicide bombers get on board two passenger  planes last month and blow them up, Russia's chief prosecutor  said in an interview published on Wednesday.


ETimor's foreign minister asks more rebels to hand in arms

East Timor Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has asked a breakaway rebel leader to hand over his group's arms, saying the tiny nation needed to focus on building peace.


Prices of existing U.S. single-family homes recorded their biggest annual drop in October, suggesting the housing slump is far from over, a national home price gauge released on Wednesday showed.


Army Major's 'Final Post' Online After Death in Iraq

DENVER, Jan. 7 -- Maj. Andrew Olmsted's "Final Post" was published online -- after the Rocky Mountain News blogger was killed in Iraq.


Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in Iraq in the last three days, the US military says.


Double Dose Of Bad News Hits Wall Street

Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.


When the soccer paths of Freddy Adu and Charlie Davies first crossed, Davies was 13 years old. In the seven years since they played together on an all-regional team, Adu has become one of Major League Soccer's star attractions and Davies has kept a much lower profile, only returning to prominence this year, his second full season at Boston College.


Pakistan says seizes over two tonnes of morphine

Pakistani authorities seized 2.3 tonnes of morphine worth millions of dollars and a large quantity of arms from a remote southwestern village near the Afghan border, a paramlitary officer said on Sunday.


Sometimes it's just too easy to pick a winner.


WASHINGTON Ahold, the Dutch food retailer, and three of its former top executives have agreed to settle US securities fraud charges related to overbooking of profits, the company and US regulators said Wednesday.


Level 3 to buy Sprint's modem pools for $34 million

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (Dow Jones/AP) -- Level 3 Communications Inc. said Friday it agreed to buy the wholesale dial-up Internet access business of Sprint Corp.


Subcontinent covering itself in WEEE India's production of high-tech waste is far higher than previously thought, according to a report by Delhi-headquartered environmental organisation Toxics Link.â¦


A $100 million supercomputer being built to analyze the nation's nuclear stockpile has again set an unofficial performance record — the second in just over a month.


Sadr's Men Hold Shrine Despite Government Claims

NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to rebel Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were firmly in control of Najaf's Imam  Ali mosque on Saturday, giving the lie to government claims  that police had taken control of the shrine.


Whatever you do, don't make the Trinity football team angry. The Bantams are tough enough under normal circumstances, rattling off a 31-game winning streak before a loss at archrival Williams last year. The 41-16 humbling left Trinity pretty steamed, and it proceeded to demolish its last six opponents by a combined 166-3.


Data recorder found in Utah bus wreckage

Investigators found a data recorder and video equipment in the wreckage of a tour bus that may help them determine why it careered off a remote two-lane highway and rolled down an embankment, killing nine people, authorities said Tuesday.


In The Woodsman, Kevin Bacon is a parent's worst nightmare. But he dreams of a better kind of life


The Farm Aid benefit concert is planting itself in New York City later this year, organizers said Monday.


Whether mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae will have to restate its earnings as a result of accounting problems cited by regulators will be up to the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider, a company executive said Tuesday.


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The Islamist militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon pledges to fight on.


Study Uncovers Blood Clot Risk in Hormone Therapy

A widely publicized study that has already linked hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and some cancers also uncovered a blood clot hazard, researchers reported on Tuesday.


The Pakistani military says it has knocked out several militant bases in the Afghan border region.


Ralph "Buck" Phillips, a jail escapee and alleged cop killer who eluded capture for five months, was to appear in court Saturday morning, New York state police said.


China Plane Crashes Into Lake, Over 50 Feared Dead

A China Eastern plane carrying more than 50 passengers and crew crashed into a frozen lake seconds after takeoff in Inner Mongolia on Sunday and all were feared dead, state media said.


The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co.


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation Monday after months of draining controversy drew expressions of relief from Republicans and a vow from Democrats to pursue their investigation into fired federal prosecutors.


Yearender: Yao struggles on the way to NBA superstar

Since joining the Houston Rockets as the NBA top draft pick in 2002, Chinese basketball star Yao has made himself the best known and richest sportsman in China.


India's first low-cost airline, Air Deccan, offers cheap flights between Bangalore and New Delhi.


Judge in Baylor Player's Death Appoints Mental-Health Expert

Judge in Baylor player's death appoints third mental-health expert to evaluate defendant.


Boys who are short at birth have double the risk of suicide as adults, according to a study.


Roadside bomb targets Ethiopian forces in Somalia

A roadside bomb blast rocked a convoy carrying Ethiopian troops in a central Somali town on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties, witnesses said.


ATA accepts Southwest Airline's bid for Midway airport operations

INDIANAPOLIS ATA Holdings Corporation has accepted Southwest Airline's 117 (m) million-dollar bid for its operations at Chicago's Midway International Airport.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is charged with improper conduct by the Football Association.


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The British Racing Drivers' Club has refused to increased its bid for the British Grand Prix and the ping-pong game of who gets the blame for the demise of the event with the latest statement having lobbed the blame back into Bernie Ecclestone's side of


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Yellen: Economic slowdown could spread to 2007

A slowdown could keep  the U.S. economy from growing at a sustainable pace into  sometime next year, San Francisco Federal Reserve President  Janet Yellen said on Tuesday.


New Blu-ray Discs to Expand Copy Protection, Bypass AACS Troubles

With a minimum of fanfare, the licensing body for the developers of a supplemental copy protection technology exclusively for Blu-ray Disc announced its initial specification for BD+ - which supporters had hoped would be available early last year - is finally ready for licensing to developers.


Jesi, 17:29 - BASKET, SERIE A: CAMPBELL A JESI

La Sicc Jesi ha firmato fino al termine della stagione l'ala statunitense Michael Campbell, 30 anni,...


Unveiling the Golden Goldfish Competition It's Friday afternoon, a guilty trail of Bombay Mix leads from the server room to the pub, and that can only mean one thing: it's time for another Reg Competition.â¦


Square Feet | Blueprints: A Bank Oasis, in Rich Shades of Red

When UBS decided to create a new floor dedicated to its wealthiest private clients in New York, it wanted something that would set the space apart.


Astronauts on the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy will practice three methods for patching holes in orbit and have another two repair kits on hand in case their ship is actually damaged by launch debris this spring.


The South African government is taking possession of the first farm to be expropriated on Saturday, in a move designed to silence criticism it is dragging its feet over land reform.


Global warming worry: accelerating pace of change

An expert frets about the accelerating retreat of glaciers from mountain peaks. With rates up to 60 meters per year, is it time to redefine the term "glacial"?


Actor Jude Law arrested on suspicion of assault

LONDON, Sept 5  - Jude Law has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a photographer outside his London home, his lawyer and police said on Wednesday.


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Colts Remain Undefeated With Easy Win Over Jaguars

The Colts dominated every aspect of Monday nightâs showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars, easily winning and once again taking charge in the A.F.C. South.


LONDON Oct. 5, 2004 - Flu shot shipments by a major vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities Tuesday just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries that there will be enough vaccine this year.


Press divided over Ohuruogu's 400m success

Christine Ohuruogu's stunning 400-metre victory at the World Championships in Osaka, less than a month after returning from a year-long suspension, sparked debate in the British press on Thursday over whether, and how, her success should be celebrated.


Havel, Others Warn Putin on Democracy in Letter

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel and  some 100 other world figures have signed a petition criticizing  Russian President Vladimir Putin for using the Beslan school  hostage drama to undermine democracy.


Former Wurzburg High School and Air Force Academy wrestling star A.J. Werner is back in Europe, grappling with a new language and culture as a graduate student in political science at Sofia University in ...


Chile's navy admits that torture took place on one of its training ships soon after the 1973 military coup.


The first year of Roger Goodell's tenure as NFL commissioner has been highlighted by a stronger player-conduct policy and a focus on global expansion, topics that have received extensive attention.


Danish imams urge calm as cartoon protests mount

Danish Muslim preachers sought to soothe Muslim anger on Friday after newspapers reprinted a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad which caused outrage in Islamic countries two years ago.


Headscarf row mars Turkey's 81st birthday

Turkey celebrated the 81st anniversary of its foundation, but the festivities were marred by an embargo that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer slapped on women with Islamic headscarves at a reception in his palace.


Bloomberg Insists He Will Not Be Running

âMy intention is to be mayor for the next 925 days and probably about 10 hours,â he said today.


House prices to drop much lower: Greenspan

A big overhang of property will bring U.S. house prices down further, but it is too early to say if the economy will plunge into recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was quoted as saying on Friday.


Fox Signs $320 Million College Football Deal

Fox Sports has signed a $320 million deal to broadcast college football's Bowl Championship Series, adding another major sporting event to a lineup that already includes the Super Bowl and World Series.


Almost 55,000 people who shaped British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to write.


Marsh & McLennan earnings soar, but stock stumbles

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the world's largest insurance brokerage company, said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings soared, helped by growth in its consulting businesses.


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Think Twice Before Jumping Into Business With a Friend

It sounds like a dream opportunity to Jack, a part-time musician -- the chance to trade his mundane day job for one in the music business, at an old friend's start-up.


South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela has praised Jacob Zuma, the newly elected leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), as a man who could unify the divided party.


High Court Asked to Overturn Roe V. Wade

The woman once known as "Jane Roe" has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 32 years ago.


Swedish cops probe flying fermented fish attack

Rude awakening for surstrÃ¶mming grenade victim Swedish police are probing a malodorous fermented flying fish incident in which an open can of local delicacy surstrÃ¶mming was launched through the bedroom window of a 52-year-old Motala man.â¦


Romney takes wounded White House bid to Michigan

Reeling from  high-profile defeats in Iowa and in New Hampshire, Republican  presidential contender Mitt Romney took his campaign to  Michigan on Wednesday, vowing to cure the economic woes of a  state that could make or break his hopes for the White House.


Arizona Authorities Arrest One of Jeffs' Brothers

BEAVER DAM, Ariz. -- Mohave County sheriff's deputies say they have arrested one of the brothers of captured polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.  On Friday, deputies responded to a call about an 11-year-old boy locked inside a house in Beaver Dam. Outside the house, the officers found John B.


French newspapers are lukewarm on President Chirac's performance during his Asian tour.


Alcoa sells packaging unit for $2.7 billion

Alcoa Inc said on Friday it  agreed to sell its packaging and consumer businesses to New  Zealand's Rank Group Limited for $2.7 billion in cash, the  latest move by the world's third-largest aluminum producer to  focus on its core business.


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Ravens' Fuller Acquitted of Gambling, Weapons Charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Sports Network) - Baltimore Ravens  cornerback Corey Fuller was acquitted of gambling and gun  charges Saturday.


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RUSSIA * UKRAINE * MISSILE CARRIER * EMERGENCY

MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Cyclone-3 missile carrier produced in Ukraine that was launched with two Ukrainian satellites, Sich-1M and KS5MF2, by Russia's Space Forces last Friday from the Plesetsk launch site (the Arkhangelsk region


In what could go down as either partial vindication or a bad case of dejÃ  vu, Secretary of State Colin Powell last week went public with unverified intelligence that Iran is configuring missiles for nuclear warheads.


Less than 24 hours after finishing second at the U.S. Open on Father's Day, Tiger Woods' wife gives birth to a daughter, Sam Alexis Woods.


Newcastle Falcons boss John Fletcher denies suggestions he is resting England star Jonny Wilkinson on Sunday.


Robust consumer spending on cars, furniture and food helped the US economy advance faster than first thought in the third quarter, a government report showed, while underlying inflation was the tamest in decades.


Angler catches flesh-eating piranha in Dutch river

A Dutch angler got a big surprise when he caught a carnivorous piranha, native to Brazil's mighty Amazon river, in a river in the north of the Netherlands, ANP news agency reported.


Real Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon paid tribute to Michael Owen after he gave his team a 1-0 win over Dynamo Kiev, but made it clear that the England striker was still not guaranteed a place in the starting line-up.


Robot to Mix Chemotherapy Drugs at U.S. Hospital

The University of Colorado Hospital will use a robot to mix drugs for patients, which its developers say will eliminate human error and protect technicians from potentially dangerous drugs.


Nintendo sells 500,000 DS handhelds in first week

Nintendo sold 500,000 Nintendo DS video game devices during the first week of sales in US stores for the new handheld featuring two screens for game playing, the Japanese game maker said Wednesday.


Serbia And Montenegro: Draskovic Threatens to Join Opposition as of New Year

Serbia-Montenegro (SCG) Foreign Minister and leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Vuk Draskovic, has said that March represented "a red line," which the European Union had determined for the state ...


President Bush's decision Monday to nominate EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt as secretary of health and human services opens the way for renewed battles over the administration's health care and environmental policies.


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Amazon farmers grow grain and save the forest

McDonald's, Cargill, and The Nature Conservancy create a 'responsible' soy program.


Lindsay Lohan's legal problems continue even while she recovers in rehab. The 20-year-old starlet has been sued by Grandeur Inc., which claims the actress crashed into a company van in October 2005.


Mike Baker considers whether cameras in the classroom can ever truly be candid.


Microsoft Corp. is fighting to expand its online music share and break the hold Apple's iPod has on the market. Microsoft's MSN music service began a free song promotion yesterday sponsored by American Express.


Analysis: Benedict's words and gestures in Turkey, including a visit to a mosque, reveal a man who is finding his footing but still has a long way to go


A Top American Gymnast Is Back to His Routine

After several months of training Paul Hamm finally gets to compete in front of a crowd and a scoreboard.


Terni, 12:30 - CALCIO, TERNANA: DOMANI INCONTRO SINDACO-MACALLI

E' in programma domani alle 10:30, presso la sede della Lega di serie C a Firenze, un incontro tra i...


Tiny island restaurant beats big city eateries to Michelin star

A tiny windswept British island with just 110 inhabitants might be hard to spot on most maps but its one restaurant it has still beaten hundreds of big city eateries to a coveted Michelin star.


Costa Rica ends its diplomatic allegiance with Taiwan after 60 years, forming ties instead with China.


AirTran to pay $87.5 million for ATA gates, slots

AirTran Holdings Inc. (AAI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , parent of AirTran Airways, on Tuesday said it has agreed to pay $87.5 million for certain gates and slots of bankrupt ATA


Long locked in struggle, Sharon and Arafat both confront fights for survival that could reshape the Middle East


Bonino, 'Scese per la prima volta dal 2001 sotto le 200'


Virginia Tech Gets Even in Derailing Title Hopes

year after West Virginia dashed Virginia Tech's national-title aspirations, the Hokies returned the favor. Brandon Pace kicked four field goals and host Virginia Tech played superb defense to beat No.


Intel Lost Documents Demanded in Lawsuit: AMD SAYS EVIDENCE IS BEING DESTROYED

By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar. 6--Intel said it may not be able to provide all the electronic documents that rival Advanced Micro Devices is requesting in an antitrust lawsuit because of human error.   In a letter Monday to U.S.


US health officials shut the door Friday on the possibility of any flu vaccine from Chiron's troubled British plant ever reaching the United States this year.


Hopes of developing a food allergy vaccine have been raised after successful trials of a vaccine on dogs.


Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan is in the dock over his confrontation with referee Steve Dunn in the tunnel after Sunday's 4-3 defeat to Newcastle.


Bush Urges Stepped-Up Campaign Against Childhood Obesity

President Bush yesterday added his voice to the growing debate over childhood obesity, as he met at the White House with representatives of some of the companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem and urged them to stress the importance of healthy eating and physical fitness in their...


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ridiculed Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday for saying Britain's decision to pull troops from Iraq is a good sign that fits with the strategy for stabilizing the country.


Benazir Bhutto says supporters of Pakistan's ex-ruler General Zia were behind the bomb attack against her.


College Basketball: Villanova Stuns No. 2 Kansas

PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Allan Ray poured in 27  points, including 20 in the second half, as Villanova crushed  second-ranked and previously-unbeaten Kansas, 83-62, at the  Wachovia Center.


Sony denies it plans to quit plasma TV market

Sony denied a newspaper report on Monday that it would quit the plasma television business and focus its efforts in the flat-screen TV market on liquid crystal display and


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Lord Butler stands by his decision not to blame specific individuals for the intelligence failings over Iraq.


Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm

School officials around the country have been scrambling this week after several cases of staph infection, some of which have led to the death of students.


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Gov't Report: Data Breaches Don't Often Result in ID Theft

Most large data breaches don't appear to lead to identity theft, and proposals that would require companies to notify customers of most breaches may lead to increased costs.


Judge Reinstates Ban on Forest Development

By Tom Kenworthy  A federal judge in California on Wednesday struck down Bush administration rules for development on nearly all 58.5million acres of "roadless" National Forest land and reinstated a Clinton-era ban on road-building, logging, drilling and other activities.


Microsoft teams up with industry partners for online SP2 ...

Windows XP Service Pack 2 was designed by Microsoft to provide proactive protection for Windows XP. Service Pack 2 has three main focus areas: Stronger security settings.


France's Socialists try to rally against Sarkozy

France's battered Socialists, facing a crushing election loss in parliament, called on voters on Monday to prevent a landslide victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy in next week's second round ballot.


The Chicago Bears stole the New York Giants' early-season formula for success - again and again and ...


Proposals to fingerprint children aged 11 to 15 as part of new passport and ID card plans are being considered.


IBM, Google, Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo have joined the corporate board of the OpenID Foundation, giving a boost to the groupâs efforts to simplify the process of signing into Web sites.


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Four major pension funds said Tuesday they've filed a proposal that would give shareholders the right to nominate directors at Walt Disney Co.


The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, a new study by the UN finds.


The Bucks are shorthanded in the backcourt after placing guards TJ Ford and Mike James on the injured list to start the season. Milwaukee visits the Orlando Magic in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night.


Retailers warn Nintendo Wii pre-orders may arrive late

Vendor cuts console allocations, sellers claim Major UK retailers have begun warning customers they may not get their hands on Nintendo's Wii on the launch day - even if they pre-ordered the console. Sellers allege the vendor has not shipped a sufficient number of units to meet demand.â¦


Of eight midsized sedans tested for side impact protection, four earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's top rating of "good.


October 18, 2004 - Senior citizens are waiting in long lines for flu shots in Chicago and across the country. The shortage is creating a mad dash to get the vaccine.


Microsoft warns of 22 new security flaws

The goal now is to "guess what the criminals are going to attack," an exec says. Redmond will focus first on the critical flaws.


Winter storm cools U.S. Valentine's ardor

Winter iced romance for millions of Americans on Wednesday as a Valentine's Day storm disrupted the annual hearts and flowers festival from Midwestern states to the Atlantic shore and southern Canada.


U.S.-Microsoft antitrust deal to get temporary extension

Procedural move would give judge more time to decide whether it's necessary to impose on Redmond a lengthier watchdog period, as recently advocated by a number of state prosecutors.


Sony Storage has Security Hole, Researcher Says

Software bundled with memory sticks leaves systems vulnerable, according to F-Secure.


California fires rage on but crews make progress

Wildfires that have charred a huge swath of California and destroyed 1,300 homes burned into the night on Wednesday, but firefighters said a break in the weather had given them a chance to go on the offensive.


Much ado about nothing France has become the fourth country to blame China for an upsurge in hacking attacks against government computers.â¦


A Crowd Is Present; Accountability Is Not

At the Garden, no apologies , no accountability, and no wonder another Knicks season is dying along with the calendar year.


Environmentalist develops new use for old TVs

Soviet-era compact TV sets, known for bad reception and low picture quality, are finally popular -- as homes for bats.


Russia Protest Seeks Leader's Resignation

Hundreds of protesters demanding that a local leader step down clashed with riot police Wednesday in an impoverished region of southern Russia, authorities said.


Hijacked Turkish plane forced to land in Italy

Hijackers seeking to send a message to Pope Benedict seized control of a Turkish passenger plane flying from the Albanian capital Tirana to Istanbul on Tuesday, and were forced by interceptor jets to land in Italy.


Bush says Kerry 'wrong man' for White House

President George W Bush has said John Kerry lacked the conviction to lead and was ''the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time,'' mocking his Democratic rival's criticism of the Iraq war.


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Bangladesh's Epicenter of Political Tumult

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nearly every political milestone in Bangladesh has its roots in the stately, tree-lined campus of the University of Dhaka, where student-led protests have repeatedly given rise to sweeping changes in government. So it came as little surprise to many students last month when the...


Wireless and fiber broadband drive up Verizon's income

Verizon Communications posted net income of $4.2 billion for the third quarter, up 19 percent from a year ago, driven largely by new wireless and fiber broadband customers, the company said Monday.The company added 1.6 million wireless customers and 229,000 new Fios fiber-based broadband customers, Verizon said. The company's Verizon Wireless subsidiary now has 63.7 million customers, and Verizon now has 1.3 million Fios broadband customers since launching the service in early 2005.Verizon reported total revenue of $23.8 billion, up 5.8 percent from the third quarter of 2006. Verizon's earnings per share, however, fell from $0.53 a year ago to $0.44 this quarter.Verizon's quarterly results show the company has "hit its stride" in offering wireless, broadband, and telecommunication services to large businesses, Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg said in a statement.Among the highlights was an all-time high for Verizon wireless on average monthly revenue per customer, Verizon said. The average for retail voice service was $52.17 per customer, up 1.9 percent over a year ago.In addition to the customer gains for Fios broadband service, the company also added 202,000 Fios television customers, bringing the total number of Fios TV customers to 717,000. Verizon added 285,000 new broadband connections, including Fios and DSL (Digital Subscriber Line). Verizon now has 8 million broadband connections, up 21.3 percent over last year.Fios is available to 6.5 million U.S. residences.But total wireline revenue was down 0.8 percent from last year at $12.7 billion this quarter.Independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said Verizon's Fios push is beginning to pay off. Verizon is headed in the right direction, he said."It has taken a long time and cost a lot of money for Verizon to get to where they are today with their television and Internet," Kagan said. "However, now that they are beginning to deliver on the Fios promise, the customers seem to be welcoming the offering."The now ready telecom-based television services are pumping new life into the telecom carriers, after cable TV companies beat them to the punch by offering voice service before telecoms received regulatory approval to offer TV service, Kagan said."All of a sudden that dynamic is shifting," he said. "Suddenly telephone companies like Verizon and AT&T are doing very well as cable television companies are struggling with their sagging stock price."


The Russian subsidiary of Germany's Axel Springer AG media company pulled the December issue of Forbes magazine from circulation over a cover story on Yelena Baturina, the billionaire wife of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.


UnitedHealth Reports 45.8 Percent Jump in Quarterly Earnings

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's second-largest managed care company, reported Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings leapt 45.8 percent, capping a year in which it added six million new members.


The nation's stock exchanges would be forced to tighten their governance and move toward separating their self-policing function from their business operations under a plan proposed by federal regulators yesterday.


Yanks get Unit: NY strikes a deal to pry Johnson from Arizona

Finally. After more than a decade of pursuing Randy Johnson, and a particularly difficult past few weeks in which the 6-foot-10 lefty ace was in their grasp and then wasn't, the


Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo absent from US presidential campaign debate

The abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib and detention without trial of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay may still draw headlines in US newspapers but the subjects have been notably absent from the White House race.


Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces — shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.


Judge Gives US Airways Authority to Cut Union Pay

A federal bankruptcy court judge yesterday granted US Airways most of the emergency pay cuts for its union members that it had said were critical to avoid liquidation.


SWsoft teams with Acronis to boost virtual servers

Firms sign joint development, marketing deal for integrated product expected next year.


Irish airline Aer Lingus offers workers at least 40,000 euros each to take voluntary redundancy under cost cutting plans.


Pontefice e Patriarca: 'offesa a Dio uccidere in suo nome'


The new CBS comedy deals with relationships, but in that special Adam Sandler way.


Iraqi Delegates Say Sadr Agrees to End Najaf Crisis

Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to government demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.


Olmert, in peace move, says ready to free prisoners

SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel is ready to release many jailed Palestinians in return for a soldier seized by militants in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday, saying he was reaching out for peace.


Influenza aviaria: "probabile" contagio umano

Il virus dell'influenza degli uccelli (aviario) inizia a preoccupare gli esperti dell'Organizzazione mondiale della sanitÃ  (Oms). La settimana scorsa in Tailandia una donna di 26 anni Ã¨ morta dopo essersi


Aerojet Awarded NASA's Ares I Roll Control Engine

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp  company, announced today its recent selection by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to provide developmental engines for the Ares I crew launch vehicle first stage roll control system.


Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports

SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush on Saturday  warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that  Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment  process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.


Azzurro chiude davanti a austriaco Strobl e svizzero Kerner


More Refugees Are Settling in Mid-Size Cities, Study Finds

Political refugees coming to the United States are increasingly putting down roots in metropolitan areas without large immigrant populations, according to a study being released today by the Brookings Institution.


CABLE TV customers threatened to quit the Virgin service yesterday after a number of Sky channels were switched off in a dispute between the companies.   The blackout  which happened in the middle of a programme  came after a midnight deadline to resolve the row passed without an agreement.


BEIJING, Aug. 30 -- The Chinese government announced Thursday that five senior officials were being replaced, including the finance and state security ministers, as part of a broad realignment leading up to a crucial Communist Party congress in October.


Residential and small business customers of SBC Communications Inc. in Flint, Ann Arbor and metro Detroit can now access their home and wireless voice mail as well as e-mail accounts


Zimbabwe's splintered opposition  Movement for Democratic Change will not boycott next month's  general elections but will field rival candidates, badly  weakening its chances of unseating President Robert Mugabe.


Taiwan's Lee defends Tokyo war shrine visit

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui strongly defended his visit to a Tokyo war shrine that had angered Beijing and clouded Sino-Japanese ties, and repeated his view that the self-ruled island was independent.


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A Guide to Embracing Life as a Single (Without the Resignation, That Is)

Unlike dating sites that treat being single as a predicament, this one celebrates flying solo.


Crude Jumps Above $48 After Outage Report

Crude oil futures prices briefly shot above $48 a barrel Friday as already strong concerns about heating oil supplies ahead of winter were stoked by a reported refinery outage in Venezuela.


The world needs to invest more than $2 billion in irrigation, roads and other rural development to wean Afghanistan off booming opium cultivation


Update 8: Oil Remains Near Record Price in Asia

Oil retreated further from its US$53 per barrel threshold in early Asian trade Friday, but players in the market remained edgy about tight supplies heading into North America's winter heating season.


A 360 gradi, assistenza tecnica in progetti e lavori


Ritu wants Bipasha as Draupadi & John as Arjun

It looks like the 'media mischiefÂ between Bengal's prized celluloid creator Rituparno Ghosh and John


Bank of NY Mellon profit falls, but tops forecasts

Bank of New York Mellon Corp  said on Thursday quarterly profit fell 72 percent amid disruptions from capital and credit markets, but results topped forecasts as fees from asset management and institutional clients grew at a double-digit pace.


US appeals court smacks down FCC obscenity rule

F-bombs away! Fans of open-mic celebrity blunders rejoice!â¦


Ma no 'fratelli coltelli', obiettivo comune battere destra


A vote on the Democratic-sponsored  Iraq resolution expected to hit the Senate floor next week will mark the first time Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has embraced a legislative deadline for withdrawing from the war-torn nation, a step she has consistently resisted to this point.


If there was any consolation Julian Tavarez could take from last night, it was that this was better than his previous start, the disaster in Detroit in which he allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.


You would think that designers would want to create new and desirable looks, but that has not been the story of the fall 2008 collections, except for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.


BHP to sell interests in Laminaria and Corallina oil fields

BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) today announced it has agreed to sell its interests in the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields to Paladin Oil & Gas (Australia) Pty Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Paladin Resources plc, an independent oil and gas company


Opening Statements Set for Shanley Trial

The allegations of a single accuser could determine the fate of one of the highest-profile figures to go to trial in the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal.


Microsoft Allegedly Bullies and Bribes to Make Office an International Standard

Sunday, September 2 is the deadline for ISO member countries to vote on Microsoft's Office OpenXML -- the result will determine if it's approved as an international standard. Name calling, finger pointing and muckraking have sparked a debate over current standards-approval procedures and how they're affected by corporate influence. All this excitement over office docs?


Exercise Not Enough to Offset Obesity Health Risks

Regular exercise is not enough to offset  the health problems associated with obesity -- but that  shouldn't stop people who are overweight from working out,  according to a study to be published in Thursday's New England  Journal of Medicine.


Weather Stalls Attempts to Contain Alaska Spill

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and state officials said on  Saturday.


BOSTON -- Already on a tear lately, shares of International Business Machines Corp. got another bounce after the technology company reported a 12 percent jump in quarterly earnings and improved its outlook for the rest of the year.


Billy Ray Cyrus says he and his daughter, the "Hannah Montana" actress Miley Cyrus, simply forgot to buckle up for one of their scenes in their new hit movie.


Lightning-fast wireless Internet access, anywhere, anytime has been the elusive goal of Internet junkies and e-mail-a-holics. It's finally arrived - in Grand Haven, Mich.


Japan downgrades economic assessment for first time since June last year

TOKYO  - Japan downgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year Tuesday, noting slower export growth and curbed production, but said the recovery is continuing.


Israel decides to release frozen tax funds to the new Palestinian government that excludes Hamas.


Five police officers and two employees of Peru's state-run coca company were shot to death in a southern jungle state on Saturday, authorities said.


Report: 36 Chinese volunteers testing SARS vaccine doing well

BEIJING China's official news agency says 36 volunteers taking part in the world's first SARS human vaccine tests are "in good condition.


U.S. blue chips were little changed on  Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores  Inc. WMT.N, the world's biggest retailer, offset the effect  of easing oil prices.


Charges sought in Societe Generale fraud

A Paris prosecutor on Monday asked for preliminary charges of forgery, breach of trust and fraud to be filed against a trader accused by Societe Generale bank of causing what could be history's largest trading fraud by a single person.


Iraq sees "security vacuum" without Blackwater

Iraq will not rush to expel U.S. firm Blackwater, under investigation over a shooting which killed 11 Iraqis, because it would leave a "security vacuum" in Baghdad, a government official said on Sunday.


After nearly two years, thousands of truck miles and $12.5 million in storage costs, a cold relic of the flawed Hurricane Katrina relief effort is going down the drain.


No Rush to Reverse Macedonia Ethnic Rights Law

Early voter turnout was low in a  referendum on Sunday in Macedonia, where nationalist opposition  parties want to stop a Western-inspired law giving ethnic  Albanians more power.


By Pam Firmin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 20--BILOXI -- Architects from throughout the state trekked around stacked steel and through debris and knee-high weeds Tuesday.


Producers of the Grammy Awards have requested an interim agreement that would allow striking Hollywood writers to work on next month's telecast, The Recording Academy said Tuesday.


Sri Lanka RebelsÂ Critic Silenced by Bullet

The rebel Tamil Tigers are said to be eliminating dissent within the ranks of ethnic Tamils, the Sri Lankan minority on whose behalf they fight.


NEW ORLEANS - Stragglers streamed toward higher ground Wednesday on highways turned into one-way evacuation routes as Hurricane Ivan roared toward the Gulf Coast with 135 mph wind, pounding beaches with 12-foot waves and starting to deliver what could be torrential rain.    Ivan could cause significant damage no matter where it strikes, as hurricane-force wind extended up to 105 miles out from the center...


New home sales plunge a record 26 percent in '07

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes plummeted a record 26 percent in 2007 and builders slashed prices by the most since 1970 in a struggle to cope with a housing bust, a government report showed on Monday.


Unsaturated fats lower gallstone risk in 14-year study

A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable oil, nuts and fish may help fend off more than heart disease and diabetes: It appears to prevent gallstones, too.


The S.E.C. has proposed that fund sponsors rework summaries and be allowed to meet disclosure obligations by making prospectus data available on the Internet.


Club owners plead no contest in deadly U.S. fire

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - Owners of a Rhode   Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people three years ago   will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges,   state documents showed on Wednesday.


Birdwatchers are descending on a rural area near this southern Wisconsin community following the sighting of what is believed to be a green-breasted mango, a type of hummingbird commonly seen in parts of Mexico and Central America.


Il diciassettenne: sono innocente, non sono stato io


NFL's Vick enters guilty plea in Virginia court

Attorneys for Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick handed over documents on Friday in which the National Football League star pleaded guilty in a dog-fighting case that threatens to wreck his career.


Authorities have arrested three organ brokers in the state of Tamil Nadu, where hundreds of people say they've illegally sold their organs while government authorities turned a blind eye. One official admits as much. By Scott Carney.


Microsoft Corp  is seeing  shortages of its Xbox 360 video game console in the United  States, as the company failed to anticipate strong post-holiday  demand, an executive said on Wednesday.


Nvidia ships 'first' 80nm mobile graphics chip

GeForce Go 7700 to debut in Asus laptop Nvidia has introduced what it claims is the first notebook-oriented graphics chip fabbed at 80nm, the mid-range GeForce Go 7700. It will initially feature in Asus A8 laptop family.â¦


In City of Excess, Saying 'Marry Me' Can Be a Spectacle

In New York City, the competition for the most unforgettable marriage proposal has become increasingly fierce.


Cassazione annulla condanna a una coppia di Reggio Emilia


Wakefield Out of Series; More Heat on Schilling

Tim Wakefield, the knuckleball pitcher who has the longest tenure of any player on the Red Sox, was excluded Tuesday from the World Series roster because an inflamed right shoulder.


Birmingham, 20:19 - TENNIS, WTA BIRMINGHAM: IN FINALE JANKOVIC BATTE SHARAPOVA

Battendo in finale la russa Maria Sharapova, numero 1 del tabellone, con i parziali di 4-6, 6-3, 7-5...


Roma, 13:38 - CALCIO, TONI: LA NAZIONALE? FOSSE PER ME CI ANDREI SEMPRE

Luca Toni non sembra condividere la scelta di Totti, che ha dato appuntamento alla maglia azzurra pe...


'Systematic' removal seen of Iraq nuclear equipment

Missing nuclear-related equipment in Iraq was removed by specialists working systematically over an extended period, diplomats said yesterday, contradicting


The acquittal of seven guards and a nurse charged in the death of a teenage boot-camp inmate has renewed calls for reform of the state's troubled corrections system


UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council yesterday to urgently reassess its efforts to end nearly two years of conflict and bloodshed in Sudan's western Darfur region, saying the current approach is not working.


Australian scientists develop new vaccine for tuberculosis

Australian scientists have developed a new vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) with the new hope to prevent the spread of the disease. Researchers with Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred


Statins, which are used to treat high cholesterol, may also fight HIV, a study suggests.


A London flat rented by the Beatles during their first flush of fame is up for sale for Â£1.75m.


Eric Barton had the type of performance reserved for only the best video game players last week against Seattle.


"Multiple" NATO casualties in Afghan suicide blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomb blast   inflicted "multiple casualties" on a NATO patrol in southern   Afghanistan on Monday, the alliance said.


Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.


Food safety problems may "damage China image"

China risks damaging its credibility if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official newspaper said on Monday amid a series of health scares over toxic drugs, foods, toys and other products.


First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says

DNA extracted from an ancient human skeleton found in Alaska suggests that the New World was first settled by prehistoric seafarers 15,000 years ago.


Koch, Park leads first day in Nine Bridges Classic

Carin Koch of Sweden and South Korea's Grace Park both shot a 6-under-par 66 on Friday, taking the lead after the first round of the LPGA's CJ Nine Bridges Classic.


Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.


Afghans packed polling stations Saturday for a historic presidential election that was blemished when all 15 candidates opposing US-backed interim President Hamid


Arctic thaw could open vast oil and gas region

An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said on Thursday.


Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday urged people of faith to work cooperatively on problems such as poverty, global warming and reducing the number of abortions — "godly tasks" that transcend the nation's culture wars.


Ellison: PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000

Oracle CEO says rival company raised the idea, but talks foundered over who'd lead the conjoined company.


Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz speaks during the GCC Interior Ministers meeting in Kuwait, Sunday Oct. 10, 2004.


Flessione di 44 centesimi al barile, -0,6%


Republicans have battled fiercely for votes in the critical Florida primary, as Democrats have largely ignored the state after national leadership said it would not seat Florida's delegates because of a squabble over scheduling.


Global Lawmakers Seek New Climate Accord

A group of global lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday urging a new agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2009 to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which is set to expire in 2012.Comment


Napoli, 13:20 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; MARINO: SQUALIFICA ZALAYETA CREDO SIA GIUSTA

Il Napoli non presenterà ricorso contro la squalifica di due giornate inflitte a Marcelo Zala...


Bush heads to Europe for democracy agenda, G8

U.S. President George W. Bush leaves for Europe on Monday with his popularity at home at a low point over the Iraq war and tensions abroad over global warming and missile defense.


French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy addresses party activists shortly as he begins his bid for the presidency.


Thud! The final fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigan came Tuesday, when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of The Associated Press Top 25, an unprecedented fall from No. 5 to unranked. Since the AP poll expanded to 25 teams in 1989, no team has taken a bigger tumble in one week.


Commissione europea, inappropriato il linguaggio di Mesic


A shoot-on-sight curfew imposed to prevent riots and violent protests over the killing of 12 Nepalese workers in Iraq entered its third day yesterday, while officials said they were trying to recover the bodies of the slain hostages.


Cubs Zambrano flirts with no-hitter, loses 1-0

Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs flirted with a no-hitter on Saturday but wound up on the short end of a 1-0 loss to the San Diego Padres.


Clinton demands plan to withdraw troops from Iraq

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on the Pentagon to prepare contingency plans for the safe withdrawal of the 147,000 US troops from Iraq.


Olerud Bails Out Loaiza in His Latest Bungled Audition

John Olerud reveled in his return to Safeco Field by slapping a two-run single that lifted the Yankees and saved Esteban Loaiza from a defeat.


CBOT says not party to shareholder settlement with CME

- CBOT Holdings Inc.  said on Thursday that it is not a party to a settlement agreement between Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (LAMPERS) and CME Holdings Inc. .


Two days after a PeopleSoft Inc. board member suggested the company may be willing to sell to Oracle Corp. for the right price, an Oracle director said his firm's offer to buy its Pleasanton rival for $21 per share may not be final.


General Motors and the United Auto Workers union yesterday continued negotiations for a new labor contract that will shape the future of the union and the auto industry.


Ex-General Is Sworn In as President of Indonesia

Former Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised a new era of cleaner government and renewed growth for Southeast Asia's largest economy.


Army reservist in Iraq pleads guilty in prisoner abuse court ...

US Army reservist Staff Sgt. Ivan ''Chip'' Frederick pleaded guilty Wednesday to five charges of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison as a two-day court-martial opened at a US base in Baghdad.


A Pomigliano d'Arco (Napoli) secondo Slai Cobas


MLB: World Series winner Randolph to manage Mets

NEW YORK - Willie Randolph was named manager of the New York Mets yesterday and will take over a troubled team trying to compete with its crosstown rival for success, free agents and fans.


TEHERAN, Oct. 5. - Iran today said its missiles now have a range of 2,000 km, a substantial extension of their previously declared range.


Spain's Sanz Sweeps Latin Grammys in L.A.

Spanish heartthrob Alejandro Sanz,  one of the few well-known musicians vying for a Latin Grammy on  Wednesday, swept the awards show, taking home trophies for best  song, best record and best album.


Bush: Castro leaving should spark democracy

Cuban leader Fidel Castro's decision to step down should spark "a democratic transition" for the communist island nation, President Bush said Tuesday.


Viaggiare low cost da Amsterdam a Vienna

Come visitare le piÃ¹ belle capitali del Vecchio Continente senza spendere un patrimonio in alberghi, mezzi di trasporto e ristoranti


Official Says China Is Not After Individual Companies

Seeking to reassure those nervous about foreign takeovers, the head of Chinaâs government investment fund said Thursday that China would invest mostly in portfolios.


Bank confirms it is to cancel its Â£59m interim dividend.


Two suspected spies were arrested late Saturday evening on suspicion of stealing secret information about Taiwan's Mirage 2000-5 fighter aircraft and selling it to China, the military announced yesterday.


I voti a favore sono 524, tre i no, 19 gli astenuti con la Lega.A favore An e Fi "per la dignitÃ  dei nostri soldati". Prodi soddisfatto                                            Missioni militari, via libera dalla Camera Solo tre i contrari, due di Rifondazione                                                                                Fassino: "Larghissimo consenso". Ma Fini avverte: "Il problema al Senato"


Rumsfeld arrived in the pre-dawn darkness and immediately went to visit some of the 70 people injured in the bombing.


Firenze, 20:45 - CALCIO, MORTE MADRE BERLUSCONI: SILENZIO FISCHIATO A FIRENZE

Fischi, ma anche qualche applauso, durante il minuto di silenzio in memoria della madre di Silvio Be...


Siebel's New CEO Sees CRM Provider More As Partner Than Vendor

"CRM is not a product. CRM is not an event," CEO Mike Lawrie says. "It's a business strategy to drive companies closer to their customers.


Europe may cut military role in Afghanistan

The United States is worried about weakening Italian and German military commitments in Afghanistan as casualties increase in the fight to stem the bloody Taliban insurgency, officials said.


Mixed verdict for Glaxo in EU drug export case

GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L won a   partial victory on Wednesday in its bid to stop Spanish drug   wholesalers from re-exporting its medicines at high premiums.


Pro-Taleban rebels free six Pakistani soldiers from among scores being held hostage, officials say.


Speaking the same morning, Kerry pollster Stan Greenberg rejected the notion of a ringing public endorsement of the Bush agenda, saying, "The country was not looking for a conservative president and a conservative regime.


Former Ole Miss coach Irish's offensive coordinator

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has apparently zeroed in on former Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe as his offensive coordinator and John Latina, who was Cutcliffe's offensive coordinator with the Rebels, as the new Irish offensive line coach.


Excerpt from report by Kyrgyz Television 1 on 12 February  [Presenter] Another TV broadcaster, called 5 Channel, started to broadcast from today. It will be broadcasting in two languages - Kyrgyz and Russian, and nine news bulletins will be broadcast throughout the day.


The police chief in charge of officers who killed Jean Charles de Menezes did not order his shooting, she tells a jury.


Kwanzaa, a time to foster pride in African culture

HACKENSACK, NJ -- For Marlene Ware, a teacher at Teaneck High School, Kwanzaa is an opportunity to demystify Africa. "A lot of African-Americans to this day really don't acknowledge the role that Africa has in the world," Ware said.


India Seeks Unconditional Talks with Kashmir Panel

India will attach no conditions to  peace talks with Kashmir's political separatists, the home  minister said on Saturday, in an attempt to resume a dialogue  stalled due to new terms set by New Delhi.


Salone taglie comode dal 23 al 26 febbraio a Fieramilanocity


Indagine Ania: in particolare le piÃ¹ giovani meno pericolosei ragazzi tra i 18 e i 19 anni costano quattro volte di piÃ¹                                          Le donne i migliori automobilisti e le assicurazioni le premiano


Third seed Maria Sharapova continued   her march through the U.S. Open by beating fellow Russian Elena   Likhovtseva 6-3 6-2 in the third round on Sunday.


Thousands of deaths could be prevented each year if tax was added to a range of foods, a study says.


Angry residents have set fire to dozens of heaps of rubbish in a worsening dispute with the authorities.


Every author tells a different story. Sean Rice meets the production line that is the mind of Castlebar-based Michael Mullen.


PeopleSoft fate left to shareholder vote

The PeopleSoft board has rejected Larry Ellison "best and final" $8.8 billion hostile takeover offer, leaving the Oracle chief executive with no choice but to appeal directly to PeopleSoft shareholders.


Most people have no plans to put money aside to pay for the extra care they will need in old age, a survey suggests.


Arrestato un fabbro di 29 anni accusato di aver sparato un colpo di fucile contro il parenteI vicini di Porto D'Ascoli sono convinti che il movente siano i dissapori tra i due                                          Nipote uccide zio nell'Ascolano "Colpa di vecchi rancori di famiglia"


Per una riconciliazione in seno alla Chiesa


The Italian government launched a desperate bid to free two kidnapped woman humanitarian aid workers yesterday as a grim deadline set by terrorists for their execution drew agonizingly closer.


Toshiba Announces Global Notebook Recall

Toshiba's laptop exchange program will run worldwide from Nov. 1 to April 30. The company said 650,000 PCs could be affected. It stressed that the recall will not affect the projected recovery of its PC business.


Is more desire for sex worth risk to the heart? The FDA says no

Many women, both surgically and naturally menopausal, probably were disappointed last week when a Food and Drug Administration advisory group recommended holding off approving a new libido patch to rev up womenâs low sex desire.


Bahamas to hold inquest in death of Daniel Smith

The long-awaited inquest in the Bahamas into the death of the son of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will begin on October 30, and could last two months, a senior judge in the Bahamas said on Monday.


KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma accused the opposition Saturday of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his nation's post-election political crisis.


Coup May Allow Thais to Take New Tack on Insurgency

The ouster of ThailandÂs prime minister offers a chance for a new approach to an Islamic insurgency that has become nastier and more entrenched in recent years.


McLaren keen to move on after 'embarrassing' spy scandal

McLaren boss Ron Dennis says the time has come to move on after the sorry and embarrassing spy scandal that has dogged Formula One this season.


Turkey to open port, airport to Cyprus traffic: EU

Turkey plans to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.


Coppa Davis, Volandri ko, Italia-Polonia 2-2

Nel primo singolare della giornata conclusiva di Italia-Polonia, sfida valida per la promozione nella Serie B della Coppa Davis, il polacco Lukasz Kubot ha sconfitto Filippo Volandri con il punteggio di 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-2. La situazione Ã¨ ora di 2