Jilted Malaysian bride to sue runaway groom

A jilted Malaysian bride is suing her groom for damages after he called off their wedding with a mobile phone text message just hours before the ceremony, media reports said.


Microsoft defends position in EU antitrust case

Microsoft Corp. said in court Thursday that it had been prepared during settlement talks to share more software code with its rivals than the European Union demanded.


Oracle is one step closer to taking over rival PeopleSoft now that a federal judge has ruled against the federal government's effort to thwart the $7.


Militants free 12 hostages in Nigerian oil delta

YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages in the oil producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.


Outrage over child soldiers in Sri Lanka

A human rights group has accused government forces of aiding a militia in the kidnapping of children.


Ancora apertissima la lotta per l'accesso alle semifinali


Some Super Bowl advertisers used their 30 seconds to drive visitors to their Web sites, while others made it difficult to find their online presence.


LANDOVER, Md.  -- Eagles rookie linebacker Omar Gaither, in the right spot at the right time, snagged the first interception. Michael Lewis got the second, cradling the ball after Williams James' perfectly timed hit and returning it 84 yards for a touchdown.


Celebrities are more influential than historical figures

Celebrities like actress Angelina Jolie, football star David Beckham and singer Kylie Minogue are more influential than historical figures, a new study has revealed.


Delayed Starbucks music stores finally debut

CD-burning stations located inside Starbucks Corp. stores finally made their debut in Seattle Monday after six months of design and other delays.


Two U.S. warplanes infringe Turkish airspace

Two U.S. warplanes briefly violated Turkish airspace near Iraq last week, the military General Staff said on its Web site.


More than 1,000 biological detectors are sniffing mail across the country for dangerous contamination as the hunt goes on for whoever put anthrax in letters and killed five people just after the Sept. 11 attacks.


Western powers meet in London on Monday to discuss tightening U.N. sanctions on Iran amid a flurry of tough and sometimes colorful talk between Washington and Tehran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.


Russia and the US blocked the arrest of most-wanted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, an ex-UN aide says.


Fannie Mae's Ex-CEO May Get $1.37 Mln-A-Yr Pension

Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae's former  chief executive, who retired last week after regulators exposed  accounting errors expected to force a massive earnings  restatement, stands to get an annual pension of $1.37 million,  the No. 1 U.S. mortgage finance company said on Monday in a  regulatory filing.


Four crew members were missing from a boat found adrift and two passengers, one of them a fugitive from Arkansas, were being questioned by federal authorities Tuesday after they were rescued in the Florida Straits near Cuba.


Arts & entertainment: Massive Attack enter new territory to become first band to curate Meltdown Festival


Boxing Reality Show Has Compelling Fight

NEW YORK - After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series threw some real punches on Tuesday.    Fox's "The Next Great Champ" takes 12 amateur boxers and has them compete for a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company and a title fight within the World Boxing Organization...


Software may let boss spot your e-mail abuse

Big brother is moving into the e-mail business. But could it be a good thing?


Deal struck on SIV Portfolio refinancing: Deloitte

An agreement has been reached on the sale of the portfolio of SIV Portfolio, a structured investment vehicle, to bidders including Goldman Sachs , the fund's receivers Deloitte & Touche said on Monday.


Denver took an early lead and the Huskies couldn't catch up as Northeastern fell, 4-0, in the final of the Wells Fargo Denver Cup at Magness Arena yesterday. It was the fifth straight Denver Cup title for the seventh-ranked Pioneers. Denver goalie Peter Mannino made 37 saves for the shutout.Defenseman Matt Carle gave the Pioneers the lead at 3:03 of ...


After two long days of seemingly endless baseball, Melky Cabrera and the Yankees finally nudge a little closer to a playoff berth with an extra-innings win.


Saudi Men Vote in Landmark Municipal Elections

Saudi men started voting in municipal elections in the capital Riyadh on Thursday, the first stage in an unprecedented nationwide vote in the absolute monarchy which is inching toward reform.


A high-ranking US government official tells the BBC that it is up to private parties to reach a solution to the credit crisis.


Iran sets conditions for talks with U.S. on Iraq

Iran will only hold direct talks with the United States on Iraq if Washington announces plans to pull its troops out, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.


Mibtel in crescita dello 0,81%, bene anche le altre europee


Robots may be used as home health care workers in Norway in coming years.


Space station gets power upgrade after spacewalk

Two astronauts slipped outside the   International Space Station on Tuesday for a high-flying   construction job to double the power available aboard the   orbital outpost.


âAppleâs Simple, Versatile iPhone Changes the Gameâ

âAfter all the ink thatâs been spilled describing, previewing and hyping the Apple iPhone, does it deserve the attention? Iâd have to say yes,â reports Ryan Kim (San Francisco Chronicle). âThe lure of the iPhone is that it makes you want to use it. Itâs actually fun. Do we say that about any phones? Hardly. Itâs not really the physical design, which is a marvel of simplicity. Itâs what happens when you pick it up and use it. There is nothing intimidating about it. Rather, itâs inviting.â âThe cell phone, the most personal of technology devices,â Kim concludes, âhas just gotten a whole lot more personal.â


European leaders, looking to set the pace in the race against global warming, consider tough new targets.


Though Congress approved a $1.2 billion subsidy for Amtrak, the money-losing passenger railroad still is careening toward a major disruption in service.


KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan expelled the top Canadian and European Union diplomats from the country yesterday for what was described as "meddling in its affairs," state media reported.


Romania Demands U.S. Marine Return to Face Trial

Romania demanded Sunday the United States return an embassy guard involved in a deadly car accident to face trial in the country after he returned home.


President Hugo Chavez warned that the U.S. government, allegedly frustrated by failed assassination plots against him, was now planning to sabotage the oil-producing country's economy.


So, in between Jamba Juices and bird-cage cleanings, Nick Nolte   has been digging the David Bowie tune "Cat People" and wondering: Is   Bowie "talking about cat people in the sense of some sort of society of   cat mutations or...[about] humans who happen to be like cats?"


Stars set to come out for Sundance premieres

The Sundance Film Festival on  Thursday unveiled a roster of over 120 movies set to screen at  January's event, with a slate of world premieres featuring  stars ranging from Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman to pop  queen Lindsay Lohan.


Displaced Darfuris seek seat at peace talks

OTASH CAMP, Sudan  - Displaced Darfuris in a dusty, squalid camp in Sudan's war-torn west have demanded a seat at peace talks between Khartoum and Darfur rebel groups, warning negotiations could fail without their participation.


Three new crew members have reached the International Space Station after a Russian spacecraft docked successfully. Salizhan Sharipov and Yuri Shargin and US astronaut Leroy Chiao are all now on board the


Castro receives get-well wishes from presidents

HAVANA: President Fidel Castro, recovering from a fall that broke his kneecap and an arm, has received get-well wishes from the leaders around the globe, state media reported Saturday.


At NYC Flickr party, you're always on candid camera

The Yahoo-owned photo sharing site throws a party in New York to commemorate the release of its "24 Hours of Flickr" book.


Eilat, Israel -- Two explosions ripped through a resort hotel Thursday evening in an Egyptian border enclave that caters to Israeli tourists, killing at least 18 to as many as 30, in what Israeli security officials called a terrorist attack.


Middle East ; Osama Bin Laden trail has ``gone cold``

Pressed about whether bin Laden's trail had gone cold, Musharraf told the Post: "Yes, if you mean we don't know, from that point of view, we don't know where he is.


TORONTO -- Law firms in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary filed more class-action lawsuits yesterday against Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.


The French already enjoy a 35-hour work week and generous vacation. Now the health minister wants to look into whether workers should be allowed to sleep on the job.


Movie Review | 'Backstage': Diva Meets Fan From Hell? Better Fasten Your Seatbelt

A French rock goddess (Emmanuelle Seigner) unwisely allows her biggest fan (Isild Le Besco) into her life in this film by Emmanuelle Bercot.


CNPC May Get Stake in Co. Controlling Unit

China's biggest oil and gas producer could be offered a 20 percent stake in a Russian state company that will control Yukos' former key subsidiary, a Russian minister said Thursday, in an apparent attempt by authorities to avoid legal fallout from the disputed auction of the Yukos unit.


Asteroid Mission to Probe Secrets of Planet Formation

The asteroid belt's largest bodies have drifted virtually alone since their creation about 4.5 billion years ago, but each will soon receive a visit from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.


Stimulus plan may lead to higher mortgage rates

A key element of the stimulus package aimed at jump-starting the ailing U.S. housing market may have the unintended consequence of raising mortgage rates, said analysts studying the plan.


With perhaps his team's best player limited by an ankle injury, JP Batista came off the bench to lift No. 12 Gonzaga to another big victory.


Ex-diplomats, military men and academics write to Tony Blair calling for an inquiry into civilian deaths in Iraq.


CLIMATE CHANGE:  'Incentives Offered to Destroy Forests'

VIENNA, Sep 20 (IPS) - Instead of providing positive incentives to  tropical nations to conserve their rainforests and so reduce  greenhouse gases emissions, the world indirectly gives  "perverse incentives" to destroy them by demanding goods  produced by intensive logging, a leading environmental activist  says.


SALONE DEL GUSTO: OSPITE D'ONORE PRINCIPE CARLO D'INGHILTERRA

(AGI) - Torino, 19 ott - "Era da tempo che lo inseguivamo, il principe Carlo e' noto per la sua grande attenzione ai temi dell'ambiente e dell'alimentazione. Siamo felici che abbia finalmente accettato di


Study Questions Colonoscopy Effectiveness

The study found some gastroenterologists were 10 times better at finding the polyps that can turn into cancer.


Pitch count doesn't really concern Lidge

The Houston Astros needed Brad Lidge for a two-inning save, and he delivered. But he had to throw 42 pitches in saving the Astros' 5-2 victory over the St.


Sir: I am a British Muslim citizen of Bangladeshi origin. My 19-year-old student son is in the London Regiment as an infantryman and now serving in Iraq.


Londra, 16:59 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: BECKHAM SI ASSICURA PER 149 MLN DI EURO

David Beckham ormai si comporta da divo. Secondo quantoscrive il Times, il giocatore del Real Madrid...


Reps. Mack, Bono wed in private ceremony

Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, married U.S. Rep. Connie Mack on Saturday, according to Bono's sister.


Bush's First N.Y. Stop Will Be Firehouse

It was the defining moment of his presidency, and for his first stop in the convention city, President Bush chose a New York audience that will evoke memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


Genova, 20:06 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CASTELLAZZI TRA I PALI

Qualche problema per Novellino in vista della gara di domani con il Livorno. In porta, al posto dell...


Bush Nominates Gonzales to Replace Ashcroft

President Bush nominated as his new  attorney general on Wednesday the top White House lawyer,  Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers who rose to become a  Bush confidant and helped shape legal opinions about prisoner  treatment in the war on terror.


Kuwait spares no efforts to help restore stability in Iraq: FM

Kuwait spares no efforts to help restore stability and security in Iraq, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said here Saturday.


Four people are being questioned after a 16-year-old dies two days after being stabbed in a street.


Malaysian blogger denies writing anti-government articles

A Malaysian blogger sued by a newspaper for defamation denied Thursday that his articles were anti-government.


Rolling Stone magazine has named the top 500 songs of all-time, and, well, the No. 1 song isn't exactly a complete unknown.


A woman is injured when a letter bomb explodes at the DVLA centre in Wales, the third attack of its kind in three days.


The U.S. military announced Thursday that the courts-martial of three Army reservists charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison would be transferred from Baghdad to Fort Hood, Tex.


Huge loss is setback for ailing Mitsubishi

TOKYO Hoping for a turnaround, Mitsubishi Motors instead hit a wall on Monday as the ailing automaker reported a huge loss for the most recent quarter and said vehicle sales had plunged in Japan and the United States.


Fisco. Vertice della Cdl. Vegas: taglio delle tasse per 6-6,5 ...

Si Ã¨ concluso il vertice della Casa delle LibertÃ  sulle proposte del ministro dell'Economia Domenico Siniscalco per il taglio alle tasse e che prevede tagli per 6-7 miliardi di euro. L'importo verrÃ  recuperato


UK tissue engineering experts are teaming up with NASA to find treatments for diseases back on Earth.


Bush Now Backs Budget Powers in New Spy Post

The president wanted to give a new national intelligence chief "full budgetary authority," a sharp shift from an earlier position.


U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made only limited progress but put off considering a change of course in the unpopular war until a crucial September report.


WR Grace Is Likely to Face Indictment in Montana Case

By Bloomberg News. WR Grace & Company, a producer of chemicals and building material that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001 amid thousands of asbestos-related claims, said yesterday


Regulator Says Morgan Stanley Withheld E-Mail in Cases

The NASD said Morgan Stanley made false claims that millions of e-mail messages in its possession had been lost in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.


Anticipi Serie a: Nell'Inter Scatta Il Turn Over

(AGI/DS) Milano, 18 set. - Sono in programma due anticipi della seconda giornata del campionato di A: Inter-Palermo e Lecce-Brescia. - Dopo la brillante prova di mercoledi' in Champions League (2-0 al Werder


Zimbabwe faces problem of access to HIV/AIDS drugs: minister

Zimbabwe faces the challenge of ensuring that people infected with HIV/AIDS get access to anti-retroviral drugs, Health and Child Welfare Minister David Parirenyatwa has said.


Express tops CVS with $26 bln offer for Caremark

U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  said on Monday it was offering to buy rival Caremark RX  for about $26 billion, threatening to break up a deal struck last month with drugstore chain CVS Corp. .


Some high school biology classes are using real human cadavers to teach students anatomy in a different way.


KarstadtQuell to Sell Nearly Half Stores

Struggling German retailer KarstadtQuelle said Tuesday it plans to sell nearly half of its department stores and raise about $615 million through a share offering as it restructures in response to Germany's persistent retail slump.


Wide receiver Terrell Owens said he had a few end-zone celebrations prepared for Sunday's game against the team he shunned in the offseason, the Baltimore Ravens.


On the Brink: In Raising the Worldâs I.Q., the Secretâs in the Salt

Kazakhstanâs iodized salt campaign is an example of how a country can achieve a remarkable public health success.


Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info today.


Wanted: Expert in Saving Mussel: Threat to Carolina Heelsplitter Has Held Up Development Elsewhere

By Henry Eichel, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 17--Lancaster County Council members want to hire a consultant to help them protect a rare little shellfish that sits in the way of continued growth in Indian Land.


The scene at the Marina beach in Madras after tidal waves hit the ...

One of the tourism enclaves badly affected by the calamitous Asian earthquake was Phuket, an island located off the Southern part of Thailand.


US mobile hero Frontline Wireless goes titsup

Only Google can save the airwaves Frontline Wireless, the uber-startup that was poised to lay down a bid for a prime portion of the US wireless spectrum, now says it's "closed for business".â¦


Amazon offers 1.57% discount to A9 search users

Online retailer Amazon.com is offering a 1.57% shopping discount to registered users of its new A9 Web search service as a way to increase A9 use and promote buying on Amazon, the company's Web site showed Friday.


Diana investigation costing taxpayer Â£6m

Cost to British taxpayer of investigating claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered have reached an estimated Â£6m


3 soldiers killed after gunmen infiltrate army outpost in Gaza

Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed yesterday when armed Palestinians penetrated an army outpost in southern Gaza. A fourth soldier and a Yedioth Ahronoth reporter were subsequently lightly wounded in the incident.


Pankaj Parashar has directed several big-budget movies, handling the biggest of stars in the process. But he's all out to try his hand at something novel now.


Five execs convicted in Enron barge case

A jury has convicted four former Merrill Lynch (MER) executives and a former midlevel Enron (ENRNQ) finance executive of conspiracy and fraud for helping push


Cisco, Fujitsu to collabrate on high end routers

Fujitsu and Cisco Systems announced that they have reached a fundamental agreement to enter into a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches that will enable service providers and enterprises to build advanced Internet Protocol (IP) networks.


Borland throws down Gauntlet to software defects

Taking the gloves off Software is unstable, full of bugs and bloated. Developers spend so much time adding new features that software testing is a last minute thing. Even the mantra of "designed secure" has failed to really improve the quality of software - just witness the number of day zero attacks against Microsoft.â¦


Â· Britons among dead, says deputy governorÂ· Survivors scrambled over burning bodies


Macklowe in tentative deal to cede NY properties

New York real estate mogul Harry Macklowe has reached a tentative deal with Deutsche Bank  to turn over seven Manhattan office buildings he bought last year for $7 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.


Roadside bomb kills 9 Afghanistan police

A roadside bomb targeting a police convoy killed nine officers, including a local commander, and left one critically wounded Monday in western Afghanistan, officials said.Comment


Emboldened by their Election Day successes, some Christian conservatives around the country are trying to put more Christ into Christmas this season.


Red Hat exec: New CEO has open-source cred

Michael Tiemann, a Red Hat executive with years of open-source experience, says soon-to-be-CEO Jim Whitehurst understands the open-source movement.


With Katrina in mind, Bush views Calif. fire damage

Determined to avoid the mistakes made with Hurricane Katrina, U.S. President George W. Bush toured fire-ravaged Southern California on Thursday and promised to do everything possible to help the region recover.


A New York woman who delivered twins by C-section Tuesday, three days before her 57th birthday, would not have been accepted at many infertility clinics because of her age.


The British government has suspended  the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp. CHIR.O, which makes  nearly half the U.S. supply of flu vaccine, cable television  station CNBC said on Tuesday.


Terrorism forcefully raised in meeting with Musharraf: PM :

World News > New York, Sept. 25 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has clarified that he forcefully raised the issue of cross border terrorism in his meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf here.


Supreme Court Won't Hear Do Not Call Case

The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out.


Williams, seeded 23rd, defeated Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1, becoming the lowest-seeded woman to win Wimbledon.


Parigi, 19:20 - RALLY, LOEB SI FRATTURA BRACCIO: SALTERA' TURCHIA

Sebastien Loeb si è fratturato un braccio durante una escursione in mountain bike e salter&ag...


Up to a fifth of Scotland's schools and colleges are poorly led according to a report by inspectors.


Enel, nella notte rotte le trattative per Ipse

Rotte nella notte le trattative tra Enel e Ipse. Il colosso elettrico ha deciso di dare uno stop all'acquisizione del consorzio per la telefonia mobile nella controllata Wind dopo il parere espresso ieri sera dall'Agenzia delle Entrate.


Nestor and Knowles win the big one: a doubles title at US Open

(CP) - Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles shook off their past record in Grand Slam finals Friday, winning the men's doubles title at the US Open in style.


So How Much for a New Plane? $5.2 Billion

Development of a new A350 Airbus jetliner set to rival the future Boeing 7E7 will cost four billion euros ($5.2 billion), the planemaker's sales chief said on Friday.


Tour Bus Crash in Ark. Kills at Least 15

MARION, Ark. - The lone bus belonging to a mom-and-pop tour operator careened off an interstate and overturned early Saturday, killing 15 Chicago-area travelers, many of them family and friends of the tour company owner...


Bush campaign Web site inaccessible from outside US, Canada

LONDON John Kerry is trying to take down George Bush -- but someone else may be trying to take Bush down from the Web. President Bush's campaign Web site is inaccessible from outside the US and Canada.


Robert Blake Trial Delayed for Two Weeks

The judge in the Robert Blake murder case delayed opening statements Monday for two weeks because of the theft of his defense lawyer's computer, and a defense lawyer disclosed that a key prosecution witness was admitted recently to a psychiatric ward following an episode of paranoia.


Wall St sinks on growing recession worry

Stocks dropped sharply on Friday as recession worries mounted after data showing weak job growth in December and rising unemployment.


US jets hit Fallujah ahead of expected offensive

US jets pounded parts of Fallujah today, targeting insurgents in a city where American forces were said to be gearing up for a major offensive.


Football game called of because of hurricane

Hurricane Jeanne forced the postponement of Saturday's football game between Illinois State and Florida Atlantic. The hurricane is expected to reach Florida's east coast by Sunday.


Calar Alto, 15:27 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: SI RITIRANO PAOLINI E CANCELLARA E ALTRI CINQUE

Diversi ritiri alla Vuelta prima della partenza della 16/a tappa. Non si sono presentati al via Ales...


It's official: "smoke-free" means just that

In 146 countries around the world, "smoke-free" now means exactly that.


Mexico Angered by U.S. Criticism of Drug War

Mexico warned the United States  not to interfere in its affairs on Thursday after criticism by  Washington over lawlessness along the border.


Senators: Customers need more mobile phone info

Customers of mobile-phone carriers shouldn't have to pay early termination fees if they're called to overseas military service or have their contracts automatically extended every time they call customer support, critics said Wednesday.Several lawmakers called for the U.S. Congress to pass a mobile-phone subscriber bill of rights during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.Last month, Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, and Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, introduced the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act, , which would require mobile phone carriers to give customers more complete information on their coverage, prorate early termination fees, and prohibit carriers from misidentifying their own fees as government taxes.More information about coverage and dropped calls is needed, Klobuchar said. Verizon Wireless currently has a billboard near Fosston, a town in northwestern Minnesota, that says, "Count on Verizon Wireless to keep you connected." Yet, Verizon phones don't get a signal near the billboard, she said."I believe you can have a competitive industry when people have full knowledge and are able to make decisions based on price comparisons ... or the service-quality comparisons," Klobuchar said. "It's very difficult for my middle-class people in Minnesota, who don't have a lot of disposable income, to make their decisions if they don't have full information."The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has fielded complaints from military members headed overseas who have to pay hundreds of dollars to get out of their mobile phone contracts, said Lori Swanson, the attorney general. In another case, customers who made small changes to their service, such as buying batteries, had their service contracts extended without their knowledge; one woman who called Sprint Nextel to complain that she had been overbilled had her contract automatically extended, Swanson said."The burden should not be on the consumer to figure out the rules of the cell-phone shell game," Swanson said. "There needs to be more transparency and more fundamental fairness."Sprint Nextel denied that it was extending contracts without letting customers know. "We dispute every single one of her allegations," spokesman John Taylor said of Swanson.Klobuchar's bill would limit customer choices, he added. Service contracts help pay the subsidies for phone handsets that would otherwise cost $300 or more, he said.But Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Wireless, and some Republican senators questioned the need for more regulations. Verizon Wireless publishes its coverage maps, gives customers a 30-day trial for new service, and prorates early termination fees, McAdam said.The U.S. mobile-phone industry is extremely competitive, McAdam said. The Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act would "slow down a very innovative and dynamic industry," he said.Many of the provisions in the bill are already being adopted by mobile-phone carriers, added Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican. "For us to suggest that somehow we are going to be able to design a system that more effectively protects than a competitive market is well-intended but very naive," he said. "Once we create a format here that everyone has to follow, that's the end of competition and best practices."But some senators complained that competition isn't protecting consumers enough. Although Verizon Wireless prorates termination fees and AT&T just announced it would also do so, many other carriers do not, senators said. And published coverage maps can be inaccurate, Klobuchar said.Carriers should publish information on coverage and dropped calls on a county or Zip-code level, she said. "We're not forcing you to put up towers," she added. "We're simply saying, give the people the correct information."Verizon's McAdam suggested customers should look for other ways to determine whose service they should subscribe to. "Like any consumer product, I think the best thing is to ask your friend and neighbors and try the service yourself," he said.


Surfing for Sweets *** Ambrosia Bakery Takes Leap, Designs Online Shop

By GARY PERILLOUX  When Ambrosia Bakery moves from Perkins Road to Siegen Lane early next year, the new 8,000-square-foot bakery won't be the only construction project that commanded the Sherman family's attention throughout much of 2006.


FDA Warns Nursing Mothers of Possible Codeine Risk

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned nursing mothers who are taking the painkiller codeine to be vigilant for unusual drowsiness or other signs of overdose in their babies, because a significant fraction of women carry a gene that leads to high concentrations of narcotic substances in...


German investor confidence falls faster than expected in September, hit by fears of higher interest rates.


Oracle releases new piece in telecom platform

(InfoWorld) - As part of its ongoing bid to target telecommunications providers, Oracle took the wraps off Virtual PBX, an important new piece of its planned service delivery platform (SDP). Generally available Monday, Virtual PBX (public branch exchange) is one of the deliverables Oracle committed to back in April when the database, applications and middleware vendor firstÂ laid out its SDP plans. Those in the telecommunications industry are coming under increasing pressure to rapidly adapt their businesses to mirror the ongoing convergence of data, voice, and video services. To cope with the speed of change, carriers, network operators and systems integrators are moving their IT operations to a SOA (service-oriented architecture) approach. Oracle's SDP aims to offer telecommunications developers a single programming environment based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) so they can build new services quickly as well as integrate and manage those offerings with existing services. An operator-hosted PBX service for small, medium and larger enterprises, Virtual PBX includes functionality to enable the handling of incoming calls without requiring major changes to the telecom network's underlying architecture as well as the ability to offer specific bundles of telecom features to individual customers. Back in April, Oracle sketched out its SDP strategy, explaining that some pieces of the platform already exist like its Fusion middleware and its Oracle 10g relational database, while pledging to release others, including Virtual PBX, later in the year. As part of SDP, Oracle is expanding its middleware so that users can access newer mobile, voice services and enterprise applications through traditional communication networks and networks based on Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem also known as IMS and VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol). Oracle has yet to commit to an exact time for when SDP will be complete.


Outsourcing expands to cover all but the core

There's a new calculation taking hold in corporate suites: Identify a company's core competencies. Outsource everything else.


Court: U.S. Can Try to Execute Moussaoui

WASHINGTON - An appeals court ruled Monday that the government can seek to execute Zacarias Moussaoui if he is convicted on terror charges but said he must be given fair access to al-Qaida witness statements that might support his defense.    Moussaoui, the only U.S...


Karzai unharmed in Taliban rocket attack

Taliban guerrillas made a failed attempt to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai with a rocket attack on Sunday, narrowly missing a building where he was giving a speech, Taliban and the government said.


Christopher Reeve, Actor in `Superman' Movies, Dies

Christopher Reeve, known for his role as ``Superman'' in movies and later as an advocate for spinal cord research after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago, died yesterday of heart failure.


Bush, Kerry Trade Sharp Attacks on Terror, Iraq

President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry traded sharp accusations over Iraq and the war on  terror on Monday, with Bush condemning Kerry's "strategy of  retreat" and Kerry saying the administration's Iraq policy had  been "hijacked by ideologues."


Many shops, banks and offices are shut in Guinea, as unions resume their strike, saying the president must go.


Bonn, 11:35 - CALCIO, IFFHS: SIVIGLIA MIGLIOR SQUADRA DEL 2007

E' il Siviglia la miglior squadra del mondo nel 2007. Questo il parere dell'Iffhs, la Federazione in...


Officials of the European Union and the South America's Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Lisbon on Oct. 20 in a last-ditch effort to save stalled talks on a free-trade agreement ahead of a deadline at the end of the month, Brazil's foreign minister said Saturday.


JERUSALEM, Sept. 22. - A female Palestinian suicide bomber killed two Israelis and wounded at least 16 others today when she blew up at a crowded intersection in Jerusalem.


A once-powerful state senator at the center of a corruption scandal was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for taking payoffs from the health care industry.


Divario di uno a dieci tra gli incassi e le spese di gestione della buvette di MontecitorioLa "mensa" sul bilancio della Camera pesa per 5 milioni l'anno                                            I deputati si "regalano" il ristorante pagano 9 euro per pranzi che costano 90                                                                                Appalto a una ditta privata per risparmiaredi CARMELO LOPAPA


Apple says new iMac line uses Intel chips

Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on   Wednesday said its entire line of iMac computers would feature   Intel Core 2 Duo processors, speeding up the performance of the   personal computers.


Call for free condoms in pubs to curb STIs

Condoms should be given away free in taxis, clubs and pubs to help young people protect themselves against sexual diseases and unwanted pregnancy after a heavy-drinking night out, doctors said yesterday


Protesters keep vigil in Kyiv after election law changes fail to ...

The campaign for a third round of voting in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential contest officially opened Sunday, with activists signing up to monitor the election and a top ally of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko speaking


Palermo, 15:51 - CALCIO, BENVENUTI A MAFIOPOLI: SLOGAN ANTI WEST HAM A PALERMO

Due striscioni con le scritte "Benvenuti nella meravigliosa terra della mafia" e "Vinceremo senza l'...


MacCentral - Alpine Electronics of America Inc. on Tuesday announced it is shipping its Interface Adapter for iPod, model KCA-420i. The $100 product enables Alpine's 2004 Ai-NET in-dash head units to interface with Apple's iPod and iPod mini. First announced in January, the Alpine Interface Adapter for iPod enables Alpine users to navigate their iPod's playlists, search for songs and more using the front panel buttons or remote on compatible Alpine head units. The interface kit can be installed anywhere in the car and charges the iPod's battery when it's connected. ...


No matter where he happens to fall in the rotation, and he admits he has slipped a spot, Pedro Martinez insists he still is No. 1 on the day he pitches.


Eco-friendly shopping may be fashionable, but critics argue it wonât reduce global warming.


Nation building on agenda as Susilo prepares cabinet

BOGOR, West Java (JP): Indonesia's president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday began interviewing candidates for the cabinet with which he hopes to push through his ambitious agenda of economic reform.


In programma almeno 4 ore di sciopero il 26 ottobre


Symptoms include red blotches and services Foedus? Yeah, we wondered the same thing.â¦


By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.


This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components.


Top Russian central banker killed in contract "hit"

A top Russian central banker who fought   to clean up Russia's murky banking system died early on   Thursday from gunshot wounds after being ambushed by assassins   in what police said was a contract 'hit'.


Bush's Father Wrote to General About Guard Service

The Pentagon on Friday released more  documents on President Bush's Vietnam-era Air National Guard  Service, including a letter from his then-congressman father  George Bush thanking a general for "taking interest in a brand  new Air Force trainee."


Roger Federer -- and the summer's best performer -- Lleyton Hewitt -- play off for the year's final Grand Slam. It's difficult to imagine a better matchup than Federer and Hewitt.


Ansia nella comunita' degli italiani nel Paese


Rilevera' la quota di maggioranza del retailer HomeWay


'Exorcist' Director Takes 'Bug' to Cannes

The man who made "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection" figures he and Hollywood are quits.


The insurance industry planned to propose a series of steps the companies say would let more individuals obtain coverage.


Stiff Back Worries Woods on Eve of American Express Championship

Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his back after seven holes yesterday in Thomastown, Ireland, and decided to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate the week-old injury and not entirely certain he would be able to defend his title beginning today in the


The Kyoto accord takes effect this week, with  new obligations to reduce greenhouse gases. For the plan to work, here's what Europe must do


A judge had valid reasons for sentencing a 5-foot-1 sex offender to probation, even though she cited the offender's height as part of her rationale, the Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.


ZDNet's survey of IT professionals in August kept Wired & Wireless on top for the 18th month in a row. Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola said Tuesday that it would cut 1,000 jobs and take related


Former chess champion Bobby Fischer dies

Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesman for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64.


US weapons inspector to report no WMD in Iraq

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


Londra, 18:55 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM-MANCHESTER UTD 0-4

Nel posticipo della 26/a giornata del campionato inglese, il Manchester United ha vinto 4-0 sul camp...


Microsoft patches 'critical' JPEG exploit

Microsoft has issued a patch to fix the security flaw, and urges its customers to use a new utility to locate the computer applications that are vulnerable.


Battle drags on in Florida over Anna Nicole Smith

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Lawyers for former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and her mother jousted over her corpse on Tuesday, making little headway in legal skirmishing over where she should be buried.


Londra, 11:27 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA; CAPELLO: VINCERO' COPPA DEL MONDO

Fabio Capello ha già fissato l'obiettivo, portare l'Inghilterra sul tetto del mondo. "VincerÃ²...


Premiership: Arsenal back to second spot

Arsenal's 1-nil win has put the club into second place at the Premiership and cuts Chelsea's lead to just five points. Sol Campbell was the unlikely match-winner for Arsenal on Sunday as they beat Portsmouth 1-0.


US toymaker Mattel is set to announce a third product recall in a month, according to a report.


P and O cuts back Channel ferries in switch from shipping to ports

LONDON : Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P and O) -- the ports, shipping and logistics group -- announced sweeping cuts to its ferry operations to refocus the business in the face of competition from low-cost airlines.


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


Observers Foresee Snags in U.S. Election

Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report.


Japan's JVC, Funai to partner on LCD TV production

Japanese electronics makers JVC   and Funai Electric Co Ltd  will jointly develop and  supply LCD televisions, the latest move as the sector  consolidates in quest of economies of scale.


Golden Globes ceremony is a sorry soiree

Anyone who complains  about the length of awards shows would have been thrilled with  the 65th annual Golden Globes, where faux journalists joyously  rattled off nominees and winners for a faux 30-minute show at  the Beverly Hilton Sunday.


Oracle faces long, hard road to prove SAP charges

Oracle's  search for a  smoking gun to prove the truth of its allegations that rival  SAP  stole its software is likely to be long and  arduous, making an out-of-court settlement attractive for both  parties.


WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease -- similar to that seen in obese adults, U.S. researchers say.


CAMERON, La. - Ivan, the one-time hurricane that made a second appearance in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, moved toward the southern Texas-Louisiana border Thursday, threatening high tides and


People immunised against hepatitis B are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows.


Mosca, 15:50 - TENNIS: FINALE FED CUP, RUSSIA-ITALIA 4-0

Ã ancora Russia nella finale della Fed Cup di tennis: contro l'Italia i russi si portano sul 4-0. Do...


Stock futures seen mixed, earnings in focus

Stock futures pointed to a mixed  start on Wall Street on Tuesday, with investors set to eye a  flood of quarterly earnings updates.


Five men and a youth are due in court charged in connection with an alleged network of terrorist recruiters.


ImClone Ex-CEO Waksal to Pay $3 Mln Fine

Former ImClone Systems Inc. Chief  Executive Sam Waksal has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to  settle charges in the insider trading that put his friend,  style entrepreneur Martha Stewart, in prison last year, U.S.  regulators said on Wednesday


NY state gets $1.5 billion to shut or fix hospitals

New York state will get an extra $1.5 billion over five years in federal funds to help cover the cost of closing or improving its hospitals, which now fill only about 62 percent of their beds, officials said on Tuesday.


Ukraine's Yushchenko Clears Last Hurdles

Western-leaning reformer Viktor Yushchenko's long and tension-filled drive to become Ukraine's president cleared its final hurdles before dawn Thursday when the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the losing candidate and government newspapers printed election results.


Study supports theory that pets cut allergy risk

NEW YORK  - Some people prone to allergies keep their homes pet-free, a study shows -- but such "avoidance" of furry companions only partly explains the lower allergy risk found among pet owners.


Shanghai Journal: Cinephiles, Pack Your Bags. An Uncut Version Awaits.

The phenomenon of so many people visiting Hong Kong to see uncensored films has highlighted changing attitudes toward government censorship of the arts in China.


A top level report on artic climate change spurred by global warming has outlined possible oil industry benefits, but also many potential pitfalls.


Another high-ranking Israeli official said Saturday that he would support a conditional cease-fire with Hamas if the Islamic militant group that controls the Gaza Strip halts rocket fire into Israel.


Bhuttoâs Party Disputes Scotland Yardâs Findings

The party of Benazir Bhutto insisted Friday that she had been killed by gunfire and continued to demand a United Nations investigation.


Sara' la sua prima unita' di produzione di acciaio


Con nuovo incarico rispondera' a vice-dg Bottelli


CBS Auctioning Memorabilia for AIDS Group

CBS is auctioning off everything but the kitchen sink to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation — and promote the network's new fall season.


Toms, Williamson tied for Travelers halfway lead

Former PGA champion David Toms and journeyman Jay Williamson were tied for the lead at eight-under-par 132 after Friday's second round of the Travelers Championship in stormy Cromwell.


No fast forward for Nigeria's poor despite oil boom

MARABA, Nigeria  - A short drive away from Nigeria's capital Abuja, with its air-conditioned villas and ministers in luxury cars, life for many in the town of Maraba is a daily struggle to eat.


Peterson Lawyers Say Police Ignored Leads

Scott Peterson's lawyers persisted Wednesday in trying to show that police narrowly focused on their client while ignoring other possible leads in the murder case.


ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz  - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border.


Calcio, Lega; Gazzoni: io l'anti-Galliani? Non disponibile

Il patron del Bologna Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara dice no alla presidenza della Lega. "Io l'alternativa a Galliani? "Non sono disponibile". "Serve una figura esterna al calcio - spiega, comunque restando sulla


Brazil is the global capital for computer hacking and internet fraud, say experts at a conference in Brasilia.


Milano, 19:56 - CALCIO, INTER: IL PROGRAMMA DELLE AMICHEVOLI

L'Inter ha definito il programma della preparazione per la prossima stagione. I nerazzurri rientrera...


PIMCO Adviser in $11.6 Mln SEC Settlement

The PIMCO mutual fund group's adviser and two affiliates will pay $11.6 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges involving improper "revenue-sharing" payments to brokers, said a source familiar with the case on Wednesday.


The UK's first deep-sea remote operated vehicle returns remarkable images of life on the ocean floor.


New Delhi, Aug 21.(PTI): The indefinite nationwide truckers' strike protesting the imposition of service tax today evoked mixed response with a section of transporters in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu staying away from the protest.


Lo sciopero partito alle 21 in punto nonostante la precettazioneLunardi: "Sulle sanzioni mi atterrÃ² alle disposizioni di legge"                                                   Ferrovie, oltre 60 treni cancellati ma i lavoratori rischiano multe                                                                                I sindacati: "Circolazione bloccata. In servizio solo i ferrovieri che protestano ma sono al lavoro per prestare i servizi minimi"


Sports Briefing | Basketball: Argentina in Olympics

Luis Scola scored 27 points and Argentina, playing without four N.B.A. players from the team that won the gold in 2004, beat Brazil, 91-80, in the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament yesterday in Las Vegas to earn a berth in the Beijing Olympics.Teams that have earned berths in Beijing include Argentina; the winner of yesterdayâs United States-Puerto Rico semifinal; China, the host; Spain, the reigning world champion; and the zone champions Iran, Angola and Australia. Two European entrants will be decided this month.


Manifestazioni di protesta in varie zone della citta'


BASRA, Iraq  - British troops quit the Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, leaving the southern oil hub without British forces for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.


AT&T Downplays Damage From Economic Slowdown

AT&T reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, with net income rising 63 percent, due in large part to the growth in wireless communications.


Big Day: This is probably the Marlins' last chance to get back in the wild-card race in earnest, their final Hail Mary play. If they sweep this doubleheader -- rescheduled, because of Hurricane


Alexander won't be taking any calls from Faulk

ST. LOUIS - Inevitably, Marshall Faulk will call. And Shaun Alexander will resist the temptation not to answer his phone if he knows it's his friend Faulk on the line.


The cull of 159,000 birds at a farm in Suffolk where bird flu was found is now complete, the government says.


Overseas voting: online for the 1st time

Americans seeking a change in foreign policy and a new national image abroad flocked to churches in Rome, town halls in England and an Irish pub in Hong Kong on Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary.


The NI assembly must have "meaningful functions" even if talks fail to reach a deal, an ex-minister says.


IRAQ: SCELLI, PENSAVANO FOSSERO SPIE AL SERVIZIO DEGLI AMERICANI

Roma, 30 set. (Adnkronos) - ''Non so quanti canali di trattativa abbia attivato il Governo. Io so che il mio e' quello che e' andato a biuon fine e che noi non abbiamo pagato nessun riscatto''. Cosi' il Commissario


Managing Access to Critical Data for Protection and Privacy

(Source: Symantec)  One common mistake that organizations make is by using Identity management solutions in isolation. Doing so risks access inflation, workarounds and coverage gaps. This white paper shows how comprehensive access management deploys identity management within a framework that includes disciplines for data protection, integration with hiring and promotion, and especially monitoring.


NCAA's final decision ends 3-year argument

Jeremy Bloom got the bad news Monday night while in Chile, where he is in training with the United States ski team.


Supreme Court to rule on death penalty for child rape

The Supreme Court said on Friday it would decide whether the death penalty can be imposed for the crime of raping a child, expanding its review of how capital punishment is carried out in the United States.


Arsenal turned on the style to beat Portsmouth 3-1 on Sunday and underline why Arsene Wenger believes he can succeed without help from any Russian billionaires.


Yokohama, 13:13 - CALCIO, MONDIALE CLUB: INTERNACIONAL BATTE BARCELLONA IN FINALE

L'Internacional di Porto Alegre ha vinto il mondiale per club battendo in finale il Barcellona 1-0 (...


Police break up rally protesting Belarus referendum

Police in Minsk broke up a 1,000-strong crowd demonstrating against a referendum that approved allowing Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to stay in power for another term, a Reuters witness said.


The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, an 18-piece band led by the pianist Arturo OâFarrill, is starting over, and its programs this year are re-introductions to the things the band did best at its old home.


Pakistani PM expects "substantive dialogue" on Kashmir with India

Pakistani Prime Minister ShaukatAziz Sunday said he expected "substantive dialogue" on all bilateral relations including the issue of Kashmir in his talks with the Indian


Iran Hints It Sped Up Enriching Uranium as a Ploy

Iranian officials have hinted in recent days that they sped up their enrichment of uranium in the past year to put Iran in a better position to negotiate with the West.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Congress yesterday that more than 40 percent of nearly 300 State Department positions to be added in Iraq as part of President Bush's new strategy will have to be filled by military personnel.


Rower Matthew Pinsent will announce his future plans at 1000GMT.


Vijay Singh leads from start to finish to win the 84 Lumber Classic and eclipse Tiger Woods' season earnings record.


Oklahoma quarterback Jason White had no idea he was going to win the Heisman Trophy last year when he showed up at the Yale Club for the ESPN awards show, so he never bothered to prepare an acceptance speech.


Ken Jennings from 'Jeopardy!' ends 74-game win streak

Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal, white-collar employees work only four months a year. The correct question: What is H&R Block?


A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.


French convicted of kidnap in Chad set to fly home

N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children were being flown to France on Friday to serve their terms there, a Chadian justice ministry official said.


Allawi's Female Relatives Released By Captors

Allawi's office confirms that his cousin's wife and his cousin's pregnant daughter-in-law were released Sunday. There's no word on the cousin, 75-year-old Ghazi Allawi.


Southampton look to Houllier after Sturrock is shown the door

Southampton are planning to appoint a director of football to work alongside the new head coach, Steve Wigley, after the abrupt sacking of Paul Sturrock yesterday.


Telenor takes reins at Serbia's biggest mobile firm

Norwegian telecoms company Telenor have formally taken over Serbia's biggest mobile operator Mobi 63, a month after paying 1.5 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) for it.


British man arrested on suspected link to al Qaeda

A British man held in Pakistan without charge for more than a year on suspicion of links to al Qaeda was arrested immediately on returning to Britain on Friday.


HBO. Mattel doll up "American Girl" deal

HBO Films and  Mattel-owned doll and book retailer American Girl have signed a  production deal for films, series, specials and documentaries,  the companies said.


Germany charges American woman for trying to sell military secrets

German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a U.S. citizen with attempted treason for allegedly trying to sell German military secrets to a country outside NATO.


US would welcome withdrawal of Sadr's forces

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States on Wednesday reacted cautiously to reports that Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accepted a peace plan to end fighting in Najafand withdraw his forces.


Everybody's Business: Unprepared for the Rainiest of Days

Some sour day, the world will look at our deficits and at our dollar and say it doesnât want to hold our greenbacks as reserve currency any more.


No local allies in wings for Mosul fight

Iraqi and American commanders are preparing for a prolonged Â and possibly pivotal Â fight against al-Qaida in Iraq in this vital northern hub. But they are missing an essential tool used to uproot insurgents elsewhere: groups of local Sunni fighters.


CITES Conference Speakers Appeal for Protection of Natural ...

In Thailand, speakers at the opening of an international conference on endangered species appealed for measures to protect natural resources and stem illegal trade in endangered wildlife.


INTER, STASERA CHAMPIONS - Adriano-Cruz per battere il Basilea

Bobo Vieri ritorna, ma in panchina. In sua attesa la coppia d'attacco dell'Inter sarÃ  Adriano-Cruz, quasi una prova generale del rientro di Bobo. Contro il Basilea stasera basterebbe uno 0-0 per superare


XM and Sirius are inching closer to being fruitful and multiplying.


The first microprocessor to pack more than two billion transistors is launched by silicon giant Intel.


Two years after Columbia's demise, excitement over the space shuttle fleet's return to the skies in just a few short months is finally overtaking the agony of the accident.


Messina, 20:13 - CALCIO, MESSINA; IULIANO: HO TANTO ENTUSIASMO

Primo giorno da giocatore del Messina per Mark Iuliano. Il difensore cerca il riscatto dopo le non f...


Tony Blair says the government would respond "immediately" if Ken Bigley's captors make contact.


American Hamm Claims Men's Gymnastics All-Round Crown

Paul Hamm became the first American man to claim the Olympic gymnastics men's all-round gold medal Wednesday.


Will the credit storm soak the tech channel Analysis Unless you live in a bunker, you will have noticed the sub-prime credit crisis that has sucker-punched the US, pushing interest rates down, weakening the dollar and battering stocks and shares worldwide.â¦


In a report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through a search engine.


Gia' pronte 3.500 piante e 500 bandiere del Vaticano


Even Lia Edwards is beginning to think that wherever her husband goes, something bad happens to quarterbacks. Last year, Chad Pennington lasted only three games, and by the end of the season coach Herm Edwards had played five New York Jets quarterbacks. The Jets finished a dismal 4-12.


The International Criminal Court's  chief prosecutor will name the first suspects accused of  committing war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday and  human rights activists hope he will pursue senior figures.


Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.


Ben Roethlisberger leads three Pittsburgh scoring drives Sunday night and the Steelers overcome several mistakes to top Philadelphia, 27-13.


Spain are focusing on the threat posed by US doubles duo Mike and Bob Bryan ahead of the season-ending Davis Cup final, starting in Seville on Friday.


Judge Indicts 2 Former Parmalat Auditors

Two former auditors at Parmalat were ordered to stand trial for false accounting and market rigging under a fast-track procedure, the first indictments since the masssive fraud scandal at the Italian-based dairy giant.


JANDI MERIAH, Indonesia -- Dowes Ginting, the most wanted man on Sumatra island, lay dying. He had abandoned the hospital where he had seen his relatives succumb one after another, and he had fled deep into the mountains, trying to outrun the black magic he feared had marked him next. For... When...


A 'In mezz'ora': obiettivo e' costruire Partito Democratico


Bank of England holds key interest rate at 4.75 percent

The Bank of England has held its key interest rate at 4.75 percent for the second consecutive month.


French officials say they will release the medical files of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to his nephew.


Cash from chaos The market for software vulnerabilities just got even more complex with the arrival of a firm that offers security researchers a chance to profit from their work by patenting security fixes.â¦


Americans have the warmest feelings about former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, according to a poll released Monday that scores the popularity of national leaders.


Ma si teme attenuazione vendite col passare dei giorni


Mexican Judge Halts Extradition of ETA Suspects

A Mexican judge has temporarily halted the extradition of six Spaniards arrested a year ago on suspicion of having links with the Basque separatist group ETA, their lawyer said on Monday.


Mexico has some of the highest and the lowest standards of living in the world, such is the extent of the gap between rich and poor, a UN report says.


Serena Ends Mauresmo's Year-End No. 1 Bid

Serena Williams Ends Mauresmo's Bid for Year-End No. 1 Ranking, Will Face Sharapova in WTA Final. Serena Williams waves to the crowd after beating Amelie Mauresmo of France 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in their semifinal


A US army officer who ran the interrogation unit of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail avoids being imprisoned.


FRANKFURT/LONDON Oct 11  - Germany sold a 6.3  percent stake in phone operator Deutsche Telekom on Monday,  raising up to 4.5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) to help it curb  a burgeoning budget deficit.


Importing Less Expensive Drugs Not Seen as Cure for U.S. Woes

Experts say that importing drugs from countries that control their prices would not make drugs cheaper in the U.S.


Europe battled weather extremes late Monday as heavy rain sparked the worst flooding in England in 60 years, while the south and east of the continent was roasting in a heatwave that claimed several lives.


Sondaggio,al secondo posto Franca Florio,3/a Monica Bellucci


To Be Young Again, and in a Shrunken Suit

There may be no stronger emotional current running through menâs fashion now than that offered by Tim Hamilton: personal nostalgia, a longing for what men wore as boys.


Two people appear at a special court charged in connection with a major drugs find in County Antrim.


Capgemini to expand its offshore services

(InfoWorld) - French IT services company CapgeminiÂ will have more staff in India than any other country by the end of this year, as it expands its offshore services delivery from that nation. With about 19,000 staff, the company's largest operation by headcount is currently in France, but that will change as Capgemini plans to have over 19,000 staff in India by the end of this year, said Salil Parekh, executive chairman of Capgemini India on Thursday The company, which has 15,000 staff in India currently, plans to expand further in the country to employ 40,000 workers by 2010, Parekh said. The majority of the staff will work in IT services with the rest in BPO (business process outsourcing), he added. A number of large Indian and multinational IT services companies, including IBM and Accenture, have been hiring significant numbers of staff in India to take advantage of lower employment costs. Accenture, for example, said in January it will haveÂ more staff in IndiaÂ than in any other country by the end of its fiscal year on Aug. 31. The company's staff in India will increase to 35,000 in August, up by 52 percent from a year earlier, with the number of employees more than those in the U.S., which will have a little over 30,000 staff. The large-scale hiring by services companies has led to a shortage of quality staff and an increase in average salaries in India. However, Capgemini does not anticipate any obstacles to its hiring plans. The company's recruitment team is equipped to hire about 1,000 employees a month, both from university campuses and the services industry, Parekh said. "India remains cost-effective, and we haven't seen any evidence to the contrary yet," Parekh said. In addition to India's lower staff costs, the country remains attractive because it offers quality staff and Capgemini can scale operations to a level not possible in many other countries, said Parekh. By 2010, Indian staff will account for 70 percent of Capgemini's offshore services, down from 80 percent today, as the company ramps up operations in other countries like Argentina, Morocco, Romania, the Philippines, and Vietnam. China will also continue to serve as a key location. The company has about 1,000 staff in China, and will likely increase staff levels there three-fold by 2010, Parekh said. Capgemini also gained new business and staff in India through acquisitions. Last year, the company bought a 51 percent stake in Unilever India Shared Services, a finance and accounting BPO operation owned by consumer-goods maker Unilever Group. This business, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini by 2008, is a key center for the company's finance and accounting BPO practice, Parekh said. In February, Capgemini purchased Kanbay International, an IT services firm in Rosemont, Illinois, to boost its services delivery from India, and its business in the financial-services sector. The Kanbay acquisition brought Capgemini a number of customers in the U.S., Parekh said. As it grows in India, Capgemini plans to expand its business in areas such as infrastructure management, ERP (enterprise resource planning) development and maintenance, and non-voice BPO, Parekh said.


Scrivi qui la parola che vuoi ricercare nel nostro archivio

Senato: arriva via libera per attuazione Protocollo di Kyoto. Legambiente: âIl voto Ã¨ tardivo e insufficienteâ. 28/12/2004 - Il Senato ha dato oggi il via libera definitivo al decreto con il quale il governo


APEC rift opens over climate change debate

Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.


Khartoum agrees to abide by 'unfair' resolution

Sudan promised to protect civilians in Darfur yesterday, responding to Saturday's UN security council resolution threatening the regime with oil sanctions and ordering an inquiry into whether the atrocities in the region constitute genocide.


Empoli, 15:43 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: ADANI, MARZORATTI E VANIGLI IN GRUPPO

Allenamento mattutino dell'Empoli in vista della trasferta di domenica prossima a Torino: il tecnico...


The Donald, the model say 'I do' in high style

In true Donald Trump style, no expense was spared when the billionaire real estate mogul married Slovenian model Melania Knauss at a lavish ceremony Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla.


The foreign community's fragile sense of security took another blow Friday as news spread of the latest kidnapping of foreigners in the Iraqi capital


Britain backed plans for Ba'ath party clearout

Britain failed to challenge the US government on one of the most controversial aspects of its disastrous post-invasion policy in Iraq in crucial meetings, according to a memo from a senior American adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority.


Oil rises on talk of Fed cut, OPEC rollover

Oil rose on Tuesday as expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates again this week and OPEC would maintain output cuts offset concerns of a potential U.S. recession.


Criminals preying on Japanese quake victims, police warn

Criminals are exploiting the chaos caused by Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade by stealing and defrauding vulnerable residents, particularly the elderly, police warned.


Fed Leaves Interest Rates at 5.25 Percent

Federal Reserve policymakers today held their key short-term interest rate steady and indicated they remain concerned about inflation pressures.


Firenze, 19:02 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; SANTANA: IL MOMENTO DIFFICILE E' PASSATO

Doppio allenamento per la Fiorentina nel ritiro di Marbella, con il tecnico Prandelli che ha fatto s...


Dementia of Parkinson's Similar to Alzheimer's

People with Parkinson's disease (news - web sites) and dementia experience a similar average annual decline in cognitive function as people with Alzheimer's disease (news


Cagliari, 19:37 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTI LOPEZ E FOGGIA

Allenamento di ripresa per il Cagliari in vista della gara con il Parma. A riposo Lopez e Foggia, us...


OPEC Hawks Want to Keep Oil Revenues High

Raise prices. Ease production. For weeks ahead of this week's OPEC meeting, hawks in the organization have been talking tough about the need to keep oil revenues high - and lowering output.


The death toll from a fire at five connected iron ore mines in northern China rose to 57 on Monday after more bodies were lifted out of the smoke-filled shafts, state media reported.


House Passes Revised Children's Health Bill, but Timing Irks GOP

After hours of partisan warfare and delay, the House easily approved a new version of legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program yesterday, but the vote failed to get any more Republicans to override another promised veto from President Bush.


Because the Republicans delayed their convention so much that they ran right into the start of the Labor Day weekend, that end-of-the-summer holiday came and went with minimal attention to working Americans.


No. 15 Purdue ends long drought at South Bend

The players in black and gold hugged and screamed and raced to the southeast corner of Notre Dame Stadium, where a group of Purdue Boilermakers had never celebrated in the last 30 years.


Swiss teenagers smoke more cannabis than their peers in every other European country, a survey has said, casting a pall over the country's prim and wholesome image.


Kerry Accuses Bush of Incompetence on Iraq

NEW YORK - Staking out new ground on Iraq, Sen. John Kerry said Monday he would not have overthrown Saddam Hussein had he been in the White House, and he accused President Bush of "stubborn incompetence," dishonesty and colossal failures of judgment...


Roma, 18:52 - CALCIO, SERIE C: SI RECUPERA L'11 E 18 MARZO

Il Consiglio direttivo della Lega di serie C ha stabilito che le partite non giocate domenica scorsa...


New York, Paris make 2012 Games proposals

NEW YORK - New York City's Olympic boosters revealed their last and best plan Wednesday before making their final efforts to convince the International Olympic Committee that the city should hold the 2012 Summer Games.


Angel Cabrera joins Justin Rose at the top of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship at Wentworth.


New claims for U.S. jobless pay  surged unexpectedly last week to the highest level since late  September, but analysts shrugged off the jump as a holiday blip  and looked to Friday's payrolls report for a better look at the  labor market.


The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial said he is considering giving jurors the option of finding the record producer guilty of a lesser charge than second degree murder after the panelists reported a 7-5 impasse following seven days of deliberations.


Rock stars tackle cynics as well as climate change

More famous for Learjets and limousines than green living, pop stars performing at Saturday's Live Earth environmental concerts face widespread cynicism from fans, commentators and campaigners alike.


Seven staff at London bar have traces of radiation

Seven staff working in a London hotel  bar where former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko drank before  he died from radiation poisoning have been found to have traces  of polonium 210, a public health agency said on Thursday.


Thousands of embittered car workers rallied across Europe against mass job cuts planned by General Motors, the world's biggest automaker, as labor unrest disrupted output at more GM plants Tuesday.


A fine mese in aula le eco-misure approvate dalla commissione ambienteTra gli scopi: attivare un'economia a basso impatto ambientale                                            2012, addio vecchie lampadine alla Camera il piano salva clima                                                                                di ANTONIO CIANCIULLO


UK Sept. 11 TV Drama Probes Hijackers' Human Side

The Sept. 11 hijackers should be understood as human beings, the makers of a controversial television drama that charts their story said on Thursday.


Sudan, UN agree on right of return of Darfur displaced

The Sudanese government and the UN migration agency here Saturday signed an agreement ensuring right of return of Darfur displaced.


State School Standards Vary Widely in Study

What students must learn to be deemed proficient varies drastically from state to state, a report said.


Pfizer Inc. said it would immediately stop advertising arthritis drug Celebrex to consumers after a study showed that high doses were associated with an increased risk of heart attacks, according to a published report.


Commandos Storm Russian Siege School As Children Flee

Russian special forces stormed a school Friday ending a three-day hostage crisis and freeing hundreds of children, parents and teachers held without


Lockout threat looms over World Cup final

As hard as the numerous NHL players gathered here tried to maintain focus on tonight's World Cup of Hockey final, it was impossible to ignore the larger issue rumbling through their midst.


Bosnian Serb leaders apologise for the first time to relatives of up to 8,000 Muslims killed in Srebrenica in 1995.


Pupils taking GCSEs will have to sit a new battery of mini-exams as traditional coursework is axed because of the temptations to cheat, plagiarise from the internet or seek unfair help from parents.


Palermo, 15:47 - CALCIO,PALERMO;COLANTUONO,QUEST'ANNO ROMA FORTE COME INTER

"Secondo me La Roma farà molto meglio della passata stagione. La squadra di Luciano Spaletti ...


UN Panel to Examine Rules on Military Force

The rules for using military force will be a key focus for an international panel working to update and reform the United Nations, a member of the panel said on Monday.


CSA boss falls on sword over IT systems fiasco

EDS: 'badly designed, badly developed, badly tested, badly implemented'


Schroeder confident over diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear case

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Friday he was confident that Iran's nuclear energy case would be resolved through diplomatic ways.


Chipmaker ST Microelectronics is doubling its Indian workforce to 3,000 and making the country a centre for R&D.


Baldoni, si teme il rapimento "Il suo interprete Ã¨ stato ucciso"

ROMA - Ore di ansia per la sorte di Enzo Baldoni, il giornalista freelance di cui non si hanno notizie da 48 ore: si teme sia stato rapito da una banda di balordi nei pressi di Najaf, in Iraq. Un timore alimentato


North Korea reactor in spotlight as IAEA visits

The chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog held the agency's first negotiations with North Korea in more than four years in Pyongyang on Wednesday but was told the North's top nuclear negotiator was too busy to meet him.


Rick Majerus apologized Monday for backing out of the Southern California coaching job less than a week after accepting it, saying he realized his health wasn't up to working 18-hour days.


Exxon, Conoco refuse to sign Venezuela deal: sources

Exxon Mobil  and ConocoPhillips , two of the world's top oil companies, have refused to sign a deal to stay in multi-billion dollar Venezuelan projects that are being nationalized, officials said on Monday.


New System Could Impede 911 Responses, Official Says

District officials launched an expanded 311 call center yesterday aimed at making customer service more efficient. But the new system angered a key D.C. Council member who warned that it could slow the city's response to emergencies.


In Utah, a boom town for retiring boomers

St. George is the fastest-growing metro area in America largely due to an influx of senior citizens.


Alicia Keys Wins 4 Grammys; Show Delivers Shocks

R&B singer Alicia Keys edged past  Ray Charles to claim the lead at the midway mark of the Grammy  Awards with four prizes, but leading nominee Kanye West stole  the show shortly after being snubbed in one of the biggest  shocks in the event's recent history.


New lawsuit hits SocGen over fraud scandal

A French lawyer acting for 100 small shareholders said on Monday he had sued French Societe Generale  over the way it unbundled billions of dollars in allegedly fraudulent share deals earlier this week.


Europe, US agree draft resolution on Iran nuclear program: US official

The United States and Europe's three main states reached agreement after days of talks on a UN draft resolution on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program, a US official said.


Air China shares are suspended on rumours it may team up with Cathay Pacific to buy a stake in China Eastern.


Armstrong hits out at Italian investigation

Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong may come under further investigation in Italy in relation to his trainer's drug charges.


US seeks probe into deaths of Thai protesters

The United States is seeking a full investigation into the death of 78 Thai Muslims in military custody after violent protests in the south of the country.


Companies to help you cope with market volatility.


In pacchetto Finanziaria patto ambiente-crescita economica


Bulgaria Opens Airports Concession Tender

Business: 24 September 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's Ministry invited a tender for the concessions of the airports at the Black Sea coast cities of Varna and Burgas.


The MNVO geared toward parents and kids has called it quits.


Nobiz Like Shobiz is AP's Derby favorite

"He ran second to a monster," trainer Bill Kaplan said in describing how his colt, Drums of Thunder, was runner-up to Nobiz Like Shobiz in last Saturday's Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park.


Tim Henman loses a deciding-set tie-break against Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.


Little-known Kazakh miner poised for FTSE 100

The listing of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, the Kazakhstan-based mining group, on the London Stock Exchange this month was one of the largest floats of the year, but also one of the most low-key.


A Greek village seeking damages from Germany for Nazi atrocities loses its case in the European Court.


A peace deal for Burundi's Hutus and Tutsis is backed by foreign powers, who brand Hutu rebels 'terrorists'.


The founder of South Korean industrial firm Daewoo is pardoned as part of an annual New Year amnesty.


New York, 10:35 - FOOTBALL, NFL: SPIANO GLI AVVERSARI, MAXI-MULTA PER NEW ENGLAND

Anche la National Football League ha la sua spy story. I New England Patriots sono stati puniti per ...


Iraq aims to end immunity of security firms

Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.


A competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier.


The world's biggest hotelier  InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said on Friday it was selling  13 hotels in the Americas for $450 million as part of its  strategy of selling assets while still managing the hotels.


Riots flare as Kenya's Kibaki takes lead

Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted and accusations of rigging that ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.


Some 300 unemployed Palestinian laborers surrounded the parliament building Tuesday, demanding welfare payments, scuffling with police and waving empty plates in another challenge to the beleaguered Hamas-led government.


Nigerian kidnappers release foreign oil hostages

Nigerian kidnappers have released six Indian and Polish hostages seized on October 26 from an offshore oil production facility operated by Saipem, the Italian firm's parent company Eni said on Tuesday.


Michigan State coach John L. Smith has watched enough game film in his three-decade career to know when he doesn't want to see any more. That moment came early in his preparation for No. 4 Wisconsin, which visits Spartan Stadium for a Big Ten game Saturday.


Blair Flies to Stand by Bush in Post-Arafat Plans

As George W. Bush formulates his plans for a Middle East without Yasser Arafat, British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be standing where he says he belongs: right by the U.S. president's side.


OREM, Utah - Family and friends of Lori Hacking gathered Saturday for a memorial service to remember the woman whom authorities believe was slain by her husband while she slept.    About 600 people attended the service, including the parents of both Lori Hacking and her husband, Mark, who has been charged with her murder...


Surging demand for iPods and other hot products has brought Amazon its best Christmas ever.


Oscar-winning US star Michael Douglas is hoping to sign Bollywood darling Aishwarya Rai for his next adventure flick, "Racing the  Monsoon", to be shot in India.


Democrat Kerry Slams Bush's 'Excuse Presidency'

Democratic candidate John Kerry  unleashed a harsh indictment of President Bush's economic  stewardship on Wednesday and urged his Republican rival to take  responsibility instead of playing the victim.


Caduto in un dirupo, e' deceduto dopo una notte di agonia


So much for holiday cheer. Hollywood's cynicism is breeding a whole new genre of anti-holiday holiday movies.


Webcast to Show Crowds Streaming in Times Square

It's somehow appropriate that the latest technology will herald the new year as part of the celebrations at New York City's Times Square, including the world's first live webcast of the event, provided by MSN.


Mallika Sherawat, above, the actress known in some circles as Bollywoodâs Bardot, has been cast as an ascetic who befriends Jesus of Nazareth in âThe Aquarian Gospel,â a Hollywood film based on the legend that Jesus visited India, Reuters reported. The $15 million film, directed by Drew Heriot, deals with the life of Jesus between the ages of 13 and 30, a period not documented in the Gospels, when some believe he journeyed through India, Tibet and Persia. In a statement released by her press agent, Ms. Sherawat, whose 17 kissing scenes in her Bollywood debut, âKhwahish,â created a stir, said: âI find that in most mythological and spiritual film stories, women seem to be lacking any true wisdom or a sense of humor. I look forward to bringing both of those qualities to this character.â.


London suffers fourth gun murder in two weeks

London suffered a fresh gun killing when a man was shot dead in a street in the east of the capital, as the murders of three teenage boys in 11 days continued to make headlines.


Top House Democrat "stunned" by Kerry loss

The top Democrat in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives said she was "stunned" by John Kerry's failed bid for the White House.


Women are being infected with HIV at increasing rates in all regions of the world, and their numbers are now nearly equal to men, according to the United Nations and World Health Organization's annual report on AIDS released Tuesday.


Lo dice Fratta Pasini in merito alla fusione tra Bpvn e Bpi


What would Christmas time be without a bigâass Santa fantasy flick form a bigâass studio with a bigâass star. Warner Bros went all out for "The Polar Express" by snagging Tom Hanks and director Robert


Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies

Gordon Cooper, who as one of the original Mercury astronauts was a pioneer in human space exploration, has died. He was 77.


The dollar struggled just above this year's record low against the euro on Friday amid worries about the health of the U.S. economy but caution ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day limited its moves.


(CBS/AP) Three consultants to a political action committee formed by US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have been indicted by a Texas grand jury and charged with making illegal campaign contributions.


US officers to check US-bound cargo shipped from Dubai port

DUBAI  - Dubai port, a leading world operator, signed a deal with the United States under which US officers will help screen US-bound containers that have been identified as a potential terrorist risk.


Bush taps EPA chief Mike Leavitt to head Health & Human Services ...

Dec. 13 -- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Leavitt plans on leaving the post he assumed only 13 months ago to become secretary of Health and Human Services.


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai in hospital as outrage grows

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sent from court to hospital with a deep head wound on Tuesday as world outrage grew over the government's violent crackdown on political protests.


United Nations officials report security breaches in internally displaced people and refugee camps in Sudan's embattled Darfur region and neighboring Chad.


Israeli Lions Symbols of Peace at Palestinian Zoo

Shouts of joy from excited schoolboys greeted the arrival of an Israeli convoy on its entry to a Palestinian town where visitors from the Jewish state are usually soldiers searching for militants.


Los Angeles gets 2007 rainfall in one week: weather service

Severe winter storms that battered downtown Los Angeles last week dumped more rain on the city than fell throughout the whole of 2007, National Weather Service figures showed Tuesday.


09 nov 01:16 Costa d'Avorio: ministro Difesa francese, "Tornata la ...

PARIGI - Situazione sotto controllo in Costa d'Avorio secondo Parigi. La calma '' e' ritornata'' in serata ad Abidjan, dopo una giornata ''contrassegnata da alti e bassi'' ha detto il ministro della Difesa


A cat whose owners thought was lost spent nearly three weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean in a shipping container with no food or water — and appears to be just fine.


Verizon Granted Injunction Against Spammer

Verizon Wireless today announced it was granted a permanent legal injunction against a Rhode Island spammer who sent unsolicited messages to wireless phones.


Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Luigi Del Neri was named the new head coach on Wednesday at troubled Italian side AS Roma. Del Neri, who was in charge of Serie A club Chievo Verona last season, left to take


BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. journalist abducted by militants in Iraq and threatened with death said in a video aired Friday that his captors were treating him well, while an Italian journalist also was reported missing in the war-torn country...


Supplies of new chip metal hafnium remain untested

Hafnium was unknown to nearly everyone  but a handful of scientists and engineers until late January,  when Intel Corp.  and IBM  announced their  faster, more efficient microprocessors would be constructed  using the silvery metal.


Tycho: And so, our own pilgrimage comes to a close.  Thank you!  I think we all had fun.  I should stress that "we" refers to your cruel hosts, Gabriel and myself, who over the last eight years have tormented you thus with such dedication and enthusiasm.


Go ahead, call state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles a scurvy wench, a wanton strumpet, a shameless hussy. She probably won't like it, but she doesn't want you to be prosecuted for it.


An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent convicted of taking a $20,000 bribe was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Dresser Inc., an Addison, Texas, drilling equipment company sold by Halliburton to private equity firms in 2001, on Friday filed to raise as much as $575 million in an initial public offering.


The Miami Hurricanes were eliminated from the national championship early in the season and missed out on the conference championship late.


AIR J cancels flights to Eastern Caribbean as Hurricane Ivan ...

AIR Jamaica, the national airline, has cancelled today's scheduled flights in and out of Barbados, Antigua, Grenada and St Lucia, as Hurricane Ivan bears down on the Eastern Caribbean.


The Cure At 28: Back In Vogue, With A Little Help From Their Friends

Don't blame producer Ross Robinson if the Cure's new, self-titled album is heavier than fans of the classics Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me or Wish might have hoped. According to bandleader Robert Smith, Robinson  responsible for some of Korn and Slipknot's ...


Madrid's Biggest Fire Destroys Skyscraper

The biggest fire in Madrid's history  gutted a 32-storey skyscraper in the Spanish capital's  financial district on Sunday without causing injuries but  raising fears the charred tower could collapse.


Culkin, 24, was travelling in a car being driven by a 22-year-old New York man which was stopped by Oklahoma police for speeding. Police confiscated around 17g (0.


Russia Investigates Cause of 2 Jet Crashes

Authorities were investigating the cause of the crash of two passenger jets, which went down late Tuesday night within minutes of each other in different parts of Russia after taking off from a Moscow airport with a total of 89 people on board. No survivors were found.


Sudan: Annan calls for expanded international presence to stop ...

3 September 2004 - Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the international presence in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region must be expanded as soon as possible because attacks against civilians are continuing and "the vast majority of militias" have not been


THE Williams Formula One team is confident Mark Webber and Jenson Button will give the outfit desperately-needed thrust to tackle Ferrari next season.


Stoccolma, 16:13 - CALCIO, SVEZIA: IBRAHIMOVIC TORNA IN NAZIONALE

Zlatan Ibrahimovic tornerà a giocare con la Nazionale svedese in occasione della gara contro ...


Troubled airline US Airways reaches agreement on a financial package with its biggest creditor but faces a possible strike by flight attendants.


Schwarzenegger Opens Stop on 'Hydrogen Highway'

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated a pioneering hydrogen fueling station on Friday, calling it the first stop in a "hydrogen highway" that would someday stretch across


US Punishing 8 Chinese Firms for Aiding Iran -- NYT

The Bush administration imposed  penalties this month against some of China's largest companies  for aiding Iran's efforts to improve its ballistic missiles,  The New York Times reported on Monday.


Appello contro ingiustizie, guerre e dissesti ambientali


Taxpayers who file their returns electronically may begin sending those files on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service said.


Nokia said Thursday that it had extended its share of the global cellphone market to 40 percent in the fourth quarter as profit surged 44 percent on rising sales abroad.


Update 4: Tokyo Stocks Shed 1 Percent, Dollar Up

Tokyo stocks shed more than 1 percent Friday, extending declines to a sixth straight session driven by Wall Street's weakness and worries that higher oil prices may crimp corporate profits.


Business ; US Economic Growth Revised Up in 3rd Quarter

Commerce said the value of imports, which subtracts from GDP, grew at a 4.6 percent rate in the third quarter instead of 6.0 percent it estimated a month earlier.


Ryder-Oakland Hills praised for its fair Cup set-up

Oakland Hills, once regarded as a monster of a course, has been praised by rival Ryder Cup captains Bernhard Langer and Hal Sutton.


More Women Choosing C-Sections, Even When Unnecessary

LONDON -- More US women are choosing to have their babies by Caesarean section even when it's not medically necessary. Medical experts say that's partly because it's more convenient and gives mothers control over the birth schedule.


Adobe Plans New Format for Digital Photos

Adobe Systems Inc. plans to introduce a new format for digital photos on Monday in an attempt to create an industry public standard to make the archiving and editing process compatible across all types of cameras and photo software.


Nexsan gives 42TB array a make-over for picky Apple fans

SATABeast cleans up, brushes its metal Storage system developer Nexsan Technologies is releasing a new version of its SATABeast disk array designed for Apple XServe and Mac Pro systems.â¦


Martha Stewart Sells $8 Million of Omnimedia Stock

Martha Stewart, the jailed founder of  media company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., sold about  $8 million worth of shares this week, according to a regulatory  filing.


Talks on Darfur at the UN end with disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers in the Sudanese region.


Official: Sibneft Not Russia Probe Target

Russia's chief prosecutor said Wednesday that his office was not investigating the Sibneft oil company, controlled by billionaire Roman Abramovich, even though it had been handed back tax assessments of nearly $1.75 billion.


Europe wakes up to China as high-tech rival

Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realize the world's most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or stagnate.


LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs...


Apple Limits Sale of iPhones: Two Per Person and No Cash

Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cellphone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.


Sales fall and losses double at home decor retailer.


Officials linked to al-Sadr deny he fled

Officials linked to Muqtada al-Sadr denied Wednesday that the radical Shiite cleric had fled to Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad.


October Hiring Set Strong Pace of 337,000 Jobs

The report ignited renewed hopes that after years of caution, businesses may be starting to hire workers more aggressively.


At Sri Lanka's UN Mission, Working Through the Despair

THE telephone rang again on the ambassador's desk, and for a minute the conversation sounded as though it could be about almost anything.


"Michael Clayton", l'avvocato "spazzino" non convince tutti


The UN war crimes court jails a Bosnian Serb general for life over the Sarajevo siege, increasing his earlier 20-year-sentence on appeal.


WAYNE Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge struggled yesterday to complete Australia's 3-0 Davis Cup whitewash of Morocco in Perth. The win secured Australia's place in the 16-nation world group for next


Kerry says al Qaeda benefits from Bush's gun ban stance

Washington -- Sen. John Kerry charged Friday that President Bush was helping terrorists and caving in to the National Rifle Association by not pushing to extend the 10-year-old federal assault weapons ban that expires at 12:01 am Monday.


Hasbro recalls nearly 1 million Easy-Bake Ovens

Hasbro Inc. agreed on Tuesday to voluntarily recall nearly 1 million of its toy Easy-Bake Ovens because children's hands can get caught in the opening, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.


Flexibility makes for a happy Dutch worker

Annelies Kruijthoff is the epitome of the happy Dutch worker.


Nevada Senator joins in call for Annan's ouster

Nevada Senator John Ensign is calling on UN secretary general Kofi Annan to resign over the growing UN oil-for-food scandal. Ensign joins Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, who is heading an investigation into


Avrebbe divulgato filmini hard con minorenni nudi


Scientists welcome a planned delay to European laws tightening the limits on staff exposure to scan limits.


Empoli, 22:02 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; MALESANI: SODDISFATTO PER GIOCO

"Ho visto un Empoli determinato, che ha dato il massimo, dimostrando grande impegno: credo che quest...


Description: Another suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital leaves several people dead, after seven US Marines were killed in two attacks in the western province of Anbar.


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


'Tax Raffle' is a Good Way to Draw Attention to Federal Cuts

By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 5--You've got to give La Crosse County officials credit for thinking out of the box. Their "property tax raffle" is an unusual way to draw attention to federal funding cuts to counties.


Vaccine Works to Prevent Cervical Cancer

An experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, first proved effective in preliminary testing two years ago, has continued to provide protection against the disease, researchers reported yesterday.


New Netscape browser supports Internet Explorer

NOVEMBER 30, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - America Online Inc. today released a preview version of a new Netscape Web browser that's based on the open-source Firefox Web browser, but also supports Microsoft Corp.


Newspapers in the Arab world and Israel have reacted with caution to Syria's decision to redeploy some of its troops in Lebanon away from the capital Beirut.


Derrida, father of deconstructionism, dies

number of false assumptions and that they have multiple meanings which even their author may not have understood. It is heralded as showing the multiple layers of meaning at work in language, but was described by critics as nihilistic.


At least 28 people - including 10 policeman - died in Baghdad yesterday in a huge explosion at a suspected militant safe-house that may have been booby-trapped.


Nutrients may help older people fight flu

A nutritional supplement  containing antioxidants, minerals and other nutrients can boost  immune function in frail older people living in nursing homes,  researchers report.


New Malaria Vaccine May Be Lifesaver for Africa

After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria.


Stowers Expansion Hinges On Stem Cell Research

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Stowers Institute of Medical Research will not build its second center in Missouri if the state outlaws stem cell research, Stowers president William Neaves said Friday.


Newcastle part company with manager Sam Allardyce after just eight months.


Lungi da noi idea chiedere ad altre formazioni di affluire


Vitamin D May Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk

THURSDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming the recommended daily amount of vitamin D could nearly halve your risk for deadly pancreatic cancer, new research suggests.


A Soyuz spacecraft with a replacement crew for the International Space Station docked safely with the orbiting complex early today.


The Cincinnati Reds announced Monday they have signed all-star left-hander Eric Milton to a three-year contract. Milton formerly pitched for the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies.


'Bennifer' Engagement Ring Back on Market

It looks as though Jenny's ring is back on the block.


Data deluge leaves bets for higher UK rates intact

British house price inflation remained  in double-digits in June and prices in the service sector  accelerated, according to two separate surveys on Wednesday  that reinforced expectations interest rates would go up this  week.


Servers that managed global internet traffic have been subjected to a concerted attack by hackers.


N.D. bison moved to new home in Nebraska

Bison being moved from here to Nebraska as part of a new federal approach to managing the animals were gathered up and shipped out Thursday with no problems, an official says.


Susilo to form Cabinet as of Oct. 5: Minister

JAKARTA (Antara): Presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is leading in the vote-count by a wide margin ahead of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, will likely start drawing up his Cabinet on Oct. 5., a party leader has said.


LOS ANGELES  - After weeks of Britney Spears tantalizing her fans with the promise of a personal message on her website, the official "Britney's Letter to Fans" is up for public perusal.


Discovery shakes up the human family tree Dwarf hominids lived on ...

One of the most startling discoveries in the study of human origins -- the uncovering of a vanished species of dwarf proto-humans who inhabited a Pacific island just 18,000 years ago -- is being reported in today's issue of the journal Nature.


The US influenza season is starting slowly, but it is still too early to tell how severe the outbreak will be as the nation faces a vaccine shortage, the


NASA Chief: Space Agency Will Abide by New COTS Restrictions

WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said his agency would abide by the restrictions the U.S. Congress has imposed on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, a $500 million demonstration project aimed at fostering private-sector solutions to NASA's space station re-supply quandary.


The new heart stent from Medtronic Inc. has been assocated with more blood clots than a rival product has, federal regulators have concluded.