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Verdict reached in trial of U.S. polygamy leader

ST GEORGE, Utah  - A verdict has been reached in the trial of U.S. polygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs and will be read at 4:15 p.m. EDT, court spokeswoman Nancy Volmer said on Tuesday.


Chiron Corp., which makes nearly half the country's flu shots, announced Thursday some batches of the Fluvirin flu vaccine made in its England factory were found to be contaminated.


Volvo recalls 82,000 cars over faulty diesel filters

Swedish automaker Volvo, a subsidiary of Ford Motor, said Saturday it was recalling 82,000 cars worldwide due to a technical problem with fuel pump electronic modules.


VATICANO - Papa Benedetto XVI invoca lÂintercessione di San Giovanni Battista perchÃ© Âanche ai nostri giorni la Chiesa sappia mantenersi sempre fedele a Cristo e testimoniare con coraggio la sua veritÃ  e il suo amore per tuttiÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Commemorare la nascita di San Giovanni Battista Âsignifica in realtÃ  celebrare Cristo, compimento delle promesse di tutti i profeti, dei quali il Battista Ã¨ stato il piÃ¹ grande, chiamato a "preparare la via" davan...


A three-layer HD DVD disc is still under development and hasn't been submitted to the standard's governing body despite some reports, Toshiba said today.


âPossiamo cercare di aumentare i margini di aumentare i margini di flessibilitÃ  per i Paesi con i bilanci in condizioni migliori, ma la soluzione del problema non e' quella di rimettere in discussione l'essenza del Pattoâ.


BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw is released on bail after appearing in court, charged with breaching a restraining order.


Justices Agree to Hear Case on Sharing of Music Files

The Supreme Court, accepting urgent pleas from the recording and film industries, agreed on Friday to decide whether the online services that enable copyrighted songs


Roma, 28 dicembre 2004 - Sono ancora un centinaio gli italiani di cui non si sono avute notizie dopo il maremoto di domenica nell'Asia meridionale. A riferirlo Ã¨ stato il ministro degli Esteri Gianfranco Fini.


Live Earth New Jersey: More efficient than inspired

NEW YORK  - The New Jersey edition of the seven-continent Live Earth concert series, designed to publicize the issue of climate change, was a little like Al Gore, the man who helped conceive it. Smartly organized, highly efficient and with its heart in the right place, it was also just a little bit dull.


American Airlines Warns About Big Layoffs

American Airlines told its employees last night that it planned to lay off as many as 1,100 pilots, mechanics and other employees, as part of a cost-cutting program.


Police investigating Pacers-Pistons brawl

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Police in Auburn Hills, Michigan, are looking at videotapes of an ugly brawl involving fans and players at a Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers game Friday night.


In a major setback for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower court's decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean.


The Redskins fired defensive coordinator Gregg Williams , who had met four times with owner Dan Snyder to discuss the team's vacant head coaching position. Also yesterday, the team promoted Greg Blache to lead the defense, and announced that a head coach would not be in place for at least another week. Offensive coordinator Al Saunders , who had ...


Campbell targets City date for Arsenal return

Sol Campbell is expected to play for Arsenal's reserves on Monday and could be back in the first team for next weekend's visit to Manchester City.


Nominati quattro dg alla guida di altrettante divisioni


Tognum set for biggest German IPO in seven years

German engine maker Tognum said it expects its stock market listing on Monday to bring in around 2.07 billion euros (3.39 billion dollars), making it the biggest IPO in Germany in seven years.


Withstanding controversy and cheaters, Athens Games were a success

Nearly four years ago there was a rumble that Athens would not be ready as the host city of the 2004 Olympics and they may have to shift back to Sydney, site of the 2000 Games.


Sharpton: Pull 2 Ala. Candidates From Race

Alabama Democrats should get rid of a candidate who denies the Holocaust and another who has advocated killing illegal immigrants, activist Al Sharpton said Monday.


Rested Federer ready to put icing on cake

Perfection is a hard act to follow and, after the most remarkable 11 months of his life, Roger Federer has much to live up to here this week.


Dr. Clotaire Rapaille, a French-born medical anthropologist and psychiatrist, is paid top dollar by American corporations to tell them what consumers want.


Australia's Telstra announces details of A$750 million share ...

SYDNEY: Australia's dominant telecommunications firm, Telstra, has unveiled details of a 750 million dollar (532 million US) off-market share buy-back as part of a three-year, 4.5 billion dollar capital management program.


Rush Limbaugh To Appeal Medical Records Ruling

Earlier today, the appeal court ruled that the seizure of Rush Limbaugh's medical records was legal and did not affect his right to privacy.


West Bromwich Albion manager Bryan Robson was not happy at his side's defending after being humiliated at St Andrews yesterday and worries about whether he will be able to attract new players


Putin suggests plan to repair 'internal weakness'

Flags across Russia were lowered to half mast yesterday in preparation for the two days of national mourning decreed by President Vladimir Putin to commemorate the victims of the Beslan school siege.


Ugljare Journal: Serbs Face Tough Choice as Kosovo Independence Looms

The estimated 120,000 Serbs left in the majority-Albanian province, many of them natives, are wondering whether to go or to stay.


(InfoWorld) - Spring Web Flow, a Web framework built on the popular Spring Java framework that integrates with such frameworks as Spring, Struts, and JavaServer Faces, is being upgraded to improve the flow of activities in applications. Developers of Spring Web Flow are working on version 1.1 of the framework. Due later this year, it will feature the concept of flow composition and inheritance, in which application parts representing user functionality can be reused, said officials at Interface21, which oversees development of Spring technologies. This capability is of particular use in e-commerce applications and involves the embedding of application subflows into a master flow of functionality in an application. Improved integration with the JSF (JavaServer Faces) framework also is planned. "It's much more natural now for those used to working with JSF," said Keith Donald, principal engineer at Interface21. Key functions of Spring Web Flow include: * Navigation control, in which it can be used to define how a user interacts with a Web application. * Managing of state associated with a Web application, including the management of transient data, such as passenger information, when booking a flight in an e-commerce system. * Modularity, in which a process like a booking process can be modularized as a discreet unit. "The sweet sport for Web Flow is providing a really good framework for things like wizards," Donald said. With Web Flow, Java developers can leverage object-oriented language concepts, said Neelan Choksi, senior vice president of Americas at Interface21. While Web Flow handles user interactions in an application, Spring would deal with transactional processing, business logic, and data access, said Donald. Version 1.0.3 of Spring Web Flow was released a few weeks ago, while version 1.0.4, featuring minor improvements and bug fixes, is due this week. Milestone, or preview, releases of version 1.1 will be offered prior to the general release. Spring Web Flow has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, most of which occurred after the release of the 1.0 version of the software in October 2006.


A senior police officer warns that international crime gangs have set up dozens of cannabis factories in Scotland.


Catania, 19:21 - CALCIO, CATANIA-PALERMO SOSPESA AL 14' ST PER FUMOGENI

Catania-Palermo è stata sospesa al 14' del secondo tempo (sul punteggio di 0-1) a causa dei f...


Ask.com to Let Users Scrub Search Records

A new feature called AskEraser will let users perform anonymous searches.


"Eastern Promises" tops at Toronto film festival

"Eastern Promises," a Russian mob thriller directed by Canadian cult legend David Cronenberg, won the Toronto International Film Festival's top prize on Saturday, positioning itself as an early Oscar favorite.


Nella lista per il nuovo Cda non figura l'attuale Ad Cimoli


SAS man makes phone-based publicity lunge

McNab in booky attention grab Ex-SAS man and action author Andy McNab's latest book is going to be promoted with a short-code that responds with a link to the first chapter of the book, free to your mobile phone - but unlike previous promotions of this type the chapter is also available in spoken form.â¦


The top vote-getters in Iraq's national elections huddled Monday to bargain over posts in the next government, and Kurdish parties appeared in a pivotal position to install the first president of their ethnic minority in Iraq's history.


Former Enron Corp. chief executives Ken   Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were found guilty on Thursday of lying   about their company's troubled finances in one of the biggest   U.S. business scandals and could face years in prison.


The Donation Debate: Group Says People Shouldn't Be Able to Get Organs Unless They First Agree to Donate Their Own

By Shabina S. Khatri, Detroit Free Press  Mar. 8--What's growing inside Sonya Cook is a miracle of life.   Anchored within the abdomen of the 38-year-old African-American woman from Detroit are two tiny kidneys from a Chinese toddler, both growing to adapt to their new adult host.


Hollinger told it may face US regulatory action

Conrad Black's Canadian holding company, Hollinger Inc., has been told by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it may face civil proceedings for violating regulatory rules.


Kenyan Environmentalist Wins Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway - Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years.    Maathai, Kenya's deputy environment minister, is the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize in any category since the awards were first handed out in 1901...


The British and Irish Prime Ministers are due to meet Sinn Fein in a bid to overcome the latest obstacle in the peace process.


Yukos faces new tax claims; total bill above $17.6 bn

LONDON, November 1  - The Russian oil giant, Yukos Oil (YUSA.FSE), has been asked for additional back-tax payments of more than $10 billion, increasing the company's total tax liabilities to above $17.


The first Malaysian astronaut in space returns safely to Earth from the International Space Station.


Television news gives the Mel Gibson wing of Christianity more say than other Christian voices and usually ignores minority religions altogether.


Katie Couric's ratings, attempts to inject an opinion segment into the "CBS Evening News" and search for a signoff have all been meticulously detailed in print. The state of Rosie O'Donnell's relationship with the other women of "The View" is monitored daily.


Organizzato 'per discutere soluzioni crisi palestinese'


Lucy Liu is in negotiations to join Josh Hartnett in the noir gangster film "Lucky Number Slevin."


Sudanese Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur

Gripping a pair of pliers, a doctor pried a bullet from Amina Kharim's swollen and bleeding left arm. Eight hours earlier, at dawn Tuesday, she had been asleep


College Basketball: Illinois, UConn Cruise; Virginia Upset

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head had a game-high 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 along with nine assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to a 78-59 victory over in-state foe Chicago State at Assembly Hall.


Roy Williams was told Monday that he has to sit out Dallasâs game Saturday night against Carolina as punishment for his third 'âhorse-collarâ' tackle this season.


The president and his estranged vice president failed Thursday to bridge a government rift threatening a 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of civil war between Sudan's north and south


President Bush wants the U.N. to uphold its pledge to fight for freedom in lands of poverty and terror and plans to punctuate his challenge by promising new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar.


Bush, Kerry drop the gloves, pick up the boxing quotes

President George W. Bush and Democratic hopeful John Kerry have been trading political blows for months -- now they're stealing the punchlines of boxing's greatest heavyweights.


Camacho made the gesture yesterday, but it was knocked back by Perez - despite one of the worst weeks in his reign. The two men will meet on Monday to address Madrid's current problems which have come to a head in the past week.


U.N. human rights body backs new probe of Myanmar

The U.N. Human Rights Council told  Myanmar on Friday to prosecute those who committed abuses  during a crackdown on peaceful monk-led protests and free Nobel  laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.


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Russia accuses Europe vote watchdog of "sabotage"

Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is expected to win.


ASIA/CAMBOGIA - Consacrazione di una nuova chiesa a Phnom Penh, la prima dal tempo dei khmer rossi, e visita del Card. Renato Martino Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Grande gioia nel Vicariato Apostolico di Phnom Penh per uno storico evento: la comunitÃ  cattolica ha festeggiato la consacrazione e lÂapertura al culto di una nuova chiesa, dedicata al Bambino GesÃ¹. Si tratta della prima ...


Giuliani, Romney, Thompson Attack Each Other, Clinton in Debate

Bloomberg - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican presidential candidates argued over who among them was a genuine conservative and competed to skewer Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, while scratching the surface of how to hold down entitlement spending during a debate last night.


US women crush South Korea for third straight blowout win

ATHENS, Greece  -- Looking for answers to an offense that seemed out of synch, the United States finally found them.


Ole Miss Contacts Erickson -- 'It's Something I Need to Look at'

Don't count San Francisco 49ers coach Dennis Erickson out of Ole Miss's hunt for a new coach just yet. On Tuesday, Erickson met with Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone and chancellor Robert Khayat for two hours in a Santa Clara, Calif.


57 miners have died in a fire at five connected iron ore mines in northern China. The fire started last Saturday in a privately run mine in Shahe city, and rapidly spread to four other mines nearby, trapping 106 people working underground.


Experts struggle to identify Indonesia crash dead

Experts struggled on Thursday to identify bodies badly burned when an Indonesian plane overshot a runway and burst into flames as it landed in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta, killing more than 20 people.


Asian Shares Mixed, Oil Heads Toward $47

Record high oil prices kept Asian  stock markets in check on Wednesday as investors fretted over  the impact of high energy costs on corporate earnings, but an  upbeat outlook from Applied Materials lifted some tech issues.


Pregnancy has been an engaging experience for Jessica Alba.


By Serdar Tumgoren, The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif.  Dec. 7--GILROY -- A group of Hecker Pass landowners are dangling $2  million before city leaders in hopes of fast-tracking construction of hundreds  of homes on farmland and hillsides in west Gilroy.


Presidential candidate John Edwards said Friday he feels "at peace" campaigning in his native South Carolina, though he acknowledges that how Democratic primary voters will receive his populist message remains anyone's guess.


CHIBA, JAPAN -- Sanyo Electric unveiled a prototype player supporting the next-generation optical disc format HD-DVD at the Ceatec 2004 show here this week.


Giants' Barber rushes to NBC news, sports gig

Retired New York Giants  running back Tiki Barber will join NBC Universal's broadcast  team, working for both NBC Sports as an analyst and NBC News as  a contributor to "Today."


Microsoft gives the Commission interop info

Revised docs handed in Microsoft has handed in revised interoperability information to the European Commission.â¦


There has been little  improvement in the working of the tax credit system, says another report from MPs.


Moneta unica vola sopra 1,4430 sul biglietto verde


DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah - The Genesis space capsule, which had orbited the sun for three years gathering potential clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to Earth and cracked open Wednesday, exposing its collection of solar atoms to contamination.    Flight engineers suspect a set of tiny explosives failed to trigger the capsule's parachutes, and the capsule slammed into the Utah desert at 193 mph...


Police: Woman Spent Charity Donations On Cocaine

CHICAGO -- Chicago police said a woman who hauled in more than $3,000 in cash donations for the American Diabetes Association is believed to have spent all the money on cocaine.


The publicity avalanche surrounding FireFox continues unabated. News.com profiles developers at the forefront of the FireFox developer movement and explains how some crafty developers are taking advantage


Review: Self-Absorbed 'Ocean's Twelve' Is Witty Fun

The first question everyone asks about "Ocean's Twleve" is, "Is it as good as 'Ocean's Eleven'?" Well, no, not really, but "Ocean's Twelve" still stands on its own and has enough wit, fun capers, intact storyline and gorgeous people that two hours will go


ESPN2 officials announced yesterday that the network will televise the Australian Open men's final between Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin live at 3:30 a.m. tomorrow. .


Surgical removal of trigger points on the face and head can significantly reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches, and in some cases totally eliminate them, investigators report.


Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns Monday, killing at least four people and stranding residents and their pets on the roofs of their homes.


Detectives investigating the murder of a man in south Belfast make two more arrests.


A young boy who had his head severed from his neck in a racing car crash recovers against the odds.


GM talks shift into overdrive, strike enters 3rd day

Negotiations between United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp shifted into overdrive on Wednesday, with a marathon bargaining session stoking expectations the two sides are nearing a deal to end a national strike entering its third day.


Bodies of Two Westerners Found South of Baghdad

Iraqi police have found the bodies of a  man and a woman, both believed to be Westerners, south of  Baghdad, the director of the hospital that received the corpses  said on Sunday.


Pinochet May Face First Trial After Court Ruling

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto  Pinochet moved closer to his first trial on human rights  violations on Tuesday when Chile's Supreme Court allowed murder  and kidnapping charges against him to go forward.


Uruguay beat Bolivia thanks to Sanchez goal

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela  - Uruguay shrugged off their shock opening defeat by Peru to beat shot-shy Bolivia 1-0 in the Copa America on Saturday.


Liberal cabinet ministers defend Martin against criticism from ...

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


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Barack Obama took a big step on Thursday toward becoming the first black U.S. president when his campaign for change caught fire in Iowa and swept him past Hillary Clinton in the opening Democratic nominating contest.


Webb makes fundraising gains in Va. race

Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb raised $3.5 million the past three months, the first substantial cash infusion into his campaign, while Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen did not provide in advance the fundraising figures for the period.


In three years, PRAM could become the leading storage technology for solid-state MP3 players that now use flash memory. But does Samsung, which announced a working PRAM prototype today, really want to replace its own bread-and-butter?


Donald Rumsfeld, the American defence secretary, has been using a machine to sign letters of condolence to the relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq, it emerged yesterday.


Long before three media conglomerates bid for the Tiki Barberâs post-playing TV services, Barber started building a friendship with his new boss at NBC, Jeff Zucker.


Superare sistema 'royalties' per stazioni in autostrada


Trooper wounded in 'Bucky' hunt loses leg

Doctors have amputated the leg of one of the New York state troopers shot last week during a search for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, a police spokeswoman told CNN Sunday.


Milano, 16:45 - CALCIO, MILAN: CONVOCATI PER LA REGGINA

Carlo Ancelotti ha convocato 20 giocatori per Reggina-Milan di domani. Ecco l'elenco: Fiori, ...


ALEX McLEISH got the perfect Old Firm boost last night when Nacho Novo was cleared to play against Celtic. The SFA's disciplinary panel knocked down the striker's red card against Hibs to a yellow.


The Vatican on Wednesday defended the choice of Doubleday to publish Pope Benedict XVI's new book in North America, responding to an Italian newspaper's barb that the company is part of the publishing giant holding the rights to "The Da Vinci Code," which was assailed by the church.


Document Revives WWII-Era Vatican Debate

A document that surfaced recently in church archives has revived debate about a contentious post-World War II issue: the Vatican's attempt to keep hold of some Jewish children who were protected from the Nazis by Christian families.


Case against Florida's Zook gets stronger

Florida's head man is sure to be college football's topic of the week after the Gators took a program-defining digger in Starkville over the weekend.


Cable Internet case goes to Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court will decide whether cable operators that provide high-speed Internet connections, like Time Warner Inc., should be required to open their networks to other Internet service providers.


A 15-year-old girl missing for nearly a year was found Wednesday locked in a small hidden room under the staircase of a couple's West Hartford home, police said.


W. Va. town is abuzz over Stewartâs jail stint

Each year at Christmastime, residents of this tiny mountain town run a yarn drive, gathering extra bits and pieces and donating them to the inmates of the Alderson Federal Prison Camp.


Real go Brazilian with Luxemburgo at the helm

MADRID  - Former Brazil national coach Wanderley Luxemburgo flew into Spain to become Real Madrid's fifth coach in 18 months.


The government has responded to calls to make the BBC's iPlayer work on computers that do not run Windows.


Microsoft 'Field Testing' Windows for OLPC Computers

A few months after it began hacking its Windows XP operating system to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO children's machine, Microsoft says it is actively field testing the software on the tiny laptops. Whether or not Windows is the best fit for the OLPC's core audience -- children in developing countries -- is debatable.


Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N on Friday  said it would buy Gillette Co. G.N for $57 billion in stock,  uniting two iconic U.S. producers of household goods ranging  from Pampers diapers to Duracell batteries.


2 Egyptians Kidnapped From Baghdad Office

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen broke into a mobile phone company office in Baghdad and seized two Egyptian employees, government officials said Friday, while the family of a British hostage shown pleading for his life on a video earlier this week awaited word on his fate.    Also Friday, mortars exploded near the Italian Embassy in Baghdad, slightly wounding three Iraqis, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said...


Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired from NASA on Wednesday, a month after she was charged with trying to kidnap a woman she regarded as her romantic rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.


BT Group: Infonet Acquisition Passes Hurdle

BT Group PLC said Thursday its takeover of data service company Infonet Services Corp. was closer after receiving clearance from U.S. antitrust authorities.


Arkansas Residents Return to Homes After Blast

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - Residents of a south Arkansas  town returned to their homes on Monday after an evacuation a  day earlier following an explosion at a chemical waste disposal  plant.


Genova, 18:06 - CALCIO, SAMP; NOVELLINO: ROMA TROPPO BRAVA PER NOI

Al termine della pesante sconfitta subita contro la Roma il tecnico della Samp Walter Novellino &egr...


Pianist Leon Fleisher, who for three decades was unable to play with his right hand, has canceled a performance at Tanglewood because of an inflammation of both hands.


Storm Disrupts Housing Plans / Newly Renovated Building Was Ready for Its First Occupants Before Sewer Pipe Ruptured

By MICHAEL ARTZ  Eight formerly homeless families were supposed to move into a newly renovated building on Joshua Street in Battery Park. Instead, all of the families who lived in the blocks around the building are looking for homes themselves.


Right-hander was key part of 2002 World Series win

A weekend in Anaheim apparently in search of a reliever netted the Reds a starter from the local big league club. General manager Dan O'Brien announced Tuesday that


Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden's trail has gone cold, and US and Pakistani officials have no active leads on where he might be hiding, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in a spate of interviews.


Dobbs: Patience favors enemy in Iraq, Afghanistan

While American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting some of the most intense battles of the war against radical Islamic terrorists, our national debate on the future of the conflict has descended to platitudes of campaign rhetoric and a pathological, partisan refusal on both sides of that debate to acknowledge the harsh realities and difficult choices that confront us.


Now that salmonella has been confirmed in the company's peanut butter, the work begins on disposing of the product and building back consumer trust


The Annual General Meeting of Manchester United PLC took place yesterday with passions running high about Malcolm Glazerâs plans to takeover the club.


Bus route across Kashmir at a standstill

India and Pakistan hit a roadblock Wednesday in their months-long effort to open a bus route that both governments agree would be an important step toward bringing peace to the divided territory of Kashmir.


Soldiers from the Black Watch battle group have been attacked at their base south of Baghdad for the third consecutive day. Six mortars were fired at the base, 25 km south of Baghdad, on Monday morning.


The international justice system is at a turning point, top war crimes prosecutors are told at a conference.


Strong quake hits Kinki region; tsunami warning issued for ...

OSAKA - An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit wide areas from eastern to western Japan Sunday evening, with warnings for tsunami tidal waves issued for Mie and Wakayama prefectures, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.


National Australia Bank, the country's biggest lender, sees profits slump following a trading scandal, and amid rising costs and tougher competition.


SKorea regulator OKs $1.2B telecoms deal

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has approved Â with conditions Â the proposal by wireless operator SK Telecom Co. to buy a large stake in the country's second-largest broadband service provider for $1.15 billion.


Roma, 14:06 - CALCIO, REGGINA; BIANCHI: MI PIACEREBBE GIOCARE NELLA LAZIO

In un'intervista a Radio Spazio Aperto Rolando Bianchi, attaccante della Reggina, strizza l'occhio a...


Kidnappers Seize a Relief Official Working in Iraq

The British-Iraqi director of CARE International in Iraq was kidnapped Tuesday as she drove to her office, the latest in a string of Westerners


French officials said Friday that an Islamic militant from the Paris area died in combat in Iraq this summer, the first case of a Frenchman confirmed to have joined the increasing number of young Europeans sent ...


Amazon.com is fighting Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to require online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York, whether the companies are in New York or not.


Palermo, 16:53 - CALCIO, PALERMO; BIAVA: FELICE DI ESSERE RIMASTO

Il difensore del Palermo, Giuseppe Biava, sembrava destinato a lasciare la Sicilia. Poi il ripensame...


US to give Nepal aid despite Maoist terror tag

The United States said it will continue to supply economic aid to Nepal after the Maoists join the government, even though it lists the former rebels as a terrorist group.


Roma, 15:42 - Calcio, doping: positivo giocatore della Fermana

Crocefisso Miglietta (Fermana, C1/B) Ã¨ stato trovato positivo dopo un controllo antidoping dello sco...


Schilling and Big Bats Give Red Sox Game 1

Curt Schilling pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels.


Epifani: La figura sindacali piu' importante del '900


Justin Timberlake had kind words about Britney Spears, but said he hasn't spoken to his ex-girlfriend in a long time and couldn't offer any explanation for her recent bizarre behavior.


Patrick Stewart is in the midst of a third act in his unlikely career that brings him full circle: back to England and back to the Shakespeare of his youth.


A billion bucks ain't what it used to be.


Supreme Court Returns to Divisive Issues

The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents. The death penalty, free speech and prison sentences are back on the agenda, along with new topics such as medical marijuana and out-of-state wine purchases that are likely to produce significant disagreement.


Plan for global observation would aid in forecasting of disasters

WASHINGTON - What if scientists could forecast Texas floods a full year in advance? Or predict when and how air pollution from Asia or Mexico will settle over Los Angeles or Houston? Or pinpoint the location of the next West Nile virus ...


Briancon, 17:20 - CICLISMO, GIRO: TAPPA E MAGLIA ROSA A DI LUCA

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) ha vinto la 12/a tappa del Giro d'Italia, la Scalenghe-BesanÃ§on di 163 km....


Swiss authorities hailed as a success a test of Internet voting in a national referendum, even as computer security experts remain skeptical that any online balloting could ever be secure using current technologies.


30-year fixed home loans remain appealing, but variable rates have been on the move up. By Sandra Block. If you're hoping an adjustable-rate mortgage will help you afford your dream house, you may want to rethink those granite countertops.


Bush Seen Vulnerable to Kerry Among Independent Voters

President Bush, who holds a sizable lead in some polls, still appears to be vulnerable to Democrat John Kerry among independent voters whose shifting loyalties could determine the winner of the November election, pollsters say.


Bush: Iraq must know it won't be abandoned

President Bush, reminding listeners of his surprise trip to Baghdad, said Saturday it was important for the Iraqi people to know after three years of war that "America will not abandon them after we have come this far."


Economy Grows at 3.7 Percent Annual Rate

The economy grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the summer as a big rebound in auto sales offset weakness from an exploding trade deficit, soaring oil prices and the Florida hurricanes, the government reported Friday.


Eight Boy Scouts who got lost while camping in the North Carolina mountains turned up Monday as searchers scoured the heavily wooded area for the troop, officials said


Britain's Andy Murray beats Russia's Mikhail Youzhny to reach the final of the St Petersburg Open.


Sondaggio on-line dell'Osservatorio giornalistico Mediawatch


Ukraine official dodges move to oust him

Ukraine's interior minister survived an attempt in parliament to dismiss him Thursday after lawmakers fell three votes short of the number needed to dismiss the controversial ally of President Viktor Yushchenko.


Turkish police hunt for suspects after a bomb blast killed 11 people in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.


Capitol to Release Two John Lennon Discs

John Lennon will have two new compact discs out this fall. Capitol Records announced it was releasing a 17-song disc, "Acoustic," which collect some of the quieter post-Beatles work, including "Working Class Hero," "Watching the Wheels" and "Dear Yoko," by Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.


No. 1 Memphis Stays Perfect With Last-Minute Comeback

Craig Austrie dribbled nearly the length of the court, penetrated the lane and made a 14-foot runner to give No. 17 Connecticut its ninth consecutive victory.


Suicide attack in Iraq kills three British soldiers, wounds eight

BAGHDAD -- Insurgents attacked British troops at a checkpoint in central Iraq yesterday, killing three and wounding eight in a suicide bomb and mortar barrage aimed at soldiers sent to the high-risk area to free US forces for an assault on the militant stronghold of Fallujah.


Ducks Increase Odds for Asian "Super Flu"

The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.


Kim Basinger Knows How to Protect Herself

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily September 4, 2004 - LOS ANGELES - She may play a kidnapping victim in the new thriller "Cellular," but don’t even think of messing with Kim Basinger in real life. ‘Cause she’ll kick your ass.


Due rumeni accusati dell'omicidio avvenuto a giugno


JERUSALEM -- Seeking to build on a shaky cease-fire with the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered yesterday to free prisoners, lift checkpoints, and release funds withheld from the Palestinian Authority in return for decisive steps toward peace.


DEMONSTRATORS set fire to United Nations offices and stoned United States soldiers in the Afghan city of Herat, a day after the government sacked its popular and powerful warlord as governor.


Vols See Tough Road After Florida Stunner

Here's a way to spoil the celebration for No. 11 Tennessee after beating Florida: check out the Volunteers' remaining schedule and recent history.


Manufacturing Growth Exceeds Expectations

Manufacturing activity marked its 18th straight month of expansion in November, a research group reported today, and the rate of growth was faster than economists had expected.


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All Russian Schools to Have Internet Connection By 2008 - Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev

MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) - Russian First Deputy Minister Dmitry Medvedev has confirmed that all Russian schools will have high- speed Internet access by the end of 2007.


Republican presidential candidate John McCain lobbed a thinly veiled attack at fellow rival Rudy Giuliani, describing the former mayor's "devious" attempt with a lawsuit "to bankrupt our great gun manufacturers."


World sceptical of news of bin Laden 'death'

A French intelligence memo suggesting Osama bin Laden might have died of typhoid has been greeted with scepticism around the world -- though persistent reports the Al-Qaeda leader was struck with illness raised questions as to his fate.


Blast Near Convoy of Palestinian Security Chief

A car bomb exploded near the convoy of a  Palestinian security chief in the Gaza Strip as it left a  security headquarters on Tuesday, witnesses said.


BAR Honda have dashed Anthony Davidson's hopes for a top drive in 2005, and blamed the Williams team in the process. BAR technical director Geoff Willis said that Williams would not compromise on an 'unconditional arrangement.


Retail group Metoz Holdings on Monday announced that Metcash Australia had made an offer to buy out all the issued shares of Metoz at 2.65 rand a share.


Rite Aid Corp. , which last week  said it would buy the Eckerd and Brooks drugstore chains for  about $2.6 billion, on Tuesday said it is on track to meet this  year's profit and sales forecasts.


Multiple Fatalities in Train Crash Near London

A British high-speed passenger train plowed into a car at a level crossing and flew off the rails on Saturday, killing a number of people and injuring scores of passengers.


Now playing: New Paltalk Messenger screens original Web shows

Paltalk makes the switch from instant messaging platform to video content provider with a reworked chat client, now called PaltalkScene.


Thai Woman May Have Contracted Bird Flu From Human

Thailand said a woman who died from avian influenza on Sept. 20 may have contracted the disease from her daughter in a human-to-human transmission.


Calif. Train Wreck Survivor Wrote Message in Blood

A Los Angeles man, whose  blood-scrawled love message to his wife and family became the  most haunting image of a fatal train crash last week, choked up  in tears on Thursday as he thanked his rescuers.


EU ministers disagree on fuel tax breaks

European Union finance ministers failed early today to agree on tax breaks to ease the impact of high oil prices, despite sharp prodding from France and dire warnings that they were threatening economic growth.


Western powers vow to end embargo on Abbas govt

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Western powers said on Monday they would end a 15-month-old embargo on the Palestinians in a boost to President Mahmoud Abbas's government after he sacked Hamas Islamists who seized the Gaza Strip.


'Britons at Risk from Terrorist Attacks in Indonesia'

The Foreign Office today warned Britons of a âheightened riskâ of terrorist attacks in Indonesia over Christmas and the New Year.


Police and prosecutors study the implications of the Omagh bomb trial after a man is cleared of all charges.


Way to Kick a Coke Habit? Mix Tranquilizers, Hormone Blockers

A pharmaceutical company launches a human trial testing whether people can fight a cocaine addiction by taking tranquilizers along with hormone blockers.


Chuck Liddell never lost his fame. But after two straight losses, the Ultimate Fighting Championship megastar had seemingly lost the tenacity that made him beloved by fans and feared by opponents.


Blog: Yahoo.com has kicked off its Search Suggest feature, a move designed to save users time by offering up suggestions they can click on.


Eta explodes ceasefire hopes with five bombs in the Spanish ...

ETA, the Basque separatist organisation, detonated five small bombs in Madrid last night, signalling that, despite recent setbacks, it was not yet ready to renounce violence.


Tim Wakefield will start Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday for Boston after playing a key relief role for the Red Sox in the AL championship series.


Domani dovrebbe essere la volta a Kenneth Foster


A major winter storm that dropped more than 10 inches of snow across parts of the Midwestern United States barreled into New England on Sunday, with snow, freezing rain and forecasts for winds as high as 50 miles per hour.


Madrid, 13:32 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: LIGA INIZIA CON DERBY REAL MADRID-ATLETICO

Il derby di Madrid tra Real e Atletico apre La Liga 2007-2008, al via dal 25 agosto. I campioni in c...


Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley was downgraded to doubtful Friday with a sore hamstring, meaning he will almost certainly miss a third consecutive game Sunday.


After Brockton senior quarterback Vaughn Askew hit senior Phil Coriaty with a 29-yard scoring strike with seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, a win seemed to be out of reach for BC High.


U considers a multimillion dollar health system renovation

MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota is considering a half-billion-dollar plan to renovate its medical facilities in an effort to improve patient care and boost the medical school's reputation.


Palermo, 20:04 - CALCIOPOLI, PALERMO; ASCOLTATO FOSCHI: SONO SERENO

Rino Foschi, il ds del Palermo interrogato a Roma dal procuratore federale Stefano Palazzi dopo inte...


SOMALIA, the only country without a national government, took a step towards ending its failed-state status yesterday as international mediators swore in members of its new parliament.


NATO says hostile fire may have caused chopper crash

NATO forces in Afghanistan on Thursday said Taliban fire may have brought down its military helicopter in which the alliance says seven soldiers were killed, but the Taliban say 35.


Giuliani Has More to Spend Than Romney, Filings Show

Bloomberg - July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Rudy Giuliani entered the second half of 2007 with $3 million more in the bank to spend on getting the Republican presidential nomination than former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, according to reports filed today with the U.S. Federal Election Commission.


Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston Splitting Up

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have finally made official what was rumored for months — Hollywood's A-List couple is splitting up.


Report: Convicted spy to be returned to Israel

CAIRO, Egypt An Arabic TV station is reporting that a convicted Arab-Israeli spy is being returned to Israel in exchange for six Egyptian students.


Yukos unit sold for $9.3 billion -- report

BaikalFinansGroup won the auction for Yuganskneftegaz on Sunday, agreeing to pay $9.3 billion for the main production unit of Yukos, Russia's largest oil producer, according to published reports.


The Who launch U.S. tour with classic-laden show

The Who kicked off the U.S. leg of  their first world tour for more than 20 years on Tuesday with a  two-hour set that included a full complement of classic hits, a  smattering of new material, and some rough edges.


Boring businesses have been known to generate exciting returns.


Shares in Carrefour rise on a report that the French supermarket giant could dismiss its chairman Luc Vandevelde.


Ballots are being counted in Afghanistan, after delays created by irregularities in Saturday's elections.


'Black Tuesday' leaves Windows admins blue

Forget the Monday morning blues. For Windows administrators, the second Tuesday of the month has become the day to dread. That's the day when Microsoft releases its monthly package of patches.


At least six Nato soldiers and their Afghan interpreter are killed when a roadside bomb destroys their vehicle.


How TiVo and Amazon are working to eradicate disc media

Blog: Taking another step towards a completely digital movie marketplace, Amazon and TiVo announced the availability of Unbox videos through a TiVo remote.


Young student nears end of record flight

Two stops before completing a journey that would make him the youngest person to fly solo around the Earth, Barrington Irving glided into Houston on Saturday with a message for the roughly 50 students who cheered his arrival.


Iran has accepted a full suspension of uranium enrichment and linked activities, diplomats said Sunday. The diplomats said the Iranians apparently dropped demands to modify a tentative deal worked out last


Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool

com October 22, 2004, 1:56 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.


Democrat Seeks Probe of Bush Aides' Travel

The chairwoman of the House Democrats' homeland security task force is asking Congress' independent auditors to examine travel by senior Bush administration officials in light of recent trips to hotly contested states in the 2004 presidential election.


Gates denies NATO discontent over Afghanistan

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied reports of discontent between the United States and NATO allies over Afghanistan, a day after a newspaper quoted him criticizing NATO's counterinsurgency skills.


The Sri Lanka military says it has started a new drive to dislodge Tamil Tiger rebels from Mannar in the north.


EU at 50 admired more from afar than from within

The European Union is an object of  admiration and emulation in much of the world, yet it marks its  50th birthday this month little loved at home.


YouTube plans to launch a video identification system that will help the company sniff out copyrighted material, it said earlier this week. Tests begin initially with Walt Disney and Time Warner.


The Generation Y-focused marketer's shares were near 52-week highs yesterday.


U.S. Sponsors Programs for Women in Europe and Eurasia

I believe with all my power, when I go back to Kosovo, I will make a change in my government.


Roma, 21:35 - CALCIO, LAZIO; LOTITO: INGAGGIO ROCCHI NON POTRA' SFORARE TETTO

Claudio Lotito ha fatto il punto sul mercato della Lazio in occasione del convegno 'I diritti dello ...


BG Group sees annual profits leap by a quarter

British gas giant BG Group has said that net profits leapt 23 percent last year on rising production and increased energy prices.


Investors reject bid for sale to Genzyme

Genzyme Corp. suffered an unaccustomed defeat yesterday when shareholders in Bioenvision Inc. , a small New York cancer-drug developer, blocked a $350 million takeover bid by refusing to sell their stock to the Cambridge biotechnology giant.


Radical Islamist Fights U.S. Efforts to Silence Him

The U.S. government goes after an Islamic mullah they suspect of terrorist involvement by targeting his finances.


Millions begin China holiday without power

TONGREN, China  - Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without power on Wednesday after more than a week of fierce winter weather, but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had finally found trains, buses and planes to get home for family reunions.


Mauritania's presidential poll, the final stage of transition to civilian rule after a coup, is free and fair, observers say.


The Oscars: The Most Social Guy Who Ever Wanted to Ditch Society

For someone who revels in solitude in âInto the Wild,â Chris McCandless is remarkably good at making friends.


Diretto verso stazione spaziale per missione di 11 giorni


Lâassemblea della Lega Calcio di serie Ae serie B, quella completamente spaccata sullâelezione del suo nuovo presidente, ha trovato una via comune sul candidato da presentare alle prossime elezioni per la presidenza della Federcalcio che si terranno


By RAF CASERT  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union said Wednesday it has given Poland a week to stop work on a highway running through a protected habitat in a test case of how new EU member states deal with environmental issues.


At least three people have been killed in a suspected suicide car bomb blast outside Baghdad's main hospital, Iraqi police and medics say.


UPDATE 4-Kumble puts India in sight of victory

Leg spinner Anil Kumble completed his sixth 10-wicket test haul on Saturday to give India a wonderful opportunity to square their four-match series against Australia.


Tribune Sells Connecticut Papers to Hearst

Hearst will pay the Tribune Co. $62.4 million for its two daily newspapers in Stamford and Greenwich.


Mille artisti, 350 spettacoli, giochi e solidarietÃ  fino allâ ...

Veltroni apre la manifestazione con la mamma di Simona Torretta. Acrobati in piazza di Spagna, Proietti a Villa Borghese. ROMA - Ã stata la mamma di Simona Torretta, la signora Anna Maria, a dire ai romani


In many cases, product specifications may mean something different from what they appear to, or mean nothing at all.


[Seattle | Reuters News Service, 4 November 2004] - Microsoft's share of the browser market slipped slightly in recent months but still dominated with 92.


Study: Florida Ranks In Bottom 20% For Health

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The health of Americans is improving, but it's not getting better quite as fast in Florida and other southern states, according to a new report.


Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham resigned Monday, saying he is confident the country is on a steady path to more reliable power supplies, cleaner fuels and new energy options.


The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into struggling teen apparel retailer Wet Seal Inc.  relating to the company's 2004 second-quarter earnings results, the retailer said on Tuesday.


Sprint and SBC Communications Friday announced a two-way roaming deal that will enable the customers of each vendor to access the hotspots run by the other.


More rains are expected across Africa, as flooding affects more than 1m people across 17 countries.


Obama, Clintons converge on civil rights shrine

SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help pick the party's 2008 presidential nominee.


New Drug May Be Better Than Aspirin for Diabetics

A drug called picotamide appears to be a more effective blood-thinner than aspirin for people with diabetes, according to an Italian study.


A U.S. navy warship docked at Cambodia's main seaport Friday, the first port call by an American naval vessel to the Southeast Asian nation in more than three decades.


MEXICO CITY  - Legendary Mexican TV personality Raul Velasco, who hosted one of Latin America's most popular variety shows for nearly three decades, died Sunday in his home in Acapulco. He was 73.


New York, 10:25 - FOOTBALL, NFL: VICK SOSPESO A TEMPO INDETERMINATO

Michael Vick, quarterback degli Atlanta Falcons, è stato sospeso a tempo indeterminato dalla ...


A Paris Saint Germain fan is shot dead by a French plain-clothed police officer after a European game.


Tens of thousands of children marched against hunger in Liberia Sunday, adding their voices to a global event to tackle food shortages that many in the war-battered west African nation have felt firsthand.


Newly Found Tennessee Williams Plays Staged in NY

Five newly discovered short plays by Tennessee Williams are shedding light on the troubled life of one of America's greatest playwrights more than 20 years after he died in a hotel room surrounded by wine bottles and pills.


Area Lakes Have Been Stocked With Millions of Saugeyes

By J I M M O R R I S O U T D O O R S  If this time of year finds the most fish being taken out of Ohio lakes, it is also the period of time when even more are going in. Trucks from Ohio's state fish hatcheries have been busy stocking area lakes, mostly with saugeye fingerlings.


China Offers Plan to Clean Up Its Polluted Lakes

The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.


Blockbuster Inc. (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday posted a quarterly operating profit well below analysts' estimates even before $1.


PC World, Orange, and Pipex sneeze out broadband offers

Hardly Christmas come early, though... In a flurry of broadband selling activity, several firms are gunning for your brand loyalty.â¦


Diabetes Treatment Fails to Live Up to Promise

Transplants of insulin-making cells have not lived up to the promise they showed in an initial trial.


Nigerian rebels threaten delta oil firms

INSURGENTS in Nigeriaâs oil-rich Niger river delta yesterday warned that they would launch "a full-scale armed struggle" against the central government on Friday, the 44th anniversary of independence from Britain.


Microsoft, Cisco Partner on Security Improvements

Microsoft and Cisco Systems today said they will share security and network health technologies in an effort to stop, isolate and eliminate viruses and other malicious software on Windows-based networks.


An east Belfast shopping centre is evacuated after a heavy downpour causes flooding in the city.


FIGHTERS loyal to firebrand Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been allowed to keep weapons such as AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers as part of secret provisions in a deal that ended the 22-day siege of the holy city of Najaf.


Uranium negotiations are close to the end

Pressured by European powers, Iranian negotiators at a key UN atomic agency meeting sought approval from their government Friday for a total freeze of a program that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium.


Microsoft today made new versions of its dominant desktop programs, Windows and Office, available to business customers.


SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan was hospitalized Sunday after falling in her home in Bel-Air but is doing well, her spokeswoman said.


The publisher of the Los Angeles Times, who became a folk hero in media circles for refusing to make budget cutbacks demanded by the parent Tribune Co., was pushed out today and replaced by the chief executive of the Chicago Tribune.


Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.


Malkin hat trick keys Penguins to fifth straight win

Evgeni Malkin scored two of his three goals in a four-goal third period to propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, their fifth straight victory.


Renamed Masters Cup to move to London in 2009

The prestigious end-of-season Masters Cup will switch from Shanghai to London from 2009, the ATP men's tennis tour announced on Tuesday.


. (antiTainment) Screen legend Janet Leigh died Sunday at the age of 77. Leigh will always be remembered for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho".


Demand for Olympic tickets high ahead of second sale

Some 1.85 million tickets for next year's Beijing Olympics will be up for grabs on a first-come, first-serve basis when the second round of domestic sales start on Tuesday.


Robert Altman is too  busy to bask in the acclaim for his latest ensemble piece, "A  Prairie Home Companion."


Northern Ireland votes in assembly election

Northern Ireland voted on Wednesday in an election that could allow the return of a government shared between Protestants and Catholics and help cement a lasting political settlement after decades of conflict.


Blackstone Group LP  units rose 15 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as the first major U.S. private-equity firm went public and minted billions of dollars of new wealth for its founders.


President Paul Kagame said Congo and the international community had failed to tackle the rebels for 10 years. "If the international community cannot take care of this problem


Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top auto maker, posted a better-than-expected 45 percent rise in quarterly profit Thursday, helped by higher productivity due to better union relations and improved domestic sales.


Giugno conferma positivo andamento anche in Francia e Spagna


The US government has agreed to settle a lawsuit with tens of thousands of Hungarian Holocaust survivors over a trainload of gold, jewelry and other property seized by


Hardest part of democracy: Creating beneficent state

Few can doubt the historic importance of the peaceful and democratic passing of executive power to Indonesia's first ever directly elected president later this month -- with the former general-turned-democrat, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the winner.


Women delaying motherhood should freeze eggs: British expert

Women expecting to have children in their late thirties or forties should freeze their eggs if they want to boost the odds, a British fertility expert said.


Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84

The wiry French mime mostly performed as the chalk-faced Bip and did much to revive the art of pantomime.


Firenze, 15:07 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; TONI: ORGOGLIOSO DI INDOSSARE MAGLIA VIOLA

Luca Toni ha smentito alcune dichiarazioni apparsa questa mattina sul quotidiano 'La Nazione'. ''Res...


IBM to commercialize Blue Gene supercomputer

NOVEMBER 08, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Fresh from setting a record for performance among supercomputers just a few days ago, IBM today announced it is making a commercial version of its Blue Gene system available for businesses and scientific researchers.


A former Major League Baseball clubhouse attendant who sold steroids to many players and later shared key information with investigators received a sentence of five years probation but no jail time from a federal judge on Friday.


Democratic hopeful gambles on challenge to former president Bill Clinton, accusing him of distorting facts


The U.S. premium cable TV network, HBO, is reportedly working on a project described as Rome meets E.T., it was reported Monday.  The bizarre sounding program has aliens visiting Rome where they encourage the civilization to reach greater heights, the New York Post says.


That's what Philip Morle told an Australian court, and he ought to know--he's Sharman Networks' chief technology officer.


Fans rushing onto the court or field will be costly to SEC schools

Southeastern Conference schools must prevent fans from rushing onto the basketball court and football field or face fines that could reach $50,000.


Trial starts in S.D. dismemberment death

Jury selection started Monday for the trial of a deaf woman accused of kidnapping, killing and dismembering another deaf woman, South Dakota's first capital punishment case with a female defendant.


Australian murderer kept body for 23 years

An Australian man was convicted on Saturday of killing his wife and then hiding her body in a metal drum in his garage for 23 years.


Want to shop like the stars but words fail you?

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Like, it's a bag, like Mischa Barton's.


Mexico extradites drug clan brother to U.S

Mexico extradited a member of the   infamous Arellano Felix drug-smuggling family to the United   States on Saturday where he has been wanted since the 1980s on   drug charges, a source in the prosecutor general's office said.


Pennington Is Going Longer: Seven Years for $64 Million

Chad Pennington signed a contract extension Wednesday that is believed to include one of the largest bonuses given to a player in the N.F.L.


Mount St. Helens teases Scientists as Lava dome grows

Although the Earthquake activity remains quite low in the volcano, part of the crater has risen almost 100 feet in the last couple of days.


Advertising: Creative Juices Flowing for Pro Bono Effort to Aid Global Water Projects

A charitable campaign created last year by a New York boutique agency is arriving next month in more than a dozen other cities.


Excerpts from an Osama bin Laden video released Friday:


US rock star Melissa Etheridge cancels a tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer.


Half of Internet Viagra Could Be Fake - Study

As many as half of the Viagra anti-impotence pills sold on the Internet could be counterfeit, British scientists said on Tuesday.


Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News

NEW YORK - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market...


US Rapper TI leads the charge at this year's Black Entertainment TV (BET) Awards, with nine nominations.


Hu's trip to Sudan tests China-Africa ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Sudan could cement China's position as the continent's business partner of choice.


NEW YORK  - Producer-actress Rosario Dawson's violent date-rape drama "Descent" will be released domestically next spring by City Lights Pictures.


Commissario, la Francia ha un'economia importante


Police hunt the parents of a two-year-old boy, found wandering the streets of Birmingham on Tuesday night.


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THERE has been a bit of cheek and a sprinkling of rain to slow the process, but today Pakistan will be crushed like a bug under the heel of cricket's heavyweight champion.


Fred Thompson to announce White House run September 6

Tough talking screen star and former senator Fred Thompson said Thursday he would launch his long-awaited 2008 Republican White House bid next week, vowing to shield America from terrorism.


LYON, France  - Seventh seed Vincent Spadea came  back from the brink to defeat Jurgen Melzer 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 at  the Lyon Grand Prix Friday.


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Road comedy, drugs drama lead indie film nominees

The hit road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the acclaimed drugs drama "Half Nelson" led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.


Minneapolis is Home to a Dazzling Christmas

By Giovanna Dell'Orto Associated Press  MINNEAPOLIS -- Heading home for the holidays, I'm already smiling as the plane approaches the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The surrounding farm country is blinding in its unbroken whiteness through the flat horizon.


Troubled Wrexham Football Club has its power cut off for non-payment of bills ahead of Saturday's home game against Hull.


Black Vote Was Vital, But Not the Whole Story

Overwhelming support from African American voters fueled Sen. Barack Obama's big win in yesterday's South Carolina Democratic primary, but he also continued to demonstrate broad appeal across racial lines, particularly among younger, better-educated and wealthier voters.


Cadbury Schweppes raises the estimated cost of a salmonella outbreak at one of its UK plants to Â£30m.


Actress Vardalos's Acropolis dream comes true

Greece has granted American actress and   writer Nia Vardalos the rare privilege of shooting parts of her   new Tom Hanks-produced film in the classical ruins of Athens's   Acropolis.


An ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic and a pro-Western moderate are vying for Serbia's presidency in an election Sunday that could either propel the Balkan nation closer to the European Union or drag it back into isolation.


Barack Obama, an Iowa winner seeking New Hampshire spoils, faced stepped-up criticism Friday from Democratic rivals now doubly determined to block his rise in the 2008 presidential race. Republican Mike Huckabee claimed momentum for a hurried five-day primary campaign.


Twenty-eight police to stand trial for G8 violence

A judge today ordered 28 police officers to stand trial for their alleged brutality in a raid against anti-globalisation protesters during the 2001 Group of Eight summit in Genoa, news reports said.


Friendly fire kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan

One NATO soldier was killed by friendly   fire and several were wounded on Monday during a major   offensive to crush a resurgent Taliban in southern Afghanistan.


Roma, 19:08 - CICLISMO, DOPING: CHIESTA SQUALIFICA A VITA PER MARZOLI

Squalifica a vita. E' questala richiesta della Procura Antidoping del Coni per Ruggero Marzoli, impl...


Stock futures edge up; trading thin, Dell eyed

U.S. stocks looked set to rise slightly on Wednesday, with stock index futures pointing higher after Dell Inc.  reported better-than-expected earnings, setting the stage for gains by technology shares a day before the Thanksgiving holiday.


Il no di Alemanno alla riforma fiscale: Â«Ã debole e iniquaÂ»

Ancora un no alla riforma fiscale di Berlusconi. A pronunciarlo Ã¨ il Il ministro delle Risorse agricole, Gianni Alemanno che ha motivato il suo dissendo parlando di una manovra difettosa: Â«iniqua dal punto di vista sociale e, se spalmata su tutti gli.


The head of the main Sunni bloc in parliament called Tuesday for the Sunni speaker of parliament to step down to help the stability of the unity government after Shiite and Kurdish parties insisted on his removal.


The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday.


Want to conquer a contest with cool movie prizes? Then enter to win unique items in WXII12.com Entertainment's giveaway in conjunction with the Warner Bros.


The chipmaker takes to hiking its dividend and a massive share buyback to prove its mettle.


The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Dan Walters Column: Imperial Centennial Has Lesson

By Dan Walters, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 11--The Imperial Valley, which occupies the southeastern corner of California, is in many ways one of the state's most unusual provinces.


World Business Briefing: Sweden: SCA Names Chief Executive

Svenska Cellulosa, Europeâs biggest tissue maker, named Jan Johansson chief executive, succeeding Jan Aastroem, who will step down in a surprise reshuffle of top management. Mr. Johansson, 52, is currently chief of the copper company Boliden. He will join Svenska Cellulosa, based in Stockholm and known as SCA, within three months, the company said. The finance chief, Lennart Persson, will be the acting chief in the meantime. During Mr. Aastroemâs five-year tenure, SCAâs shares gained 7.2 percent, trailing the 60 percent jump in Swedenâs OMX Index, as industry overcapacity weighed on tissue prices and earnings. Mr. Aastroem cut 3,600 jobs and closed 20 production lines to restore profitability. Bolidenâs stock more than quadrupled during Mr. Johanssonâs six years as chief. At SCA, Mr. Johansson has been given a mandate to expand in China and other emerging markets.


Iran calls U.S. missile interceptor plan a "joke"

A senior Iranian official dismissed as a "joke" a U.S. plan to set up a missile interceptor system in Europe to counter threats from Iran.


Condoms, Parades Mark AIDS Day; China Gets Tough

The world's two most populous nations  promised Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease  that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined  to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.


After a solid performance on an injured leg in his Heat debut, Shaquille OâNeal will get to play in front of the home crowd when Miami hosts LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at AmericanAirlines Arena.


Israeli Rockets Kill Two in Gaza Strip Camp

Israeli rockets killed two gunmen in the Gaza Strip's biggest refugee camp Sunday, taking the death toll to 49 on the fourth day of a massive offensive to stop rocket firing into Israel, witnesses said.


Japanese Star OF Fukudome, Cubs Agree to Four-Year Deal

Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome and the Chicago Cubs reach a preliminary agreement on a four-year, $48 million contract.


Four Britons confirmed dead in tidal wave disasters

Four Britons were confirmed dead after Asian countries were hit by tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake, the Foreign Office said.


Premio Nobel dara' contributo per fonti energia rinnovabili


US Airways pilots yesterday approved a five-year, cost-cutting contract that will reduce their pay about 18 percent and save the airline about $1.


Queensland Parks and Wildlife officers have begun searching for the dingo that entered a resort room on Fraser Island in the state's south-east and approached a baby lying on a bed.


Red Hat Will Keep Linux Market Lead Over Novell

Prudential Equity Group upgraded Red Hat (nasdaq: RHAT - news - people ) to "overweight" from "neutral weight" and maintained a $17 target price, saying the software company remains the leader in the Linux market, which is among the fastest-growing


In a major setback to the U.S.  Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to regulate the  $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry, a federal appeals court on  Friday tossed out a rule requiring the investment pools to  register with the agency.


It's Our Land, so Do You Know Their Plans for It?

Because you've got some lovely land near Zion National Park in southwest Utah, you may be interested in a bill that came before a House committee (last) week. It would sell up to 24,300 acres of open land belonging to you (and your fellow Americans) for development. ...


Childhood Abuse Raises Heart Disease Risk

NEW YORK  - A childhood involving abuse,  neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart  disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue  of the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart  Association.


Love of Running Keeps Blind Marathoner Going

Steve Gokey is unique among the 17,000 runners signed up for the Houston Marathon on Sunday. He is the only blind person in the 26.2-mile event.


Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged by a British court with 16 offences including 10 of incitement to murder.


Heart Surgery Successful for British PM Blair

Britain's Tony Blair underwent  successful heart surgery Friday and returned home following a  surprise vow to serve a record third term and deny rivals power  for five more years.


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Genova, 19:21 - CALCIO, GENOA: TRE RETI NEL TEST CON LA PRIMAVERA

Test per il Genoa, che in vista della gara contro la Juve ha affrontato la formazione Primavera. La ...


Cell Phone Study Finds No Short-Term Health Risks

A six-year study into the health risks from cellular phones in the UK indicates that while there are no short-term risks to health from phone usage, it is too early to say what long-term effects it may have.


Group to Propose New High-Speed Wireless Format

A group of technology companies  including Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N, STMicroelectronics  STM.PA and Broadcom Corp. BRCM.O, on Thursday said they  will propose a new wireless networking standard up to 10 times  the speed of the current generation.


Political novelist  Christopher Buckley's Wall Street satire "God Is My Broker" is  following his tobacco tale "Thank You for Smoking" to the big  screen.


I'm paranoid that much of Arizona remains clueless about the competitive race of the 21st century, a race we're in whether we want to be or not.


Techs Open Down, Applied Materials Weighs

U.S. technology stocks opened lower on  Thursday after a sales warning from Applied Materials Inc.  AMAT.O, while weekly jobless claims data met Wall Street's  expectations, leaving the Dow and S&P 500 market measures  little changed.


Il titolo registra un rialzo in Borsa dello 0,78%


K.Asif's epic extravaganza Mughal-e-Azam will be resurrected this Diwali.


In manette Nestor Jorge Fernandez Troccoli, 60 annigiÃ  esponente dei servizi segreti della marina uruguaiana                                          Piano Condor, un arresto a Salerno per i desaparecidos italiani                                                                                L'inchiesta Ã¨ stata avviata negli anni '90 sulla base di alcune denuncepresentate dai parenti degli italiani scomparsi nei Paesi latinoamericani


Federmeccanica, offerta sindacato nuovo arretramento


Jones lawsuit derided as publicity stunt

A $25m (Â£13m) lawsuit filed by Marion Jones against Victor Conte, the man the FBI claims is behind the biggest doping scandal in sporting history, has been dismissed as a publicity stunt.


AP Poll: Kerry Holds Small Lead Over Bush

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry has taken a slim lead over President Bush, according to an Associated Press poll that shows the president's support tumbling on personal qualities, the war in Iraq and the commander in chief's bedrock campaign issue - national security...


Firenze, 13:51 - CALCIO, CASIRAGHI A GASPERINI: IO ARROGANTE? NON MI CONOSCI

Pierluigi Casiraghi, tecnico dell'Under 21, dal ritiro di Coverciano ha replicato all'attacco mossog...


Jerez: Raikkonen takes over de la Rosa in the lead

Third day of private testing at Jerez this week, with a total of sixteen drivers and seven teams. Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello were back in action today and the Finn achieved the fastest time, just


1,100 laptops missing from U.S. Commerce Dept

More than 1,100 Commerce Department   laptop computers were lost, stolen or missing in the last five   years, and some contained personal data from the U.S. Census   Bureau, the department said.


Microsoft-Yahoo: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, Google Says

Yahoo's fiercest competitor, Google, has raised concerns about the possibility of Microsoft's takeover. Google's motives, of course, are hardly pure.


By Antonio Velarde, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun. 22--After committing for the last three years to no rate increases, the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority on Thursday assured customers next year will have higher water and sewer bills.


NFL Wrap: Gibbs Returns to NFL as Redskins Edge Buccaneers

Clinton Portis ran 64 yards for a touchdown and had 164 yards rushing and the Washington Redskins used a stifling defense to edge the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16-10 in Joe Gibbs's return to the National Football League Sunday in Landover


Music and books retailer HMV says internet sales and price cutting have helped the firm's performance.


U.S. to Test New Technology to Speed Border Crossing

The U.S. government will launch a  test program to see if a wireless system like those used at  highway toll booths can be help speed up registering foreign  travelers at U.S. borders, officials said on Tuesday.


Record industry sues fans for illegally downloading music from ...

A year ago, Brianna LaHara felt the full weight of the American music business when the terrified 12-year-old was accused of illegally swapping songs online and forced to pay $2,000 (Â£1,175) compensation.


BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Bode Miller put a poor start to the Alpine ski season firmly behind him by winning a men's World Cup downhill race on Friday.


A top Iranian nuclear negotiator urged Russia on Friday to ship nuclear fuel this month for a Russian-built power plant, and promised to increase funding for the project after tense talks at which Russian officials complained of insufficient financing.


Germany pursues 12,000 suspects in what is said to be its biggest case of internet child pornography.


US troops concluding storm relief operations in the Philippines

A major US military airlift of relief goods for victims of deadly storms in the Philippines was winding down, a spokeswoman for the mission said.


EVERTON are up to heady heights in the Premiership, challenging Arsenal and chasing Chelsea, after their first victory in 10 attempts over local rivals Liverpool.


The court extended the conservatorship of Britney Spears on Thursday, and took actions intended to give her father and a lawyer access to money in the pop singer's trust to cover her needs.


Israeli tanks moved into the northern Gaza  Strip on Sunday to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks that  front-running Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas  said could achieve nothing.


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


True fixed/cell phone convergence seen years off

It will be years before the  much-hyped blending of services that run seamlessly over both  fixed and cell phone networks will allow consumers to  communicate freely on any device, industry executives say.


Qantas could move as many as 7,000 jobs overseas to save costs, according to The Australian newspaper.


Fisco. Berlusconi e Fazio discutono di riforma fiscale. Oggi il Consiglio dei ministri esamina il taglio delle tasse. "Con il governatore della Banca d'Italia e con il ministro Siniscalco abbiamo fatto il punto


Firenze, 13:16 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: DESIGNAZIONI ARBITRALI

Queste le designazioni arbitrale per quanto riguarda la tredicesima giornata della serie C2 in progr...


Tom Cruise and the crew of his new film, "Valkyrie," held a minute of silence for German anti-Nazi heroes as the team prepared to film at the site where they were executed, a fellow cast member said in comments published Sunday.


Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is questioned in India over her public kiss with Hollywood actor Richard Gere.


Actor Robert Blake expressed fear for his own life on the night his wife was shot, a court hears.


It was right around this time last season when the Bruins, feeling generally OK about the way things shaped up through the Christmas break, soon found themselves in a dizzying tailspin that sent them teetering, then tottering, and eventually plotzing right out of the playoff picture.


Riunione il 21 dicembre in attesa raccomandazioni advisor


U.S. Steps Up Iraq Attacks Before Ramadan

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops went on the offensive from the gates of Baghdad to the Syrian border Tuesday, pounding Sunni insurgent positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harboring extremists...


By RAY LILLEY  WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Japanese whaling ship crippled by fire drifted off the world's largest penguin breeding grounds Friday, and New Zealand alerted other countries it may need help if the vessel leaked oil into the pristine Antarctic waters.


BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Airborne military patrols scoured inaccessible sections of Sumatra island Thursday and discovered that great swaths of land were inundated and roads, bridges and whole villages had vanished.


Oltre a lui in uffici della polizia c'e' un terzo indagato


Italy's Ivano Brugnetti has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer race walk. In the first gold medal to be decided in the seventh day of the Athens games, Brugnetti covered the distance in a winning time of 1:19:40 hours.


A senior prosecutor recommended that Daniel Bouton be questioned by judges in connection with accusations he has made about a rogue traderâs role in SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©raleâs  loss of billions of euros.


Jerry Yang gives a glimpse of Yahooâs future that depends more on third-party developers.


Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio calls an early general election to end "crisis of credibility".


Supreme Court Allows Discretion In Deportation For State Felonies

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that an immigrant convicted of a state felony drug charge that would be a lesser crime under federal law may contest the government's decision to deport him.


Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - The Anaheim Angels signed pitcher Paul Byrd on Tuesday to a one-year contract worth $4.5 million. The 34-year-old Byrd started 19 games last season for the Braves and went 8-7 with a 3.94 ERA.


Dow Jones board member moves to block News Corp: WSJ

A Dow Jones  board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.


End Headscarf Ban, Iraq Hostage Takers Warn France

An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two  Frenchmen and given the French government 48 hours to end a ban  on Muslim headscarves, Arabic television station Al Jazeera  said Saturday.


Japan hands whale militants to Australia

A Japanese whaling ship late Thursday handed over to an Australian customs vessel two anti-whaling activists who barged aboard two days earlier, an official from Japan's Fisheries Agency said.


Powell starts new Middle East peace efforts

Outgoing US Secretary of State Collin Powell arrived in Israel late Sunday as part of the international efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process amid continued violence in the region.


Voters are so deadlocked on their choice for president that the campaigns will need to focus on keeping the intensity of support high and turning them out on Election Day, according to pollsters who conducted a bipartisan survey.


British team won the gold medal for the men's 4x100m relay final with a time of 38.07 seconds at the Athens Olympics in Greece, Aug. 28, 2004.


Japan's trade surplus shrank by more than expected in October after energy imports rose, official data shows.


Milosevic denounces 'mutilation of justice'

The former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic today told the war crimes tribunal in The Hague that the charges against him were "a mutilation of justice".


Three tourists are killed and four children badly hurt as their people carrier crashes into a fuel tanker in Florida.


President's plan to overhaul Social Security reflects bigger fight of free market vs. safety net.


The company reported double-digit growth of at least 25% all around, from new software licenses to profit and revenue.


Microsoft releases Windows Live for mobile product

InfoWorld - Microsoft announced some new Windows Live applications for mobile phones on Monday, including programs that offer search and mapping capabilities.


More lorry drivers are defying the indefinite Maoist blockade of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, which is entering its fourth day.


DirecTV, Major League Baseball sign deal

Major League Baseball said on Thursday it reached a deal with satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. to air its out-of-market package of games, known as "Extra Innings", for the next seven years.


Alicia Markova Dies at 94; Ballerina Known for Giselle

Dame Alicia was one of the greatest British ballerinas of the 20th century, co-founder of the English National Ballet and a former director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.


Pirateria informatica: in Brasile un convegno per combatterla

Il Brasile, secondo una recente ricerca, sarebbe il regno incontrastato della pirateria informatica. Otto pirati informatici su dieci proverrebbero infatti dal paese sudamericano inoltre due terzi dei siti


With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems' Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products.


Polls Show Nov. 2 Race Even as Bush Bounce Fades

Two national polls on Thursday showed the race between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry deadlocked again as Bush's convention bounce


Official: Man has less severe form of TB

The globe-trotting American lawyer who caused an international health scare by traveling while infected with tuberculosis has a less severe form of the disease than previously diagnosed, a Denver hospital official said Tuesday.


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


Russian, Belarusian Observation Missions in U.S. Under Open Skies

During the week of September 20, 2004, the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus will conduct their second Open Skies Treaty observation mission over the territory of the United States.


E' l'invito di Arnaldo Otegi di Batasuna a Zapatero


Bobby signed for Karan Johar's next production

It's been a slow and steady climb for the   langorous Deol.


The US dollar tumbles to a yet another new low against the euro as speculation mounts that US interest rates will be cut.


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McCain mocks Clinton's Woodstock project

Republican John McCain contrasts images of Woodstock and his years as a Vietnam prisoner of war in a new television ad that pokes fun at Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the debt-laden maker of luxury homewares, reported a slight half-year profit but heavy operating losses Friday as it continued to suffer from the weak US dollar.


Hitler plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII detailed

VATICAN CITY -- Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler gave one of his generals a direct order to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War II, but the officer did not obey, Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper reported yesterday.


New US Study Faults Automakers for Whiplash

Automakers are failing to equip most car models sold in the United States with seats and head restraints that provide good protection against neck injuries in rear-end crashes, according to a new insurance industry study.


NBA Bans Carter From Using IPod in Warmups

Vince Carter has to listen to his favorite tunes on his own time.


ALDERSON, W.Va.  - Trendsetter Martha Stewart  reported to a minimum-security prison known as "Camp Cupcake"  on Friday to serve a five-month sentence for a suspicious sale  of stock, U.S. prison officials said.


Dwain Chambers said in an interview published Wednesday he was being made to feel like a "leper", just a day after he won his battle to be included on Great Britain's team for next month's World Indoor Championships.


Hustler offers $1 million for sex smut on Congress

Hustler magazine is looking for some scandalous sex in Washington again -- and willing to pay for it.


Weight-Loss Surgery Caution: Take Your Vitamins

MONDAY, March 12  (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgeries such as gastric bypass can develop a rare but serious brain condition linked to vitamin deficiency, a new study warns.


Non-blacks feel 'second class' in S Africa: De Klerk

South Africa's last apartheid-era president, FW De Klerk, said that non-blacks in the country feel like "second class" citizens in an interview.


Sonyâs Chief Says It Wonât Be Late Again

Howard Stringer is willing to admit that Sony got some things wrong, but he says it wonât happen with OLED technology.


Paris Hilton goes for gold while crims are pretty in pink

w00t! Comments Hello and welcome to the last comments roundup of the year. It's been a good one, with many wits and twits showing how wise or otherwise they are. We start with the latest news on a person who has become something of an institution around here (no, not amanfromMars).â¦


ASIA/CINA - La parrocchia di Wu An ha celebrato il solenne rito del mandato missionario per 100 missionari laici che hanno visitato paesi e villaggi dei dintorni Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - La parrocchia di Wu An nella diocesi di Han Dan, che vanta una lunga e gloriosa tradizione nellÂevangelizzazione, allÂinizio della Quaresima ha celebrato un solenne rito per il conferimento del mandato missionario, allo scop...


Committee Investigates Ad Tactics for Lipitor

A Congressional committee wants information about people who might have served as stunt doubles for Dr. Robert Jarvik in televised ads.


YouTube wannabe In the US a soapbox derby is a go-kart race, and with Microsoft's launch of its Soapbox video service it's certainly racing to catch up with YouTube.â¦


Endangered species: Are we doing enough?

Proposals to relax the bans on the trade in elephant ivory and hunting minke whales are being discussed at a convention in Bangkok. Send us your views.


BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Threes were the charm for Vermont yesterday in its showdown with Boston University at Patrick Gym.


Fifa is poised to confirm details of a friendly game for the victims of the tsunami disaster.


Raggiunto il valore di 73,71 dollari, con un rialzo del 13%


If Russian businesses are helping fund the election campaign of President Vladimir Putin's favored candidate in Ukraine's presidential election at the Kremlin's behest, as some political analysts suspect, those businesses may be better off betting on the


All-in-one HIV pill expected to hit market in 2006

AIDS patients expect to take only one pill a day to treat HIV infection in the near future, which will make them easier to stick with medication.


With just a month to go before Japan's top central banker steps down, the government has yet to name a successor to steer Asia's largest economy through a global slowdown and market turmoil.


GLYNCO, Georgia  - U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday pleaded with congressional opponents of a compromise immigration reform bill not to kill it.


US Lawyer Helped Spread Terror Message -Prosecutor

A U.S. criminal defense lawyer helped  her militant Muslim client smuggle messages out of prison that  called for violence including the slaughter of Jews everywhere,  a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.


Chad's Deby urges EU force to take up positions

Chad's President Idriss Deby urged the  European Union on Thursday to send a peacekeeping force to his  country as quickly as possible.


MIT's Martin Culpepper shows how to build simple machines that move with nanometer precision.


Canada's Liberals could choose long shot as leader

Former environment minister Stephane Dion on Saturday emerged as the surprising front-runner to win the leadership of Canada's opposition Liberals, who are seeking to regain power next year.


Dalla privatizzazione all'era di Tronchetti Provera

Milano, 7 dicembre 2004 - Una privatizzazione imposta dalla necessitÃ  di risanare i conti dello Stato, per cambiare tre 'padroni' privati nel giro di sei anni, dal sogno della public company finito nella realtÃ  nel 'nocciolino duro', passando poi all


Real-life BOFH ordered to pay $3.1m restitution A disaffected former sysadmin at UBS Paine Webber was sentenced today to 97months without parole for unleashing a logic bombon the company's network and causing $3m damage.â¦


Unilateral Strike Called a Model for Operations

Chinese facility that supplies the active ingredient in heparin was never inspected due to a mix-up.


Young Buck Surrenders, Expected To Post 500k Bail

G-Unit member Young Buck has surrendered to Santa Monica, California police in connection with a stabbing at The 2nd Annual Vibe Awards.


Bhopal: Activists fighting for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984, one of the worst industrial accidents, have accused the government of dragging its feet on the extradition of the main accused in the case, US industrialist Warren Anderson.


Mexican President Vicente Fox Visits U.S.

Mexican President Vicente Fox is taking his five-year battle for immigration reform to the front lines with a trip this week to California, Utah and Washington.


British businessman selling arms to Sudan: report

A millionaire British arms dealer is reportedly fuelling a bloody civil war in Sudan by arranging to supply its government with tanks, rocket launchers and a cruise missile.


BAGHDAD, 21 December 2004 - Iraqâs Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned yesterday that insurgents were trying to foment a sectarian war in the country, as thousands of mourners attended funerals in the Shiite cities of Najaf and Kerbala a day


Britain seeks long-term aid to Third World

LONDON -- Britain is seeking to exploit the momentum from the unprecedented global relief effort for Asian tsunami victims to build support for a different type of generosity: increased long-term development assistance.


Silent tribute to Munich dead fully respected at Manchester derby

A minute's silence in memory of those who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster was fully respected ahead of Sunday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford.


Intel Mum on Dual-Core Desktop and Server Plans

SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp. last week outlined a plan to develop a mobile processor with two CPU cores, but the company remained silent about its strategy for dual-core


The Fox network let down a lot of people who, having worked themselves into a lather over the O.J. Simpson interview, were about to get even angrier once Fox put it on the air.


Better-off people may gain more from government pension reforms than the less well-off, research suggests.


The visiting Sudanese foreign minister, at a press conference here Monday, urged the international community not to be swayed by information manipulated by Washington about humanitarian


Cassa integrazione prorogata 13 settimane, 'crisi mercato'


Do you know any kids who have diabetes? Living with the disease can mean having to prick your finger to test your blood and getting insulin shots to keep the disease from becoming even more serious.


Blog: Oracle just reported its earnings for Q4 2006, and knocked the proverbial ball out of the park.  In the land of the proprietary vendors, Oracle may well be king.


Scottish Equitable delays investors wanting to get money out of its property fund after a market downturn.


Comedian Cohen says he is killing off Borat

The actor behind controversial spoof reporter Borat has killed him off, he said in an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper published on its website Friday.


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FDA Official Defends Agency's Safety Role

An official of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday "we categorically reject" accusations the agency has done a poor job of protecting the public against dangerous drugs.


Nessuna ipotesi e' emersa finora sul possibile movente


Spurs on brink of title after beating Cavaliers

The San Antonio Spurs moved to the brink of clinching a fourth NBA title in the last nine years after grinding out a 75-72 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, the win giving them a 3-0 finals series lead.


Text of President Bush's News Conference

A text of President Bush's news conference at the White House on Thursday, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks, Inc.:


Berlusconi acquitted of corruption charges

MILAN - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of corruption charges in a Milan court Friday, after a decade-long legal battle.


Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer is expected to start Sunday against the Browns despite leaving practice on Thursday with back spasms.


It's almost that time again -- open enrollment season.


Ma ottimista per segnali che arrivano, come da Confindustria


Bodyguard Says Minnelli Made Him Have Sex

Liza Minnelli's bodyguard claims the Oscar-winning actress made him have sex with her in order to keep his job, according to recently unsealed court documents.


Iran Suspends Key Nuclear Work to Avoid Sanctions

Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear  work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart  U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security  Council for possible sanctions.


By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 19--Adding a small, almost invisible drop of cell preservative to a standard vial used for taking blood samples promises big things for Streck Inc.


Explosion Kills 20 in Baghdad Book Market

The bombing followed the opening of a new stage in the intensified security plan for the capital, where more than 1,100 American and Iraqi soldiers moved into Sadr City.


Russia tests superstrength bomb: military

Russia has tested the world's most powerful vacuum bomb, which unleashes a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear blast, the military said on Tuesday, dubbing it the "father of all bombs".


Japanese electronics giant NEC Corporation said Monday it is seeking to build third-generation (3G) mobile phone infrastructure in China in a bid to gain a foothold in the world's biggest mobile phone market.


MySpace to launch developer platform next week

MySpace Wednesday will begin letting programmers pre-register for its developer platform program, which will open for business next week.Interested developers will be able to sign up on the site to receive information about the MySpace Developer Platform, announced in October. Then next Tuesday, the developer site will become fully operational and feature documentation and API tools to build and test applications for MySpace, the world's most popular social networking service.Although over the years MySpace has allowed, on a case-by-case basis, some external developers to put their widgets on the social networking site, the upcoming program potentially opens the door to any coder by providing open APIs and makes it possible for developers to generate revenue from those applications."This gives developers deeper access to our community through APIs so they'll be able to build richer applications and also gives them an opportunity to build their business directly on MySpace. It's a natural step in the evolution of how we've worked with third party developers," said Amit Kapur, who has just been appointed chief operating officer after being in charge of business development for several years.In October, the move was widely seen as a competitive response to rival Facebook's successful opening of its platform to outside developers in May, which has resulted in the creation of about 14,000 applications and widgets for that social networking site.Other social networking companies have also followed suit and decided to let external developers create applications for their sites. Moreover, in November, Google launched its OpenSocial initiative to promote industry-wide adoption of common APIs for social applications, so that developers can more easily port their applications to different sites. MySpace, along with others, has indicated it supports OpenSocial.As it gears up for the launch of the application development platform, MySpace has taken special care to put safeguards in place to prevent security and privacy breaches from third-party applications, Kapur said."A key interest we have as we launch this platform is to protect the user experience against things like application spam and security holes, so that'll be a major part of our launch. We're extremely committed to safety and security," he said.Facebook has been dealing with this problem, as some over-eager developers have built self-promotion features into their applications to spur their adoption. Since its platform launch, Facebook has tweaked its tools and APIs several times to address the problem of applications that annoy users with intrusive displays and unsolicited messages, and seems to have the issue well under control now.


J.R. Martinez was horribly scarred fighting in Iraq but now he's using his injuries to reach out to others trying to recover.


Rugby World Cup parades the sport's virtues and vices

Rugby union finally presented a plausible case to be taken seriously as a global sport during a consistently entertaining World Cup which paraded all the sport's virtues and vices.