SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in a surprise move Monday, ending his increasingly ineffectual pursuit of online search leader Google Inc. _ a losing battle that had demoralized Yahoo's shareholders and employees.


Modella si unisce per una serata al cast di 'Little Britain'


Million pound reward in hunt for Loch Ness monster

A bookmaker offered a one million pound reward on Monday to anyone who can prove that Scotland's legendary Loch Ness monster does actually exist.


Microsoft loses bid to have 'Office' format registered as standard

US software giant Microsoft has lost its bid to have its Office software package format registered as an international standard, the body charged with regulating such matters said on Tuesday.


Jiji Press Daily Japan Business News Briefs

NOVEL EGG AD APPEARS IN JAPAN--Public relations company Sunny Side Up Inc. said it has launched a novel method of advertising, using stickers on eggs.


Court Limits Perry's Power Over Agencies: Ruling Delays Coal-Plant Hearings, Likely Adds Fuel to Fire on HPV Vaccine

By R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 21--AUSTIN -- A state district judge dealt a blow to Gov. Rick Perry's official powers Tuesday by blocking the governor's 2005 executive order creating a fast-track permitting process for coal-fired, electricity-generating plants.


Neumann wins first LPGA title in 6 years

Neumann, the 1988 US Women's Open champion, closed with a final-round 68 for a 15-under 273 total, for her first win since the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in 1998.


Politica. Mastella ritira le dimissioni da vice presidente della ...

Clemente Mastella, leader dell'Udeur, ha deciso di ritirare le proprie dimissioni da vice presidente della Camera, annunciate l'altro ieri, in seguito alle critiche ricevute dal centrosinistra in Aula. Lo


Governo spera di ridurre deficit pubblico a 43 mld nel 2007


Out for the Big Beat at CMJ Music Marathon

No introspection for me on Friday night. I went out for the big beat. The post-midnight set was Spank Rock, a rapper who misspells out his obsession in one song, “Bootay.” He relied on old-school school electro, rapping with bursts of doubletime the way his acknowledged idols 2 Live Crew, another group of posterior connoisseurs, [...].


New Trojan Virus Sends Spam to Russian Mobile Phones

A new Trojan virus has appeared in Russian that hijacks PCs and sends spam via SMS text messages to mobile phones. After infecting a PC, the Delf-HA Trojan sends spam to the St.


Carriers unite for future mobile networks

(InfoWorld) - Some of the world's biggest cellular operators have gotten together to promote their vision of what next-generation mobile technology should look like. Sprint Nextel Corp., Vodafone Group PLC, China Mobile Communications Corp., Orange PLC, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Royal KPN NV and T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG announced Thursday they have formed the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) initiative. NGMN, a nonprofit group based in London, won't push a particular type of network but rather a set of guidelines that future technologies should follow, said Steve Falk, vice president of global standards at Sprint. "We think that we can speak with a more organized and concerted voice that we have in the past," Falk said. Vendors and standards organizations had stronger voices in the development of 2G (second-generation) and 3G systems. Carriers will represent the interests of their customers, the end users, he said. The group, which is already consulting with equipment vendors but will only include carriers as members, may be pitting itself against Qualcomm Inc., which developed much of the current 3G (third-generation) technology and has been criticized in some quarters for its royalty and licensing practices. The NGMN is looking toward the technologies to follow 3G systems such as HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized). Carriers are still deploying and upgrading those networks, which are based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) respectively, but even faster technologies are coming down the road. Sprint, for one, has called WiMax its 4G technology and plans to roll it out across the U.S. within the next few years. In choosing WiMax, the carrier used some of the guidelines NGMN was formulating, Falk said. Among NGMN's recommended features are the following: - high data throughput with low latency - low operation and maintenance costs - support for authentication, security and differentiated quality of service Carriers also will favor technologies covered by FRAND (fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory) intellectual property rules, Falk said. "One of the principles of NGMN is an open and transparent IPR (intellectual property rights) regime," he said. The NGMN would like to see a single technology track and believes greater harmony will lower costs and speed up product development for vendors, too. "In some cases, 2G and 3G vendors have had to do very costly and time-consuming development on three to five different kinds of technology," Falk said. Being able to focus on one or two tracks, in turn, will help bring products and services to mobile subscribers faster and more economically, he said.


Teens experimenting with steroids earlier: survey

NEW YORK  - Adolescents are using muscle-building steroids at an earlier age, but most stop using these drugs as they grow older, according to more than 2,500 youth who were surveyed in 1999 and again in 2004.


Wenger braced for African Nations impact

Arsenal have already been transformed into one of the richest clubs in world football. Now Arsene Wenger is about to discover whether his playing resources can cope with the rigours of an English Premier League title battle.


Senator Arlen Specter called the meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell a âprivate conversationâ and stopped short of saying if the judiciary committee would call anyone to testify.


Per il 2007 il gruppo prevede crescita del 5%


French police get a further 24 hours to question trader Jerome Kervel, at the centre of a suspected massive fraud.


Morgan Stanley profit hit by credit crunch

Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said third-quarter profit fell as the summertime freeze in mortgage and corporate loan markets forced the bank to mark loans down by $940 million, but shares held their own on optimism that financial markets may be starting to revive.


Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth

Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with a new advanced technology.


Roma, 13:37 - TIFOSO UCCISO, PAPA' SANDRI: ANDRO' AL DERBY IN CURVA SUD

Giorgio Sandri, padre di Gabriele, il tifoso ucciso in un'area di servizio di autostrada mentre si s...


Roma, 14:22 - CALCIO, PULVIRENTI: SI RIPARTIRA' DA QUARTA DI RITORNO

Se domenica si giocherà, il campionato di serie A ripartirà dalla quarta giornata di r...


New UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he was approached about a "very safe" Tory seat before the 2005 election.


Jim Tracy looked around the interview room deep in the bowels of Busch Stadium on Tuesday and drank in the experience. First playoff game as a Major Leaguer, coach or manager.


IDC Report:  Can You Hear What I Mean?  Polycom Delivers HD Voice

Enterprises and consumers are incorporating more IP-based communications services in order to take advantage of potential cost savings and flexibility, and utilizing the most powerful communication tool: the human voice.   However, little has been done to enhance the most important element of communications: voice quality.   Download this white paper from IDC to learn how clear voice communication will help create new opportunities for your business.


A whirlwind three-day stretch that began happily ended the same way for Pirates outfielder Jason Bay when he won the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year award.


NMB Tables Beachwood; Workshop is Scheduled

By Janelle Frost, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 20--NORTH MYRTLE BEACH -- City Council on Monday tabled a vote on a development agreement between the city and developers of the proposed Beachwood Planned Unit Development until it holds a workshop next week.


Headmaster justifies fingerprinting pupils

'We don't have to ask parents' The headmaster of Porth County Comprehensive School in South Wales has defended fingerprinting all 1,400 of his pupils days after their parents were told about the scheme last Wednesday.â¦


Piacenza, 21:06 - RUGBY, SERIE A: NUOVO SPONSOR PER PIACENZA

Nuovo sponsor per il Piacenza Rugby (serie A). Da domani si chiamerà Termoraggi Cariparma & P...


UPDATE 1-Martins double secures top spot for Inter

Inter Milan made sure of top spot in Group G of the Champions League on Tuesday, two goals from Nigerian Obafemi Martins helping them to a comfortable 3-0 win over Anderlecht.


Intel Corp. President Paul Otellini demonstrated new chips due out next year that simultaneously run tasks such as burning CDs and playing video games as he sought to allay concerns about product delays.


Airbus A380 Five Tons Overweight at Inauguration

TOULOUSE, France  - The Airbus A380 superjumbo is  five tonnes overweight but this is less than one percent of its  maximum weight and airlines are not worried, John Leahy,  commercial director at Airbus, said on Tuesday.


Universal AIDS tests will pay off, experts say

Routine, universal testing for the AIDS virus as recommended by a federal agency will likely cost the United States $900 million, but will pay off in terms of lives and money, experts said on Wednesday.


Six of the seven men charged with sex attacks on Pitcairn Island have been found guilty. Mayor Steve Christian was found guilty of five rapes.


THE man charged with the murder of Australian Federal policeman Adam Dunning in the Solomon Islands was out on bail for another killing.


Five Face Charges Over Drug Sample Sales

Federal prosecutors have charged three pharmacists and two doctors with selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drug samples that were supposed to have been given to patients for free.


Twenty North Korean defectors climbed a fence to enter the South Korean Consulate in Beijing in search of asylum early Friday morning.


Personal letters from people such as Napoleon and John Donne are being sold at auction.


Abbas, Hamas seek upper hand in Gaza border dispute

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.


Over half of online US households are using broadband to access the internet, according to new research.


Last Dance Looms for Filipino Entertainers in Japan

The pervasive smell of cigarette smoke and hair spray couldn't disguise the whiff of crisis when bigwigs from the Japanese and Philippine nightlife industries gathered in the ballroom of a Manila hotel.


Catania, 19:08 - CALCIO, CATANIA: ALLA RIPRESA IN GRUPPO BIAGIANTI

Il Catania ha ripreso gli allenamenti a Massannunziata in vista della gara contro l'Atalanta. E' tor...


GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Sports Network) - University of Florida  athletic director Jeremy Foley announced during a Monday  afternoon press conference that head football coach Ron Zook  has been fired, effective at the conclusion of the season.


Suspect computers off limits German police have been prohibited from using hacking tactics to obtain intelligence from suspects' computers.â¦


La crescita del profitto netto e' del 35%


Angry Halilhodzic hits out at PSG players

PARIS, Sep 15 (SW) - Paris Saint-Germain manager Vahid Halilhodzic angrily hit out at his players, following his sideâs severe 0-3 defeat against Chelsea on Tuesday night in the opening game of their Champions League campaign.


The "chaotic" offensive in Fallujah may endanger the release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin claimed today.


Paris Hilton gets out of jail for medical reasons

The judge who sent Paris Hilton to jail called a hearing for Friday on why the hotel heiress was released early and placed under house arrest in a move swiftly challenged by prosecutors and local politicians.


Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin: study

Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.


Iraq Insurgents Hit Churches, Kill Four U.S. Troops

Explosions damaged churches in Baghdad  on Saturday and the U.S. military reported the deaths of four  more American troops in bomb attacks elsewhere in Iraq.


Trenchcoated astronaut on battery, kidnapping rap

Space shuttle Columbo? A NASA astronaut has been arrested and charged with battery and attempted kidnapping. Mission specialist Lisa Nowak is alleged to have tried to kidnap Colleen Shipman, who she appears to have considered a rival for the affections of her fellow astronaut William Oefelein.â¦


A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.


WASHINGTONââ Senators are turning their attention to a wide-ranging $136 billion corporate tax bill as lawmakers whittle down their workload before leaving town for the elections.


Using the name âRahodeb,â John P. Mackey, had boasted about Whole Foods and attacked its rival Wild Oats Markets on Internet sites.


Arafat's wife accuses Abbas, Qorei, Shaath of wanting to bury him alive, Palestinian leaders scrap plans to visit him. By Hisham Abdallah - RAMALLAH, West Bank.


MANILA, Philippines - Filipino and British wildlife researchers say they've stumbled upon what appears to be a new species of flightless bird found only on the tiny forested island of Calayan in the northern ...


Inmate's dental death spurs kins' lawsuit Fatality heightens ...

Sacramento -- More than a year and a half after a state watchdog agency warned a Vacaville prison that it was susceptible to litigation because of its dental practices, the family of an inmate who died after having a tooth pulled has sued the state.


Report: Sharp, Toshiba Discussing LCD Alliance

Sharp and Toshiba discuss a flat-panel display alliance that could lead to a big shake-up in the industry, a Japanese newspaper reports.


Prescription drug shipments to be tagged electronically

WASHINGTON - Three large drug manufacturers in the United States say they plan to add radio transmitter tags to bottles of pills to prevent counterfeiting and theft.


Police and internet companies launch a website for children to report possible paedophile activity.


Islamists move toward Somali port city Kismayo

KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces on Sunday   advanced toward Somalia's third largest city Kismayo and the   defense minister who controlled the region has fled, a witness   said.


Unions at German carmaker Volkswagen agree to hold further talks over work contracts with management.


ICI rejects Akzo Nobel bid worth 14 billion dollars

Chemicals group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) said on Monday that it had rejected a takeover offer of 7.2 billion pounds from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel.


Bush Campaigns in Minnesota on Health Savings Accounts

President Bush campaigned today in Minnesota, a swing state he lost in 2000 but that seems to be in play this year, where he described Senator John Kerry as out of touch on issues from health care to Iraq.


The EU will resume crunch talks with   Iran over its disputed nuclear work on Thursday, officials   said, as world power consultations at an atomic watchdog   meeting betrayed differences over whether to crack down on   Tehran.


Fund Founders to Settle, Pay $160 Million

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- Gary L. Pilgrim and Harold J. Baxter, founders of a tech-based mutual fund that blazed and then fizzled in the 1990s, agreed yesterday to pay $160 million to settle charges that Pilgrim took advantage of trading opportunities and Baxter shared inside information at the expense of investors.


The widow of a 36-year-old police constable stabbed to death while on duty pays tribute to him.


Bonds Stroll Higher as Fed Stays Measured

U.S. Treasury prices climbed on  Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a  quarter percentage point as expected and its post-meeting  statement offered few surprises.


1,000 homes evacuated near western fires

Wind-blown wildfires threatened more than 1,100 homes in Colorado and Arizona, where drought conditions and gusting winds created ideal conditions for spreading the flames.


Andy Card, holder of one of the government's classic burnout jobs, talks of 14-hour workdays that begin with breakfast with his wife at 4:20 a.m. "My life is a state of exhaustion," President Bush's chief of staff says with a laugh.


A new World Bank report accuses African governments of strangling business through red tape.


Bubbles deliver cancer drugs to tumors with a pop

Tiny bubbles injected in mice delivered potent cancer drugs to tumors without harming surrounding tissue, a U.S. researcher said on Tuesday, in a finding that may lead to new targeted cancer therapies.


Sanofi says FDA delays weight-loss drug decision

Sanofi-Aventis said on Monday that U.S. health regulators have extended by three months their decision on whether to approve the French drugmaker's highly anticipated weight loss drug, Acomplia.


Emboldened by election, conservatives take charge

Conservative advocacy groups and their allies in the House and Senate in recent days have defied not only Democrats but also moderate Republicans and even the White House. Emboldened by an election that increased their ranks, they are heading into a new term with apparent mood for bipartisanship.


Cerimonie in Iraq e in Italia per ricordare i 19 caduti

ROMA, 11 novembre 2004 - Domani, nel primo anniversario della strage di Nassiriya, in cui morirono 19 italiani, in tutto il Paese - e naturalmente anche in terra irachena, dove opera il contingente nazionale - ci saranno cerimonie per ricordare i caduti.


One of the worldâs most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show. From a homemade iron lung to ancient dentistsâ chairs and antique operating tables, it comprises part of the 170,000-odd items in the storerooms of Londonâs Science Museum.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Shock will be without their leading scorer for the remainder of the season. Prior to their 82-71 victory over the New York Liberty on Tuesday, the Shock placed Swin Cash


NTT DoCoMo comes close to 5Gbps in 4G trial

InfoWorld - NTT DoCoMo came close to hitting another data transmission milestone in its research into next-generation cellular telephone systems during an experiment conducted in Japan on Dec. 25 last year.


Senior Sinn Fein members sanctioned IRA robberies, says the body monitoring paramilitary activity.


Nell'after hours greggio consegna aprile a 58,36 dollari


The government renews its corporate killing bill pledge but won't say when it will become law.


ConocoPhillips hikes stake in Lukoil to 10 percent

MOSCOW ConocoPhillips has upped its stake in the Russian oil giant Lukoil to ten percent. That's according to a Lukoil official.


Milano, 11:52 - CICLISMO, CUNEGO LASCIA VUELTA DOPO 15 TAPPE: TORNA IN ITALIA

Damiano Cunego è partito in mattinata dall'aeroporto di Granada per far ritorno in Italia. Il...


Violence began before dawn as Myanmarâs military junta tried to crush a wave of nationwide protests with tear gas, beatings and volleys of gunfire.


Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney admits he is still fuming over the three-match ban which be believes has contributed to his poor form so far this season.


Iran Says Preliminary Nuclear Deal Reached with EU

Iran said on Sunday it had reached a preliminary deal over its disputed nuclear program with the European Union's three big powers that could avert U.N. Security Council sanctions.


A review of the murder laws is to begin next year, Home Secretary David Blunkett tells MPs.


Clan violence kills 43 in southern Ethiopia

Fierce inter-clan fighting has killed at least 43 people in Ethiopia's southeastern Ogaden region, inhabited mainly by ethnic Somalis, witnesses said.


Detainee's Dad Questions Panel's Fairness

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The father of an Australian cowboy accused of fighting with Afghanistan's ousted Taliban questioned the fairness of a U.S. military commission panel on the eve of his son's hearing, while an earlier hearing ended with another challenge to its impartiality...


Matt Kemp drove in the go-ahead run for the second game in a row, pulling the Los Angeles Dodgers back into a virtual tie for first place in the NL West.


Top Movies at the North American Box Office

Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the Jan. 14-16 weekend, led by the new release "Coach Carter," according to studio estimates collected on Sunday by Reuters. Final data will be issued on Tuesday, a day after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.


Average life expectancy in China will jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.


Bielefeld, 19:04 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: INCIDENTE PER GIOCATORE ARMINIA, E' GRAVE

Abdelaziz Ahanfouf, attaccante dell'Arminia Bielefeld, è in gravi condizioni dopo essere rima...


National Grid Transco to sell British gas networks for 5.8 billion ...

National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds (8.


Settler leaders turned up the rhetoric Friday against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, calling his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank a ``Nazi act'' and warning it could lead to civil war.


NEW YORK  - British actor Rupert Friend has been cast as Prince Albert opposite Emily Blunt in the historical drama "The Young Victoria."


Notre Dame hit new depths Saturday, becoming the first team in the school's 119-season history to lose its first four games.


Per i Cobas un obiettivo: Â«Abrogare tutte le leggi MorattiÂ»

LunedÃ¬ 15 novembre câera tutta la scuola pubblica in piazza contro la Moratti. Due cortei, due anime che fino alla fine non sono riuscite ad arrivare unite a questo appuntamento. Da piazza della Repubblica


After two weeks of talks to end the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, government and rebel negotiators remain far apart on key security issues, including disarming warring factions, rebels and diplomats said on Monday.


U.K. mobile operator mmO2 has announced that it's reached an agreement with NTT DoCoMo to offer the Japanese company's I-mode mobile Internet service on its network.


Annan: Iran intervention would be unwise

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program should be sought, and he warned that military intervention would be "unwise and disastrous."


You'd think Sharper Image (Nasdaq: SHRP) would be a shoo-in for holiday shoppers -- and holiday sales -- what with its assortment of gee-whiz gadgets.


Congress Passes Satellite Transmission Measure

Satellite companies would be able to  retransmit broadcasters' television signals for another five  years but would have to offer those signals on a single dish,  under legislation approved by Congress on Saturday.


Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: I'd go to jail rather than accept this kind of ID card


Ministers have spent more than Â£430m on making staff redundant in an efficiency drive, the Lib Dems say.


Trends & Innovations - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Duke University's Wi-Fi network has a problem -- the iPhone. Built-in Internet wireless adapters on   (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News)the new iPhone are crashing Wi-Fi access points by sending 18,000 data requests per second. Although other "smart phones" have similar capabilities, only the iPhone has shown to be able to overwhelm the campus' network. Neither Duke, Cisco nor Apple know why it's happening, but the school said if it occurs in the fall when students return, it would be a disaster.


Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, yesterday gave the dollar a further push lower as he said the huge US current account deficit threatened to scare off foreign investors.


Barack Obama's presidential campaign Wednesday defended two investments he made right after his election to the Senate


CHICAGO -- On Wednesday, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen addressed his battle with Hunter Wendelstedt a week ago that resulted in the two-game suspension that began on Tuesday.


The dollar rebounded on Thursday,  buoyed by profit-taking in other currencies and comments by the  European Central Bank's top official urging Asia to adopt more  flexible foreign exchange regimes.


WASHINGTON -- Oil futures retreated below $50 a barrel yesterday, though analysts said there is enough uncertainty about geopolitics and weather -- and the industry's ability to quickly boost crude output -- to keep prices from plummeting any time soon.


Conservancy Buying More Zoar Parcels ; Wants Donations for 400-Acre Tract

By John F. Bonfatti  While the state Department of Environmental Conservation finalizes a management plan for its nearly 3,000 acres in Zoar Valley, the Nature Conservancy is adding property to its holdings in and around the scenic Cattaraugus Creek gorge.


Oggi Denise compie 4 anni La madre:'Non dimenticatela'

TRAPANI, 26 OTTOBRE - Compie oggi 4 anni Denise Pipitone, la bambina di Mazara del Vallo rapita lo scorso 1 settembre. La mamma di Denise, dopo aver partecipato a Roma a diverse trasmissioni per sensibilizzare


The torch relay for the 2006 Turin Olympics will pass by the Leaning Tower of Pisa and go up Venice's Grand Canal in a route that will cover every province in Italy.


Bush Nominee Wants States to Get Medicaid Flexibility

President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services said Tuesday that states could provide health insurance to more people if they had "greater flexibility" to reshape the Medicaid program.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sports Network) - According to a  published report, Steve Spurrier will take over for Lou Holtz  as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina  for the 2005 season.


Samsung to make $24B chip investment by 2010

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to invest 25 trillion won (US$24 billion) in building new semiconductor production lines by 2010, the company said Monday.


Bush Proposes Linking the Medicare Drug Premium to Beneficiariesâ Income

President Bush proposed legislation to increase drug premiums for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, which he said would generate $3.2 billion over five years.


Nikkei Opens Higher on Economic Optimism

Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.73 percent at the opening on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as Canon Inc. after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.


A group of international researchers transmits data over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet link farther than anyone else to date.


Lebanon says to break blockade in 48 hours

Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh   said on Wednesday his country would break Israel's blockade by   force if it is not lifted in a 48-hour timeframe indicated by   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.


Among Kuwait's Salafis, a rejection of violence

Inside a desert tent, Islamists speak benignly of US and of ways to thwart attacks.


Two officers convicted for Musharraf life attempts

A Pakistani military court convicted two low-ranking army officers on charges of involvement in assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf last year, a military spokesman said on Friday.


Roche profits soar 34 percent yet outlook cautious

BASEL, Switzerland  - Profits at Roche Holding AG leapt 34 percent in 2006 on strong sales of cancer treatments Herceptin and Avastin and flu drug Tamiflu but worries over future margins hit the stock on Wednesday.


Smoking could kill 1 billion this century: WHO

One billion people will die of tobacco-related diseases this century unless governments in rich and poor countries alike get serious about preventing smoking, top World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Monday.


Keep filling your piggy-bank If youâre hoping to bag a cut-price PS3 then Sony has some bad news in store. Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has stated that rumours of a $299 (Â£150/â¬210) PS3 are nothing more than wishful thinking.â¦


For New Yearâs, a Party Where They Honor NoÃ«l Ca-ad

Taken in small doses, one bitter comedy or frothy farce at a time, NoÃ«l Cowardâs work goes down easily.


The end of the MLS regular season featured some dramatic situations as teams contended for playoff spots. The Revolution, though, clinched a playoff berth last month and have since been preparing for their postseason, which begins tonight against the New York Red Bulls.


Manufacturing sector growth weak in June

The nation's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower rate than expected in June and construction spending plunged in May, reinforcing the belief of some analysts that increasing sluggishness in the economy will prompt the Federal Reserve to pause at last in its credit-tightening regime.


Physician-Owned Hospitals Faulted on Emergency Care

Most physician-owned specialty hospitals are poorly equipped to handle medical emergencies, federal investigators will report today, underscoring a longstanding concern about the rapid rise in the number of such hospitals.


State of the Art: Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone

Giving thanks for some of the most exciting services awaiting your cellphone. Better yet, they're all free.


Reid says GOP stymied Democratic efforts

Congressional Democrats accomplished important goals this year but they need more cooperation from Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Saturday.


At least 21 dead in Pakistan blast after vote rally

At least 21 people were killed in  Pakistan on Saturday in a suspected suicide bomb attack near  the office of an election candidate supported by assassinated  opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party, a Reuters reporter  said.


Will Graves: Allure of South Carolina appeals to Spurrier

Is the charm of the Low Country more alluring than the insanity of The Swamp? Or did Steve Spurrier simply get confused when "USC" popped up on his caller ID?


Ad Catania, 'Stiamo lavorando, ma proteste non servono'


Zvonareva advances in Advanta Championships

Villanova, PA (Sports Network) - Vera Zvonareva needed three sets to win her first-round match Monday at the Advanta Championships at Villanova University.


Charlie Manuel speaks to reporters Thursday Nov. 4, 2004, in Philadelphia after being named the new manager of the Philadelphia Phillies replacing Larry Bowa.


Reading University's ruling council has voted to approve the closure of its physics department.


Teachers' TV, a Â£20m-a-year network for school staff,  begins broadcasting on Tuesday.


Too much "sugar-free" chewing gum can lead to severe weight loss and diarrhoea, doctors warn.


WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd. Announces Appointment of Dr. Thomas Mensah to the Board of Directors;  Appointment of Dr. Mensah Brings Significant Technical Expertise to WinSonic Board

ATLANTA, Feb. 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd. (the "Company"), (Pink Sheets:WDMG) The Board of Directors of WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd. (the "Company") elected Dr. Thomas Mensah as a director of the Company. The election of Dr.


O.J. Simpson says he went into a casino hotel room only to retrieve memorabilia that he felt was stolen from him. But police are investigating it as an armed robbery and named the fallen football star as a suspect Friday in yet another surprising chapter to his legal saga.


US man sentenced to die for murder of pregnant wife, unborn child

LOS ANGELES : A US jury on Monday sentenced a salesman to death for murdering his pregnant wife and their unborn child, climaxing a soap-operatic case that gripped America for two years.


Santy worm, which used Google to bring down bulletin board pages, now uses AOL and Yahoo search.


Rep. Jerry Nadler was the only lawmaker at a meeting of all House Democrats on Thursday to stand up and declare that he could not support a compromise plan to fund the Iraq war with a timeline to end the conflict. So some party leaders had written him off even as he joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...


Travelers to Africa From SE Asia, S. America Cautioned About Malaria

Scientists say people traveling to Africa from Southeast Asia and South America should be screened and treated for drug-resistant malaria.


Dozens of Species of Primates Are Under Threat, Study Finds

A third of the 394 known species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other groups are listed as threatened with extinction in a new report from the World Conservation Union.


California OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules

California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers.    The rules may lead to sweeping changes in vehicles nationwide, especially if other states opt to follow California's example...


Suspected bomb at Swedish election canvassing hut

A suspected bomb was found at an election canvassing hut in a Stockholm suburb just one day before Sweden's legislative vote.


A NATO soldier was killed and four wounded in a clash with insurgents in Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said in a statement.


Gold drops under $600 an ounce as oil price sinks

Gold prices plunged on Monday below $600   an ounce for the first time in more than two months as   investors weighed bullion's prospects in the face of lower oil   prices.


Chris Rodgers tied his career high with 20 points, and Ivan Radenovic and Salim Stoudamire had 16 each to help No. 14 Arizona outlast stubborn Richmond 84-71 in the championship game of the Fiesta Bowl Classic on Thursday night.


Two more people are killed in Italy in what officials say is a turf war between rivals within the Naples mafia.


Esclusa la possibilita' di un taglio dei prezzi per Natale


IBM Opens Up Design of Its Blade Servers

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it is making the design of its "blade" computer servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider


Invesco, AIM Advisors in $450 Million Market Timing Settlement

In one of the biggest settlements to date in the mutual fund scandal, Invesco Funds and AIM Advisors agreed to $450 million in fines and fee reductions Tuesday to settle allegations they allowed favored customers to carry out illicit trading strategies in


Kerry Sharply Criticizes Bush's Record on the Economy

na tough-worded, focused attack, Senator John Kerry lashed out at the Bush administration today over tax policy, jobs, the economy and health care.


Bush to visit biblical site on peacemaking tour

U.S. President George W. Bush visits the Church of the Beatitudes on the shore of the Sea of Galilee on Friday during a Holy Land visit aimed at breathing life into Middle East peace talks.


The Transportation Security Administration is denying allegations that an airport screener seized a toddler's sippy cup and mistreated his mother, taking the unusual step of posting security camera footage on its Web site.


Bush Makes a Pitch for Amber Waves of Homegrown Fuel

President Bush put on a white coat and visited a laboratory in Franklinton, N.C., to promote his goals for making alternative fuels from switch grass, woodchips and other plant waste.


Russia 'preoccupata' chiede liberazione ostaggi


Clinton urges stronger African governments

Former President Clinton told African leaders Monday that they need to strengthen their governments so that they can address long-standing problems of hunger and disease.


A civil service union chief says tensions between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair harm working of government.


A witness in the trial of actor Chris Langham is recalled by the court after his evidence is contradicted.


Oil flirts with 50 a barrel before retreating

PARIS Oil prices rose to a record Monday but shied away from the $50-a-barrel mark, as traders expressed concerns that hurricanes had hurt output in the United States while commercial supplies remained low.


Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff's three-run homer broke a tie in a six-run fourth inning and the San Diego Padres defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Friday night in a matchup of NL West rivals separated by a game.


Dust Storms Overseas Carry Contaminants to U.S.

Seventy-five years ago, aviator Charles Lindbergh turned the controls of his pontoon plane over to his co-pilot, wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh, while flying above Iceland. He thrust a makeshift metal arm holding a sticky glass plate from the cockpit. He wanted to see if the winds high aloft the Earth...


Update: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal

InfoWorld - Google on Tuesday confirmed that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating its proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising seller DoubleClick.


The good news for coach Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins is that despite scoring just 10 points Sunday night against Baltimore and 13 against Cleveland the previous Sunday, the Redskins are not last in the NFL in points scored.


MOSCOW -- Admitting he was downright scared, Marat Safin composed himself and won the Davis Cup title for Russia.


Susan L. Taylor, the longtime editor and driving force behind Essence, the magazine aimed at black women, is leaving the publication after 37 years.


Torino, 13:33 - CALCIO, JUVE; RANIERI: DOBBIAMO VINCERE IL PIU' POSSIBILE

Non ci sarà Alessandro Del Piero nella Juve che domani sfiderà il Parma nel terzo turn...


ATI 80nm GPUs given PCI Express thumbs-up

ATI's upcoming RV535, RV560 and RV570 GPUs have been certified as PCI Express-compatible by the PCI SIG, a move that paves the way for the parts' release.â¦


Romney unveils Mass. healthcare proposal

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's new healthcare proposal calls for a range of penalties for businesses that fail to provide employees with health insurance.


The two space station astronauts left their orbiting home in the hands of ground controllers Wednesday and floated outside to install an experimental robotic arm and inspect vents that might be causing ...


The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers ended two days of talks yesterday with promises of more negotiations on trust-building measures but no sign of progress toward resolving their pivotal dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.


An explosion in the front yard of an apartment complex killed two children and injured six others.


FAQ: What does the digital TV switch actually mean?

It's not too early to start thinking about how to ensure your television won't go dark when analog broadcasts shut down in 2009.Photos: Converting from analog to digital TV


African Leaders Want Sanctions Against Hutu Rebels in Burundi

The African Union is open to proposals for sanctions on a Burundi Hutu rebel group suspected of involvement in last week's massacre of more than 150 Tutsis in Burundi.


Marathon winners get bump in prize money

Winners of April's Boston Marathon will go home a little richer this year, as chief sponsor John Hancock Financial Services yesterday announced an increase in prize money.


'Ocean's Thirteen': steal crazy after all these years

The fun third 'Ocean' flick brings the festivities back to Las Vegas, where the series began.


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Tendulkar first to 15,000 ODI runs as India win

Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to reach 15,000 runs in one-day internationals while steering India to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the Future Cup in Belfast on Friday.


Patti Smith concedes to being a "great punk-rock guitar player," but says she aspires to much more.


Cuban musicians, family and friends remembered the island's most famous conga drummer, Tata Guines, as he was buried outside Havana on Tuesday after a six decade career that helped popularize Afro-Cuban rhythms worldwide.


Former champion Colin McRae thought to be among four killed after helicopter crashes in Scotland.


Nel quarto trimestre, ricavi in crescita dell'11%


Student Wins China Plastic-Surgery Pageant

BEIJING - A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties." Feng Qian received a $6,000 country club membership after being picked from among 20 finalists, who ranged in age from 18 to 62.


In Prosecution's Tapes, Judge Takes Money and Coaches Lawyer on Divorce Case

urveillance tapes made last year in a Brooklyn matrimonial judge's office and played publicly by prosecutors for the first time yesterday show the judge, Gerald P. Garson, offering a lawyer detailed instructions on how to argue a case ...


Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

Microsoft Corp  said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc .


Study Reveals Global Warming Effects in Arctic

Description: A study released Monday that says that global warming is particularly intense in the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and changes in permafrost have acute impacts on Arctic residents


Stevie Wonder and Michael McDonald have performed at a tribute concert for blues singer Ray Charles.


Chirac optimistic despite depressing economic data

PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac said yesterday he remained optimistic on the outlook for the economy despite data last week showing growth at just 0.1 per cent in the third quarter this year.


Delta Air Lines Posts $1.77 Billion Profit

Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, cited a 5.5 percent gain in sales as it reported Wednesday that it swung to a profit in the second quarter, which saw it emerge from bankruptcy after shaving billions of dollars in costs.


Report: Facebook to stuff treasure chests with even more booty

Kara Swisher of All Things Digital reports that the company is considering a new, massive round of investment cash.


Asian stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, led by Tokyo, following overnight sell-offs on Wall Street amid growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market.


Minarets blown up at Iraq Shi'ite shrine

Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine bombed last year in an attack that unleashed a wave of sectarian killing.


Although the resurgent San Diego Chargers can't clinch a playoff berth Sunday, they can continue to rehabilitate their image. Sad sacks just a year ago, the Chargers (9-3) have at least clinched a winning season. If they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-7) at home, they'll have won 10 games for the first time since 1994, when they were 11-5 and made their only Super Bowl appearance.


New Zealand's prime minister warned Japanese whalers Monday they would face international condemnation if their crippled ship caused an environmental disaster on the Antarctic coast.


Intel, Apple provide bright spots in weak market

While earnings reports from a few brand-name tech companies helped cushion financial worries and a weak start for trading in the new year, investor confidence still seemed shaky.


ABU DHABI  - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the president and founding father of the United Arab Emirates, one of the richest countries in the world, died.


Walt Disney settles US federal charges that it failed to disclose how family members of directors were employed by the company.


China promises to control greenhouse gas

China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling a new national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.


Amphibian decline serves as global warning

NEARLY one in three species of frogs, toads and newts in the world is under threat of extinction, according to the most comprehensive global study of amphibians ever conducted.


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


Bank report fuels talk that rates have peaked

A DOVISH inflation report from the Bank of England yesterday further fuelled talk that interest rates have now peaked amid concerns from the central bank that a decline in house prices might be sharper than expected.


Fashion Wire Daily - Ten years after his tragic death, Gianni Versace is getting a street named after him in Milan.


Parents of missing Madeleine face first day home without her

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann faced a media siege Monday on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in her disappearance in Portugal.


Your month of birth may influence your risk of multiple sclerosis, says a study published online in the British Medical Journal. The study concluded that people in the northern


Oil prices breach US$50, setting new mark in Asian trading

Crude oil prices pushed past the psychologically important US$50-per-barrel mark Tuesday to an all-time high of US$50.01 as the market reacted to the slow recovery of US oil production in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ivan.


News Corp. Investors Approve US Move, Proxies Show

News Corp. shareholders approved Rupert Murdoch's plan to move his media company to the US from Australia, making it easier to raise money for expansion and allowing the stock to be


Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed to scrape together enough support to guarantee troops more time at home.


Serbian minority boycotts Kosovo election

The beleaguered Serbian minority in Kosovo spurned a legislative election yesterday, heeding claims by hard-line nationalists in Belgrade that voting would


Secrecy Barring Doctors from Cancer Data -Charity

EXETER, England  - A combination of industry  secrecy, lack of money and shortage of time is keeping the  results of many clinical cancer trials locked away and  depriving doctors of crucial information, campaigners said on  Monday.


Italy wrings hands over work death "plague"

Albanian immigrant Artan Plaka was 19 when his head was crushed in the machinery of a Tuscan textile firm and he became, officially, the 435th death at work in Italy since the start of the year.


Equestrian star Zara Phillips wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.


Cheney came to Asia to help shore up support among America's allies. He has his work cut out for him.


Le "Considerazioni finali" del Governatore della Banca d'ItaliaIl Paese ha arrestato il declino ma deve superare i suoi ritardi cronici                                          Draghi: "La crescita Ã¨ giÃ  iniziata Tagliare la spesa e riformare le pensioni"                                                                                "PiÃ¹ investimenti e meno tasse perchÃ© la finanza pubblica torni a essere di beneficio"Sulle banche: "Positive le aggregazioni. Ruolo attento ma non invasivo di Bankitalia" di ROSARIA AMATO


Bush Leans On Petraeus as War Dissent Deepens

Almost every time President Bush has defended his new strategy in Iraq this year, he has invoked the name of the top commander, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.


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Halliburton Co. HAL.N on Friday said  a federal court had signed an order that would end the  company's asbestos liability later this month, clearing another  hurdle for two of its subsidiaries to emerge from bankruptcy.


UPDATE:Philippine GDP Beats Expectation; Oil Dims Outlk

MANILA (Dow Jones)--Election-related spending and a resilient services sector spurred the Philippine economy to grow more strongly than expected in the


Square nanoscale rings could be the key to reliably manufacturing high-capacity magnetic memory chips.


The New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, said yesterday that the Countrywide Financial Corporation, a large mortgage lender, would adopt measures to prevent discriminatory pricing for minority borrowers.


Turkey's Erdogan faces rocky road after big win

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish separatist violence and Ankara's troubled EU bid.


Give Them A Ring: Linksys, NetGear Target VoIP

Competing SMB networking vendors Linksys and NetGear are each teaming up with Internet telephone company Vonage to develop wired and wireless broadband telephony products and services for the SOHO consumer and SOHO markets.


Cairn India IPO priced at 160 rupees per share

British oil firm Cairn Energy has said that the initial public offering of its Indian unit would be priced at 160 rupees per share (2.73 euros, 3.56 dollars) -- at the low end of its price range.


E a Baghdad esplode una seconda autobomba, 6 le vittime


Apertura di un tavolo negoziale su piu' punti


Japanese Animator Casts Spell Over Venice Fest

Witches, a magical moving castle and a  devastating war filled the screens in Venice on Sunday in the  animated film "Howl's Moving Castle" by Hayao Miyazaki, known  around the world as Japan's Walt Disney.


Torture complaint filed against Rumsfeld

American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.


Eurostar workers will stage a 24-hour walk-out over a pay dispute on August 28, their union announces.


NKorean leader still undecided on giving up nukes: analyst

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has still not decided whether to give up his nuclear weapons despite a disarmament pledge under an international deal, a senior analyst said Wednesday.


Japan insisted on Wednesday that it would not bow to the demands of Islamic militants in Iraq who threatened to behead a young Japanese drifter unless Tokyo pulled its troops from the country within 48 hours.


The United States and China yesterday announced a broad aviation agreement that will more than double the number of daily passenger flights between the two countries by 2012.


Pneumo Vaccination Cuts Kids' Hospital Visits

Giving young children the pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar has had a significant impact on pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumonia and middle ear infections, researchers report.


US Open: Agassi sharpens his game for Federer

In 1939, a young Joe Louis fought a heavyweight title bout against close friend John Henry Lewis, a longtime light heavyweight champion.


Five more killed in Honduras after massacre

Organized crime in Honduras left five new casualties Friday, a day after 28 people were killed on a bus on Thursday, said reports reaching here.


Police confirm that two men, thought to be in their 20s died in a crash in mid Wales on Sunday.


Saturn mission beams back first images of Titan

Cassini-Huygens, a joint US-European mission to Saturn, has had its closest encounter yet with Titan, one of Saturn's moons. It flew to within 745 miles and beamed back the first images of the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.


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With the rise of user-driven content sites, Internet users have a say in what is news. A new study examines the differences between what editors think is newsworthy and what the public does.


AT&T Wireless Launching New Music Download Service

In the first foray by a U.S. wireless carrier into the online music market, AT&T Wireless is launching a service that lets subscribers buy songs using their cell phones and later download them to a computer...


Caffeine may be good for some aging hearts

Drinking caffeinated beverages  on a regular basis may provide significant protection against  death from heart disease in the elderly who have normal levels  of blood pressure, according to data from a large U.S. health  and nutrition study.


Scientists have salvaged intact materials from the Genesis space probe that crashed in the Utah desert last week after its parachutes failed to deploy, the US space agency said.


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Chelsea show faith in Grant with four-year deal

Chelsea have crushed suggestions that Avram Grant was only a stop-gap appointment by handing the former Israel boss a new four-year contract as the west London club's manager/first-team coach.


Guardsman's Question Swells Hometown Pride

Lyndon K. Wilson still bears the scars of shrapnel wounds he suffered as a Marine in Vietnam 36 years ago when an enemy mortar round hit as he skirted a rice paddy.


The Blades provide a Cup shock with two first-half goals enough to secure a victory over Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City


Bush Urges Congress Join Him on Budget Cuts

President Bush on Tuesday called on  Congress to back the "difficult choices" included in his 2006  budget that contains deep domestic cuts and already has some  lawmakers uneasy about the political fallout.


Parigi, 22:56 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: FRANCIA-SCOZIA 0-1

Impresa della Scozia, che a Parigi ha battuto la Francia 1-0 in un incontro valido per le qualificaz...


The 247-176 roll call Thursday by which the House passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.


Writer Naguib Mahfouz, who has died in Cairo, is remembered by Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak.


The touch-screen voting machines used in 15 Florida counties appear to work smoothly during the state's primary election Tuesday.


PHILADELPHIA - Rookie running back Thomas Tapeh was placed on injured reserve after dislocating his hip in Philadelphia's loss to St.


Allowing young children to become severely overweight should be treated as neglect, some doctors have told the BBC.


Italian PM Romano Prodi loses a Senate confidence vote that threatens to bring down his government.


AOL Chief Financial Officer Steve Swad will join a private-equity firm and become the latest senior manager to leave as the Internet company tries to transform itself into an online advertising conduit.


Capriati, Federer struggle but win on US Open Day 1

For good or bad, tennis players' fortunes change as quickly as the direction of the swirling wind at the US Open. Just ask major champions Jennifer Capriati, Roger Federer and


UPDATE 1-Talbots cuts 3rd-qtr earnings view, shares tumble

Talbots Inc. (TLB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday cut its estimates for its third-quarter earnings, saying recent hurricanes and more price-conscious customers were making its September sales unexpectedly weak.


U.S. orders new workers to process passports

The U.S. State Department ordered about 200 recent hires on Tuesday to report to Louisiana and New Hampshire for two months to help work through a huge backlog of passport applications, officials said.


As holiday shoppers hunted for safe toys Sunday, Democrat Barack Obama touted his plan for tighter regulation of Chinese-made playthings, millions of which have been recalled because of unsafe levels of lead.


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For Sudanese refugees, a cycle of flight

In Cairo, once thought to be fairly safe, many consider fleeing again - to Israel.


Venezuela Agrees to Export Oil and Gas to China

President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Sunday with agreements that promise to open Venezuela's oil and natural gas fields to China.


Take the first step on the road to proper asset allocation.


France Says Will Not Yield To Iraqi Kidnappers On Headscarf Ban

France on Monday vowed not to yield to Islamic militants holding two journalists hostage in Iraq, pledging to implement a ban on headscarves in state schools this week despite threats by the kidnappers.


Last Wednesday BBC2 aired part one of a three part series called The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear.


India's 'unstoppables' look to the future

India go to the Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa hoping to mould a limited-overs team for the future as time ticks away for their ageing superstars.


Mickelson Halts Weir Charge to Win at Pebble Beach

U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson  claimed consecutive PGA Tour titles for the first time in his  career with a four-stroke victory at the $5.3 million Pebble  Beach National Pro-Am in California on Sunday.


One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.


Declassified study puts Vietnam events in new light

US signals intelligence during the war came up short in major turning points, according to an NSA history.


Forest Dweller ; City Man's Vision Grew into Backyard Woodland

By Stories by REBECCA ROYBAL JONES For the Journal Photographs by PAT VASQUEZ-CUNNINGHAM Of the Journal  Back in 1953, Wyoming Boulevard was the edge of Albuquerque, not the busy thoroughfare it is today. The road was dusty. It was quiet.


[World News]: Baghdad, Nov 30 : Four people were killed and 20 injured in an attack on a US military convoy in Iraq Tuesday, reports Xinhua.


News.com Extra: Net users trawl for differing views

Plus: San Francisco mayor vows to bring Wi-Fi to the city, free computers to housing projects.


JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that the governing Hamas movement and his rival Fatah party have agreed on the principles of a power-sharing government and may soon form a new cabinet to lead the beleaguered Palestinian Authority.


Witness: Smith son unhappy in her shadow

The late son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was a gifted but anguished 20-year-old who longed to be more independent of his celebrity mother, a family friend testified Tuesday at an inquest into his death.


Hungarian opposition vows biggest protest yet

Opposition groups vowed tens of   thousands of people would gather in Budapest on Saturday in the   biggest protest yet against Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany over his admission that he lied to the electorate.


Qwest Said to Settle S.E.C. Investigation

Qwest Communications has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices.


Really simple syndication is worming its way into the heart of the U.S. government, as agencies discover it's a good way to distribute information. By Daniel Terdiman.


That's the state of the Boston Red Sox pitching rotation after Schilling was scratched from his scheduled Game 5 start because of a sore ankle.


Hit with a record-high increase in Medicare premiums, seniors also are being bombarded with competing claims by the presidential candidates over who to blame.


Indonesia plane crash kills 23, scores escape

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - An Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on Wednesday as it landed in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta, but most of the 140 people on board survived.


Iraqi Victim Says U.S. Torture Worse Than Saddam

FORT HOOD, Texas  - A former inmate at Iraq's Abu  Ghraib prison forced by U.S. guards to masturbate in public and  piled onto a pyramid of naked men said Tuesday even Iraqi  dictator Saddam Hussein did not do such things.


DETROIT (Ticker) - The Detroit Tigers claimed two outfielders - DeWayne Wise of the Atlanta Braves and Byron Gettis of the Kansas City Royals - off waivers on Friday.


United Marks Ferguson Milestone With Champions League Success

Alex Ferguson said Manchester United's best form is returning after the team marked his 1,000th game as manager by reaching the single-elimination stages of soccer's Champions League for the eighth straight year.


California braces for second round of storms

Californians braced for another round of fierce winter weather on Saturday, a day after strong winds, heavy rains and snow prompted evacuations and left more than 1 million homes without electricity.


The dollar teetered within sight of the previous day's record low against the euro on Tuesday as the market remained confident central banks would not stand in the way of the greenback's decline.


MOSCOW: Russia celebrated a holiday on Sunday that under the Julian calendar was in October, that commemorates the beginnings of a state that no longer exists.


Critics See China Behind Hong Kong's Snub of Taipei Mayor

When Ma Ying-jeou, the popular mayor of Taipei, visited Hong Kong three years ago, crowds greeted him as if he were a film star and the territory's leaders hosted a red-carpet reception for him. Even the government in Beijing seemed to bless the visit, sending representatives to an event at which he delivered the keynote address.


Man in yellow quits kids super group The Wiggles

The frontman of one of Australia's most successful entertainers, children's group The Wiggles, quit on Thursday to battle a rare illness.


The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called C. difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA.


Johan Santana rebounded from two poor starts by scattering five hits in seven innings and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-2 Saturday night.


Scientists have identified a protein in urine that has shown some effectiveness as a diagnostic test for breast cancer. But breast cancer experts who have seen the study, to be published soon


The Boston Red Sox's 4-2 win on Tuesday over their bitter rivals the New York Yankees levelled an already remarkable American League Championship series.


Amazon (AMZN) finally launched its long-awaited online video service on Sept. 7. But it's no sure thing that it will catch on with the masses. The service, called Amazon Unbox, offers downloads of movies and television shows, as well as digital movie rentals.


Build a so-so house for a first-class museum, and art lovers will still show up, albeit kvetching all the way. Build a superb house for a first-class collection, and


Dallas/Fort Worth CIOs Forecast Increase in First-Quarter Hiring

DALLAS, Dec. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- A net 15 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area expect to hire information technology (IT) professionals in the first quarter of 2007, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.


Reuters seeks U.S. probe into killing of Iraqi staff

Reuters on Monday asked the U.S. military to conduct a full and objective investigation into the killing last week of two of its staff in Iraq after evidence emerged casting doubt on explanations given for their deaths.


A twin-engine plane carrying five people crashed into a home in a Kansas City suburb Friday, hurling debris across the area, igniting fires and leaving a trail of destruction in the well-to-do neighborhood. Everyone on board was killed.


Analog Dylan kidnapped, replaced by digital Dylan?

Judas! Last week, you may recall, Rolling Stone reported Bob Dylan's views on modern digital production technology. It was so bad, the great man suggested, he that he couldn't blame people downloading it for free on the internet. That was all it was worth, he said.â¦


While the 2008 presidential candidates are taking potshots at each other, some young Americans are taking shots at the entire two-party system.


Patriotic Gwyn plays American ambassador in UK

Movie actress Gwyneth Paltrow is playing the role of American ambassador in London by defending her homeland against criticism from the British.


Gunners try to extend unbeaten run to 50

It will be more than just 50 league games without a loss if Arsenal beats Manchester United on Sunday. A demoralizing home defeat before a 67,000 sellout at Old Trafford would leave Man United


American Survivors Recall Tsunami Disaster

For Patrick Green, the terrifying wave came in a trickle.


Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, confirms it may face legal action from US federal regulators for possible breaches of securities law.


Far-right stoking civil war in Israel over Gaza, says Sharon

ISRAELI prime minister Ariel Sharon yesterday warned that far-right elements could push the country into a civil war if they continue with heated rhetoric in opposition to his plan for a unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.


If Alesia Latson had not gotten organized, she'd still be single. Latson hired organization coach Robin Blank to come into her home and help throw away clutter, arranging what remained into a neatly organized basement, pantry, and closets. The process was transforming, preparing her to fall in love and marry Brian Latson, after girlfriends signed her up for an online ...


p2pnet.net News:- Is digital music finally going mainstream? According to market research firm IDC, the MP3 portable market will boom over the next five years into a $58 billion industry.


Militant attacks up in Afghan border area: U.S.

Militant attacks in eastern Afghanistan,   along the border with Pakistan, have tripled in some areas, the   U.S. military said on Thursday, despite a peace agreement on   the Pakistani side meant to end the violence.


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Toll at China mine blast rises to 166 as angry families riot

All 166 miners trapped after a gas blast in China were confirmed dead, sparking riots by hundreds of angry relatives who stormed a government office, smashed windows and beat officials.


A Danish report into the deaths of two of its soldiers rules they were killed by British "friendly fire".


The quaint, one-room schoolhouses that dot Pennsylvania's verdant countryside are yet another expression of Amish simplicity in a time when some mainstream public schools rely on electronic buzzers and metal detectors to keep students safe.


Britney Spears taken from home in ambulance

On the condition of anonymity, a Los Angeles police officer, said the 26-year-old pop star was being taken to 'get help' but did not say where the ambulance was going.


With the traditional cry of "O'zapft is!" — "It's tapped!" — Munich's mayor cracked a barrel of Bavarian beer at noon Saturday, opening the southern city's 171st Oktoberfest festival for a crowd of some 500,000.


Net guru takes on the authors: Love is just another lawsuit CISAC Professor Lawrence Lessig is used to hostile audiences - but he faced the most prickly and feisty gathering of 500 he'll ever address yesterday in Brussels.â¦


Wizards Rally to Defeat Cavaliers 106-97

Anthony Peeler made three 3-pointers and scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, and Gilbert Arenas scored 30 as the Washington Wizards rallied for a 106-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.


Iran's hardline president maintained a defiant tone Saturday ahead of talks with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on the country's suspect nuclear program.


A judge declined to dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes amid accusations that prosecutors illegally searched a nutritional supplement lab and the house and car of Barry Bonds' trainer.


Retail sales, hurt by a big drop in auto purchases, slowed at the start of the year and business inventories turned in the poorest showing in 17 months.


The Conservatives plan to introduce a carbon tax on British businesses to encourage fewer emissions.


Catania, 15:58 - CALCIO, CATANIA: COLUCCI RECUPERA

Colucci sarà regolarmente in campo nella sfida di domani contro il Siena. Nella rifinitura di...


Police Say Woman Stabbed Husband's Penis

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A Cambodian woman stabbed her husband's penis with a knife during an argument in which she accused him of being a violent drunk, police said Monday.    Tuy Narin, 35, attacked 37-year-old Chhun Saran earlier this month in Kandal province near the capital Phnom Penh, said Mang Penh, a local police officer...


Bethany Donaphin hit a turnaround jumper with .5 seconds remaining to lift the New York Liberty a 66-64 victory over the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock on Tuesday night and into the Eastern Conference finals.


Ex-Guantanamo detainees walk free from British prison

Four Britons held in US custody in Guantanamo Bay for up to three years and then arrested by British police when they returned home were released without charge.


Lawyers for the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein lodge an appeal against his death sentence.


SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly forgotten ghost of the game, Ichiro Suzuki broke one of baseball's oldest records Friday night, smoking a single up the middle for his 258th hit of the year and breaking George Sisler's record for the most hits in a season


U.S. says can't link Tehran to Afghan arms flow

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates voiced concern on Monday about a flow of Iranian arms to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan but said he had no information linking Tehran to the supply of weapons.


Late surprises spice up race for Congress

No one expected Kentucky's Senate race to be competitive, not until incumbent GOP Sen. Jim Bunning insisted on using


Casual restaurant chain California Pizza Kitchen Inc. said Tuesday that 12-month same-store sales rose 7.5 percent for the third quarter, and the company raised its earnings per share guidance excluding several charges.


Nokia regains share of global mobile handset market

NEW YORK, December 3  - Nokia Corp (NOK.NYS) continued to regain lost market share in the global handset mobile segment for the second consecutive quarter in 3Q, driven by new models and price cuts, according to a study conducted by the


Bush urges Gulf states to help stop Iran threat

U.S. President George W. Bush pursued his efforts to isolate Iran among its Gulf neighbors on Sunday, urging them to help stop Tehran from threatening world security.


With Manning, Blockers, Colts Have Pocket Money

The Bears believe thatÃÂ taking downÃÂ Peyton Manning is the key to winning Super Bowl XLI, but that's easier said than done - Manning has started 156 games in a row - every game in his career.


With the women's 1,600-meter relay team winning gold Saturday night, the United States picked up its 98th medal, topping the total won four years ago in Sydney. Next up: the goal of 100 set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. There was a chance of hitting it late Saturday through one more relay, the men's javelin and men's basketball. If not, it could be tight on Sunday.


After missing the first 18 games of the season, Jason Kidd was in the starting lineup Monday night for the last-place New Jersey Nets against the Toronto Raptors.


The president pushes hard, as the public remains wary of private Social Security accounts.


Binh N. Le had not been back to the land of his birth since he came to the United States with an aunt and uncle at age 4, leaving his parents behind.


Mom properly jailed for letting baby smoke dope

A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.


Questo l'orientamento, si guarda a modello inglese


Germany's leading economists Tuesday raised their growth forecast for the country to 1.8 percent for this year, but predicted that lower export growth and high oil prices will slow the just-begun recovery next year.


New Homeland Security Director to Face Big Challenges

WASHINGTON, DC â-he new director of Homeland Security will have to find the answer to a critical question: âWhatâs the best way to protect America?


New browser security technology is in the works and due for display at RSA in February.


Millions weigh in worldwide to reconsider Seven Wonders

PARIS -- Maybe it simply feeds modern society's obsession with lists and rankings, but more than 2,000 years after ancient Greeks identified the Seven Wonders of the World, millions of people around the globe are casting Internet ballots to update the list.


Uganda's government and the Lord's Resistance Army rebels are to resume talks with a truce now in effect.


A serious software problem with two models of automatic external defibrillators has led their manufacturer to recall thousands of the devices distributed worldwide.


Ford Recalls Econoline Vans to Fix Brakes

Ford Motor Co.  said on Thursday it is recalling 234,208 Econoline vans in North America to fix a defect in the anti-lock brake unit that can spark fires even when the vehicles are parked.


Killer heat wave bakes southern California

A heat wave swept southern California for a sixth day on Sunday, claiming the lives of an elderly couple, setting record temperatures and leaving thousands of customers without power.


A night of adventures with the London band Razorlight goes from tapas to a strip club to a birthday party.


With Madonna urging people to see her show before criticizing her for mounting a Crucifix during one song, NBC is still wrangling over whether millions of television viewers will get that chance.


Richard Corliss on the messages in the life and career of Arthur Miller


Christopher Jones' Blog: PHP 5.2.5 RPMs with OCI8 and PDO_OCI are available

Christopher Jones has a (very) quick announcement about the latest builds of the PHP RPMs for Enterprise linux installations:   PHP 5.2.5 RPMs for x86 Enterprise Linux (i.e. RHEL) 4.6 and 5.1 are on http://oss.oracle.com/projects/php/. These are supplied "as is".   The RPMs are part of a project to provide support for Oracle Enterprise Linux servers (as well as Red Hat installs) and provide a PHP command line, CGI interface and an Apache module quickly and easily. Check out the project page to find out more and to grab this latest build.


Online gambling soars in Britain: report

Online gambling has boomed in Britain, rising 566 percent since 2003, according to a poll based on data from a major gambling firm.


Start-up to Google: OpenSocial's too close to our name

FindMeOn, a small social media company, claims that the name of Google's OpenSocial developer initiative is too close for comfort to its own 'OpenSN' project.


Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: Trends for Emerging Businesses

(Source: Oracle)  Hyperion's 2007 survey of requirements for business intelligence and enterprise performance management soltuions revealed the differences in requirements, evaluation criteria, and purchase influencers between emerging businesses and large enterprises. Learn more in this new white paper.


Redemption for United as the prodigal son returns

Rio Ferdinand wore a black armband last night as a mark of respect to a football legend. Perhaps no one told him that it was Brian Clough's fervent belief the 25-year-old should have been strung up by his


GM to fire on all cylinders if Opel's cost-cutting fails

WORKERS at General Motorsâ German unit Adam Opel are not out of the woods yet. The company and union officials have agreed to reduce the German workforce by up to 10,000, but if cost cutting falls short, or


CORRECTED: Class action attorney Melvyn Weiss to be indicted

(Corrects to show law firm expects indictment to be issued Thursday, not that indictment is being sought on Thursday)


Barcellona, 23:22 - CALCIO, COPPA UEFA: ESPANYOL-LIVORNO 2-0, TOSCANI ELIMINATI

In un incontro valevole per il ritorno dei 16' di finale di coppa Uefa il Livorno è stato sco...


Courts furniture stores around the UK remain closed after a number of aggressive incidents towards staff and property, administrators say.


E' il secondo decesso dopo quello di un ragazzo di 15 anni


LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will come to Boston for the first time in February, underscoring the area's standing as a hub for the open-source software being adopted by thousands of businesses.


Stocks drop on Yahoo warning, Thailand coup

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, hurt by a   drop in Internet stocks after Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O warned about   its quarterly outlook, and the Thai army seized power in the   country's first coup in 15 years.


The break-up of co-habiting couples is causing severe social problems, a report for the Tories warns.


New home sales posted the biggest drop on record in 2007, according to the government's latest look at the battered housing market released Monday, as a year that saw a meltdown in the mortgage market and a drop in home values ended with yet more signs of weakness.


Step by step: That's how people defeat depression. It's also how Joe Lawson climbs mountains.


Brown prepares to succeed Blair as prime minister

Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair on Wednesday, becoming Britain's 52nd prime minister at the head of a Labour government suffering in polls because of Iraq and in need of new life if it is to secure a fourth consecutive term.


Dominicans Say Cockfighting Is in Their Blood

In America, cockfighting is considered cruel and is illegal. But in the Dominican Republic, cockfighting is celebrated as a symbol of the countryâs warrior spirit.


Abandoned O.J. Project Shows Shame Still Packs a Punishing Punch

The whole project was pure shamelessness. A controversial former football star, who many believe got off scot-free after killing two people, writes a book about how he might have committed the murders. It was an end zone dance in the worst possible taste. Everyone was outraged but had to concede...


Riddle me this? 'Batman' stunt stirs questions

The tabloids scoffed, government ministers vowed to step up security and Britons had a good laugh -- that is when they weren't worrying about the security implications.


Certain Type of Breast Cancer Drug Shows Better Result in Study

A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.


Silicon Labs quarterly results beat estimates

Silicon Laboratories Inc.  on  Monday reported better-than-expected quarterly results, on  stronger sales of its computer chips used in mobile handsets  and other communications devices, and its shares jumped 20  percent.


Never mind losing weight and becoming a better person - splashing the cash and living life to the full are the New Year's resolutions of many Irish adults.


The investigation into a doping scandal that rocked the 2006 Tour de France ends with no criminal charges.


Romanians Pitch Rumsfeld on Base Location

One day after visiting Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld toured a spruced-up military base here Monday and heard a Romanian government sales pitch for making it a new American outpost within easy reach of potential hot spots in the Middle East and Central Asia.


Yemen tribesmen kidnap 5 French tourists: official

Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped on   Sunday five French tourists in the east of the country, a   Yemeni government official said.


Islamist sniper, bomb kill four Lebanese troops

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Islamist militants shot dead a Lebanese soldier and one of their booby traps killed three other soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday, drawing fierce artillery shelling from the army.


Web-based multimedia suite Aviary invites beta testers

Blog: Image editing community Worth1000 decides to move beyond Photoshop competitions and create direct competitors to the yet-to-launch Web-based Photoshop, video remix tools, and just about everything else out there.


Militants kill at least seven Pakistani soldiers in a tribal area near the Afghan border, the military says.


Tourists and their dollars flock to Mt. St. Helens

Over the last two weeks, Mount Saint Helens captured worldwide attention as it came to life, spewing clouds of steam and ash. But it has also drawn


Australia Govt in Pole Position for Saturday Vote

Australia's government looked set for a fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the eve of Saturday's election, as rival leaders made last-minute pitches over the economy and the US-led Iraq war.


Rumors Buzz Again About Dell Considering AMD

Rumors that Dell may be considering Advanced Micro Devices' server chips are again causing a stir. AMD's stock shot up Friday after press reports quoted Dell Chief Executive Officer Kevin Rollins saying his company is studying the possibility.


The EU struck at the commercial backbone of Microsoftâs global software empire today - forcing the company for the first time to strip its Windows platform of a popular feature to give competitors a better shot at success.


Sunshine Daydream, With Pointed Point of View

âSmiley Face,â about a pot-addled would-be actress stumbling through a long, weird day in Los Angeles, is a contradiction in terms: a âstonerâ comedy with a purpose.


Starting Monday, Bruins coach Claude Julien will get an up-close look at the future of his new club.


Crescita grazie anche all'acquisizione di Endesa


Israel hands over security to Palestinians in Bethlehem on ...

Israel announced on Thursday that security in the holy town of Bethlehem in the West Bank during Christmas celebrations would be handed over to the Palestinian police forces.


BMW says to lift China plant capacity by 45 percent

BMW , the world's biggest  premium car maker, will raise its production capacity at its  Chinese factory by 45 percent over the next few months to as  many as 44,000 cars a year, a top executive said on Thursday.


Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday to start a sensitive mission to collect two women politicians and a young boy held hostage for years by Marxist guerrillas.


Fulham full-back Moritz Volz will not face police action after he collided with a pensioner during the Premiership match with Portsmouth at Fratton Park.


Russia says Britain politicizing poisoning case

Britain is using the case of murdered  Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in a political campaign  that is harming ties with Russia, Interfax news agency quoted  Russia's foreign minister as saying on Friday.


They gathered at a hole in the ground in lower Manhattan, a lonely patch of earth in rural Pennsylvania and near the healed breach in the seat of US military power, the Pentagon.


Study finds weightlifting link to glaucoma

Holding your breath while weightlifting   causes temporary increases in eye pressure that could raise the   risk of developing one form of glaucoma, according to a study   published on Monday.


Roddick wins to take U.S. to Davis Cup final

GOTHENBURG, Sweden  - Andy Roddick beat Jonas Bjorkman in straight sets on Sunday to take the United States to the Davis Cup final.


Coca-Cola warns second-half earnings will fall short of ...

The Coca-Cola Co. says its third-quarter per-share results will drop at least 24 per cent because of poor weather in Europe and problems executing its business strategy in North America.


She's not only found herself on the wrong side of the experience-change divide, she's touting the wrong kind of experience


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FAMILIAR? Braves' tune is postseason dirge again

At the end of a long season and grueling playoff series, managers often point some weary optimist toward the hill and place the bullpen on high alert.


VeriSign dealt another legal blow in ICANN suit

VeriSign Inc. lost another round in its battle against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Thursday when a U.S. federal judge dismissed the company's antitrust claims, filed in an amended complaint.


The home secretary warns pubs and off-licences they face stiffer penalties for selling alcohol to under-18s.


La Spezia, 19:38 - CALCIO, SPEZIA: RIAPERTA CAMPAGNA ABBONAMENTI

Lo Spezia ha riaperto per tre giorni la campagna abbonamenti. A partire da martedÃ¬ e fino a venerdÃ¬ ...


Wall St. ends mixed; buoyed by job, trade news

The major US share indexes closed mixed Friday as investors generally welcomed the latest news on the nation's job growth and a narrowing of the US trade deficit.


Stargazers were able to catch a fleeting glimpse of a total eclipse of the moon in the early hours today. The clouds cleared to allow a rusty ball to be seen, despite bad weather, between 3.23am and 4.44am.


House's Frank: terror insure bill by April

The new Democratic chairman of a key  U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Wednesday he  expects the House by April will extend a federal program  insuring against terrorism risk.


HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is backing a new $100m initiative to tackle global climate change.


Scary Scenarios Swirl Around '04 Election

Despite all the vows of "never again" after the Florida fiasco of 2000, the scary scenarios for Election Day 2004 seem only to have increased: A tie vote in the Electoral College. A terrorist strike on Election Day. A disputed outcome in a critical state.


The killing of three Egyptian police officers by an Israeli tank was due to "professional failures", Israel finds.


My guess is that no relationship has made Bill Parcells, the quintessential North Jersey guy, as happy as the one he found next door, with the Giants.


THE CLINCHER Eagles earn division title by rolling over Giants

No matter how much sugar Eli Manning tried to sprinkle on yesterday's 27-6 loss to the Eagles, he couldn't cover up the sourness of his own performance.


Da Harry Potter a protagonista di Journey di Bronwen Hughes


AT&T hires 2,000 extra workers for iPhone launch

AT&T says it has hired 2,000 temporary workers for its stores to handle the expected demand for Apple's iPhone.


Dow Jones +0,21%, Nasdaq -0,21%.Euro in calo a 1,4697 dlr


E' la protagonista di un videogame, presto anche on-line


A century partnership for the eighth wicket between Jacques Kallis and Nicky Boje enabled South Africa to reach a total of 441 on the second day of the third Test against England at Newlands.


Latest Tungsten T5 Adds Power, Resolution

PalmOne (Quote, Chart), maker of the lower-priced Zire handheld and the Treo smartphone, unveiled the Tungsten T5 handheld Monday, which adds heaps of memory and an Intel 416MHz XScale processor.


With trainer Richard Dutrow under suspension by New York racing officials, brother Tony Dutrow will step in and saddle his horses Saturday at Laurel Park.


Federated, Retailers Offer December Discounts to Lure Shoppers

At Bloomingdale's in New York, a sign in the women's department offered a $100 gift card for any coats bought Dec. 2 through Dec. 4th at the regular price of between $500 to $999.


FDA Says Heart Warning Added to Pfizer's Bextra

Pfizer Inc.'s painkiller Bextra will come with a new warning about the possibility of heart attacks and blood clots in patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.


Talks between Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko broke down Tuesday morning, with the two sides failing to agree on how to end the country's political turmoil.


Winds of up to 70mph close the M6 motorway and bring travel chaos to the north-east of England and Cumbria.


John Edwards retains two campaign bloggers who are attacked for criticizing the Catholic Church in blog posts unrelated to his presidential bid. By the Associated Press.


Six doctors caught up in the Harold Shipman scandal are about to learn their fate. The doctors all signed cremation forms which had been filled out by the Greater Manchester GP.


When Jeff Tedford took over at California in 2002, he noticed the garbage tended to be picked up at the stadium at the same time as a regular team meeting, potentially providing a distraction.


Oil prices charged back up to $55 a  barrel on Wednesday as a fresh fall in U.S. heating oil stocks  stoked worries over winter supplies.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.


Iran vows to pursue atom program despite deadline

Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.


Johansson upsets Agassi to win Stockholm Open

Sweden's Thomas Johansson overcame the odds to beat top seed Andre Agassi 3-6 6-3 7-6 in a thriller to take his first title since the 2002 Australian Open.


A report by a kids' group says more than half of the children in the world are suffering because of the effects of war, poverty and the HIV virus.


Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who is facing a rerun of a presidential election he was officially declared to have won, leveled an emotional attack Friday against


A woman dies and a man suffers serious burns after she is doused in petrol which ignites.


Greenhouse Gas Jump Spurs Global Warming Fears

An unexplained jump in greenhouse gases since 2002 might herald a catastrophic acceleration of global warming if it becomes a trend, scientists said on Monday.


Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico, with parts of Mexico and the US on severe weather alert.


Adreamisborn perfect on dirt in Longacres Mile

Adreamisborn came from 13 lengths back under Russell Baze to win Sunday's 69th edition of the Grade 3, $250,000 Longacres Mile by a length over Demon Warlock, who got second by 5 3/4 lengths over Mr.


Rio Ferdinand saw his return to Manchester United colours overshadowed by defensive colleague Mikael Silvestre who powered home the goals that beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford.


Africa tells G8: we want action not more promises

Suleimane Diallo has never heard of the G8. Nor have his two brothers Alsine and Abdoulaye.


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Institutional broker Cantor Fitzgerald said Tuesday it's spinning off its fixed-income voice brokerage operations into a new partnership, and will focus on expansion of its remaining institutional fixed-income and equity business.


Google offers mini-programs for use on other sites

Google Inc.  is allowing  users to add hundreds of different miniature Web-based programs  built by Google or outside programmers to other sites, the  company said on Tuesday.


Opera Puccini accusata di colonialismo, sarebbe da cambiare


Dell said it would lay off 78,000 employees throughout all its geographic regions and job functions to reduce costs. At the same time, the company also announced a $759 million in profit for its first quarter of 2008, beating its financial forecast.


Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 index to its biggest one-day slide in more than 3-1/2 years as a sell-off in China's equity market fanned worries that stock valuations there are too high and some data indicated U.S. economic growth may slow.


Kenya votes in close poll hurt by rigging claims

Millions of Kenyans voted on Thursday in a close-fought national election marred by delays, sporadic trouble and rigging charges from the opposition.


The Phantom of the Opera Hits the Big Screen

The Phantom of the Opera, a rare big screen adaptation of a musical, opens this weekend. With the musical grossing $3.2 billion worldwide with stints in New York, London, and Toronto, it was worth the gamble to producers.


Nicaragua puts the squeeze on 'poison' Chinese toothpaste

Diethylene glycol menace spreads Nicaraguan authorities have seized 40,000 tubes of Chinese "Excel" and "Mr Cool" toothpaste which contain potentially-lethal diethylene glycol, AP reports.â¦


Google seeks EU approval to buy DoubleClick

Google filed with the European Union competition regulator on Friday for permission to buy rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, the European Commission said.


By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jan. 30--The Elk Run development project by Pine Island grew larger this morning.   Tower Investments LLC announced that is has purchased an additional 382-acre parcel from Elmer and Judy Stock.


While it's true that shipments of iSCSI gear continue to climb steadily, conventional analyst wisdom dictates that iSCSI's slice of the SAN market may remain quite thin.


TORONTO - The final frames of Beyond The Sea tell the audience, "Bobby Darin is still swinging.". Not only does the spirit of Darin swing in the film, but so does Kevin Spacey, who wears the many hats of


A bus believed to be speeding turned over on a curving mountain road near the capital Quito Sunday, killing 47 people and injuring five children, authorities said.


Can Bush's Speech Live Up to FDR, JFK and Lincoln?

The best inaugural addresses are  already carved in stone. President Bush has a chance on  Thursday to make a speech worthy of the stonemason's chisel.


PHPUnit fans can finally rejoice that the latest version of their much loved PHP unit testing utility - PHPUnit3 - has finally been released as a stable download.   Sebastian Bergmann and his contributors are proud to announce the immediate availability of PHPUnit 3. This release is a major improvement to the popular open source testing solution for PHP applications. It includes new features and bug fixes. Further details about this release can be found in the ChangeLog.   In his newest blog post, Sebastian lists some of the main new features this release offers - mock objects, selenium integration, and code-coverage support. There's even a brief installation howto and some on how to upgrade from the previous PHPUnit 2.3 to the latest.


Walking past a crack in a wall in the computer game Broken Sword, players feel a draft of air in the real world. When a virtual plane flies by on the screen, a strategically timed breeze -- generated by a set of fans parked next to the monitor -- tries to make gamers feel as if they're standing next...


Le reazioni ai verbali degli interrogatori dell'immobiliarista romanoPer Veltroni "un nuovo segno della crisi del sistema democratico"                                          Casini: "Da Ricucci dichiarazioni fantasiose" I Ds: "Con Fassino nessuna telefonata"


Rapper Kayne West collected a leading 'perfect score' of 10 Grammy nominations for his debut album, The College Dropout. The disc has received rave reviews from critics because it's stayed away from what have


Torino, 19:58 - CALCIO, TORINO: ANCORA IRRISOLTO DUBBIO DI MICHELE

Il Torino si prepara ad affrontare l'Udinese con il dubbio burocratico relativo alla possibilit&agra...


The entertainment industry is pondering its next move in the wake of a legal setback delivered Thursday, August 19. On that day, a Federal appeals court in San Francisco


Brad Pitt e Angelina Jolie in passerellaChiuso anche l'incidente con i fotografi                                            Per i bellissimi una folla da stadio "E arriverÃ  il quinto figlio"


DAVE WANNSTEDT resigned today as head coach of the Miami Dolphins after the team sank to an NFL-worst 1-8 record. Defensive co-ordinator Jim Bates will take over as interim coach for the remainder of the season.


La sfilata e' stata chiusa da Elisabetta Gregoraci


At Least 15 Iraqi Pilgrims Killed by Car Bomb

At least 25 Iraqis were killed today in attacks, a day after at least 109 pilgrims were killed.


Sharpcast Connects iPhoto Albums Effortlessly to the Web, PCs and Mobile Phones

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- Sharpcast today introduced a completely new and effortless way for Mac owners to back up and share their iPhoto albums online, and to view their iPhoto albums on a mobile phone or Windows-based PC.


Having credit card commitment issues? Go ahead, play the field.


Un marchio per la promozione, lega teatri comunali e privati


Electoral officials fanned out across the country Wednesday to begin a partial recount in Mexico's tight presidential election, while leftists alleging vote fraud blocked bank headquarters in the capital and vowed to take their disruptive protests nationwide.


At least one car bomb explodes in Baidoa, where Somalia's fragile interim government is based.


The European Commission opens a probe into Microsoft and Time Warner's plans to buy anti-piracy firm ContentGuard.


Bush vetoes popular stem-cell research bill

President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle in the Democratic-led Congress to override him.


Flooding From Gaston Kills 5 in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. - Flooding touched off by the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston left at least five people dead in Virginia on Tuesday and devastated a historic Richmond neighborhood that was the heart of the Confederate capital during the Civil War...


TIJUANA, Mexico -- A life capsized has stranded Jose de Jesus Torres atop these craggy cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Waves crash and dolphins dance as this modern-day cliff dweller waits for another opportunity to cross the US border.


While EDS contractors are left with their feet up Vodafone's billing system continues to throw out random invoices, while denying customers access to their online billing.â¦


The media company that owns MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that it will now advertise online through Microsoft Corp. as part of a larger deal.


Wisconsin is almost the kind of state Hillary Rodham Clinton would have invented to win a Democratic presidential primary, brimming with whites and working class voters who usually support her. A poor performance there Tuesday would raise big questions about her candidacy.


Spinetta, guardiamo ad Alitalia se crea valore


Big energia elettrica del Texas sara' acquisito da fondi


America Online will stop providing direct access to Usenet newsgroups, one of the earliest forums on the Internet for people to discuss a large variety of topics from television shows to software to sex.