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Reuters reports 4.4-percent drop in core revenue

Reuters, the news and financial information provider, reported a 4.4-percent drop in core subscription revenue to 528 million pounds (759 million euros, 947 million dollars) during the third quarter compared to the same period last year.


Gay and Wariner ease through qualifying rounds

OSAKA, Japan  - Favored Americans Tyson Gay and Jeremy Wariner eased through morning qualifying rounds in early competition at the world championships on Tuesday.


An Air Canada flight is diverted to Ireland after a pilot apparently suffers a mental breakdown.


By John Klima DAILY BREEZE  Canyon High began the week as the team that practically had to beg its way to Home Depot  Center to represent Southern California in the  Division I state championship bowl game.


High Spending Not Enough to Shake Sanders From Top of Polls

Vermont ranks 49th of the 50 states in population, with just more than 600,000 residents.And yet the three major candidates for the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open Senate seat Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic-allied Independent Rep. Bernard Sanders and Republicans Rich Tarrant and Greg Parke Ã¢ÂÂ have so far spent a combined total of more than $9.5 million dollars in the run-up to the Sept. 12 primary.


La sentenza della Cassazione: annullata la condanna per due genitori"A patto che il rifiuto sia categorico, cosciente, assoluto, volontario"                                            Il figlio non va a scuola? La Cassazione: genitori assolti                                                                                Per il Codacons si tratta di una sentenza assurda che legittima l'evasione scolastica


Exercise Has Many Benefits in Overweight Children

NEW YORK  - In addition to improved fitness  levels, eight weeks of aerobic exercise improves levels of  "good" HDL cholesterol and measures of circulatory function, in  overweight children and adolescents, according to a report in  the December issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.


Second American hostage beheaded in Iraq

A second American citizen held hostage in Iraq has been beheaded by his kidnappers, an Islamist website said Tuesday. Jack Hensley, abducted along with his two colleagues, American


Del Ponte says Serbs not doing enough on Mladic

U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del  Ponte said on Friday she was "not satisfied" that Serbia was  carrying out its own action plan to arrest and extradite  Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic.


Rudy Giuliani invokes the 2001 terrorist attacks Â the tragedy that made him the face of U.S. resolve and put him on the national political map Â in a new ad campaign launched as the Republican tries to overcome a rough patch in his presidential candidacy.


The multimedia entertainment retailer doubles earnings despite poor book sales and video rentals.


Lanny Thorndike, whose Century Shares Trust mutual fund has about a third of its assets in insurance stocks, is keeping his investments in Marsh & McLennan Cos.


A Lufthansa airplane flying from Turkey to Germany safely made an emergency landing Sunday in Budapest after an anonymous bomb threat was received, police said.


Risultati sopra le attese con vendite modelli Audi e Skoda


You may have only 24 years left on Earth. But don't change your plans just yet.


Police arrested a Libyan man and blew up his luggage Saturday in a security scare that closed a small regional airport for about two hours.


Il metallo prezioso scambiato a 651,13 dollari l'oncia


Kidman didn't deserve the boos â it's a stylish film

It's a pity some journalists at a large preview screening in Venice saw fit to boo Birth, the new film directed by Englishman Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman.


Pharmacists swept bottles of Vioxx off their shelves Thursday and braced for a round of calls from customers following a recall of the popular anti-inflammatory drug.


Il latitante, coinvolto in una guerra di mafia nel 1998, era stato condannato all'ergastoloGli agenti lo hanno catturato in una villetta dove si trovava con la famiglia                                            Arrestato il boss Sebastiano Cannizzaro Era al vertice del clan Santapaola


Pointing Out 'Ekberg Was There' Illegal in Rome

Swimming is already out for tourists visiting Rome's Trevi Fountain, but an Italian woman was surprised to discover so was pointing out the sights at the landmark made famous by screen diva Anita Ekberg.


Denver's Anthony snubbed in NBA All-Star selection

Denver forward Carmelo Anthony, whose season has been marred by a ban for fighting, was snubbed in the selection of the National Basketball Association All-Star reserves.


A 'Viva Radio Due' lo showman fornisce alcuni elementie rivela l'identiÃ  della modella che dovrebbe affiancare Bonolis                                                  La caccia al tesoro di Fiorello "Indovina la valletta di Sanremo"                                                                                Partito il toto-ospiti, sicuro Will Smith, in forse Angelina JolieIl "grande sogno" resta Vasco, a 23 anni da 'Vado al massimo'


"Musical": gotta sing, dance, make money

"Broadway: The American Musical" starts like an infomercial and ends with a big, wet kiss for Disney. In between are six hours of song and dance guided by that lesser-known muse, Hyperbole.


Baseball: Long, long night's journey for Yanks

NEW YORK The Yankees could not help but watch the scoreboard. Their heads swiveled repeatedly toward the outfield as hit after hit for Cleveland sailed over or against the wall.


Pesano alcune voci di spesa perche' le vendite corrono


McDowell and Price share Heritage lead, as Monty and Poulter miss

WOBURN, England (PA) -- And so there were two. After the second round Friday, Padraig Harrington and David Howell are the only members of the European Ryder Cup team left in the Heritage Tournament at Woburn.


Global video giant Blockbuster, which is struggling for growth as the internet transforms the movie rental business, said it's preparing to launch an unsolicited takeover bid for rival Hollywood Entertainment.


Bonds hits two homers to move within two of Aaron mark

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds returned to the line-up against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday and belted a pair of home runs to move within two homers of tying Hank Aaron's career record of 755 roundtrippers.


NEW YORK - Democrat John Kerry joked on "The Late Show with David Letterman" about changes under President Bush's tax plan, including that Vice President Dick Cheney can claim the president as a dependent.    Besides reading his "Top 10" list, Kerry also poked fun at the tedious debate negotiations between the rival campaigns that ended in agreement Monday...


Few Primary Care Docs Offer HIV Test to L.A.'s Hispanics

THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Even though rates of AIDS are increasing among Hispanics in Los Angeles County, Calif., few primary care health providers there are offering HIV testing or safe sex counseling to Hispanic patients, a new study finds.


Blaming shrinking sales to key automotive customers, Visteon Corp. told its 8,300 white-collar workers Thursday that it plans to offer buyouts to a "significant" number of employees by the end of the year.


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A U.S. study of serious teenage delinquency suggests boys are exposed to higher levels of risk than are girls, and with less protection.


Spygate. The New England Patriots - cheatin' and competin'. A week later, it's still something to chew on, perfect fodder for water-cooler conversation and talk radio.


Samsung Says It Will Expand Chip Factories

The Samsung Electronics Company, the Korean electronics giant, said Monday that it would invest $23.7 billion in new chip production lines over the next six years.


East African nations issue tsunami alerts

African nations neighbouring the Indian Ocean on Wednesday warned of a possible tsunami after an earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said.


South Korea president to back Lee probe: media

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will approve a special counsel to look into fraud allegations against the president-elect despite calls to veto the measure, local media reported on Friday.


The deal could be a sign that the satellite radio provider's legal woes surrounding the recording functionality of some of its receivers may be waning.


Want to use Google gadgets for work? Big Blue plans to let business users run the mini apps on its WebSphere Portal software.


An ex-husband Ojani Noa claims Jennifer Lopez Â«luredÂ» him into a job as a manager of her restaurant and then unceremoniously kick him out.


UPDATE 1-US Air creditors back plan to dump labor contracts

Major creditors holding billions in claims on Tuesday supported plans by US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) to void labor contracts covering thousands


Weinstein Co. makes deal with striking writers

The Weinstein Co., the film and TV company run by media moguls Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, has reached an agreement that would allow striking Hollywood writers to return to work for the company, a company spokesman said on Thursday.


In the Wake of Charley: Waiting for Everything

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Ice was a hot commodity in Florida on Tuesday and frustration was mounting as hundreds of thousands remained without power in sweltering heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley.


Actor Ryan Phillippe is defending girlfriend Abbie Cornish from reports that she came between him and Reese Witherspoon who were married for seven years.


Charles Giancarlo, 50, resigns as chief development officer at Cisco Systems, saying   the timing would never be right for him to succeed John Chambers as CEO.


Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki shrugs off US criticism of slow progress saying it is understandable in the face of violence.


Australian stocks: Stocks end higher as National Bank climbs

MELBOURNE - Australian stocks ended 0.1 per cent higher on Tuesday as a new appointment helped boost National Australia Bank, while heavyweight resource group BHP Billiton slipped after recent gains.


LONDON - World oil prices eased slightly yesterday but remained close to record high points near 55 dollars a barrel as traders fretted about low inventories of US heating fuel heading into the northern winter.


President Bush celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with turkey "leftovers" Thursday in Texas and had birthday cake as his twin daughters turned 23.


Armed with Yasser Arafat's weighty medical dossier, his nephew blamed Israel for the Palestinian leader's death and refused yesterday to squelch rumors of poisoning â-ven though


Investors love these companies, just not enough for them to achieve super-stardom.


Philippine Rebels Free Troops, Talks in Doubt

PRESENTACION, Philippines  - Philippine communist  rebels freed Wednesday two soldiers they had held as "prisoners  of war" for more than five months, saying they wanted to  rebuild confidence in peace talks with the government.


Apple Computer Inc has rolled out a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos as it opened nine new iTunes music stores in Europe, spurring its rivalry with Microsoft Corp and others.


General Electric Co , viewed as a bellwether of the U.S. economy, posted a 4 percent rise in net profit on Friday, matching Wall Street expectations, on strong demand for heavy equipment such as jet engines and electricity-producing turbines.


With the aim to provide relief to the victims of the recent Tsunami devastation, Shringar Cinemas Ltd. has announced its 'Purple Aid' campaign in association with Aid India.


Berlusconi says hair in great shape after transplant

ROME, Dec 30  - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who prompted speculation about his hair when seen sporting a bandana earlier this year, assured his public Thursday his new hair was coming up nicely following a transplant.


Improvement vital for NBA stars to beat Greece, reach world final

US stars know they must improve to beat Greece on Friday and qualify for Sunday's World Basketball Championship final, where either 2004 Olympic champion Argentina or title-hungry Spain will await.


Speculation persists Wrigley looking at third acquisition, Ivory...

News service reports from The Chicago Tribune say Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is in the running for the candy end of CSM NV, a Netherlands-owned food ingredient group, which produces several gum and ...


Neandertals Beaten by Rivals' Word Skills, Study Says

Neandertals may have died out like a bad movie—by word of mouth. Modern humans' complex use of language sounded the defeat of their big-browed cousins, a new study says.


Alcatel-Lucent Trims Outlook; Shares Dive

The company revised its 2007 sales forecast lower for a third time this year because of price reductions and reduced orders.


Manning Near-Unaminous Pick for AP's MVP

Peyton Manning's phenomenal season earned him his second straight Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award. After sharing the award with Steve McNair last year, Manning was nearly a unanimous choice this time.


DETROIT -- Kevin Jones ran for 196 yards and a touchdown to lead Detroit over the Arizona Cardinals, 26-12, yesterday, ending the Lions' five-game losing streak and keeping their playoff hopes alive in the muddled and mediocre NFC.


Concerned that a steady diet of TV ads is putting too many pounds on American children, the Federal Communications Commission plans to study links between the ads, viewing habits and the rise of childhood obesity.


Because no good joke in Hollywood goes untold again ... and again, the mixed-couple setup receives another extended workout in this modestly amusing sequel.


Iran begins converting raw uranium into gas used in the process of making nuclear weapons, defying the UN.


Sharp Corp. has added a hard-disk drive to its latest Zaurus PDA (personal digital assistant), and is considering selling the Linux operating system-based device abroad, the company said Friday.


Virtualization services market $11.7 billion by 2011

Blog: Virtualization services are expected to turn into a $11.7 billion market by 2011, more than double its current level, according to an IDC report. VMware and its competitors are helping to drive this demand.


Rudy Giuliani shares the lead for the conservative vote in the Republican presidential race, despite the New Yorker's three marriages and moderate views on abortion, guns and gays.


Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars

Google Scholar is intended as a first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports.


Europe's roads are long, dark and sleep-inducing. Mercedes-Benz wants to keep you awake and alive. In Gear Factor.


GM CEO: U.S. needs 10 times more ethanol stations

Hybrids, ethanol, and batteries are on the mind of General Motors' Rick Wagoner at CES 2008.


Hundreds of passengers face spending Christmas in hotels after fog causes major flight disruption at Heathrow.


Spacey transforms "Moon" into London masterpiece

The Old Vic's revival of  Eugene O'Neill's 1947 drama "A Moon for the Misbegotten" is a  powerful demonstration of how superlative acting -- in this  case by Kevin Spacey, Eve Best and Colm Meaney -- can elevate a  flawed play so that the whole thing resembles a masterpiece.


"Two Histories of England" (Ecco, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publications, 184 pages, $16.95), by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens: Not interested in English history? Just a dull list of kings and dates? No relevance to problems of today? Think again.


Could It Be the Year of the Rising Dollar?

Some strategists say the dollar has probably hit bottom and may even be on the rebound.


Bush Suggests War on Terror Cannot Be Won

NASHUA, N.H. - President Bush ignited a Democratic inferno of criticism on Monday by suggesting the war on terrorism could not be won, forcing his aides to scramble to defend his remarks just as he had hoped to bask in convention accolades...


Legal Groups to Track Judicial Elections

A coalition of legal groups and others opposed to the growing influence of partisan politics in state judicial elections plans to track campaign spending, donations and advertising for judicial elections in 20 states this election cycle.


European stocks flat as financials weigh

Bid activity in the steel sector led industrial metals groups higher, but European equity markets remained largely flat on Wednesday as losses for financial stocks weighed.


Briere a hat-trick hero as the Sabres crush Boston

All-Star MVP Daniel Briere struck a hat-trick as the Buffalo Sabres rolled over the slumping Boston Bruins 7-1 on Tuesday in Buffalo.


'Ma gli investimenti devono essere nelle due direzioni'


AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush flew to Iraq with his security chiefs on Monday to meet the U.S. commander for a final review of the war before a showdown in Congress over troop levels.


Now is the time to be greedy, not fearful.  Here are the stocks some of the top advisers are buying.


The DNA of a man accused of murdering an 11-year-old child in 1975 matched that found on her body, a court hears.


You're probably used to having a big-screen TV or a cell phone charger in the bedroom, but diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt Inc. wants to take things a step further by bringing tech gadgets right into your bed.


Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. made separate product announcements Tuesday that the video game giants hope will attract more customers ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season.


Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , now that about 75 percent of PeopleSoft's shareholders have tendered their shares.


Race to host 2012 Olympics enters final lap

The five cities looking to host the 2012 Summer Games submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee on Monday, with Paris the front-runner to win next year's vote.


Unidentified gunmen kill a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric and his colleague in Pakistan's city of Karachi.


Millions of High-Risk People Failed To Receive Flu Shot, Officials ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday will meet to consider easing its recommendations on who should receive flu vaccinations as a new survey finds that only 34.8% of high-risk residents were vaccinated and as health officials


Colpiti da un cecchino a Falluja, 17 i morti in tre giorni


Military told to stop mandatory anthrax shots

WASHINGTON -- For the second time in a year, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the military to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for US military personnel.


The Canadian government had an idea back in the 1960s that the island of Newfoundland would be easier to manage if people moved out of its remote backwaters to a few larger cities, where modern services were available. A "resettlement" plan was devised in which outport residents were paid bonuses to...


October consumer sentiment hurt by housing

Consumer sentiment fell further than  expected in late October to its lowest in more than a year as  concerns about the housing slump darkened the economic outlook,  a survey released on Friday showed.


If the price of gold were the only barometer of a gold company's performance, Newmont Mining Corp.'s shareholders would have been happier in 2004.


Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday urged the federal government to reduce its budget deficit and to encourage greater personal saving, warning that foreign investors will not


Dopo finanziaria piano modifica Biagi e Statuto lavoratori


Oil rises on colder U.S. Northeast weather forecasts

Oil rose on Thursday as forecasts for  colder weather in the giant U.S. Northeast heating oil market  overcame worries over the economic health of the world's top  consumer.


Brain Chase has survived his share of trials, which is why he is relishing his situation as a 5-foot 9 point guard for the Wizards' summer league squad.


Time to Set Clocks Back to Standard Time

Backyard barbecue season is winding to a close and it's time to say goodbye to daylight-saving time.


Disabled children are enduring "unacceptable" delays waiting for the wheelchairs they need, campaigners say.


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  posted a 3.2 percent decline in quarterly earnings on Tuesday as the U.S. investment bank wrote down mortgage and leveraged loan assets, but the results beat expectations and its shares rose.


Hurricane Ivan Kills 20 in Grenada, Heads West

Hurricane Ivan killed at least 20 people as it laid waste to the tiny spice island of Grenada, where looting hampered relief efforts on Wednesday as the storm swept through the Caribbean heading northwest.


Owner of N.F.L. Team Bids for Manchester United Again

Malcolm Glazer, the billionaire owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is trying once again to take control of Manchester United, one of the world's most lucrative soccer franchises.


There is no truth in the belief that cancer patients can delay their death for important events, a study suggests.


Verizon: Wait for dial tone, punch in number, rock out

Verizon Wireless service lets users treat people who call them to music rather than the sound of a ringing phone.


A 8ft-tall sculpture of a diamond is expected to raise around Â£6m when it is sold at auction in November.


After weeks of stock market turbulence caused by soaring bond yields, Wall Street will now be able to gauge the chance of an interest rate hike straight from the source: the Federal Reserve.


Microsoft, Intel team set to conquer US living rooms

Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are joining forces to conquer US living rooms and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.


General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. launched new US sales incentives Friday as both automakers struggle with falling market share and high inventories of unsold vehicles.


Stoccarda, 14:55 - TENNIS, ATP STOCCARDA: ORGANIZZATORI ASPETTANO NADAL

Gli organizzatori del torneo Atp di Stoccarda aspettano con ansia Rafael Nadal. ''Abbiamo un accordo...


THERE were three wonderful goals at Anfield yesterday (AEST), but only one was a winner. Few predicted it would come from Liverpool, who won 2-1, and nobody but his closest relatives (and even they must have


A TIME correspondent is caught in a madrassah  just as the students defend their Islamic school against government forces


BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 -- In Shahbandar, a storied Baghdad cafe whose name evokes a time (the past) and a milieu (the highbrow), three men sat over cigarettes and hourglass cups of sweet tea Thursday and debated what the coming elections meant for a country scarred by three decades of tyranny, war and bitter disillusionment.


A group of scientists and nature lovers exploring tunnels in the Canary Islands became trapped underground and at least six of them died after apparently inhaling toxic gases, officials said Sunday.


Ruud van Nistelrooy has apologised to Arsenal's Ashley Cole for his Old Trafford horror tackle on Sunday after confirming he will not contest an FA charge of serious foul play.


Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice...


Firefighters are in. In fact, firefighters never went out of style since 9/11. Their heroics make for epic tales that make American hearts puff up with pride.


Conservative MP forced to quit over race comments

A senior member of the Conservative Party was forced to quit Thursday after suggesting being called "a black bastard" was a fact of life for ethnic minority British soldiers.


Off-form Bryant still leads Lakers past toiling Nets

Lamar Odom poured in 21 points and Kobe Bryant chipped in with 19 to power the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-93 win over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.


Newmont admits mercury leak in Indonesia

US gold mining company Newmont admitted that it released mercury into the environment at one of its Indonesian mines, but denied that it had any health impact on its employees or nearby residents.


Calls for IMF to consider non-European to replace Rato

The surprise resignation of the head of the International Monetary Fund immediately prompted calls for the job search for his replacement to reach beyond Europe -- which has provided all the IMF's leaders.


Servira' a completare la rete di nuova generazione


'Resident Evil: Apocalypse' Tops Weekend Box Office

"Resident Evil: Apocalypse," the sequel to 2002's "Resident Evil," based on a video game series about blowing apart shuffling, bio-poisoned zombie attackers, opened at No.


The announcement came as Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer opened the group's new Indian headquarters in the city of Hyderabad.


India's Ranbaxy Pulls All AIDS Drugs from WHO List

Indian firm Ranbaxy took all its anti-AIDS drugs off the UN's approved list, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, dealing a blow to efforts to make cheaper medicines more widely available for the scourge.


The penguins of Happy Feet prove more popular than Casino Royale for the second week in North America.


Bush: I won't be rushed on new Iraq strategy

President Bush said Wednesday he will not be rushed into a decision on "a new way forward in Iraq," but pledged that he will give troops the tools they need to "complete their mission." He spoke after meeting with Cabinet and Pentagon officials.


ORLANDO, Florida  - The trial of former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she attacked a romantic rival has been postponed until next year to allow prosecutors time to prepare for an insanity defense, according to a court order.


Ed Mierzwinski is trying to get the word out to college students that the free T-shirt or teddy bear or sub sandwich they accept in exchange for signing up for a credit card could end up costing them a lot of financial heartache.


Oil prices pause for breath after two-day rout

London - Oil prices edged lower on Friday after a two-day rout that saw the value of crude drop 12 percent amid easing fears over a northern winter supply shortage, traders said.


News.com Extra: Get into microlending online

Also: Chevy Volt: GM's 'moon shot'. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Genova, 14:39 - CALCIO, GENOA-SAMP; GASPERINI E MAZZARRI: RIVALI, NON NEMICI

Giampiero Gasperini e Walter Mazzarri, allenatori di Genoa e Sampdoria, lanciano un segnale di diste...


Treatments: Talking Out the Choices for Breast Cancer Surgery

Most surgeons fail to mention the possibility of breast reconstruction before their patients choose between mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery, researchers have found.


Ciena has agreed to acquire World Wide Packets in a deal, valued at about $290 million, that will bring together two players in the growing carrier Ethernet market.The vendor of carrier gear will pay about $200 million cash plus 3.4 million shares for privately held World Wide Packets, which makes switches and software for Ethernet services offered by carriers. World Wide Packets, in Spokane Valley, Washington, will be merged into a wholly owned subsidiary of Ciena.Carriers are beginning to build Ethernet networks across metropolitan areas so they can be more flexible in offering different speeds of service and deliver WAN connectivity with the same technology most enterprises use for their LANs. Ethernet, which generally costs less than traditional metropolitan fiber networks, can also be used for wholesale data transport and backhaul of traffic from wireless networks to the Internet.World Wide Packets has more than 100 customers in 25 countries and has shipped more than 70,000 units of its products, according to Ciena. The company offers a common operating system across its products, called LightningEdge Operating System, and network management tools.Also on Tuesday, Ciena said it had won a multiyear contract to supply AT&T with platforms from World Wide Packets.Based on the $26.52 closing price of Ciena's stock last Friday, the 3.4 million shares are worth about $90 million. Ciena will also assume as much as $15 million of the acquired company's debt. The acquisition requires regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second quarter of Ciena's 2008 fiscal year, which will end in April. World Wide Packets will keep operating from its locations in Spokane Valley and San Jose, California. Ciena is based in Linthicum, Maryland.


Iraq war wasnât worth the bloodshed, Australians say

SYDNEY - A growing number of Australians believe the war in Iraq was not worth the bloodshed as resistance to the US-led coalition which toppled Saddam Hussein continues to wreck havoc in the strife-torn country, according to a poll published Monday.


Cassini Flies Past Saturn's Moon Titan Today

NASA released one of the best pictures ever made of Saturn's moon Titan as the Cassini spacecraft begins a close-up inspection of the satellite today. Cassini is making the nearest flyby ever of the smog-shrouded moon.


A graduate student whose bomb and anthrax threats shutdown the University of Missouri-Rolla was charged Wednesday with making terrorist threats and assaulting a law enforcement officer, the county prosecutor said.


France's Foreign Minister Heads To Middle East To Seek Release Of Hostages

President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers ...


Google contest for computer software wizards nears final round

Google on Monday released a roster of computer software savants from around the world that qualified to compete in the Google Code Jam finals in New York City next month.


Czechs Trounce Sweden to Reach World Cup Semi-Finals

Czech Republic reached the World Cup semi-finals by outclassing Sweden 6-1 thanks to some efficient counter-attacking hockey on Tuesday.


Oil companies to hold firm despite Niger Delta unrest

Multinational oil companies being targeted by militants in Nigeria will weather attacks on their infrastructure and personnel given the huge potential for profit there, analysts and the oil groups say.


Scettici i giudici milanesi: "Difficile interrogare l'ex imam"L'inchiesta vede imputati 26 agenti della Cia, tutti latitanti                                          Abu Omar dopo la scarcerazione "Voglio denunciare Berlusconi"


As of Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at least 345 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 7, 2007.


A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to stop consuming so much salt.


NFL Game Summary - Philadelphia at Washington

Eagles' receiver Todd Pinkston appeared to pull up on a long bomb attempt in the first quarter to avoid getting hit. His effort was jeered by many members of the Redskins...Springs was knocked unconscious


Engelhard Posts Flat 3rd-Quarter Results

Specialty chemicals company Engelhard Corp.  on Monday posted flat third-quarter results as higher raw material costs and an unusually severe hurricane season offset slightly higher sales.


Former Bush surgeon general says he was muzzled

The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.


Crude oil closed above $100 a barrel on Tuesday, vaulting through a longstanding psychological barrier amid concern about whether production can keep up with global demand.


BC finds consolation in humbling Harvard

Given that both Boston College and Harvard are in contention for at-large NCAA Tournament bids and are fighting for an edge in the Ratings Percentage Index, yesterday's matchup in the Beanpot consolation game was hardly a meaningless exhibition.


Aaron Devinney hasn't worked since February, when the waste recycling company that employed him for a year and a half laid him off. Oscar Willard's been unemployed for more than three years. Both told Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday they just want jobs.


French politician regrets new vote on Armenian "genocide"

The head of the ruling UMP party bloc in France's National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, said Friday he regretted a new attempt by the opposition socialists to vote through a bill making it a punishable offence to ...Comment


Stop Preloading Windows, Business Think Tank Says

A European group says PCs and operating systems should be sold separately to boost competition.


Drogati da caffÃ¨: la dipendenza arriva dalla tazzina

ROMA, 30 set - Iniziare la giornata senza il caffÃ¨ Ã¨ difficile per molti e il motivo Ã¨ presto detto: basta una tazzina per correre il rischio di sviluppare una "dipendenza da caffeina" e andare in crisi se si Ã¨ costretti a farne a meno.


Witness accounts after huge waves triggered by an earthquake devastated Asia.


More than 90 people in Brazil face possible charges after a two-year inquiry into money laundering.


Ieri quotazione identica nei confronti della valuta Usa


Lo spettacolo andra' in scena a Londra a marzo


Stocks higher on lower oil, Fed comments on growth

NEW YORK Wall Street extended its rally into a second day yesterday, supported by falling oil prices and a bullish economic assessment by a Federal Reserve official.


CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Higher margins on the hard stuff and profits from a pair of low-carb wines launched earlier this year helped boost liquor giant Brown-Forman's fiscal first-quarter profits 67 percent.


DAMASCUS, Syria Sept. 26, 2004 - A car bomb killed an operative of the Palestinian militant group Hamas as he turned the ignition Sunday, and Israeli security officials acknowledged that the Jewish state was involved.


The details of letters written from Princess Diana to Dodi Al Fayed are revealed at the inquest into their deaths.


Torino 2006, Castellani: ''Oggi e' il via ufficiale''

''Sono gia' cinque anni che lavoriamo per Torino 2006, ma oggi e' il via ufficiale per questa grande avventura. L'Italia dopo Cortina e Roma si appresta a rivivere i Giochi, a Torino''. Il presidente del comitato


Animal welfare and farming groups criticise Tesco for cutting the cost of intensively-reared chickens to Â£1.99.


Edwards Introduces Plan For Health-Care Coverage

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards yesterday issued a blueprint aimed at providing health-care coverage for all Americans and said he would raise taxes to help pay the roughly $100 billion annual bill.


Riequilibrare dislivello tra Centro-Nord e Sud del Paese


InfoWorld - Hoping to keep the heat on archrival Microsoft, VMware on Wednesday will give developers a glimpse of an early version of its Virtual SMP product that allows a single virtual machine to work with as many as four processors, which in turn can more effectively drive mission-critical applications.


U.S. Air Force major found in Kyrgyzstan

A U.S. Air Force officer who disappeared earlier this week in Kyrgyzstan was found alive and returned to the American air base in this Central Asian nation, a U.S. military official said early Saturday.


When I moved to this pedestrian-friendly city with plentiful public transit and pricey parking, I said goodbye to auto repair bills, insurance premiums and gas pumps. Recently divorced, without kids to ferry around, I realized my dream of living car-free. But I still need wheels for the occasional errand or day trip.


The World Health Organization (WHO) said  it would continue recommending use of the Viramune drug in AIDS  patients despite a U.S. regulatory warning, as the benefits  were greater than toxicity problems.


Due giorni fa, eliminato Messaoud "emiro" di Skikda


Entra in vigore il regolamento su scioperi, overbooking, cancellazioni e ritardi. Riguarda 590 milioni di viaggiatori                                                  Aereo, nuova Carta del passeggero piÃ¹ diritti e salgono i risarcimenti


New Zealand batsmen Scott Styris and Brendon McCullum are free to play in Friday's third and deciding Chappell-Hadlee one-day series match after being cleared of charges from Wednesday's 17-run loss to Australia.


Chechens' Terror Links Drawing Attention

The brutality and meticulous planning of the school hostage-taking and other recent terror attacks in Russia have focused new attention on the growing influence of Islamic extremists over Chechen rebels and raised suspicions of a global terror connection.


SpaceShipOne Designers Recieved $10 Million Ansari X Prize

On October 4, 2004, SpaceShipOne rocketed into history, becoming the first private manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 328,000 feet twice within the span of a 14 day period, thus claiming the ten million dollar Ansari X-Prize.


Company weighs idea after thousands of users vote for it online.


AGGUATO A BARI: UN MORTO SOTTO GLI OCCHI DI DUE BAMBINE

BARI - La mattanza, a Bari, e' ripresa in grande stile. Dopo 12 giorni di tregua, ieri sera i killer non hanno esitato a sparare nel mucchio per uccidere il pregiudicato Pietro Scintilla, di 37 anni. Ma nell


$247,500 HUD Grant Goes to Elk Foundation

By Anonymous  WASHINGTON - Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg announced Friday a $247,500 grant for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The money will be used for the organization's new headquarters in Missoula.


Congo waits skeptically for the lights to come on

KANANGA, Congo  - From a mud hut under the world's longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30 years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.


Talks on Kosovo's Future Deadlock Over U.N. Plan

VIENNA, March 10 -- A year of contentious talks on the future status of Kosovo ended Saturday in a bitter deadlock over a U.N. plan that would set the disputed Serbian province on the road to independence.


IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Bill Parcells again will try to get the best of Joe Gibbs when the Dallas Cowboys host the Washington Redskins on Sunday.


Austria's Raich wins first slalom of season

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It wasn'ta great weekend for American Bode Miller in Beaver Creek, Colo. The World Cup overall leader wasn'ta factor for the second straight race and could only watch as Benjamin Raich


NCAAB Wrap: No. 10 Michigan State Defeats Minnesota

EAST LANSING, Mich., (Sports Network) - Shannon Brown  scored 18 points and Maurice Ager added 16 to lead No. 11  Michigan State to an 81-62 victory over the Minnesota Golden  Gophers at the Breslin Center.


Former US President Bill Clinton is released from hospital five days after a quadruple heart bypass.


Illusionist in Times Square cement box stunt

U.S. illusionist Criss Angel began a 24-hour stunt on Monday that will end with him trying to escape from a small cement box strung up above New York's Times Square before it crashes to the ground.


Wall Street places its own interests above yours. Why play by its rules?


Trial Linking Professor to Terror Delayed

A federal judge has agreed to delay the trial of a former professor suspected of terrorist ties, in part because of publicity about the case during the state's U.S. Senate race and the amount of evidence that attorneys must study.


One of the best known theatre personalities in South Africa is killed in his home by armed men, police say.


Minutes after he finished his third round at the 84 Lumber Classic yesterday, DiMarco found fault with the threesomes that were used, the slow pace of play, life


GoldenPalace casino pays $28,000 for holy cheese sandwich

Hollywood, Fla, Nov. 25 - GoldenPalace online casino paid over US$28,000 yesterday to the owner of a 10-year-old, partially-eaten grilled cheese sandwich believed to carry the image of the Virgin Mary.


Zimbabwe court finds Mann guilty over 'coup plot' arms deal ...

HARARE : A court in Zimbabwe found Briton Simon Mann guilty of attempting to illegally buy arms to stage a putsch in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea but acquitted 66 other defendants of involvement in the alleged coup.


New York, 22:59 - PUGILATO: E' MORTO WILLIE PEP

L'ex campione del mondo dei pesi piuma, Willie Pep, è morto all'età di 84 anni. Malato...


Rights Group Faults U.S. for Support of Autocrats

A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic countries despite their continuing violations of civil liberties.


NASA's Longest-Serving Astronaut to Retire

John W. Young, Commander of First Shuttle Mission and NASA's Longest-Serving Astronaut, to Retire. HOUSTON Dec 8, 2004 - The longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded


Punto su fusione con il gruppo spagnolo Abertis


R. Kelly reportedly sprayed with pepper spray at New York concert

NEW YORK A publicist for Chicago-based R. Kelly says a member of rapper Jay Z's entourage released pepper spray at Kelly during a joint concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.


Rajeeva stars Vijaya Raghavendra and Rakshitha.


The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush or of leaking damaging


The fish with a Â£100/kg price on its head set to win protector

The humphead wrasse provides some of Hong Kong's most expensive fish dishes, which, in a city with a strong tradition of luxury dining, is saying something.


Nations Agree on Steps to Revive Climate Treaty

In a dramatic turnaround, the U.S. agreed to a compromise that sets a two-year timetable for reviving an ailing, aging climate treaty.


Gruppo energetico francese smentisce tensioni con Eliseo


HBO's 'The Sopranos' Shoots for Elusive Emmy Prize

HBO's celebrated mob hit "The  Sopranos" is favored to finally rub out NBC's "The West Wing"  on Sunday and grab an unprecedented victory for cable networks  in the race for best television drama at the 56th annual  Primetime Emmy Awards.


If Ernie Els is to contend for major championships and remain one of the world's elite golfers, he had to put the events of this summer behind him.


Singapore's High Court clears Deutsche Bank of conspiracy over the sale of shares in an Indonesian coal miner.


Democrat-led US Congress steps up pressure on Bush over Iraq

A resolution rebuking President George W. Bush over his new strategy in Iraq moves to the US Senate Saturday, one day after it passed the House in a rare wartime blow to the US commander-in-chief.


US soldier gets three years for murder of Iraqi

BAGHDAD: A US soldier was sentenced to three years in prison for murdering a severely wounded Iraqi teenager earlier this year, the US military said on Saturday.


A longtime captive at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be sent home to his native country after a military tribunal there determined that he is not an enemy combatant, Navy Secretary Gordon R. England announced yesterday.


Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson has been detained on suspicion of assaulting a local judge at a beach on Christmas, police said Sunday.


Roddick to face Murray in San Jose semis

Top seed Andy Roddick will meet defending champion Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open for the second successive year after both came through tough three-set battles on Friday.


Il capo dell'ufficio requirente di Catanzaro sceglie la strada della "massima riservatezza"Rinnova la fiducia al premier il Guardiasigilli: "Sicuro della sua estraneitÃ "                                          Prodi indagato, il procuratore tace Mastella: "Violare il segreto Ã¨ un reato"


The body of a missing British tourist is found in the Australian outback after Aboriginal  trackers are brought in.


Sri Lanka's tsunami "miracle baby" is placed under police protection after an alleged attempt to snatch him.


Israeli cabinet approves Gaza pullout plan

JERUSALEM: The Israeli Cabinet approved yesterday a compensation package for illegal settlers who are set to be uprooted from their homes on the eve of a crunch debate on Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip.


President Bush on Saturday urged Americans to help the neediest among them by volunteering to care for the sick, the elderly and the poor in a Christmas day call for compassion.


Dubai, Oct. 16 (NNN): With the beginning of Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, Israeli troops are reported to have withdrawn completely from northern Gaza after a 16-day operation which saw the heaviest fighting there in four years.


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is to hold talks with President George W Bush on a whistle-stop visit to the US.


NEW YORK/LONDON  - The Federal Reserve on Friday reassured investors it would take any steps needed to shelter the U.S. economy from a global credit squeeze, while President George W. Bush promised to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages.


Calcio, Delneri: ''Ho avuto contatti con la Roma''

''Sono a disposizione. Ci sono stati degli approcci con la Roma''. Luigi Delneri, ex allenatore di Chievo Verona e Porto, intervenuto a 'Radio Anch'io sport', ha parlato della possibilita' di assumere la guida


US health officials are checking shipments of toothpaste from China for a potentially lethal chemical.


Trident replacement is vital for Britains security

Blair states Britain's nuclear capability could be used against rogue states Labour party may need Tory support to back Trident overhaul spending Concession to cut the number of nuclear warheads by a fifth to ...Comment


India’s IT market to reach $24 billion by 2011

Indian firms are increasing their IT budgets an average of 13 percent this year, far more than the global average of 3.3 percent, research company Gartner said Wednesday.The country's domestic IT market is also forecast to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.3 percent, reaching $24.3 billion by 2011.While there are fears of a global recession, India is showing rapid growth, said Peter Sondergaard, global head of research at Gartner, in a conference call.The increased spending by Indian CIOs is directed primarily towards building new business capabilities, with 30 percent of IT spending allocated to business growth and 19 percent to business transformation, Gartner said.Indian enterprises will make heavy investments in bringing the base infrastructure up to global standards, said Partha Iyengar, Gartner's head of research in India.A key problem for Indian CIOs is attracting and retaining quality staff, as they are competing with Indian and multinational IT services companies, Iyengar said.India's IT services market is forecast to grow to $10.73 billion by 2011 at a five-year CAGR of 23.2 percent, propelled by Indian companies that are outsourcing some of their work to other Indian and multinational companies due to staff shortages, Gartner said in January.


The economy headed into the summer with strong momentum, propelled by a manufacturing rebound and consumers who eagerly went shopping and sightseeing despite high gas prices.


Non-OPEC Nations Should Up Output-Purnomo

Non-OPEC oil exporters should consider  increasing output to cool record crude prices, OPEC President  Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Sunday.


Franco-Era Politician to Seek Another Term

Manuel Fraga, former information minister under the late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco and the last politically active survivor of that regime, said Monday he wants to run for a fifth straight term as head of ...


Police arrested a teenager suspected of killing five people in the same drug-infested neighborhood since November, including a woman and her adult son and a man who was robbed of $3.


US private equity firm Lone Star's 2003 purchase of Korea Exchange Bank was illegal, prosecutors have said.


One of the most prominent Shia clerics in Bahrain, Abdul Amir al-Jamri, dies at the age of 69.


Lilly, Daiichi seek FDA approval of clot drug

Eli Lilly & Co  and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd  said on Friday they had asked U.S. regulators to approve prasugrel, a blood clot preventer that is the U.S. drug maker's most important experimental product.


Immediata replica di Casini, 'sbagli i tuoi calcoli'


USDA testing animal for second mad cow case

The US Department of Agriculture yesterday said it is testing a suspect animal for mad cow disease and would know within a week whether it has discovered the second case in the United States.


Mobile phone firms face a series of hurdles if they want to get their customers using their funky new handsets.


Murray's U.S. Open Run Ended by Davydenko

Andy Murray's hopes of a first grand slam quarter-final ended in disappointment on Wednesday when he was beaten 6-1 5-7 6-3 6-0 by seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia.


NBC to offer popular shows to download for free in November

NBC Universal said yesterday it would soon permit consumers to download many of NBC's most popular programs to personal computers and other devices - initially free of charge - for one week immediately after their broadcasts.


Riconoscimenti a numerose testate: Rai, France 2, Mtv


Cheney-Edwards Debate Draws 43.6 Million Viewers

Nearly 44 million Americans tuned in to see Vice President Dick Cheney square off against Sen. John Edwards in the most watched debate between nominees for the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket since 1992, ratings showed on Wednesday.


Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has Thursday announced changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by introducing a lower rate for entrepreneurs.


Mats Sundin and John Pohl each scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.


Movies: 'Little Miss Sunshine' at the Oscars

Forecast gloomy to mixed: everyone loves 'Little Miss Sunshine,' but comedies almost never win best picture.


Gators Lose and Face Long Road Back to Top

Ohio State beat Florida, 62-49, in a game so forgettable that the only intriguing subplot was whether the Gators would surpass 46 points, the lowest total since Billy Donovan became coach in 1996.


CHICAGO - A woman who sued William Kennedy Smith said Thursday that the member of the prominent political family sexually assaulted her five years ago "in a manner that will haunt me to the day I die."  "Today I am putting William Kennedy Smith on notice. You will not victimize another woman and be able to keep it silent if I can help it," Audra Soulias said at a news conference...


Midtown Manhattan isn't that far from the Harlem neighborhood where Sean "P. Diddy" Combs grew up, but as Combs christened his new Sean John flagship store on Fifth Avenue, the rapper-designer said he felt like he was worlds away from where he started.


Dollar Diplomacy Runs Into a Roadblock in China

U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is on a mission to convince Beijing to allow its currency to rise against the dollar. He's unlikely to have any more luck than his predecessors


Life & style: In pictures: New York fashion week closed yesterday with a show by the designer more associated with the city than any other, Donna Karan.


Endangered species: Are we doing enough?

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


Berlino, 19:18 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: BAYERN-WERDER FINSCE 1-1

Questi i risultati e la classifica delle partite disputate oggi della Bundesliga tedesca:


Roma, 18:05 - MOTOGP, NEL 2008 ELIAS CON LA DUCATI DEL TEAM PRAMAC-D'ANTIN

Toni Elias, liberato dal Team Honda-Gresini, correrà il MotoGp 2008 in sella alla Ducati del ...


Il ministro ricorda che il suo budget e' ridotto a 60 mln


London equities were little changed in midday on Friday, as the five-session recovery rally which took the FTSE 100 back into positive territory for 2007 cooled.


Leading phone maker launching two features aimed at helping struggling operators take advantage of advertising revenue stream.


Virgin Mary On Grilled Cheese Sandwich Sells on eBay

The online casino, GoldenPalace.com, bid $28,000 to purchase a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that supposedly bears the image of the Virgin Mary.


Over 200 Taliban die in Afghan offensive: NATO

A major NATO offensive killed more than   200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four NATO   soldiers died in Sunday's fighting, the organization said.


Trial resumes of US soldier who killed Italian agent in Iraq

The trial in absentia of a US marine who shot dead a top Italian military intelligence officer in Iraq resumed in Rome on Thursday.


Caption Only: Smooth Landing Ends Successful Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis with its crew of six glides to a safe landing early Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle's nearly flawless mission was filled with strenuous spacewalks and rigorous robotics work on the space station.


Few net users get the top speed promised by their net provider finds a study of average browsing speeds.


Syria agrees to border security upgrades

The United States says Syria has agreed to implement a series of measures to improve the security of its border with Iraq. The decision follows two days of talks in Damascus involving officials from the Syrian


Il messaggio contiene nuove minacce all'Italia ea Berlusconi

DUBAI - Il Vaticano non Ã¨ e Â«non sarÃ  maiÂ» tra gli obiettivi terroristici di Al Qaeda. Lo riporta un messaggio diffuso su internet delle brigate Abu Hafs al Masri-battaglione d'Europa, gruppo. ritenuto vicino all'organizzazione di Osama Bin Laden.


Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.29 percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp.


Gambia's five main opposition parties form a coalition to run against President Yahya Jammeh in next year's elections.


Justice Dept. Reshapes Its Civil Rights Mission

The Bush administration has recast the federal governmentâs role on religion-oriented cases instead of racial issues.


ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...


Patients who were switched from the prescription pain reliever Vioxx, taken off the market in September, to Celebrex or Aleve want to know what they should do now that the safety of both alternatives is being questioned.


Kerik's flaws become visible under public microscope

Bernard Kerik is the latest Exhibit A for what happens to anyone considering a senior government job. First, elation. Second, a sense of dread at a vetting process so intrusive it can unearth even the most deeply buried skeletons.


EU experts due in Philippines to help in human rights cases

A team of experts from the European Union (EU) is due in the Philippines next week to help improve the tackling of human rights abuses here, officials said Thursday.


An Greek plane is forced to land in Corfu in the third bomb threat on Olympic Airlines in just over a week.


Carphone Warehouse boosted by strong Christmas

Carphone Warehouse predicted a full year result ahead of market expectations on Thursday when the UK mobile phone retailer announced an 11.2 per cent increase in third-quarter like-for-like sales.


Turkmenistan defends election as democratic

ASHGABAT  - Turkmenistan insisted that weekend parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic ruled by hardline President Saparmurat Niyazov had met democratic norms.


Hamas and Islamic Jihad reserve judgement on peace with Israel but agree to refrain from violence.


The Newest Hope ; Marriage of Necessity Just Might Work Out

NEW YORK - The TV lights were on, the cameras rolled and the symphony of cameras flashing in his face blinded Pedro Martinez - but not for long.


Nicotine Research Points to Key Molecule

A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit.


U.S. Republican  presidential contenders ganged up on rival Mitt Romney on  Saturday and Democrat Hillary Clinton drew rebukes in combative  debates ahead of the next showdown in the tight race for the  White House.


The European Union's aid programme is criticised for being slow, inefficient and poorly targeted by think tank Open Europe.


The Hamas source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, identified the men as Mehdi Mushtaha and Khaled Amreet, both members of the group's military wing.


One of the most anticipated computer games of the year, Half-Life 2, is seeing the light of day in November. The game is due to go on sale worldwide on 16 November, its publisher Vivendi have announced.


Sixteen-year-old Jozy Altidore scored his first goal in his second MLS game, giving New York a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Crew yesterday in East Rutherford, N.J., that boosts the Red Bulls' playoff chances.


Poor town planning which limits opportunities for children to take exercise is blamed for fuelling a rise in obesity.


Carrie Underwood joins literacy campaign

"American Idol" Carrie Underwood is the latest celebrity to appear on a poster for the Oklahoma Library Association's "Read Y'all" literacy campaign.


French telecom equipment maker Alcatel increased its North American footprint with the acquisitions of Spatial Wireless and eDial.


Some 350,000 homes in Gloucestershire will soon be without water because of flooding at a treatment works.


Having won Oscars earlier this year, the members of rap group Three 6 Mafia are heading next to Emmy domain — television.


Democrats Make Pre-Emptive on Bush Address

One top Democrat in Congress is calling for an exit strategy in Iraq as another vows lasting opposition to Social Security benefit cuts — elements of a pre-emptive strike against President Bush before his midweek State of the Union address.


O.J. Simpson book dead, but accusations still fly

A day after News Corp. scuttled an O.J. Simpson book and TV interview about the murder of his ex-wife, her sister accused the company on Tuesday of offering her family "hush money" to keep quiet about the controversial project.


Carlos Beltran homered twice, had four hits and drove in five runs as the Houston Astros moved on to the National League Championship Series with a 12-3 Game Five pounding of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Monday.


Azerbaijan's biggest independent broadcaster ANS is shut down, drawing condemnation from rights activists.


Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has spent the day in hospital with a suspected chest infection.


Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player and team said on Friday.


An attack in which a woman was mauled by a dog in a city street leads to an appeal for help by a council.


Esclusi colpi con oggetti contundenti, nuovo sopralluogo


Apple Computer Inc.  on  Tuesday unveiled a number of new iPods, including one with the  most capacity to date, and said new versions of the popular  digital music players would sport video games such as Pac-Man  and Tetris.


Suicide bomber kills 11 at mosque in NW Pakistan

A suicide bomb attack killed at least 11 people at a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, the third suicide attack of the day.


By BRIAN BERGSTEIN NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet.


Samsung hits back at Sharp with US, Japan complaints

Samsung alleges that Sharp infringes on four of its U.S. patents, found in laptops and cell phones, among other types of wares.


A Japanese whaling ship sends up a distress signal after colliding with a protest boat in the Antarctic.


Agassi Withdraws from Long Island Tournament

American Andre Agassi has withdrawn  from the TD Waterhouse Cup, starting in Long Island on Monday,  citing fatigue.


Climate scientists tell a Stockholm conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.


UK's Brown makes fact-finding visit to Iraq

Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for a fact-finding visit as he weighs Britain's future involvement in a four-year-old war that has angered voters and led to calls for a speedy pullout.


Democratic 2008 front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday bluntly said Iraq's government had failed, and condemned President George W. Bush on stem-cell research as she wooed liberal activists.


Politiche '06, mistero bianco in diretta a RepubblicaTv

L'ipotesi di brogli elettorali nel docufilm di Deaglio e Cremagnani sulle elezioni: un software avrebbe alterato i risultati. Alle ore 10


Bush Shrugs Off Bad Polls on Iraq Outlook

President Bush on Thursday shrugged off polls that suggest most Iraqis see Americans as occupiers not liberators. "I saw a poll that said the 'right track-wrong track' in Iraq was better than here in America," he told reporters.


Megadose vitamin E may boost risk of death

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - Taking high doses of vitamin E may do more harm than good, a new review suggests. Some people take megadoses of the vitamin in the hopes of countering the effects of free radicals, molecules


In a Well-Worked Pattern, Amazonâs Revenue Rises and Its Profit Drops

Amazon.comâs profits are paying the price for higher taxes and heavy spending during the holiday months.


A memoir of life and times in a major boy-band.


Statistics from June mean more waiting for investors.


A convoy of 30 trucks is due to take to the roads across central Scotland as part of a protest about fuel prices.


Business & money: The way planes take-off, fly and land in Britain will be overhauled in bid to cut aviation emissions by 10%


Blair to step down as nation begins Brown era

Tony Blair stands down as prime minister after a decade in office Wednesday, amid rampant speculation that he will be made an international envoy to the Middle East.


Milano, 19:37 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: PRESENTATI COPPOLA E DE ASCENTIS

L'Atalanta ha presentato i due nuovi acquisti Coppola, ingaggiato dal Piacenza via Milan, e De Ascen...


Human rights group blasts new US border controls

ROME - The United States' new biometric system of border controls violates civil rights without delivering security, the head of the London-based civil liberties watchdog Privacy International warned Friday. The system involves a "wholesale and aggressive violation" of privacy but was also likely to generate errors and eventually collapse under its own weight, Privacy International Director Simon Davies said.


Muore Felicia, mamma di Peppino Impastato

06.23: E' morta all'etÃ  di 88 anni, Felicia Impastato, madre di Peppino Impastato, il militante di democrazia proletaria ucciso a Cinisi, vicino a Palermo, da Cosa Nostra nel 1978. Il mandante dell'omicidio


India slumped after Virender Sehwag missed out on his eighth One-day International hundred and left West Indies with a victory target of 247 in the third ODI at Warner Park.


This well mannered film wants to be an outdoor, barbecue-grilled "Barbershop" but lacks the pungency and honesty of its prototype.


Police hunting the killer of a pregnant schoolgirl in Shropshire have arrested a man.


S.Africa Police Say Thatcher Was Ready to Leave

Former British Prime Minister  Margaret Thatcher's son was planning to leave South Africa  before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt  in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, police said on Thursday.


Edwards steps aside, voters up for grabs

Former Sen. John Edwards today suspended his campaign to be president but did not endorse either  Democratic rival. He said he had pledges from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama that they would fight to end poverty. "This is the cause of my life," he said.


Ratification of the tentative labor contract between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC was thrown into jeopardy on Monday after workers at four of the eight assembly plants that must vote on the deal rejected it.


Frustrated by federal inaction, state and local governments are passing laws at a record pace.


Chavez accuses U.S. of aiding opposition

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused opposition presidential candidates of taking orders and receiving secret funding from the U.S. government during campaigning ahead of this year's elections.


The Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said yesterday that the US secretary of state Colin Powell will arrive next week to the West Bank to meet with the new Palestinian leadership.


Iraqi Exile Registration Extended Amid Low Turnout

The registration deadline for Iraqis  voting abroad in their country's Jan. 30 election was extended  by two days on Saturday amid low turnout in some of the 14  countries where voter registration centers were established.


It had already been a historic season for Weston. It had won the program's first Dual County League championship, putting up a 17-1 record, and had also won the sectional championship.


Japan, N.Korea to discuss sensitive abduction issue

North Korea accepted a proposal by Japan to discuss the sensitive issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens as they try to smooth the way toward diplomatic ties, a Japanese official said on Tuesday.


A suicide car bomber attacked a Canadian armored vehicle Monday, killing two soldiers a day before NATO leaders gather in Europe for a summit that will focus on the strengthening Taliban insurgency.Comment


Candidates Spar After Contentious Debate

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states.


A massive clean-up operation is underway in north Cornwall after devastating flash floods hit the area.


US carbon-dioxide emissions fell 1.3 percent in 2006

US carbon-dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels fell by 1.3 percent in 2006, the federal government said Wednesday, citing weather conditions and higher energy prices as factors.


Bush budget disastrous for health care, groups say

Health experts denounced President George W. Bush's 2009 federal budget request on Monday, calling it a disaster for the health of Americans and saying they would look to Congress to change it.


LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao had 16 points apiece, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 103-77 NBA exhibition victory Wednesday night over the expansion Carolina Bobcats.


Rocker Melissa Etheridge Diagnosed with Cancer

Rock singer Melissa Etheridge has  been diagnosed with breast cancer and has cut short her North  American concert tour to undergo surgery, her publicist said on  Friday.


Bitter divisions over the memory of Gen. Augusto Pinochet surfaced at his military funeral Tuesday, as mourners booed the defense minister who denied the dictator a state funeral and cheered Pinochet's grandson for justifying the bloody coup that ousted an elected president more than 30 years ago.


Max Thieriot, a staple of the teen magazines, will play a younger version of


Zimbabwe publishes a bill to move majority control of businesses to black Zimbabweans.


BOSTON -- He has been a successful venture capitalist and management consultant, and he saved the tainted 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics from scandal. But it is his single term as Massachusetts governor that is Mitt Romney's chief credential in his bid for the Republican nomination for president....


Turkish planes bomb Iraq Kurdish village: Iraqi Kurd

DAHUK, Iraq/CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes attacked an Iraqi village on Wednesday, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, but Turkey said it wanted to hold back from a major incursion to give diplomacy a chance.


Award Honorees Describe How They Hope to Improve the World

Former President Bill Clinton and two other winners of the annual TED Prize, the centerpiece of the annual TED conference, have made public their projects.


Obesity levels in South Africa are on a par with the US, say doctors discussing the global epidemic.


Music and video clamshell In addition to the phones announced earlier today, Nokia also unveiled the N75 in New York. This S60 phone has front mounted music controls and an external 1.36 in (160 x 128 pixel) display which allows you to control your music playback without having to open the flip. The N75 will play back MP3, M4A, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA files and also has a built in FM radio.â¦


Malawi should not deny Madonna adoption: minister

A Malawian minister on Monday praised  Madonna's efforts to rally support for orphans in the southern  African nation and said it would be wrong for the government to  deny the pop star's adoption of a child there.


LONDON -- Their bodies showed no signs of a struggle, raising questions of whether a suspected serial killer might have drugged the five young women -- all addicts and prostitutes -- before killing them and dumping their remains on the outskirts of an English port town.


A 57-year-old man is to appear in court on charges connected to an arson attack which killed two people.


Premier Wen Jiabao has reiterated the country's determination to improve the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and urged for more time to deal with copyright piracy.


Sweden's highest court on Friday wrapped up its trial of the man who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh last year, with prosecutors demanding that he be put away behind bars for life.


Michaela Dorfmeister gave Austria its first women's World Cup victory of the season on Sunday at Lake Louise. She edged out compatriot Renate Goetschl to claim a super-giant slalom


BHP Billiton raises hostile bid for Rio to 147.4 bln dlrs

BHP Billiton sweetened its hostile takeover bid for Rio Tinto on Wednesday by lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks to exploit a resources boom driven by China.


End of the line for Waterloo's Eurostars

which cost Â£130million and opened only 10 years ago - is to close. The fleet of Eurostar trains, which connect London with Paris


"Bad Education" has been slapped with an NC-17 rating. The Pedro Almodovar film features Gael Garcia Bernal ("The Motorcycle Diaries") and Fele Martinez as men who fell in love as Catholic schoolboys, but were driven apart by an abusive, jealous priest.


Every day, somewhere in the universe, there's an explosion that puts the power of the Sun in the shade. Steve Connor investigates the riddle of gamma-ray bursts.


NY taxi drivers strike over tracking system

Some drivers of New York's yellow taxis went on strike on Wednesday over plans to install a satellite tracking system and credit card payment machines that strikers say will be costly and invade their privacy.


Hungarian weightlifting silver medalist Ferenc Gyurkovics and Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca were expelled from the games Saturday after testing positive for steroids, the International Olympic Committee said.


WASHINGTON - The Army extended a Halliburton Co. troop support contract over the objections of a top contracting officer, even contending - and then withdrawing - a claim that US forces faced an emergency if the company didn't get the extra work.


An Italian senator chains himself to the Uffizi gallery in Florence in protest at the loan of a da Vinci painting to Japan.


Gallery: DIY Spirit Gets One Paraglider Off the Ground

South African paraglider Cyril Mazibuko demonstrates the sport, using the wind currents and conditions in the Vaalkops hills, part of the Highveld region of South Africa.


Montoya spins teammate to win Busch race

Juan Pablo Montoya spun teammate Scott Pruett to take the lead with eight laps left, then held off Denny Hamlin to win the Busch Series race on Sunday for his first NASCAR victory.


Oil rises over $63 on OPEC and weaker dollar

Oil climbed to a two-month high over $63 on Thursday as a weaker U.S. dollar, colder weather and news that OPEC could be getting bigger spurred buying.


Blair faces anger after three British soldiers killed in Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Blair faced anger over Iraqafter three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack, just days after being sent into a dangerous US-run sector of the country.


Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he hoped that international support for training Iraqi security forces would broaden at a NATO summit later this month.


The Israeli military dropped leaflets on central Beirut on Monday, warning it will retaliate against any attack launched on it from Lebanon.


For the third consecutive week, "Shark Tale" continues to dominate the US Box Office. From Friday 15 to Sunday 17, it earned $22 million.


Taking the best from both and still failing to cover the UK T-Mobile and 3 are to combine their 3G radio networks in the UK, increasing coverage for both companies and reducing running costs.â¦


No further criminal charges are likely over the death Iraqi prisoner Baha Mousa, the government is to announce.


By Tom Shaw, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 17--State lawmakers continue to propose ways of keeping money in the pockets of landowners whose property is in the so-called greenbelt program.   State Sen.


PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- NATO said yesterday that it would take control of military operations across all of Afghanistan in what US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hailed as a ``bold step forward."


Working Long Hours? Take a Massage Break, Courtesy of Your Boss

Companies across the country are offering yoga and meditation classes to help employees relax, reduce stress and recharge.


Striking teachers and state officials finished their first day of federally mediated negotiations Tuesday without an agreement to end the violence that has driven tourists away from the colonial city of Oaxaca for more than three months.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in South Carolina


The game between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday was postponed because of a steady rain that began Monday night.


Va. Transportation Deal Withers in Senate Panel

RICHMOND, Feb. 1 -- A fragile Republican-brokered deal on transportation funding collapsed Thursday after a Virginia Senate committee endorsed a competing proposal with dim prospects in the House of Delegates, increasing the chances that the session's key issue could go unaddressed in an election...


Students from every school in Britain to visit Auschwitz

Britain will help fund two students from every school in England to visit Auschwitz to learn about the Holocaust, in a bid to help teach the lessons of the genocide to the younger generation, the government announced on Monday.


Firenze, 20:10 - CALCIO, VIERI SU PEDINAMENTI INTER: LA VERITA' VERRA' FUORI

Christian Vieri, ai microfoni di Sky, torna sulla vicenda dei pedinamenti al tempo dell'Inter e atta...


Austrian novelist Elfriede Jelinek is awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature.


Now, security solutions being outsourced

After human resources, finance and accounting and supply chain management, large corporations and government agencies are turning to outside contractors for security.


Russian poisoning saga widens to Germany

The probe into the death of Alexander Litvinenko spread to Germany with police there detecting radioactivity in two properties linked to a contact of the late Russian spy.


A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion.


Kwame Brown's boycott of a team huddle during a game was an example of immaturity that will not be tolerated, according to Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan.


Navigation devices set to take mass market route

Portable navigation devices are  poised to take off this holiday shopping season as market  leaders Garmin and TomTom race each other to make deeper  inroads into the mass market by pushing out cheaper models.


Organized Crime 2.0 Missing From `Sopranos'

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The world of Tony Soprano is about to come to an end with Sunday's final episode of "The Sopranos." Over seven years, the award-winning HBO TV series offered insight into the business of the modern mafia, albeit based on a fictional crime family in New Jersey.


Notre Dame fired Tyrone Willingham as its football coach today after a 6-5 season that culminated with a 41-10 loss to top-ranked Southern Cal on Saturday night.


Coup Leaders Urge Thai Soldiers to Smile

BANGKOK, Thailand - Military coup leaders in Thailand - often called the "Land of Smiles" - apparently don't want to ruin that image. They've ordered soldiers to smile.


Ex-PR chief at US agency out of work after staff posed as reporters at press conference about California fires.


Tallahassee's wireless digital canopy has covered the downtown area, including the state Capitol, for more than two years. It was expanded to include Tallahassee Regional Airport in February.


Nortel again delays filing financial results

Embroiled in an accounting scandal that led to the firing of its CEO, Nortel Networks said today that its financial results for 2003 and the first half of 2004 won't be out until the end of October.


U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites

Senior U.S. military officials presented their first public evidence for the assertion that Iran is supplying Shiite extremists in Iraq with lethal weapons.


Ex-Philippine President Estrada set for freedom

Joseph Estrada, the playboy former leader of the Philippines, was preparing for life as a free man on Friday as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faced criticism for rushing through his pardon.


Two large studies, one focusing on women and the other on men, found that elderly people who walked were more likely to maintain cognitive function.


Sept. 9 at Irving, Texas Cowboys 45, Giants 35 Don't even bother looking for moral victories, even with 438 yards of total offense. The Giants gave up their most points ever in a season opener, and to their biggest threat in the NFC East. Eli Manning's second pass of the season went for a 60-yard touchdown to Plaxico Burress, but ...


Epygi's New QuadroISDN Gateway Inexpensively Quadruples Line Capacity and Offers Bonus Auto Attendant and Voicemail Capabilities

Epygi Technologies, manufacturer of SIP-based IP PBX phone systems for  small business, today introduced a new multifunction PSTN/VoIP gateway  that not only multiplies the number of PSTN lines available to a  business' network via ISDN, but delivers voicemail and auto attendant  operation.


Long Days, Challenging Clients, Potty-Training Experience Useful

There is a slight uptick in the number of men who provide early childhood care or education to children 5 and younger.


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Mauro Esposito vuole dimostrare tutto il suo valore e vuole farlo con la maglia della Roma. Il suo 2...


Vietnam IT leader to list on stock exchange

Vietnam's leading information technology group FPT has received the green light to list on the communist country's stock exchange, just days after teaming up with software giant Microsoft.


Fashion House Prada Plans Only One Handset

Italian luxury goods manufacturer Prada SpA has no plans to launch a second high-end mobile phone with LG Electronics Inc. but would consider co-developing another consumer electronics product with the South Korean manufacturer, a Prada executive said Monday at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.


Britain Agrees to Move Troops Nearer Baghdad

Britain agreed on  Thursday to a U.S. request for UK troops to move to dangerous  areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who  could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.


India ; Baazee chief gets bail in MMS case

India News, NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court yesterday granted bail to baazee.com CEO Avnish Bajaj, arrested for allegedly peddling a pornographic video clip on his auction portal, but prevented him from going abroad.


The bidding war between AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines over bankrupt ATA's Midway business continued Tuesday, revealing a new, competitive world for low-cost carriers.


Yesterday, Novell shipped its Linux Desktop 9 product, the software maker's attempt to unseat Windows on business PCs. Developed with SUSE underpinnings and based on Kernel 2.6, Novell liberally sprinkled


HK stocks dip on caution before US rate decision

Hong Kong's leading stocks reversed course and were down 0.20 percent by midday as investors took profits ahead of a US interest rate announcement later in the week, when a rate rise is widely anticipated, analysts said.


Top congressional Republicans must decide the fate of a $14 billion package for victims of hurricanes and drought, with the approach of Election Day leaving both parties in particularly generous moods.


SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia has risked upsetting its regional neighbors with a decision to add long-range stealth missiles to its defense arsenal.


Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry attends the UK premiere of her latest film, Things We Lost In the Fire, in London.


A fitter is sent to prison for two years after a teenager died when he incorrectly installed a flueless gas fire.


TWELVE years ago Adrian Webb was being considered for the top job at three Russell Group universities - but instead he chose a former polytechnic in the heart of the Welsh Valleys.


Amgen Inc. AMGN.O, the world's  biggest biotechnology company, on Wednesday said quarterly net  profit fell on acquisition charges, but adjusted earnings rose  21 percent on strong sales of its drugs for anemia and  arthritis.


A company trying to harness energy from sunlight and interior light to wirelessly power everything from cell phones to signboards now has financial backing from the White House.


Politicians in Iraq call for delay to elections

Leading Iraqi political parties have called for forthcoming elections to be delayed because of mounting violence in the country. Fifteen political parties - including two Kurdish groups


U.S. Stocks Flat Amid Mixed Retail Sales

U.S. stocks were little changed on  Thursday after retailers offered a mixed picture on holiday  sales in December, while a rise in jobless claims last week  coupled with an almost $2 increase in oil prices kept investors  on the sidelines.


'Campus' Life for Hines with Oxygen Series

NEW YORK  - Women's cable channel  Oxygen has teamed up with "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl  Hines to develop a series featuring improvisational comedy.


DC United will retain its lucrative base of sideline seats at RFK Stadium despite the arrival of baseball at the 43-year-old stadium, according to plans being developed by the DC Sports & Entertainment Commission.


Snow helps uphold dollar; euro below 1.30

NEW YORK  - The dollar firmed after US Treasury Secretary John Snow repeated Washington's yen for a strong US currency and an EU Central Bank official voiced concern about the euro's sharp gains, to 1.30 dollars.


KEWASKUM, Wis. - Call him the Dudley Do-Right of Wisconsin. Kewaskum Police Chief Dick Knoebel doesn't care - as long as his story of giving himself a $235 ticket for a traffic violation reminds people to take care when driving around school buses.


A film highlighting the story of North African soldiers in the French army in WWII looks set to intrigue the nation.


Wired's How To Wiki: Cheat in Video Games: Portal

Defying the laws of physics on a regular basis marks the infinite appeal of Portal, Valve's new first-person shooter-and-puzzle game. Put a portal on one wall, and a second portal on another, and you can open a door to anywhere -- including some secret places. Wired's How To Wiki reveals some of those secret places and the rewards you'll reap. But, believe it or not, we don't know everything, so feel free to add your own secret portals and take home this week's bragging rights.


Lehman Joins Beard Atop the Leaderboard in Funai Classic

ORLANDO, Florida  - Tom Lehman shot a  five-under-par 67 Saturday to join Briny Baird at the top of  the leaderboard after the third round of the Funai Classic.


Mosca, 12:40 - CALCIO, RUSSIA: ZENIT PRENDE TYMOSHUK DA SHAKTHAR PER 20 MLN

Lo Zenit di S.Pietroburgo ha acquistato dallo Shakthar il centrocampista Anatoly Tymoshuk, capitano ...


Mike Cameron's bases-loaded single broke open a scoreless game in the seventh inning Thursday and sent the San Diego Padres to 4-2 victory that knocked the Cincinnati Reds farther back in the playoff chase.


Ask any corporate executive the secret to success and there's a good chance you'll hear that the management team must work on the same goals using the same assumptions and facts -- with transparency to the CEO and board. Yet most companies don't work that way, setting the stage for missed opportunities, hidden problems, and political gaming that uses siloed data and its analysis as a departmental weapon rather than as an enterprise asset.


MasterCard Profit Soars on Global Business

Strong spending abroad and its sale of stock in a Brazilian company lifted MasterCardâs profit in the fourth quarter by about seven-fold, sending shares sharply higher.


An Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group posted a  video showing what it said was the downing of a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week


Doping case moves forward against Landis

A review board has recommended the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency move forward in the disciplinary process against Floyd Landis, accused of doping during his victory in the Tour de France earlier this year.


Both the rebels and Uganda's government say they are ready to talk to end a brutal, 18-year conflict.


French Minister Attacked, Rebels Take Haitian Town

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - A gang chased a French  minister out of a Haitian slum under gunfire on Monday, while  former soldiers who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand  Aristide took control of a southern town and defied U.N. forces  to remove them.


In a bid to "re-energize" the stalled Mideast peace process in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death, Secretary of State Colin Powell made his first visit to Israel


Dollar extends losses, bonds fall on Greenspan remarks that US must close trade, budget deficits. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The dollar slid across the board and bonds fell early Friday, following remarks made


Sifting through millions of documents to locate a valuable few is tedious enough, but what happens when those files are scattered across different repositories?


Hamas official: Talk of swap 'premature'

A Hamas official described Israel's detention of dozens of lawmakers from the group as hostage-taking but would not say whether it would be willing to turn over an Israeli soldier for their release.


Voters appeared on track to cast a record number of ballots in Tuesday's presidential primaries.


Romney facing challenges in presidential bid

In a topsy-turvy Republican race for  the 2008 presidential nomination, conservative favorite Mitt  Romney suddenly found himself under threat in the key states of  Iowa and New Hampshire on Monday, less than two weeks before  voting begins.


ATLANTA - Could a vote in the House of Representatives end up deciding a tied election? Or will it end up being a comfortable win for Republican President Bush or Democratic Sen. John Kerry?


Experts Welcome, But Doubt, Bush Climate Softening

Environmental experts Friday welcomed a hint of a softening in US skepticism about global warming but saw little chance President Bush might


Europe got off to the perfect start in the Ryder Cup when the opening duo of Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington went one up over Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after the first hole.


Director Taymor spins Beatles in new film

Julie Taymor has conquered Broadway and won respect in Hollywood, and the groundbreaking director now risks rattling Beatles purists by adapting their beloved songs for a new movie, "Across the Universe."


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A clumsy, YouTube-centric campaign to promoted the flagging PSP platform fails. Or does it? In Game|Life.


Milano, 16:19 - CALCIO, FACCHETTI; ZANETTI: CI MANCHERA' TANTISSIMO

Il capitano dell'Inter Javier Zanetti, a nome di tutta la squadra, ha espresso il dolore interista p...


LOS ANGELES  — Days before she died from a bullet fired into her mouth at music producer Phil Spector's mansion, a drunken Lana Clarkson poured her heart out in despair for two hours, a friend testified Tuesday in Spector's murder trial.


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.


Death toll in Iraq's suicide attack rises to 12

A suicide bomber exploded a belt packed with explosives at a recruiting station for neighborhood patrols in Iraq's restive Diyala province on Thursday, killing 13 volunteers and wounding 10, police said.


SitePoint PHP Blog: Tokenization using regular expression sub patterns

On the SitePoint PHP blog there's a new post from Harry Fuecks talking about a replacement method using token that works a bit better than the typical regular expression method.   Promtped by a real world example, one often-overlooked feature of most regular expressions engines is how subpatterns can useful to whip up tokenizers relatively easily. The problem? I needed to match the word any of the words "Canton", "Region" or "Group" in a string and perform a follow up action depending on which matched.   His ultimate solution used a set of preg_match generated tokens to do the replaces a bit more reliably. It also makes it easy for other scripts (like his Python example) to use them too.


As Senate prepares to consider a Net access ban extension, Democrat behind original ban warns changes to current law approved by the House of Representatives could make that so.


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Air traffic system crashes in S. Florida

A computerized air traffic system experienced a temporary outage in South Florida, forcing controllers to ground some flights and resulting in at least four instances in which planes almost came too close together, officials said Tuesday.


IPhone seen boosting AT&T, hurting Sprint

Apple Inc.'s  iPhone may be too expensive for most Americans, but the much-hyped device is expected to help AT&T Inc.  win quality customers and drive shoppers into its stores.


U.S. stocks looked to open little  changed on Wednesday as concerns about Hurricane Ivan weighed  on sentiment, although solid earnings from Oracle Corp.  ORCL.O could help the mood among technology stocks.


The 3-inch Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive has a retractable USB cable and rubber feet designed to keep it still when it's being using with a desktop.


How deep is your love? Korean passion phones know

Are your words of love genuine?  The "Love Detector" service in South Korea uses cell phones to analyze voice patterns to determine if the speaker is truly affectionate.


Putin arms threat may steal headlines at G8 summit

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.


A hammerhead shark kept at a US zoo produced a pup without having had sex, scientists confirm.


BIRMINGHAM, Engkand -- Aston Villa climbed to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham -- the London club's sixth straight league defeat.


Ioke damaged 70 buildings on Wake Island

The Central Pacific's biggest storm in a decade damaged 70 percent of the buildings on Wake Island when it slammed ashore last month, the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday.


Moviegoers embraced the dysfunctional family comedy "Meet the Fockers" for a second straight week as the star-studded sequel earned $42.8 million to retain its No. 1 slot at the weekend box office.


Home Office opens sex offender files in pilot scheme

Limited access under Violent Crime Action Plan The British government is to pilot the limited opening up of sex offender information to parents worried about specific individuals who have access to their children.â¦


The Asian Development Bank raises its forecast for regional growth to 7% in 2004, up from an earlier forecast of 6.8%.


A leap in gasoline prices pushed the overall rate of inflation higher last month, but consumer prices nationwide generally appear to be increasing at a consistently slower rate.


Pakistanis storm mosque, children flee; 26 dead

Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound in the capital on Tuesday after talks to end a week-long standoff with militants broke down. Initial reports put casualties at 26 killed and many wounded.


Close call: Bunning hangs onto Senate seat

Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning barely won re-election to the US Senate on Tuesday, edging Democratic challenger Daniel Mongiardo by about 2 percent of the vote in Kentucky.


Much-maligned video site that offers TV shows in their entirety provides high-quality viewing experience.


Carter Predicts Florida Poll Will Again Be Flawed

Former President Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections throughout the developing world, predicted on Monday the U.S. presidential vote in Florida would be as flawed as the 2000 poll there.


Societa' friulana aveva lanciato offerta giudicata ostile


To make sure nobody missed its big change from a broadsheet to a tabloid, The Times of London told readers about it on the front page.


Local wineries eyeing Supreme Court debate

Though Vern Holm is just getting into the wine business, his enterprise could be greatly impacted by the overturning of a prohibition-era law.


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Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez rejects US and EU criticism as he prepares to revoke a  TV station's licence.


Study Finds No Explaining Weeping Madonna

A study conducted on the case of a statue of the Madonna reported to have shed tears of blood a decade ago concluded that the event has no human explanation, an Italian newspaper reported Sunday.


Accountability Is Key Goal of Privacy Legislation

Data privacy is likely to be among the hottest technology issues to face Congress this year, thanks in part to interest from the new chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee.


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A group of nationalist Russian lawmakers called Monday for a sweeping investigation aimed at outlawing all Jewish organizations and punishing officials who support them, accusing Jews of fomenting ethnic hatred and saying they provoke anti-Semitism.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker sped up to a U.S. military convoy outside Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on Monday, killing seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers, U.S...


China heading for top spot in world tourism rankings

With the Olympics as a launch pad and amid a rising global fascination in all things Chinese, China is expected to replace France as the world's top tourism destination by 2014, according to experts.


New Schizophrenia Drug Shows Promise in Trials

An experimental drug lessened schizophrenia symptoms without the serious side effects of current treatments.


Israeli troops kill Gaza militant, say medics

Israeli troops killed at least one Palestinian militant in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, Hamas and local medical staff said.


EU presses Italy over BA-Alitalia fare row

EU competition watchdog Mario Monti is seeking more information from Italian authorities about their demand for British Airways to stop undercutting ailing flag carrier Alitalia, a spokeswoman said.


CATHEDRAL Coach: Mike Pitman (first season). Last year's record: 6-5. Returning starters (10): Shelby Cime, G-LB, 5-8, 199, Sr.; William Bizcaino, S-RB, 5-8, 172, Sr.; Jeff Desir, CB-WR, 5-8, 140, Sr.; Mickey Burnache, DT-T, 5-11, 290, Sr.; Kandley Val, DE-T, 6-5, 245, Sr.; Whaneller Bizcaino, LB-RB, 5-8, 170, Sr.; Robert Williams, QB, 6-2, 215, Jr.; Chris Watson, DE-RB, 5-8, 160, ...


Canadian director David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" picked up the award for fan favorite during the Toronto International Film Festival's closing award ceremonies Saturday.


Not that you'd ever need to do it, but if you had to disarm an atomic bomb, wouldn't you like to be prepared? By Patrick Di Justo from Wired magazine.


Microsoft raises quarterly dividend by 1 cent

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, the world's   biggest software maker, on Wednesday said its board declared a   quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share, an increase of 1 cent   over the previous quarter.


Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro - one of the world's longest serving leaders - says he will not return to the presidency.


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Google lowers the price range of its planned share sale to $85-$95, as it awaits approval from regulators.


Retailer Laura Ashley announces that its chief executive Ainum Mohd-Saaid has resigned for personal reasons.


American investors Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. assumed full control of Liverpool soccer club on Friday, securing more than 80 percent of the shares in the 18-time English champions.


'Hero' Soars, and Its Director Thanks 'Crouching Tiger'

Zhang Yimou is bemused by the surprise response from American moviegoers to "Hero," which broke box-office records for an Asian film released in the United States.