New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test against Bangladesh. Fleming was batting with 37 runs along with Styriswho scored 9. New Zealand replaced Ian Butler


U.S. seeks quartet help to revive Arab-Israeli talks

The United States will seek on Friday to get the quartet of Middle East peace brokers to find new ways to revive the stagnant Israeli-Palestinian peace process while continuing to isolate the Hamas-led government.


Reprising Anonymous Role in Another Super Bowl

Giants tight end Jerome Collins is part of the teamâs 53-man active roster and practices with the team, but Giants Coach Tom Coughlin has not yet put Collins in uniform.


has passed a bill obliging the government to go on trying to develop a civilian nuclear energy programme. uranium enrichment or end snap UN inspections of atomic facilities as some lawmakers had called for.


Interactive, detailed maps of the human brain and genome will spur new discoveries.


Dutch Foreign Minister Upbeat About Upcoming Eu-Russia Summit

THE HAGUE, November 16. (RIA Novosti s Andrei Poskakukhin) - I am positive that the Russia-EU summit due in the Hague on November 25th will be very constructive, said Bernard Bot, foreign minister of the ...


Bells Look to Fiber After Regulatory Wins

For at least a decade, phone companies have been promising to rewire America with fiber-optic cables. Now, with a romp of regulatory victories in hand, the regional Bells say they're free to make good on that ambitious plan to bring lightning-fast Web and TV services to all the nation's homes.


Bush Defends Decision to Pursue Missile Defense

RIDLEY PARK, Pa.  - President Bush defended his decision to pursue a missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.


And the richest fictional character is..

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters Life!) - Move over Santa. The red-clad philanthropist has lost the top slot on Forbes magazines' list of the 15 richest fictional characters to defense contractor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.


Blood from a newborn babies' umbilical cords can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says.


Travel: Tripit.com allows users to arrange a travel itinerary that can be shared with family and friends.


Nyon, 12:16 - CALCIO, MILAN; KAKA': VITTORIA IN CHAMPIONS COINVOLGENTE

Kakà scrive per l'ultima volta, in questa stagione, nel suo diario sul sito Uefa.com. Il bras...


The Americans are going for the gold — in gold. The U.S. women's team unveiled its jerseys for the upcoming World Cup, and the look certainly is distinctive. The primary jersey is gold, with red, white and blue trimming.


The foreman of the jury in Phil Spector's murder trial said Tuesday that the panel is at an impasse, and the judge told lawyers he was considering allowing the panel to consider a lesser charge. The juror told Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler the panel was split 7 to 5, but he did not indicate which way it was leaning.


Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls

SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.


This Sunday's national elections have been overshadowed by accusations of racism amid a loud and ugly campaign


SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Want to get elected to the Springdale City Council? Announce your candidacy and then back out, saying you're too busy to campaign. It worked for Mike Overton, who won Tuesday's election after not spending a dime or giving a speech.


BARCELONA, Spain -- Barcelona produced a sparkling display at the Nou Camp to come from a goal down to roar to a 4-1 win over Real Zaragoza in the Primera Liga on Thursday.


The UN court in The Hague says two British lawyers will represent former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic.


Murdoch 'to relaunch News deal' if loses poll

SYDNEY - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said in a Thursday newspaper interview he would take a second stab at uprooting his News Corp Ltd empire from Australia to the United States if investors block the deal first time around.


Britain agrees to send 850 troops into US-controlled zone in Iraq

LONDON, Oct 21  - Britain agreed Thursday to an unprecedented US request to redeploy 850 crack troops to a volatile area to the west of Baghdad, freeing up US soldiers for an expected assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.


Japan demands 'sincere' N.Korea reply on abductees

Japan said on Friday it would urge North Korea to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese citizens abducted decades ago, and threatened to take "harsh" action unless the reclusive communist state responded "sincerely".


Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest oil exporter, will raise production from 9.5 million barrels a day to 11 million barrels. An Oil Ministry official said the increase would go into effect within weeks.


Three former Kmart executives and  representatives of several major vendors were charged on  Thursday with fraudulently accounting for $24 million of profit  before the retailer filed for bankruptcy in 2002.


Families Gather at Occupied Mexico Prison

Hundreds of inmates' relatives gathered outside Mexico's top-security prison on Sunday as federal authorities announced plans to occupy the facility for at least another week.


Governor Blanco Picks Final East Levee Board Member

By Anonymous  Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco went to the West Coast for her final appointment to Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority- East Board of Commissioners.


Senate considers no-confidence vote in Gonzales

Senators hoping to prod Attorney General Alberto Gonzales into resigning moved on Monday toward a symbolic show of no confidence that President George W. Bush called "meaningless" and is likely to fail.


Prezzi piu' alti in Europa,per gasolio aumento di 10,47 euro


The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday unveiled a rival plan to stimulate the economy, offering a $500 check to virtually every American -- including low-income seniors and rich financiers -- in a direct challenge to the bipartisan deal reached last week by President Bush and House...


The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid surged last week to the highest since October 2005, and consumer spending softened at the end of last year, according to reports on Thursday that heightened worries about a possible recession.


Powell calls for reconciliation between US, Europe

US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Europe Wednesday to reconcile with Washington following their bitter division over the US-led war in Iraq.


Many High School Football Games Postponed

Many of tonight's high school football games in the Washington area have been postponed because of rain.


Reformed drug addict Courtney Love is pleading with Britney Spears to get help.


Warner, Universal take action against Baidu

Three global record companies have  launched legal proceedings against China's top Internet search  engine Baidu.com Inc, accusing it of violating copyright by  giving access to music files, an international music trade body  said.


By JORDAN ROBERTSON  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Investors have largely shrugged off Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying scandal, dismissing the brouhaha surrounding the company as immaterial to its day-to-day operations and stellar earnings growth in recent months.


Record Haul of Fake Legos to Go Up in Smoke

More than 10 tons of Chinese-made plastic toy bricks will go up in smoke when the largest customs haul of illegal imitation Legos ever seized is incinerated, a Finnish customs official said on Friday.


A Soldier has died while on patrol in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence in London said Wednesday.


Inmates holding a jail nurse hostage threatened to torture and kill her, prompting a SWAT team to storm the building, authorities said Tuesday.


Skinner points a finger after loss - at himself

Al Skinner knows he made the right call, he just wished he wouldn't have made it.


Firenze, 15:53 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: CONVOCATI PER PALERMO

Il tecnico della Fiorentina, Cesare Prandelli, ha convocato 20 giocatori per la gara di domani a Pal...


No kid gloves for boy wonder Rooney, says Fergie

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson will not wrap wonderboy striker Wayne Rooney in cotton wool, the Old Trafford coach said.


Outraged Colombians march against rebel kidnappers

Hundreds of thousands of Colombians headed for the streets on Thursday to show outrage at last week's news that 11 provincial politicians had been killed while held hostage by leftist rebels.


Vince Carter wants out of Toronto, but the Raptors' new general manager says he isn't going anywhere.


Both legislators, firms split on stem-cell incentives

Beacon Hill's new enthusiasm for embryonic stem-cell research would seem to be good news for the biotechnology industry.


Pre-op exercise aids joint replacement recovery

NEW YORK  - Men and women about to undergo hip or knee replacement benefit from a program of cardiovascular fitness, strength training, and flexibility exercises prior to surgery, according to results of a clinical trial.


Treatment with progesterone, a  well-known hormone that prepares the womb for pregnancy, safely  reduces the risk of death and disability in people who suffer a  traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.


Gianni Letta e il nipote Enrico tengono aperto il canale per fare incontrare i due leaderIl capo di Fi: "Non ci casco". Al lavoro per il dialogo anche Marini e Pisanu                                            Il Cavaliere per ora non ci sta "Una trappola per perdere tempo"                                                                                di CLAUDIO TITO


Attorneys for snowmobile manufacturers, winter resorts and other tourism-related ventures have asked a federal judge to permanently lift a snowmobile ban in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks so the businesses can have peace of mind about their survival.


A review of the law of murder is to begin next year, the Home Secretary David Blunkett announces.


Producers propose new formula for writers' residuals

Management pulled back  the wraps a bit farther Thursday from its dramatic proposal for  revamping guild residuals.


German Nazi symbols law may need change: minister

The German government said on Monday a  law penalizing people for displaying Nazi symbols might need to  be changed after a court fined a man for selling anti-Nazi  T-shirts and badges bearing swastikas.


Catania, 14:31 - CALCIO, CATANIA: CONVOCATI PER L'ASCOLI

Il tecnico del Catania, Pasquale Marino, ha convocato 19 giocatori per la gara contro l'Ascoli in p...


NBA: Peterson Lifts Raptors to First Win Without Carter

Morris Peterson posted 20 points and Lamond Murray added 18 to carry the Toronto Raptors to their first victory without New Jersey-bound Vince Carter, a 110-99 win over the Nets Sunday.


ATA Holdings Corp. (ATAH), parent of struggling low-cost carrier ATA Airlines, on Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as falling fares and soaring fuel prices drained it of cash.


A County Down couple get the go-ahead to begin fertility treatment which could save their son's life.


IEA trims 2005 world oil demand growth forecast

PARIS  - The International Energy Agency trimmed its forecast for growth in global oil demand next year but warned that prices were likely to remain high and dismissed producer fears of a sharp fall as "overstated.


Suicide Bomber at Pakistan Mosque Kills Three

At least three people were killed  when a suicide bomber shot his way into a minority Shi'ite  Muslim mosque in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday and  detonated his explosives, residents and emergency workers said.


4 homes damaged by train derailment in Los Angeles

One person was injured, four homes damaged and 200 people evacuated when a freight train derailed Saturday in southeastern Los Angeles County, US authorities said.


'Mercury Seven' astronaut Cooper dead at 77

GORDON Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered the US role in outer space, died Monday at his home in Ventura, California, NASA announced.


Entertainer Michael Barrymore says he considered ending his life after the death of a man at his home in 2001.


Blackbeard, red faces There's a meeting of the film and music industry's anti-piracy captains in London today.â¦


Russia Offers $10 Million for Chechen Rebels -Agencies

The Russia government has offered a $10 million reward for information to help it hunt down Chechen rebel leaders Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, accused by Moscow of being behind last week's school siege, news agencies reported on Wednesday.


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 18-23. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.


Prosecutors declined Friday to charge Ryan O'Neal for firing what the actor called a warning shot during a brawl with his son this year.


Verizon drops DSL fee after US FCC pressure

Verizon Communications Inc.   said on Wednesday it had dropped a surcharge for high-speed  Internet service after U.S. regulators questioned whether the  No. 2 U.S. telephone carrier was following truthful billing  practices.


Yemen Jails 5 Over Limburg, US Envoy Murder Plot

A Yemeni court jailed five al Qaeda supporters for 10 years Saturday for the bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and sentenced to death another militant who plotted to kill the US ambassador to the Arab state.


Swedenâs Annika Sorenstam has won the LPGA Tour Championship after Cristie Kerr made an untimely bogey on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff while Australian Karrie Webb finished tied for third.


Olympic silver medalist Mardy Fish was drawn yesterday to face Max Mirnyi in the second singles match. The doubles match in the best-of-five series is tomorrow, with the reverse singles Sunday.


Powell aims to assure North Korea it is not being threatened

On a trip to East Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell intends to work out a strategy with Japan, China and South Korea on how to convince North Korea it is not under threat of attack.


Stocks that scream Pick Me! in languages you can understand.


Rodman to Play for Orange County ABA Team

Dennis Rodman is playing basketball again in a bid to return to the NBA, but for now he's not venturing far from home. Rodman's debut with the Orange County Crush of the American Basketball Association begins next month. But his contract is only for home games.


InfoWorld - Yahoo will upgrade its free software suite for mobile phones, improving such capabilities as search, mapping, e-mail, and photo management, the company announced on Tuesday.


Yahoo Pumps Up the Volume with MusicMatch Acquisition  Yahoo and Musicmatch, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Yahoo will acquire Musicmatch for a purchase price of approximately $160 million in cash. The combination will substantially increase Yahoo's music reach from 12.9 million to an estimated 23 ...


Political pressure thwarts India anti-smoking move

Political pressure has blocked a plan to put graphic pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, India's health minister said on Friday, seen as key in reducing the nearly 1 million deaths a year due to tobacco use.


MetLife seen near sale of Hub invest unit

MetLife Inc. is in late-stage negotiations to sell one of Boston's oldest investment firms, State Street Research & Management Co., to another New York financial giant, BlackRock Inc., according to two executives briefed on the talks.


Appeal Could Delay Wegmans Development in Prince George's

Just when it appeared that developers had the all-clear to begin transforming 245 wooded acres in Prince George's County into a new town center with homes, offices, a hotel and retail stores anchored by a Wegmans supermarket, an eleventh-hour appeal threatens the project.


Like actors in an amateur stage play, the large, mostly all-star â or has-been star â cast of âIn the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Taleâ look, rather dazedly, to be playing dress-up.


There is something liberating about a lifetime appointment and a certainty in the correctness of one's ideas. Justice Antonin Scalia has both.


An earthquake was felt Monday across most of mainland Portugal, but no damage or injuries were reported, authorities said.


Longtime Ally Decries Sharon's Gaza Plan

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has betrayed his Likud Party, a longtime senior ally wrote to thousands of party faithful Thursday, but the rebuke over the Gaza withdrawal was unlikely


American Indian tribes throughout the country will receive 2,000 unused trailers that were intended for but never given to Hurricane Katrina victims.


Iberdrola Third-Quarter Net Rises 13 Percent on Expansions in Mexico, Wind

Iberdrola SA, Spain s second-largest power company, said third-quarter profit rose 13 percent as it got more power from Spanish wind farms and a new plant in Mexico.


Eagles Bring Back Levens; Place Andrews on IR

PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Eagles  made several roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing back  Dorsey Levens and placing Shawn Andrews on injured reserve.


Jail threat hangs over S.Korea auto patriarch

The head of South Korea's Hyundai Motor  Group, the world's sixth-largest auto maker, should hear on  Thursday the result of his appeal against a 3-year jail  sentence for fraud and embezzlement.


Giuliani Tells N.R.A. He Opposes New Gun Limits

Rudolph Giulianiâs appearance in front of a group he once linked to extremists was a big test of how his liberal record on gun control will play out with Republicans as he runs for president.


LONDON -- The arrests of 16 people early yesterday in two unrelated antiterrorism operations in London and Manchester reflect increasing concern over the threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in Britain.


Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help

How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?


U.S. does not see China as strategic adversary: Gates

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he did not view China as a strategic adversary of the United States despite Beijing's growing military budget.


'04 Series has given us some sloppy baseball

To this point -- Boston up 3-0 on St. Louis at Tuesday's press time -- the 2004 World Series has been a major league letdown. I had a feeling that the American League Championship Series was our true World Series.


Crude oil prices surge past $55 a barrel

Crude oil prices surged past an unprecedented $55 a barrel before sliding back in overnight trading Monday, amid ongoing uncertainty over production, high demand and tight global supplies.


Con Tronchetti e Buora spunta anche il nome di Puri Negricui sarebbero stati accreditati titoli dell'Unim prima dell'Opa                                            I conti segreti dei manager Pirelli                                                                                Nei depositi personali all'estero solo le operazioni che davano profittidi WALTER GALBIATI e ETTORE LIVINI


Housing crisis keeps buyers on sidelines

For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.


Ascoli, 20:25 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: DI BIAGIO FERMO UN MESE

Il centrocampista dell'Ascoli Luigi Di Biagio dovrà stare fermo un mese dopo essere stato ope...


Kimberly-Clark reports third-quarter results

DALLAS Kimberly-Clark today reports its third-quarter earnings rose five percent -- despite tough price competition in its key diaper market.


Nominee to Oversee War Offers Grim View on Iraq

President Bush's nominee to be war czar  said yesterday that conditions in Iraq have not improved significantly despite the influx of  U.S. troops in recent months and predicted that, absent major political reform, violence will continue to rage  over the next year.


Poland Boosts U.S. Ties, Differs From EU

Since identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski shot to power in Poland last year, the EU newcomer has become the bloc's enfant terrible _ deepening ties with Washington and displaying Euro-skepticism on ...Comment


Yushchenko Certain Victor in Ukraine Election

KIEV, Ukraine  - West-leaning opposition leader  Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine's  next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant  graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state's damaged economy.


Rice Challenges Clinton on Terror Record

NEW YORK -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged former President Clinton's claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue Osama bin Laden, and she accused President Bush's predecessor of leaving no comprehensive plan to fight al-Qaida.


The US secretary of state and UK foreign secretary arrive in Afghanistan on an unexpected visit following talks in London.


Actor Salman Khan lost an appeal on Friday against a conviction for shooting an endangered species of gazelle, and must now go to jail.


For SEC, tech switch spurs stock option probes

Investigations into "crooked accounting" take dramatic leap forward with combination of real-time reporting, programming language.


Villasimius, 16:00 - CALCIO, GALLIANI: SERIE A PARTA IL 26 AGOSTO

La linea della Lega sulla data di inizio del campionato non cambia.  Si deve partire il 26 agosto e ...


June 21, 2004: SpaceShipOne Proves (Capitalist) Pigs Can Fly

The private sector joins the space community with a successful sub-orbital flight above the Mojave Desert.


On Genova Street in downtown Mexico City, illegally copied CDs of music by top U.S. artists sell for 20 pesos, just under $2 a piece, in tiny booths between tables overflowing with batteries, stuffed animals and cheap knockoff sunglasses. That's about one-tenth the price in nearby stores.


Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.


Christine Ohuruogu continues her comeback at the World Championships, easing into the 400m semi-finals.


UK Chancellor Gordon Brown urges rich nations to act on poverty, as he offers foreign debt relief to Tanzania.


The Cardinals announce a $63.5 million, five-year deal with 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter on Monday, locking him up through the 2011 season.


An expert on the 40-year-long fascination with the 'Zodiac' serial killer--and why the mystery may never be solved.


Soccer: Juventus beat Fiorentina 1-0 in Italian league match

ROME : Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to six points after they scraped a 1-0 home win over Fiorentina and closest rivals AC Milan were held to a goalless draw at Brescia.


Strategies: Neighborly Advice, for Good or Ill

The impulse to keep up plays an enormous role in the behavior of consumers, whether theyâre shopping for toothpaste or deciding on a school for their children.


Last month's back-to-back price cuts by Sony Corp (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp  have boosted sales of their PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles in Britain, retail sources said on Thursday.


Harmony will try to block Gold Fields-Iamgold deal

Harmony Gold Mining Corp. (HARJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday that if Gold Fields Ltd. (GFIJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research) shareholders approve a proposed deal with Iamgold Corp.


Update: AMD 690 Chipset Builds in ATI Graphics

Since chipset integrates Radeon X1250, PCs won't need an add-in graphics card.


The net is buzzing with rumours that Google is working on a web browser. Online journals, or weblogs, have put together a series of developments which suggest that the search engine is developing new web tools.


As Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo drove agilely through an Orlando Magic defense for a layup last week, statistician Shane Crawford connected with his every move.


Israel allows Tunisian medical team to examine Arafat in Ramallah

A week after Egyptian experts examined PA chief, five Tunisian doctors expected to arrive in the Mukata Saturday night. Arafatâs associates: He is in good health, has recently recovered from severe flu.


Bode Miller says he will compete in all five events at this week's World Ski Championships.


Bosnia's NATO, EU ambitions at risk over warcrimes suspects, Ashdown warns

The failure of Bosnian Serbs to hand over warcrimes suspects could ruin Bosnia's hopes of joining NATO and the European Union, top international envoy Paddy Ashdown said here.


Colombian Rebel Thought He Would Be Killed

A rebel whose capture in Venezuela has touched off a diplomatic crisis with Colombia believed that he was going to be killed by his captors, his lawyer said Tuesday.


Google said yesterday that it had bought GrandCentral Communications, acquiring a service that lets people use a single number for all their phones.


Iconic rock group The Doors and folk singer Joan Baez win Grammy awards for lifetime achievement.


13 dead, 52 wounded in Philippine bomb explosion

COTABATO, Philippines: Thirteen people were killed and at least 52 others injured in a bomb attack in a public market in the southern Philippines Sunday, the military said.


Indice riunisce i principali valori della Borsa di Parigi


Specter Criticizes US Airways Dropping Flights to Frankfurt

Pittsburgh  Republican US Senator Arlen Specter says he'll ask US Airways officials to reconsiders their decision to end daily nonstop flights between Pittsburgh and Frankfurt, Germany this fall.


El Duque's injury leaves Mets scrambling

The New York Mets are running out of healthy pitchers at the worst possible time.


A powerful blast in the vicinity of the  Jordanian embassy in Baghdad killed at least two people and  injured 13 on Sunday, witnesses and hospital officials said.


Gentle Ben had better get aggressive, and make a 50-basis point cut in the fed funds rate, or the market will plunge.


Napoli, 16:54 - CALCIO, MALDINI: DONADONI? GLI MANCA ESPERIENZA

Cesare Maldini non è tenero nei confronti del ct azzurro Roberdo Donadoni. ''Ha tanta esperie...


The designer of the Mercury space capsules that took the first Americans into orbit has died at age 83, NASA announced Sunday. Maxime Faget led the space agency's engineering and development branch


Leaders from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are gathering in Vientiane, capital of Laos, for a summit meeting among themselves and a series of meetings involving China, South Korea, Japan and some


ACE Ltd., Marsh & McLennan Dismiss Execs

ACE Ltd. on Thursday became the latest insurance company to announce changes in its business practices in response to the industry probe launched by New York's attorney general.


Pay up or you'll never see your data again Pond-dwelling scammers have developed a new cyber-extortion ruse.â¦


New Super-Efficient Chip Could Run on Body Heat

MIT researchers have developed a new ultralow-voltage chip that could improve the energy efficiency of low-power electronics tenfold.


eBay's CEO throws in the three kitchen towels in a jute bag - $4.99

Successor has big pricing changes ready Ten years of hawking Britney Spears' used undies and Hummel figurines proved enough for Meg Whitman. The eBay CEO today announced her departure plans, as her company dished out solid fourth quarter figures.â¦Learn & Contribute, Live & Online - The Register Debates Green Computing


Tunisian president re-elected as expected, opposition contests

TUNIS : Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has won re-election for a fourth term by an overwhelming margin in a vote denounced as "surreal" and an insult to democracy by several opposition leaders.


Shock Jock Dodges Censors With Move To Satellite Radio

Howard Stern, one of the most popular but polarizing personalities in radio, has proclaimed his emancipation from the decency czars of the Federal Communications Commission.


Online video viewing rises at expense of TV

The boom in online video has started to  reduce the hours people spend watching television, a survey  said on Monday.


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Randy Moss said Wednesday that allegations he committed battery against a woman are false and that she made the claim to get money from him.


Suspect Charged in Deaths of Women in Ill.

Prosecutors said Thursday that a former concrete worker has confessed to killing eight women — dumping some along rural roads and burning the bodies of the others in a pit in his mother's back yard.


Spiragli dialogo tra Pm Milano e governo su conflitto poteri


Del Monte Foods Co. , maker of Meow Mix cat food, StarKist tuna and its own canned fruits, on Thursday posted a drop in quarterly profit, hit by higher costs for some items and lower seafood sales volume.


Woolworths stores in the UK will no longer be stocking HD DVD titles, but they will be available online.


FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Thousands of US and Iraqi forces swept into this insurgent stronghold yesterday, driving into the city's narrow streets and blasting suspected guerrilla positions in a massive thrust that American military leaders said would not cease until the city is under the full control of the interim Iraqi government.


The intense motivations of a bizarre NBA superstar


President Bush was meeting Friday with his staunchest ally in the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the first world leader to visit the White House since last week's election.


Al Jazeera television aired a video tape   on Thursday showing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden meeting   what it said were the September 11 attackers, days ahead of the   fifth anniversary of the strikes.


Member of management team says cricket tour of Australia will go ahead, despite race row


Airbus signs a $16bn deal to supply 80 of its forthcoming A350 mid-sized aircraft to Qatar Airways.


Bush Picks Spellings to Lead Education Department

President Bush promoted Margaret Spellings, his domestic policy adviser, on Wednesday to serve as Education secretary. She will replace departing secretary Rod Paige if she wins Senate confirmation.


Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

ADVOCATES ESTABLISH EMPLOYMENT LAW UNIT Douglas law firm Mann & Partners has established a three-person employment law unit to cope with growing demand.


Taking care of a chronically-ill child can add a decade or more to the biological age of a mother's cells, according to a study of the effects of prolonged stress on the body.


Police launch a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old boy is shot dead in south-east London.


'Piano industriale sara' attento a infrastrutture del Nord'


Linebacker Keith Brooking makes the claim after 4-0 Atlanta matches the best start in franchise history. By Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, NC - The Atlanta Falcons stormed off the Panthers' field, a victory in hand and a message for the rest of the NFL.


Medici della Croce Rossa nel mirino dei terroristi

Roma, 20 settembre- L'allarme sequestro per il personale medico e paramedico della Croce Rossa Italiana che opera a Baghdad "Ã¨ tenuto nella massima considerazione" ma riguarda "tutti gli occidentali, non solo gli italiani".


Film Registry welcomes sci-fi pics, Westerns

It was "Back to the  Future" in more ways than one Thursday when the Library of  Congress added the popular 1985 comedy to the National Film  Registry, officially making it a "culturally, historically or  aesthetically" significant work to be preserved for all time.


Seven suspected separatist rebels are shot dead by the army in Aceh, despite an unofficial ceasefire.


Baseball-Red Sox Stay Alive with Epic 14th-Inning Win

David Ortiz drove in three runs, including the game winner in the bottom of the 14th inning, to lead Boston to a rallying 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees which kept the Red Sox's postseason hopes alive Monday.


Powell Takes Stand Against Ukraine Breakup

Secretary of State Colin Powell took a stand Monday against any breakup of Ukraine, telling President Leonid Kuchma that it was important to keep the crisis-mired country intact.


Celtic drop out of Europe after failing to break down the Italian champions.


Toyota takes early sales lead with No. 2 US spot

General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.   lost more than a sixth of their combined U.S. sales in  January, and Toyota Motor Corp. extended its 20-month winning  streak and claimed the No. 2 spot in the U.S. market.


Arizona Sen. John McCain says Republican rival Rudy Giuliani is deservedly popular because of his efforts on 9/11, but that it will take more than that to defeat Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and win the presidency.


Samsung readies rival digital music service to iTunes

Gearing up to compete with MS' Zune too IFA 06 Samsung is to take the digital music fight to Apple by launching its own song download service in the UK, France and Germany, the South Korean giant revealed today. Details of the service remain scarce, but we can say it will be operated by digital music distributor MusicNet, which also powers Virgin Digital, HMV, Yahoo!, iMesh and others.â¦


Indian tiger skins are still openly bought and sold on the streets of China, conservationists say.


Tiger Woods has been saying that heâs âcloseâ to firing on all cylinders. Perhaps this time he really is. Woods looked like his old confident self on Saturday as he carded a five-under-par 65 to tie


31 in Russia held after gay rights demonstration

MOSCOW -- Police detained gay rights activists, among them European lawmakers, as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor yesterday in a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.


Ministro: no al riarmo nucleare della Corea del Nord


Diversified manufacturer General  Electric Co. GE.N on Friday said it boosted its quarterly  dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to $15 billion for  share repurchases over the next three years.


The Phonak cycling team have lost their appeal to be reinstated for next season's ProTour. The Swiss team had appealed against the International Cycling Union's decision last month to reject their application.


Review: Specialized search engines fit the niche

Alternative search sites offer enhanced results for songs, movies, source code, engineering data and more -- for when the Google net spreads too wide.


Internet Policymakers May Punt on Privacy Issue

The nonprofit organization that manages the Internet's domain-name system is set to vote Wednesday on changes to the Web site registration process that would make it easier for people to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e...


AMD: The 'Guts of This Case' Against Intel are Intact

Making the most of the single avenue of exploration US Federal District Judge Joseph A. Farnan left open last September, AMD is proceeding in its antitrust suit against Intel by arguing that nothing in the judge's most recent order explicitly prevents it from discovering evidence of misconduct.


Blair Stands Firm Abroad, Wavers at Home

Be it gambling or smoking, Tony Blair often molds domestic decisions to suit public opinion but on foreign policy the British prime minister stands firm whatever the cost in popularity.


The doctor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally prescribe steroids to several Carolina Panthers was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison.


Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is confident his investigation into steroid use in baseball will yield the truth of what went on, even though players aren't rushing to cooperate.


A London taxi driver is charged with a series of sex attacks on drugged female passengers.


Blackstone Group raises $4.13 bln in IPO

Blackstone Group LP, the biggest U.S. initial public offering since 2002, raised $4.13 billion on Thursday, becoming the largest private equity firm to go public.


Apple iPhone launch draws gadget geeks, hired help

NEW YORK/CHICAGO  - Albert Livingstone's wife  thinks he is crazy for lining up overnight in Chicago to be  among the first on Friday to buy Apple's much-hyped iPhone.


Knicks Know What It Takes to Win, Not How

The only good news between the reeling Knicks and the sagging Pacers was that one of them would exit the arena a winner, at least for one night.


McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday President and Chief Executive Charlie Bell had stepped down to focus on his cancer treatment and that Vice Chairman Jim Skinner would replace him.


Chinese thieves held for sleeping on state secrets

A band of drowsy card-sharps in China, who pilfered books from a conference and then used them as pillows, were detained by police after it was found they had stolen state secrets, local media reported on Monday.


The internet security company heralded the plug-in toolbar, which displays information about the websites a surfer is visiting, as a strong weapon against phishing attacks.


Like Knicks, Randolph Cannot Shake Troubles

Zach Randolph was suspended Friday, an indignity that might not even rank among his top 10 in his short Knicks career.


Study finds more older Americans working

The number of older Americans in the   work force hit a record high last month, and employment in that   age group has grown faster than any other, according to   research released on Wednesday.


Prosecutors Ready to Wrap Up Peterson Case

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads...


Ads chemical romance Search engine behemoth Yahoo! has ramped up its service for advertisers by acquiring privately held global ad network BlueLithium for $300m.â¦


Ambush Kills 50 Iraq Soldiers Execution Style

In the deadliest ambush of the insurgency, guerrillas dressed as policemen killed about 50 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers in remote eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers


Pro-Moscow candidate likely to win Chechen presidential poll

Alu Alkhanov is likely to win Sunday's presidential election in Russia's republic of Chechnya, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said.


France has been ardently pro-EU - but enlargement has raised new fears, and voters might still reject the constitution.


House leaders hope to rescue health bill

Having failed to add a single Republican vote in their latest bid for a veto-proof margin on a children's health bill, chastened House Democrats are trying a humbler tack: talking directly with the lawmakers whose support they need.


Disco rosso dell'Antitrust all'acquisto del 2%


The latest report into the serial killer, Harold Shipman, has criticised the General Medical Council. Do you think GPs are properly vetted?


U.S., North Korea caution on hope for nuclear deal

The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened a little on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear plant within two months.


Madrid, 22:00 - CALCIO, SPAGNA; LIGA: VINCE IL REAL MADRID

Risultati della 18/ma giornata della Liga spagnola: Maiorca-Barcellona 0-2 (giocata ieri),


Bolzano, 11:50 - SCI, TOMBA ACCUSATO DI LESIONI DA BARISTA A FORMENTERA

Alberto Tomba è stato accusato di lesioni da una barista di un locale di Formentera. La donna...


La nuova dote da un extragettito fiscale e da minori spese per infrastruttureIl viceministro vuole assolutamente gli sgravi su casa e Irpef ma il Tesoro frena                                          Spunta un tesoretto da 8 miliardi  Braccio di ferro tra Visco e Padoa-Schioppa


More cell phones than ever were shipped in the fourth quarter, with the industry growing 24 percent over the same quarter last year, the technology research firm IDC reported Thursday.


Iran says it will take part in a US-sponsored conference on election plans for Iraq due to be held in Cairo next month.


Lione, 15:02 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: NUOVA ZELANDA-PORTOGALLO 108-13

La Nuova Zelanda ha travolto il Portogallo 108-13 (52-3) in un incontro valido per il gruppo C (lo s...


The BBC refuses to rule out a fifth weekly episode of EastEnders but says it has "no imminent plans" for a change.


Israel has said it would consider any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.


The essential question facing NHL owners and locked-out players is: Who cares?


Santi Costello admits his nervousness negatively affected his jumping last year. After his performance yesterday, it may be time for his competition to get jittery.


Evangelicals in Kenya want to radically alter one of the world's most important exhibits of fossils recording the ascent of man from primates. By Lakshmi Sandhana.


Prince Harry is to serve in Iraq with his regiment as the first British royal to see active service for 25 years, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.


Right Cardinals took shots in crunch time

Shot selection plays an important role in college basketball. In breaking down Saturday's Florida-Louisville game and crunch time, the Cardinals had the right people taking shots while the Gators did not.


Workers at a General Motors Corp. plant in Germany voted Wednesday to end their nearly weeklong walkout in protest at thousands of threatened job cuts, a union official said, abandoning a strike that has forced two other factories to a halt.


Microsoft still scrambling to patch July bugs

(InfoWorld) - It has become a familiar pattern: A hacker posts exploit code to a security Web site; Microsoft follows soon after with a warning to customers. The pattern was repeated again Thursday, only this time Microsoft's warning that it is investigating "new public reports" of a critical bug in Windows comes more than two months after sample code showing how to take advantage of the flaw was posted to the Web. Microsoft's advisory can beÂ found here. The flaw that Microsoft warned about is in an ActiveX control (called WebViewFolderIcon) used by the Windows' graphical user interface software. It was first disclosed on July 18 as part of aÂ month-longÂ project byÂ hacker HD MooreÂ to expose problems in browser software. Moore's blog post on the flaw can beÂ found here. Moore called his project theÂ "Month of Browser Bugs"Â and ended up disclosing a total of 22 Microsoft vulnerabilities during the period. A few days ago, Moore quietlyÂ added exploit codeÂ for this latest flaw to his Metasploit hacking tool. The exploit caught Microsoft's attention after it was posted to theÂ milw0rm.com Web site,Â Moore said. But the security researcher believes that any competent hacker could have developed an exploit based on his July blog posting. So far, Microsoft has patched only two of Moore's flaws. In fact, Microsoft engineers haven't even been able to investigate close to a third of the vulnerabilities, Moore said. Microsoft executives could not immediately be reached for comment, but the company's security advisory said this latest WebViewFolderIcon bug will be patched on Oct. 10. "We have been in contact with HD Moore and at this time our investigations have revealed that most issues relating to Internet Explorer in particular will result in the browser closing unexpectedly," Microsoft's public relations agency said Thursday in a statement. "Because of their nature, most of these issues will more likely be resolved through a service pack release rather than a security update." Microsoft has been busy this month, rushing out an emergency, "out-of-cycle" fix for a flaw in Internet Explorer's Vector Markup Language (VML) rendering engine that was being widely exploited by attackers. Microsoft has even more work ahead of it, according to Moore. In early August, he handed Microsoft another 70 bugs that he had not publicly disclosed. Still, he believes that more of his flaws should have been fixed by now. "I was kind of amused that they would do an out-of-cycle patch for the VML bug, but would let all of these lapse," he said. Microsoft has told him that at least four of his bugs are "exploitable issues," meaning that an attacker could take advantage of them to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer, Moore said. Earlier this week, SymantecÂ said that Microsoft was the slowest of the major browser-makers at patching its bugs during the first half of this year. But according to Symantec's numbers, Microsoft patched IE bugs, on average, nine days after the public disclosure of a flaw. Most of the 22 Month of Browser Bugs flaws have been in public for two months now.


American Lindsey Kildow wins a World Cup downhill Saturday by a whopping 1.33 seconds over Austria's Renate Goetschl.


The biggest customer for Airbus' A380 superjumbo says it is reviewing its options after further delays to the plane.


Explosion rips Baghdad suburb as Rumsfeld leaves

BAGHDAD - A gas tanker truck wired with explosives blew up in a west Baghdad neighborhood Friday, killing one person, wounding 19 and lighting up the night sky with a fireball, just hours after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld left the capital.


Capping a rocky but peaceful transition of power, China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday eased former paramount leader Jiang Zemin out of his last formal post as head of the military


Little Evidence of Qaeda Plot Timed to Vote

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - In early July, the Homeland security secretary, Tom Ridge, declared that credible intelligence showed Al Qaeda intended to launch a "large-scale attack" inside the United States to "disrupt


Typhoon Utor thundered out of the Philippines leaving six feared dead and thousands stranded on Monday after high winds and waves tore up power lines and communication links in the archipelago.


Malaysia's Muslim transsexuals battle sex change woes

When Khartini Slamah first came out as a transsexual, he was a dutiful Muslim son by day and a prostitute by night, working on the streets of the Malaysian capital.


Asian shares stuck to narrow ranges Friday as record oil prices supported energy stocks and miners rebounded on steadier metals markets, countering worries about technology earnings and falls in Japanese automakers.


DEVELOPMENT:   New Plans for Niger Basin

PARIS, Jun 26 (IPS) - New plans are being developed for the 4,100 km  Niger River that passes through several West African countries.


Upbeat Bush campaign rides convention bounce

President Bush tried to sustain the momentum from last week's Republican National Convention with a weekend of campaigning focused on his


AOL realigns ad business, expands HP deal

AOL said on Monday it has realigned  its advertising business and expanded a deal with  Hewlett-Packard Co  beyond the United States, as part of  a move to take its properties and services into more than 30  countries in two years.


Convenzione di 24 mesi, prorogabile per altri 6


Roman Abramovich, the multi-billionaire Russian owner of London's Chelsea Football Club, has divorced his wife Irina, Abramovich's spokesman said on Tuesday.


Six youths charged with murdering a barman on London's South Bank are remanded in custody.


Cancer Treatment Can Raise Hip Fracture Risk

NEW YORK  - A standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer is to suppress testosterone production by removal of the testes.


Screen shots of an early version of MSN's desktop search application began circulating on the Web on Monday, indicating that Microsoft Corp.


Magnitude 6.4 quake hits southern Mexico: USGS

A strong earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, revising the strength down from its preliminary reading of 6.6. No damages were immediately reported.


Ready for the N.B.A. Throne, but Not Like Mike

LeBron James might soon fulfill the mediaâs hype â if the viewing public can adapt to a new kind of superstar.


SAN FRANCISCO - The iPhone has arrived, but it's not made by Apple Computer Inc., which was widely rumored to be working a cell phone-iPod combination of the same name.  Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc.


Sometimes games are too big to just be games. Welcome to Southern Cal against Notre Dame, which will be the post-Thanksgiving treat served up at the Coliseum tonight.


Photos: Fujifilm's youth-oriented camera

Tiny new Z10fd Finepix comes with features that make it easy for young consumers to shoot and share pictures.


Per il Commissario Ue l'inflazione e' sotto controllo


Manufacturers see shipping boom, StatsCan finds

Led primarily by price increases in key industries such as oil, chemicals, wood and primary metals, manufacturers shipped a record $50.


Can Do Private Space Companies Set Tone for Future Spaceflight

On Monday, 47 years to the day after the Russians launched the worldâs first satellite Sputnik, Mojave Aerospace, a private space company, will attempt to win the Ansari X Prize with their second launch in less than a week and demonstrate to the world


Wilfredo Ledezma started in place of Justin Verlander and helped pitch the Detroit Tigers to their major league-leading 13th shutout and 11th series sweep.


Emobile to Launch World's 1st Fixed-Rate Broadband Wireless Services

By Takuya Karube, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 19--TOKYO -- Emobile Ltd. announced Monday it will launch what it  says are the world's first fixed-rate broadband wireless services next month  in Japan with a keyboard-equipped handset.


The US dollar went down to a record low of $1.33 to the euro at the end of last week amid signs that foreign central banks, which have invested heavily in US treasuries and other forms of debt


Wade nets triple-double, leads Heat to 13th in row

Wade had 31 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the visiting Heat past the Detroit Pistons 89-78 Thursday night and extend its franchise-record winning streak to 13 games.


A convoy of Australian military vehicles in Baghdad has been attacked with a car bomb, injuring three Australian soldiers. At least two Iraqi bystanders are reported dead.


Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.


U.S. says importer must recall Chinese tires

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO  - U.S. transportation officials on Tuesday formally insisted a New Jersey importer recall up to 450,000 Chinese-made light truck tires, dismissing the company's claim it cannot financially withstand that step.


Cosi' il presidente del consiglio di sorveglianza Geronzi


Guantanamo prisoner dies of cancer: U.S.

An Afghan detainee has died from cancer at the prison camp at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, authorities said on Sunday.


UPDATE: Stockland To Unveil A$7.5B Bid For GPT - Sources

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian diversified property group Stockland (SGP.AU) is set to launch a share-based bid for General Property Trust (GPT.


Oil Rises to Record Near $51 as Hurricanes Curbed US Output

Crude oil prices rose to a record in New York and London after hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico curbed US production for more than three weeks, slowing the accumulation of supplies to meet winter needs.


On the road and on the airwaves, President Bush is trying to paint this year's presidential race as a black-and-white decision for voters.


BlackBerry demand looks set to continue Reg Technology Panel A little while ago, a Reg Reader poll seemed to indicate that the Microsoft threat was going to clip the wings of RIM in the enterprise mobile messaging and applications space.â¦


Put medical history on table, officials say

Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history -- generations of it -- to help


A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Karen early Tuesday in the open Atlantic Ocean, where it posed no immediate threat to land, and a new tropical depression formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.


When it debuted in mid-July, this city's sleek new $650 million monorail was supposed to be the envy of the nation, a high-tech public transit system paid for without any taxpayer money.


Gli immigrati erano su un'imbarcazione in avaria. L'allarme era stato lanciato martedÃ¬ da uno di loro con il telefonino. FUERTEVENTURA (Isole Canarie, Spagna) - Tragedia dell'immigrazione al largo delle isole


Amazon slapped with cockfighting lawsuit

Bird-on-bird magazines ruffle feathers The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has slapped Amazon.com with a lawsuit aimed at preventing the online retailer punting cockfighting magazines and dogfighting videos, Computerworld reports.â¦


Chip plant to go into production H2 2008 Intel is to spend $1-1.5bn upgrading its Rio Rancho, New Mexico plant, Fab 11X, to produce 45nm processors, the chip giant said yesterday. Output will commence in H2 2008.â¦


Former ICoast rebel leader accused of mounting coup bid

Ivory Coast's New Forces rebel group, now part of the unity government, accused Sunday one of its former leaders of trying to stage a coup in the west African nation.


Youâve Had the Root Canal. Now See the Movie.

Informative videos about some unlikely topics pop up on YouTube.


There's more to satellite radio than meets the ear.


Suspected Gas Leak Kills 18 at Spanish Hostel

Eighteen friends who rented a Spanish mountain hostel for a birthday party were found dead on Sunday, apparently killed by a gas leak, officials said.


It was hard to find anything amiss or out of place. That's the way things generally go on media day. There are smiles all around.


US actress Farrah Fawcett is told by her doctors that she has made a complete recovery from cancer.


Prosettlement party to quit Sharon government over pullout

JERUSALEM -- A prosettlement party said yesterday that it plans to quit Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government over his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, further eroding his hold on power.


Migrants could be charged higher visas fees to fund public services in a reported shake-up of citizenship.


New Zealand hungry to level America's Cup

VALENCIA, Spain  - Team New Zealand will come out growling on Saturday, hungry to beat Alinghi and level the America's Cup again after a nasty spinnaker rip lost them the fifth race of the best-of-nine series.


San Giovanni Valdarno, 16:47 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: SALTA LA PANCHINA DELLA SANGIOVANNESE

Salta subito una panchina in C1. Dopo la sconfitta di domenica scorsa contro il Monza (4-1), la Sang...


Annullato concerto di sabato all'Alcatraz di Milano


Le hanno battezzate Long Distance Relationship: sono l'ultimofrutto della globalizzazione. Un milione le famiglie coinvolte                                            E-mail, sms e voli low cost cosÃ¬ trionfa l'amore a distanza                                                                                Fenomeno Ldr: sempre piÃ¹ coppie vivono in cittÃ  diversedal nostro corrispondente ENRICO FRANCESCHINI


Cadillac Escalade EXT, Nissan Maxima most likely to be stolen

(Washington-AP, October 19, 2004, 8:54 am) It seems as though lots of people want a Cadillac Escalade EXT. But those who have one didn't necessarily pay for it.


Police study CCTV images after London bomb plot

British police launched a widescale manhunt and scoured CCTV footage on Saturday after foiling a possible al Qaeda plot to detonate two car bombs packed with fuel and nails in the heart of London.


A luglio -0,4% su base mensile, -0,2% nell'Ue-25


American limits Maryland to five first-half baskets, gets 18 points from Derrick Mercer and earns a 67-59 victory, their first over the Terps since the 1926-1927 season.


NBA Wrap: Prince Inspires Pistons to Win Over Suns

Tayshaun Prince scored a career-high  26 points as the Detroit Pistons eased to a 94-80 win over the  Phoenix Suns Monday, sending the slumping NBA leaders to their  fourth successive defeat.


The second funeral for one of three  Black Watch soldiers killed in a suicide attack in Iraq is being held in Fife.


Busy slate doesn't bug laid-back Marlins

Jack McKeon was fiddling with his cell phone when he peered over his desk at a crowd of reporters. He flipped the cover closed and cracked, ''George, I'll get back to you.


The lopsided nature of Barack Obamaâs victories gives him an opening to make the case that Democratic voters should coalesce around his candidacy.


In Fallujah, Marines bring goodwill, but trouble can follow

Those seen cooperating with American forces trying to rebuild the city are threatened - and sometimes killed.


Johnson's Quickfire Hat-Trick Leads US Past Panama

Eddie Johnson came off the bench to score a hat-trick in 16 minutes as the US thrashed Panama 6-0 in a CONCACAF zone World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.


WASHINGTON - Spyware legislation that would allow fines of up to $3 million for makers of software that steals personal information from a user's computer or highjacks its browser will get a second look after the U.S. Congress failed to pass the legislation in 2004.


In a strange sequence Saturday, Akinori Iwamura of the Devil Rays and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees have their bats confiscated by umpires.


Basket: Eurolega, successi di Siena e Bologna. Treviso sconfitta

SIENA - Vittoria della Montepaschi Siena nel primo turno di Eurolega. I campioni d'Italia hanno sconfitto i francesi del Villeurbanne per 86 a 70. Successo anche della Climamio Bologna in casa dell'Olympiakos Pireo (76 a 71).


The din of guitars and drums echo from a sound check while stagehands mill around and a helicopter whips the tree tops.


Livestock Rules Still Ruffling Fair Feathers

By Ryan Schuster, The Bakersfield Californian  Sep. 18--Plenty of dust has been kicked up at the Kern County Fair's  livestock division in recent years -- and not all of it has come from the  animals.


Chang among three elected to International Hall of Fame

Michael Chang, the French Open's youngest men's champion, was among three people voted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame for 2008, the sport's honor shrine announced Wednesday.


Ghostzapper could not have been more impressive while winning the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park Oct. 30. To quote an old racetrack saying: "He went to the front and improved his position."


Norway FM takes peace message to Tamil Tigers

Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered to revive stalled peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in a message conveyed to rebels by Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, her office said.


AT&T, Vonage Cut Prices on Internet Calling

AT&T Corp. and Internet telephone provider Vonage said on Thursday they were cutting prices for their residential Internet calling services by $5 per month, the strongest


The US trade deficit jumped to the second-highest level in history as surging demand for foreign oil swamped a small gain in US exports, the government reported.


Sanjay Dutt is deeply hurt by the way the Canadian media lambasted him in the print and maligned his image while he was in the country to shoot for Anubhav Sinha's Dus.


Individuals and companies go on trial in France over the deaths of 39 people in the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire.


Oil holds below $58 on signs of steady OPEC output

Oil hovered below $58 a barrel on Tuesday, after it slid $2 the previous day on signs OPEC will keep output stable when it meets in March.


Storage vendors Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, EMC, and Microsoft are trumpeting new products this week that foreshadow the near future of storage.


Il ministro, credo che la risposta sara' positiva


Registrata flessione di 0,19 punti sull'asta precedente


All'Udeur andrebbero una vicepresidenza e assessoratiOltre a seggi sicuri nel 2006 per un gruppo autonomo                                          Gad, pace fatta con Mastella                                                                                di UMBERTO ROSSO


For someone saddled with the reputation of not winning the big one, Bill Cowher certainly coaches in a lot of big games.


Germany does not expect EU-Turkey deal on Monday

European positions are too far apart to  reach an agreement on Monday on how to penalize Turkey for  failing to normalize trade with Cyprus, German Foreign Minister  Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a television interview.


Brunei prince buys private pool table for Asia Games

Brunei's Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah has installed a pool table in his hotel suite to ensure he can practice in luxurious surroundings for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games nine-ball competition.


Thais are voting in an election that is expected to give Thaksin Shinawatra's party a landslide victory.


The yen trimmed losses made against the  dollar earlier on Thursday, but gains were limited as investors  refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the Bank of  Japan's quarterly survey of corporate sentiment.


French Hostages Said Alive, Headscarf Ban Enforced

A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year began.


Interactions Between Chloride and Sulfate or Silica Removals From Wastewater Using an Advanced Lime-Aluminum Softening Process: Equilibrium Modeling

By Abdel-Wahab, Ahmed Batchelor, Bill  ABSTRACT: Interactions among chloride, sulfate, and silica removals from recycled industrial wastewater using an ultra-high lime with aluminum process (UHLA) were studied.


Can cabbage help prevent cervical cancer?

Did your grandmother always tell you to "eat up your greens"? It appears that she may have known something scientists are only now discovering.


French police search the flat of Jerome Kerviel, the man said to be the rogue trader who lost 4.9bn euros.


Arsenal fear the defence of their Premiership crown is being threatened by intimidating tactics by opponents but manager Arsene Wenger believes his players will no longer over-react.


Space shuttle begins descent for California landing

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 22 Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis broke orbit on Friday to begin a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere for a landing in California's Mojave Desert.


'American Gangster' Ridley Scott punta all'Oscar

Russell Crowe e Denzel Washington sono le star nella nuova pellicola del regista, che mira in alto nella tradizione dei grandi film di malavita hollywoodiani


Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday, 29 June, the main postal union confirms.


Branson's Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007

Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.


Russia May Ratify Kyoto Protocol in Oct-Agencies

The Russian government expects parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol this month in a move allowing the long-delayed climate change treaty come into force worldwide, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.


UN Haiti Force Needs Troops Urgently - Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil  - U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti  urgently need reinforcements to cope with surging violence in  the Caribbean country devastated by tropical storms, Brazil's  foreign minister said on Thursday.


Assam separatists kill a tea estate manager, jolting the peace process in the north-eastern Indian state.


ECMA to Begin Drafting XPS as Alternative Standard to PDF

A meeting of ECMA International Technical Committee 46 will be convened next month in Cambridge, to begin the drafting process for an independent specification for "XML Paper" or XPS - the typeset document standard created by Microsoft as an alternative to Adobe's PDF format.


Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster and former scourge of the music industry, has set up his own firm in an attempt to legitimise online file-sharing.


US stocks are seen opening mostly flat Friday with no significant economic news to motivate traders and a third-quarter earnings season that remains difficult to characterize.


London's luxury homes are now the most expensive in the world, experts say, with foreign buyers, salary bonuses and steady interest rates driving prices up in the capital's overheated property market.


Novelties: A Flowing Compromise With a Nod to Elegance

A new luxury pen designed to combine the free-flowing ease of ink with the convenience of a ball tip that works on multiple forms.


Film on Mexicoâs Disputed â06 Election Stirs Emotions

A documentary about last yearâs disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.


Roberto Clemente's son is sending money, clothing and medical supplies to south Asia's tsunami victims.


Notre Dame coach Mike Brey will never be a screamer on the sidelines, or in the locker room for that matter. Heâsa playersâ coach who trusts his guys to motivate themselves.


President George W. Bush heads for the Middle East on Tuesday, aiming to nurture Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the face of deep skepticism while trying to rally Arab opposition to Iran.


Consumer spending was weak for a fourth straight month in June as rising gasoline prices left Americans with little to spend on other items. A key measure of inflation rose at the fastest pace in more than a decade.


Evander Holyfield was suspended indefinitely by New York State boxing officials in the wake of his loss on Saturday in New York City to a journeyman fighter, Larry Donald.


Evgeni Malkin scored a bad-angle goal to give Pittsburgh the lead in another tightly played game against Washington and the streaking Penguins won their sixth in a row by beating the Capitals 3-2 Sunday.


Richard Kelly, the director of âDonnie Darko,â returns with âSouthland Tales,â hoping that pop culture and physics play to the faithful.


ATHENS -- The golden moment can be a mirage. Yes, Carly Patterson leaped into America's hearts, but don't for a second think it was one small step. It was 10 years in the making, 10 years of sacrifice that swallowed two-thirds of her life thus far.


A Navy heat-seeking missile is getting its first real-world use in an attempt to demolish a crippled U.S. spy satellite before the orbiting craft falls back to Earth.


Manning breaks Marino's touchdown record

The superstar quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts threw his 48th and 49th touchdown passes of the season in Sunday's come-from-behind 34-31 overtime victory over the San Diego Chargers, surpassing Marino's prestigious mark of 48 for the Miami Dolphins


Hard Choices on Climate Can Wait for Next President, Aides Indicate

BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 11 -- U.S. officials at U.N. climate negotiations here said Tuesday that they would not embrace any overall binding goals for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions before President Bush leaves office, essentially putting off specific U.S. commitments until a new administra...


Cardinals finish off Astros; Red Sox up next

Jim Edmonds made a circus catch. Jeff Suppan outpitched the Rocket. And Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen came through, yet again. Surrounded by a rollicking sea of red, clearly these St.


WORLD No.3 Ernie Els may feel like a hunted man this week when he takes on a largely unknown field in the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa.


3 Top Officials Leaving Citigroup -- Memo

Three senior Citigroup Inc. C.N  executives are leaving the company, after being found partially  responsible for last month's forced closure of Citigroup's  private bank in Japan, a person familiar with the matter said.


Pakistan says Islamist militants behind Bhutto attack

The Pakistan government blamed Islamist militants for a grenade and suicide bomb attack early on Friday that killed 133 people as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto drove through masses of supporters in Karachi.


The information technology industry lost 403,300 jobs from the start of the recession in March 2001 to April 2004, with nearly half of those jobs disappearing after the recession's official end, according to a new study.


Mantova, 20:06 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: NOSELLI TORNA IN GRUPPO

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Mantova, con il tecnico Di Carlo che  ha fatto svolgere un lavoro tat...


Firenze, 14:26 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON: RESTO, SOGNO TRIONFI IN BIANCONERO

Gigi Buffon dal ritiro azzurro di Coverciano fa una dichiarazione d'amore che vale  piÃ¹ di una firma...


A powerful blast has destroyed a house and killed 28 people in western Baghdad during a night-time police raid. Police say the house had been raided because it is a suspected base for foreign militants.


Sprint Nextel Cuts 4,000 Jobs, Closes 125 Stores

As part of its effort to turn its fortunes around, wireless phone company Sprint Nextel announced today that it would "streamline its business" by cutting 4,000 jobs and closing 8 percent of its stores. The company, third among U.S. mobile phone services, has been battling against a continual loss of subscribers.


Three people who kept an epileptic man hostage for six weeks are sent to prison for a total of 29 years.


If you're looking for promising stocks, watch what CAPS' hottest investors are praising.


FDA Unveils New Rules For Supplement Labels

The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it is setting up a new system for identifying potentially dangerous and mislabeled dietary supplements, and it promised to aggressively go after


Google offers priority reporting to Indian police

InfoWorld - Google has offered Indian police a special tool for priority reporting of objectionable material on its social networking site, Orkut.


At least 6 shot dead in clashes at Pakistan mosque

At least six people, including a paramilitary trooper and a television cameraman, were killed in gunfire during clashes with militant students at a mosque run by a Taliban-style movement in Islamabad on Tuesday, officials said.


Brady fires Patriots, Cowboys beat Vikings

Tom Brady threw a career-high six  touchdown passes to help the unbeaten New England Patriots  crush the winless Miami Dolphins 49-28 on Sunday.


Five of the seven Pitcairn Islanders charged with multiple sex abuse crimes were reported to have been found guilty on Monday, while a sixth man pleaded guilty during the trial which exposed the dark side of the remote community.


UK retail sales bounced back in January after the worst December in three years, a survey says.


Britain must do more to support rape victims: senior law officers

Britain still has "much to do" in supporting victims of rape and securing higher rates of conviction in rape cases, senior British law officers told The Guardian on Tuesday.


EU lifts all restrictions on British meat

The European Union decided on Tuesday to lift all remaining restrictions on the export of British meat, signalling the all-clear after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.


BAY AREA Skywatchers awed by total lunar eclipse

Just four days shy of Halloween, the moon got festive Wednesday night and turned from corpse white to pumpkin orange and then blood red during a total lunar eclipse visible from every continent on the planet, except Australia.


A number of leading public universities are drawing increasingly impressive and affluent students.


Blood triglycerides seen as heart attack predictor

Measuring a type of blood fat called triglycerides hours after a person has eaten may offer a better way to predict heart disease risk than making the person fast overnight, two studies suggest.


Galaxy, Earthquakes Tie on Scoreless Game

The San Jose Earthquakes moved into a tie for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference on Saturday night after a 0-0 tie with Los Angeles.


The officer overseeing the withdrawal of UK troops from central Basra says it was an "important step".


Mr. WebTV mounts forces More than 430 organizations spanning all fifty US states have fired off a letter urging Senate leaders to oppose a bill that would overhaul the country's patent system. And that includes tech outfits like Qualcomm and AmberWave.â¦


Genentech Inc.  on Wednesday said second-quarter profit rose 41 percent, fueled by growth from key cancer drugs Avastin and Rituxan, and it boosted its full-year profit forecast.


World number one Lindsay Davenport  fought back from a mid-match slump to hold off tenacious local  hope Alicia Molik 6-4, 4-6, 9-7 Wednesday and reach the  semifinals of the Australian Open.


Leather specialist Coach continues to produce welcome surprises.


Formation of East Asian Community Modeled After EU Comes One Step ...

The creation of an East Asian union has gained more support after the leaders of 13 countries in East Asia agreed to hold an East Asian Summit conference next year at the 8th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Korea, China, Japan


Blue Chips Up; Insurance Stocks Get Lift

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as gains  in insurance stocks and an easing of oil prices overshadowed a  fall in consumer confidence to a 7-month low.


While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly.


US launches air raids on Fallujah, aid worker's captors give 48 ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq : The US military said it had launched two air raids overnight on the rebel-held Iraqi flashpoint town of Fallujah, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.


At least six people die in fighting as Somalia's transitional government takes control of Baidoa airport.


Juventus moved six points clear at the top of Serie A after beating Fiorentina 1-0 while champions AC Milan were held to a goalless draw at Brescia.


Da mesi erano impegnati in scontri con forze sicurezza


'Ne parleremo giovedi', stiamo riflettendo'


Saku Koivu scored twice and Carey Price made 28 saves to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 win over visiting Toronto last night.


A PROSTITUTE who ordered her bull terrier to savage a man so she could rob him of his gold necklace and phone was jailed for four years.


Once Matt Harpring came off the bench, the Utah Jazz overcame their shaky start.


Jerry Colangelo, who brought major league baseball to Phoenix, resigned as chief executive officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, four months ahead of schedule.


The European Commission warns that Microsoft could face further fines for failing to comply with anti-trust rulings.


Stride For Better Health by Patricia Wagner


Looking at Dutch and Swiss Health Systems

The Swiss and Dutch health care systems are suddenly all the rage, and next month the United Statesâ top health official will visit Switzerland and the Netherlands to kick the tires.


Kazakhstan's president laughs off the film Borat, which mocks his country, saying that there is "no such thing as bad publicity".


Jakarta blast child may be paralysed - doctors

A 5-year-old Australian girl, fighting for her life after suffering critical injuries in a bomb blast in Indonesia, could be permanently paralysed on her right side when she emerges from sedation on Monday, doctors said.


Hundreds flee Hamas-run Gaza amid spillover fears

Hundreds of Fatah supporters fled the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by land and sea on Saturday and the Islamist group threatened to take its fight against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces to the West Bank.


Supermarkets could face multi-million pound fines.


Il suo legale chiede trasferimento processo a Brescia


After Record Profit, Chief Says Heâll Leave

The chief of BHP Billiton, the Australian mining company, delivered an early farewell gift: record half-year earnings and a $10 billion stock buyback.


Rebels With a Cause, and a Business Plan

Arkadi Kuhlmann, chief executive of ING Direct USA, says the bank tries to encourage customers to save by not offering credit cards.


Late payments on credit card bills edged up this past spring, when high energy prices were squeezing the finances of some people.


Court has mystery hearing in Spears case

The court commissioner who placed Britney Spears under conservatorship held a closed-door hearing on an unspecified emergency motion Thursday, a day after the troubled pop star was suddenly released from a psychiatric hospital and ended up being pursued through the city by paparazzi.


Mauresmo loses Wimbledon crown as Bartoli rescues French pride

Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova proved she has grit as well as glamour when she sent defending champion Amelie Mauresmo spinning out of Wimbledon on Tuesday.


Laughs off nerve gas and even coffee After a slow start, the UMPC concept seems to be gaining momentum in recent months. The latest entrant to the field is US arms colossus General Dynamics, which launched its GoBook MR-1 rugged UMPC at the DSEi military tech fair today.â¦


NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Pixies wrapped their reunion  tour Saturday with two shows at New York's Hammerstein  Ballroom, capping a trek that lasted nearly eight months and  saw them play to sold-out audiences across the world.


Officials voice their opinion on Lahoud extended term

Hoss: 'It should be made clear that the US opposed the constitutional amendment ... in order to exert diplomatic pressure on Syria'.


Stretta una joint venture con Reliance Brands


Fed's Poole says inflation is under wraps: radio

U.S. inflation is under control right  now and the economy is unlikely to suffer from "cascading  weakness," St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President William  Poole said on Tuesday.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 18  - Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick as world champions Brazil cantered to a 6-0 win over Haiti in a friendly dubbed the Peace Match on Wednesday.


Rock reveals graphics benchmark beating monster laptop

Scores almost 15,000 on 3DMark06, vendor claims UK gaming notebook specialist Rock has rolled out what it claims is its most powerful graphics offering yet: a quad-core machine with a pair of Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX GPUs on board.â¦


Aveva 16 anni. Per "recuperarla" il Tribunale dei minori di Catania l'aveva assegnataa un centro di accoglienza dove ha dovuto vivere tre mesi con 35 ragazzi nordafricani                                          Trans suicida in una comunitÃ  La tragica storia di Loredana                                                                                La procura di Agrigento ha aperto un'inchiesta per accertare eventuali responsabilitÃ La responsabile della struttura: "Nessun altro l'ha voluta. E nessuno ci ha aiutato"di FRANCESCO VIVIANO


Yemen is pioneering a novel approach for dealing with convicted al-Qaida operatives: Let them roam free as long as they promise to be law-abiding.


US files WTO complaint against Airbus subsidies

A long struggle between the world's two largest aircraft-makers escalated into a new trade war between the United States and Europe, just as France's Airbus stepped up plans to challenge Boeing for lucrative US defense contracts.


By BRIDGET JOHNSON  IRAQ war, gay rights, immigration, Iran, stem cells, yadda yadda: A candidate's stance on these issues may come in second on the road to 2008 as each competes to be the hippest, funkiest, freshest, dopest, flyest G on the ballot.


Disease could double tsunami death toll to over 100,000

Confirmed deaths and warnings that disease could multiply the horror of Asia's tsunami catastrophe took estimates of the final toll to over 100,000 as the world's biggest ever relief operation stuttered into life against enormous odds.


The divorce party, a hybrid of a bachelor-bachelorette party and bacchanalian exorcism, is emerging as a celebratory occasion, complete with gift registries and a set of social protocols.


Miss Piggy would blush - Muppet creators go adult

The creators of The Muppets and  Sesame Street are staging a puppet show that is strictly for  adults only.


Service offers application development and testing 'in the cloud'

Bungee Labs unveiled a new version of its Web development and hosting service and said that it is opening its beta program to all developers.


One of the U.S. Treasury Department's most experienced top officials, Under Secretary Tim Adams, will announce on Friday that he is resigning, according to Bush administration sources.


Four "Desperate Housewives" and their fellow cast members gathered on Wisteria Lane to celebrate something that fans, critics and Emmy voters had dubbed something of a disappointment: the second season of the popular ABC series.


Sri Lanka says 39 Tamil Tigers killed in fresh fighting

Sri Lankan troops smashed bunkers of Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's embattled north and kept up attacks elsewhere leaving 39 guerrillas dead, the island's defence ministry said Friday.


PADANG, Indonesia  - Two strong earthquakes hit Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people, flattening buildings and sending emergency operations into full swing to deal with the injured and displaced.


Tampa Bay gets the first kickoff return for a touchdown in franchise history and the Buccaneers rout the reeling Falcons, 37-3, to clinch the NFC South on Sunday.


Nella roccaforte sunnita si sarebbero rifugiati molti miliziani riusciti a scappare da Falluja. Scontri a Bagdad. RAMADI - I marines Usa all'alba di sabato hanno sigillato Ramadi, bloccando tutte le strade


Poll: Online Viewers Shun Lengthy Videos

NEW YORK -- You won't find Vanita Butler sitting in front of her computer watching a full-length movie or television show, even though she's an avid viewer of video on the Internet.


Nothing is too small or mundane when you attach the name Kennedy to it. Among the items listed in the latest Sotheby's auction of the contents of the Kennedy family homes are a fibreglass kitchen tray, some old suitcases, chipped china and a few tumblers.


World Business Briefing: Britain: Tobacco Company Confirms Takeover Bid

The Gallaher Group, maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes, confirmed that it had received a takeover approach from a bidder it did not identify, setting off a 22 percent gain in its share price. Gallaher confirmed the bid in a statement to the London Stock Exchange after the market closed Wednesday. The bid reinforced recent speculation that the tobacco industry is due for consolidation and shares rose across the sector. ÂWe see the tobacco sector broadly benefiting from the Gallaher approach,Â said a Goldman Sachs analyst, Mark Lynch. ÂExpectations of industry consolidation have been widespread for many years.Â Analysts said one potential bidder for Gallaher would be Japan Tobacco. Gallaher has long been linked to Japan Tobacco, as it holds the right to market and sell Japan TobaccoÂs Camel cigarettes in parts of Europe. Credit Suisse said a tie-up between the two would be a Âparticularly good strategic fit.Â It would address Japan TobaccoÂs subscale position in Western Europe and strengthen its competitive position in Eastern Europe, the brokerage firm said.


DHS Grants $191 Million to Defend Cities

The Department of Homeland Security awarded $191 million in grants yesterday to defend ports, transit systems and bus lines from terrorists, increasing funding for major urban areas in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states whose funds were slashed earlier this year in a controversial decision.


Tiger Wins Buick in a Rout to Tie Palmer

A birdie on the last hole gave Tiger Woods a 1-under 71 and an eight-shot victory to tie Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour list with 62 career tournament wins.


Adviser: Britain Hopes to Push U.S. on Climate Change

Britain hopes it can exert influence on reelected President Bush and push the United States to do more to combat climate change, the British government's chief scientist said on Thursday.


Japan quake stirs nuclear fears, displaces thousands

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Officials at the world's biggest nuclear power plant admitted on Tuesday there had been more radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes.


Actress Lindsay Lohan says she hopes her new film will encourage young people to engage in politics.


Memo Pad: Batteries Included in New Travel Restrictions

BATTERY RESTRICTIONS Beginning Tuesday, airline passengers cannot pack any loose lithium batteries in checked bags, though the batteries are permitted if contained within laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices, according to a new rule by the Transportation Department. The department said that loose lithium batteries can short-circuit and create a fire hazard in cargo holds. The new rule also limits to two the number of large-size spare lithium batteries that may be brought on in carry-on bags, but a department spokeswoman says that restriction applies mostly to professional and industrial-use batteries and does not affect most lithium batteries used in consumer electronics like laptops and cellphones.


Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president

The presidential hopeful says if elected, he'll prioritize enacting antidiscrimination rules for broadband providers during first year in office. Will others follow?


Maltempo, trovati morti i 2 dispersi nel Lecchese

Sono stati trovati morti i due anziani anziani dispersi in seguito alla frana che ieri aveva investito l'abitato della frazione Fiumelatte di Varenna, in provincia di Lecco. Si tratta di Maria Fumagalli, di


New Orleans still awaiting hurricane aid

Louisiana has distributed less than $2 billion in federal aid to communities hit by Hurricane Katrina, drawing complaints from some New Orleans officials that the state is slowing their recovery.


Je crache sur le Prius, voiture des puanteurs A French automotive-industry researcher has published an attack on hybrid cars, suggesting that they aren't a good sustainable way to save the planet and will prevent other technologies from developing.â¦


Maria Sharapova never doubted herself for a moment. Not in the two-plus years since her breakthrough Wimbledon title. Not after going 0-5 in subsequent Grand Slam semifinals. And certainly not after being broken to lose the second set Friday at the U.S. Open against No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo.


Ebersol's Teen Son Recovered in Wreckage

rescuing his kid brother from the wreckage: "Can you please help get him out?" the 21-year-old was quoted as saying. Nearby, his father, NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, sat on the snowy ground amid the billowing


The Raiders and Titans sure made it seem these fallen franchises were playing for something meaningful.


Facing record budget deficits, the Bush administration likely will turn to short-term government borrowing to help finance its plan to add personal retirement accounts to Social Security, officials said on Saturday.


CASHIERS, N.C. - The violent remains of Hurricane Ivan pounded a large swath of eastern United States on Friday as the storm's rampage moved north, drenching an area from Ohio to Georgia, washing out dozens of homes, sweeping cars down roadways and trapping more than 100 students at an elementary school...


U.N. atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions

A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has expanded rather than halted its nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to possible wider sanctions over fears it secretly wants to make atom bombs.


Drive for mobile TV and music hits games market

The European mobile phone games market  is coping with its first slowdown as telecoms carriers shift  advertising spending to mobile television or digital music, and  operators struggle to win new devotees.


A Vail man who has been in a high-stakes battle with a Denver hospital over a kidney transplant says he was told that the operation he needs will go ahead Wednesday.


Greek bishop asks Pope to return piece of Parthenon

Greece's top religious leader asked Pope Benedict on Thursday to return a piece of the Parthenon in the Vatican Museums, Greek officials said.


Microsoft enters the Internet search market â at last

After years of licensing search technology from Yahoo and seeing its Web search market share slowly but steadily decline, Microsoft has finally developed its own search engine and is expected to unveil it later this week.


Suicide Bomber Strikes During Cheney's Asia Trip

Electrial problems. Unexpected stops. And a suicide bomber's strike. Inside Cheney's troubled Asia trip.


CHICAGO - Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight - it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    The research - an analysis of 136 studies - found that such operations are more than cosmetic...


President Bush is sending his top aide on national security affairs to Capitol Hill on Thursday to confront what has become a tough crowd on the Iraq war.


Wyeth  on Thursday said its  second-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of its  prescription drugs.


The pilot light of "Ocean's Twelve" is so low a whisper could blow it out, leaving nothing on-screen except a series of outtakes bereft of coherence, much less drama.


La Suprema Corte respinge il ricorso di un autista romano


Connecticut linebacker Alfred Fincher matched his career high with 17 tackles and helped the Huskies secure their first Big East win as a conference member, a 29-17 victory last night over Pittsburgh in East Hartford, Conn.


New York, 10:28 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte: Buffal...


DENVER -- Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony became a father Wednesday afternoon when his fiancee, actress La La Vazquez, gave birth to a son, Kiyan.


Rolling out the yellow carpet, the "hometown" of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie played host Saturday to the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," with creator Matt Groening among thousands who turned out to toast the debut.


Approved Stem Cells' Potential Questioned

All of the human embryonic stem cells available to federally funded scientists under President Bush's three-year-old research policy share a previously unrecognized trait that fosters rejection


Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab. Again.


Arts & entertainment: Lyn Gardner braves seances and the Red Death in a sneak preview of Punchdrunk's new show.


Oberhof, 16:41 - BIATHLON, CDM: SIKORA VINCE 10 KM SPRINT

Il polacco Tomasz Sikora ha vinto la 10 km sprint maschile di Oberhof, in Germania, valida per la co...


Appello agli universitari, rispettate le opinioni altrui


The timing was perfect for LeBron James to get his first victory in Miami.


China will oppose any effort to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over the issue of Tehran's nuclear program, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Saturday.


Death count climbs to 622 in storm-devastated Haiti

GONAIVES, Haiti -- The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti rose to 622 late yesterday as search crews recovered hundreds of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud or the ruins of their homes, officials said.


Seagate pitches phone-friendly mobile hard drive

Dave follows Agere First Agere, now Seagate has launched a portable hard drive platform with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and capable of being controlled by a mobile phone. Seagate calls its incarnation of an idea long ago touted by Intel, Dave - Digital Audio Video Experience.â¦


Online retailer CD-Wow is ordered to pay Â£41m to British record companies over selling cut-price CDs.


The massacre of 28 people near San Pedro Sula in Honduras left many Delawareans who have volunteered there stunned and saddened. Honduran officials said Friday that gunmen


Dumplings, rabies shots latest China health scare

Dumplings stuffed with cardboard and bogus rabies vaccines are the focus of the latest health scares in China, where the government has banned an industrial solvent used in toothpaste after a spate of global recalls.


Sonetti: "Al Catania occore personalitÃ "

CATANIA - "Il Catania deve ricercare una personalitÃ  importante". E' la prima dichiarazione del neo allenatore rossazzurro Nedo Sonetti che domani incontrerÃ  a Veronello la sua nuova squadra, mercoledÃ¬


Economic growth looks set to top the agenda for China's Communist leaders at their annual meeting.


Banking stocks led a broad sell-off in European stock markets on Thursday as escalating fears losses at ailing bond insurers will eat into their profits overshadowed another US rate cut.


Former guerrilla Thaci elected Kosovo PM

PRISTINA, Serbia  - Ethnic Albanian former guerrilla Hashim Thaci was elected prime minister of Kosovo on Wednesday and vowed the breakaway province would declare independence from Serbia within weeks.


The Anfield manager saw Portsmouth snatch an injury-time leveller last night to scupper hopes of a victory which was in demand after Saturday's derby slip-up.


US pilot dies, three soldiers injured in separate incidents in Afghanistan

The pilot of a US military helicopter died after it crashed in western Afghanistan while two US soldiers on other side of the volatile nation were seriously wounded by a bomb, officials said.


Eva Longoria, the Desperate Housewives star, has spoken out for the first time after she considered suing the people who claimed her husband Tony Parker cheated on her with a model he met at their wedding.


Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car

The 24-year-old son of former Vice  President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday  after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a  sheriff's official said.


French think Royal would make best president: poll

French voters believe Socialist candidate Segolene Royal does not have the authority or competence of conservative frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, but would make a better president, according to an opinion poll released on Tuesday.


ROY JONES JUNIOR.. A LEGEND THAT TIME CAUGHT UP WITH..

In his prime, Roy Jones was the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world. He dazzled us with electrifying speed, unmatched lateral movement, boxing smarts, and mad slipping ability.


Jeanne Lashes Dominicans, Aims at Bahamas

Tropical Storm Jeanne battered the Dominican Republic before heading to the Bahamas where the tempest, which has killed at least nine people, began to churn seas and stir deadly storm surges on Saturday.


Arts & entertainment: How does it feel to watch your father's life and death re-enacted on film? Natalie Curtis, daughter of Joy Division singer, Ian Curtis, finds out.


NY pension fund says to tender PeopleSoft stock

New York state's pension fund, the nation's second largest, said on Friday it plans on tendering its 2.2 million shares of PeopleSoft Inc.


The landmark trial of a foreign national accused of a crime that occurred outside Britain opened Friday against an Afghan warlord accused of conspiring to kidnap and torture in his homeland.


Microsoft Desktop Search Beta Coming Soon

News.com reports in the article: Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool, that the company will offer up a beta release of a desktop search by the end of this year.


IMF Goes Soft on Bulgaria's PIP Company, Frowns on Budget ... read

Business: 20 January 2005, Thursday. The International Monetary Fund is willing to step back and recognize the Public Investment Projects (PIP), a company that the Bulgarian government created in late 2004 to ...


LONDON: A scientist looking to pinpoint the next big earthquake has warned the US east coast could be destroyed by a tsunami unleashed by the collapse of a volcanic island in the eastern Atlantic.


The Russian military will be banned from monitoring a Czech radar site proposed by Washington as part of its global missile defense system, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Thursday.


Russia Rejects U.S. Criticism of Planned Reforms

Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.


U.S. Soldier, 25 Insurgents Killed in Mosul Battle

MOSUL, Iraq  - A frontal assault on U.S. troops by  dozens of Iraqi insurgents in Mosul left an American soldier  and about 25 guerrillas dead in one of the boldest attacks yet  on occupying forces in Iraq.


Ferguson confident Utd can keep their cool

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says he is confident his players have enough self-control to avoid any trouble in Sunday's showdown at Old Trafford against Arsenal.


South Korea's Samsung Electronics has developed a prototype OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display that it says is the largest yet made by any manufacturer.


Somaliland official says al Qaeda suspects arrested

HARGEISA, Somalia  - Ethiopian troops arrested six men believed to be members of al Qaeda during a cross-border operation in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, a senior Somaliland official said on Saturday.


Palestinian Officials Offer Differing Accounts of Arafat's ...

French doctors are expected to issue a preliminary report on the medical condition of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat by midweek, according to Palestinian officials, who


Roma, 11:53 - CALCIO, ROCCHI: IN SETTIMANA INCONTRO CON LAZIO PER CONTRATTO

Tommaso Rocchi incontrerà in settimana per la Lazio per parlare del rinnovo del contratto. ''...


Deutsche Telekom lands iPhone licence for Germany

T-Mobile, the mobile arm of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, has beaten rival Vodafone in the battle to win the marketing rights for Apple's iPhone in Germany, the regional daily Rheinische Post reported on Wednesday.


A Â£25,000 reward is offered in the hunt for a "dangerous" gang who shot at a police officer after a bank robbery.


Singapore police arrest the chief executive of China Aviation Oil, the firm embroiled in a $550m  trading scandal.


New Zealanders warned of more terrorism in Indonesia

New Zealanders in Indonesia arebeing contacted by embassy staff after new reports that terroristscould be planning attacks on specific targets, including hotels, The Dominion Post reported Thursday.


U.S. Stocks, Bonds Rise, Oil, Dollar Fall

U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as a dramatically raised price target for Apple Computer Inc. shares spilled over to other technology stocks, and a rally in crude oil stalled as traders took profits.


Wall Street passed a significant milestone on Thursday, as two investment banks agreed to pay a combined $100 million to settle charges that they published overly bullish