So much support It appears that HP's fondness for Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system has returned. The hardware maker today announced quick support for the latest version of Solaris across a number of its Intel-based servers.â¦


Three children, two American soldiers and an Afghan policeman died in two new attacks by people suspected of being Taliban rebels in Afghanistan, Afghan and American officials announced Saturday.


SONY has released the worldâs first high definition handycam for the consumer market - the HDR-FX1. The device, which will be available locally and in the region from mid-November, at an estimated $US4500


Mystics Can Pocket a Million - When Pigs Can Fly

A sworn enemy of superstition,  Canadian-born magician James Randi has thrown down the gauntlet  to mystics, promising $1 million to anyone who can prove  supernatural powers or a phenomenon beyond the reach of  science.


IT PRIDES itself on being the beating liberal heart of Europe, but the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh has convinced many in the Netherlands that the nationâs legendary tolerance has now reached its limit.


Music stars will take part in eight concerts around the world in July to highlight the threat of global warming.


Finanziaria, Montezemolo: non si guarda al futuro

'Siamo impaludati in tattiche elettorali di breve periodo che non affrontano i pochi e prioritari problemi per il futuro del Paese, e questo Ã¨ grave". Lo ha detto il presidente di Confindustria, Luca Cordero


Prosecutors said Edward R. Grande copied and downloaded computer research last year about Duracellâs AA batteries.


Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.


More toxic materials set to join global trade watch list

GENEVA: Up to 15 hazardous substances are expected to be added to a "watch list" regulating international trade in toxic industrial products and pesticides, the UN's environmental agency said.


Internet law professor Michael Geist says attempts to block social media sites such as Facebook are misguided.


The world's fastest-growing economies reject Microsoft

Blog: Microsoft tried to get its new OOXML file format standard ratified by India and Brazil.  It failed.  Now what?


The death toll rose to 28 and more than 70 were wounded in heavy clashes between the US-Iraqi forces and insurgents in Iraq's northern town of Tall Afar.


Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage for   him to be chosen as prime minister next week.


The electronics company posts a big loss amid a variety of problems the company says are "self-induced." It also warns it expects an operating loss for the current quarter, which includes the rest of the holiday selling season.


Death toll from Cyclone Gonu rises to 61

The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 61 on Saturday — with dozens of others still missing and feared dead in Oman — when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.


Lo ha deciso Riesame per valutarne condizioni salute


FederazioneModaItalia, incremento dal 5 al 15%


IRA links destruction of weapons to demand

The Irish Republican Army declared yesterday that it is willing to get rid of all its weapons this month - but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.


French President Sarkozy discusses Mediterranean unity and energy ties on a North African visit.


India will allow domestic commercial  airlines to fly long haul international routes, a move it hopes will drive down prices.


Defiant Bush defends war in speech to UN

President George Bush yesterday delivered an unrepentant speech to the United Nations defending the war in Iraq and calling on the world to help rebuild the country.


Darrell (Dimebag) Abbott was known around the heavy-metal world for his scary stage persona. The burly lead guitarist for a group called Damageplan adorned his body with leather


Michael Cooper opened his first day as head coach of the Denver Nuggets in a team meeting, giving each of his players a frank assessment of what their roles will be now that he's running the show.


As Mexico celebrates the centenary of Frida Kahloâs birth, the largest retrospective ever of her work attempts to look beyond what Mexicans call Fridamania.


In Guard Speech, Bush Says He Is Proud of His Service

Speaking to National Guard members and veterans at a politically charged moment, President Bush acknowledged on Tuesday the hardships that the war in Iraq had caused


Proposto il rigetto dei ricorsi di tutti gli imputati


An Active, Purposeful Machine That Comes Out at Night to Play

New research underscores a vast transformation in the way scientists have come to understand the sleeping brain.


President Bush's move to renominate 20 judicial candidates whose confirmations have been blocked by Senate Democrats sets the stage for a bitter procedural battle that


Merrill Lynch also took a write-down of more than $14 billion as subprime mortgage woes took another bite out of its balance sheet.


Prodi, nessuna preoccupazione per manifestazione


Family of John Ritter Sues Over Actor's Death

The wife and daughter of actor John Ritter, who collapsed and died suddenly of heart problems a year ago, have sued the hospital where he was treated, claiming that doctors misdiagnosed his condition.


Bush cites Iraq progress, says troop cuts possible

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.


Russia's world champ Totmianina hospitalized after bad fall

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct 23  - Reigning world pairs champion Tatiana Totmianina was hospitalized after a headfirst fall to the ice during a Skate America competition here on Saturday.


By William Johnson and Christopher Davies (Filed: 28/12/2004). The United manager banged the desk at his club's Carrington training ground and shouted abuse at his questioners when the issue of Rooney was raised


ROMA, 15 NOV - Un gruppo di ricercatori ha scoperto il segreto che rende le cellule staminali del cervello molto resistenti alla morte. Le staminali del sistema nervoso si difendono in modo eccezionale grazie


Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on Monday said it received a 10-year, $408 million Army contract to provide simulated battle command training support to Army corps commanders - the latest award in


Southern New England's two biggest utilities are developing plans to spend potentially $1 billion constructing 80 to 100 miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines to make the regional power grid more reliable and keep up with steadily growing energy demand.


Virtualization gaining traction, Forrester report shows

A new survey shows 51% of data centers are testing or using virtualization, up from 41% the last time the survey was done; use and awareness in SMBs are also growing.


Sadr Loyalists Withdraw From Leading Iraqi Alliance

BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 -- The followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will withdraw from Iraq's leading political alliance, a spokesman for the group said Saturday.


I consumatori: siamo pronti a vigilare su aumenti tariffe


Taiwan high-speed rail steams toward Xmas launch

TAOYUAN, Taiwan  - A super-fast rail line, the  world's second to use ground-breaking Japanese bullet train  technology, is steering toward a year-end service launch in  Taiwan after years of delays.


TomTom, the world's No. 1 maker of personal navigation devices, has increased its bid to $4.2 billion in cash for digital map provider Tele Atlas. TomTom announced it would immediately begin purchasing and acquiring 25.8 million Tele Atlas shares, which represent about 28.3 percent of the software provider's share capital.


KB Home posts quarterly net loss after charges

KB Home , a leading U.S. home builder, posted a quarterly net loss on Tuesday as it took $343.3 million of pretax charges for abandoning land option contracts and writing down the value of inventory, a consequence of the U.S. housing market downturn.


Isolation, Pride Could See Panjsher Left Behind

BAZARAK, Afghanistan  - Its high peaks and proudly  independent people protected Afghanistan's Panjsher Valley from  the Soviets and the Taliban, but this very isolation and pride  could see it left behind in the race for development.


A judge in a major EU anti-trust case against Microsoft calls a sudden meeting after high-profile departures.


Oil prices fell on Monday to a 7-week low under $47 a barrel, as growing fuel stocks in the United States eased fears of a winter supply crunch despite a cold snap in North America at the weekend.


Dontrelle Willis lost for the first time in four starts, giving up home runs to Carlos Quinten and Damion Easley before leaving in the seventh inning as the Florida Marlins lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday night.


Father of missing Madeleine gets stolen photos back: report

The father of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished in Portugal, has had a wallet containing cherished pictures of his daughter returned after it was stolen in London, reports said Monday.


RIGHTS:  'Abortion Ship' Heads Back Home after Stand-Off with Portugal

LISBON, Sep 10 (IPS) - The so-called âabortion shipâ belonging to the  Dutch  pro-choice foundation âWomen on Wavesâ (WoW) is on its way  home after  spending two weeks in international waters off the  Portuguese coast.


In a surprise victory, veteran actor Alan Arkin, who plays an irascible grandfather in "Little Miss Sunshine," won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday at the world's top film awards.


FCC fines CBS $550,000 over "nipplegate"

As expected, America's communications regulator - the FCC - has hit Viacom's CBS network with a $550,000 fine over Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl half-time show.


ROMA - Si tratta di Salvatore Santoro. Mostrato un corpo e un passaporto a lui intestato. Fini: "Finora non c'e' nulla di accertato ed e' tutto da verificare con massima cautela". Terroristi avrebbero mostrato


Marginalized Saudi city looks to U.N. for help

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia is hoping that the United Nations will step in to help save the historic old city of Jeddah, whose unique Red Sea architecture is in danger of disappearing.


Tokyo bourse to decide Nikko delisting on Fri: paper

The Tokyo Stock Exchange  is likely to decide to delist scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Friday, the Nikkei business daily reported.


Relatives of a woman killed by her husband welcome an extra Â£700,000 for a phoneline for domestic abuse victims.


ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees

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


Attorney General Held Firm on War Policies

Time and again, Alberto Gonzalez returned to the theme that in a time of war the president has broad powers to protect the country.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


American Pranksters the Yes Men Seek New Recruits

They are two American pranksters serious about being simultaneously funny and subversive and they sometimes pose as double-talking Bush loyalists or off-the-wall officials -- the sort who offer to recycle hamburger to stop hunger.


Firenze, 14:57 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; LUPATELLI: DAREMO FASTIDIO ALLA ROMA

''Totti, Montella e Cassano. Questa Roma ha dei grandi attaccanti e molti altri buoni giocatori, ma,...


HAMILTON, Bermuda  - Hurricane Florence bashed   Bermuda with powerful winds and pounding surf on Monday and   gained some strength as it swept just offshore of the   mid-Atlantic British island.


Ex-Banker Quattrone Gets 18 Months Prison

Former investment banker Frank Quattrone was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison, two months more than the harshest recommended penalty, for obstructing probes


The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are taking their search for their daughter to Berlin and Amsterdam.


Mortgage fraud has the potential to become a "national epidemic" that could expose lenders to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, an FBI official said yesterday.


Interest groups could slow energy action

Three powerful lobbying forces — automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry — are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy.


Circa 70 i partecipanti, iniziativa di Alleanza Islamica


Readers blast the Goodbye Weapon, the state of mobile technology, and the death of science fiction in Hollywood. Plus: Links to our most commented-upon blog posts.


DR Congo President Joseph Kabila makes his first trip to the volatile east of the country to a rapturous welcome.


LAS VEGAS -- You remember the picture of that stunned fellow in a Boston bar on the night of the NBA draft lottery, with hands on his head and a look of utter shock when the Celtics' logo was pulled out of the No. 5 slot?


Verona, 19:05 - CALCIO, CHIEVO; CONTI: MERITAVAMO DI VINCERE

Chievo giÃ¹ di tono dopo il pareggio interno col Messina. A riferire l'umore della squadra veronese, ...


World AIDS Day this year raises awareness of women and the disease

(National) Dec. 1, 2004 - Dr. Peter Piot is the executive director of UN AIDS, "In 20 years time, AIDS has become the worst epidemic that human-kind has ever known.


Envoy presents U.N. plan for Kosovo to Serbia

United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday handed to Serb authorities his plan for the future of Kosovo that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.Comment


Tuesday's shuttle launch marks the beginning of an intense period of space activity for Europe.


KILKENNY, Ireland Ernie Els put behind him the disappointment of three close calls at this year's majors with a one-shot victory in the WGC-American Express Championship on Sunday.


SYDNEY - James Hardie Industries yesterday agreed to pay A$1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in compensation to people with asbestos-related diseases.


Joost appointed Cisco veteran Mike Volpi as chief executive officer, the Internet-based TV service said Tuesday.


Il viceministro dell'Economia conferma l'eventualitÃ  di alleggerire il fiscoE' necessario perÃ² stare attenti alle spesa e confermare i dati positivi degli ultimi mesi                                          Visco: "Se le entrate restano positive ampia possibilitÃ  di tagliare le tasse"


Ieuan Wyn Jones says Plaid Cymru could lead the Welsh assembly after new life was breathed into a coalition deal.


Gartner: Microsoft beats PalmSource in PDAs

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants (PDAs) using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE operating system have surpassed those using PalmSource Inc.'s Palm OS for the first time, following a precipitous decline in Palm OS PDA shipments in the third quarter of 2004, according to research released Friday by industry analyst company Gartner Inc.


A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths

As of Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, 1,055 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 801 died as a result of hostile action and 254 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.


The Bahamas are lashed by howling winds and rain as a hurricane roars through the islands on its way to Florida.


A 36-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of French student Amelie Delagrange.


Jessica Simpson sang for the first time since injuring a vocal cord a week ago, but only made it through one song before her voice cracked.


IN HIS SPEECH at the Republican convention, President Bush put reform of the tax code on the agenda for a second term, saying he wants "a simpler, fairer, pro-growth system.


Sarkozy is ready to endorse Blair's demands in Europe - a move that may finally pave the way for agreement on replacing its constitution.


Defending champion and top-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne had to fight off a surprising challenge from 126th-ranked Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday before moving into the second round of the US Open.


Russian zoo closes after two geese found dead

One of Russia's main zoos  has closed down after the deaths of two geese sparked a bird  flu scare, but a local health expert ruled this out as the  cause of their deaths.


Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.


Portavoce governo risponde a lettera ministri ala radicale


A Shrinking Airline Industry Offers Limited Options

The plight of airline workers can be seen through the eyes of refugees from failed airlines like Pan Am, Eastern and T.W.A.


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) expects its third quarter to go from red to black as it posts record sales in this year's third quarter.


Eight states worth just 99 electoral votes are up for grabs in the closely fought presidential race, with the White House going to whoever conquers this shrinking battlefield.


Karzai slams Afghan deaths after raid on U.S

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned U.S. troops for shooting dead 10 civilians at the weekend as officials said nine more -- five women, three children and an old man -- had been killed in an air strike.


Iraq: autobomba anche a Tall Afar, 4 morti e 16 feriti

TALL AFAR (Iraq) - Ennesima autobomba questa mattina in Iraq. Questa volta l'esplosione si e' verificata a Tall Afar, nel nord del paese, nel centro della citta'. Secondo fonti mediche 4 iracheni sono morti e altri 16 sono rimasti feriti.


Turkey is on course to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit.


The number of Americans filing new   claims for jobless benefits edged down by 2,000 last week, the   government said on Thursday in a report showing stability in   the pace of layoffs.


Rural towns struggle in two-speed Britain

"I don't want to stay here for  the rest of my life," says 17-year-old student Jenny Sharp in  the quiet heart of British Midlands market town Melton Mowbray.


In a letter outlining Microsoftâs  hopes to Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Microsoft C.E.O. Steven Ballmer followed a storied tradition on Wall Street: the bear hug letter.


Pietersen hammers Zimbabwe bowlers at Twenty20 Worlds

Kevin Pietersen lashed 79 off 37 balls as England took on giant-killers Zimbabwe in a World Twenty20 match at Newlands Thursday.


Blair Wedded to Bush But Ready to Court Kerry

If the presidential poll is hard to predict in the United States, it's an equally tough call in Britain to fathom who Tony Blair wants to see in the White House.


Si aggiunge a Air France e Lufthansa, oltre ad Aeroflot


Finocchiaro, riconteggio e' elemento di pacificazione


Nvidia GeForce 7150/nForce 630i integrated chipset

Biostar's TF7150U-M7 mobo for Intel CPUs arrives Review The vast majority of PCs use integrated graphics instead of an add-in graphics card and therein lies a problem. If you want the wow factor of the Aero interface in Windows Vista then you need a reasonable level of graphics performance, even if you have no desire to play games on your PC.â¦


No news is not good news Thai radio, television and internet operators will from tomorrow face closure if they disseminate "news and comments deemed a threat to national security and the monarchy", Reuters reports.â¦


FINANZIARIA: BERLUSCONI, ''BASTA PARLARE DI TAGLI E STANGATE''

(ASCA) - Roma, 22 set . ''Non voglio piu' sentir parlare di tagli e di stangate, che hanno un effetto negatico sulla fiducia dei cittadini''. Ha esordito cosi' il presidente del Consiglio, Silvio Berlusconi


All the news, right here No time to go barking in Barca this week? Don't worry, El Reg was there in force, battling flakey networks, congested cells, and aggressive locals to give you the broadest coverage possible. And, just to make your life even easier, we've collected our collective output together, to help you relive the tears, the laughter, and even the keynote speeches. Enjoy:â¦


NAIROBI -- One recent Sunday, Paul Abeno, a mid-level computer sales executive, shuffled through aisles of brass cabinet pulls, colored tiles and tiny glass-encased models of three-bedroom homes landscaped with paper trees. He stared through the glass at Baobab Village.


A Muslim police officer was excused duty guarding Israel's embassy for safety reasons, Scotland Yard says.


Selezione stranieri battutta L'Italia vince 100-98

TORINO, 11 DICEMBRE 2004 - Inizia con una vittoria significativa l'avventura da vice campione olimpici degli azzurri di Atene che a Torino hanno battuto la selezione degli stranieri nell'All Star Game. 100


LOS ANGELES  - Christopher Paolini began writing his fantasy novel "Eragon" at age 15 and published it at 18.


A girl of 10 who is worshipped as a living goddess in Nepal has her title reinstated after visiting the US.


Safety problems with Vioxx could have been detected in months rather than years if the Food and Drug Administration had been able to sift through health-care information already compiled privately on one in three Americans.


The Kimberley and Ukraine: an insidious connection

Dioxin poisoning is the unlikely connection between Australia's wild Kimberley region and the politically unstable slavic state, Ukraine.


Apple CEO Makes Appearance Since Surgery

Steve Jobs, the charismatic chief executive of Apple Computer Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, is back on the job after undergoing cancer surgery.


Abbas, Haniyeh arrive for unity talks in Mecca

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Islam's holy city of Mecca on Tuesday for what officials said was a last-ditch effort to end factional fighting.


Kenneth Branagh to star in BBC 'Wallander' series

YSTAD, Sweden (The Local) -- Celebrated UK actor Kenneth Branagh is set to team up with the BBC for the production of a series of three films based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Wallander crime novels, UK trade magazine Broadcast reports. The three 90-minute crime dramas are to be filmed here this summer on location in southern Sweden, home of fictional detective Kurt Wallander. Mankell's series of books on the life of the enigmatic police inspector have achieved great international success, selling 10 million copies worldwide.


Shock jock Howard Stern regained control of the master tapes from the last 20 years of his terrestrial radio program in a Friday settlement of the contentious lawsuit brought by his former bosses at CBS Radio.


STOCKS & BONDS Late Rally for Many Shares; Intel Limits Nasdaq's ...

Stocks rose yesterday as a late rally lifted the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index for the fifth day in six. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index climbed 5.09 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,104.


The words high-definition TV are enough to give many consumers the sweats. We'll help you relax and buy smarter. Flat or fat? EDTV or HDTV?


Israeli forces thrust into Gaza's largest refugee camp on Thursday, killing five Palestinians including a nineyear- old boy, as the army tightened its grip on the northern part of the coastal strip.


New York's attorney general files a lawsuit alleging market rigging against a second US insurance broker, Universal Life Resources.


MEXICO CITY -- Nine months after he disappeared under a cloud of corruption allegations at home, former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is living and working in the same Mexican city he fled two decades ago to avoid arrest on murder charges, the Associated Press has learned.


President Bush has chosen former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped direct the emergency response to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes against the Twin Towers, to lead the Homeland Security Department, charged with safeguarding Americans from future attack, administration officials said Thursday.


Cambodia bans Mia Farrow-led Darfur protest

Cambodia has barred U.S. actress Mia  Farrow and a group campaigning for an end to atrocities in  Sudan's Darfur region from lighting a symbolic Olympic torch at  a "Killing Fields" memorial site.


Renata Tebaldi Ã¨ morta. Lâanti Maria Callas non câÃ¨ piÃ¹. La soprano Ã¨ sÃ¨irata allâetÃ  di 82 anni nella sua casa di San Marino. Nota come l'anti Maria Callas, per gli straordinari successi artistici


Oil Rises Amid Expected U.S. Inventory Decline

Oil prices rose amid expectations a report will show U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week to post the seventh straight decline in inventories for the worldâs largest energy consumer.


Del Piero recuperato per gara contro Norvegia

Marcello Lippi potrÃ  contare anche su Alessandro Del Piero nel match di sabato contro la Norvegia. Il capitano della Juve ha superato definitivamente il problema al polpaccio che ne aveva condizionato la preparazione in questi giorni.


L'esercito prosegue le operazioni contro i miliziani


Suspected UK pirates could lose Internet access

The British Parliament is considering new legislation that would give ISPs the right to ban users over the downloading of pirated material.


Lucent Technologies Inc. , among the world's largest makers of telecommunications equipment, on Wednesday said quarterly earnings rose, helped by improvement in its wireless networks business, which makes base stations and other products.


Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists claim.


WASHINGTON -- Employers boosted payrolls by a better-than-expected 132,000 jobs in June, enough to keep the unemployment rate at a relatively low 4.5 percent. It was another sign that the economy is snapping out of a nearly yearlong sluggish spell.


High-tech Job Market Has Lost 400,000 Jobs

Half of the technology job losses since 2001 have come since the recession officially ended.


Suicide bomber wounds two soldiers in West Bank

A Palestinian suicide bomber has blown himself up at a checkpoint in the West Bank, wounding at least two Israeli soldiers. The blast is being described as a revenge attack for an earlier Israeli airstrike


Briton aims to be first woman to solo both poles

Laid neatly on a deserted London office floor in parallel lines designed to meet at the North Pole, 60 days' worth of energy-charged packages wait for Rosie Stancer.


Palestinians voice respect for Powell, want more âbalance' from ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat paid tribute to outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell Tuesday as a man who commanded respect but said his successor had to show more balance in the Middle East conflict.


In New York, approaching zero Halo hour. Plus: Master Chief interview!

The debut hour approaches nearer for the final installment of the Xbox 360 trilogy, as Microsoft throws a star-studded bash.


WASHINGTON - The US pharmaceutical industry that exports billions of dollars worth of medicine around the world faced new scrutiny Friday after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs they


Blog: New Google Maps feature lets people create customized maps with content from different mashup sites


Ukrainian leader's website hacked; Russian group claims responsibility

Hackers from several countries launched a massive attack and temporarily disabled the website of Ukraine's western-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko, his office said Tuesday. via Canoe


(12/17/04)-- A newly released audio recording sounds like Osama bin Laden, and the intelligence community has "high confidence" that it is.


Ziff Davis - Opinion: With security holes to the left of us and program incompatibilities to the right, SP2 is giving corporate IT departments more reasons than ever to consider a move to Linux desktops.


Vikes 'D' gift wraps North title for Pack

MINNEAPOLIS - Brett Favre guided a 76-yard drive to set up Ryan Longwell's game-ending 29-yard field goal, lifting the Green Bay Packers to a 34-31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Friday - and clinching a third straight NFC North crown.


Ailing Dutch soccer opts for play-off system

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch football association KNVB announced on Friday that starting from the 2005-06 season, a play-off system will be introduced in the Premier Division to determine which teams qualifies for the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.


Vestiti da fabbrica, tute e canottiere da muratori


Market dips with Eli Lilly, caution before data

Stocks fell on Thursday as a drop in Eli Lilly and Co  shares and caution before new home sales data offset optimism about earnings from tech companies Motorola Inc  and EMC Corp .


Musharraf may have lifted the order, but with elections on the horizon, many of his recent draconian measures endure


Russia spurns West's concessions on Kosovo future

Western nations softened a draft resolution to back U.N. plans for a future Kosovo state, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of a veto unless there were radical changes.


Carmelo Anthony is going to the All-Star game after all. The NBA's leading scorer was picked by commissioner David Stern on Friday as an injury replacement and will make his first All-Star game appearance on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas.


Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for 11 musicals including "Chicago" and "Cabaret," died Saturday at his home due to a heart attack.  He also wrote the lyrics for the standard "New York, New York" in 1977, later recorded by Frank Sinatra. E...


Canadians Fret as Americans Forget About Lockout

When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced on September 15 that the league had failed to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and would lock out the players it drove an icy spike through the hearts of hockey-mad Canadians.


Death Risk in Breast Cancer Patients Can Vary Widely

In women with breast cancer, the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent, depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at diagnosis, new research shows.


Oil Plunges as Demand Growth to Ease and Iraqi Shipments Rise

Crude oil futures tumbled to a four- week low in New York on speculation that growth in demand will ease as supplies increase. US manufacturing growth was the slowest in more than a year


Polish industrial growth soars in August

Polish industrial production surged by 13.5 percent year-on-year in August compared with 6 percent growth in July, official figures showed Friday.


FDA Marks Thanksgiving With Two Approvals

Biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks were nearly flat during the holiday-shortened week as two long-awaited drugs received Food and Drug Administration approval.


European and US shares fall sharply as poor economic and corporate news adds to fears of a US recession.


Karzai is formally declared victor in the Afghan elections

KABUL Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan's electoral board Wednesday after an international panel announced that irregularities it had investigated


Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers have to retake their promotion exams after mistakes by examiners.


Heavy US bombing raids spark a fresh exodus of residents from the rebel-held city of Falluja in Iraq.


Jaguar workers to vote on strike action, stage protest

Thousands of Jaguar car workers will begin voting next week on strike action over plans to halt production at a British plant with the loss of over 1,000 jobs, union leaders said.


Israeli Coalition on Verge of Collapse Over Budget

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  coalition faced possible collapse on Wednesday as a budget vote  was likely to force him to remake his government or call  elections that would imperil his Gaza withdrawal plan.


Morrison sells off string of supermarkets

SHOPPERS across Scotland are facing yet more change in the high street with a string of supermarket stores changing ownership for the second time in seven months.


US Team's '91ers Get One More Kickaround

AMERICA'S original soccer mamas put off the next stage to their lives last night because it wasn't time for Mary Tyler Moore's hat to fall from the sky just yet.


In a national park, the call of the wild: Is it cellular?

At least 30 national parks now sport cell phone towers or other antennas, according to a newly released partial inventory by the National Park Service. This list, the first of its kind, is evidence that phone companies are targeting America's national parks for business.


Highlights from the SEW Blog: June 11, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.


Aid groups warn against adopting orphans of tsunami disaster

Humanitarian groups warned against westerners rushing to adopt Asian children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, proposing instead that they sponsor children or continue donating to aid organizations.


Growth slows to four-year low in first quarter

The economy grew at a 0.7 percent annual pace in the first three months of this year, the weakest in more than four years but slightly better than previously estimated, data showed  on Thursday.


Europeans risk kidnapping charge over Chad 'adoptions'

France's ambassador to Chad said Sunday that six charity workers risking kidnap charges for trying to fly 103 children to France from the Chad-Darfur border must face the consequences of their acts.


Rivals to adopt chips used in MacBook Air

Two PC makers plan to adopt the miniaturized Intel Core 2 Duo processors designed by Intel specifically for Apple's MacBook Air.


Prosecutor: Athletes got steroids online

A New York prosecutor said athletes and celebrities were involved as customers of an illicit steroid sales network that produced arrests of four company officials on Tuesday.


Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Shaquille O'Neal had 20 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks and Dwyane Wade led all scorers with 25 points, as the Miami Heat downed the Denver Nuggets, 107-100.


Stock lawsuit possible in telecom merger plan

Former MediaOne Group executives are exploring a class-action lawsuit over Cingular's insistence that AT&T Wireless stock options, issued by the millions to employees and former employees of MediaOne, AT&T and AT&T Wireless, be exercised as soon as the merger closes, people involved in the effort say.


World leaders have been sending their condolences following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.


Yahoo to Buy Online Music Seller for $160 Million

na move to expand its role in the online music business, Yahoo announced yesterday that it would buy Musicmatch, a company that sells music online, for $160 million.


US Supreme Court case could change patent law

(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could make it harder to obtain patents, with technology giants Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. supporting a change. The case, involving a patent on gas pedals for vehicles, has the Supreme Court examining how lower courts arrive at a decision that an invention was obvious, and therefore not patentable. In the case, Teleflex Inc. and Technology Holding Co., holders of the electronic gas pedal patent, sued KSR International Co. for patent infringement, but the defendant argued the courts should invalidate the gas pedal invention for obviousness. After oral arguments Tuesday, some patent lawyers said they expected the Supreme Court to overturn a 4-decade-old approach to deciding obviousness often called the teaching-suggestion-motivation test. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has used this test, saying that there must be some proven teaching, suggestion or motivation to lead a person of ordinary skill to combine "prior art" products into a new invention for that invention to be declared obvious. Other patent lawyers said they expect little movement from the Supreme Court, although any change would have a huge impact on patent holders. If the Supreme Court throws out the motivation test, all current patents could be suspect, said Paul Andre, an intellectual property lawyer with Perkins Coie LLP, in an interview. A change in the motivation test could mean fewer patent infringement cases brought by patent holders, because they would fear that courts would rule their patents invalid, he said. "The alleged infringer would have an easier time challenging a patent," he added. But most patent lawyers seem to believe the Supreme Court won't change the law, with the court last acting on the obvious standard in a 1966 ruling, he said. "If the Supreme Court wanted to do it, they'd have changed it by now," he said. But justices asked several questions about the obviousness standard, with Chief Justice John Roberts suggesting courts needed more flexibility to determine obviousness. The court will likely require the Federal Circuit to come up with a new standard, said Sharon Barner, an intellectual property lawyer with Foley and Lardner LLP, in an interview apart from the court hearing. Cisco and Microsoft, joined by three other companies, filed a brief in the case saying the motivation standard makes it too hard to prove obviousness, leading to bad patents. Microsoft and Cisco have been sued for "allegedly infringing dozens of questionable patents," wrote their attorney Peter Sullivan, of Hughes, Hubbard and Reed LLP. The motivation test "establishes too lenient a standard for patentability, and it has had a stifling effect on true innovation because it encumbers ideas well beyond the limits imposed by Congress for patentable inventions," Sullivan wrote in his brief to the Supreme Court. But a group of patent lawyers filed a brief opposing a change in the law, saying a change in the obviousness standard could make it difficult to get a patent on any invention that combines old products. The current standard is established and well-thought, wrote lawyers for the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Without the motivation test, there's no standard to determine obviousness, said Ronald Riley, president of the Professional Inventors Alliance, in an interview. "Things are often obvious in hindsight when they weren't that obvious," he said. "Big un-innovative ... are trying to make the invention game a king's sport because they hate having to compensate inventors."


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Amnesty expresses concern over Haiti's justice system

A delegation from the human rights group Amnesty International expressed concern Thursday about "serious problems" in Haiti's police force and justice system as the team ended a visit after more than a month of sporadic


The Federal Communications Commission ruled that states are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Net phone providers, which treat calls no differently than any other application on the Internet.


Magglio Ordonez drives in Placido Polanco to cap a four-run rally in the ninth and helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, on Monday night.


Scott Peterson's defense attorneys began their much-anticipated case Monday, striking out at a key prosecution theory that Laci Peterson had stopped walking for exercise weeks before she vanished.


Senate Approves Internet Tax Ban Extension

The Senate reached a compromise between lawmakers who proposed a shorter extension and those who insisted it should be made permanent.


Si e' passati da 4.144 nel 1991 a 8.221 nel 2004


Senator Criticizes Europe's Boeing Stance

European leaders have been making  false claims in a commercial-aircraft trade dispute pitting  Boeing Co. BA.N against its Europe-based rival Airbus, a U.S.  senator close to Boeing said on Thursday.


PITTSBURGH The Houston Astros had their 12-game winning streak snapped by the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-to-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.


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.


Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands

PALANGAKARAYA, Indonesia  - It used to be malaria that gave people fevers in Indonesia's remote, mosquito-infested peatlands.


Las Vegas, 12:35 - BASKET, NBA: BELINELLI STUPISCE, 37 PUNTI ALL'ESORDIO

Esordio da incorniciare per Marco Belinelli. Nella prima uscita con la maglia di Golden State, alla ...


A Diamo d'Alba, la vittima era un apprendista di 18 anni


Africa backs French troops in Ivory Coast

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The African Union (AU) said yesterday it supports United Nations and French intervention in Ivory Coast as UN Security Council held talks last night on a French resolution to impose an arms embargo on Ivory Coast.


Brown pledges change as British prime minister

Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister on Wednesday after years of waiting and promised sweeping changes in style and policy to restore trust in a government damaged by the Iraq war.


BURBANK, Calif.  Â Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee traded jokes with Jay Leno and played bass guitar with the "Tonight Show" band on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses he hopes to win.


Bangladesh calls in Interpol over bombing of political rally

Bangladesh has called in Interpol to assist investigations into the August 21 grenade attack on an opposition rally which killed 20 people, a senior police officer said.


Australian Lleyton Hewitt beat Slovakia's Karol Beck 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday to move into the US Open quarterfinals. Hewitt, the 2001 open champion, will next meet the winner of the Tommy Haas-Tomas Berdych match.


Swiss banking giant UBS AG announced yesterday that it would buy the capital markets division of discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp.


Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21: Kansas Surprises Va. Tech in Orange Bowl

Kansas and Virginia Tech put on the sort of show that was sorely needed by college football and the B.C.S., which has endured several one-sided mismatches this bowl season.


The literature of the American theater is chockablock with dysfunctional-family dramas, stories about fathers loathing mothers, wives resenting husbands, brothers and sisters who care too much


Delta Air Lines Inc. could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as next week, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.


Powell tries to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian talks

Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel on Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.


Indians extend contract of manager Wedge

The Cleveland Indians made a long-term commitment to manager Eric Wedge on Monday, signing him to a three-year contract extension through 2010.


Real Madrid named Luxemburgo as the new coach in a bid to reignite their fading league campaign. "Real Madrid's board has unanimously approved the proposal of the sports management team to appoint Vanderlei


Report Assails Harvard's Links with Nazis

Collegial relations between Harvard  University and the Nazis in the 1930s were a "shameful" episode  that helped give a favorable picture of the regime in the  United States, according to a report released on Sunday.


Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined old warriors and widows of the fallen at a memorial service Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict.


Dog Medicine Is Recalled at Request of F.D.A.

A time-released medication used to prevent heartworm in millions of dogs was recalled after thousands of dogs suffered adverse reactions.


Homeland Security's Personnel Rules Overhaul Will Proceed Without ...

The departure of Tom Ridge as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will not slow plans to overhaul rules for how thousands of Homeland Security employees are paid, promoted and disciplined, a top official said yesterday.


Hong Kong-PRC pact seen affecting Taiwan companies

Taiwan companies will have to deal with greater competition from next year because of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement signed by mainland China with Hong Kong and Macau, an analyst said yesterday.


Pakistan winds up first tent camp in quake-zone

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan  - Authorities in Pakistani Kashmir on Tuesday began winding up one of the first informal tent camps established for survivors of last year's deadly earthquake.


Scientists scramble to save U.S. shorebird

FORTESCUE, New Jersey  - A tiny shorebird is edging closer to extinction, threatened by fishermen who destroy its food staple for bait and loved by ornithologists who are drawn from around the world to count it.


Diebold Inc., a maker of automated teller machines, on Monday cut its third-quarter and yearly profit views, citing legal and other costs from the controversy over security and certification of its electronic voting machines in California.


MusicStation's on-demand radio goes live

World+dog gangs up on Apple MusicStation, the service that aims to give unlimited mobile access to music worldwide for a small weekly fee, finally went live today.â¦


Newcastle boss Graeme Souness admitted his side should have heaped even more misery on Sochaux as they marched into the last 32 of this seasonâs UEFA Cup.


Braves Beat Astros 6-5 to Force Fifth Game

Atlanta Braves' Adam LaRoche (19) hits a three-run home run against the Houston Astros to tie the game during the sixth inning in Game 4 of their National League Division Series Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004 in Houston.


A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths

As of Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at least 1,145 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 877 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.


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


Democrats Could Win Republican Seat in Colorado Race

Democrats could have a chance at seizing  a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a  neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a  Hispanic from humble origins.


Here's a hands-on look at the moderately priced, multiformat DV-CP802.


The first Arts Festival will take place in Bucharest, Romania, between 5 and 12 September 2004.


Officials dedicated the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, a 10-story, 400,000-square-foot addition to Massachusetts General Hospital that opened Tuesday with 1,200 patients being seen on the first day. The $219 million glass and steel building on Cambridge Street, with underground parking for 725 cars, is the largest ambulatory care facility in New England. The project began more than two years ...


The Senate passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package Monday that cuts taxes for businesses ranging from film companies to bow and arrow makers while closing tax loopholes and


Essay: Second Opinions, Through a Patientâs Eyes

Second opinions can be awkward, to say the least, for doctor and patient, and surprisingly little is known about them.


Liverpool said on Monday it was in "exclusive negotiations" with a Dubai-based consortium for a possible takeover of the soccer club.Comment


A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday, with presenters saying they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.


Israel says it will show "patience and restraint" after Palestinian rocket-fire threatens a fragile ceasefire.


The ex-wife of convicted pedophile James Porter said the former priest's death Friday brought relief but also renewed feelings of betrayal for the abuse she says he inflicted on three of their children.


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Canadian Steve Nash and Phoenix Suns rebound with win over Houston

(CP) - One night after being stifled, Canadian Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns shot the lights out. Nash scored 22 points and Quentin Richardson set a new Suns mark for three-pointers in a game with nine and


(InfoWorld) - In just three years, the bytes of data generated by digital cameras, mobile phones, businesses IT systems, and devices will equal the number of grains of sand on the world's beaches. It's a mind-boggling estimation from market analysis company IDC. But it reflects the proliferation of devices and systems used by consumers and businesses, said Stephen Minton, IDC's vice president of worldwide IT markets and strategies, during a briefing on Thursday. Over the next few years, corporations will face tough decisions on how to store data, find information and comply with regulations, said Minton, who laid out a forecast of what IT managers can expect from what's being labeled the "information explosion." It won't be an easy task. While 85 percent of that data is predicted to come from consumers snapping photos, surfing Web pages, and sending e-mail, about 60 percent of that consumer data will still cross corporate networks, Minton said. Much of the data is unstructured, meaning it's not clearly labeled as to its content, such as photos, video, and perhaps phone recordings, which makes it more difficult to use. But technologies that enable deep analysis of the data are emerging, and could help business unlock what's important and improve their operations. The mass of data companies are collecting -- the retailer Wal-Mart Stores, for example, generates 1TB of transactional data a day -- represents huge business opportunities "if companies can really get to a point where they can successfully analyze the data going back and forth on their network," Minton said. Companies are "still a long way short of being able to analyze the unstructured data on their networks," he said. The data is coming from Web services such as the photo-sharing site Flickr, Skype, and even the virtual world Second Life. The business opportunities are the positive side. But the security concerns still abound, as well as regulatory compliance and liability worries. According to data from the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team, the number of reported software vulnerabilties declined in 2003 and 2004 but surged in 2005 to around 6,000, an all-time high. "This explosion in the number of applications and devices has created an explosion in the number of security vulnerabilities," Minton said. The security and reliability of those IT systems has become so important that the IT department now has "a direct impact on the company's top and bottom line," Minton said. Customer experiences and the company'sÂ image are at stake when security fails, he said. Accordingly,Â security has remained the top budget priorityÂ over the last five or six years, with 60 percent of companies placing it as the highest one in an IDC survey conducted earlier this year. IDC is predicting that revenue from security and vulnerability management software products will grow by 20 percent this year over 2006, to $2.27 billion. That far outpaces the 6 percent to 7 percent growth expected for the software industry as a whole. When a report of a data breach hits the front page that "has a very bad impact on a company's brand image," Minton said.


China's support has been vital to achieving initial steps toward national reconciliation in military-ruled Myanmar, an EU envoy said on Thursday, but added Beijing would not directly pressure the regime towards reform.


Pope Hospitalized With Breathing Problems

Pope John Paul II was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night with breathing difficulties and an inflamed throat while battling the flu during an icy spell that has swept Italy, the Vatican said.


Presidential rivals gear up for key debates

WASHINGTONâThe US presidential campaign is entering a pivotal two-week period at a boil with Democratic candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush making emotion-charged arguments to set the groundwork for their first debate on Thursday.


Officials Make Deals to Learn Who Made Drug Deals

As the use of performance-enhancing substances draws concern from the halls of Congress to the offices of high school coaches, prosecutors have turned their targets into partners in a broader endeavor.


Special service by AGI on behalf of the Italian Prime Minister's ...

(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Sept 23 - "Un ponte per...," the organization for which the two kidnapped women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, were working in Iraq, put a communiquÃ© on the internet site of the association this night, which underlined the anxiety


PRISTINA, Kosovo   Serbia rejected a U.N. proposal on Friday that paves the way for an independent Kosovo, setting up a possible showdown between its supporter, Russia, and the West over the disputed ...Comment


Biofuels may have a role to play in curbing climate change, Britain's Royal Society concludes, but many questions remain.


Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday as several OPEC ministers called for the cartel to stop producing more oil than its official target.


With a half hour to go, NYC's iPhone crowds scramble for Starbucks, Pogue

Blog: 'New York Times' columnist and coffee guy in green apron are the most popular people on the scene.


Dan Klores still remembers his first case of heartbreak.


Simpsons movie targets church, environmentalists

The upcoming Simpsons movie takes a typically irreverent dig at religion and environmentalists, and features a nude scene involving 'toon teen Bart that had the audience at a preview show applauding.


Bergamo, 16:33 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; SIMONE INZAGHI: SONO QUI PER FARE I GOL

L'Atalanta ha presentato questa mattina il suo ultimo acquisto, Simone Inzaghi: ''Sono qui per gioca...


A steady, decade-long drop in teen offender recidivism rates here in Pierce County is not the result of reforms implemented in some other places Â building smaller, homelike facilities, adding social workers and making therapists available 24-7.


Thai Zoo to Be Charged Over Illegal Orangutan

The owners of a Bangkok amusement park will be charged with importing endangered animals illegally after DNA tests confirmed a group of orangutan had not been born in Thailand, forestry police said Thursday.


Blast at Thai fireworks factory kills 14

BANGKOK - Fourteen people were killed and five injured yesterday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Thailand's ancient capital Ayuthya, officials and witnesses said.


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Report: French investigate terror threat

Portuguese aviation authorities have alerted French counterterrorism officials to an intercepted message threatening terrorist attacks against targets in Paris including the Eiffel Tower, a French newspaper reported Friday.


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Philippines not relieved from nature's curse

With the death toll mounting to 1,000 after a deadly storm Typhoon Nanmadol that hit the nation three days before, the nature's curse is still haunting Philippines when an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 rocked the northern Philippines on


A New Orleans police officer accused of beating a community activist was fired Monday, while another officer accused in the same beating will be disciplined, the police superintendent said.


Bush, Kerry Pause to Trade Barbs on Iraq

SPRING GREEN, Wis. - President Bush and rival Sen...


Bristling with determination, champion Justine Henin gatecrashed the Serbian party at the French Open on Thursday to set up a final date with Ana Ivanovic.


Pakistan group behind Mumbai blasts: police

Indian police said on Saturday they had found evidence that Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai and Pakistan's military spy agency was behind the plot.


Clemson comes into Thursday night's game (7:30 pm ET, ESPN) with its back against the wall. The Tigers began the season ranked 16th in the nation after finishing last year as maybe the hottest


IAEA cuts back aid projects in Iran in nuclear row

The U.N. nuclear agency has cut back almost half its aid projects in Iran to uphold U.N. sanctions imposed on Tehran over its disputed atomic energy program, according to a report obtained by Reuters on Friday.


Confident Customers Could Boost PeopleSoft

I went into this week's PeopleSoft Connect user conference expecting to find the shadow of Oracle's hostile takeover bid casting a pall over the proceedings.


The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.


Lo ha annunciato il primario del San Raffaele, Zangrillo


TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in preventing skin cancer cells from dividing and multiplying.


Madrid: Spain coach Luis Aragones landed himself in trouble on Wednesday after appearing to make a racist comment about French striker Thierry Henry during a training session.


Davis Honored at Malcolm X Film Screening

At a screening Monday of a documentary on Malcolm X to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death, the late actor Ossie Davis was eulogized as an inspiration for both the artistic and civil rights communities.


JPMorgan said that its exposure to subprime mortgages devalued its portfolio by $1.3 billion.


Pop superstar Madonna has embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel - home of her newfound Kabbalah faith. The 46-year-old singer, who has just finished her massive Re-Invention tour, has travelled with her family.


Down 7, Nelson Takes Senior Title In Playoff

SPRING, Texas - Larry Nelson rallied from far off the lead and made a 5-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Hale Irwin and win the Administaff Small Business Classic on Sunday.


An Iraqi journalist working in Baghdad for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was reported missing on Monday morning after police officers found the body of her driver.


Rapper Foxy Brown sent to New York jail for a year

A New York judge sent rapper Foxy Brown to jail for a year on Friday, ruling she violated the terms of her probation by failing to attend anger management classes and failing to stay out of trouble.


Four people are held by police in Rangoon after a rare demonstration over economic woes.


Entra in vigore la circolare del ministro della Salute Sirchiache vieta sigarette e sigari in locali, negozi, uffici, discoteche                                                  Mezzanotte, stop al fumo fra proteste e feste d'addio                                                                                Proteste dei gestori obbligati a denunciare: 'Non siamo sceriffi'Appuntamenti in tutta Italia per la sera dell'"ultima boccata"


Tour de France winner Floyd Landis   has undergone successful surgery to repair his injured right   hip, his spokesman said on Thursday.


Paris Hilton not eating or sleeping: report

Paris Hilton has not eaten or slept since arriving at the medical ward of a Los Angeles jail and is being given psychoactive drugs, celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources.


Harvard flap prompts query: How free is campus speech?

Critics say universities' role as society's bulwarks of free intellectual exploration is being jeopardized.


La riforma del mercato in Ue al centro dei colloqui


Next for Microsoft Xbox: winning casual gamers

Microsoft Corp  has  cemented its reputation among hardcore gamers with the launch  of alien shoot-out "Halo 3," but it is still struggling to  attract the mass market audience that has flocked to Nintendo  Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console.


NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators and delegates to the Republican National Convention have taken the place of screaming fans lined up for the MTV Video Music Awards, as the show


Fox Broadcasting Co. has ordered a pilot for a variety show starring the Barenaked Ladies that will feature the playful rock group performing music and comedy skits along with guest actors.


Blog: Intel and the One Laptop Per Child Program have ironed out their differences and agreed to collaborate on future projects.


Chirac not to seek 3rd presidential term ,

French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address Sunday night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment


Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who flirted with changing political parties in the wake of President Bush's re-election victory, says he will stay in the GOP.


How badly have guards behaved at this detention and interrogation center for terror suspects? In answer to a weeks-old query, the Pentagon has released


The judge gives the defense a tough time but that doesn't mean he thinks the case against the toilet-tapping senator is a slam-dunk


SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run Friday night, toppling another milestone and edging closer to Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in his quest to become the greatest slugger in baseball history.    Bonds rewarded his fans in the opener of the San Francisco Giants' nine-game homestand with a 392-foot opposite-field homer to left center leading off the third inning...


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates A collapse at a construction site at the Dubai airport on Monday killed five people and injured a dozen, the Department of Civil Aviation said.


Colin Powell says the US will continue its "aggressive" foreign policy during President George Bush's second term.


Brief: Microsoft guru predicts Vista half as buggy

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Bono Calls Africa AIDS, Poverty a Crisis

Rock star Bono called Wednesday on Europe and the United States to do more to tackle the scourge of AIDS and poverty in Africa and said the continent was "bursting into flames."


Spain launches a process of granting legal amnesty to up to 800,000 undocumented immigrants.


Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist's office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood spattered the walls and floor and the entire room was torn apart.


Ten people die in a shooting in a market in Assam, following a weekend of violence in India's north-east.


By 2040, Greenhouse Gases Could Lead to an Open Arctic Sea in Summers

New studies project that the Arctic Ocean could be mostly open water in summer by 2040 Â several decades earlier than previously expected.


A problem-plagued Canadian submarine caught fire off the coast of Ireland yesterday as the second-hand vessel made its maiden voyage at sea.


Blackstone co-founders to get $2.3 billion post IPO

Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing that its co-founders will receive at least $2.33 billion after part of the firm is taken public.


Senate makes new try for immigration bill

Key vote expected Friday, but many senators are barred from adding amendments.


Because I Said So  doesn't have much of a premise but Keaton is ferocious and, therefore, funny


Stoccarda, 17:05 - GINNASTICA, MONDIALI: HAMBUCHEN ORO ALLA SBARRA

Il tedesco Fabian Hambuchen ha vinto l'oro nella sbarra maschile ai mondiali di ginnastica di Stocca...


Letterman staffer tapes sparking Powerbook adapter

Blog: A writer for Late Night with David Letterman became a video star himself after taping his smoking Powerbook A/C adapter.


'Shark Tale' Hooks Movie-Goers With $49.1M

The animated fish story "Shark Tale" swamped the competition, opening as the top weekend movie with $49.1 million and potentially breaking the record for best October debut. John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix's firefighting adventure "Ladder 49" premiered in second place with $22.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.


VALENCIA midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo has been banned for seven matches by UEFA following incidents in their Champions' League match with Werder Bremen last week.


California utility PG&E Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, hurt by severance costs from streamlining operations at its Pacific Gas & Electric utility.


Britain to Introduce Gambling Legislation

Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Thursday it will introduce legislation deregulating Britain's gambling laws within weeks, a move eagerly awaited by U.S. casino companies hoping to get their slice of the next big market.


Girls Get Donations in Colo. Cookie Case

DENVER - The cookie conflict isn't over yet. The spat between two teens from the southwestern Colorado town of Durango and one of their neighbors over a batch of cookies they baked last summer has garnered national publicity over the past week. It has led to donations for the girls.


Mark Shapiro has been with the Indians organization since 1992. ...

CLEVELAND -- The Indians extended the contract of general manager Mark Shapiro through the 2007 season, team president Paul Dolan announced Wednesday.


The UN fears Afghanistan may grow even more poppies in 2007, surpassing already record levels.


Planetary Society sets date for launch of solar sail spacecraft

PASADENA, Calif. There could be something new under the sun next year -- the first controlled flight by a spaceship designed to run off solar wind.


Bush-Kerry Debate Draws 62.5 Million U.S. Viewers

At least 62.5 million Americans  tuned in to President Bush's debate with challenger Sen. John  Kerry on Thursday, far surpassing the number who watched either  political convention this summer or Bush's debates four years  ago with Al Gore.


Powell to Focus on Evaluation, Inspiration

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, on the first leg of a hastily-arranged tour of countries devastated by the tsunami, said Monday he would focus on assessing the progress of the relief effort and trying to inspire aid workers and survivors. Powell also said he did not anticipate announcing an increase in the $350 million in reconstruction assistance pledged by the United States.


Calif. Court Mulls Reinstating Tobacco Ad Lawsuit

A California appeals court is  considering whether to resurrect a lawsuit accusing cigarette  makers of using characters like Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man  to entice youngsters to start smoking and keep them hooked, a  lawyer in the case said on Wednesday.


Obese couples have tougher time having babies

Obese couples have a more difficult time conceiving a baby than couples of normal weight, according to a study published on Tuesday identifying another consequence of putting on too much weight.


Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies

LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original seven Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died. He was 77...


The UN special envoy to Sudan has urged African states to speed up moves to send a large force to Darfur and called on the West to back their efforts with generous logistical support.


Parents worried about secondary school places are paying for extra tuition, says report.


Reuters FX trading platform suffers outage

The currency trading platform of news and information provider Reuters Group  suffered an outage on Monday, prompting some dealers to switch to alternative venues or trade over the phone.


London - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was recovering on Saturday from successful hospital treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat, his office said.


Kids Do OK Emotionally with Patch for Lazy Eye

NEW YORK  - Children with "lazy eye" --  technically called amblyopia -- may resist wearing an eye patch  or glasses to correct the condition, but these treatments are  unlikely to cause long-lasting emotional harm to children, UK  researchers report.


Milano, 12:57 - CALCIO, RONALDO; GALLIANI: CONDIZIONI MIGLIORI DI 8 ANNI FA

Il vicepresidente vicario del Milan Adriano Galliani è ottimista sulle condizioni di Ronaldo,...


A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ordered ex-Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling to begin serving immediately a 24-year prison sentence after a one-day reprieve, according to court documents.


Militants Threaten to Kill US, UK Hostages in Iraq

Insurgents threatened on Saturday to cut the throats of two Americans and a Briton seized in Baghdad, and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.


Rapper suspected in Vibe show stabbing surrenders

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A rapper surrendered Friday to face allegations that he stabbed a man who had punched hip-hop superstar Dr.


Travel Agency Claims Courtney Love Left Them In $50,000 Hole

LOS ANGELES -- Rocker Courtney Love is being sued by a Los Angeles travel agency that claims she ordered nearly $50,000 in airline tickets but refused to pay.


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


Observers speculate on Mideast peace process without Arafat

When Rabbi Jonathan Gerard traveled to Israel in 1996 his group took a bus to the border of Gaza and, led by armed Palestinian guards through throngs of Palestinians, met with Yasser Arafat.


Microsoftâs upcoming Windows for clustered computers operating system will not support Intelâs powerful Intanium 2 chipset according to News.


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Paris Hilton prosecutor under LA ethics probe

The Los Angeles prosecutor who accused Paris Hilton of enjoying celebrity favoritism was under investigation on Friday for his own conduct in a scandal over driving violations and personal use of city resources.


Architecture: Where the Winery Itself Is a Little Tipsy

In Napa Valley, the first American example of the whimsical buildings of Friedensreich Hundertwasser has finally opened to the public.


Clinton rejects official's Obama comment

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday denounced the comments of an official in her campaign who resigned after raising questions about drug use by Barack Obama.


Parma, 18:12 - CALCIO, PARMA; PIOLI: VINCERE DOMANI PER PENSARE AL CAMPIONATO

Domani n caso di vittoria contro l'Heerenveen, il Parma metterebbe una buona ipoteca sul passaggio d...


The dough might be starting to rise again.


Actress Sherri Shepherd will be introduced next week as a new cast member on "The View," giving the daytime chat show its first full cast since before Rosie O'Donnell came and went.   The show's creator, Barbara Walters, said Wed...


As many as 10,226 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.


Nortel Cuts Fewer Jobs, Exits Real Estate

Nortel Networks Corp. NT.TO on  Thursday said it would eliminate about 10 percent of its work  force, slightly less than previously estimated, and consolidate  real estate in a cost-cutting plan that will save $500 million  in 2005.


WASHINGTON - Nebraska Gov. Mike O. Johanns, nominated by President Bush on Thursday to be the next Agriculture secretary, grew up on an Iowa dairy farm and has traveled widely to promote farm products from


Yahoo mobile service to be on Windows smartphones

Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday said its  mobile services is now available for download on phones that  use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system.


Hakia Raises $2 Million for Semantic Search

Semantic search engine Hakia has raised $2 million of a planned $5 million round, according to VentureWire (via VentureBeat). The funding, from an unidentified investor, follows $16 million in funding that was announced last year, bringing its total raise to $18 million. Previous institutional backers include Noble Grossart Investments Ltd., Alexandra Investment Management, Prokom Investments and KVK. The NYC-based company is one of several startups claiming to be analyze content based on meaning. Others in the space include Powerset and Yedda, which was acquired by AOL. The site has also unveiled a social element, similar to what ChaCha is doing.


A debate over the nature of Hezbollah and its long-term goals in Lebanon has been reignited in the past few weeks. The outcome of the debate could determine whether Hezbollah remains one sectarian party among many, or realizes its early leaders' vision of creating an Islamic state.


Peruvian forces take positions around a  police station where a group of army reservists are holding hostages.


Scientists: Tsunami Could Hit West Coast

Tsunami scientists and public safety officials are closely watching an earthquake-prone nation with thousands of miles of crowded coastlines for signs of an imminent disaster. Indonesia? Japan? Try the United States.


Computer People Reopen Art History Dispute

David Hockney's controversial theory that early Renaissance painters used cameralike devices has been challenged by researchers using digital techniques.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Nothing Royal, and Thatâs Its Charm

Quite simply, just plain Carnoustie is the working-class course named for this working-class town of 13,000 on the North Sea.


Highlights from the SEW Blog: September 17-21, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.


Portugal is heading to the polls for a second referendum in less than a decade on its abortion law, one of Europe's strictest, with surveys indicating voters will back legalisation.


Il "New York Times" che ha fatto analizzare il pesce crudovenduto in ristoranti e supermercati con risultati inquietanti                                          Allarme tonno al mercurio nel sushi servito a Manhattan


Karzai Back for Final Run-In to Afghan Election

Afghan President Hamid Karzai returns home on Monday with less than a week to go before a historic election with the opposition scrambling to present a unified challenge to the heavily favored incumbent.


The Recording Industry Association of America yesterday (Oct. 28) brought a new round of copyright-infringement lawsuits against 750 file sharers, including 25 users on 13 university campuses.


Entrances to Whole Foods locations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut swarmed with shoppers Wednesday morning who had lined up to buy limited-edition canvas bags designed by Anya Hindmarch.


Gunmen Attack Key Baghdad Link; UK Forces Redeploy

Gunmen fired on a bus carrying workers  to Baghdad airport on Thursday, killing four people and  wounding 11 in a brazen assault on Iraqis helping to revive a  vital link in the country's reconstruction.


Management keeps growing and buying back shares even as the retailer struggles.


After Apple warned iPhone users yesterday that the next software update could break their phones, the group behind one of the unlocking projects says they'll have a fix next week.


Rescuers were searching for 166 workers who were trapped in a coal mine in central China Sunday after a massive explosion tore through the shaft in what could be the country's worst mining accident in recent years.


Sono dati del Codacons, caro-vita allarmante


Gamble of a lifetime for space odyssey to Titan

In a few weeks, after a seven-year journey across the solar system, a robot spacecraft bristling with British instruments will plunge into the atmosphere of the mysterious, methane-shrouded world of Titan.


A prosecutor in Chad says 18 people face charges over the alleged attempted abduction of 103 children.


Airbus SAS, struggling to end a financial crisis sparked by delays in the A380 superjumbo jet, plans to cut 10,000 jobs over four years and sell or find partners for six factories.


Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement

Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the $4.85 billion settlement to allow them to keep some of their clients outside the settlement while others accept it.


For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the government should take an active role in the economy to address what she said were the excesses of the market and of the Bush administration.


A 15-year-old boy is shot dead in south London, the latest in a spate of shootings of youths in the area.


Oil prices held steady on Tuesday after falling 2 percent a day earlier and were set for further falls in anticipation of higher US crude stocks despite concerns over disruptions to Iraqi oil flow.


The premium mobile phone features sounds by Brian Eno. In Gear Factor.


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Siege soldiers killed in Pakistan bombing

Fifteen soldiers from a Pakistani army unit died in a bombing at their mess hall Thursday, a Pakistani intelligence source said.


Mourners pay tribute to slain Lebanon minister

Hundreds of Lebanese mourners pressed on Wednesday to touch the coffin of minister Pierre Gemayel whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Syria, stoked fears of more killings and a surge in factional violence.


European credibility is at stake on Turkish accession talks

The moment of truth has come. The European Union must decide on December 17 whether to open accession talks with Turkey. Is today's EU prepared to reverse


Redskins' Taylor Added to Pro Bowl Roster

Redskins safety Sean Taylor, who had 129 tackles and one interception for the league's 31st ranked defense, will replace Philadelphia's Brian Dawkins on the NFC's Pro Bowl roster.


Dow Jones meets investors on alternate bid: source

Dow Jones & Co. , in talks for a takeover by News Corp. , met with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar with the situation said.


ON THE NET: An Associated Press survey of file transfer protocol servers run by several government agencies and contractors affiliated with the military found dozens of documents that officials deemed sensitive to U.S. troops.


Group ratifies next-generation EPC specs

The global standard will drive commercialization of RFID and EPC worldwide, according to EPCglobal.


Ohio campus recalls impact of poll lines

Kenyon College student Ann Shikany couldn't wait to vote for the first time. When she finally got the chance, she waited. And waited.


Presidential rivals tout economic credentials

GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a U.S. recession.


Israel cautious on West Bank moves ahead of summit

Israel is reluctant to remove roadblocks and other West Bank restrictions to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's new government until he does more to curb militants, officials said ahead of a summit on Monday.


Boss superlatitante, fra i trenta ricercati piu' pericolosi


Banks to ask U.S. govt to take bad loan risk: report

The banking industry is proposing to  members of the U.S. Congress and the White House that some of  the risk of troubled mortgages should be shifted to the federal  government, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on  Thursday.


Thousands attend the funeral of an ethnic Albanian youth killed by a Serbian border guard, raising fears of civil unrest.


The giant long-distance phone company is in an increasingly nasty feud with its competitors over fees paid on long-distance calls made with prepaid calling cards.-Cindy Skrzycki


Some 90 million viewers tuning into Super Bowl XLI were served up commercials featuring an accidental kiss, a lonely dog and a questionable hairstyle by advertisers looking to cash in on the year's biggest TV event.


Tesco reports a modest rise in sales over the Christmas trading period, with UK like-for-like sales up 3.1%.


AT&T to bring 2,000 outsourced jobs in-house

AT&T will add about 2,000 previously outsourced technical support jobs to its own payroll, the company announced Thursday.


Gene May Account for 20% of Type 2 Diabetes Cases

Wake Forest University scientists have identified a gene that may be responsible for up to 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Pinpointing the PTPN1 gene could help researchers develop new therapies and provide


Day five of the Games will see 21 golds on offer with Kate Howey and Pippa Funnell aiming for medals.


Leader of Sprint spinoff returns to fill its CEO vacancy

The head of a lucrative local phone venture conceived with Sprint's blessing, who once topped the ranks of AT&T, is returning to the fold to lead Sprint out of the roughest patch in its short history.


A class-action lawsuit said the nationâs largest drugstore chain discriminated against thousands of black employees.


A bill inspired by the Virginia Tech shootings is bogged down by objections over funding and who should be barred from buying a firearm.


3Com (COMS: news, chart, profile) reported a loss of $35.5 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with a loss of $106 million, or 29 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.


President Bush's performance evaluation is underway now, and his scores will be determined by the voters who are weighing whether he has met the goals he set for himself four years ago.


Razr takes fat wallet, but cell phone's slim, sharp

Come clean: Ever splurge on luxury goods just to one-up envious friends and neighbors? There's no shame admitting it; we're all human, after all. And surely you must take some pleasure from what folks might be whispering behind your back. "Wow, that son-of-a-gun must be doing really well. Did you see the gorgeous wristwatch he was wearing? Or the snazzy new sports car he was driving?"


Japan Makes Strategic Move to Cut Whale Protection

The minke whale lay on the heaving steel  deck, its vast gray body slack in death.


Bush says lawsuits, regulations hurting markets

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that an excessive number of lawsuits and overregulation were hurting the competitiveness of U.S. financial markets.


Sunday Shootout: Unchecked Hitting Returns to the N.H.L.

Three major on-ice incidents have occurred in the three weeks since general managers recommended easing rules on the instigation of fights.


Ont. plan to end mandatory retirement sparks skepticism from labour groups

TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government took its first steps Wednesday towards eliminating mandatory retirement at age 65, but labour leaders expressed doubts about whether the move would benefit the province's workers.


Prime Minister Tony Blair told lawmakers Tuesday that no military action is planned against Iran, but that international opinion is hardening against Tehran's nuclear ambitions and what he described as its interference in conflicts across the Middle East.


The cabinetmaker's turnaround continues apace.


Many wondered whether Belmont, without senior All-Scholastic Michelle Sheehan, had the firepower to prolong its undefeated season.


An overwhelming majority of NHL players who expressed their opinion in a poll said they would not support a salary cap even if it meant saving a season that was supposed to have started Oct. 13.


The Rhinos are crowned Super League champions after beating the Bulls in the Grand Final at Old Trafford.


Last month, wholesale prices posted their biggest increase in 14 years, the Labor Dept. reported on Nov. 16. The Producer Price Index, a gauge of prices received by farms, factories, and refineries, rose 1.7%, nearly twice as high as forecasted.


Rowhani: Iran builds up confidence patiently

LONDON, Oct 25 (IranMania) - Iran has enough patience to go through a confidence-building process in nuclear affairs, said Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani Monday, Iran's Official News Agency (IRNA) reported.


Milano, 18:09 - CICLISMO, CONTADOR CHIAMA LA RABOBANK

Alberto Contador, vincitore dell'ultimo Tour de France, ha contattato la Rabobank per la prossima st...


In zona c'e' nebbia, Autostrade ricorda limite 50 km/h


+2,6% a 12,66 euro, torna ai livelli di marzo 2002


Tributes are paid to Australian naturalist  Steve Irwin after he was killed by a stingray while diving off Queensland.


Yushchenko wins Ukraine vote: final tally

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was confirmed the winner of Ukraine's rerun presidential election with a nearly eight-point lead over his pro-Moscow rival, according to a final vote tally released by the electoral commission.


Dollar tumbles to 1-1/2-year low vs euro

The dollar tumbled on Friday, pushing the euro above $1.31 for the first time since April 2005, on concerns about central banks diversifying their reserves and the greenback's narrowing yield advantage over other currencies.


US Consulate in a Saudi City Is Hit, Killing 9

Five attackers thought to be linked to Al Qaeda staged a daytime raid on the American Consulate here on Monday, storming through a fortified gate into the


Huge explosion rocks Red Sea resort hotel in Taba

A huge explosion rocked a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba neighboring Israel late Thursday, causing casualties, Israeli radio reported.


Autopsies forecast surge in U.S. heart disease

Autopsies of adults who died young of unnatural causes show many already had clogged arteries, U.S. and Canadian researchers said on Monday in a study that suggests heart disease may be on the upswing.


Panasonic adds smart card function to SD memory

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., better known for its Panasonic brand, will start selling SD (Secure Digital) memory cards that can be used as smart cards in Japan by the end of 2005, the company said Friday.


Onu, ricavi stimati a livello mondiale sono 200 mld dollari


Cable and Wireless eyeing Pipex access network

What a carve-up The remains of Pipex are being picked over by Cable and Wireless as part of a planned outsourcing deal. Engineers and consultants arrived onsite yesterday for talks to take over the running of the access network that connect customers to Pipex's London core network and the internet.â¦


Watchdog group flunks Google on privacy practices

Blog: Watchdog group ranks Google among the worst top Internet sites for privacy, but Google says report is based on inaccuracies.


Mike Wallace is not a menace to society. At least, that's the verdict according to New York's Taxi and Limousine Commission, which won't press charges against the 86-year-old newsman following


Nashville Predators center Sergei Zholtok was remembered at a funeral Monday by hundreds of hockey fans, many wearing Latvian national team jerseys with black armbands.


Five Killed, 30 Injured in Spanish Bus Crash

Five passengers were killed and around  30 injured when their bus flipped over after tearing through  the central reservation of a motorway in the northern Spanish  province of Burgos, officials said on Sunday.


U2, Eminem, Lil Jon Bring Late Relief to Retailers

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Christmas sales came in the nick of  time, saving the holiday selling season for most merchants at  the last minute.


Fukuoka, 11:07 - ATLETICA, GEBRESELASSIE VINCE MARATONA FUKUOKA

Haile Gebreselassie ha vinto la maratona di Fukuoka, in Giappone. L'etiope (2h06'52") ha preceduto l...


Health:Men - Final Frontier for Education On Sex And Family ...

It's not as if men are conspicuous by their absence at 'Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All'; quite a few have braved the meeting, even though it must be disheartening to hear the shortcomings of their gender so thoroughly


Actor Hank Azaria Plays a Shrink in 'Huff'

After seeing a psychiatrist off and on  for the past 15 years, actor Hank Azaria says he is finally  ready to play one on television -- but maybe because he was  feeling a little anxious, he asked his real-life shrink to  examine the script in advance.


Dove Awards take flight to new television home

After bouncing around on various  networks and in syndication, the Gospel Music Assn.'s (GMA)  Dove Awards have landed a new TV home on the Gospel Music  Channel, an Atlanta-based cable network airing Christian/gospel  music content 24 hours a day.


Aquaculture Forum Will Canvass Variety of Topics

By Kasey, Pam  Usually aimed at commercial producers, this year's annual Aquaculture Forum set for Jan. 20 in Ripley will offer something useful for commercial producers and home pond enthusiasts alike.


At New York Film Festival: Upheaval in Iran, Fiasco in Westchester

Aesthetics versus storytelling: as much as anything, that is the issue that defines the 45th New York Film Festival.


UPDATE 1-Camacho ready to quit as Real coach - reports

Jose Antonio Camacho could step down as Real Madrid coach on Monday after offering his resignation to club president Florentino Perez, Spanish media reported.


Western political leaders have united to condemn the kidnappers of charity worker Margaret Hassan after a video surfaced apparently showing a militant firing a pistol into the head of a blindfolded woman wearing an orange jumpsuit.


Security officials on Thursday reported uncovering plots to kill President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and bomb foreign embassies, just as opposition leaders were calling for more protests urging the unpopular Philippines leader to resign.


Cleaning Companies in Accord With Striking Houston Janitors

A tentative contract to end the monthlong strike would raise the janitorsÂ hourly wages by nearly 50 percent over two years and provide them health coverage.


Sports of The Times: Giantsâ Reese Deserves Credit, Too

If the Giants make it deep into the playoffs, credit has to go to the players and the coaches but also to Jerry Reese, the teamâs unobtrusive first-year general manger.


U.S. retail gasoline prices  increased for the first time in four weeks, as higher crude oil  costs were apparently passed on to consumers at the pump, the  government said on Monday.


Mothers-to-be could soon be routinely asked about domestic violence as part of antenatal checks.


Dirimente il metodo di definizione platea aventi diritto


The parents of a boy who died while playing alone on a swing set have sued the makers of the playground toy.  Four-year-old Wesley Cowan was found hanging by the trapeze bar on the unit after he went outside of his Salt Lake City home to play on April 23rd.


In mostra, nella base a sud di Roma, oltre cento velivoli per la Giornata Azzurra 2007Oltre sei ore di esibizioni di aerei italiani e stranieri. Nel pomeriggio le Frecce Tricolori                                            Naso all'insÃ¹ a Pratica di Mare in 400mila per la festa dell'Aeronautica                                                                                di DANIELE SEMERARO


ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 6, 2004 - A Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq was freed by his captors on Monday, Turkey's foreign minister said.


Is Microsoft's media center ready for prime time?

The traveling ''Windows on Wheels" exhibition, parked at dusk outside the Micro Center electronics palace on Memorial Drive, is jam-packed with


The Capital One Financial Corporation, the credit card issuer, said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 42 percent as more borrowers failed to repay their debts.


Retired general to be Thai PM: coup chief

Former army commander-in-chief General Surayud Chulanont has agreed to be Thailand's interim, post-coup prime minister, putsch leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Sunday.


Soldiers in Britain's Black Watch battalion are preparing to move to central Iraq after a United States request for assistance, the BBC reported Sunday.


Calif. Firms Can Fire Medical Marijuana Users

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers can fire workers who test positive for marijuana even if they have a note from a doctor recommending its use for medical reasons.


U.N. team in N.Korea for reactor shutdown talks

U.N. nuclear officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to monitor the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor, its source of bomb-grade plutonium.


McNameeâs Evidence Would Be Hard to Date

The evidence Brian McNamee has turned over to federal investigators will come under strenuous attack if the issue ever enters the courtroom.


The same huge federal study that led millions of women to abandon use of hormones after menopause now provides reassurance that another hormone concoction — the birth control pill — is safe.


Chirac backtracks after Iran bomb threat brush off

French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sharp departure from France's position and the stance of close allies.


Gay to bid for Olympic triple in Beijing

OSAKA, Japan  - Triple world champion Tyson Gay will try to duplicate his golden feat at next year's Olympics.


Calif. Air Board Prepares to Vote on Car Emissions

California pollution regulators conducted a review on Thursday of a far-reaching proposal to order the automobile industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and trucks sold in the state.


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


RAID AEREO SU GAZA, 3 PALESTINESI UCCISI A JABALIYA

(AGI) - Gaza, 15 ott. - Tre palestinesi sono stati uccisi in un raid aereo israeliano su Gaza. Secondo fonti sanitarie, un elicottero ha sparato un missile contro il campo profughi di Jabaliya, nel nord della


Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been found dead along Bangladesh's coast in the past two weeks, triggering concerns about pollution and local fishing practices, an official said Thursday. A team of four scientists has launched an investigation into the deaths of the olive ridley turtles, said Jafar Ahmed, a top official in the government's marine fisheries department.


SpaceShipOne a Flight Away From $10M Prize

MOJAVE, Calif. Oct. 4, 2004 - Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen has sunk more than $20 million into developing a manned rocket that reaches space.


League hands Toronto's Bell indefinite suspension

Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Mark Bell was suspended indefinitely and placed in the NHL's substance abuse program on Tuesday after pleading no contest to drunk-driving and hit-and-run charges.


UN Watchdog: No Sign of Iran Nuclear Activity at New Site

VIENNA, Sept 17 - The UN nuclear watchdog has found no signs of nuclear-related activity at a site in Iran called Parchin that several US officials have said may be linked to secret atom bomb research, Mohamed ElBaradei said on Friday.


Panamanian authorities have filed charges against the administrator of a Spanish company that allegedly sold a deadly chemical used in medicine that has killed at least 94 people in Panama.


Life begins at 100? Experts question age frontiers

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Medical breakthroughs hold   out the prospect of living longer and healthier lives, with   current life span norms set to be turned on their head, an   expert on anti-aging said on Friday.


Food and relief supplies clogged airports across Asia, as the death count from Sunday's tsunami leapt to more than 114,000 in 12 nations.


Solar activity 'not linked to global warming'

Â· Study undermines climate sceptics' arguments Â· Correlations 'inconsistent' with temperature rise


NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseball's highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees on Thursday.


Physicians should pay close attention to managing asthma in pregnant patients, according to guidelines being released by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.


Albert Pujols was activated from the disabled list and returned to the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup Thursday night for their series finale against the Chicago White Sox.


British soldier killed in Afghanistan was from Fiji

A British soldier killed while serving with NATO forces in southern Afghanistan came from Fiji, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).


Putin accuses U.S. of bid to force will on world

MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin, in one of his harshest attacks on the United States in seven years in power, accused Washington on Saturday of attempting to force its will on the world.


Bomber attacks Afghan restaurant; 7 dead

A suicide bomber attacked a restaurant in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving seven Afghans dead and 20 injured, the provincial governor said.


Wired's How To Wiki: Take Detailed Close-Up Photos With Your IPhone

Apple's geeky gadget sports a nice 2-megapixel camera, but the cheap lens means it's pretty lousy at capturing detailed photos taken at ranges closer than about 8 inches. This simple and cheap hack will let you take incredibly sharp close-ups with your iPhone.


A top American commander said the more than 140,000 soldiers now in Iraq are likely to be needed there at least until next spring.


Auckland Airport gears up for new superjumbo

Auckland Airport is spending around $25m to upgrade runways and taxiways so it can handle the new Airbus A380 superjumbo.