Israel obtained a two-decade-old letter written in captivity by its most famous missing soldier as part of a recent exchange with the Hezbollah guerrilla group, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday.


U.S. networks find Canadian shows ready for primetime

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO  - The Canadian  invasion of U.S. primetime intensifies.


Bologna, 13:47 - BASKET, SERIE A: MILANO VINCE A BOLOGNA

Nell'incontro che ha aperto la 17/a e ultima giornata di andata del campionato di serie A di basket,...


Roma, 14:50 - CALCIO, ROMA; PANUCCI: SERVE RINFORZO IN DIFESA

Il difensore della Roma, Christian Panucci, si prepara al nuovo campionato, che quest'anno non vedr&...


Iraqi Govt. Stands by Voting Date Despite Violence

Iraq's interim government voiced confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan. 30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and


NEW YORK - A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday in the second such ruling in three months - even though he called the procedure "gruesome, brutal, barbaric and uncivilized."   U.S. District Judge Richard C...


BEIJING - South Korea and the US yesterday sought to play down fears that North Korea might have conducted a nuclear test after reports of a large explosion in the northern part of the communist country.


The Redskins take advantage of having three well-compensated cornerbacks to pick from by confusing opponents before the game even begins.


In Mac Office 2008, reliability wins out over Exchange support

Microsoft's Mac Business Unit worked to make Exchange -- the e-mail client included in Office 2008 for the Mac -- more stable and reliable, not a clone of Windows' Outlook, according to Microsoft developers.


For Hall, a splash and dash to another gold

ATHENS -- The defending champ took the blocks as if he were Apollo Creed last night, dressed in a star-spangled robe and trunks and brandishing his clasped hands like a prizefighter. And then Gary Hall Jr. went out and knocked the rest of the swimming world on its backside again, winning the 50-meter freestyle by a hundredth of a second ...


US Economy: September Consumer Prices Rise 0.2% on Services

US consumer prices accelerated in September, a gain that may strengthen the Federal Reserve's resolve to increase interest rates to head off inflation as oil prices surge.


A 47-year-old man is accused of the murder of a childminder who was stabbed to death in her home.


Asian Stocks Slip as Oil Moves Above $55

Asian share markets fell on Monday after oil hit a record above $55 a barrel, with investors cautious ahead of earnings reports from bellwether firms IBM and Texas Instruments later in the day.


Shaquille O'Neal smiled broadly, then stood from his seat in a suite high above the court at US Airways Center


Sears, Kmart match could pinch rivals, experts say

The coupling of Martha Stewart housewares and Kenmore's appliances could make the combination of Kmart Holdings Corp (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research


Nearly 400 profit warnings were issued by UK listed firms in 2007, including retailers and leisure companies.


Bush agrees to limited troop cuts in Iraq

President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered gradual troop reductions in Iraq but defied calls for a dramatic change of course, telling skeptical Americans the U.S. military role there will stretch beyond his presidency.


US Ruling Drops Rights of Some Captured in Iraq

A new legal opinion by the Bush administration has concluded for the first time that some non-Iraqi prisoners captured by American forces in Iraq are not entitled to the


Sprinter Marion Jones was facing a ban after her first sample indicated use of the blood-boosting drug EPO.


W.House denies debating troop withdrawal

President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.


Maiorca, 11:18 - CALCIO, MAIORCA CONTRO REAL: GLI ROVINEREMO LA FESTA

Il Maiorca, avversario domenica prossima del Real nella sfida che potrebbe regalare, in caso di succ...


Togati sinistra, Csm intervenga a tutela gup


General Motors aims to restructure  its loss-making European operations without resorting to  involuntary redundancies or shuttering any plants, GM employee  representatives said on Wednesday.


Vick pleads guilty, apologizes in dogfighting case

RICHMOND, Virginia  - U.S. football star Michael Vick pleaded guilty and publicly apologized on Monday for his role in a dogfighting case that will land him in jail and already has prompted his suspension from the sport.


In Times of Crisis, Treasury's No. 2 Plays Crucial Role

When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. left the top job at Goldman Sachs to come to Washington, he took only one colleague, his former lieutenant, Robert Steel.


The lawyer for a US soldier accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners says he used valid control techniques.


Computer Associates ex-CEO pleads not guilty

Sanjay Kumar, former chief executive of software maker Computer Associates International Inc., pleaded not guilty to orchestrating a massive accounting fraud scheme aimed at helping the company meet Wall Street targets, according to news reports.


Dallas area launches interoperable emergency network

(InfoWorld) - Emergency-response agencies in the Dallas area have launched a communications service designed to allow police and fire departments, U.S. law enforcement agencies and airport officials to talk to each other over their existing networks and equipment. CoCo Communications, the vendor of the networking service, billed it as the nation's first "fully interoperable" communications service for emergency-response agencies. Using software based on CoCo's Cryptographic Overlay Mesh Protocol, the service allows emergency-response officials using a variety of communications devices, including police radios, PDAs (personal digital assistants) and mobile phones, to share voice, video or data with each other, depending on the capabilities of each device. U.S. Representative Pete Sessions, a Republican from the Dallas area, hailed the service as a solution for one of the biggest problems facing U.S. emergency-response agencies. "For the first time emergency first responders, the men and women responsible for protecting our families, our community, and our critical infrastructure, have the ability to seamlessly communicate with each other, using the existing equipment and devices they have used for years," Sessions said in a statement released Thursday. Among the organizations participating in the new network, launched Thursday, are the City of Dallas police and fire departments, the U.S. Transportation and Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Southwest Airlines Co. During the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., several emergency-response agencies found that they could not talk to other regional agencies. The independent 9/11 Commission recommended in August 2004 that the U.S. Congress allocate more radio spectrum for emergency-response agencies to share. There was a protracted fight in Congress over television stations vacating analog spectrum, and more spectrum won't be available until after February 2009. While more spectrum and new communication devices can help the interoperability problem in the long-term, CoCo sees its software-based approach as a way to help emergency response agencies now, said Pete Erickson, its vice president of business development. "Those [other options] are long-term and capital-intensive opportunities," he said. "There's been billions of dollars spent in trying to solve the problem." The Dallas group set up the CoCo service with a US$979,100 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The CoCo system is designed to use existing communication devices because government agencies often have limited funding, Erickson said. "One of the tough things in the public/government space is insertion of new technology," he said. During a demonstration earlier this week, CoCo officials used a Web-based interface to set up virtual conferences where multiple devices could connect and communicate with each other. They talked to each other on police radios using two different radio protocols, and they monitored a remote camera with a PDA. An emergency-response agency can use the CoCo system to set up new conferences on the fly, or it can dedicate one channel on its handheld radios to a permanent conference, Erickson said. The Dallas group is the first to fully deploy the CoCo service, but the company is pitching it to other emergency-response groups, Erickson said. The cost of the service is US$18,000 per year for 25 computer devices using the software. An unlimited number of radio devices can then connect to the service, Erickson said.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Threats Against Smart Cell Phones Are Mounting

A security firm lays out this year's attack timeline to demonstrate the quickening pace of exploits. By Gregg Keizer. Mobile phone security is bad now, but it is only going to get worse, a security firm said


80 reportedly killed in Iranian plane fire

A passenger plane caught fire on landing   at an airport in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on   Friday, killing at least 80 people, state television reported.


Fire aboard ex-Navy sub on way to new owner

Three sailors were injured yesterday after fire broke out on a submarine sold by the Royal Navy to Canada. Chicoutimi had left Faslane in Scotland on Monday after a lengthy refit as part of the sale of four submarines.


By TED BRIDIS WASHINGTON - The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S.


U.S. and Iraqi forces detained Iraq's deputy health minister on Thursday, a senior member of a radical Shi'ite political group, in the first major sign that a security crackdown in Baghdad was under way.


StorageTek sued A development tools maker is suing Sun Microsystems, alleging its StorageTek arm has infringed its copyright and defrauded it through misrepresentations in negotiations aimed at settling the dispute.â¦


Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.


Brazil's Globo Media Empire Reaches Deal

Brazilian media giant Globo has reached a tentative agreement with creditors on terms of a deal to restructure US$1.3 billion of debt it racked up during the 1990s.


Bergamo, 16:27 - CALCIO: ATALANTA; DEL NERI, VOGLIAMO FARE UN'OTTIMA GARA

Contro il Torino il tecnico dell'Atalanta Gigi Del Neri vuole vedere una squadra "matura, nervosa e ...


Officials check for salmonella in peanut butter

U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they are investigating a possible link between peanut butter and more than 100 salmonella cases in 37 states.


OPEC finds few options to put a lid on oil prices ahead of meeting

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is preparing to meet in Vienna on Wednesday in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable mood: helplessness.


Tra cui creazione ministro Esteri, passaporti, cittadinanza


Il presidente dell'Autorita' si dice "molto preoccupato"


Desperate Housewife scores Paris celebrity wedding

The paparazzi are circling, the guests  are jetting in and the last touches are being applied at the  church before "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria marries  French basketball ace Tony Parker in Paris on Saturday.


Tsunami disaster: Is aid getting through?

Relief agencies are continuing attempts to send supplies to areas affected by the tsunami disaster. Is the aid getting through? Have you contributed to the appeals?


Nortel Set to Deliver Advanced Telecoms; New Communications System

By Tony Glover - Technology Editor  NORTH American networking giant Nortel is looking to Russia for growth and is currently installing technology designed to give Moscow a better communications infrastructure than London before the end of 2006.


Arrestato l'investitore, un marocchino che guidava ubriaco


On a harrowing trip inside Iraq's toughest city, TIME gets an up-close view of the U.S.'s daily battles against the insurgents. An eyewitness account reveals why the war remains as deadly as ever


Nicky Hilton Ends Marriage With Todd Meister

It's splitsville in Sin City. Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton and New York businessman Todd Andrew Meister have officially ended their fleeting marriage.


Insider Profit Less with Bankers on Board

Companies which recruit  investment  bankers to serve on their boards may not be doing their chief  executives any favors.


Citizens welcome globalization, regulation: survey

An international class of young, affluent and politically aware consumers see global trade's benefits yet want more government regulation of business, according to a 20,000-person survey released on Friday.


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Microsoft launches new low-cost PC effort in India

The IQ PC, created in partnership with AMD, is set to sell for about $500 and be targeted at the education market.


TeleNav brings user-generated content to GPS

Share your bad restaurant experiences with the world TeleNav has added extra functionality to its latest version, just launched in the US, to allow users to rate restaurants and other businesses, as well as tell everyone how much, and where, they just paid for their petrol.â¦


Millions of Italian workers are expected to take part in a general strike against $8bn in government spending cuts.


CES Highlights: Tiny MP3 Players, Massive TVs and Sexy Phones

Overwhelmed by the tsunami of  news coming out of CES? Don't worry: We put together this short summary of the highlights from Day 1 of the gadget-lovers' tradeshow.


THE AGENDA Can the Buck Stop at the Directors' Table?

NOTHING so concentrates the minds of corporate directors as the prospect of a shareholder lawsuit. So last week, as Michael D. Eisner and the board of the Walt Disney Company went on trial


Congress Told FDA Failed Public on Vioxx

The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co  Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and is  "incapable of protecting America" from another dangerous drug,  an agency researcher told Congress on Thursday.


Stadium Land Could Cost Jets $300 Million

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Jets to pay nearly three times what the team has offered for the rights to build a stadium on the Far West Side of Manhattan.


NEW YORK - Pedro Martinez now has leverage in his dealings with the Red Sox. The Mets offered the free-agent righthander a guaranteed three-year contract, a baseball official said Monday.


Bed Bath warns of weak 4th qtr, stock slumps

U.S. home goods retailer Bed Bath &  Beyond Inc  posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday  and warned its fourth-quarter results would be lower than  expected, sending its shares down almost 10 percent.


Postal Service Sees Simplicity in 31 Digits

The U.S. Postal Service is launching a 31-digit bar code that will permit business customers -- advertisers, catalogue and credit card companies -- to track their mail, from the drop-off at a post office to delivery at a home or office.


Latham behind on security but making up ground

WHEN it comes to national security as an election issue, John Howard still leads Mark Latham by a wide margin as preferred prime minister.


The U.S. government agency that insures corporate pensions will run out of money in 2020 if current financial conditions persist, imperiling the checks of millions of retirees, a new independent study shows.


FIFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ronaldinho committed to fight against ...

ZURICH - Brazil's newly-crowned Fifa world footballer of the year Ronaldinho said he was committed to the fight against racism in the sport.


Malaga, 12:52 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: LOPEZ CONVOCATO AL POSTO DI ARBELOA

Angel Lopez, difensore del Villarreal, prende il posto dell'infortunato Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool) p...


Typhoon Tokage has hit western Japan, killing at least 15 people and snarling transport as it lashed the country with heavy rains that set off landslides and forced thousands to evacuate.


US consumer prices rise 0.2 percent in September

WASHINGTON : American consumer prices climbed a moderate 0.2 percent in the month to September, curbed by a slide in energy costs.


GOP's Schundler to Again Run for N.J. Gov

Republican Bret Schundler, who lost the 2001 New Jersey governor's race to the recently resigned Democrat James E. McGreevey, announced Monday he will seek the job again in 2005.


Brazilian president calls for harnessing globalization

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva urged the international community on Monday to harness globalization and turn it into a positive force for all peoples of the world.


In un appartamento di un condominio di Taranto


Brewing giant SABMiller Plc said on  Wednesday it would welcome merger talks with Canada's Molson  Inc. if the Canadian brewer's own $8 billion merger with U.S.  beermaker Adolph Coors Co. were to fail.


Dichiarazione di uno dei tre tecnici italiani rapiti


Rome rally to press for the release of Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq

Several hundred people, carrying rainbow peace flags, rallied by torch light outside the Rome city council to press for the release of Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist taken hostage in Iraq.


Ferrovie. Per il presidente Elio Catania l'aumento delle tariffe ...

"Credo che l'aumento delle tariffe di mercato sia adeguato, ma la decisione spetta al governo". Lo ha detto il presidente delle Ferrovie dello Stato, Elio Catania, nel corso di un incontro con la stampa al


Doctors try to dissolve Poe's brain clot

MANILA The action film star Fernando Poe Jr., who lost to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the election in May, remained in a coma Monday after suffering a stroke while dining and drinking with friends.


Metallo prezioso a 596,34 dollari l'oncia


Walmart.com: $498 Laptop Breaks Price Barrier

Walmart.com is releasing the Balance notebook computer in conjunction with Linspire, which makes a Linux-based operating system designed for laptops.


Huge demand overwhelms Beijing ticket system

Huge demand for the second tranche of Beijing Olympics tickets overwhelmed the booking system, jammed telephone lines and caused lengthy queues when sales opened on Tuesday morning.


A girl dies after being swept away by a river on Dartmoor during a training expedition.


The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it will make Sprint Corp. pay $1.125 million to settle charges that the telecommunications giant skirted federal credit laws.


Suneel Darshan had been planning to cast Aishwarya Rai for his forthcoming project Barsaat, which co-stars Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra in stellar roles.


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Moving to capitalize on a recent acquisition, Computer Associates International Inc. this week released an updated version of its home spyware-zapping software, and began selling a corporate


The UK extradition request over Alexander Litvinenko's murder is "pure foolishness", President Putin says.


Online malls operated by airlines and hotel companies offer shoppers frequent flier miles or bonus points for purchases made through the sites.


Causes of action could be made public in Finnish Security Police case

The causes of action behind the Finnish Security Police (Supo) telecommunications prying case could be made public, circuit judge Henrikki Mikkola told the Finnish News Agency (STT) on Monday, adding that at ...


For Certain Tasks, the Cortex Still Beats the CPU

Most of us assume computers make people smarter but one researcher looks at ways people make computers smarter. "Human computation" is the art of using massive groups of networked human minds to solve problems that computers cannot master.


Teenager Park leads as storms halt U.S. Women's Open

SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - Brazilian teenager Angela Park led on three-under-par 68 when storms stopped play at the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday.


Madrid, 12:18 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; REAL MADRID: CAPELLO CONVOCA RONALDO

Con Ruud Van Nistelrooy indisponibile (ha avuto un pèermesso per assistere la moglie che sta ...


Sports of The Times: Breaching the Field of Play, Sports Tumbled Out of Bounds

In a sports year unlike any other, 2007 too often meant scandal and sadness rather than success.


FOUR Thai children were in hospital today with symptoms of avian flu, a health official said, days after the disease claimed its latest human victim since resurfacing in Asia two months ago.


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Disney Rethinks a Staple: Family Films but Decidedly Not Rated G

The Walt Disney Company's new film, "National Treasure," is the next big step in a strategy to build a new, edgier kind of family entertainment.


Prince Harry will be serving as a soldier in Iraq by the end of the month, a British newspaper reported Saturday, though government officials called the story speculative.


NEW YORK - Stocks moved modestly higher Friday as a dip in oil prices and a satisfactory report on durable goods orders cheered investors at the end of a losing week.    In midafternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 39.75, or 0.4 percent, at 10,078.65...


Norwegian Mistakenly Burns Cash for Heat

A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way.


Four former Guantanamo detainees yesterday sued Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and 10 others in the military chain of command overseeing


Filmmakers have more than a feeling about Boston

Boston is fast becoming  Hollywood Northeast. Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" was set  in the Bay State and more than half of the film was shot on  location, but only about $6 million of its $90 million budget  was spent in Massachusetts, with a larger amount of the  location work going to New York, according to Nicholas  Paleologos, executive director of the Massachusetts Film  Office.


Singer Papa Wemba Convicted, Walks Free in France

A French court convicted Congolese world  music star Papa Wemba Tuesday of smuggling people into France  but the King of Rhumba Rock walked free because he has already  served four months in jail.


Roma, 23:12 - CALCIO, C1/A: VITTORIE DI COMO E SPEZIA NEI POSTICIPI

Vittorie di Como e Spezia nei due posticipi serali della 23/a giornata di serie C1, girone A. Il Com...


Hundreds of Ukrainians elect president at Prague consulate

PRAGUE- Interest in a better future, prosperity and a good name of their country led hundreds of Ukrainian citizens to the Prague consulate to take part in the second round of the presidential elections.


Glasgow, 12:58 - CALCIO, SALTA AMICHEVOLE SCOZIA-INGHILTERRA

Non si giocherà a maggio l'amichevole tra Scozia ed Inghilterra. Lo ha annunciato l'amministr...


Boy Calls 911 49 Times From Texas School

ROUND ROCK, Texas - Police in this Austin suburb were stumped for hours by the 49 emergency calls that kept coming in from an unregistered cell phone. The caller would say nothing before hanging up, sometimes after a brief giggle.


Montezemolo:'In documento Governo ci sono elementi positivi'


The Henry Ford — a venue that includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, an IMAX Theatre and the Ford Rouge Factory Tours — is teaming up with one of the country's largest Internet providers.


Rice Pushes Mideast Parties On Plan to Revive Peace Talks

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 15 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israelis and Palestinians on Monday to compromise on a plan to jump-start peace negotiations, describing the ending of their long conflict as one of the top goals of President Bush in the 15 months he has left in office.


Reuters Poll: Bush Keeps Three-Point Lead on Kerry

President Bush holds a slim three-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry one week before the Nov. 2 presidential election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.


Chris Rix will remain Florida State's starting quarterback despite a dreadful performance in last week's loss at Miami.


Valentino waves goodbye to fashion world

Fighting back tears, Valentino waved goodbye to the fashion world on Wednesday with a haute couture show brimming with the glamour that made him a favorite with Hollywood stars, socialites and royalty for half a century.


Labor costs in the 13 nations that use the euro rose 2.2 percent in the first three months of 2007 compared with a year ago, the European Union's statistics agency said Thursday.


The government's latest Consumer Price Index shows little, if any, sign of inflation. The August CPI is up one-tenth of one percent.


Iraq kidnapping aimed at Germans in Afghanistan

Iraqi militants holding a German woman and her son hostage demanded Saturday that Germany withdraw its troops from Afghanistan to ensure their safety.


Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, while officials warned that


BAE Systems interim profits boosted by US arm, Airbus

The British defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems posted an 18 percent rise in interim headline profits on the back of a strong performance in North America and by airplane maker Airbus.


Showdown persists over '100% undetectable' rootkit

Slight disagreement to the tune of $412,000 The public feud over the effectiveness of a proof-of-concept rootkit said to be completely undetectable continued on Thursday, as a researcher once again challenged those claims.â¦


Icelandair Buys 8.4 Pct. Stake in EasyJet

Icelandair Group said Friday it had bought an 8.4 percent stake in budget airline easyJet PLC, whose share price has soared during two days of hectic trading.


Direct Anesthetic Infusion Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients

THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A technique that delivers local anesthetic directly to the surgical wound of colorectal cancer surgery patients helps control postoperative pain and shortens recovery time, a French study says.


G8 leaders agree "substantial" greenhouse gas cuts

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany have agreed to pursue "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.


Bush and Cheney subpoenaed for wiretapping

Snooping inquiry gets legal The US Senate has issued subpoenas demanding the White House hand over documents relating to its policy of snooping on US citizens without getting warrants or other legal clearance.â¦


WADA Holds Off on Ban Of Hypoxic Chambers

The World Anti-Doping AgencyÃÂ holdsÃÂ off on banning the use of hypoxic chambers, but asks that studies look further into health implications.


When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ (1030). Records: Detroit is 39-10-0-4 (first in the Central Division with 82 points); Boston is 27-19-2-3 (third in the Northeast Division with 59 points). Goals: Henrik Zetterberg 30, Tomas Holmstrom 20, Dan Cleary 19. Assists: Pavel Datsyuk 46, Nicklas Lidstrom 44, Brian Rafalski 35. Goaltending : Chris Osgood ...


WASHINGTON -- Three top officials of a nationwide cleaning service were charged yesterday with fraud and tax crimes as part of a federal investigation that also netted more than 200 illegal immigrants in 17 states.


Pope Hospitalization Raises Talk of Succession

The sudden hospitalization of Pope John Paul was another reminder, if any were needed, that one of the longest and most event-studded pontificates in history may be coming to a close.


David Moyes insists he will block a transfer for Wayne Rooney before the deadline if he does not get the valuation he wants. The Everton boss was reacting in the wake of Rooneyâs


Beijing police launch virtual Web patrol

Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.


Sudan government troops poised for renewed offensive in Darfur: AU general

The Sudanese government has carried out an offensive in the western region of Darfur and appears to be preparing further military action despite promises to respect a truce, the commander of the African Union observer force in Darfur warned.


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Exporters such as Honda Motor Co. led  gains in Japanese shares Monday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar  eased concerns over corporate profits, but stocks elsewhere in  Asia slipped on rising oil prices.


Kuznetsova Tops Dementieva for Open Title

Pounding ferocious forehands and covering the baseline with the muscular legs of a Tour de France rider, Svetlana Kuznetsova overwhelmed Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 Saturday night in the U.S. Open's first all-Russian final.


Japan denounces a US resolution calling on Tokyo to apologise over wartime sex slaves.


It's just a movie, and not only that, it's a movie based on a nonfiction book about high school football, "Friday Night Lights," which has become a classic indictment of our sports culture and obsession with winning.


Test your knowledge of veteran director Yash Chopra


Stocks Seen Flat as Nortel and Oil Weigh

U.S. stocks were set to open near  unchanged on Thursday after a warning from technology  bellwether Nortel Networks Corp. NT.N and a rise in oil  prices weighed on investor sentiment.


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With Big Backlog of Homes, Builders and Buyers Wait

New-home construction fell again in December as builders scrambled to cut back in the face of rising inventories and fewer orders.


In Speech, Bush to Pledge Vetoes to Slow Earmarks

In the State of the Union speech, President Bush will announce that he will veto spending bills unless they halve the amount of money earmarked for lawmakersâ pet projects.


L'Europa ora ha una Costituzione. Quarantasette anni dopo il ...

Il piÃ¹ curioso e sorridente era JosÃ© Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, proprio lui che con il cambio di rotta impresso alla Spagna dopo il tragico 11 marzo ha reso politicamente possibile lâevento che si Ã¨ celebrato ieri a Roma.


The British and Irish governments summoned rival Northern Ireland parties to a moat-surrounded castle Thursday in hopes of crafting a new peace deal for the British territory.


Milano, 18:09 - CALCIO, MILAN: LAVORO INTENSO PER RONALDO

Ripresa degli allenamenti del Milan, con il tecnico Ancelotti che ha fatto svolgere un lavoro preval...


How a Junkie's Brain Helps Parkinson's Patients

Parkinson's patients who now benefit from deep brain stimulation can thank former heroin dealer Toby Govea, who dosed on a bad batch of drugs that gave him Parkinson's symptoms.


Britain will âreview the extent of our cooperation with Russia on a range of issues,â the foreign secretary said.


Romeni accusati di sfruttamento, anche di minorenni


Peck, golf marketing manager for General Motors Corp.'s Buick division, helped remove Woods' clubs from his regular golf bag, which features Buick logos and crests on the strap, front, sides and even on the golf umbrella tucked into the bag.


The Next Ones Are Closing in on Their Moment

With the 2010 Winter Olympics young challengers are making themselves known at the United States Figure Skating Championships.


By The Associated Press  More than 100 policymakers, educators and business and community leaders from across the country will gather in West Virginia next week to discuss ways to marry business interests with classroom instruction.


Study: Weight Loss Precedes Dementia in Elderly

Weight loss in elderly men appears to be a harbinger of dementia and contributes to their increasing frailty, researchers said on Monday.


The dollar was stronger across the  board on Monday as oil prices eased from record highs and a  more optimistic view on global economic growth prospects spread  through trading floors, analysts said.


'ET' Pop Culture Guru Tries Out Talk Show

Steven Cojocaru's presence in the world of syndication could be expanding.


Japan Will Act on Yen Gains `If Necessary', Tanigaki Says

Japan will take action ``if necessary'' to stem the yen's gains against the dollar and is keeping a close watch on currency markets, Japan's Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said.


Boomtown Builds Its Future on the Business of Sports

The University of Phoenix Stadium, site of Super Bowl XLII, is one of the anchors of a sports complex that has sprouted in the last decade and is changing the character of the community.


ATHENS, GREECE -- Perhaps attempting to save their country further embarrassment and fearful of an impending ruling from the International Olympic Committee, two Greek sprinters abruptly withdrew from the Olympic Games on Wednesday.


Medfield won the MIAA Division 3 state golf championship for the second straight year, but it didn't come without drama.


Koborsi Eyes Worlds on Shoestring Budget

"How does that feel?" For most shoe salesmen, the question is the equivalent of, "Would you like fries with that?"


Texas High School Coaches Keep Date With Clemens

The Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association said Monday that Roger Clemens was still welcome at its convention, which begins Jan. 10.


BESLAN, Russia - Wails of mourning echoed through the streets of this southern Russian town on Sunday, and the region's top police officer reportedly resigned in the wake of the school hostage-taking that left more than 350 people dead - nearly half of them children.    A shaken President Vladimir Putin went on national television Saturday to make a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists...


Give diplomacy a chance in Iran: UN nuclear watchdog

VIENNA, AUSTRIA - The head of the UN nuclear watchdog is calling for a diplomatic approach to Iran, saying Friday that he hasn't found evidence of nuclear-related activities at a site the US claims is being used for such purposes.


Richard Gibbons offers a simple strategy to ensure that your child can go to college.


Radcliffe wins New York marathon; makes up for Olympic dropout?

New York, Nov 8 - Paula Radcliffe has won the New York Marathon in a triumph of the human spirit to come back 11 weeks after crashing out of the Olympic marathon in Athens as well as the 10,000 metres finals.


US House bars funding for UN rights council

The US House of Representatives moved to prohibit US funding of the UN Human Rights Council, derided by one member as a "poisonous talk shop," as part of a mammoth funding bill passed early Friday.


Regulators don't object to Euronext/NYSE merger

European regulators said on Tuesday they do not intend objecting to the proposed merger of Euronext and the NYSE, removing a hurdle to the completion of the $10 billion transatlantic alliance.


Pakistan is expected to set a new date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage against President Pervez Musharraf's government.


Greek conservatives head for election win

Greece's ruling conservatives looked set on Sunday to win a second term but with only a slim majority in parliament that could make plans for economic reforms more difficult.


U.S. airstrikes destroyed two foreign fighter safe houses west of Baghdad on Saturday night, killing five insurgents, two women and a child, the U.S. military said on Sunday.


Rooney targetted by mobile phone missile

Police have made one arrest after a mobile phone was thrown from the crowd following Wayne Rooney's winning goal for Manchester United against Liverpool.


Cuba Releases Dissident Writer Imprisoned in 2003 Crackdown

The Cuban authorities on Tuesday freed the dissident writer RaÃºl Rivero, the best known of a dozen political prisoners released during the past few days in a


Roger Clemens "pretty much begged and pleaded" to pitch the fifth inning yesterday at Minute Maid Park. And though manager Phil Garner consented and Clemens tossed a 1-2-3 frame, the Rocket's body told him his outing was complete.


Around 20,000 civil servants are on strike in Wales to protest against proposed job losses.


A retired Washington state firefighter who grows giant pumpkins in his spare time produced the winning pumpkin Monday at the 31st annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.


Yushchenko to be declared official winner of Ukraine election

Ukraine election officials were set to officially declare Viktor Yushchenko winner of a presidential rerun vote, paving the way for the "orange revolution" hero to be sworn in as the third president of an independent Ukraine.


Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that three more prisoners have died in US custody in Afghanistan.


Updated VIA Chip Gives Handheld PC More Power

OQO launches a Windows Vista-capable version of its 02 ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), sporting VIA's latest ultra-low-voltage (ULV) 1.6GHz processor chip.


Treviso, 19:23 - CALCIO, TREVISO: 8-1 NEL TEST CON LA MARCA

Test infrasettimanale per il Treviso, che in vista della gara con la Triestina, ha affrontano al "Ma...


Despite 6 refusals, NATO will increase Iraq training staff

BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Thursday to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six


Subprime to sour China bank assets: economist

China's banks will suffer a rise in  non-performing assets due to the U.S subprime crisis and  domestic credit tightening, a senior economist said in remarks  published on Tuesday amid mounting concern about the industry.


Jury selection got under way Tuesday in the city's biggest organized crime trial in years, a racketeering conspiracy case that includes at least 18 murders, among them a killing that inspired a character in the movie "Casino."


Student pleads not guilty to bomb charge

An Egyptian college student accused of making an Internet video demonstrating the construction of a detonator for terrorist bombs pleaded not guilty to federal charges Wednesday.


Description: Michael Eisner, the embattled head of the Walt Disney Co., is planning to step down as CEO when his contract expires in the year 2006.


US Audit Body Says Big 4 Firms Missed Problems

The Big Four accounting firms, misinterpreting a nine-year old rule, wrongly let corporate clients understate liabilities and distort their financial health, the regulatory


The 58-41 roll call by which the Senate voted to block action on a measure to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans, the jobless and businesses to a bill for stimulating the economy.


Turks praised Pope Benedict on  Wednesday for moves to bridge the divide between Christians and  Muslims as he began the part of his Turkey trip that is devoted  to Christian issues.


The worst terrorist attack in Egypt in seven years was organized by a Palestinian angered by Israeli policies, the Egyptian government charged yesterday as it announced the first arrests


A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 200 and flattening houses, Japanese media and officials said.


Gates, Jobs Appear Together at Conference: ; Computer-Industry Competitors Express Mutual Admiration

By ELLIOT SPAGAT  CARLSBAD, Calif. - Legendary technology rivals Bill Gates and Steve Jobs made a rare joint appearance and wasted no time making nice.  "Bill built the first software company in the industry," said Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc.


Clinton Must `Watch Out' on Race Comments, Delegate Norton Says

Bloomberg - Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, warned Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to ``watch out'' in her comments on race.


Eight Pakistani soldiers killed in suicide blast

A suicide car-bomber killed eight Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and wounded 20 on Saturday in an attack that might have been linked to an army assault on a radical mosque in the capital, a military spokesman said.


The most advanced, fully featured, stable, Open Source SQL-compliant database server available, bar none.   Today the PostgreSQL Global Development Group releases the long-awaited version 8.3 of the most advanced open source database, which cements our place as the best performing open source database. Among the performance features you'll be excited about in 8.3 are:      * Heap Only Tuples     * BGWriter Autotuning     * Asynchronous Commit     * Spread Checkpoints     * Synchronous Scan     * "Var-Varlena"     * L2 Cache Protection     * Lazy XID   8.3 also has a lot of cool features for PostgreSQL DBAs and developers, including:      * CSV Logging     * SQL/XML     * MS Visual C++ support     * ENUMs     * Integrated Tsearch     * SSPI & GSSAPI     * Composite Type Arrays     * pg_standby   There are many, many other features included in this release. Visit the features list and the features matrix for more information, and browse the release notes to see the more than 300 patches that went into the release. You can even visit the press page.  Or just go ahead and download and install 8.3:  http://www.postgresql.org/ftp   All of the more than 200 contributors to 8.3 are excited and relieved to deliver this version after 15 months of work. Upgrade, and enjoy the new features and faster performance!


Tokyo's Flag Law: Proud Patriotism, or Indoctrination?

Scores of teachers have refused to sing Japan's national anthem while standing and facing the national flag.


Economic Reforms Highlighted as Egypt's Ruling Party Conference ...

On the third and final day of the ruling National Democratic Party conference in Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak emphasized economic liberalization and several dramatic new economic reforms, but didn't address the demands of opposition groups.


US oil giant Exxon Mobil says courts have frozen $36bn of Venezuela's assets in its dispute with the government.


Arts, Briefly : Hollywood Investigator to Be His Own Lawyer

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, can represent himself at trial next month. Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court said she was bound by Supreme Court case law to let Mr. Pellicano do so, but urged him to reconsider. The ruling raises the prospect that Mr. Pellicano, who often grabbed the limelight in his career as an investigator to the stars, would again take center stage at his trial, set to begin Feb. 27. By acting as his own lawyer he will cross-examine prosecution witnesses like Anita Busch, the former journalist who the authorities say was wiretapped by Mr. Pellicano and was threatened in a scheme he orchestrated, as well as other cooperating witnesses who prosecutors say hired Mr. Pellicano to wiretap their adversaries.


The Natick medical devices company is using profits from its successful Taxus stent to expand into new areas. By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff | December 6, 2004.


Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is drawing increasingly heavy fire from fellow Republicans over the lack of armored Humvees and transport trucks for the troops in Iraq


Roma, 10:06 - CALCIO, PETRUCCI: LEGGE DIRITTI TV GARANTISCE EQUILIBRIO

Gianni Petrucci ribadisce la sua approvazione alla nuova legge che regolamenta i diritti televisi de...


Blog: Sprint has sent letters to some of its customers, who it believes calls the customer support line too often.


After 22 years without an album, Steven Wright has earned a second Grammy nomination.


A judicial review into the controversial rural planning law PPS 14 will be published later on Friday.


The plan would put those directorates into three new, separate and renamed agencies, each reporting to a separate assistant national intelligence director.


N.Y. airport to get rid of cats despite outcry

Authorities at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport began rounding up wild cats and kittens on Monday as part of a plan to get rid of them, despite an outcry by animal rights groups.


Silicon Valley is in danger of creating its own digital divide; the California high-tech region is losing its middle-class work force at a significant rate.


E' stato un attentatore suicida a far strage di fedeli


La Russia Ã¨ il nuovo bersaglio dei terroristi: bambini presi in ...

Uomini armati hanno fatto irruzione in due scuole dell'Ossezia del Nord ed hanno preso in ostaggio un numero imprecisato di scolari. L'episodio Ã¨ avvenuto nella cittÃ  di Beslan, nell'Ossezia del Nord, una


Giuseppe Ceccarelli sequestrato il 12 dicembre


Coldiretti, bene su mercati esteri tutti i formaggi italiani


UN envoy says Sudan officials failed to act

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The UN envoy for Sudan accused the government yesterday of failing to stop the killings in Darfur and said a UN commission believed more than 50 high-ranking civil servants should be prosecuted in the International Criminal Court -- a recommendation splitting the Security Council because of US opposition.


Why There's Not Plenty More Fish in the Sea

Thereâs plenty of haddock and plenty of prawns in the sea, but precious little cod, according to scientific experts. Thatâs why the European Commission wants


HMO Workers Walk Out Over Health Benefits

SEATTLE -- Seeking better health insurance coverage for themselves, workers at one of the nation's oldest health maintenance organizations are on strike.


Mercoledi' nuovo incontro sindacati-compagnia su cessioni


Matsushita posts surprise profit gain on cameras

Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd  posted a surprise 3 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on cost cuts and strong sales of cameras and TVs, but cited fears about the U.S. economy and kept its full year outlook unchanged.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


Experts discuss the risks and benefits of CT screenings for ...

A new study raises questions about the safety of healthy people undergoing full-body CT screenings to detect disease early on. USA Today's Liz Szabo talked to experts about the procedure and the study's findings.


Centuries-Old Makeup Reveals Roman Beauty Secrets

an ancient Roman beauty cream made of refined animal fat and tin-oxide -- have recreated the formula. They found that contains


Sheffield United and Middlesbrough will both feature in the FA Cup quarter-final draw after their fifth round tie on Sunday ended in a goalless draw.


Witherspoon credits brother for recovery

Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon is grateful to her brother John Witherspoon for helping her recover after her divorce from actor Ryan Phillipe.


Bush's phone immunity demand wins initial Senate vote

President George W. Bush's demand for immunity for telephone companies that participated in his warrantless domestic spying program won an initial victory on Monday in the U.S. Senate.


Sri Lanka's first major peacekeeping contingent leaves to join the UN mission in Haiti.


Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was given the option of paying $10,000 to get out of jail after spending almost a month locked up for failing to pay child support for more than two years.


Ashlee Simpson is getting behind the mic again — only this time, she's promising it will be live.


Second baseman Alfonso Soriano agreed to a $7.5 million, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers, and Cesar Izturis got a $9.9 million, three-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers as players and teams scrambled to reach agreements before the scheduled swap of salary arbitration figures today. Soriano made $5.4 million last season, when he hit .280 with 28 homers and ...


Sluggish pace of development and deployment has left big holes in checkpoint security, officials say.


Roma, 12:50 - CALCIO, ARBITRI; TEDESCHI: SIAMO UMANI, POSSIAMO SBAGLIARE

Stefano Tedeschi, designatore arbitrale della serie A e B, entrando all'hotel Borromini di Roma, dif...


The Americans stole the show at this year's MTV Europe Awards wining 11 of the top 12 titles. Britains only success were rockers Muse who were named best alternative act.


Accordo su 277 euro di aumento per i 30mila dipendenti


Blog: The software maker will cover the game console for up to three years for certain hardware failures.


Paris Hilton says she will not appeal against her 45-day jail sentence and will "learn" from her ordeal.


A NY apre stabile a 89,46 dollari, a Londra Brent a 89,86


If you're easily bored on planes, maybe a little blackjack will help pass the time. LONDON  - Airline passengers may soon be able to while away the air miles with in-flight gambling if low-cost carrier


Conservation, Education Became Six-Decade Quest

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Jun. 16-- -- Doug Travis' 60 years of service as a conservation educator ended the way he always said they would. He died.


Newspaper endorsements for President Bush, a Republican, and Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat, in the 2004 presidential campaign:


Cheer came back partly to the Holy city, considered the birthplace of Jesus with Israel easing travel restrictions and extending goodwill gestures towards pilgrims and the Palestinian Authority (PA).


Team GB arrive back in the UK after winning 30 medals in Athens.


A season which brought them their first Ryder Cup caps and a record-breaking win in Detroit now sees Luke Donald and Paul Casey gunning for World Cup glory.


Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, US Action on Threats

President George W. Bush, confronted by antiwar protesters in Canada, defended his decision to invade Iraq and said the US would always act against threats even if opposed by other nations.


Police say London bomb could have killed many

Police defused a car bomb packed with gasoline, propane and nails in London's busy theatre district on Friday, foiling an attack that could have killed many people and echoed a previous al Qaeda plot, police said.


Federal officials Wednesday backed away from the findings of two major studies on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that a new analysis shows there is no evidence that oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease.


'The Incredibles' keeps passion for Pixar alive

The Incredibles has justified Wall Street's passion for Pixar (PIXR), attracting $51 million in ticket sales over the weekend â-ore than double its nearest competitor


The Cardinals and Astros play Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at 8:19 ET Monday night under the closed roof of Minute Maid Park, with the best-of-seven series tied at two games apiece.


(Oct. 20) -- The nation's Health and Human Services secretary was in town, talking about the flu vaccine shortage Wednesday. Tommy Thompson's visit was actually a campaign stop on behalf of President Bush.


It's Lima Time as Dodgers shutout Cardinals

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Jose Lima tossed a five-hit shutout and Shawn Green homered twice as the Los Angeles Dodgers staved off elimination in the National League Division Series with a 4-0 blanking of the St.


Al-Sadr Loyalists Agree to Hand Over Arms

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Saturday to begin handing in weapons, a significant step toward restoring order in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum as the interim government struggles to curb Iraq's more widespread Sunni insurgency.    In a sign of persistent Sunni unrest, clashes flared in several cities as the search continued for the body of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was decapitated by his abductors - reportedly after a failed escape attempt...


As many as 90% of those affected by the tsunami are likely to be suffering from trauma, experts say.


Roma, 21:46 - RUGBY, MAURO BERGAMASCO SQUALIFICATO: SALTA L'IRLANDA

Mauro Bergamasco non giocherà sabato al Flaminio contro l'Irlanda, nella gara decisiva per la...


William Safire: The Annans have tarnished the UN's name

WASHINGTON Thanks to Claudia Rosett, an enterprising reporter writing in The New York Sun, the world now knows that some information put out by the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, about his son's involvement with a Swiss inspection company at the heart


Caution Dampens Spirit at Cannes Tech Conference

CANNES, France  - Concerns about soaring oil  prices and terrorism have injected fresh caution into global  markets over the last six months, executives and investors said  at a technology conference in Cannes.


Rapporto della Federazione internazionale dei giornalisti


Medicare Set to Rule on Expanding ICD Market

A key Medicare coverage decision,  expected as early as Wednesday afternoon, could vastly expand  the $4.8 billion market for devices used to resuscitate  patients whose hearts are beating out of control, doctors and  device maker Medtronic Inc. said on Tuesday.


France Shocks Russia to 1-1 Tie at Fed Cup

Prior to her opening-round match in the Fed Cup final Saturday, Svetlana Kuznetsova said her loss to Nathalie Dechy in their lone meeting last January was an anomaly, since it was before she became US OPEN WINNER SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA.


Efforts are under way to locate two CBS journalists missing, feared kidnapped, in the Iraqi city of Basra.


Saudi Identifies Gunmen in US Consulate Attack

Saudi Arabia named Tuesday three of the five militants who stormed the US consulate in Jeddah, and said they were all Saudi nationals.


Jailed Palestinian Leader Drops Plans for Presidential Run

Jailed Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti, the charismatic leader of a younger generation of militants, has agreed not to run in the January ninth general elections.


Roma, 12:58 - CALCIO, ROMA-INTER: ARBITRA RIZZOLI DI BOLOGNA

Sarà Nicola Rizzoli di Bologna ad arbitrare Roma-Inter, big match della terza giornata di ser...


Former US-trained general projects a reputation for strength, calm

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired four-star general trained in the United States, led the fight against Indonesia's main al-Qaida-linked militant group.


Morocco jails two for disrupting U.S. computers

A Moroccan court on Tuesday jailed two  men for one and two years for unleashing computer worms that  disrupted networks across the United States, court officials  and lawyers said.


We've got two more entries this week in the category of "What weird, useless stuff is for sale on eBay that I just have to have?"


Darfur Death Toll Is Hundreds of Thousands Higher Than Reported, Study Says

New estimates of the number of people killed by the conflict in western Sudan challenges widely quoted figures released last year by the U.S. government.


Al-Jazeera airs new footage of pleading British hostage in Iraq

Kidnapped Briton Margaret Hassan made a new appeal for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television said, showing her in a video.


Real Estate, Design and Construction to Be Transformed By Digital Technology -- Key Pioneers Debate the Issues

A book exploring  the way digital technology will transform the way we create and use the places where we live, work, play and learn has been published today by Cisco(R) (NASDAQ: CSCO).


Two female Italian aid workers have been freed by their Iraqi captors along with two Iraqi colleagues, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced Tuesday, after three anguishing weeks of captivity.


DaimlerChrysler Earns $1.2 Billion in Q3

DaimlerChrysler AG posted a $1.18 billion profit for the third quarter as sales climbed 2 percent to $43.1 billion. However, the German-American automaker also disclosed that the Mercedes-Benz Group faces tough sledding in months to come.


Roma, 13:05 - SCI, DOPING: SQUALIFICATO 2 ANNI FONDISTA RUSSO SHIRYAEV

Sergey Shiryaev, fondista della nazionale di sci russa, è stato squalificato per 2 anni per d...


Family days out in Britain are 'rip-off': parents

Family days out in Britain are a "rip-off" and the country as a whole is "not family-friendly", according to a published survey of parents.


Comedy Centralâs Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to the air Monday pointing barbs at their own management and at the striking union.


THE INCREDIBLE story of a Worcester headteacher who played a crucial role in reforming a violent London school was retold in an ITV drama at the weekend.


LONDON (CBS.MW) - Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores on Friday narrowed its fiscal second quarter loss, citing improvements in the average ticket price and extended warranty penetration rates on key merchandise.


Potential Jackson Jurors Asked About Race, Abuse

Would-be jurors in the Michael  Jackson trial were asked in writing if they knew about past or  current accusations of child sex abuse against the pop star and  for their feelings about people of different races.


Microsoft (Quote, Chart) officials announced the release of its own desktop search application Monday, hoping to make up Google ground established two months ago.


Motive for Philippines market explosion unclear

An explosion in a crowded southern Philippines market has killed at least 14 people and injured 60 others. The motive for the attack is not yet clear.


Yunus claims Nobel Peace Prize in Sweden

Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, often called the banker to the poor, received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his efforts to relieve poverty as a cornerstone for building peace.


Russia wants to negotiate new arms pact in autumn

Russia wants to start negotiating a new Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty in the autumn, a foreign ministry department head told Interfax on Friday, adding a timeframe to a previous offer.


Take it from Michael Chertoff: The Homeland Security Department is no "24." Chertoff, the department's secretary, said Friday he doesn't have a way-cool, state-of-the-art Counter Terrorist Unit like the one on the Fox TV show. Bad guys aren't foiled on an hourly basis. And not everybody is romantically involved with co-workers.


Based on a new theory, MIT scientists may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary electrical properties. The work is reported in the Sept.


Merrill, Wachovia, others fined for late reporting

NEW YORK: The NASD yesterday said it censured and fined 29 securities firms a total of $US9.22 ($NZ13.04) million for failing to properly disclose required information about their brokers more than 8300 times.


Italy dissolves parliament, election looms

Italy's president dissolved parliament on  Wednesday and the caretaker government prepared to call a snap  election, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to  power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.


RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won European and Arab backing on Monday for taking control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt, intensifying his power struggle with the Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave.


Crowded House progeny set for solo American strike

Liam Finn will be a 24-year-old  unknown to most Americans when his debut solo album is released  in the United States on Tuesday, but Crowded House fans have  already heard his work -- nearly two decades ago.


Yushchenko guards secret ingredient of his Agent Orange soup

Mr Yushchenko has forbidden them from disclosing the results, to avoid influencing the re-run of his presidential run-off with the Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych, on December 26.


Brownback writes of 'hatred' of Clintons

Sam Brownback says he harbored a "hatred" of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton until he experienced a religious awakening in the mid-1990s.


Pakistan test-fires medium range ballistic missile

Pakistan on Tuesday morning carried out another successful test of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf V (Ghauri) as part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri


TOKYO - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. plans to recall 340,000 notebook computer batteries, Dow Jones Newswires reported Tuesday. At least some of the batteries were manufactured by Sony Corp., the report said.  The move follows last month's battery recalls by Dell Inc.


Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols perfected their power strokes yesterday.


Candidato repubblicano si ritira dalla sfida con McCain


The Lib Dems attack "irresponsible" plans to allow foreign nuclear waste to be permanently stored in the UK.


It's a long-standing joke in the free software world that this will be the year when we see GNU/Linux make its breakthrough on the desktop - just like last year, and the year before that.  What's really funny is that all the key GNU/Linux desktop apps are already being widely deployed, but not in the way that people have long assumed.


France ready to hand over Arafat file to next of kin

PARIS, Nov 19  - France's defence ministry said Friday the medical file on recently deceased Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat was ready and would be handed over to his next of kin "without delay".


Hospital to Announce Cause of Yushchenko's Illness

An Austrian hospital says it has determined the cause of a mysterious illness afflicting Ukrainian opposition presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko and plans to announce the details at a news conference on Saturday.


Tenacity and team spirit behind Real success

Real Madrid snatched victory in the most  exciting Spanish title race in over a decade thanks to a  new-found team spirit, pragmatic style of play, steely  determination and dash of good fortune.


W. Bank separation fence turning Bethlehem into prison, say ...

The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a "big prison" by the separation fence, the heads of churches in the Holy Land said in a pre-Christmas message yesterday.


Space Shuttle to Stay in Orbit Another Day

Atlantis will stay in orbit at least a couple of extra hours today after rain showers delayed the landing.


No fewer than three new initiatives will press for the maintenance or abolition of the Serbian-Montenegrin state union.


Kaberle hurt, but Maple Leafs fight back

The Toronto Maple Leafs didn't beat the New Jersey Devils just for the much-needed 2 points. They also did it for defenseman Tomas Kaberle.


Canada Basketball dumps senior men's national coach Jay Triano

TORONTO (CP) - Canada Basketball dumped Jay Triano on Tuesday after some six years as men's team head coach and 11 years as a player - seven of them as captain.


US Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia has died of lung cancer, lawmaker Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced on the floor of the House of Representatives.


Sul mezzo colpito viaggiava anche un altro soldato, illeso


Microsoft in talks to buy Tellme Networks: sources

NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Microsoft Corp.  is in talks to buy Tellme Networks Inc., the privately owned voice recognition technology company, two sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.


US Envoy: Serb Fugitives Could Be Caught

A U.S. diplomat said two top war crimes suspects _ Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic _ could be apprehended with a single phone call from Serbia's prime minister.Raffi Gregorian, deputy international administrator in Bosnia, told Bosnia's BHT1 television late Monday that the suspects were 'for sure' hiding in Serbia.'Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica can solve the issue of their arrest with just one phone call,' Gregorian said.Kostunica was traveling to New York for a Wednesday U.N. Security Council meeting on Kosovo and could not be reached for comment. He has repeatedly said that his government does not know where Karadzic and Mladic are hiding, and that authorities are doing everything in their power to find them. Read more


Twin Baghdad bombings kill 4, wound 21: police

Two roadside bombs exploded minutes apart near Baghdad's main bus terminal on Monday, killing four people and wounding 21, police said.


Impegno su energia solare anche se da' fastidio a lobby


Snoop Dogg's home and work lives will be on display in a new reality series, E! Entertainment Television said Friday.


U.S. Rejects Cheaper Copies of Pfizer Eye Drug

The U.S. government declined on  Thursday to allow a nonprofit company to sell cheaper, generic  versions of a blockbuster Pfizer Inc. drug for treating  glaucoma.


Bush sidesteps talk of "civil war" in Iraq

President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind the sectarian violence racking Iraq, and deflected talk of "civil war".


NW Missouri State, Grand Valley State To Meet For Title

Grand Valley State will defend its Division II title next week against the same team it beat in last year's championship game, Northwest Missouri State, after each team won on Sunday.


Jobless Claims Decline Sharply Last Week

WASHINGTON - The number of new applications filed last week for unemployment benefits fell sharply, offering a hopeful sign that the recovery in the job market may be gaining some steam.    The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of new people signing up for unemployment insurance benefits dropped by a seasonally adjusted 37,000 to 335,000, the lowest level since the beginning of September...


Teenage Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in a Market in Tel Aviv

A 16-year-old Palestinian blew himself up on Monday in an outdoor market here, killing 3 Israelis and wounding 32 others, three days after Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian


Older, wiser and much more famous, the stars of the runaway Disney Channel hit "High School Musical" reunite for a sequel. Will teenage lightning strike twice?


Snow chills market as dollar hits a fresh low

THE dollar slipped to a fresh low against the euro yesterday after John Snow, the US Treasury Secretary, poured cold water on any suggestions of co-ordinated central-bank action to prop up the ailing greenback.


Formula One fans lose ruling over 2005 tire fiasco

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt by disappointed Formula One fans to get their money back for having to watch a 2005 race where tire problems sidelined 14 of 20 drivers.


New Mustek pocket camcorders shoot video, fight Megatron

Both gadgets sport 3X optical zooms, swiveling LCD screens, and can function as a camcorder, a digital camera, a voice recorder, a Webcam, and an MP3 player. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Palermo, 16:28 - CALCIO, PALERMO: MUNARI RISCATTATO DAL VERONA

Il centrocampista Gianni Munari è stato riscattato dal Palermo. La società rosanero ha...


Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said Monday he would ask Parliament for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's government.


Sharon and Abbas Express Hope for Gaza Talks

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the favorite to become the new Palestinian leader, said in separate interviews published today that they would be


Senate Democrats stymied on Iraq withdrawal vote

A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort that would have brought all American combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.


For BizRate, a New Identity and a New Site, Shopzilla.com

BizRate, one of the most popular comparison shopping Web sites, will introduce a new service today, called Shopzilla.com, to compete with a host of rivals like Shopping.com.


TUCSON, Ariz.  -- Catcher Javy Lopez, who had been competing to make Colorado's opening-day roster, was released Monday by the Rockies.


Lacrime e autoritÃ  ai funerali L'addio a Sabrina e Jessica

Dronero (Cn), 14 ottobre 2004 - Le prime gocce di pioggia cominciano a cadere quando le bare di Jessica e Sabrina, le due sorelle cuneesi uccise a Taba, lasciano la camera ardente per un breve corteo nelle vie di Dronero portata a spalla da uomini della


The HIV/Aids pandemic is the worst catastrophe in history and is blighting childhood across the developing world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations said yesterday.


(Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds will start a season-ending three-game series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Great American Ball Park.


Challenges await ex-general Yudhoyono as Indonesia's sixth ...

JAKARTA, Oct 20  - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was Wednesday sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president, promising to revive a precarious economy by personally leading a war on endemic graft while also tackling terrorism.


It's official: "smoke-free" means just that

In 146 countries around the world, "smoke-free" now means exactly that.


Ma Grasso contesta il piano di riorganizzazione di Messineo


Fed's Fisher says strong economy won't rule out hikes

Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said on Friday he is fairly comfortable with the inflation outlook but would "aggressively" argue for further interest rate increases if inflation does not ebb as expected.


Romanian FA ban coach for headbutting his own player

Universitatea Craiova's player-coach has been banned for four matches by the Romanian FA (FRF) after headbutting one of his own teenage players who made several mistakes in a first division match on Friday.


Catania, 20:38 - CALCIO, CATANIA; BALDINI: VORREI BATTERE LA JUVE

Domenica di lavoro per il Catania in vista della ripresa di campionato e della sfida di sabato pross...


US Army intelligence analyst Armin Cruz was convicted Saturday of abusing Iraqi prisoners, the first US Military Intelligence soldier convicted in the Abu Ghraib abuses scandal.


Fannie Mae will withhold $44.4 million in long-term incentive pay to former and current executives, the company said.


University urged to cancel Ahmadinejad speech

Columbia University was urged on Thursday to withdraw a speaking invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.


Afghan forces arrest 15 Taliban fighters

Afghan security forces backed by US helicopter gunships stormed a Taliban safe house, killing one man and capturing 15 others, in an attempt to curb attacks ahead of this weekâs presidential election, officials said on Sunday.


Radio One, the Lanham company that not long ago was leaping over lumbering media conglomerates with its hot urban sound, has stumbled in recent years as tastes have changed and competition grows from satellite and Spanish-language radio and iPods.


Switzerland's Alinghi win the 32nd America's Cup to become the first European team to defend sailing's most prestigious prize.


Upon further review, the NFL yesterday warned Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Gerard Warren for comments he made about trying to hit Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the head in tomorrow's game. Warren had said he would try to hit the Steelers rookie to try to rattle him and end his 6-0 run as a starter. "One rule they used to ...


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- In what may be the biggest celebrity breakup since J-Lo and Ben Affleck called it quits, it looks like the Federal Reserve and the bond market have decided to go their separate ways.


An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder. Though similar to women with bulimia, patients who fit this description don't binge-eat. Yet they feel compelled to purge, usually by vomiting, even after eating only a small or normal amount of food, said Pamela Keel, the University of Iowa researcher who led a study on the subject.


Brief: Salesforce.com pushes on development, integration

NOVEMBER 03, 2004  - On-demand CRM software provider Salesforce.com Inc. is branching out to offer hosted application development technology and online marketplace services to supplement its own software services.


Fergie aiming to hit rivals for six with winning run

Sir Alex Ferguson is a past master at sensing when his Premiership title rivals might be vulnerable to the pyschological equivalent of a little off-the-ball dig with the elbow.


AC Milan striker Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko won the Golden Ball awardas as the best European footballer in a poll of journalists from 52 countries.


Taiwan's Pro-Independence Parties Defeated

Taiwan's pro-independence parties were defeated in legislative elections Saturday, a result sure to please Chinese leaders who regard the island as part of the mainland.


When Brad Kelly first contacted the United States Military Academy, he made it very clear.


A 10-year-old boy is shot dead by Israeli troops during a raid into central Gaza, Palestinian medics say.


The Conservatives set up a working group on creating a police force to defend the UK's "porous" borders.


Review: 'Vanity Fair' Not A Fun Place To Be

"Vanity Fair" is filled with color and fire and imaginative settings that put the audience into a whole new world. Unfortunately, the latest film version of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel lacks two


It has been a trying season for Boston University in general, and senior Brian McGuirk in particular.


Ukraine election protests spread to Ottawa

OTTAWA - Protests against the results of Sunday's election in Ukraine are picking up increasing support in Canada, as a big rally is being planned in Ottawa, Thursday.


OSAKA, Japan  - Olympic president Jacques Rogge took another stand against drug cheats on Friday when he said that athletes caught doping, even for minor offences, would automatically be banned from the next Games.


Bargain: PC World flogging itself for Â£30

Jump online and bag yourself a computer superstore It seems PC World management have had enough of Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) raps and investigations that say they can't fix computers, and have decided to jump ship before the going gets any tougher.â¦


President keeps Bay Stater on as chief-of-staff

Bay State native Andrew Card will stay in his powerful White House post into President Bush's second term, administration officials said yesterday.


Extending the web with metadata profiles

If you hang around on web-related mailing lists long enough, you start getting the idea that the future is full of metadata. Now, this metadata may or may not be XML, or it may or may not be RDF or OWL or a dozen other technologies with impressive-sounding words like “ontology” in their names. It may or may not be the long-dreamt-of (and often derided) “Semantic Web.” In fact, it may or may not be a dozen different buzzwords, and it may or may not be a good thing. But whatever the future is, it will definitely be full of metadata; on this the experts agree.    To my mind there’s a problem with this: the argument always seems to depend on technologies which don’t exist or aren’t quite ready yet, so it always falls back to talking about how things will be “in the future,” which may never get here. Luckily, there's an easy way to add oodles of metadata to your documents right this minute, without having to learn anything more complicated than trusty old HTML 4.01. If it catches on, “the future” might get here a lot sooner than expected.


MPAA's disc dogs are back in U.S. after sniffing out $6 million worth of bootlegged DVDs in Malaysia.


McCain takes lead but Romney vows to fight on

John McCain, savoring his status as Republican presidential front-runner, moved into national campaign mode on Wednesday expecting to win the backing of defeated rival Rudy Giuliani ahead of next week's "Super Tuesday" showdown, but Mitt Romney vowed to fight on.


Gades Fall to Havoc: Huntsville Outguns Richmond on Power Play By 6-3 Margin

By Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 17--HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- In a game filled with power plays, Huntsville capitalized more often than Richmond with the man advantage.   The result was an 8-3 loss to the Havoc last night that ended the Renegades' three-game winning streak.


McCain basks in ex-Dem Lieberman support

Republican John McCain is having quite a moment. He's rising in the polls. He's got major newspaper endorsements in Iowa and New Hampshire. And now he's getting help with this state's legions of independent voters from Joe Lieberman, the contrarian who was Democrat Al Gore's running mate in 2000.


Putin postpones trip to Turkey amid hostage crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed his planned visit to Turkey amid the hostage crisis at a school in southern Russia, the Kremlin said Thursday.


Best Buy Crushes Q2 Forecasts On Strong International Sales      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy bested Wall Street's expectations for its fiscal second quarter, thanks to strong international sales and demand for flat-panel TVs, video games and notebook PCs.


A dusk-to-dawn curfew is in place in the Iraqi city of Samarra following a major offensive Friday in which at least 109 insurgents and one American soldier were killed, military officials said.


GENEVA - The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asiaâs tsunami disaster âin the next few days.


The police urge fans angry at plans to sell Tynecastle to stay within the law following threats to directors.


Travis Bickle, Robert De Niro's character in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, is voted the best anti-hero in film history.


A deerhunter went on a rampage in north-western Wisconsin, shooting dead five people and wounding three others, apparently in a dispute over a hunting spot on the opening day of the US deerhunting season.


Abuse Probes' Impact Concerns the Military

Efforts to investigate and punish those responsible for mistreatment of detainees in Iraq are hampering current military intelligence-gathering operations, prompting extra caution by interrogators


A health body is using mobile phones to text reminders to young women to take the contraceptive pill.


The FDA has asked makers of Crestor to stop publishing an ad aimed at patients. The FDA sent a letter to Astra Zeneca on 21st December saying it was concerned that the ad may play down the risks associated with Crestor.


High-stakes patent royalties battle enters another round.


'Atonement' takes top Globe; 'Todd' wins

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  Â The tragic romance "Atonement" was named best drama Sunday at a Golden Globes event that was deflated from star-studded revelry to dry, news conference-style awards announcement because of the Hollywood writers strike.


Afghanistan holds four over missing German: report

Afghan authorities have arrested four  people suspected of being involved in the kidnap of a German  national, an Afghan minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.


The Panasonic prototype stretches 11 feet across and may be the largest in the world.


Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae  agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government regulator said on Monday.


Ross Gload hit a grand slam in the ninth inning off Chris Ray, ruining Erik Bedard's bid to win his eighth consecutive start and giving the Chicago White Sox a 6-4 comeback victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.


Venezuela suspects exiles in prosecutorâs slaying

Venezuela suggested Friday that exiles living in Florida may have masterminded the assassination of a prosecutor investigating a short-lived coup against leftist President Hugo ChÃ¡vez


Justice Courts for Small New York Towns to Be Overhauled

300-year-old system has been criticized for decades as outmoded, poorly supervised and unfair.


Australia completed an emphatic Test series sweep over New Zealand with a 213-run win Tuesday, prompting a caution from Black Caps skipper Stephen Fleming for other cricket captains around the globe.


The F1 teams will lobby Bernie Ecclestone to include the British GP on next yearâs calendar - but admit that there isnât much they can do to sway the F1 supremo.


N.F.L. Roundup: Vick Dogfighting Informant Is Sentenced to Two Months

If federal prosecutors had their way, the man who gave them most of the gruesome details about Michael Vickâs dogfighting enterprise would not go to prison for killing dogs and helping create Bad Newz Kennels.


Dark rumours DC Comics will kill off Batman as one of a "series of cosmological cataclysms" designed to prop up circulation in the face of the increasing newsstand and cinematic domination of rival Marvel.â¦


British Troops Move North for Mission Near Baghdad

British troops moved from Basra on Wednesday to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that could set the stage for a US attack on rebel-held Falluja.


If there is one IT company that has changed the way we surf the Internet, especially while searching for data online, then it has to be Google.


The chain still finds it hard to draw more customers.


Fred Hale Sr., the oldest man in the world according to Guinness World Records, has died less than two weeks shy of his 114th birthday.


Knicks guard Allan Houston pronounced himself ready to begin scrimmaging, and he could get his first chance later this week.


French president inaugurates world's tallest bridge

French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated Tuesday the world's tallest bridge, the viaductof Millau of 270 meters above ground.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair will go to the hospital Friday for an operation to cure an irregular heart beat. Mr. Blair also has announced he intends to seek a full third consecutive term in office next


Jackson, who won Super Bowl XXXVII MVP honors with two first-half interceptions in the Bucs' 48-21 rout of Oakland, was a free agent since being was released by Arizona on Oct. 13.


Wireless broadband systems should be available next year, WaveSat says.


Tiger Woods won't be playing in this week's PGA Tour event in Pennslvania after all. Woods advised the tour Monday that he will skip the 2-year-old 84 Lumber Classic at the


Retailer's Shares Up on Wal-Mart Interest

Shares of Japan's troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc. soared 27 percent Thursday following reports that U.S. giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. planned to submit a proposal for turning the company around.


General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it would buy Ionics Inc. (ION.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for about $1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business.


Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.


H&R Block Posts a Loss in the Third Quarter

The tax preparerâs troubled mortgage lending arm offset a strong beginning of the tax season.


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


Raptors win as strong defense stops Mavericks

Chris Bosh scored 17 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to their third successive win with a 92-76 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.


Vince Della Valle Il 5novembre il dopo-Galliani

ROMA, 18 OTTOBRE 2004 - L'assemblea della Lega Calcio che riuniva i presidenti delle squadre di Serie AeB ha deciso il rinvio delle votazioni per l'elezione del nuovo presidente. Hanno votato a favore 41 presidenti su 42.


OLYMPIA, Greece  The competition was history. The time had come for everyone to leave, to follow the sun toward that narrow path lined with olive trees out of the stadium, a trek that would take athletes and spectators alike not to a ...


Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in four sets to win a third straight French Open title.


NASA will take a key step to returning astronauts to space when engineers ship a fuel tank that has been refitted. All this too decrease the likelihood of falling debris that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Tuesday.


Slum life: A tailor's tale from Nairobi's Kibera

KIBERA, Kenya  - Crispian Amolo has no electricity or running water and shares a hole-in-the-ground toilet with about 90 people but at least he does not have to scramble for 1,000 Kenyan shillings ($14) rent every month.


Scientists: Stem Cells Colonies Created Without Harming Embryos

Scientists in Massachusetts said today they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of recent advances that could speed development of stem cell-based treatments for a variety of diseases.


A man who took part in a schoolyard ambush as a teen pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new weapons charge.


Girls at a Mississippi detention center were sometimes shackled for 12 hours a day and subjected to "horrendous physical and sexual abuse," a youth advocacy group claims in a federal lawsuit.


For Post-9/11 Material Witness, It Is a Terror of a Different Kind

People held as material witnesses in terrorism investigations are often not called to testify against others; instead, frequently they are charged with crimes themselves.


MARION JONES will be able to keep the three gold and two bronze medals she won at the Sydney 2000 Olympics even if it is proved she was taking banned drugs at the time.


Pop star Britney Spears has married dancer Kevin Federline during a private ceremony in California. The pair's engagement was announced in June after two months together.


Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports

President Bush on Saturday warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.


11 open-source projects certified as secure

Under contract with the Department of Homeland Security, Coverity seeks to establish a new security baseline for open-source applications.


Two American soldiers are charged with the murder of three Iraqi civilians, the US military says.


When Angie Benzschawel held one of her twin boys alone for the first time after they were separated, it took some getting used to.


Five children playing with a landmine in Somalia's capital are killed when it explodes, witnesses say.


Giuliani hospitalized with flu symptoms: reports

Republican presidential candidate  Rudolph Giuliani interrupted his campaign and checked into a  Missouri hospital with flu-like symptoms, according to media  reports on Thursday.


Londra, 13:07 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: RIFIUTATI 12 MILIONI PER CHIELLINI

Il tabloid inglese "Daily Express" ha scritto oggi che la Juventus ha rifiutato 8 milioni di sterlin...


O's prospect gets rude welcome to majors

Dan Johnson's triumphant return to the big leagues spoiled Hayden Penn's own comeback.


India claimed three quick wickets to seize the initiative on day one of the Third Test against Australia in Nagpur. The home side toiled early on as Australia openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer put on


Lycos Europe Withdraws Its Spam-Fighting Screensaver

just a couple of days -- before newfound Lycos Europe enemies organized a multi-pronged counter-attack with delirious affects that forced Lycos to turn tail and


Freddie Mac Reports $764 Million Net Income

The gain comes amid turmoil in the home loan market and reverses several quarterly losses for Freddie Mac, which buys mortgages and guarantees the performance of home loans.


Medicare will soon fund implantable  heart devices for thousands more patients, after publication of  a landmark study finding the devices can save more lives, top  agency officials said in a medical journal on Wednesday.


Google looking at privacy protections for users

Google Inc, the world's Web search  leader, told U.S. Senate lawmakers on Thursday the company is  pursuing new technologies to protect the privacy of Internet  users as it seeks to acquire advertising company DoubleClick  Inc.


That projection comes from an internal draft report from the Bush administration that is more than a year overdue at the United Nations. The Associated Press obtained a copy Saturday.


Cazenove Loses Independence with JPM Deal

UK brokerage Cazenove effectively gave  up 181 years of independence on Friday when it sealed a joint  venture with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., designed to lift the U.S.  bank's UK presence and give Cazenove a broader reach.


By Anonymous  A Joint Venture's Fumed Silica Plant Comes Onstream in China  Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi) Co. has started tip a 4,800- m.t./yr facility for the production of fumed silica. The company is a joint venture between Cabot (China) Ltd. a subsidiary of Cabot Corp.


A promising footballer is in a critical condition after falling in front of a Tube train that killed a student.


Decisione alcuni sindacati autonomi, altre sigle in sciopero


Brookfield bids for Australia's Multiplex

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and the founders of Australia's Multiplex  have approached the $3 billion construction firm about a possible takeover as it struggles with the troubled Wembley stadium project in London.


Moon to cast red glow; could it be an omen?

Mother Nature will offer a special treat this evening: a blood-red moon, just in time for Halloween. A total lunar eclipse, the last visible in North America until 2007, will begin tonight at 8:06 and continue until about 2 am Thursday.


Destruction, Rain Hamper Asia Tsunami Aid Effort

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters,  unable to land in tsunami-ravaged Indonesian villages, dropped  aid Sunday to desperate crowds clamoring for the life-saving  parcels.


Chancellor Gordon Brown says his mission is to build a "shared national economic purpose" in a speech to the CBI's annual conference.


Google Inc.'s two founders said on Monday that their company is working on a personal search service, but they remained coy on plans for an instant messaging client or Web browser.


U.N. nuclear watchdog head to visit North Korea

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog  will meet the North Korean government next month to discuss the  shutdown of its nuclear program and bring the secretive  communist state back under U.N. supervision.


Review: Microsoft Anti-Spyware No Cure-All

Microsoft Corp. created the world's most popular operating system — one that's also heartily embraced by hackers and virus writers. And it begat the world's top Web browser, which makes it all too easy to mistakenly download and install spyware, adware and other garbage.


Afghans killed after attack on U.S. convoy

JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - Sixteen Afghan civilians were killed after a "complex" Taliban ambush on a U.S. convoy involving a suicide car-bomb attack and militant gunfire, the U.S. military in Afghanistan said on Sunday.


'Lost' fans to finally find some answers

Those "Lost" writer-producers are a secretive bunch. How difficult could it be to give a hint about to expect next season? Apparently, very. A little digging, however, turned up some clues on the gripping ABC drama.


Britain's men take bronze in the 4x100m relay as the women finish fourth at the World Championships.


SAP Admits its Division Downloaded Unauthorized Oracle Materials

Whether it amounts to "corporate espionage" or not (most likely not), the case of Oracle v. SAP may have significant ramifications on how the world's leading information providers guard their information systems. In his company's defense this morning, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann admitted to reporters that, while an SAP division did download some material from Oracle inappropriately, the material was for the division's customers and not for SAP customers or SAP.


Conflicts across Iraq as powerful explosives disappear

Conflicts and bombings still rampaged across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 16 people including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper.


IE still top dog over Firefox in corporate browser kennel

Firefox continues to bite into Internet Explorer's market share. But users and analysts say that Mozilla hasn't changed its laissez-faire attitude about trying to get IT managers to formally adopt the open-source browser.


UK terrorism suspects lose U.S. extradition case

Two Britons wanted by the United States  to face terrorism charges failed in a legal challenge on  Thursday to stop their extradition because of fears they would  be mistreated.


Zarqawi Urges Iraqi Sunnis to Fight 'Infidel' Poll

Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  declared all-out war on Iraq's elections, berating the Shi'ite  majority for embracing the Jan. 30 poll and urging Sunnis to  fight against what he called infidel voters.


Amazon dam project draws heated opposition in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rubber tappers, fishermen and Indians in western Brazil have joined environmental groups in battling a planned $9 billion hydroelectric project that will flood one of the Amazon's main tributaries.


Animal rights group fights kangaroo kill

Animal rights campaigners fighting a proposal to shoot more than 3,000 kangaroos outside the capital claimed a partial victory Thursday when an official revealed that alternatives on dealing with the burgeoning population were also being considered.


MAPHUNGWANE, Swaziland -- Men in blue coveralls and white surgical masks began their annual trek into the countryside here last week. Methodically, they sprayed one home after another with a chemical most Americans probably thought long ago disappeared from use: DDT.


Internet video shows Bigley beheading, amid reports of escape

LONDON, Oct 10  - A grisly video showing British hostage Kenneth Bigley being beheaded appeared on the Internet Sunday, amid reports that the slain engineer made a brief break for freedom, possibly with the help of British intelligence services.


Indian suspect linked to Al-Qaeda: report

An Indian man who allegedly drove a jeep into Glasgow airport had links to the Al-Qaeda network, the Times of India reported, citing evidence found at his Bangalore house.


Australian media tycoon and dedicated gambler Kerry Packer is investing $163m in a gambling joint venture in Macau.


Troy McClain may have been fired by Donald Trump during last year's inaugural run of the reality television show "The Apprentice," but that isn't stopping several universities and colleges from recruiting him to star on their campuses.


More money sought to aid Darfur refugees

The U.N. refugee agency appealed Tuesday for additional money to help millions displaced by violence in Darfur as Sudanese, African and U.


Red Sox ace Beckett expects Rockies will be ready

Red Sox ace Josh Beckett expects the  best from Colorado's batters despite an eight-day layoff for  the National League champions that threatens to cool off the  red-hot Rockies for the World Series starting on Wednesday.


Wild Firefights as U.S. Soldiers Swarm Northern Edge of City

The move marked the start of the main assault on Falluja, expected to be the most significant battle since the fall of Baghdad.


The playwright Theresa Rebeck has stuck around long enough to get respect and, with her new play âMauritius,â a Broadway debut.


UN court jails Sarajevo siege general for life

The appeals chamber of the UN war crimes court on Thursday handed down an unprecedented life sentence to Bosnian Serb general Stanislav Galic for overseeing the bloody 44-month siege of Sarajevo.


Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.


Sidney, 13:12 - CALCIO, MERCATO; INGHILTERRA: SUNDERLAND SU DWIGHT YORKE

Dwight Yorke potrebbe tornare a giocare in Inghilterra con la Maglia del Sunderland (seconda divisio...


The Defense Department's use of commercial communications satellites has soared with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, the Pentagon is trying to decide whether it can save money by buying service directly from satellite carriers instead of through three Washington area resellers.


After a drop off earlier this fall, more fraudulent Web sites are popping up.


Formula one: Lewis Hamilton wins US grand prix to extend his championship lead over Fernando Alonso.


In a deal that would create the nation's biggest power company, the Exelon Corporation said it would buy the Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey.


The "Hannah Montana" concert movie may be the hottest ticket in town Â but early on opening day, at least one Manhattan theater was virtually tween-free.


Transmeta Begins Limited Production of 90nm Efficeon, Lowers ...

As the company lowered its guidance by about $2 million, Transmeta Corp. revealed today that limited production shipments of its TM8800 series Efficeon processors began earlier this month.


Tough times often make for strange bedfellows, and the explosion of viruses, computer worms and spyware programs on the Internet is producing unique alliances among top technology firms.


Movie critic Ebert has emergency surgery

Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious condition Sunday following an emergency operation to repair complications from an earlier cancer surgery.


Suicide bombers kill 24, wound 66, in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Two suicide bombers struck near the heart of the Pakistani military on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wounding 66, many of them Defence Ministry staff on their way to work in the city of Rawalpindi.